Chen Ru's pen tip went back and forth between these candidates, and it was difficult to choose.

You have to know that even in the Ming Dynasty, whether it is participating in the imperial examination or being an official or a businessman, it depends on the family background.

A Shen Kang who has no background, Wang Lucao, a famous disciple from the Taicang Wang family, and Jiang Liusu, who was born in the Jiang family in Qingzhou, naturally cannot all of the top three appear in Xiping County, let alone all of them from Luming Academy.

This really made Chen Ru worried.

He couldn't bear to insult Shen Kang with his ranking in this academy test, and he couldn't offend the high-ranking family because of this.

At this time, Wang Jun walked in the door.

Chen Ru turned his head to look at him, slightly stunned, and asked, "It's so late, why is Mr. Wang here?" ”

Wang Jun smiled and arched his hand: "Lord Fuzun, let me come down and take a look, and ask if Chen Xuetai needs anything." ”

Chen Ru shook his head, stroked his goatee and said, "No need. Then his countenance sank into infinite melancholy.

Wang Jun smiled at this scene again, he bent down and arched his hand, and said with a smile: "Before I came, Lord Fuzun asked me to bring a message to Chen Xuetai, maybe Lord Xuezheng can relieve the sorrow in his heart after hearing this." ”

"Oh?" Chen Ru raised his head and squinted at him, and snorted, "How do you know what this official is thinking and worrying about?" How do you know that the words of Bai Zhifu can solve this mess? ”

Wang Jun smiled and replied: "This is the explanation of Lord Fuzun. He smiled lowly, and continued, "How do you know the mountain man's clever plan?" ”

Chen Ru seemed to be laughed angrily, raised his hand and said, "Then let's hear it." ”

Wang Jun said with a smile: "Lord Fuzun said that the Taicang Wang clan is the remnant of the Langya Wang clan, and the successive dynasties, the branch has been re-elected, and the door is evergreen, and it is a well-dressed poetry and book family that has been inherited for hundreds of years. Qingzhou Jiangmen scholarly family, in the dynasty and wild talents, in the Shilin reputation is quite far-reaching. The children of these two families may not be a good thing to take together, so adults don't need to think about it. ”

After saying this, Wang Jun arched his hand again and said with a smile: "After the next word is finished, please rest in peace as soon as possible." ”

Chen Ru frowned slightly, stood up, stood with his hands in his hands, and asked, "Shen Kang?" ”

Wang Jun paused, turned his head back, and said with a smile: "Haha, Lord Fuzun said that Shen Kang must take it, so there is no need to say more." ”

Chen Ru was slightly stunned, stroked his beard and smiled, and said, "Hahaha, Bai Zhifu is really like a god." ”

Wang Jun smiled, arched his hand again, and turned around to go out.

Chen Ru turned around, stood in place for a long time with his hands in his hands, sighed, turned back to the soft couch, and once again wandered his gaze between these articles, but his eyebrows frowned tighter.

The moon was already thick, and the wind was surging outside the window, and between the thick dark clouds, a few lightning bolts fell, and then the thunder roared, as if it had exploded in the distant sky.

The rain came in an instant, and it came so quickly and fiercely that it came without warning.

This night, Shen Kang fell asleep with the sound of rain, and in his sleep, he never returned to the misty rain alley, and the thunder in his ears roared, and he still fell asleep.

Early the next morning, the golden rooster reported the dawn.

The night rain has already stopped, and after the baptism of heavy rain, the air is exceptionally fresh this morning.

The teenagers picked up their own words, and then went to the gate of the government office to see the case.

Roughly the same as the prefectural and prefectural examinations, after the first round of the college examination comes out, the shortlisted candidates will start the second exam.

There is no ranking of the cases, and we can only roughly see who are in the top 20.

Shen Kang, Jiang Liusu, Wang Lucao and others are naturally on the list, but Song Yuan is the only one who has been looking for his name on the list for a long time, but he has not been able to find it.

In this way, you are not eligible to take the second test, that is, you will not be able to take the list.

Song Yuan didn't believe that he had gone all the way with everyone, and he was defeated in the first game of the hospital exam. He quickly squeezed in front of the people, carefully looking for his name in front of the list, and every time he saw a name, his heart sank a little, and then sank a little.

Until the end, after watching it four or five times in a row, it was considered dead.

Sun Zhou easily found his name on the periphery, and was so excited that he jumped up: "I've passed!" ”

Everyone stepped forward to congratulate, and Shen Kang smiled and said, "Congratulations to Brother Sun for passing the first exam." ”

Sun Zhou's face was full of smiles, and he replied: "Rejoice and rejoice." He turned his eyes to look at the list and said, "You are all in the inner circle, and the ranking must be good." ”

Jiang Liushu looked at the list and knew that he was ranked in the top twenty, so he smiled as expected, and grinned: "Sure enough, as I expected, take a look, you will be successful in one try." ”

Wang Luan sneered and said, "It's easy to say, you forgot those days, let's nest in the library all day long and read at night." He was secretly happy in his heart, relieved, and continued: "After all, all the hard work was not in vain. ”

Only Song Yuan frowned, stunned in place.

Wang Lu was delicate and found that Song Yuan's expression was wrong, so he raised his eyes to find Song Yuan's name on the list. watched it three or four times in a row, only to find that there was no Song Yuan on the list at all.

At a young age like Song Yuan, it is already a great fortune to be able to participate in the hospital exam, and the white-haired old man yesterday didn't he also fail the test ten times.

Song Yuan's talent is ordinary, and he relies on his hard work to study the day after tomorrow, so that he can always keep pace with everyone. However, this defeat shattered all his self-confidence.

He silently turned and walked away from the jubilant crowd.

It was only at this time that the classmates, who were immersed in excitement and pleasure, realized that something was wrong with Song Yuan.

Wang Lucao held the closed folding fan in his hand, and frowned slightly: "Song Yuan, you have fallen off the list." ”

However, in just five words, a group of teenagers were brought back to reality. Shen Kang pushed aside the crowd, squeezed out, and in the crowd of curtains, he saw Song Yuan walking back in despair at a glance.

He ran a few steps and shouted, "Song Yuan!! ”

Song Yuan's body froze slightly, pausing in place. Slowly, slowly turning around, the pale little face showed a reluctant smile.

"San Lang, haha, I'm fine, you guys go to the dragon gate and wait for the entrance. Me, I'll take the test next time, and I'll take the test again. ”

As he spoke, he spoke, and a sour tear welled up in his eyes.

He raised his arm, wiped his face with his sleeve, sniffled, and smiled again.

Shen Kang came to him in a few steps, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, but he didn't know where to start with the words of comfort.

He pursed his lips and said: "After we come back from our study tour, I hope you have already passed the college examination, and when the time comes, let's go to the township examination, the meeting examination, the palace examination, and enter the court as an official together, and make my Ming Dynasty more prosperous!" ”

Song Yuan flattened his lips, gritted his teeth and nodded, turned around and walked forward with his shoulders straightened.

Shen Kang looked at Song Yuan's departing back, turned around and walked back.

Song Yuan walked in the crowd, trying to straighten his neck, straighten his back, and widen his shoulders, but the tears on his face were already crisscrossed.

Tears flowed down his cheeks, revealing a teenager's grievances and unwillingness, straightening his back, and telling a teenager's unyielding and bravery.