Daddy Yan Zhun knelt in front of the ancestral tablet and kept kowtowing, praying that the ancestors of the Yan family could bless Yan Heng and his brothers to win the county test.

In order to express his ardent expectation that his two sons can win the county exam, Daddy Yan Zhun, as a Confucian student, has completely begun to become superstitious.

Daddy Yan Zhun not only prayed for the ancestors of the Yan family, but even went to the temple outside the city to make a wish, and began to sleep in separate beds with Caixiu, in order to pray for the good news that his two sons won the county test.

finally waited for the day of the county trial case, and Yan Zhun, the father who had not been close to women for a few days, obviously looked better, and hurried to the county office early in the morning to wait to see the list.

Yan Heng and Xiao Yan Song were not in a hurry, after several days of hard training, he and Xiao Yan Song were already exhausted, and finally the county test was over, and they both lay on the big bed at home and slept in the sun.

In short, the entire Yan family came in reverse.

The lazy father Yan Zhun went out early in the morning, and Yan Heng and Xiao Yan Song, who usually got up early and were busy reciting their homework, were still dreaming.

Dou Ding and Ouyang Hong had already gotten up early, both of them had changed into new clothes, and asked the family to prepare the reward money, waiting for the people in the yamen to come to report the good news.

Although someone will naturally come to report if they pass the exam, and ask for money by the way, Dou Ding and Ouyang Hong, who have long been looking forward to the results of the county examination, still came to the county yamen early, wanting to see for themselves how the first step on the road to the imperial examination was born?

Ouyang Xue and Ouyang Lu also came in a carriage, they were also very curious about this annual grand occasion, of course, Ouyang Xue also wanted to see if Yan Heng would really win the county test.

Because she had already learned the news that Yan Heng and Xiao Yan Song had been taking the exam until the end of the fifth county exam from her second uncle Ouyang Import, who had gone home.

At this time, the names of the remaining 90 or so county test admission students selected by the top 10 and the county officials and the various teachings have begun to be unsealed one after another.

Every time the clerk called a name, someone transcribed it on red paper.

Not long after, the list of the first batch and the last 50 Confucian children in the county examination was transcribed and pasted on a notice board set up in the open space outside the county office.

The rankings and names on the red paper and the Lijia are clearly written, and the person who is responsible for reporting the good news or waiting for the good news can quickly learn the candidate's information and report it quickly.

From time to time, there were Confucian children cheering, but no one was lonely at this time, because everyone was eagerly looking forward to the fact that they might appear in a better ranking later.

The father looked at it for a long time, without the names of his two sons, some disappointed, some expectation, and some worried, and kept reading:

"God forbid, God forbid, I don't expect my two stupid sons to be in good ranking, as long as they can win, they can win!"

Dou Ding and Ouyang Hong didn't see their rankings either, but the two of them were obviously much more relaxed, and couldn't help but smile at each other, thinking to themselves how could they be ranked behind with their own results.

Dou Ding even came to Ouyang Xue and said with a smile: "Cousin, as soon as the results come out, as long as my cousin and I get the case, I will show my parents and go to your house to propose marriage." ”

Ouyang Xue smiled awkwardly and didn't answer him.

"Sister, do you have the names of Brother Yan Heng and Little Yan Song, and do you have the names of your cousin and cousin?" Ouyang Lu leaned into Ouyang Xue's arms and asked with big eyes.

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Yan Heng and Xiao Yan Song also came to the county office, after all, he still wanted to see if the new set of counseling materials he prepared could be sold.

Dou Ding and Ouyang Hong saw Yan Heng and Xiao Yan Song, and sneered very unceremoniously.

"Brother Yan, how many do you think you can win?" Dou Ding took the initiative to talk to Yan Heng, and he smiled.

As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person when he reaches out, Yan Heng doesn't know how this Dou Ding can still come up and take the initiative to talk to him when he is beaten by himself, is it really not open-minded, so he also replied politely: "It's almost in the top ten." ”

This is not Yan Heng's arrogance, because his current texts are all answer sheets made by scholars above the Jinshi, and the other answer sheets are almost made by celebrities, even if his calligraphy is limited, he will not fall out of the top three, unless the county Xiong Xiu can't tell the good or bad of the article or deliberately suppresses himself.

However, this Dou Ding laughed when he heard it, he wanted to say that Yan Heng was a little ashamed, but in front of the public, he still deliberately showed a humble and gentlemanly style: "Brother Yan is really talented." ”

"Don't be ashamed! My cousin said that he is at least the top ten in the county, I believe it, you also want to be in the top ten in the county", Ouyang Hong just finished speaking;

Xiao Yan Song, who was looking at the ranking of the list that had just been posted, suddenly had an idea and jumped up: "Oops, Dou Ding!" Thirty-eighth place, it is Dou Ding! Three-eight sinus top, three-eight sinus top! ”

"Thirty-eight sinus top!"

Xiao Yan Song jumped and screamed excitedly.

Yan Heng couldn't help but smile bitterly, he couldn't understand his younger brother Xiao Yan Song more and more, I really don't know if he was really innocent or deliberately disgusting Dou Ding, and shouted "Thirty-Eight Dou Ding" so fiercely, fortunately, the people of the Ming Dynasty didn't understand the deep meaning of "Three Eight", otherwise they would have already caused laughter.

The more fierce Xiao Yan Song shouted, the darker and ugly Dou Ding's face became, where would he have thought that he would be ranked thirty-eighth!

He is the most eye-catching prodigy in the family, and he is aspiring to win the first place in this county test, and even has to win three yuan, otherwise how would he have traveled thousands of miles back to Fenyi to take the test.

But I only won the thirty-eighth place!

"Congratulations, Brother Dou!"

Come and don't be rude, since Dou Ding began to be polite and polite, Yan Heng didn't forget to congratulate him.

Dou Ding squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and his heart was a lot colder, but he still hurriedly changed the topic, and felt that he no longer bothered with the annoying Yan Heng brothers, and asked Ouyang Hong: "Cousin, take a look, how many are you?" ”

Ouyang Hong said a little lonely: "There is no name of mine in this batch." ”

"Could it be that you can be in the top ten in the county, cousin? This is also a good thing, after all, you are also the son of Xie Yuangong, and the top ten in the county are well deserved", Dou Ding said.

"I hope", Ouyang Hong replied, and his heart became even more nervous.

And Xiao Yan Song was also a little nervous, and pulled Yan Heng's hand tightly: "Brother." ”

"It's okay, believe in yourself, you are the one who can have the last laugh", Yan Heng touched Xiao Yan Song's little head, and suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a pair of eyes staring at him behind him, so he hurriedly looked back and saw that Ouyang Xue had quickly turned around.

Ouyang Xue couldn't help but feel a little happy when she saw Yan Heng and her cousin saluting each other there, and she was even more relieved to hear that her cousin was in the thirty-eighth place:

"Go back, there's no need to look at it anymore, it's good if my cousin can win, and naturally not everyone can be successful in the case."