Early one morning in late February, Li Hongyu and the children of the Li family living in another courtyard went to the county school under the leadership of Li Renbo, accompanied by the candidates of Baihe Academy.

Today, the day of the release of the fourth exam of the county school, will determine the ownership of the top 10 and the top 10.

In addition to the head of the county examination, the most important thing is the top ten candidates, called the "top ten in the county", which is an honorary title, representing the highest level of candidates in the county, and can be described as the elite candidates in the county.

There is only one case, but there are ten "top ten in the county", so for the vast majority of candidates, they want to get involved in the "top ten in the county".

Compared with the first three exams, there are many fewer candidates to see the list, after all, the candidates who can hold on to the fourth game are less than 20% of the total number of candidates, but the people who came to join in the fun have increased, so from a distance, there is a large number of people surrounded by black pressure outside the door of the county college, you must know that this is the finale of the county exam, which should not be missed.

Due to the large number of people at the scene, Li Renbo did not lead the children of the Li family and the candidates of Baihe Academy to move forward, but waited under a big tree in the distance, and let the subordinates crowd to the front to wait for the release of the county school list.

According to the usual practice, the officials of the county government room will post the list on the notice wall outside the county school at the beginning of the year, and the names of the candidates on the list are lined up according to the ranking, and the candidates who appear in the first name are the head of the county examination, so that they can directly obtain the fame of Xiucai, and do not need to participate in the later government examination and the hospital examination.

Because each county will also compare the number and ranking of candidates on the list of each county in the prefectural and hospital examinations, which is an important criterion for assessing the performance of local officials, the chief officials of the prefecture and county will encourage the head of the case to participate in the next two examinations.

Once the county examination is passed, the candidate will have a teacher-student friendship with the county or the state, and will naturally not disappoint the expectations of the county or the state, and continue to participate in the provincial examination and the hospital examination.

It is worth mentioning that not all students who have achieved the fame of talent can participate in the township examination held in the provincial capital, and before that, the students of each province have to take an examination in each prefecture and city under the auspices of the students, which is called the scientific examination, also known as the scientific examination.

The ranking of the scientific examination is divided into six classes, and only the top 20 candidates in the first, second and third classes can be qualified for the township examination.

However, if you get the top three in the college examination, you can be exempted from the scientific examination and directly obtain the qualification to participate in the township examination, which is also a huge temptation for the head of the county, and it is also an honor, which means that its status among the candidates in the prefecture, if the ranking is in the forefront, it is a happy event for the glory of the ancestors.

As the saying goes, there is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts, which means that it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the winner in the competition between literati, after all, the quality of the articles they make is related to the personal preferences of the examiner, which also creates a situation where literati are inferior to each other.

Martial artists are different, they are compared to fist and foot kung fu, and the one who can stand in the ring in the end is the winner.

Therefore, just like Li Hongyi and Wang Kuiju, neither of them is convinced, they both want to compete for the first place in the exam, and naturally they will not give up the exam easily.

Li Hongyu stood behind the crowd and thought about the fabric business, seeing that it was about to be March, and some things that should be done must be solved, otherwise the business behind would be delayed.

"Brother Li, who do you say can get the head of the case this time?" Just when Li Hongyu was wandering out of the world there, a voice sounded in his ears, and it turned out that Zhao Xin came over.

Li Hongyu came back to his senses when he heard this, shook his head at Zhao Xin, and then lowered his head, looking silent.

Zhao Xin smiled slightly when he saw this, glanced at Li Hongyu and stood on a big stone on the side, looked up at the county school notice wall in the distance, it was already the hour, and in a quarter of an hour, the officials in the ceremonial room would come to post the list.

In the third exam, Zhao Xin surpassed Li Hongyi and Wang Kuiju and became the first place, so she was bound to win the first case this time, and in her opinion, Li Hongyi, who ranked third, and Wang Kuiju, who ranked second, were the biggest competitors.

Wang Kuiju exerted his strength in the second exam, and suddenly overturned Li Hongyi, who was the first in the first exam, and forced Li Hongyi to occupy the first position, while Li Hongyi had to retreat to second place, and Zhao Xin ranked ninth in the second exam.

The reason why Zhao Xin paid attention to Li Hongyu was because she found that although Li Hongyu's ranking did not enter the top ten, his ranking improved in one exam after another.

Li Hongyu took the first exam for more than 30 people, the second for more than 20 people, and the third for more than a dozen people, which is not easy to do.

Therefore, Zhao Xin began to pay attention to Li Hongyu, she didn't think that Li Hongyu was just lucky, which meant that Li Hongyu had considerable strength.

Zhao Xin wanted to test how Li Hongyu did in the exam, but unfortunately Li Hongyu was too wooden, so she didn't expect to get any answers from him.

Li Hongyu quietly glanced at Zhao Xin who was standing on the stone and looking into the distance, he had always felt that Zhao Xin was not simple, and from the third exam, it was really hidden, overpowering Li Hongyi and Wang Kuiju.

It's a pity that Zhao Xinsheng met him at the wrong time, a subtle smile flashed at the corner of Li Hongyu's mouth, this time Li Hongyu went to the head of the case in the county test, you must know that this is the best time to make a name for yourself, as for taking time to arrange business matters, it is secondary.

Like Li Hongyu's candidates in Baihe Town, not far away, Wang Kuiju and the candidates from the county town gathered in groups and waited for the results, secretly guessing who would get the first place and enter the top ten.

Unlike the people around him, Wang Kuiju did not look in the direction of the county school, his gaze fell on Zhao Xin, who was standing on the stone, and his brows frowned slightly.

Since he easily resolved Wang Kui'an's trick in the restaurant that day, Wang Kuiju began to pay attention to Zhao Xin and knew that she was a child of the Zhao family of Fuxiang.

Especially when the results of the third exam came out, Wang Kuiju never expected that he would be compared to Zhao Xin, it seems that Zhao Xin is a very difficult person, even more difficult to deal with than Li Hongyi, and he can be said to be his biggest opponent in this county exam.

"Third brother, this surnamed Zhao's fine skin and tender meat, maybe he is a father-in-law, if the third brother is interested, the second brother will set up a bureau to give him to you." Suddenly, a person came to Wang Kuiju's side, glanced at Zhao Xin along his line of sight, and smiled ambiguously.

"The second brother misunderstood, the younger brother doesn't have a habit of breaking his sleeves, but he just thinks that Zhao Gongzi is more difficult to deal with than Li Ergongzi." Wang Kuiju suddenly showed an embarrassed look on his face when he heard this, and hurriedly explained.

"This kid does have some ability, and he was able to get the first place in the last exam." Wang Kuian'an nodded, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "But this kid's hometown is Shanxi, and he can't be regarded as a person from Baihe Town, as long as we can win Li Hongyi." ”

"Second brother, Fuxiang is a big business name in Shanxi, we can move around more with this Zhao Gongzi in the future, only by expanding our business can we confront the Li family." Wang Kuiju groaned for a while, and made a deep suggestion to Wang Kuian, if the Li family is allowed to continue to expand in the business field, the Wang family will never want to turn over.

"The second brother will find a way to get close to him, Dad is right, you have a long-term vision, and you will definitely be able to revitalize our Wang family." Wang Kui'an smiled at Wang Kui when he heard this, and agreed in one bite.

He is not afraid that Wang Kuiju, the righteous son, will rebel against the guest and take charge of the Wang family, because Wang Kuiju is determined to be in the officialdom and has no interest in the affairs of the Wang family, Wang Kui'an's father, that is, the head of the Wang family, has a high opinion of Wang Kuiju, if Wang Kui enters the officialdom, he will definitely be able to mix well, and the Wang family will count on him to defeat the Li family.

"Look, the courtyard door is open!" At this moment, a surprised voice suddenly came from the crowd, and I saw the door of the county college slowly open, and two officials from the county government room walked out with the list in their hands.

Seeing this, there was a commotion at the scene, and people subconsciously rushed forward, pushing the officers responsible for maintaining order at the scene to stagger.

Because there were too many people in front of him, Li Hongyu could only stand on tiptoe and look forward, he was just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, only a little taller than Zhao Xin, and it was difficult to see the scene on the other side of the notice wall.

"Come up!" Just when Li Hongyu was about to give up joining in the excitement, Zhao Xin, who was standing on the big stone on the side, smiled and stretched out his hand to him.

In addition to standing on this big rock, if Li Hongyu wants to see the situation in front of the county college, he can only climb the big tree next to him that is already full of people, which is obviously not in line with Li Hongyu's character.

Seeing that Zhao Xin kindly sent out an invitation, Li Hongyu naturally would not refuse, so he hesitated for a moment and took Zhao Xin's hand, which was pulled up by Zhao Xin.

In fact, the space on that stone is not large, and Zhao Xin is relatively spacious when he stands alone, but Li Hongyu looks a little crowded as soon as he goes up.

There was no way, in order to stand firmly, Zhao Xin had to reach out and hug Li Hongyu's waist, so that both of them could stand on that stone, and they couldn't let Li Hongyu of Mu Ne grab her waist!

To be honest, Zhao Xin didn't treat Li Hongyu as a man at this moment, Li Hongyu was like a younger brother who needed to be cared for in front of her, so she pulled Li Hongyu up.

"It smells so good!" With the close contact with Zhao Xin, Li Hongyu, who was looking at the notice wall in front of the county school, suddenly twitched the tip of his nose a few times, and secretly said in his heart, he clearly smelled a refreshing fragrance coming from Zhao Xin's body.

"A big man actually uses such a fragrant sachet!" Then, Li Hongyu couldn't help but shake his head secretly, and his attention was refocused on the notice wall outside the county school, and he didn't think about anything else at all.

In his opinion, this faint fragrance must have come from the sachet on Zhao Xin's body, and in ancient times, men also wore sachets, and its function was equivalent to the perfume of later generations.

At this moment, the two officials had already posted the list of the fourth exam on the notice wall.

When the two walked back to the county school, the people gathered in front of the notice wall suddenly rushed to the front of the list, scrambling to check the names on the list, especially who was the head of the case at the top of the list.

Soon, there was an uproar among the people in front of the list, buzzing with each other about something, and the look on their faces was very surprised.

This made Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin and others, who were in the rear, couldn't help but look at each other, secretly curious, and didn't know what was going on.