Ye Sheng took the government examination at the age of fifteen, which belonged to the biggest news of this year's Luoyang Mansion imperial examination, and it was easy for candidates to talk about it when they gathered on weekdays.

Others may not know who the head of the case is in the counties of Tingzhou Mansion this year, but when it comes to Ye Sheng's name, everyone knows it. And Ye Sheng also did something out of the ordinary, and before the exam, he used poetry in the garden to overwhelm everyone. Especially when he called this poetry meeting, how many talented people who wanted to be famous as a teenager hated him to the core. Moreover, in the first exam of the government examination, he was the only one who appeared in the first row, which was a joke for the candidates.

Others naturally don't think that Ye Sheng is outstanding in learning and can finish answering questions in advance, but think that he doesn't know what he has taken**** and passed the county exam, and when he arrives at the government exam, he can tell that he really has no real talent, so he just put the row out of the examination room.

Ye Sheng was ridiculed, but he was not ashamed, he was used to being looked down upon coldly when he was a child in his previous life. However, the same village smiled and comforted: "Brother Ye don't mind, a few people over there have not passed the government exam seven or eight times, and their psychology is very dark." ”

Ye Sheng smiled and asked, "Then Li Gongzi thinks that he can pass this house test?" ”

Li Ning was stunned by the question, he thought about it, and said with a serious face: "If Brother Ye really passes this government test, I will only feel relieved for Brother Ye in the future." ”

Ye Sheng didn't know how sincere he was, and he couldn't allow him to think about it at this time, because someone over there was already going to come over and give Ye Sheng a "tea".

"Little champion, in the future, you will be in Jinbang High School, but don't forget about us, we are all candidates of the same year, so we have to take care of it more after becoming an official, right?"

Ye Sheng saw that he was clearly here to serve tea, but in fact he was here to entertain him.

This person may really be as his fellow villagers say, because he can't pass several government tests, his psychology has been bent, as if he can elevate himself by suppressing others.

Someone came to toast tea, how could Ye Sheng have to "express", but no one could have imagined that Ye Sheng smiled slightly, he really took the tea handed over by the other party, and drank it with his neck tilted.

"Good tea."

Ye Sheng wiped his mouth, "I have memorized the words of this son, but I don't know the name of the son?" ”

That person didn't expect Ye Sheng to drink the tea he toasted so shamelessly. He was stunned for a moment before sneering: "It's inconvenient to tell you the name below, you will always have a chance to know it in the future." ”

This is quite a rhetorical statement, and the name will not be told to you now. In the future, I will be famous all over the world, and you will definitely know. Ye Sheng nodded and said, "I don't know if I can wait until that day." ”

The man came over to toast a cup of tea, what a courtesy, and he got close to you as if he really wanted to help each other in the future. But a discerning person knew at a glance that he had bad intentions, and he deliberately came to see Ye Sheng's jokes.

Everyone else was waiting to see Ye Sheng's embarrassment, who knew that Ye Sheng's counterattack was also extremely ingenious.

You are bold and want to be famous in the world. I'll just reply to you, I don't know if you can wait until that day.

-for-tat, but without showing traces.

"You!" The man's face changed first.

Ye Sheng replied with a blank expression, as if what he said was unintentional.

Judge from above!

"Hahaha......" The laughter next to him sounded again, but this time it was not Ye Sheng who was laughing, but the unlucky guy who came to serve tea since touching his moldy head.

The man sneered, "We'll see." ”

After finishing speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left, and the store guy hurriedly followed: "Guest officer, you haven't settled the bill yet......"

So there were more people laughing.

Send one away, Ye Sheng sat down, and someone next to him came over to salute: "Ye Gongzi, I hope you and I will pass the game." Can be at the top of the list. ”

This person spoke with a youthful childishness and cold arrogance, Ye Sheng turned his head to look, but it was the fourteen-year-old boy Cao Yu he had seen before.

To say that the person just now came to be sarcastic, and Wu Xingyu came over purely to see the courtesy, Ye Sheng didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly got up and returned the salute, and watched Cao Yu go out under the guidance of the family servant.

"It's such a big show, and you have to bring a house slave to see a crime, this is to show that his Cao family is different?" Someone at the table spoke with disdain.

Ye Sheng asked, "Who is this person?" ”

The man at the table asked in surprise, "You don't know?" His aunt is the current queen.

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Even if it is a concubine, they are also eunuchs, which is different from us. Ye Sheng said with a smile.

Li Ning sighed slightly, and said: "There are many descendants of the Cao family, and he is a concubine, I am afraid that he will not be able to get the Meng Yin of the Cao family, otherwise he will not be able to take the examination and go directly to the Guozi Prison." ”

was originally talking about Ye Sheng, but because of Cao Yu's appearance, the topic turned to the Cao family.

As the artillery battle sounded outside, there was a sudden noise in the teahouse, which indicated that the case had begun to break out on the side of the government.

Someone in the same village wanted to stand up and go out to see the case, Li Ning reminded with a smile: "Brother, there are too many people in front of this prefect's yamen, or wait for someone to disperse before going over, what should I do, if I want to participate in the recruitment tomorrow, it's always good to come out today to relax, why rush back to study?" ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Ye Sheng, "It's still Brother Ye's calm and leisurely cultivation." ”

Ye Sheng grinned and said, "I know I can't pass the test, so I'm not in a hurry." ”

The people at the same table couldn't help but laugh together, even if some people felt that their chances of passing the exam were very slim, but they all had expectations in their hearts, this is human nature, and those present didn't care at all, except for Li Ning and Ye Sheng.

Even Li Ning was thinking in his heart: "But I don't know why he is not in a hurry, could it be that he ......"

After waiting for half an hour, the people in the teahouse gradually finished walking, and the people who had been sitting still couldn't help but join the crowded army of watchers one after another.

Li Ning sighed: "This is not a long case, there is not even a name, those who can't get it will not give up, and they will definitely look at the case paper three or five or seven times." But at noon, I'm afraid we won't be able to squeeze in. ”

Sure enough, as Li Ning said, more than an hour after the first result occurred, there was no decrease in people at the entrance of the government office. More than 1,000 candidates, around those two or three pieces of paper, found their seat number is good, but those who don't find it are really unwilling. Even if you look at it five or six times and walk away a few steps in frustration, you have to go back and look at it two or three times to make sure that your seat number is not on it.

The people at the same table saw that there were fewer scholars outside to see the list, and they all left one after another, only Li Ning sat with Ye Sheng.

"Brother Ye, how do you think the difficulty of the two exam questions this time?" Originally, there was no small talk for a while, and when the people at the same table were gone, Li Ning suddenly asked Ye Sheng. Ye Sheng felt that Li Ning had long wanted to ask himself.

Ye Sheng thought for a while, and naturally replied, "It's quite difficult." Although it is four books and texts, they are all the titles of the "Book of Songs", although my book is not decided, but I follow the teacher to learn more "Spring and Autumn". ”

"Oh?" Li Ning frowned slightly, "The second title of Brother Ye, this 'learn and learn from time to time, there are bandit gentlemen', I don't know what to say?" ”

Ye Sheng smiled: "Young Master Su, is this going to test me?" ”

Li Ning smiled and waved his hand: "Don't dare, I just want to discuss one or two, but I said that the following scripture happens to be the Book of Songs." It's also a counterpart. When you see the candidates who are taking the exam together, you will inevitably want to ask for advice. ”

Ye Sheng looked at Li Ning's appearance and felt that Li Ning would not ask questions for no reason.

As far as Ye Sheng knows, this Li Ning is the son of an official eunuch. He himself is a popular candidate for the head of this government examination, and the teacher's staff also mentioned that Li Ning has relatives who work as errands in the prefect's yamen.

Ye Sheng thought to himself, could it be that Li Ning had received some rumors before the case?

In terms of grading the prefectural examination papers, I want to rely on the prefect to review more than 1,000 answer sheets and read more than 2,000 articles in two days. Not to mention the selection of the good and the bad, it is a question of whether you can read it or not.

Therefore, the marking is generally the staff of the government, the subordinate officials and the teaching, discipline and entrustment of the government to help, after screening, those who answer the question are eliminated first, and then select excellent examination papers to send to the prefect, if the prefect is responsible, or will read this part of the examination paper, but if it is not responsible, maybe the following staff say which article is good, which one to choose.

Ye Sheng thought for a while and said, "If I don't answer well, I won't be ugly in front of Li Gongzi." ”

Ye Sheng originally wanted to wait for Shen Yongzhuo to come back and then go over to watch the list, but Shen Yongzhuo seemed to think that even if Ye Sheng came back, he would leave, so even if most of the people in front of the yamen had dispersed, he didn't see the figure of his fellow villagers.

Li Ning stood up and said, "Brother Ye, come and see together?" ”

"Okay."

Ye Sheng and Li Ning went out of the teahouse together, and it had been almost an hour and a half since the case was committed, and Ye Sheng himself didn't expect to be able to sit down with Li Ning and talk for three hours.

As there were fewer people, it was much easier to walk, and it didn't take long for Ye Sheng and Li Ning to go to the case paper where the case occurred.

"Yikes! It seems that there are very few people who take it. Ye Sheng said suddenly.

Originally, Ye Sheng estimated that about 100 people should be admitted to this government examination, and there should be more than 200 people in the main case and the deputy case combined, but at a glance, there were only two pieces of case paper in total, and there were two circles of people on it, no more than no less than 100, which was less than the number of places recorded in the trial case in Ninghua County.

Li Ning seemed to have known it for a long time: "I heard that there are very few people who have tried it this year. ”

Ye Sheng nodded, and then he went to look for it seriously, and soon, he found "T-shaped Yiwu" among the twenty seat numbers circled in the main case, which was his seat number, which meant that he was the same as the county test, and it was another one-time pass.

Ye Sheng was pleasantly surprised: "Master Su, I found my own." ”

"Congratulations, Brother Shen, it seems that in next year's college exam, you and I will take the same exam again, so you may not be able to enter the list of students?" After speaking, he looked at the rankings but was dumbfounded.