In the early hours of the morning, when night and day were about to alternate, the sky and the earth were gray, and the watchman of the patrol was powerlessly knocking on the watchman, and the routine patrol was ready to go home with the moon to rest. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoDue to the unpeaceful situation in Guangdong, a curfew has also been imposed in the city of Guangzhou. At this time, except for the gentry and patrol archers, ordinary people were not allowed to go out on the streets with nothing to do, and the whole of Guangzhou should be quiet and peaceful.

The sound of wheels crashing against the slate shattered the tranquil atmosphere and dispelled most of the slumber of the two groomsmen.

"Wu Huo, what are you crazy about! Come out at this hour, is it possible to want to eat the board? Hurry home and it's not time for you to come out for business. ”

The hunchback of the cart laughed, "It's not that I'm crazy, it's you who are crazy." As soon as the morning dawns, the county yamen is about to release the list, and many children are waiting to see the list, and they go to the neighborhood early to grab a place, how can there be any curfew? I'll rush to this field, sell some porridge and go out to make a small fortune, make way and don't stop me from doing business. ”

Outside the Ya of Nanhai County, there are crowds of people, in the dark world, like a group of demons dancing. More than 20 officers and soldiers wearing mandarin duck battle jackets, as well as Nanhai officials who had been sent to maintain order, rubbed their eyes and stood in a row outside the yamen to prevent schoolchildren from stampeding and fighting. After all, they are all reading seeds, and it is not a trivial matter to hurt anyone.

Bursts of aroma drifted into the noses of these dukes along the wind, hooking their stomachs and growling, and some people couldn't help but scold: "Who knows how to do business, and actually put the stall here, the slanderous Lao Tzu panicked." ”

"Who else? It's the famous dog meat Shih Tzu outside the city. That mother-in-law is a famous money robber, how could she not come to rob her when she saw so many children and their families here. She is related to the fat king of the government, and she has his face to take care of, do you dare to go to her stall? Look at it, the pacesetters transferred from the military gate and yamen are still standing there, who dares to mess around? Bear with it, or come over and buy a bowl of dog broth? ”

"Smelling the smell of dog meat, the gods also jumped over the wall. Roll in three-six, and the gods can't stand steadily. All of you are rich and noble, you can't starve when you watch the list here, eat a bowl of soup, with a few pieces of cake, and you are full of energy, just waiting for the gold list nomination. ”

Liang Pandi's voice was practiced by setting up a stall outside the city, which was extremely loud, with a strong smell of meat, so that all the boys who were waiting for the release of the list couldn't help but look this way.

Not far from Liang Pandi, another cauldron was set up, and a fire was set up underneath, and a young woman stood by the pot shyly, bowing her head from time to time to add firewood to maintain the fire. Sister Hu was not as open as Brother Liang Pan, and coughed several times before she dared to shout under Fan Jin's encouraging gaze:

"Champion...... The champion and the first porridge, can you eat it...... Medium champion. The last three words were shouted vaguely, far less crisp and powerful than Liang Pandi's shouting. But relying on the fragrance of the porridge, some Confucian children still came over and asked, "How much is a bowl of this porridge?" ”

The list is released at dawn, and most of the people who are waiting to see the list come in the middle of the night, and famous children like Zhang Shilu and Wei Haogu have a lot of family servants with them, and they take a good position to see the list first. The rest of the candidates had to wait a little farther away.

Fan came in early, set up a stall early, and took this opportunity to start a business. Guan Qing and Gu Bai were busy holding hands on the side, collecting money and serving soup, and they were in a hurry, seeing that there were more and more copper coins, and the clanging sound of coins colliding made the two of them happy.

A figure appeared in front of Liang Pandi's stall, it was too dark to see his facial features, but the voice was very familiar. "Your name is Brother Liang Pan? Your surname is Liang and his surname is Fan, how can you be his sister? ”

Liang Pandi was busy collecting money, and there was an extra person in front of her, she was stunned for a moment, and then remembered who the person in front of her was. She can't remember the appearance of Zhang Shilu anymore, but she vaguely remembers such an incident, she was doing business outside the city and experienced many conflicts, but she was not stage frightened. Leng Bingbing replied: "Sheng Hui, a bowl of broth costs ten yuan, a cake six yuan, how many bowls do you want?" ”

"My son has never eaten this kind of coarse food, I just came to ask you, what is the relationship between Fan Jin and you?"

"Huh? Are you a fast catcher of the yamen? Or is it land protection? What does I have to do with Fan Jin, and what does it have to do with you? Pay if you eat, hide from me if you don't eat, and don't get in the way of my business. ”

Behind Zhang Shilu, followed by several servants of the Zhang family, at this time, they helped their son-in-law, and there was a humane: "Everyone is waiting for the release of the list today, what kind of system are you selling food and drink here?" If our son-in-law is annoyed and takes a famous thorn, he will send you to prison! ”

Liang Pandi didn't show weakness, rolled up his sleeves, and his fist almost fell on Zhang Shilu's face, "Toad yawns, it's so big!" Take me to prison, okay, I'm waiting for someone to take care of my rations. Come, arrest me, what kind of royal law have I committed, why should you arrest me? ”

A man's voice sounded at this moment, "Zhang Gongzi, right?" In Xia Fan Jin, this is polite. Seeing that the list is about to be released, but you are arguing with others about some useless things here, do you know that this subject is hopeless, so you simply break the jar and break it, and come here to make trouble? ”

The scholars of the Ming Dynasty have always been courteous, and every time the exam results are released, they follow the practice of showing the discipline of the readers. Summary of the times: If you take the test with the two of you, you have to squeeze it; If you have ten meals, you will also grab one; Whatever you want, you have to end the candle; If you don't take any of them, you will say that it is unfair.

This year, he even transferred from the Yamen, the governor of Liangguang, to mark the camp, which shows the importance of the examination order. Although Zhang Shilu is a famous local family, if he has a reputation for taking the lead in making trouble, I am afraid that the road to the imperial examination will also be greatly affected.

Zhang Shilu also knew how powerful, and didn't accept Fan Jin's words, "Fan Jin, my generation of scholars read the books of sages, Xiaozhou Gongli, what is the relationship between you and the two women around you, dare to say it?" If you are only interested in your virtue, you will not want to read any name. I really don't know where you got such a thick skin, and you dare to come to see the list, you should still be able to pass the county exam? ”

"Whether you can pass the county exam or not, you will know if you pass the exam. Otherwise, let's take a gamble? If there is no Fan's name when the list is released later, I will get out of Guangzhou, and I will retreat when I see you Zhang Shilu in the future. If you have my name, you will give me rules and regulations when you see these two girls, and you will not come up to talk to me. ”

Cantonese people gamble a lot, and Zhang Shilu is no exception, and there are countless pairs of eyes watching, and they can't afford to lose this formation, so they gritted their teeth, "Bet, bet, let's high-five." If you lose, you have to make a bet and not go in and out with this woman in the future, so as not to damage the face of our scholars. If I lose, I'll take care of this pot of dog broth! ”

The hands of the two hit each other in the air, making a crisp sound, and then it was like a cockfight, you look at me, I look at you, just waiting for the list. As the sky gradually brightened, a gong sounded in the county office, and two rows of soap-clothed and feathered officials walked out of the formation of two dragons dividing the water. One of them held the list in his hand, walked to the yamen photo wall, pasted the list upward, turned around and left.

Zhang Shilu didn't care about Fan Jin at this time, turned around, and ran straight to Zhaobi, a dry boy also rushed to Zhaobi like a tide, Liang Pandi and Sister Hu also rushed in, but were stopped by Fan Jin, "So many people, carefully stepped on their shoes." What's yours is yours, and you can't fly if you don't grab it. If you don't deserve it, it's useless to grab it. ”

The list of the county examination is called the round list, and the names of the people are arranged in clockwise order, with the surname facing the outside and the name facing inside, and the center and the top position is the name of the head of the case. At this time, the sun had risen, the sun was falling on the list, Zhang Shilu, with the help of several servants, had already rushed inside, looking towards the head of the case, Fan Jin's two words stood firmly there, like a sundial facing the sun, shining.

"It can't be! Wrong, it must be wrong! ”

With this wail, the soldiers of the standard battalion who maintained order seemed to have received an order to charge, rushed towards the Confucian boy who was watching the list with knives and guns, and shouted loudly for the first officer: "Who shouted wrong? Who took the lead in the exam? Stand up and let the grandfather take a look! ”