Golden autumn and August, the season of fragrant cinnamon.

Of course, the northwest region is limited to the climate, and the understanding of the laurel tree is only limited to the book, allowing people to imagine a piece of sweetness as a variety of flavors.

Although it is only the beginning of August, many families have begun to prepare for how to have a happy Mid-Autumn Festival for the whole family. Only the juniors in the family participated in the liberation test, and they were worried at this time.

According to the rumors released by the Gongyuan, the number of scientific examinations this year exceeded 1,000, so that the marking work was delayed, and the list, which should have been released at the end of July, was delayed until the second day of August before it was officially announced.

Shen Yun naturally knew the news for a long time, and on the morning of the second day of the first month of August, he bid farewell to Shen's mother and walked to Chengji County.

Halfway down the road, he stopped a mule cart from nowhere, and when he arrived at the city gate, he looked at the Chen Pai.

Today's city gate is very lively, and there are still many scholars waiting to enter the city in front of Shen Yun, and they are still discussing the possibility of being on the list. The guards of the city also knew that the situation was special today, and sent a lot of people to come, and the speed of entering the city was much faster.

I thought there were too many people at the city gate.

But when I got to the outside of the Tribute Courtyard, I knew what it meant to be a real crowd.

Mo said that more than 1,000 people who had participated in the scientific expedition were mixed with relatives and friends of many people. If it weren't for the fact that the Gongyuan was already in a remote location and few people came, and the streets were blocked like this, I was afraid that it would soon be forcibly dispersed by messengers.

Naturally, the shrewd people of the city could not let go of such a good opportunity to make money.

They all picked up the burden, selling tea, soup cakes, cold noodles, and steamed dumplings. Anything you can eat and drink can be found on the side of the street not far away.

There was even an unscrupulous carpenter who pushed a small cart of small stools that were no more than five or six inches high, and shouted at the scholars around him: "Gentlemen who are studying, you can bring a small stool for only five cents." Sit and rest before the list, and step on the list after the list. ”

Not to mention, it really attracted a lot of short scholars to buy it.

Shen Yun was anxious in his heart.

However, he also knows that as long as he is on the list, no matter what time he waits, he can know after all. There is no need to be in a hurry like these people.

Besides, today's weather is really hot. After walking a few steps, I felt sweat oozing from my body.

Besides, according to the usual practice, the list will not be posted until the beginning of the year, and he came early, and he didn't eat anything at home, Shen Yun thought about it, or walked to a tea stall leisurely, bought a crisp dumpling and ate it with tea.

Shen Yun was resting leisurely in the distance, but he didn't know that several people in this crowd were looking around looking for him.

Han Yang is one of them.

Since he left the Tribute Academy, he heard that Shen Yun had handed in the papers early, and he felt a little proud in his heart. Today, I was looking for Shen Yun to see who was better than whom.

The remaining few are the three talents of the state school and Shen Yan.

However, after looking and searching, they did not find it after all, and it happened that the gate of the Gongyuan had changed, and the scholars turned their eyes to the slowly opening gate.

The first to come out were the four sturdy messengers, and when they came out, they forcibly dispersed the soldiers who were blocking the sign on the right side of the gate of the Gongyuan Temple: "Take five steps back, and you are about to put up the list, so don't delay time." ”

In normal times, these servants would shout in front of so many people, and they would definitely be drowned by spitting. However, today is different from the past, this is the time to release the list, and it is really as these people said, if they don't retreat, the people who put up the list will not come out.

The crowd retreated in the midst of the uproar.

In front of the tea stall, several scholars who were originally sitting firmly in Diaoyutai saw that there was movement, and they put down the food in their hands and ran to the sign. is also the only one who is still chewing on steamed dumplings leisurely.

"Childe, aren't you going to take a look?"

The stall owner looked at the only one left, and asked with interest: "You see that the list is about to come out, if the son is in high school, he will have to reward the little old man with a few happy money." ”

Shen Yun finished eating the last one, wiped his greasy fingers with the dried lotus leaves on the table, and then said with a smile: "What are you doing in a hurry, I came late, and I probably won't be able to squeeze forward." Besides, if you win, you will be hit, and if you don't win, you will not be hit, and it will not change because I saw the list early, it is better to let those people squeeze for a while.

Then the high school invited each other to celebrate and eat, and the first one went to be sad and drunk alone. When the time comes, there will be no one else in front of the list, and I will save some effort. ”

"The little old man has sold tea in front of this tribute courtyard for a lifetime, and only the son is the only one, which is very different. I think I must be a confident person, and I will definitely be able to go to high school this year. ”

"Haha, thanks to the old gentleman's auspicious words, if you really win, how about giving the old gentleman a few pennies."

Shen Yun said with a smile, still sitting still.

The crowded crowd in front of the Gongyuan finally had order, and the four soldiers nodded and shouted inside: "The auspicious time has come, Zhang Bang." ”

In the squeak, the gate of the Gongyuan opened, and a pen clerk dressed in red and holding a red list in his hand walked out of the gate under the protection of two soldiers and walked towards the sign.

The crowd became noisy for a moment.

It's just that these soldiers are watching, but no one will cross the line. It's just that the ones behind want to squeeze forward more and more, and the ones in front are also forced to squeeze forward. Seeing that the situation was not good, a few more soldiers ran out of the tribute courtyard, desperately blocking the crowd with their bodies.

The clerk walked up to the sign, and the two soldiers beside him had already painted a layer of paste on it.

After only two clicks, the pen clerk firmly pasted the list in front of the billboard. Then he coughed lightly, and then shouted loudly: "Silence." ”

"In the autumn of Qinzhou in the year of Jiyou, there were 1,136 candidates, and 52 people were in the middle school. According to the usual practice, the articles and poems are evaluated according to the merits and inferiors, and the names are listed in order of ranking. Anyone with the same name is noted as a place of origin. Those who are the first in all beings should be more diligent, and those who are at the bottom should not be discouraged. I wish you all good luck. ”

After saying this, the pen clerk walked into the tribute courtyard, and only the scholars were left vying to see the list.

It's just that the only ones who can see clearly are those who stand at the front. The anxious scholars in the back could only pray as hard as they could: "Everyone in front, please read the list on both sides, so that I can wait for a number in my heart." ”

For such a request, the scholars in front of him naturally readily agreed.

"Please be quiet, I'm going to read the list later."

"Shen Yun."

"What?" In several different places, incredible exclamations were released at the same time. According to the scribe, the order of reading the list is the ranking of this scientific examination, and Shen Yun is actually ranked first?

How is this possible.

The scholars who knew that Shen Yun had handed in the papers early had an incredulity in their eyes.

"Brother Ren in front, behind this Shen Yun, there are those with their origins, please read them out."

"This is nothing, I don't know which one is Brother Shen Yunnian, please show up. I'm waiting to congratulate Brother Nian on the top of the high school rankings. ”

However, to the disappointment of the soldiers ahead, there was no one in the crowd who responded. Originally, this should be the best opportunity for the young generation of Qinzhou to become famous, but I never thought that people would not come.

In desperation, regardless of the discussion later, the scholars continued to read the list: "Han Yang, seventeen years old, a native of Chengji County." ”

Obviously, there is also a Han Yang on the list, who is also from Chengji County, so he also noted his age. Obviously, the first person in the middle was Han Yang, who was the leader of the third floor of the Japanese Literature Society, and at this time, the handsome young man faced the congratulations of the surrounding scholars, but there was no joy on his face.

His goal that day was to be at the top of the list of this liberation test, and he also wanted to crush Shen Yun. I never thought that now it was Shen Yun who pressed himself, although he also won the second, but he didn't want this result.

Coldly throwing his hands around, Han Yang looked at the crowded crowd again, and found that he didn't see Shen Yun's figure, so he left the Tribute Courtyard without looking back.

Han Yang's attitude attracted many criticisms.

But the list still has to be read.

"Zhao Wenqing."

As the third, although Zhao Wenqing was a little disappointed in his heart, it was not as obvious as Han Yang. Of course, this is also related to the fact that he is the first in state studies, after all, he was also called the third genius in state studies, this time Zeng Mingli was still behind him, and as for Lu Fang, he fell to seventh.

The fifth and sixth were won by two equally less-famous scholars.

After that, several other scholars of the state school were on the list. Shen Yan ranked thirteenth.

In just two moments, a list was read to the end. Naturally, the state school was the most dazzling existence among them, and a total of sixteen students took the exam, and thirteen of them came out.

It can be said that the supremacy of state studies has been renewed once again.

However, what makes people marvel is the two names Shen Yun and Han Yang. The leaders of the second and third floors of the Japanese Literature Club are now gathered together, and they have really taken away the biggest reputation in Qinzhou.

At the tea stall, every roll call was repeated loudly, so that it was far away, but it could be heard clearly.

The stall owner looked at Shen Yun at this time, and asked with a smile: "Childe, have you ever been hit?" The implication is to see whether this scholar who sits firmly in Diaoyutai is bluffing or really full of confidence.

Shen Yun nodded, causing the old man to exclaim.

"But I don't know what kind of ranking Childe High School is, and in the future, the little old man will be able to brag to others."

Shen Yun smiled and didn't answer, just took out more than ten coins from his arms, put them on the table, and then walked towards the city with a smile.

The old man was about to say that this posterior was not pretending, but suddenly he remembered that it seemed that all the scholars on the list were in those crowds. Only one didn't show up from beginning to end.

Thinking about all this, the old man suddenly burst out laughing, attracting the attention of several scholars in the past.

After laughing, the old man shouted loudly: "Hahaha, the old man's tea stall has finally entertained a top spot in decades." ”

"Top of the list?"

When the scholars heard these two words, they gathered around: "Old man, do you mean that Shen Yun is sitting on your tea stall?" ”