But soon, Xu Shao put away that expression and returned to calm, but he was still pursing his mouth and smiling, as if he had found some treasure.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Yue breathed a sigh of relief, he felt that Xu Shao was not unhappy, that is, what he wrote was okay, and according to the meaning of Xu Shao's expression, he should even have a little appreciation for himself.

The sky was getting cloudier and darker, and Zhao Yue felt a drop of water dropping on the back of his hand, presumably it was going to rain.

Among the crowd, there were several people who completed the problem and handed in the bamboo chips, including Pan Yu. When he handed over the bamboo slice, he deliberately stood up, bent over, and presented his hands to the maid, with a charming smile on his face, which made the maid very embarrassed, so he had to smile back.

Zhao Yue secretly sighed in her heart, this Pan Yu is also a decent gentleman, and his polite appearance will always make people respect him.

In front of the wooden table, Xu Shao, who had collected all the bamboo chips, was watching one by one, his hand speed was very fast, almost as soon as he got a piece of bamboo, he began to replace the next one. This amazed everyone and praised his ability to look at ten lines.

In the end, Xu Shao finished reading all the bamboo pieces, sighed with satisfaction, and then stood up.

Under the expectant gaze of everyone, he was simple and clear, and said to everyone without any embellishment: "This time the Yuedan evaluation is coming to an end, and I have already determined the candidates to be evaluated, namely Zhao Yue and Pan Yu." ”

"Alas!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a ridicule in the crowd, it was the people who were not selected who were lamenting their miserable fate, and some people cast envious eyes on Zhao Yue and Pan Yu, and they were jealous in their hearts.

Zhao Yue and Pan Yu glanced at each other, smiled at each other, and didn't say anything.

Now that the candidates have been decided, they are going to be guests in the house, listen to Xu Shao's comments, and receive the bronze medal of the Yuedan evaluation issued by the Xu government. Zhao Yue and Pan Yu entered Xu Shao's mansion under the guidance of the maid and a group of family members, while the rest of the people who were not selected left in despair. However, these people will not give up, and everyone wants to wait until next month to try their luck.

When the people in front of the Xu Mansion dispersed, only the family was left, and the cold wind was still there, but the long-lost heavy rain did not finally fall on Pingyu City. It's night, the sky is pitch black, it's impossible to see whether it's cloudy or sunny, but there is no starlight, and the temperature is always very low, which always makes people feel like there will be a rainstorm.

There is nothing surprising about the structure of Xu's mansion, and the space is not as big as Zhao Yue imagined, but it looks very warm: there are a few evergreen trees planted everywhere, and the red lanterns are hung directly on the trees, and faint fires can also be seen in the houses everywhere, and the sound of the housekeepers reading can still be heard in the side room.

Zhao Yue, who was walking on the stone path in the garden of Xu's mansion, said thoughtfully: "Even the family members are so knowledgeable here, Mr. Xu Zijiang is really a great person." ”

On the winding road, Pan Yu was walking beside Zhao Yue, and when he heard the words, he smiled and said: "What Brother Zhao said is very true, but there is something curious about the next thing, I want to ask, I don't know if it's okay?" After speaking, Pan Yu made a gesture to Zhao Yue.

Zhao Yue had never seen such a polite person, and she couldn't help but feel a little frightened in her heart, so she hurriedly returned the salute and said politely: "Xianpu has anything to ask, just ask if you have anything to do, you can call me directly." ”

"Heh, Brother Changjiao," Pan Yu asked as he walked, "I don't know what Brother Changjiao said on the bamboo slice, which was valued by Mr. Xu Zijiang and selected as the assessee?" ”

Zhao Yue smiled in her heart, and said in her heart that this gentleman actually cared about this problem, so he told Pan Yu what was written in the bamboo piece, and after Pan Yu heard it, he also praised Zhao Yue for considering the problem uniquely and having different opinions than ordinary people.

The two exchanged a few words of greeting, and Zhao Yue asked Pan Yu what he wrote on the bamboo piece.

After hearing this, Pan Yu smiled embarrassedly: "It's not worth mentioning a mere fallacy. It's just that I have a hunch that Lu Bu will betray Dong Zhuo again in the near future about Lu Bu's betrayal of Ding Yuan, so I expressed my responsibility for this behavior according to some of my own thoughts, and estimated some future trends in the Central Plains. ”

Zhao Yue didn't speak after hearing this, just nodded silently, thoughtful in her heart.

Under the leadership of the maid, the two walked into a room, the lights in the room were already lit, and some literati calligraphy and paintings were pasted on the walls of the wooden partitions, mostly landscape paintings, which added a bit of elegance to this simple house.

The maid pointed to the two quaint wooden chairs, made a gesture of please, and said to Zhao Yue and Pan Yu: "Please sit down, presumably the bronze medal has not yet been cast and engraved at this time, so I will go and ask for the two of you first." ”

"I'm tired." After Pan Yu finished speaking, he watched the maid leave, and then, only Zhao Yue and Pan Yu were left in the entire house, as well as a few maids and family members from the Xu Mansion.

Zhao Yue didn't rush to take a seat, but looked around at the environment and furnishings in the house, and then looked at the servant standing at the door, and was extremely envious in her heart. Thinking that he has been in and out of merchants and Situ's mansions, but he has no place to stay, this has to be said to be a pity.

While waiting for the bronze medal, Zhao Yue also chatted with Pan Yu for a while. He learned that Pan Yu was a southerner, twenty-two this year, and this time he went to the Central Plains to find a strategist's errand under the princes, because he passed through Pingyu City and learned about Xu Shao's Yuedan review, so he came to find out, but he didn't expect to be the same as Zhao Yue, and he was selected to be the reviewer for the first time.

"Then which way are the princes of Xianpu ready to take refuge?" Zhao Yue leaned back in her chair and asked relaxedly.

Pan Yu thought about it seriously and said: "I think Yuan Shao is the fourth and third dukes, and he also has a certain amount of power in Hebei, so this time I want to go to Yuan Shao's subordinates to be an official to see if I can get better." ”

"I see." Zhao Yue nodded, but remembered another question, so she asked again.

The two of them are like this, you talk freely with candles and I say a word, and you completely forget that you are in someone else's house now. I don't know how long it took, the maid finally walked in with two bronze medals and handed them to Zhao Yue and Pan Yu respectively.

Zhao Yue took the bronze medal in her hand, tried the weight, and looked at the color again: heavy, bright, and had an indescribable good feeling. Especially seeing the word "Zhao Yue" engraved on the front of the bronze medal made him extremely happy in his heart. However, what he was looking forward to the most was the comment Xu Shao gave him, he anxiously reversed the bronze medal, only to see a sentence engraved on it:

"The first people of the world will come after the people, and the ancestors of the people of the world will come after the people."

"What does this mean......" Zhao Yue looked at the comment on the bronze medal, and kept muttering, but she never understood the connotation of this word.

Coincidentally, Pan Yu leaned his head over and asked curiously: "Changjiao, what is your comment, my comment is 'The rich do not hesitate to make money, and the poor prefer jade'." Do you understand what that means? ”

Zhao Yue shook her head silently, looked at Pan Yu face to face, and finally, both of them looked at the maid standing in the room with puzzled eyes. When the maid saw it, she hurriedly smiled and waved her hand, and said, "Please don't look at me, you two, I don't understand the meaning." It's just that my husband not only sees people accurately, but also can guess their future fate from their actions, so I hope that the two of you can keep in mind the comments and prepare more for the future. ”

Zhao Yue was dumbfounded, he looked at the comments on the bronze medal, and it seemed that there was no place to comment on the assessee, nor did he have the intention of praising the assessee. In other words, it's not so much a comment as a magic gift.

Can it really come in handy to take this to the princes everywhere?

The maid seemed to see Zhao Yue's concerns, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry too much, if you want to seek official positions everywhere, you only need to show the bronze medal issued in my house, and you don't need to care about what the comment is. Also, it's getting late today, and my husband has also prepared a place for the two of you to live, so you can stay in the house and wait until tomorrow to dawn, and then it's not too late to set off. ”

"So, thank you girl."

Before Zhao Yue could speak, Pan Yu got up and saluted back.

Sometimes, Zhao Yue really thinks that this Pan Yu is a person who pays attention to etiquette, but there is nothing wrong with this, after all, now that the world is in chaos, there are few people like him who pay attention to cultivation and abide by etiquette.

From the side hall to the resting place, along the way, Zhao Yue was thinking about the sentence on the wooden plaque, what exactly is called "the first people of the world and the later people of the world"? What kind of magical meaning is hidden in this?

Zhao Yue, who was lying on the bed, fell asleep, and outside the house was a quiet and peaceful night.