Xu Jiangming can be said to be a representative of the merry and talented people, he ranked third in the examination, second only to Ji Ning and Qin Feng, he is naturally unwilling. Eight? One Chinese? Net? (a)?.

The title of the gold list this time, there is no top ten alone, Xu Jiangming, Qin Feng, Gu Yuming and Ji Ning are not on the list, indicating that these four people are likely to be in the top ten at the same time, and the competition for the first place or even the champion is still very fierce, Xu Jiangming also knows that his biggest competitor is Ji Ning, who won the championship almost undisputed in the examination.

So much so that Xu Jiangming was a little unnoticed, and he didn't seem to see Han Yu and Tang Xie next to him.

Xu Jiangming heard Ji Ning's salutation and said with a smile: "I heard that Brother Yongning is not respected by scholars in the land of Jinling, so that after Brother Yongning was admitted to Xie Yuan, many people still have criticism, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Han Yu was a little dissatisfied and said, "Xu Donghe, what do you mean by this?" Do you want to say that Yongning's results in the township examination are not appropriate? ”

"That's what you said, but I haven't said it before!" Xu Jiangming said with a smile, "Brother Yongning can obtain Huiyuan in the examination, and he has already proven his talent, if this is still doubted, then the person who doubts Brother Yongning's talent should really be called damned!" ”

Tang explained: "What do you mean? ”

"There's nothing else in the mean!" Xu Jiangming said, "Although there is no distinction between high and low in talent, only in the examiner's appreciation of the candidate's article, but I have never thought that my talent has learned to be inferior to others, Ji Yongning, you can be listed above the bottom in the examination, and if you are not convinced, then you might as well make a competition to see who can be the top high school champion in this palace examination!" ”

Xu Jiangming is a very famous talent, and he is a young man, and in terms of fame, he is higher than Ji Ning.

And Xu Jiangming is not the kind of person who likes to sell his reputation and reputation, he has real talent and learning, and he rarely bothered with people before, but this time he took the initiative to make an appointment with Ji Ning, which also shows that Xu Jiangming is angry about the failure of the test. Ji Ning thought to himself: "Xu Jiangming's essay in the palace examination must be well written, so that he has such confidence to call me out!" ”

Seeing that Ji Ning didn't speak, Xu Jiangming smiled and said, "What, Ji Ning, don't you dare to accept the gambling contract?" ”

"It's okay to bet!" Ji Ning didn't evade it, and said directly, "I don't know what the bet is?" ”

Tang Xie and Han Yu gave Ji Ning a look, in his opinion, this Xu Jiangming probably learned something about the final results of the palace exam in advance, so he would come out to argue with Ji Ning, and Ji Ning had a high probability of losing.

Moreover, with Tang Xie and Han Yu's previous understanding of Qin Feng and others, these self-esteemed scholars are still very harsh on others, and the content of the bet proposed must be a very shame-damaging thing.

But Xu Jiangming seems to be a person who doesn't follow common sense, he said: "As for the bet, I haven't thought about it before, but now I have thought about it, I might as well bet on a sacrificial text, how about it?" ”

Tang Xie said angrily: "What kind of sacrificial text is a bet, what is this?" ”

Han Yu also didn't understand where to take a sacrificial text as the content of the bet.

Ji Ning felt that Xu Jiangming's move was very clever. Ji Ning thought to himself: "Using the sacrificial text to make a bet means that the losing side wants to write a sacrificial text for the winning side, then even if the losing side still has the opportunity to do a good job in the sacrificial text, so that people can show his talent and level by spreading this kind of thing." This is a very fair and reasonable way to bet! ”

Before, Ji Ning also didn't like Xu Jiangming's babbling readers, but now that he listened to Xu Jiangming's bets, he admired Xu Jiangming a little.

After all, Xu Jiangming has never harmed anyone from beginning to end, even if he thinks a little too highly of himself, it is also a pride of a scholar.

"Okay, then it's a deal!" Ji Ning nodded.

Xu Jiangming said with a smile: "Then I will go to wait outside the yamen of the Ministry of Rites first, I hope Brother Yongning will not repay the debt!" ”

After speaking, Xu Jiangming went to the outside of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites first, while Ji Ning stayed in the teahouse and continued to drink tea with Tang Xie and Han Yu.

As soon as the person left, Tang explained: "Yongning, why do you have to care about this kind of person? ”

"There's a bet, so let's liven up the atmosphere! It's not about losing the house or the land, you just need to be calm! Ji Ning said with a smile.

"That is, you don't care about this kind of thing, if you were me, you would definitely not agree!" Han Yu said beside him, "You think that Xu Jiangming, the sacrificial text was written very well before, and everyone else said that if the sacrificial text is used as the subject of the imperial examination, he will definitely win the top prize, but he will now use the sacrificial text as a bet, and it is very likely that you will lose in Yongning, and then ridicule it on the sacrificial text." This kind of person is also considered a villain! ”

Ji Ning smiled: "How can Brother Gongtai be sure that he will definitely lose in the next place?" ”

Han Yu was stunned, then laughed dumbly, and then picked up the teacup and said: "Yongning is right, he is losing his words, Yongning may not lose this competition!" ”

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Several people continued to wait in the teahouse, but after a while, they saw a person coming up from the teahouse.

This person, but said that among the few people present, except for Nalan Blowing Snow, they all knew each other, but except for Ji Ning, Tang Xie and Han Yu did not know the identity of this person.

"Zhao Gongzi?" Tang Xie stood up and greeted him.

The person who came was not someone else, it was Zhao Yuanrong, she walked to the table, glanced at Ji Ning first, and then looked at Tang Xie who greeted her, and said, "Your Excellency?" ”

Tang Xie said with a smile: "Zhao Gongzi is a noble person who forgets things, when he was in the capital poetry meeting that day, he was not by the side of Chongwang Shizi...... Ever seen it? ”

"Huh?" Zhao Yuanrong recalled carefully, and really saw Tang Xie and Han Yu and others with Ji Ning, but she had something to do at that time and did not stay for a long time.

Ji Ning stepped forward and said, "Ziqian may have recognized the wrong person, this is Gongzi Wen!" ”

Tang Xie thought about it, but he wasn't sure what he remembered exactly, so he smiled ashamedly and said, "That Wen Gongzi, I'm sorry!" ”

"It's okay! You're Tang Ziqian, right? Yongning has mentioned you many times, saying that your talent is excellent! Zhao Yuanrong complimented casually.

Tang Xie was a little surprised, looked at Ji Ning, but was a little ashamed, and said: "Compared with Yongning, it is simply a star facing Haoyue, and I dare not take it as a compliment!" ”

Han Yu smiled on the side: "Brother Ziqian is too modest, I think you will definitely be in the top ten in the middle hall test this time!" ”

Zhao Yuanrong sat down, her eyes fell on Nalan Blowing Snow, who had been silent next to her, she was waiting for Ji Ning to introduce, but Ji Ning didn't plan to introduce Nalan Blowing Snow.

"Yongning, I just came over, how are your grades? But to get the top spot? Zhao Yuanrong asked with concern.

Ji Ning shook his head slightly and said: "This year's gold list is a bit weird, and the top ten in the palace examination have never been announced, maybe there is another reason for this." It's not on the gold list! ”