Bringing Lao Huang back to the grass shed, Xu Mingyuan carried the bamboo box on his back and went to Micang Mountain. Blowing the cool breeze all the way back, the wine has been awake for seven or eight minutes.

The chirping of insects could be heard on both sides of the path, and occasionally two or three feet long snakes stumbled through, and through the gaps in the lush branches and leaves overhead, the twinkling stars in the sky could be faintly seen.

Xu Mingyuan didn't know how many times he had climbed this trail since he was a child, and he could climb to the top of the mountain with his eyes closed. Carefully avoiding the snakes in the aisle, the bamboo box behind him swayed gently, Xu Mingyuan's mood was also quite good. The list will be released in three days, and if it can be listed, the first step of this imperial examination will be considered a success.

When he arrived at the top of the mountain, Xu Mingyuan fixed his eyes and saw the master in a loose Taoist robe standing on the edge of the stone lawn, holding his hands and tilting his head slightly, just when a gust of breeze hit, and the long beard under his chin was gently blowing, so he looked like a fairy wind and bones, and even Xu Mingyuan couldn't help but admire.

But before Xu Mingyuan's words could be praised, the master who heard the sound had already turned his head, looked at Xu Mingyuan and waved his sleeves, and shouted: "Make up the boy, you still know that you will come back, but your master will starve to death." After speaking, he walked forward quickly, dragged Xu Mingyuan's bamboo box, and rummaged through it.

Xu Mingyuan shook his head with a smile, put down the bamboo box directly and handed it to the master, looked at the master who had already turned out the water bladder and said, "There are also two sauced pig's trotters and a bag of sauced beef in it, which are made by Aunt Liu." "When they drank before, Liu Sanniang poured a water bag of wine for Xu Mingyuan's master, prepared some food, and put it in the bamboo box first.

"That girl has a heart." Qingxuan took a big sip of wine, took a pig's trotter and gnawed it, and said a little vaguely.

"Master, the college exam is over, and the list will be released in three days, and I guess I should be able to make the list." Xu Mingyuan sat on the bluestone under the pine that had been struck by thunder, and looked at the master who was squatting there and gnawing on the pig's trotters without grace and said.

"Needless to say, if you can't even pass the hospital exam, then you don't have to come back to see me." Qing Xuan said without raising his head, looking like he took it for granted.

Xu Mingyuan smiled, and talked to the master about some questions about the two-day college examination, of course, the most talked about was the five strategies.

Qingxuan squatted and ate for a while, and then robbed Xu Mingyuan's seat in the past, listening to Xu Mingyuan's words, he rarely answered, until Xu Mingyuan said the problem of the feudal town, he lost the pig's trotter in his hand, and sneered: "Twenty years ago, someone said that the feudal town could not completely delegate power and moderation, but that kid likes to do the opposite, I think in a few years, those feudal towns in Heshuo will be able to establish themselves as kings." ”

Xu Mingyuan opened his mouth slightly, listening to what the master meant, the kid in his mouth would not be the current emperor.

But before he could think about it, Qingxuan wiped his hand on his clothes, then picked up a piece of sauced beef, put it in his mouth, chewed and swallowed it, and smacked his lips, and said very satisfied: "Liu Yatou's wine is brewed well, the dishes are also cooked well, and the raw Lingling girl is good, I said boy, if you marry Lingling as a daughter-in-law, then this life is blessed." ”

Xu Mingyuan shook his head with a little crying and laughing, the little thoughts that arose before also disappeared, just the lazy appearance of the master, if he really asked him to deal with any political affairs, wouldn't it be more uncomfortable than killing him.

After talking to the master again, Xu Mingyuan went back to his room. Because Micang Mountain is a mile away from Shuzhou City, it is not a famous mountain, and the Taoist temple on the mountain does not even have a name, so there are few pilgrims on weekdays.

Except for a few nearby villages, villagers will come to offer incense sticks when they have affairs or festivals, and few people come to this nameless small temple. Qingxuan almost always sits alone in the audience, so Xu Mingyuan will talk to the master for a while every day, even if he has nothing to say, he will accompany the master to sit for more meetings.

When he entered the house, he didn't even bother to light the oil lamp, took off his coat, threw off his boots, and Xu Mingyuan fell asleep. In today's exam, after drinking so much wine, Xu Mingyuan was also tired.

In the next three days, Xu Mingyuan didn't go down the mountain, he practiced swordsmanship and read books when he had nothing to do, and he didn't have a sense of urgency before the hospital exam, and his life was really much more comfortable.

Li Taibai's sword asked the sky, and Xu Mingyuan finally felt a little fur, but it was still too far behind the sword that Li Taibai was like an arm on the grassland.

Although it can only be regarded as a somewhat weird hand-throwing sword now, if it is the first time against the enemy, if it is unexpected, this sword that can turn after the long sword is shot, it is definitely a killer weapon.

Three days later, today is the day of the college's announcement, the sky is clear and clear, and it is destined to be another hot day.

Xu Mingyuan got up early in the morning, finished practicing his sword, changed into clean clothes, and went down the mountain lightly, walking towards Shuzhou City, and did not plan to take a donkey cart today.

After entering Shuzhou City, I first ate two steamed buns on the side of the road and drank a bowl of soy milk, and then walked in the direction of the academy.

On the day of the release of the list, the entrance of the college is as lively as a market. Not only the students who participated in the college exam, but also a lot of students who did not take the exam, and some of them were the parents of all students, of course, more of them were idle and had nothing to watch the excitement, they all wanted to see who could be on the list.

"Brother Yuan." At this moment, Zhou Binjie, who was standing in the shade of an ancient tree, shouted and waved his hand at Xu Mingyuan.

The ancient wood sticking out of the courtyard wall cast a shade, but there were only Bai Molou in a blue robe and Zhou Binjie who was fanning himself vigorously with a big fan. Although all beings envy the shade, no one dares to lean in.

Xu Mingyuan walked over with a smile, took the fan in Zhou Binjie's hand and fanned himself, looked at the crowd standing at the door and said, "There are so many people." ”

"Isn't it, this list hasn't been posted yet, and it's crowded, is it possible that you can be higher on the list by squeezing at the front?" Zhou Binjie also nodded and said, leaning towards Xu Mingyuan, wanting to rub some wind.

"If you can be on the list, you can participate in the autumn festival like Chang'an, and no one can say that the person on this list will become a hot jinshi by accident. The children of the family can't get married, if they are poor students, they will give silver to marry their daughters, so they naturally have to start as soon as possible. Bai Molou shook the jade fan lightly and said in a cold voice.

Xu Mingyuan looked at some of the people in the crowd who were dressed up, and nodded a little understandingly. But after thinking about it, he said with a smile: "Then if I am on the list, will I become a sweetheart, maybe I can marry a rich businessman, I will be envious of the two of you." ”

Xu Mingyuan was still surprised why Bai Molou and Zhou Binjie suddenly stopped talking, and turned his head to see that Bai Molou was staring at a green vine sticking out of the courtyard wall, and Zhou Binjie had already retreated to the wall, looking up at the sky, his legs and stomach trembling slightly.

"So you like the eldest lady of a rich merchant?" A pleasant voice sounded behind Xu Mingyuan.

Xu Mingyuan was stunned for a moment, turned around to look, and Zeng Qingyi, who didn't know when he arrived, was looking at him with a smile, his eyes full of inquiry.

Today's Zeng Qingyi was wearing a lilac dress, her hair was tied casually with a light blue cloth, and her black and white eyes were staring at Xu Mingyuan tightly, as if she wanted to see through his heart.

Xu Mingyuan took two steps back so that Zeng Qingyi could stand in the shade of the tree, and then said with a smile: "If there is a beautiful lady of a rich businessman, why not do it." ”

"Tut, then you have to ask the Buddha to bless you to be on the list, otherwise people won't look down on you like this." Zeng Qingyi sighed, stepped into the shade of the tree and looked at Zhou Binjie and Bai Molou and said, "Little fat man, why are you avoiding me, didn't I beat you for a month, why is a big man holding a grudge like that." And the little white rabbit, for the sake of Ling Xuan's face, I haven't beaten you, why is a big man always staring at flowers. ”

Zeng Qingyi's three words made Xu Mingyuan's faces dark at the same time, but this fight can't be beaten, and it's not good to argue with a woman at the gate of this academy, so they can only bear it.

Zeng Qingyi did not participate in the hospital exam, and she is not a nosy person, so she came here at this time to wait for the release of the list, naturally because Xu Mingyuan was born.

Zhou Binjie barely squeezed out a smile with a bitter face, and didn't dare to make a sound. In Zeng Qingyi's mouth, it was not only a month, but for him, it was simply a month in hell.

Bai Molou didn't speak, but he no longer looked at the small flowers on the vine, and turned his head to look up at the sky, and he didn't know that the jade fan in his hand was down.

The sun is getting higher and higher, and the summer in July is the hottest, and there is no shade in front of the academy, and some of them are already crowded. Many scholars held various folding fans to shield themselves from the sun, but their clothes were quickly soaked with sweat.

The time for the college to release the list has not yet arrived, and the list is posted on the white wall on the right side of the college entrance, and there are still marks left by the list over the years.

Xu Mingyuan and the others were standing in the shade of the tree on the edge of the white wall at this time, and under the shade of a large tree, there were four people standing, which really made everyone standing under the scorching sun greedy, and Xu Mingyuan and the other four people standing under the shade naturally became the focus of everyone.

Bai Molou, who is dressed in a blue robe, is handsome, Zhou Binjie, who is dressed in luxurious clothes, can hardly hide his nobility, and Zeng Qingyi, who is dressed in purple, is even more glamorous. And Xu Mingyuan, who was wearing a half-old robe, although he also had a bit of a sense of being out of the dust, but standing with those three people seemed a little nondescript.

The four of them are all famous in the academy, and there are few people who don't know each other. is Xu Mingyuan, who has only been in the academy for a month, and is also famous because he won the first place in the debate, as well as the grudge with Li Lixin and Wang Ziqi.

Moreover, Xu Mingyuan's sleeping in the college examination this time has also become a joke among the academy students after the exam, and it is said that the banquet of all students after the college exam is on top, and it is indispensable to make a joke about him.

At this time, Zhusheng recognized Xu Mingyuan, and couldn't help but talk in a low voice, looking at Xu Mingyuan's eyes with a lot of jokes.