After a night of spring rain, the air was exceptionally fresh, and when I opened the window, my eyes were full of fresh green, and the willow branches were drawn, and the branches and leaves danced in the wind, like a bewitching dancing girl. The name of the magpie on the branch is like a song.

"Hahaha, I heard the magpie annunciation in the morning, and this great immortal pinched his fingers and counted, there must be a happy event coming! Okay, if I'm right, how about inviting me to a whole sheep feast? ”

Tang Yi ate the buns with his head stuffy, without even raising his head. made Xu Wei look up to the sky and lament, the world is unfair, people's hearts are not ancient, and there is not even a living immortal to eat.

Wang Shimao gave him a fierce look, "Brother Wen, you've said it eight times, isn't it today's government trial list?" What kind of good thing is something that stupid people know? ”

Xu Wei touched his head and said with a smile: "Everyone knows the list, and you can know how many people are in that row?" Don't you still have to rely on me! ”

Wang Shimao disagreed, "If you want to say that I don't know others, the article is old-fashioned, just like Shanxi vinegar, which lasts for a long time, if you don't give him the head of the case, who can be convinced?" Besides, Wang Chonggu still owes the favor of Xingzhi, and he is sure of nine out of ten, Brother Wen, don't waste your efforts. ”

"What's the point of waste?" Xu Wei stepped on the chair with one foot and asked loudly: "Okay, do you dare to say that you are completely sure?" I've heard that there is Wang Chonggu's nephew who took the exam in this section, can you not help your own people! ”

This time, it was Wang Shimao's turn to be anxious, and he hurriedly asked, "Brother Wen, what you said is true?" ”

"That's still fake! Although Cao Zichao, the head of the case in Changzhou County, is not famous, he is solid in learning, and his mother is Wang Chonggu's sister. In any case, it can't be compared with other people's relatives! Xu Wei smiled and said, "Jingmei, if your father is the main examiner, will he give the head of the case to others?" ”

Wang Shimao opened his mouth wide in fright, and whispered for a while: "Anyway, no one will give it to me." "Wang Chen is an upright man. What I am most afraid of is chewing my tongue, gossiping, and treating people close to me more harshly.

But Wang Chonggu, who was born as a businessman, is different, maybe he really suppressed Tang Yi's ranking in order to promote his relatives.

"Okay, are you sure?" Wang Shimao asked with concern.

Tang Yi drank the gruel in the bowl. Comfortably burped, and suddenly said in a long voice: "Yes-no, if you have seen it, you will know!" ”

"Go and go, if the admission is unfair, you have to make Wang Chonggu look good!"

Wang Shimao followed Tang Yi, and several people went straight to the school palace.

Along the way, the road was all in a hurry to see the students who made the list, and everyone exchanged heads and whispered. It's no wonder everyone is excited. Suzhou Mansion is the strongest government in the Southern Zhili Imperial Examination, as long as Suzhou wins, basically the fame of talent will be in hand.

From now on, not only will you be exempted from miscellaneous labor, but you will not bow to the officials, and the court will send two people to serve you. Everywhere he went, he had an envious eye, and since then he has entered the Shiren Group and has no worries about food and clothing. The future is bright......

At three poles in the morning, the walls of the school palace were full of anxiously waiting students. Looking forward to it. Bang bang

All eyes fell on it, quickly searching for their name, and suddenly let out an exclamation from the crowd.

"Yes. I'm the number one case-taker! ”

This voice is amazing, and the eyes fell on him, but it was not envy, but thick ridicule. Someone simply laughed out loud.

The "head of the new section" jumped up in anger.

"If I am not the son of man, if I am not the son of man, can't I be the head of the case?"

The louder he shouted, the louder everyone's laughter became, and some people even burst into laughter: "Case leader, take a good look, how many are you?" ”

Rubbing his eyes, and looking carefully, it turned out that the list was from the back to the front, and this one was written in the last fifty, that is to say, the "head of the case" was actually the second hundred and fifty-one, only a little stronger than the two hundred and five.

After the poor baby figured it out, she was directly ashamed and defeated, it was so embarrassing that she didn't even have the heart to put the firecrackers prepared in advance.

With such a living treasure, the tense atmosphere was relaxed.

In the blink of an eye, a few more pieces of red paper were posted, the joy of the exam, and the worry of failing the exam...... The various situations of life are written on everyone's face at this moment. Even Tang Yi couldn't calm down, and cold sweat broke out in his palms.

"It's really useless, I've seen thousands of troops, how can the district government try?"

Tang Yi continued to cheer himself up, and the most important list was also sent.

In the midst of all the attention, the wall skin was hung.

Tang Yi looked up, and when he saw the first name, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his heart suddenly let go.

……

"Eli, if it's not for your uncle not to give you the head of the case, it's really that you have met a strong enemy!" Wang Chonggu sighed at a young man in his early twenties.

This person is his nephew, Cao Zichao, the head of the Changzhou case, and the word is standing. He looks mediocre, but if you look closely, you will find that between his eyebrows and eyes, he is full of arrogance. Cao Zichao was born in a family of eunuchs, and he was early and wise, he did not participate in the imperial examination early like an ordinary talent, but studied hard for fifteen years, read through the subset of scriptures and history, and had thousands of eight-strand texts in his stomach. He is conceited, both in talent and technique, he is the best in the world.

Ambitious, the first time he went to war, he tried his hand at the head of Cheung Chau, and he wanted to rush all the way up and pass the test, just like the idol business of all readers, three yuan and the first, enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, and rush to the top of his life.

It's just that the idea is very good, just arrived at the house for the exam, or my uncle served as the main exam, and I fell into the sand, which is really hurtful.

Wang Chonggu sighed: "Yili, in all fairness, your article is not worse than Tang Yi, it can only be said that between the two and the middle, do you know why your uncle gave the case to Tang Yi?" ”

Cao Zichao lowered his head and was silent.

"You don't think that your uncle is afraid of the Tang family's power, right?"

"Nephew doesn't dare!" Cao Zichao said hurriedly.

Wang Chonggu smiled meaningfully, "The Tang family is certainly an upstart, but how could my uncle suppress his nephew in order to please them." When I look at Tang Yi's article, it is like a piece of warm white jade, weighing the profit and loss word by word, all of which are for the sage's Xuanhua, and there is nothing of his own. On the other hand, you have added too many subjective opinions, and once you encounter an old-fashioned examiner, you will be directly deposed, and there is no place to reason. And Tang Yi's article is peaceful, no one can find fault, just that one-handed pavilion body is enough to stand alone in the world. ”

After speaking, Wang Chonggu also looked up to the sky and sighed, "That guy Tang Yi is really a demon, he is young, cunning, full of wisdom, every time he is unexpected, he does things that others dare not think and never think." It stands to reason that this guy is deviant, and the articles he writes should be sharp and domineering, why is there no young man's breath at all! ”

In the past few days, Wang Chonggu has been puzzled, he wanted to give Tang Yi the second place, and then find a talk about it, saying that although your article is good, it is too outstanding, and it will inevitably cause dislike, so the old man suppressed your ranking, let you calm down, and prepare for a blockbuster......

Wang Chonggu believes that even if Tang Shen knows, not only can he not find trouble for himself, but he will also thank himself for educating his juniors.

When he saw Tang Yi's article, all Wang Chonggu's fantasies were shattered, like a basin of cold water, compared with his nephew, Tang Yi was like a good student, and his nephew became a young man in society. The original prepared stomach for reasons was not ruined at all, all of them were left to the external injuries, and Wang Chonggu couldn't cry or laugh.

Of course, Cao Zichao was unwilling to be left behind, he gritted his teeth and proudly puffed up his chest.

"Uncle, the boy tries to test more small questions, and the test is quick and wise. But when it comes to the township examination, it is different, the dignified and upright questions are compared to real kung fu, the nephew has studied hard for more than ten years, and the time of reading is older than Tang Yi's, and the nephew is confident that he will never fall behind in the future exam! ”

"Okay, worthy of being my Wang Chonggu's nephew, ambitious! Come on, let's have two drinks! ”

……

Wang Chonggu held a banquet, Tang Yi also wanted to celebrate, in addition to him being admitted to the head of the case, Wang Shimao was once again admitted to the third place. I can't be happy to put it on others, I am among the top five! But when it's the turn of the second son, don't mention how depressed it is.

"The county test is like this, and the government test is like this, am I the life of a junior?"

Wang Shimao turned his anger into food, and ordered more than 30 dishes in one go, but one table couldn't fit down, so he made three tables. Looking at his virtue, the other diners were dumbfounded, and said that the prefect was blind, how could he admit a rice bucket!

The second prince of Wang was depressed, and some people were even more depressed, Shen Lin's little face was pale, he pouted, sat on the chair, didn't say a word, didn't move his chopsticks, and looked pitiful.

Not surprisingly, Shen Lin fell off the list, Tang Yi stretched out his hand and patted the little guy on the shoulder.

"You've only been reading books for a few days, and it's already great to be able to pass the county exam, study your books well, and make a comeback in three years, killing them all in a bad way."

Wang Shimao also said: "Yes, yes, Shen Lin's children, don't always look up, but also learn to look down, you will be very happy." ”

"How do you look down?" What dumb asked.

"It's very simple, you didn't pass the exam, and there are those who can't even take the exam!"

Wang Shaozhou, who was drinking porridge with his head down, rushed over with a crutch, bared his teeth and said, "Big nephew, are you tight?" ”

"No, no, uncle, I mean that although you didn't take the exam, there are not so many people who have failed the test." As soon as the words came out, Wang Shimao regretted it, hurriedly looked at Xu Wei, touched his nose and said, "Brother Wen, I didn't mean you!" ”

Xu Wei sighed, "Jingmei, I understand that Xu Wenchang has long become the laughing stock of other people's eyes, but don't worry, I, Xu Wei, will definitely have a time to soar into the sky, wait and see!" ”

As he spoke, Xu Wei grabbed the wine jug, raised his neck and drank it cleanly, got up and swayed it, and walked outside.

"Others laugh at me for being crazy, I laugh at others for not being able to see through it; I don't see the tomb of Wuling heroes, and there are no flowers and no wine hoes! Another lonely genius's poem flowed out of the mouth of Xu Dacaizi, and the sorrow of the two geniuses seemed to be gathered together, sour and moving, and the circles under his eyes were red.

Wang Shimao couldn't wait to give himself a mouthful, "It's all my fault for this stinky mouth." ”

"Brother Wen is open-minded, he won't worry about it, as the so-called Noji Tailai, he is now the phoenix of Nirvana, let's wait and see!" Tang Yi asserted with confidence. (To be continued.) )