Chongzhen 9th year, June, Xi'an.

Today is the day of the imperial examination, and there are crowds of people in front of the yamen of Xi'an Mansion, crowded with water, hundreds of people have come to see the list, and there are many scholars and students, with their own slaves and scholars, stretching their necks and waiting in front of the door. I saw Zhu Yuanzhang walking out of the yamen, it turned out that this subject was extremely important to Zhu Jun, of course he had to come and see it in person. Behind him, Ma Xiaotian and the Red Lady followed as usual.

At this time, the veterans of the Zhu Army have scattered to various places to be responsible for guarding the town, Xu Renjie and Xue Hongqi guarding Tongguan, Yang Hong guarding Wuguan, desperately Sanlang guarding Laowo Baishui, Wang Er and Li Panlong Zhenluochuan, Miaomei Town Hanzhong, only Ma Xiaotian is a veteran who remains by Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and the other is the new young leader of the Red Lady. Therefore, only these two people follow Zhu Yuanzhang every day, and it is difficult for others to see them.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and ordered, and the servants erected a large wooden board in front of the yamen, which was already covered with notes, and each note had a name written on it.

Someone with good deeds hurriedly read it aloud: "The hundredth, the ...... of a certain clan in Huaxian County" There was a cheer in the crowd, and a fat man jumped up and laughed: "I was hit...... Hahahaha, I'm in! ”

Seeing his triumphant appearance, those next to him who participated in the scientific examination together, but felt that they might fail the exam, scolded sourly: "You are a proud fart, one hundred is the first from the bottom, but you don't know where the brilliance is." I'd rather not pass the exam than be at the bottom of the exam. ”

The fat man didn't care. Haha laughed and said: "If you can't eat grapes, you say that grapes are sour, although Xiaosheng is the first from the bottom and is about to become an official, you are nothing, and you don't even have the qualifications to be the first-to-last." ”

At this time, someone read: "Ninety-ninth, Chengcheng so-and-so ......" There was another cheer in the crowd, and some people rolled on the ground with joy, and the laughter went straight to the clouds.

After a while, the names on the list were read out one after another. A small half of these people were references to the soldiers of the Zhu army. More than half of them are scholars and students from all over the world, obviously there are more Zhu Jun soldiers who are referenced, but there are more scholars and students who are admitted to the top 100, which shows that Zhu Yuanzhang's guess last time was correct. The level of Zhu Jun's soldiers in writing Bagu Wen is seriously not up to the mark.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already been mentally prepared. It's calm. Ma Xiaotian was a little dissatisfied, snoring and panting. He had been waiting for the name with his ears pricked up, but he had waited for more than ninety to come. I couldn't help but be happy in my heart: It seems that the rival in love is a waste, he didn't get into the ranking at all, and he is not qualified to compete with me for the match.

When I was rejoicing, I suddenly heard someone reading: "The first ...... of the case" The person who read the list dragged out a long tone and deliberately sold the guanzi, and the people next to him became nervous, the literate people stretched their necks and wanted to see for themselves, but the illiterate people didn't dare to take a breath, wanting to hear who the person who won the "champion" of the thief army was.

The man read, "The head of the case...... White Water ......"

As soon as he heard the word Baishui, Ma Xiaotian was suddenly shocked, and said in his mouth: Don't be that guy, don't be that guy......

“…… Ma Xinyu ......"

Finally hearing this name, Ma Xiaotian screamed "ouch", squatted backwards and sat down, unable to get up half-loud. I only heard the crowd clamoring, and people were discussing: "Who is this Baishui Ma Xinyu?" ”

"I know...... This is the son of the big boss of the Xi'an grain store......"

"Huh? It turned out to be the son of the owner of the grain store...... I think his son is extraordinary, sure enough, dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and sons born of mice will make holes......"

"Where is this old man in charge? Why didn't you see him come out and cheer? ”

The crowd's eyes widened, looking in the sea of people, to see which scholar jumped up and cheered, then it must be the head of the case, but unfortunately thousands of people stared wide-eyed for a long time, and they didn't find Ma Xinyu's shadow. The crowd was surprised: "Why didn't the first master of this case come to see the list?" Could it be that he knew that he was going to be the head of the case, so he didn't even come to Zhang Bang Day? It's amazing......"

Zhu Yuanzhang also secretly felt interesting at this time, he didn't expect Ma Zhixiong's son to have such a level, he believed in the character of Li Qingshui, who read the papers, and knew that he couldn't cheat, since Li Qingshui chose Ma Xinyu, then Ma Xinyu must have real talent and learning, it seems that Ma Zhixiong has put a lot of effort into this son. This Ma family is really fated with himself, and he is already going to cut and sort it out.

Just thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly saw a young man squeezing towards his location, who is this person not Ma Xinyu? I saw that his face was full of sluggish expression, and his eyes did not fall on Zhu Yuanzhang at all, but on the red lady next to him, and Zhu Yuanzhang's guards wanted to go up and push him away. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and asked the guards not to block him.

Ma Xinyu walked in front of the red lady, bent down and said, "Girl, Xiaosheng is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he won the first case." ”

The red lady said strangely: "It turns out that you are Ma Xinyu who won the exam?" That day, I saw that you were demented, and I thought you couldn't pass the exam, but you actually passed the first test, it's really funny, by the way, what did you come to report to me the good news? Do I know you well? ”

Ma Xinyu's face turned red and said in a low voice: "Uh...... Niche...... Xiaosheng just wanted to explain to the girl that Xiaosheng is not demented, Xiaosheng is very literate. ”

Before the red lady could speak, Ma Xiaotian next to her jumped up from the ground and said: "What's the use of having literary talents, you have no power to restrain the chicken, act dullly, look like a nerd, she won't ...... the red girl" The latter words were originally not going to like you, but how can you say the word like at will, Ma Xiaotian reined in the precipice, and quickly swallowed this sentence back.

The red lady looked dazed: "I don't know what?" ”

Ma Xiaotian didn't dare to explain to her, and blushed and said, "No...... Belch...... No...... Uh......"

Ma Xinyu was so demented when he faced the red lady, but he was not so unbearable in the face of Ma Xiaotian, he immediately protested: "How could it not? I think it will, you guy don't talk nonsense here. ”

Ma Xiaotian said angrily: "Absolutely not!" ”

Ma Xinyu also said angrily: "Absolutely!" ”

"Yes!"

"No!"

The two quarreled so much that the people next to them roughly understood what was going on, and Zhu Yuanzhang was also so happy that he picked up his hand to watch the fun. Only the red lady in the field can't understand it, she can't see it in the game, I saw two men arguing here, but she didn't understand it at all, she was angry for a while, lifted her foot, and kicked on the left, Ma Xiaotian fell a dog eating, and with a kick on the right, Ma Xinyu fell on his back.

The red lady said angrily: "The two of you have been arguing for a long time, and the topic has revolved around me, but I don't understand, and I am angry, tell me clearly, what will I do?" ”

The onlookers were shocked, no one expected that the red lady would be dull to this point, which can be regarded as an unprecedented level.

Ma Xiaotian and Ma Xinyu both blushed, and no one would explain.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, decided to come out to solve the siege, and said with a smile: "Ma Xiaotian said that you can't embroider, Ma Xinyu said that you can, you can perform casually, let them see." ”

The red lady "cut" and said: "It turned out to be that kind of thing, my red lady really can't embroider, but the things I know are much better than embroidery." Her body suddenly pulled up and jumped onto the large wooden board that was used to make a list. The plank was thin, only a finger thick, and she tapped the tip of her foot on the top edge of the board as if she were stepping on a string. Keep your balance with your hands open to the sides.

Everyone was just about to applaud, suddenly saw her jump up, flip three somersaults in mid-air, and then stand on tiptoe and stand firmly on the upper edge of the plank.

Then the red lady danced on the wooden board, her body was very light, like a butterfly dipping into a flower, on the wooden board a little and then flew up, left and right, tossing and jumping, always maintaining balance, the crowd from time to time rang out cheers, everyone looked fascinated. Although her face is not the best in the world, this light-handed kung fu is really unparalleled, once she starts performing, she looks peerless, no matter how powerful the beauty is, it can't be compared with it at this time.

Ma Xiaotian and Ma Xinyu both looked ashamed of themselves, lowered their heads, and just thought in their hearts: How can I be worthy of such a beauty? Both of them were a little frustrated, but they forgot to argue.

After a while, the red lady ended the performance, and came to a circle as usual, and the incision of the rivers and lakes was already used to it, so she poured around: "Those who have money have a money field, and those who have no money have a personal field...... Haha......" After finishing speaking, she also laughed herself, at this time she has been in the Zhu Army for a long time, and she no longer has to make a living by performing arts, but she has not performed for a long time, and she is in a good mood to suddenly come like this.

As soon as the words fell, the silver ingots flew wildly in all directions, and many of the people who participated in the scientific examination were sons of rich families, and there was no shortage of silver money on these people, so they took it out and threw it at the feet of the matchmaker. Someone laughed and said: "I think the head of the case this time shouldn't be Baishui Ma Xinyu, it should be this girl." ”

Someone laughed and said, "That's it, what is it to be able to write eight shares?" If you want a girl to have this ability, then you can be regarded as overpowering. ”

"Nonsense!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and ordered: "It's not that you can perform acrobatics to govern the government, come and take away those people who are messing around." ”

The soldiers ran over with wooden forks and grinned, and those people laughed and fled in all directions, and the field was full of joy, such an atmosphere of family between officials and the people, but it was a rare thing in the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the officials of the Celestial Empire put the shelves too big, detached themselves from the people, and appeared to be high, which also developed their bad temper of being superior and ignoring the people.

In the future, it is the best policy to strive to resolve class contradictions and let everyone become one. (To be continued.) )