The place where Xiao Mo lives now, called Anhua Inn, was the residence that Fan Xiang arranged for him in the capital, although it was not as good as the "Zhuangyuan Building", but it was also a little famous in the capital. 【】

After the palace test, Xiao Mo knew very well that he was the top champion, and he was already nine out of ten.

Not arrogant, but just facts.

If it were another situation, with the existence of Zhang Yansheng, maybe Xiao Mo's chance of winning was only fifty percent, but the three questions of this palace exam were "just one question example", and the knowledge of things"

This question is what Xiao Mo is best at, but the real reason is the "Jiuyi" that Xiao Mo answered.

It was a whim, but after writing it down, Xiao Mo found that he couldn't put away his pen, the first two questions Xiao Mo only wrote a total of 3,000 words, but Xiao Mo wrote more than 10,000 words on the topic of "Jiuyi".

This answer sheet with all the diplomatic strategies of later generations, Xiao Mo is confident, and it will inevitably bring a different shock to Emperor Chu Ling and the courtiers. Because many of the various consciousnesses expressed in this answer sheet do not belong to this era. And no matter how brilliant the answer sheets written in other exams are, they will inevitably not be able to hide Xiao Mo's brilliance.

After all, Xiao Mo and Emperor Chu Ling were extremely familiar, and they had already figured out Emperor Chu Ling's mind from the very beginning. In the case of Emperor Chu Ling's hand-picking, everything was already doomed.

The only regret is that from the county test to the state test, from the second state test to this palace test, Xiao Mo did not win the championship or fail the list with his true strength.

Although there were some regrets, after the palace exam, Xiao Mo didn't think much about it, but stayed in the Anhua Inn, silently waiting for the list to be announced.

However, although the list has not yet been announced, after three months, Wang Jirui finally finished all the things that Xiao Mo told him and came to the capital to meet Xiao Mo.

In this section, Deng Shangquan was guarding outside the room, and Wang Ji's novel was sorted out and published in .ㄧбkxs. Rui was sitting in front of Xiao Mo, reporting his various gains from the difference between the Hejian Mansion.

"Young master, these days in Hejian Mansion in the name of the Charity Hall, I have adopted more than 100 orphans, all between the ages of eight and fourteen, and according to your instructions, I bought six courtyards and settled them down, one in Nanzhou, one in Xuanzhou, and the other four places are in the Neikou of Hejian Mansion, and I hired some teaching gentlemen to start teaching them to read, because Hejian Mansion is full of industries, so this time it didn't cost too much money, and only used a thousand before and after."

Listening to Wang Jirui's report, Xiao Mo nodded lightly, and asked again: "Now that you come to the capital, who is in charge of the six courtyards?" ”

Zhang Yansheng replied: "Steward Wang and Steward Liu are in charge of a courtyard respectively, the seventh young master rushed to Hejian Mansion a few days ago, according to your instructions, now the six courtyards are in charge of him. ”

Xiao Mo nodded again, Wang Jirui said that Steward Wang and Steward Liu are both descendants of the Xiao family, and they have been members of the Xiao family for generations, and they can be said to be loyal to the Xiao family.

Xiao Mo pondered for a moment, and then said: "You have worked hard this time, but I'm afraid you will have to work hard again, after my Xiao family settles down in the capital, you will leave and pick out these children who are more talented in all aspects and bring them to the capital." ”

And after Xiao Mo's words, Wang Jirui nodded yes.

Xiao Mo seemed to think of something, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked again: "Have you heard about Huanzhou, Yunzhou and other places in Hejian Mansion and Nanzhou these days. ”

Hearing Xiao Mo's inquiry, Wang Jirui's expression also became solemn, and said: "There is no news, because the government has blocked all the roads leading to the northern states in Nanzhou and other places, and they cannot communicate with each other, let alone exchange news. ”

Wang Jirui naturally knew Xiao Mo's speculation about the invasion of the Qiu Clan, and then thought of the situation in the Nanzhou regions at this moment, and couldn't help frowning.

Xiao Mo also let out a long sigh.

Xiao Moqing is very Chu Dynasty Chinese martial arts idea, the Chu Dynasty has been prosperous for more than 170 years, the strength of the Great Chu has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, if suddenly let the people of the Chu Dynasty know that the Chu Dynasty army has been repeatedly defeated in the war with the grassland peoples, it will inevitably cause panic, the people's hearts are unstable, but Xiao Mo does not approve of this approach, not to mention that this kind of thing will not be hidden for a long time, it is better to block. In the future, as the war becomes more and more unfavorable, when all kinds of news are finally known to the people of the Chu Dynasty, without the slightest psychological preparation and gradual process, the psychological impact and panic brought by it will be much stronger.

It's just that this kind of thing is not something that Xiao Mo can decide, so Xiao Mo can only sigh secretly, but he can't do anything.

Looking up at Wang Jirui in front of him, a hint of relief flashed in Xiao Mo's eyes.

Wang Jirui's trip, compared with the adoption of more than 200 orphans, his own growth may be a greater harvest for Xiao Mo.

In the past, although Wang Jirui had been studying with Xiao Mo and his knowledge was not low, he was always a little immature and nerdy, but he was mainly Xiao Mo in everything, but he himself had little experience.

This time, Xiao Mo let him act alone when he adopted orphans in Hejian Mansion, doing things by himself, and experienced the initial discomfort and panic, but now three months have passed, but there is more stability and calmness on his body that he did not have before.

And this is the Wang Jirui that Xiao Mo hopes.

However, just as Xiao Mo was about to say something to Wang Jirui, there were sudden sounds of footsteps and commotion outside the room.

Faintly, it seemed to be Xiao Huan and Fan Guan's excited shouts.

Then, Xiao Mo's door was pushed open suddenly, Xiao Mo looked up, but saw Xiao Huan and Fan Guan, who were full of excitement, rushed into the room, came to Xiao Mo's face, grabbed Xiao Mo's arm, and shouted: "Zirou!" We've all hit!! You're the number one!! You are the champion!! ”

The palace examination, which has attracted the attention of countless people, has finally come to an end. The results were not unexpected in some ways.

The first champion is Xiao Mo, everyone in the literary world, the second place is Zhang Yansheng, and only the third Tanhua is a figure that no one in the capital has ever heard of, but this character Xiao Mo and others are very familiar, that is, Zhou Jingren, a Confucian student in Yunzhou!!

After hearing the name of Zhou Jingren's concubine, Xiao Mo was slightly stunned.

Xiao Mo remembered Zhou Jingren's fiancée Guo Xiaoting.

went to Beijing in a hurry, but Xiao Mo did not inform Guo Xiaoting about the possible invasion of the Qiu Clan, after all, Xiao Mo and Guo Xiaoting had only met once, and there was no contact after that, and there were many things in themselves, but they ignored this Guo Xiaoting. Yunzhou itself is close to the northern grassland, and Chu Di is at war at this moment, but he doesn't know whether Guo Xiaoting is safe.

In addition to the first three people, there are a total of eleven people in the second class. Among them, Xiao Huan is the tenth, and Fan Guan is the seventh.

It was unexpectedly possible to get such results, but Xiao Huan and Fan Guan had never imagined, no wonder they were so excited.

As the champion, not only has a bright future, but also will leave a name in history to honor the ancestors, although it was expected, but after the palace test, Xiao Mo's name is still spread all over the capital, sought after by countless people, and his prestige has risen to a new height again.

However, Xiao Mo still remained calm and low-key about his name as the champion, and even lived in a simpler place than before, so that countless people who wanted to visit Xiao Mo with heavy gifts could not find Xiao Mo's residence for a long time.

The situation in Shengzhong was extremely complicated, and Xiao Mo didn't want to have too much contact with these people before he figured out the situation.

In the next three days, in addition to arranging for Wang Jirui and others to go to Shangyuan City in Nanzhou, to report the good news to the Liu family, Xiao Shenyan, Xiao Shenxing and others, and to take the Xiao clan to the capital, he was in the Chu Imperial Palace all day long, with all the other Jinshi on the list, to be trained by the officials of the Ministry of Rites specially sent by the imperial court, and to learn various etiquette and rules in the court.

During this time, Xiao Mo also asked Zhang Yansheng many times about the news of the war in the north, but he still didn't know much, but he knew that the Eight Sages King still led the army to rely on the Great Wall to defend it, but the offensive of the Di people and other grassland peoples was getting stronger and stronger, and the Chu Dynasty army suffered continuous casualties, while the Chu Dynasty army that supported it was still halfway through, and it would take at least five days to arrive.

Finally, with the end of all kinds of etiquette training, three days passed, and finally the day came when Xiao Mo met Emperor Chu Ling as the champion and accepted the reward from Emperor Chu Ling.

In the early morning of this day, it was still the Xuanzheng Palace, and the ministers all gathered, and with the ascension of Emperor Chu Ling, when the announcement began, the officials of the Ministry of Rites stood outside the main hall and shouted: "Xuanxin Kejin Shi enters the hall." ”

Then, Xiao Mo was dressed in a champion red robe, with a red flower on his chest, and a champion hat on his head, leading a group of new scholars to enter the hall one after another, and every time he entered, the officials of the Ministry of Rites would shout the person's name and ranking.

There were a total of ninety-seven people before and after, and when Xiao Mo stood in front of the main hall again, he looked up at Emperor Chu Ling with a smile on his face, and sighed slightly in his heart.

After ten years of hard study, this day has finally come.

Although Xiao Mo was originally a person of later generations, when this scrape came, he still couldn't help but throb in his heart.

Looking at Xiao Mo in front of the hall, Emperor Chu Ling was also full of smiles, and was just about to say something, but in the Xuanzheng Palace, there was a sudden change.