Xu Liang thanked the innkeeper, sat up and stood up in the house, and stood up and sat down. Xu Jiang guessed Xu Liang's thoughts, and smiled bitterly: "Third brother, you haven't seen the Qiu Yu list yet, have you?" ”

"Ah," Xu Liang said, "Yes, I haven't taken care of it for a while, big brother, it's hard to stay in this room, why don't we go and see the list together?" ”

Xu Jiang waved his hand and said weakly: "I won't go, you can just go and see it, third brother." ”

Xu Liang saw that Xu Jiang looked like he was in a state of despair, and wanted to say something to comfort him, but he didn't know where to start for a while, so he had to nod his head slightly, and took the iron head out of the room to see Qiu Yu on the list.

As soon as Xu Liang went out, Xu Jiang sat down weakly on the ground, muttered his head and asked Yang Lindao, "Steward Yang, am I not on the list?" ”

Yang Lin was silent for a while before he said softly: "Big Young Master, on the day the list is released, there are nearly 100 people who need to be reported, and there are only a few people who report the news. Yang Lin said and stepped forward to help Xu Jiang, "Come, the eldest young master will get up first, let's wait." ”

Xu Jiang knew that Yang Lin was comforting himself when he heard this, but he also felt a lot better.

Xu Liang walked out of the inn and hurriedly walked in the direction of the tribute courtyard, walking faster and faster, and finally ran up. Far behind the iron head.

Waiting for Xu Liang to rush to the outside of the Gongyuan, I saw a bulletin board surrounded by people, from time to time there were students who found their names on the list and cheered loudly in ecstasy, and there were also students who did not wait for the informant at the residence, and the unwilling students came to the list again to find, and after reading the list from beginning to end, they were finally convinced that they had fallen off the list.

Xu Liang came early, squeezed a few times but didn't squeeze in, but tired himself to sweat, at this time Tie Yun panted and finally ran to the Gongyuan.

Xu Liang was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately ordered the iron head to squeeze in to see the ranking, only to see that the iron head pushed left and right after receiving the order, squeezed the people next to him aside in three or two strokes, and squeezed out a small way. Xu Liang sighed at the brute strength of Tietou, and at the same time was speechless for his small body again, taking advantage of the crowd not closing, he followed closely behind Tietou, and also squeezed to the front of the list.

The list is actually a large list of names of students in the middle school. Xu Liang fixed his eyes and saw that the first and second were unknown to him at all, and the third was an old acquaintance, Zhang Ziwei. After looking down a few lines, I saw another old acquaintance, Lu Changfeng, and I didn't know him any further.

Xu Liang found his name in the first column of the last row, and he was ranked 90th in the top three. There were two other people behind his name, and the last one was actually the tall Qin Feng. Xu Liang smacked his lips, it turned out that he had taken the third-to-last exam, this result was similar to the score of the college entrance examination in his previous life, and Xu Liang's score in the college entrance examination was also the third from the bottom of the class.

Xu Jiang's name was really not on it.

Xu Liang left the tribute courtyard and walked to the inn, feeling sorry for Xu Jiang while also rejoicing for himself. Now it is certain that Senator Huang's words in Huangfu at that time were actually dark words, but I don't know how many students in Ji'an Mansion can guess like themselves. On the other hand, although Huang Weizhong is greedy for money, he is also a real person in the end, and he knows how to do things after taking money. Thinking of this, Xu Liang couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh three times.

When Xu Liang returned to the inn, Xu Jiang had already learned the result from others, and Young Master Xu locked himself in the house and locked the door, so that no one could knock on it.

On the second day of the release of the official documents, on August 30, the Yamen of Jiangxi's political envoy organized the legendary "Deer Ming Banquet", and all the people who were lifted in this time were invited to participate.

The venue of the banquet was set up in the Yamen of the political envoy, and it was presided over by the chief examiner of the autumn festival, Huang Weizhong, a senator of Jiangxi.

It was the first time Xu Liang saw Huang Weizhong in a crimson official robe, Yun Yan, who represented the official grade on the fourth-grade official robe, looked lifelike, Huang Weizhong was wearing a black gauze hat, a regimental collar shirt, and a plain gold belt around the official robe supported by the fat belly, which made Huang Weizhong look a little more majestic at this time.

After the banquet began, Senator Huang stood next to the chairman with several other examiners from the autumn festival, and expressed the congratulations of the court to the people in the middle of the ceremony on behalf of the Jiangxi political envoy Yamen, and at the same time wished the people in next year's examination a smooth promotion, high school jinshi, after a scene, Huang Weizhong gasped and messed up the beat. He paused for a moment before waving his hand to announce the official start of the Luming Feast.

Xu Liang is not qualified to sit on the chairman, and only the top three people can sit in the same seat with the examiner, such as the old acquaintance Zhang Ziwei.

Xu Liang's seat is at the table on the left side of the hall just after entering the door, and the eight people on the table are counted from the first to the eighth from the bottom, such as Qin Feng, who is the first from the bottom, and Xu Liang, who is the third from the bottom......

Qin Feng saw that Xu Liang's ranking was actually higher than his own, and he couldn't help but be unconvinced, he had just taught Xu Liang's skills a few days ago, compared with the talents he knew who had studied hard for ten years, it was really much inferior, and people who couldn't even memorize the Analects were actually in front of him?

However, the Ming Dynasty court is the most particular about seniority, even if Xu Liang is only one place ahead of him Qin Feng, in front of outsiders, Xu Liang is a head taller than him.

Yes, although Qin Feng was not convinced, there was no way.

The banquet was held in its happy atmosphere, and Xu Liangbiao was quite polite and modest. Halfway through the meal, his smiling face was a little sour. At this time, someone mentioned yì to help the pair, this idea can be said to scratch the itch of everyone, so once this idea was proposed, it won the approval of the majority, the so-called majority, in fact, refers to the other six people, Xu Liang bowed his head to eat vegetables, he did not express his position.

However, others took his attitude as a tacit acquiescence, and the activity proceeded smoothly. The first one came out with a pair: "After three rounds of wine, taste the wind and snow in the world"

The man who sat down pondered for a while, and then replied, "The dish has five flavors. taste the ups and downs of life".

Another person then came out of the pair and said: "The deer ming feast, all four are the pillars of all directions"

Everyone looked at Xu Liang who was immersed in eating, and it was Xu Liang's turn.

Xu Liang secretly complained bitterly, in his previous life, he watched costume dramas, and he hated the pedantic literati in the play who chanted poems at every turn.

When everyone saw that Xu Liang didn't answer correctly for a long time, they coaxed: "Brother Xu Liang, answer quickly!" ”

"yes, if you really can't answer yourself, then you have to punish yourself, haha."

Xu Liang raised his head and swept the gesture of his table, and said with a wry smile: "This benevolent brother's pair is too profound, Xu Mou admits that he can't answer, and is willing to punish him for drinking!" With that, he drank the wine in one gulp.

Xu Liang sat down at the head of Qin Feng, Xu Liang couldn't answer, the task of solving the pair fell on his head, Qin Feng frowned and thought for a while, his heart moved, and he replied: "Yes, I am right: Poyang Lake, both sides of the strait are heroes from all over the world." ”

Everyone applauded, and Qin Feng glanced at Xu Liang intentionally or unintentionally.

The pair continued, and in a blink of an eye it was Xu Liang's turn, Xu Liang smiled bitterly again, and then drank again. Qin Feng stopped and said, "Brother Xu, don't play like this, you always think that your talent is far better than ours, and you disdain to follow us, or what?" ”

When everyone heard this, they stared at Xu Liang with their eyes, the last time Xu Liang admitted that he was punished, it can be said that he really couldn't come up, if this time it was still a punishment for drinking, wouldn't it really look down on everyone here? Everyone stared at Xu Liang, and there was a faint anger.

Xu Liang saw that he was about to become the target of the public, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, he didn't dare to be pushed to the opposite side of the crowd in public, so he had no choice but to put down the wine glass that had been raised, and asked: "Then, okay, what is the topic?" ”

Xu Liang's head said: "Brother Xu, my topic is: once you are in the middle of the move, why do you need to care about the past and the future." ”

Xu Liang was stunned, so he sat there scratching his ears and cheeks and wanted to go down, and everyone stared at Xu Liang quietly, just waiting to confirm whether Xu Liang was a real straw bag or a self-esteem!

After a long time, everyone was about to get impatient, Xu Liang raised his head and said eatingly: "That, my next link is, three into the cave room, you still have to work with your left hand and right hand......"

"Huh?" Zhongjuzi looked at Xu Liang blankly, no one answered for a while, and after a while, Qin Feng broke the quiet situation, and he sneered: "Brother Xu, this couplet, it's really, it's really very appropriate...... Hehe. ”

The others also giggled.

Xu Liang saw that it would be embarrassing to stay at this table any longer, so he took a wine glass and paced towards the main table. Seeing the gap in Huang Weizhong's conversation, Xu Liang stepped forward with an arrow, raised his glass and said: "Student Xu Liang respects his teacher, thank him for his protection and cultivation." ”

Huang Weizhong's face was already red from drinking, he looked at this move that came to him with his blurry drunken eyes, and he didn't recognize who it was for a while, and when Xu Liang said it again, Huang Weizhong realized that the person in front of him was also the Ji'an Mansion lifter who was in the middle of the move. He remembered that Xu Liang was ranked ninetieth in the exam, and his face was a little cold at the moment, and he gently touched Xu Liang with a wine glass, put it to his mouth and took a sip, and then turned back to talk to the examiner next to him.

Xu Liang stepped forward again and whispered: "Before the student came to Nanchang Mansion, Grandpa Xu Qiangen instructed the student to bring some hometown specialties to the teacher, Wan'an tea before the rain, and the student has asked the next person to send it to the teacher's mansion, and asked the teacher to accept it with a smile." ”

Huang Weizhong's eyes lit up when he heard this, his eyes narrowed even smaller, he turned his head again, and touched the cup with Xu Liang again, his face also warmed, "Hmm, it turns out that you are the grandson of Xu Laoyuanwai, well, Wan'an's pre-rain tea, the taste is still okay, Xu Laoyuanwai has a heart." ”

The examiner next to him was surprised when he heard this, and secretly said that Lord Huang doesn't like to drink tea?

Xu Liang expressed his meaning, and then respectfully retired and returned to his table.

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