Unlike the last county exam, Xiao Mo did not return to Shanxian immediately after the written test. (The full-text novel is read on the Shilu Literature Network)

Because in addition to the written test in the state examination, those with excellent results also have to participate in the subsequent interview, and only those who pass the interview can obtain the fame of the child. So after the early written test, Xiao Mo continued to stay in Zhu Ruide's house, while continuing to accept Zhu Ruide's teachings, while waiting for the announcement of the list, because neither Zhu Ruide, nor Xiao Huan and Fan Guan thought that Xiao Mo would not even be able to pass the initial written test.

In fact, after so many years of hard study, even Xiao Mo himself can clearly detect his own progress, and he is quite confident in this state test.

And while Xiao Mo and the others were waiting for the list to be announced in Zhu Fuzhong, Zuo Lingfu and Yue Shang, the chief writers of the Ministry of Rites, were taking a group of officials from the Ministry of Rites to review the answer sheets of the candidates in Yunzhou.

Zuo Lingfu and Yue Shang were both one of the thirty-two chief writers of the Ministry of Rites, and they were close protégés of Zhang Qian, the prime minister of the dynasty. When the forces of Songshan Academy controlled the Ministry of Rites, these two people worked for Zhang Qian with all their hearts, and after the power of Songshan Academy was uprooted by Zhang Qian, it was rumored in the court that one of these two people would serve as the next secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Zuo Lingfu's image is very in line with the image of the Chinese people in this era, with a tall figure, white skin, a beautiful beard, graceful demeanor, and a smile on his face that is extremely kind, but under closer inspection, it seems to be sarcastic, and the look in his eyes is extremely indifferent.

As for Yue Shang, he is short and fat, with a reserved expression, a shallow smile at the corner of his mouth, and he looks extremely kind, which is easy to make people feel good.

Different from the solemn and serious attitude when Zhu Ruide judged the exam papers, in the face of this thick pile of exam papers, the atmosphere in the crowd was quite relaxed and casual.

"What a good article!! I really didn't expect that this article would be written by a mere sixteen-year-old boy, and after reading this argument, even I felt that I benefited a lot, although there are many young talents in my dynasty, but at such an age to have such a learned person, I am afraid that there are only three sons. Hey, if it weren't for the Prime Minister's order, I would have given him the first place in this round of the written exam, but it's a pity......"

At this moment, Zuo Lingfu was holding a "Strategy" answer sheet, shaking his head and exclaiming.

At the edge of this answer sheet, the name of "Xiao Mo" is written!!

If someone enters the room at this time, they will inevitably be shocked to find that when the candidates' results have not been judged, a large number of candidates' names on the exam papers have been opened by Zuo Lingfu and others without permission!!

In fact, the reason why they took a huge risk to privately open the vague names of the exam papers was to find Xiao Mo's answer sheet.

At the beginning of the founding of the Chu Dynasty, it was strictly stipulated that the examiners were not allowed to dismantle the names of the candidates before judging the candidates' results. If there is any violation, he will immediately lose his fame and degrade the official to the people.

However, when the power reaches a certain level, the rules are useless, and the reason why they still exist is only to limit the behavior of others and benefit themselves.

What's more, all the examiners who came to Yunzhou with Zuo Lingfu and Yue Shang were all from Zhang Qian's disciples, and after receiving Zhang Qian's instructions, they naturally would not have any opinions on Zuo Lingfu and Yue Shang's behavior. There may be people who can't bear to be cut off from hope for a teenager like this, and more than ten years of hard study have turned into water, but compared to their future, this is nothing.

"Yes, the answer sheet is very good, with such knowledge and knowledge, even if you participate in the palace examination, you are very likely to enter the top three, but unfortunately, in this world, it is not enough to have knowledge, but also to learn to judge the situation, you can't just walk with your head down, it is more important to distinguish the direction, this scholar named Xiao Mo ended up like this, no wonder others, he can only blame himself for offending the prime minister."

Yue Shang also took Xiao Mo's "Jingyi" answer sheet, shook his head and sighed, his face full of kind and harmless smiles.

"I can't bear it, this kid's more than ten years of hard work have turned into flowing water. I don't know how he offended the Prime Minister, but he asked the Prime Minister to send us here to deal with him. ”

Zuo Lingfu's face was full of pity and unbearability, but the indifferent sarcasm in his eyes became more intense, and the red pen under his hand had already written a big "medium" on Xiao Mo's "Argument" answer sheet, without pity or forbearance.

Seeing Zuo Lingfu's movements, Yue Shang smiled slightly, but did not answer again, but also wrote the word "good" with a red pen on Xiao Mo's "Jingyi" answer sheet.

Soon, Xiao Mo's five answer sheets of "Arguments", "Jingyi", "Fulu", "Miscellaneous Studies", and "Response", except for "Jingyi", the results obtained were all "medium".

In the imperial examination of the Chu Dynasty, there are five kinds of results: "poor", "medium", "good", "good" and "excellent".

In other words, this time in the state exam, Xiao Mo has already failed the list, and he didn't even pass the initial written exam, so he has no chance.

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Soon, more than ten days passed in a hurry, and the results of the written test of the state examination finally arrived on the day of announcement.

And Xiao Mo, Xiao Huan, Fan Guan and others, under the leadership of Zhu Ruide, came to Yunzhou University early on this day, waiting for the moment when the list was published.

"Brother Xiao, if you can rank in the top three in the written test this time, remember to treat me for three days, and let me touch your joy and talent, haha."

Crowded among the countless scholars waiting for the list, Xiao Huan patted Xiao Mo's shoulder and laughed loudly.

"Hmph, with Brother Xiao's knowledge, the top three in the written test are for sure, you just say that you want to eat and drink for nothing, why bother around this bend."

As always, Fan Guan sneered at Xiao Huan.

Xiao Huan glared at Fan Guan and said angrily: "You are still worried about your results, don't be on the list again this time!" ”

Fan Guan snorted coldly, but didn't say anything more, in the first two state exams, his results were indeed inferior to Xiao Huan.

It stands to reason that Fan Guan's knowledge is far more solid than Xiao Huan's, but he lacks Xiao Huan's open-mindedness, and his answers are too serious and rigorous. However, for the examiners of the Chu Dynasty, who liked the style of Wei and Jin, Xiao Huan's style was more in line with their appetite, so in all the imperial examinations, Fan Guan's results were not as good as Xiao Huan's.

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Xiao Mo said with a smile: "In any case, I just hope that the three of us can be on the list at the same time, and it will be a great blessing in life to go to the capital together two years later." ”

Hearing Xiao Mo's words, Xiao Huan Fan Guan couldn't help but stop arguing, and for the scene depicted by Xiao Mo, his eyes showed yearning, and even felt that at that time, the three of them went to the capital together, although they had to quarrel with another annoying guy all the way, but it seemed to be a very interesting thing.

Like Xiao Mo, after the continuous improvement of knowledge in these days, both of them are full of confidence in this state test.

Listening to the conversation between the three of them, Zhu Ruide, who had always been strict, also showed a smile on his face, but it was fleeting, and he said to Xiao Mo with a stern face: "Mo'er, you must remember that there is no end to learning, and there is no end. After the results are announced, you must not be complacent about so few results, you know, in the state examination, the written test is only the first step, the reason why there are few people who have made a name for themselves over the years, in addition to the written test, but also because of the difficult interview after that, almost every three people can pass guò, and I Yunzhou has passed guò even fewer over the years. There are many candidates who have excellent results in the written test, thinking that they have already won the fame of the child in advance, but they bring this arrogance to the subsequent interview, which makes the examiner unhappy, and the final result can be imagined, so no matter what your results are, you should not be arrogant, but should calm down and prepare for the subsequent assessment. ”

Hearing Zhu Ruide's teaching, Xiao Mo immediately restrained the smile on his face, bowed to Zhu Ruide and said, "The student has been taught." ”

Although Zhu Ruide's words were quite harsh, in his words, he had already decided that Xiao Mo would inevitably be on the list, and his results would definitely be good. But because after the written test, Xiao Mo wrote his answer sheet silently and handed it to Zhu Ruide to check, judging from Zhu Ruide's experience, with Xiao Mo's results, there is almost no problem in ranking the top three in the written test.

On the other side, Xiao Huan and Fan Guan were both embarrassed because of Zhu Ruide's words, and just wanted to say something, when suddenly there was a commotion in front of the crowd, accompanied by the excited shouts of countless people.

"The list is out!! The list is out!! ”

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P: Today's first update.