Wan Shu's crazy words made Yi Jiuxiao interested in Ji Hai, and he would definitely have the opportunity to meet Ji Hai in the future, I don't know if he can solve the doubts in his heart. The two of them had nothing to do, and then turned to the other side of the list, which was densely packed with lists, with a total of forty-seven people, and Zhu Chen and Shanhui were also among them, ranking thirty-first and forty-seventh respectively.

It's also good that these two people can have this ranking, because the people who participated in the state exam are not the winners of last year's county exam, which are mixed with many candidates from previous years. Over the years, students who have not been in the state examination can take the exam, and some people have participated in several sessions in a row, and only half of the students who have really won the county exam should take the exam, because the competition is too fierce.

Coupled with the three people at the top of the list, there are a total of 50 people on the gold list of the state examination, these people have achieved the fame of great scholars, are eligible to go to the capital to participate in the national examination of Qi, and also have the opportunity to choose to be an official in the jurisdiction of Kaizhou.

When Yi Jiuxiao and Wan Shufang returned to Wanfu, Wanfu was already full of joy, and during the period when the two of them were watching the list, the good news personnel of the state capital had come to Wanfu, and Wan Qianhao, the head of the family who received the good news, was very happy.

Although Yi Jiuxiao is not surnamed Wan, he is also a person who went out from Wanfu, Wanjia is a Xiuzhen family, and there are not many people who are interested in the imperial examination, since Wan Tianjiang, the second master of Wanfu, won the second place in the state examination, no one has been on the list in the state examination for many years.

Wan Qianhao called the two of them to his room and encouraged Yi Jiuxiao to be a good student, treating them like his own children. At this time, Yi Jiuxiao is no longer the poor boy of the song and dance workshop back then, and the gold content of the first place in the state examination is very high. Such a person must be the object of the family's courtship, and it will be valued in any family, and the family must not only cultivate the descendants of the clan, but also need strong foreign aid, so that it can stand for thousands of years.

The reward given by the Wan family is very heavy, Yi Jiuxiao has become the worship of the Wan family, the worship enjoys more rights and resources, has his own independent residence, Yi Jiuxiao got a residence, which is a courtyard next to Wan Shufang's residence, so that the two can communicate daily. In addition, with servants and chariots and horses, the salary suddenly rose to ten times, reaching a hundred taels of silver per month, and it has to be said that the big family is a big deal.

At the same time as receiving the good news, I also received an invitation. Yi Jiuxiao was invited to participate in the "Jun Cui Banquet" held at the State Government Examination Institute three days later, this banquet was personally attended and presided over by Kaizhou Taishou, which was intended to encourage and commend the young talents of the state examination, and the chief officials of various departments of the state government also participated, waiting for the opportunity to select talents among them, and it was also a good opportunity for the winners to get to know each other.

This is different from the banquet held by the prefectural order of Kaesong County, where the banquet is purely a private friendship of the prefectural order, and the invitation is limited to the top three scholars of the prefectural examination. The "Jun Cui Banquet" is a routine banquet in the state capital, which will be held every time the state examination, and all 50 students are invited to the big list, and the scale is grand and grand.

There is a saying in the Great Song Dynasty that "there is no good wine in wine, there is no good banquet in the banquet", the wine banquet is the most likely to cause trouble, the last time Yi Jiuxiao went to the banquet of Kaicheng County, he was provoked by Shanhui and Zhu Chen, although he did not suffer, but he also formed a grudge. This "Jun Cui Banquet" is large-scale, and as the top of the state exam, he is afraid that he will become the target of public criticism, so he can't help but be worried.

After all, in this world, he is a person with no background, and so far, he has not really gotten rid of the status of a beggar who has nothing. Although Wan Jia treats him well, he can't always rely on Wan Jia for everything, after all, the relationship between the big family is complicated, and he has not contributed much to Wan Jia.

After thinking about it, the only way is to be obscure, and you must not show the sharpness of the moment and the limelight for a while. His ambition is not in the state examination, not in the state capital, but in the national examination, and he will enter the court of Qi as an official, so there is no need to show off and show off at this banquet.

Yi Jiuxiao came to the banquet very low-key, in order not to attract attention, he entered the venue half an hour early, and the number of people entering during this time was the most concentrated, and too early and too late would attract the attention of others.

The venue is very large, and there are hundreds of seats, which are divided into chairman and guest seats, the chairman is estimated to be the seat of the state government officials, and the guest seats are prepared for all the big scholars. Yi Jiuxiao found a position far away from the chairman and sat down, but it was not the farthest position, and the farthest and closest positions would attract attention.

At the banquet scene, the selection of seats was polarized, and the position near the rostrum was chosen by many people, who were ready to express themselves in anticipation of gaining the favor of state officials, and many people chose remote positions, all of whom were shy and did not want to be paid too much attention, so latecomers could only sit near the middle.

Sitting on the left side of Yi Jiuxiao was a young man with a wooden face and a rustic appearance, and at first glance he was the kind who didn't talk much. On the right is a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, with a cold expression and a feeling of rejection from thousands of miles away.

Yi Jiuxiao sat in the middle and didn't want to speak, so the three of them sat upright, bowing their heads and not saying anything, without any conversation or inquiry with each other, which was exactly what Yi Jiuxiao wanted, and it was deliberately chosen.

When the guest seats were filled one after another, it was almost time for the banquet to begin. The banquet is scheduled to start at noon, but there are still some vacant seats for the chairman, who are these seats reserved for, whether they are Kaizhou Taishou or not, these big scholars sitting in the guest seats are wondering.

At that moment, the two doors facing the guest seats opened, and seven or eight people walked in in one of them. This person is extraordinary at first glance, I saw that he was eight feet tall, wearing a purple official hat, wearing a purple python robe, and a cyan jade belt around his waist, about forty years old, with a white face and beard, a majestic appearance, and a cold gaze pointed directly at the hearts of everyone in the field.

This is the master of the Jindan Realm, and his bearing is really extraordinary! Yi Jiuxiao couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart, he learned from Wan Shufang's mouth that Kaizhou Taishou Chengyuan was the early stage of Jindan's cultivation, and he was the first person in the Kaizhou official mansion and the first master.

The Jindan realm is a major threshold for cultivating the truth, and only after crossing the Jindan realm can one be regarded as a true cultivator, and only when he enters the Jindan realm can he truly have a powerful mana and then crisscross the world; he can truly get rid of the reincarnation of grains in the mortal dust, and he can not eat the fireworks of the world; he can truly comprehend the avenue of heaven and earth, have divine consciousness, and no longer rely on his eyes to see the world.

Looking at the entire Qi country, the Jindan realm is very rare. At the same time, the Jindan Realm is also the highest level of monks that mortals can see, although there are still Yuanying monks in the Qi Kingdom, but they are all divine dragons who see the head but not the end, just like a legend.

Therefore, if the Jindan monks are willing to get involved in the red world, each of them is in a high position, and the general states are too guarded, and the official rank of the third grade can be qualified in the early stage of Jindan, and only the capital Bozhou is too shou, and he masters the important land of Gyeonggi, and he needs to be cultivated in the middle of Jindan. The squire of the various ministries ranged from the early to the middle of Jindan, and when he was the head of Dazai and the academy, he needed to cultivate in the later period of Jindan.

Jin Dan is the pursuit and dream of countless cultivators, although they have not been able to truly live forever, but the five-hundred-year-old Shouyuan is far beyond mortals. However, how many people can step into Jindan, it can be said that there are very few, from the foundation to the Jindan to experience the catastrophe of heaven and earth, every year there are many foundation building monks because of the catastrophe, and ashes.

Yi Jiuxiao sighed again and again in his heart, as a mortal, although he diligently cultivated martial arts and opened the scriptures, he didn't know if he could make a breakthrough in the future. The imperial examination can help him enter the official career, but a feudal official like Taishou will definitely not be held by ordinary scholars. At most, a scholar can only be a county order or a langzhong of various ministries, this is a world dominated by cultivators, and mortals are destined to accept their fate.

The field is very quiet, different thoughts are filled in everyone's hearts, most of the big scholars in the seats, most of them are mortals with inferior spiritual roots, the imperial examination is their only way out, after seeing the Taishou, they can't help but be overflowing, and they are touched.

Yi Jiuxiao and the scholars guessed that it was not bad at all, it was Kaizhou Taishou Chengyuanhua who entered, and he came to the middle of the chairman to sit down surrounded by officials from the state capital. His eyes glanced at the audience, and he didn't look at anyone again, but his divine sense had already enveloped the audience, and every move of everyone in the audience was under his control.

A moment later, one of the chairmen rose from his seat and stepped to the front of the stage, a man in his fifties, who had broken the silence and oppression of the room with a loud voice.

"Students, I am Chu Yi, the dean of the Kaizhou Examination Institute, congratulations to you for passing the state examination and becoming a big scholar, in order to commend you for your hard work, the state government held this Jun Cui Banquet, this Jun Cui Banquet we Kaizhou Tai Shou Cheng personally presided, we invite Cheng to give a speech. ”

Taishou Chengyuan Hwa did not stand up, but sat firmly in his position, his voice was low, but it was clearly transmitted to the ears of everyone in the room. Before, Chu Yi used the loudest volume when he spoke, and no one who was a little far away from him could hear it clearly, this is the difference, the difference between the Jindan monks and the monks below the Jindan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to congratulate you on inviting you to the state capital today. The state exam is very difficult, and you can successfully pass the exam, which shows that you are very hard-working, talented, and the best of the readers. You are the talents of Kaizhou, but also the talents of Qi State, today the chief officials of the state government departments are present, will be selected from among you, the selected will have the opportunity to serve in the state government departments, do not be disappointed, you also have the opportunity to participate in the national examination next spring, I hope that all students will actively answer the examiner's questions and show your talents. ”

After Taishou finished speaking, Chu Yi stood up from his seat again, walked to the banquet center, and said loudly: "This time, the various departments of the state capital have recruited a total of three subordinate officials, one each from the Department of Taxation and the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, with an official rank of seven ranks, one from the Warden Division, and an official rank of six ranks. ”