Xiao Le would not refute Zhu, nodding his head "mmmmmm", looking well-behaved and obedient, but he had other ideas in his heart.

Why did he get so many awards? It's not that he's diligent, it's that he's clever. No matter what rank the girl won in the exam, he only had to go tonight and squat at the gate of the Gongyuan to guard. When the time comes, for his hard work, the uncle and wife will have to reward him again.

Others can't see a few taels of silver in a year of hard work. If you stay up all night, you can get a few taels of reward, and he will naturally not let go of such an opportunity.

As soon as he came out of the main courtyard, he went home and picked up a few drinking cakes, put on a thick coat, and then took the bedding rolls, and went straight to the tribute courtyard.

There will be a curfew at the Great Jin Society. But before the release of the list, it has always been a habit for the subordinates of each family to come to the gate of the tribute courtyard to wait for the release of the list, and the Praetorian Guards will turn a blind eye. They will strengthen the defense of this area, and after the curfew, these people at the gate of the tribute courtyard are not allowed to walk around, but they are allowed to stay where they are.

Xiao Le thought that he was the only one doing this, but he didn't want to have a few subordinates squatting there at the gate of the Tribute Courtyard. Then came a few more. In the end, there were about a dozen people.

In everyone's chat, Xiaole found that the others were sent by order of the lord and wife of the family, and they were not voluntary.

He was grateful for the kindness of his master, and begged God to have eyes and must bless his girl to be admitted to the lift.

At the top of the list or something, what he said at the time was just an auspicious word, to please a good mouthpiece. He felt that although his girl was smart, and she had received guidance from the gentlemen of the country in the past two months, there was still a gap between her and the talented people who had been in the cold window for ten years.

He doesn't want to be at the top of the list, he just wants the girl to be on the list, and he can be admitted to the list.

The township examination has always been a major difficulty, and many talents will not be able to pass the exam in their lifetime. My own girl can be admitted in one year if she is diligent, and it is really the Zhao family's ancestral tomb that is smoking.

After chatting for a while, we opened the bed, slept on the floor, and waited for the release of the list the next morning.

Xiaole was woken up the next morning. Although he was wearing thick clothes, the roll was quite thick. But there are already frosts in the eighth month of the northern lunar calendar. They slept on the ground again, and the natural cold hit the bones.

He quickly got up, walked around the sleeping man, and ran a few steps around. But as he ran, his eyes were still on his bed. One is that he is worried that others will take away his bed, and the other is because the position occupied by the bed is below the list. This is the position he occupied after staying up all night, but it can't be taken by others.

After running a few steps, he felt his body warm, and then he came back, sat down on the bedding roll, took out the cold and hard drinking cake from his arms and slowly nibbled on it.

The people around gradually woke up, everyone looked at the position of the morning star on the horizon, and quickly put away the covers, and more than a dozen people stood against the wall. After a while, the carriages of the officials of the previous dynasty passed by them one after another. It was not until the time of the dynasty came, and no carriage passed by, that they relaxed, moved their bodies, took out dry food, ate two bites, and waited for dawn.

The sky is getting higher, and people are coming one after another during this time. Xiaole and the dozen or so people who stayed here last night all formed a small circle, occupying the best position, and they were unanimously xenophobic, not allowing others to squeeze in.

When the sun gradually rose, Xiao Le's thick clothes could not be worn, the gate of the tribute courtyard finally opened, and four people dressed as sergeants came out, one of whom was holding a piece of paper in his hand.

"It's coming, it's coming."

There was a commotion among the crowds that had blocked the road, and everyone was desperately squeezing in. Xiao Le, who was standing at the front, was pushed by the person behind him and almost hit the sergeant.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, squeeze again, your candidate will be disqualified immediately."

The two sergeants who maintained order said loudly, and by the way, they also ordered the two most crowded ones to warn them. Only then did the crowd stop crowding and no longer dare to move.

The other two sergeants plastered the paper and pasted it to the wall.

As soon as the two left, Xiaole stood in front of the list.

He occupies a particularly good position, and can see the whole list clearly at a glance.

There are many talented people in the capital, and there are naturally more Xiucai than the entire province of other provinces. There are quite a few people who participate in the township examination every year, about 1,000 people. In recent years, Dajin has been regarded as a national peace and security, with a stable number of officials and few vacancies, so not only the admission rate of the entrance examination, but also the acceptance rate of the township examination will be lowered, and the acceptance rate of the Beijing urban and rural examination is about 7% in these sessions.

Therefore, the number of people on the list this time is about seventy or eighty.

Xiaole looked at the names from top to bottom, but he didn't see the name he was looking forward to.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at it from the beginning again, hoping that he had missed it, but he looked at the names of seventy-nine people again, and still didn't see the three words Zhao Ruxi.

After thinking about it, Xiaole frowned: Could it be that his own girl didn't write her real name, but used the name "Zhao Zhiwei"?

Thinking about it this way, he read the list again from beginning to end, and then found that not only the three words "Zhao Ruxi" were not on the list, but also the three words "Zhao Zhiwei" were not on the list.

When Xiaole watched it here over and over again, where the Zhao family lived near Suipingbo's Mansion, a group of officials had already beaten gongs and drums and came to the door to report the good news.

The Zhao family went out one after another to look.

The gatekeeper of Suiping Bofu knew that today was the day of the township test list, and he also knew that his own girl had participated in the township test, and he knew that Xiaole was sent to see the list.

At this moment, he heard a lot of movement over there, and the old porter hurriedly sent the younger one out to inquire.

After a while, the young porter ran back and said, "It's the grandson of the old lady Zhao Wu who teaches in the school who has been lifted." The officials came to report the good news. ”

"Hit? Ouch, happy event. How many won? ”

"Seventy-five."

The old porter waved his hand: "It doesn't matter how many people have been won." As long as you win, you will be able to be an official, you can participate in the examination, and you will have a good future. ”

The young porter looked forward to it: "If only our girls could be promoted." ”

"Definitely, I will be able to do it." Another humane.

As soon as the man finished speaking, he heard the sound of gongs and drums beating to announce the good news.

This time, there was no need for the old man to speak out, the young one ran out and came back and said: "In the Wang family's family on the front street, his four sons have fifty-three. ”

After speaking, the two glanced at each other, and there was some worry in their eyes.

Regardless of the hospital examination or the township examination, the good news starts from the last place, and the more you go to the back, the higher the ranking. Of course, there will be no good news if you don't make the list.

So when you hear that others have received good news but you don't, then there are only two results, one is higher than him, and the other is not successful. The anticipation in my heart while waiting is indescribable.