There are three groups of people who report good news, one group of people are porters who wait under the list early and want to make good money by reporting the news; One is a few Xiao Yang officials sent by the county government; The rest is Luo Wu.

Luo Wu knew that Gu Jin'an was here, so he specially told Zheng County Ling that he was going to come and give them good news.

Zheng County Ling admired Gu Jinan very much, especially after reading his county exam, he attached great importance to Gu Jin'an, so he waited for his high school school and hospital exam to give Tianfu County magistrate face.

This county candidate went to participate in the government examination and the hospital examination, and as the candidate's county order, he was also able to record merit.

When several groups of people met at the gate of Futai Building, Old Man Xu immediately sighed and made a painful expression.

He is a lot older, and when they see Xiao Yang, they must ask: "What's wrong with Old Man Xu?" But uncomfortable? ”

The porter who came to report the good news didn't care about the life or death of Old Man Xu, and wanted to squeeze into the Futai Building, but was stopped by Xu Zhaoming's little servant.

Old man Xu said: "The old man learned that the list was released, and he came to Futai Lou to find my grandson, and wanted to listen to the good news with him, but he was too old to be useful, and he was full of pain when he ran a few steps." ”

As he spoke, he took a step forward and was the first to step through the door.

Seeing this, Xiao Yang and the servants understood Old Man Xu's thoughts, so they didn't rush with him and let him go first.

Old man Xu went straight to the private room on the second floor, and when he saw Xu Zhaoming's face in a cold sweat, he knew that he hadn't guessed the anagram, and immediately scolded: "You arrogant stinky boy, you dare to take advantage of the opportunity to entertain the same department to embarrass people, and the Xu family's family rules have been forgotten?" I'm going to beat you to death today, a fool who has the same face! ”

As he spoke, he picked up his crutches and was about to hit someone.

Xu Liang reacted quickly, and hurriedly went to stop him: "Uncle and grandfather, don't be angry, Brother Ming doesn't mean to save face with the brothers, we just guess the anagram and learn from each other." ”

Gu Jinan sat next to him, watching the Xu family act, but he didn't say anything.

Old Man Xu kept looking at Gu Jin'an from the corner of his eye, and when he saw this, he walked over and said to Gu Jin'an: "Brother An, don't worry about Brother Ming, he left home at a young age, he was not disciplined by adults, and he was a little arrogant...... Win or lose or something, do you win? ”

After speaking, he rubbed his hands together and saluted Gu Jin'an.

Gu Jinan hurriedly got up and helped him up, and didn't let him finish the salute: "Your old words are serious, we are just waiting for the list to be boring, guessing a word puzzle to play, and we don't really mean to win or lose." ”

Da Chu pays attention to filial piety, and the literati pay more attention to respecting the elderly, don't care if this old man is from your family, as long as he is older than you, you have to respect.

Therefore, Old Man Xu came to intercede in person, and it was impossible for Gu Jinan not to give Xu Zhaoming the steps, otherwise if it was spread out, others would say that he was immoral and disrespectful to the old man.

When Old Man Xu heard this, he put down his heart and shouted at Xu Zhaoming: "Why don't you hurry up and thank Brother Gu Jia'er!" ”

Xu Zhaoming felt embarrassed and couldn't take a step at all.

When he hesitated, the porter who came to report the news had already rushed up and shouted: "The little one has good news for Young Master Xu, you have jumped into the dragon gate with golden scales, and you have won the third place in the high school and county exam!" ”

Third place?

Xu Zhaoming was stunned, his smile froze on his face, and he asked the porter who reported the good news: "What did you say?" How many places am I in the county exam? ”

He was waiting for the head of the high school county to save face, how could he only take the third place in the exam?!

However, the porter shouted again with a smile on his face: "Little one to report the good news to Young Master Xu, you leap into the dragon gate with golden scales, and the third in the high school and county exam!" ”

Xu Zhaoming's face turned pale, he stumbled, and almost fell to the ground.

Xu Zhaoming broke free of the little guy's support and asked, "Where is the pine forest?" He's in charge of watching the list, why hasn't he come back yet? Go to him and ask for the ranking! ”

looks like he didn't believe that he only took the third place in the county exam.

The Yang family has been taken care of by the Xu family a lot in the county, and Xiao Yang didn't want Xu Zhaoming to be too embarrassed, so he hurriedly said: "Young Master Xu, my lord knows that there are many candidates in Futai Building, so I specially asked me to report the good news to you, you are indeed the third place in the high school county exam." ”

But Xu Zhaoming wants to be the first in high school and the head of the county, which is not rare at all!

He didn't want to admit that he failed in the scientific examination, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Impossible, this ranking is wrong, something must be ......."

"Shut up!" Old Man Xu's heart was about to jump out, and he almost beat Xu Zhaoming, is Brother Ming crazy? dared to question the results of the county test in public, is this a hint that the county magistrate is cheating and wants to make a feud with the county magistrate?

Xu Zhaoming woke up and shuddered, fortunately his grandfather scolded quickly, otherwise he would have fallen into a big disaster.

But he still didn't give up, and asked Xiao Yang: "Who is the first and second in the county test?" ”

Xu Zhaoming stared at Xiao Yang as if waiting for the sentence, and shouted in his heart: It's okay for anyone, don't be Gu Jinan!

However, it backfired, and Xiao Yang said: "The head of the county case is Gu Jinan, and the second place in the county test is Qi Kangming." ”

Xu Zhaoming listened, and there was a bang in his head, and it exploded. He lost, not only to Gu Jinan, but also to the little-known Qi Kangming.

He closed his eyes, waited for the dizziness in his mind to pass, then turned around and looked at Qi Kangming with red eyes: "I have never heard of you, you are not famous, how can you get the second in the exam?" ”

Old Man Xu really wanted to die, and he hated that he shouldn't have sent Xu Zhaoming to Jinling to study, but he was influenced by Jiangnan madmen and became so arrogant and looking for death.

The county test rankings have come out, what else are you asking? Ask again, it's not your own face that you lost?

And a county test is nothing, and then there are government exams and hospital exams, so if you can't afford to lose, isn't it despised?

Qi Kangming stood up and said, "Brother Cheng's anagram, it's the first time I've heard of it, and now I've guessed nine words, listen to it." ”

Wasn't Xu Zhaoming unconvinced and lost to him? Then he will fight back with anagrams that the other party can't guess.

Qi Kangming said: "The charm is the four little ghosts, the pipa qin is the eight kings, the ten sun and the moon above the head are the dynasty, as for stepping on a river star, I haven't guessed it yet." ”

Xu Zhaoming was shocked when he heard this, and silently recited the answer given by Qi Kangming in his heart...... Not only do they all carry ghost characters, but they are also the legendary four mountain spirits and ghosts, echoing the theory of the four little ghosts. The pipa qin has eight kings on his head, and he is the king of strings, which is also in line with the saying of the eight kings.

And the ten days and the moon are conjunct.

Xu Zhaoming's face turned pale, and there was a sense of frustration in his heart, it was such a simple word, why couldn't he think about it for half an hour?

He lost to Qi Kangming just because of this anagram, where does he still have the face to question Qi Kangming's county test ranking?

He looked at Brother Cheng again and asked, "What is stepping on a river star?" ”

Brother Cheng didn't hide it, and said with a smile: "It's a tree." ”

As he spoke, he dipped some tea and wrote a word on the table.

This is a rare word, and many people present did not recognize it, and asked, "What is this word?" I've never seen it at all, and it can be used to guess word puzzles? ”

Xu Zhaoming: "It is the word of the Emperor, it is the word of the Emperor of Zhou in ancient times, and it has the meaning of the day of Haotian." ”

Although this word is obscure, Xu Zhaoming has read the biography of Emperor Zhou in ancient times, and this word is impressively in the biography and appears many times.

However, he couldn't guess it, it can be seen that although he has learned, his brain is not as flexible as Gu Jinan and Qi Kangming, and he can't do it.