There is a way: the general trend of the world, the vast soup, those who go along with it prosper, and those who go against it die.

Now that the imperial examination has appeared, no matter how powerful the Menting clan is, its general trend will never be violated.

In addition, even if you can't successfully get the solution, as long as you pass the three exams, you can get a consistent monthly salary.

In this way, at least in their Qingyang county seat, she can live more freely.

Liu Chenxing is just a twilight meal, and his heart is already slightly fluctuating.

Every day, I get up in the morning to practice writing silently, study the problem solving and in-depth of the essay during the day, and read it at night. During this period, regardless of the time of day, he composed one to three poems a day.

The other three candidates in the courtyard, seeing that Liu Chenxing was as usual, also quickly immersed themselves, preparing for the next two exams, coldly watching the other moves in the hotel or lamenting that the powerful are in power, their poor children are difficult to get ahead, or watching them poetry and drinking parties constantly, except for praising each other all day long, there is actually no meaning.

The sun rises and the moon sets, and three days pass in a blink of an eye.

Liu Chenxing was walking around in the courtyard for morning exercises, while shaking his head and reciting the "Book of Songs", feeling the beauty of poetry and rhythm, and also cultivating his own sense of poetry.

Liu Qingshan and the Xue brothers and sisters both bet on the first game, and today they released the list, but they couldn't study, so Xue Yuan took the lead to coax, pulled Liu Chenxing to eat the morning food in a hurry, and went to the examination institute to see the first list of the state test.

The state test is the same as the county test.

After three county tests, Liu Chenxing's process for the state test has been bottomed.

But he still underestimated the importance of the state test.

Although I can almost pass the first exam, I just want to get a good ranking when I look at it now. But it was only early in the morning, and there was already a large group of people outside the examination hall pushing and hugging there, all wanting to be the first to squeeze in to see the list.

Therefore, they were still late, she and Xue Yuan were women, how could they squeeze with a group of men, so they had to stay outside the crowd.

Liu Chenxing was not idle, he simply stood outside the crowd, looked at the people who were anxiously waiting for the release of the list while pretending to be light and light, thought about a few poems about the release date, and then his heart sank and began to try to compose poems by himself.

When a limerick poem was forced out, I only heard a burst of gongs and drums announcing the sky, and the four voices came and went: "It's time to release the list!" ”

Liu Chenxing raised his head when he heard the sound, and saw that the door of the examination institute was wide open, and two columns of seven or eight soldiers each were surrounded by two gong beaters and two people who posted the list, and came to the side under the wall of the list that was surrounded by the three layers inside and the outer three layers of the people.

Liu Qianli also came to see the list, he and Liu Qingshan were in the north, and they were also quite tall and burly, as soon as they raised their heads, they looked over the heads of a group of black people to see the list posted on the wall by the officials.

The Xue brothers and sisters are of medium stature, and although they can't see the crowd, they are still on tiptoe, trying to look at the list, just like the people around them.

Liu Chenxing is no longer the little man he was at the beginning, but he is only thirteen years old, and he is almost sixteen years tall Xue Yuan, and he can see some of them on tiptoe.

But sooner or later, I can know that the foundation of the memory and usual test of the Tijing is her strong point, and she has carefully checked it again and again when she took the exam, and she also tried her best to explain it comprehensively, and the writing was as neat as possible, so she should be able to have a good ranking.

Liu Chenxing stood calmly behind the crowd, and only his hands clenched into fists under Mai's wide sleeves revealed his nervousness.

The first place has always been sought after by everyone, even if this is only the first exam, there will be two rankings to finally determine the rankings of Xie Yuan and Xie Vice.

But the first place is still different, this is an honor, and it is one of the shortcuts to prestige.

In an instant, excited and frenzied voices rang out in all directions:

"Who's number one!?"

"The first place is not the one who let Thorn Shi greet him personally?"

"What!? The first place is Liu-"

The sound stopped abruptly, and there was silence all around.

The official standing under the list shouted in an official dialect with Qinghe Township accent: "The first place in this state trial post: Liu Chenxing, a native of Anjia Village, Qingyang County, Beizhou, ......"

Next is the introduction of his background and age.

Liu Qingshan and the others on the side couldn't listen to it, they all looked back at Liu Chenxing, opened their mouths, and were speechless for a while, only Liu Qianli didn't know that the opponent in the same exam this time had a very strong background, and smiled with honor: "Ah Xing, Ah Ye knows that you can be at the top of the list again!" ”

Liu Chenxing didn't expect that the top of the list would be herself, and thought that it was either the lord of the bearded guest, or the grandson of the Cui Xiang clan, but seeing everyone's surprised looks, she knew that she had heard correctly, and couldn't help but raise a smile at the noon sun: God rewards hard work, and she didn't fail herself after all!

However, with the list unveiled, there is a world outside the examination hall.

Compared with Liu Chenxing, who subconsciously despised him, winning the top spot, it is obvious that whether they themselves are on the list and what their ranking is, is more important.

Those who found themselves careless and fell off the list, learned that although they had passed the exam, they were ranked low, unless the next two were the top of the list, otherwise this year's solution was also unsatisfactory, it seemed that they couldn't stand such a blow, they either laughed and cried, or looked like crazy.

And in front of this group of people, it is the first list of the state test that has been settled.

First place: Liu Chenxing.

Second place: Cui Yao, the son of Cui Xiang.

Third place: Du Yuenlong, both parents and ancestors are Jinshi.

The fourth to eighth places are the top of the remaining counties.

Liu Qingshan's handwriting or tacit meaning is incomplete, ranking twelfth, and the Xue brothers and sisters are stuck in the middle and the other is in the parking space, but all four of them passed the first state test.

When they were happy, Liu Chenxing didn't know if it was dazzled, and vaguely saw the bearded guest in the crowd, and when he wanted to look at it again, except for a group of people who were raising their heads and watching the lively people, how could there be the shadow of the bearded guest.

"Qingyang Liu Niangzi? Congratulations, what a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows go! No wonder you bet on yourself that day! Still looking around, someone who stayed in the same hotel saw her, and after knowing her identity, he stepped forward to greet her.

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Liu Chenxing had to withdraw his gaze and deal with one or two.

But I didn't know that when I looked to the left a little more, it was the bearded guest who was walking beside a two-horse-drawn carriage and said: "Ah Lang, you let the thirteen-year-old girl win the top spot, so that Cui Liu will be the deputy on the list, and Cui Xiang is estimated to play you to disrupt the imperial examination." ”

Hearing this, a sneer sounded in the carriage, "Now that the wind of the scroll is prosperous, most of them pay homage to those who have a good relationship with the examiner in advance, and ask them to leave their names on their list." How can this be fair? Even in recent years, the champions have not passed the state test primary, and Cui Xiang directly recommended the provincial test, and his provincial test gold list has to be reviewed by him. Is there no secret hand in this? ”

The bearded guest remembered the current atmosphere of the imperial examination in Beijing, and couldn't help but be silent.

The cold man's voice in the car sounded again: "Since I have the heart to establish the atmosphere of bending the law for personal gain, and when I visited my grandfather, it was the Fengzhou test, and I wanted to take the way to personally feel whether the local imperial examination can be upright, but I didn't expect that the people with hands and ears knew it, so that the history of Beizhou was ......."

Before he finished speaking, his voice suddenly became cold when he remembered the actions of the officials of Bei Prefecture that day, but he did not continue, and only said: "Since I can't refer to it, it's okay." Then I will openly intervene and order him to do fairly. ”

The bearded guest was stunned when he heard this, that is, the thirteen-year-old little lady won the championship with her strength.

The thought flashed, retracted the surprise, and couldn't help but sigh its good luck, if there was no Ah Lang to suppress it, this woman would probably be difficult to win the top spot.