When the first light of dawn entered Chang'an City, Taoli Courtyard sounded the first sound of the imperial gong, announcing the completion of the imperial examination papers and the gold list ranking.

Everyone, whether it is candidates or residents, has been awakened by the sound of gongs, and the messengers who beat the imperial gong shuttle through the streets and alleys, which shows the grandeur of the imperial examination list.

"Hurry, hurry! Linyun, hurry up! Han Ai shuttled through the crowd, saw Sheng Linyun and Xu Shangao walking slowly and ran back, and pushed the two of them, "You two hurry up!" ”

"Han Ai, what are you in a hurry, it's just a gong now, and there is still some time before Zhang Bang!" Sheng Linyun was pushed by Han Ai, walking so uncomfortably, and he already knew the result, imagining the situation after the list later, "It should be very embarrassing~"

"Linyun, what do you say? What embarrassment? Han Ai asked behind his back.

"Nothing, hey! You slow down, Mr. Xu and Thirteen Niang, they can't keep up" Sheng Linyun lay back and stopped Han Ai's strength.

"Okay, okay! Anyway, I also saw the gate of Taoli Courtyard" Han Ai stood on tiptoe, "Hey, my grandfather is at the door!" ”

I saw Han Wen standing in front of the gate of Taoli Courtyard with a cane, looking at the students under the stairs with a kind smile.

"Han Yushi! When will the list be announced? "There are already people down there who can't wait to start heckling.

"Don't rush! Don't rush! Haha, people will come out with the gold list later. Han Wen's tone was very gentle, although he was tired after a few days of busyness, he still wanted to meet these students, and he felt a heartfelt sense of pride in his heart when he looked at them.

With a shout, the candidates who originally stood in front of the steps consciously dispersed, and the crowd presented a road, only to see a stone platform in front of the courtyard gate, the bottom of the platform was engraved with the words 'on the balcony', the platform built an independent wall three zhang high, the wall sat north and faced south, the whole presented vermilion, there was an eaves on the top, and the wings and corners on both sides of the eaves were carved with dragons, phoenixes, lions, heavenly horses, seahorses, foxes, fish, pigs, bullfights, nine kinds of spine beasts, It can be seen that the status of this wall is on the same level as the buildings in the palace.

"It's out!" Han Ai stood in the crowd and excitedly stared at the gold list carried by the eight messengers, the gold list was three zhang wide and two zhang long, covered with a yellow cloth, and was not allowed to watch it, for fear that someone would be too excited to disturb the scene in the process, and it would be worth the loss if the gold list was damaged at that time.

Eight messengers came to the balcony with the gold list, and hung the gold list high, and then Han Wen pulled down the yellow cloth, and everyone gathered in front of the stage, and the road outside Taoli Courtyard was blocked in an instant.

In an instant, a hundred names on the gold list appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Liang Zhaowei, Liu Dehua, Qian Hongbao..."When Han Ai finished reading the first three names, his eyes were slightly indifferent, he lost some of his spirit, frowned and continued to read, "Comfortable, Kang Youwei..."

And Sheng Linyun broke off the idea of continuing to look behind the list the moment he saw the unveiling of the list, and looked at Xu Shangao.

Xu Shangao didn't have much expression, but there was a little sleepiness on his face, and he muttered the names on the list.

Until he finished reading it all, Han Ai didn't see the word 'Ai Qing' on it, "This can't be... Impossible..."Han Ai shook his head and looked at Sheng Linyun, "Linyun... It can't be without Ai Qing. As he spoke, Han Ai's body trembled.

"Han Ai, calm down" Sheng Linyun noticed that the situation was not good, put his hand on Han Ai's arm and shook it, "Han Ai, calm down." ”

"I'm just a piece of shit!" Han Ai roared, shook off Sheng Linyun's hand, and squeezed the crowd out of the scene.

Thirteen Niang helped Sheng Linyun, "What kind of person!" If you don't win, you will lose your temper, how many places are you in Linyun? I'm glad I didn't see you in the first few places," Thirteen Niang squinted on tiptoe and looked carefully.

"Don't look at it, I don't have my name," Sheng Linyun said.

"None of them!" Xu Shangao followed and said, "Sure enough, there are talents in the country, and I, Xu, can't be ranked in the hundred." ”

"Let's get out of here first!" Seeing that the battlefield in front of him was better than the battlefield, Sheng Linyun proposed to leave here first and go to Han Ai to persuade him.

There is a chaos outside this peach and plum garden, there are crying, some laughing, some crazy pulling their hair, and the old man who is angry on the spot. In the Hanzi Pavilion, Han Que and the others were writing diplomas and preparing to send them to the residences of the people in the middle school.

In the palace, the emperor got up early and paced back and forth in the study, waiting for the news of Taoli Courtyard.

"The Emperor ~ The Emperor ~ is here!" A bewitching voice sounded outside the house, and the eunuch ran towards the study with a yellow booklet in his arms, "Your Majesty!" The minions have been retrieved! ”

When the emperor heard this, he immediately walked out of the study: "Hurry up, hurry up!" Give it to the widow! ”

"Yes~" The eunuch gasped, threw the dust in his hand to the ground, and hurriedly opened the yellow booklet, I don't know if it was nervous or bad eyes, I couldn't open the booklet, and my hands trembled.

"Alas! Take it, the widow will open it himself" The emperor dodged the yellow booklet, stared at the first three names tightly, and watched the emperor's brows gradually become solemn.

"That's not right!" The Emperor said softly.

"The slave was taken from Lord Han Que Han, and the order of the emperor's list is the same as this booklet," the eunuch hurriedly explained as soon as he heard the word 'no'.

"I didn't say you're wrong, come on! The emperor handed the booklet to the eunuch, and the eunuch hurriedly beckoned the little palace maid on the side and asked her to help her open the booklet together and show it completely in front of the emperor.

"Liang Zhaowei, Liu Dehua, Qian Hongenvelope... Money Red Envelopes... Money Red Envelopes... Money Red Envelope?!!! When the emperor read the three words of Qian Hongen, he felt a familiar voice in his head, but he couldn't remember, and after a few more words, he was furious, stared at the booklet with both eyes, rushed up and pinched it, and said in an extremely low voice, "Gonggong Cao~ Call the white guard to the widow." ”

"Chirp~" The eunuch walked out of the study in a panic and ran towards the place where the white guards were located, although he had just run back half-dead from the Taoli Courtyard, but looking at the emperor's expression, if he didn't hurry up, maybe he would really not live.

The emperor pinched the booklet or decided not to tear it first, slowly walked back to the dragon chair, took a deep breath to regulate his breath, supported the dragon chair with his hand, sat down slowly, stroked his chest and breathed, the palace maid knelt on the ground and did not dare to make a sound.

"Let's go down first," the emperor said softly, and the palace maid quickly stood up and retreated.

"And the Booklet Was Laid on the Ground"

The palace maid originally thought that the emperor was furious when she saw the booklet and was about to take the booklet with her, but after hearing the emperor's words, she sorted out the booklet again, and did not dare to approach the emperor at will, so she had to put it on the ground and retreated carefully.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the white guard rushed into the study, followed by the eunuch who almost rolled his eyes, and it was difficult for him to keep up with the pace of the master of Ouchi.

"Your Majesty!" The white guard knelt on one knee as soon as he entered.

"Do you remember that about half a month ago, you and I left the palace?" The Emperor spoke slowly.

"Remember! On that day, the emperor accepted Mo Wei and named him a knife bearer! The white guard said.

"It's not this, it's in Mingyue Academy, do you remember that someone thought the widow was blocking his way!" The Emperor waved his hand to indicate that this was not the case.

"Remember! Later, the emperor was full of praise for Xu Shan. The white guard continued, he always wanted to be able to think about what the emperor thought, but he did what he wanted.

"Alas, you always think you're smart, and what you want to talk about is that Dong Yu's nephew!" The Emperor knocked on the table and looked at the white guard with disgust.

"He—" The white guard lowered his head and didn't know what the emperor was going to say.

"Do you remember when I asked you to sneak his name off the royal list?"

"Subordinates remember"

"Did you do that?"

"My subordinates did it!"

"Then you pick up the yellow booklet in front of you and take a look!" After speaking, the emperor frowned, got up and walked out of the study.

The white guard carefully picked up the yellow booklet, unfolded it and looked at a few names at first, but he felt that the emperor might be bothering Xu Shangao that he was not in the top three in high school, and suddenly he felt that something was wrong, and glanced at it from the beginning, "Qian Hongenvelope?" This..."

The white guard hurriedly walked out of the study and walked in front of the emperor, "Your Majesty, my subordinates did cross out the name of the money red envelope, could it be, this money red envelope is not that..."

"How can it be such a coincidence!" The emperor interrupted Bai Wei's words, "You go to Taoli Courtyard now to check this money red envelope, whether it is Dong Yu's nephew, this name is possible, but the rest of the information such as residence can be found out!" ”

"My subordinates will do it!" The white guards immediately went to the Taoli Academy, if this is really as the emperor thought, it can be said that the Taoli Academy will be in big trouble this time, a person who is not even qualified for the exam actually appeared on the gold list, and the person behind it is too bold!

Han Wen was about to go home and have a good rest, Han Que was packing his things on the side, and the white guards rushed in.

"Imperial Master Han, I came to check the list on the order of the emperor!" The white guard's words were full of respect, but the tone was not polite at all, the kind that had to be checked.

"What's the matter?" Han Que was extremely displeased when he heard that the other party's tone was so tough, and the emperor and Han Wen were polite when they spoke, and this white guard didn't know the rules.

"Good! Take Lord Bai with you! Han Wenzhi didn't care about the other party's tone, but he felt like something big was happening, so he hurriedly asked Han Que to act quickly, and also reminded him not to be impulsive.

Han Que took the white guards to the Hanzi Pavilion, which contained tens of thousands of candidates' information, but they were neatly divided and orderly, and without Han Que's guidance, the white guards also knew which books were from which regions, because he had secretly checked them last time.

Quickly pulled out a booklet with the word Luzhou written on it, and the white guard quickly flipped through it, and when he turned to the page where the name of the money red envelope was, it had obviously been crossed out with ink.

"Lord Han! I ask you, what is the meaning of being crossed out like this? The white guard asked Han Que with the roster.

Han Wen raised his head arrogantly, and didn't look at the white guard, I didn't care about what he was holding in his hand, "Anyone whose name is crossed out will be disqualified from the imperial examination, such as cheating in the exam, or the candidate falsifying his identity when signing in, etc.!" ”

"Good! Then let me ask you again, is there a detailed record of the names on the gold list? The white guard continued to ask.

"This is natural, when the time comes, according to his identity, he will also talk about the congratulatory letter and send it to his hometown" Han Que was a little impatient, he had never been questioned like this, and it was someone else who gave him three points.

"Okay, I'm going to check the information of the people on the gold list now..."The white guard said in a commanding tone.

"You..."

Han Que was about to get angry, but the white guard interrupted him and said something that made him feel terrified...