Zhu Luan and Zhu Rong crowded forward in the crowd of candidates. After all, the candidates who submit their papers in advance are a minority, and most of the candidates will stick to the last minute when it comes to future fame, especially the older candidates, who have always been extra cautious.

Although the main entrance of the examination shed is improvised, the gate post set up is very magnificent, which is the legendary dragon gate. The doorpost is carved with the text of osmanthus, which means that the toad palace is folded.

When the gong sounds, it means that everything is settled. When passing through the dragon gate, some people were happy and some were sad and weeping, Zhu Luan and Zhu Rong were mixed in with a group of students who were older than them, their faces were calm, they looked neither happy nor disappointed, and they looked very conspicuous in the crowd.

When the two of them crossed the dragon gate, they heard someone ask, "How did you do in the exam?" ”

Zhu Luan glanced at Situ Gaoyi, who was squeezing over, tilted his head and thought for a while, "It's okay." ”

Situ Gaoyi heard this ambiguous answer and was about to ask, but found that Zhu Luan's gaze had moved away from him and looked behind him.

Duan Lizheng and Yu Sinian were standing under the big tree not far from the Dragon Gate, looking at this side.

Zhu Luan waved his hand at the two of them.

Yu Sinian and Duan Lizheng raised their hands at the same time, but they looked at each other and put them down again.

Zhu Luan laughed and walked towards the two.

"How does it feel?" Zhu Luan stood still under the tree, and Duan Lizheng asked.

Zhu Luan turned around and glanced at the endless crowd and looked at his fingers blackened by ink.

When she was a child, she was alone in the small study with the figure of writing county exam questions in front of Zhu Luan's eyes.

Zhu Luan turned his head and looked at the empty wine jar in his exam basket. Who would have thought that the useless work done back then would come in handy today, and the wish that could not be realized back then would actually span two lifetimes and become a reality today.

Zhu Luan smiled at the two people in front of him and said, "I'm very happy." ”

At this time, Zhu Rong came up from behind, took the test basket in Zhu Luan's hand into his hand, patted Zhu Luan's shoulder, and pointed to the side.

Wei Yong had already set up the carriage and was heading this way.

Zhu Luan arched his hand to the two people in front of him and Situ Gaoyi beside him, and Zhu Rong also gave his hand.

"Say goodbye," she said.

Duan Lizheng and Yu Sinian nodded.

Zhu Luan waved his hand to the two, followed behind Zhu Rong, and strode towards the carriage of the British Mansion.

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……

The results of the county examination will be released four days later, and for the major academies, even if the county examination has just ended, the learning must not be slackened for a day.

Under the Wuqu Hidden Screen Peak, the examination booth for the literary examination has been demolished, and on the Wuqu Hidden Screen Peak, there is still a sound of reading today.

On the lawn in front of the cottage, the students read harder and harder, because today is the day of the small class again.

In the sound of Lang reading aloud, many older students would raise their heads and glance at the grass hall suspiciously.

"The time for questioning has come, why hasn't Mr. come out today?" Under the bluestone, Li Wenyao looked at Mu Kezhi and asked.

"Who knows," Mu Kezhi said casually while lying on the bluestone and flipping through the book.

"Is it because tomorrow the county test will be released, and the county order is uncertain, so ask Mr. for advice?" Li Wenyao expressed his guess.

"Who knows," Mu Kezhi replied, still lazily.

Li Wenyao frowned and was about to say something, when he suddenly saw Mu Kezhi on the bluestone raise his head suddenly, as if he had noticed something.

Li Wenyao followed his line of sight and noticed that in the courtyard on the side of the cottage, a scholar was holding a stack of papers in his hand and walking quickly towards the cottage.

In the thatched hall, Mr. Nanshan looked at the things sent by the scholar and was silent for a long time.

"Did she really write this?" He asked.

The little scholar nodded, "When the kid was inspecting the examination room, she would pretend to pass by every quarter of an hour and transcribe what she wrote on paper, which should be exactly the same." ”

Mr. Nanshan was silent again.

After a long time, he read the words on the paper again, and asked as he looked at it, "Did that person find out?" ”

The little scholar looked embarrassed, "I didn't find it," he said, "and the officials said that they didn't see any figures, and that the boy was dizzy and dazzled." ”

Mr. Nanshan frowned and waved his hand, "Then let's do this first, you don't need to check." ”

The little scholar stepped back in response, and Mr. Nanshan seemed to be holding something, and his hand holding the paper trembled a little.

A corner of the paper was wrinkled by him.

Then he went to the corner and threw all the papers in his hand into the furnace.

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……

Early the next morning, Zhu Luan was woken up by the sound of firecrackers.

The happy car that released the list and reported the news shuttled through the streets and alleys, the Cui family next door, and the Luo family in front of the door, all of which sounded gongs, drums and firecrackers.

The streets are bustling with people, like the New Year's Festival.

Zhu Rong stood in the courtyard and listened attentively to the excitement outside, looked at Zhu Luan and said with a smile, "Wait a minute, you should come to our house." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the surprised cries of the maids and women came from outside.

Zhu Rong and Zhu Luan walked out, only to hear a firecracker gong, three horses wrapped in red silk stopped in front of the British Mansion, the person who reported the good news turned over and dismounted, and shouted, "Congratulations to the British Mansion, please come out quickly, congratulations on entering the school!" “

Old lady Bai walked out when she heard the voice, and when she heard the words of the messenger, she couldn't hide her joy on her face, nodded to the crowd with a cane and thanked her, and sent someone to give a reward to the person who reported the good news, and then instructed Mrs. Chen to carry out the copper coins in a big basket and scatter them to the people watching the excitement at the door.

The crowd was suddenly noisy, and a large number of congratulatory voices rang out, and the front of the British Mansion became more lively than ever.

The messenger handed the newspaper to Zhu Rong, which read, "Good news for the seventy-third place in the Huizhou County Examination of Zhu Zhirong High School in Guifu." ”

However, Zhu Rong did not reach out to pick it up.

"Big young master? Why don't you pick it up? "Isn't this kid happy and stupid?"

Everyone who was immersed in the joyful atmosphere was looking at Zhu Rong with a happy face, but they didn't expect that Zhu Rong stood in place and stared at the newspaper post motionless.

"Young Master Zhu? What are you? "The messenger had seen this for the first time in his life.

Zhu Rong raised his head, looked at the official who reported the news with a strange expression, looked left and right and asked, "It's just mine?" ”

The messenger was stunned.

"Could it be that there are other young masters in your mansion participating in the county exam?" He asked.

Zhu Rong frowned and didn't speak, and the messenger continued, "I don't know about the others, but your mansion only has this one, and the top four hundred this year have sent newspaper posts, if you don't receive it, it's either the last ......."

The messenger checked the reward money in his hand, looked at Zhu Rong, who was stunned in front of him, and said with a regretful face.

"Either that's on the list."

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