Ji Ranjia has heard of these people in their mouths, and they are indeed rare talents, and they have become a group of capable cronies cultivated by the emperor. The little palace maids have too little pastime, and they usually only dare to chat and talk about food, and they don't dare to say a word about their masters, so the news from outside the palace has become the talk of their gossip.

These people were praised as the princes of the Dragon Palace, and their love story with their wives was divided into many versions. What is love at first sight, there are non-monarchs who don't marry and non-Qing who don't marry, there are childhood sweethearts who don't guess, there are happy rivals who are matched together, and it's not too late to have love over time.

But they want to look beyond the ancients. I don't know how those little girls in the palace will arrange themselves and their husbands at that time.

However, Ji Ranjia's eyes were shining at Gu Sifan, and her attention was on the bet they said. She has also heard of this matter, every year there will be dark horses in the imperial examination, and the people who press them will make a lot of money and get rich overnight, and become the envy of everyone in the market.

No one is afraid of a lot of money, "Brother, let's go and make a bet too, and we can count it as a lottery for my brother," she said with a smile and tugging at his sleeve.

"Okay," Gu Sifan glanced at her, and the corners of his lips hung with an arc that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, quite unfathomable. "It turns out that my brother is a little money fan, right?"

Ji Ranjia thought that he deliberately created it in front of others, so he didn't think about it.

When the food came up, those people waited for a while and didn't see Gu Sifan and the others invited, so they returned to their original positions with some anger and indignation, and they said in a low voice: "This exam is closely related to being a person. ”

"Brother Li, what do you mean by this?"

"If a person does not have a broad mind and lofty insight, how can he write brilliant articles? How can you go to high school? ”

"Yes, when Master taught us, he always emphasized the importance of being a human being. Otherwise, why would the saints leave so many treasures in this regard? ”

Ji Ranjia wrinkled her nose, she whispered into Gu Sifan's ear and said, "You people with a belly full of ink say that people don't have dirty words." ”

Gu Sifan didn't have so many taboos, and his voice was not high or low: "It's not a belly full of ink, but it's just half a bottle." ”

Half a bottle is not satisfied, and Ji Ranjia has also heard this sentence.

The table next to him was quiet, and his face was a little unsightly, "The students who can take the exam have been studying hard for more than ten years, how can they not be full of ink?" They didn't hide it, and asked in a loud voice.

The hall was a little quiet, and everyone was watching with some interest in their ears to see what was going on here.

"If so, then I have to congratulate a few high schools in advance," Gu Sifan chuckled and took a light sip of tea.

This is blocked, and the rebuttal is not that it should not be done, and the faces of the people at the table are even redder, not that they are not knowledgeable enough so they cannot achieve a good ranking. They could only eat with their heads bored, and they didn't have the flamboyant appearance they had just had.

After eating, Ji Ranjia dragged Gu Sifan to the first village first.

There are a few famous gambling houses in Kyoto, but I am afraid that the first village has a good reputation and strictly controls the behavior of the elderly. Every year, when the imperial examination is large, the first village will have a huge gamble, setting off an upsurge of national participation.

The first village is very large, almost alone occupies half of the street, Shengsheng brought up a downtown area, because of the reason for the imperial examination gambling, the normal gambling tables have been moved to the second floor, and the entire huge floor is all for the imperial examination betting service. There are bamboo signs with people's names written on them all over the wall, and next to them are the odds that are updated once an hour.

This odds are calculated according to the number of bettors, and then deduct half of the money attributable to the dealer. And the betting method is also divided into a variety of ways, in and out of the middle, the top three, champions, lists, and flowers, the more detailed the guess, the higher the odds.

Ji Ranjia raised her head and looked over, the first five were indeed the talents mentioned in the exam, although they were pinned on high hopes, but other students also had a lot of support, and the odds of each of them winning the top prize were above seven.

She looked at it once, stretched out her hand and asked Gu Sifan for silver, "Brother, how much do you have on you, we will press it all." ”

"Don't you need to go home and pick it up?" He asked with a sullen grin.

Ji Ranjia took the pile he handed over, and while counting, he was really thinking about whether to go home and put all the silver taels into it. Gu Sifan went out with a lot of silver tickets, just to prevent them from fanciing which expensive jewelry and playthings, the smallest silver ticket denomination is 100, and the big is 10,000!

105,000 taels is not less, she took a deep breath to refuse the greater temptation, gritted her teeth and shook her head, and said: "A small gamble is a big gamble that hurts the body." Besides, 105,000 taels is a lot, and it is also very objective to multiply it several times. ”

She found the dealer accompanied by Gu Sifan, "Boss, you help me press Gu Sifan's high school champion." As she spoke, she snapped proudly and slapped the 105,000 taels in her hand on the table.

Zhuang Jiaben frowned and thought for a long time without understanding which immortal this Gu Sifan was, and there was no such number in the name of the two or three hundred people. But looking at the thick pile of silver tickets in front of him, his white face smiled into a bun, took out a blank bamboo card from the drawer, took a brush dipped in ink and handed it over, "Little boy, you write by yourself." ”

Ji Ranjia rolled up her sleeves and wrote down the three words Gu Sifan in hairpin letters, square and with a lingering tactfulness, although she was a little feminine, but the people around couldn't help but say a good word when she saw it.

Gu Sifan's name card was hung on the last one, and the odds on it reached sixty-seven!

Ji Ranjia smiled and narrowed her eyes, stood on tiptoe and patted Gu Sifan's shoulder and said, "Brother, my little treasury depends on you to fill it." ”

Sixty-seven times, that is, seven million thirty-five thousand, that is, to pay twenty percent of the tax to the imperial court, then there are more than five million six thousand. And with a few days to go, more and more people will come to bet, and it's not surprising that the odds will double. There are many rich children in Kyoto, so it must be made up, and there are few people who make a move, not to mention the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, tens of thousands thrown by some rich people?

There are also many people who want to gamble and put their whole family into it.

There were a lot of people who participated in the exam, and it was extremely lively when the list was released, Gu Sifan said that this was the bad taste of the superiors, so he had to start from the last place and let the official send the letter. In order to reduce trouble, all the candidates are concentrated in several liquor stores and inns on Zhuangyuan Street, which is the street where the first floor of the world is located, waiting for news.

Gu Sifan had already booked a private room on the first floor of the world, so the two of them had eaten and slowly shouted and borrowed it all the way in the hall and corridor, and were wrapped in envious and jealous eyes, and entered the elegant and comfortable private room.

As soon as they sat down, Xiao Er hadn't even brought refreshments when there was a knock on the door of the private room.

Gu Sifan shook his head and sighed twice, got up to open the door, and sure enough, he saw several masters who were also from Qin Feng Academy. They had long since lost the righteous indignation that they had sought justice for Qin Qian, and they all respectfully greeted them at this moment.

"Brother Gu, the hall outside is already overcrowded, I wonder if I can have the honor to drink tea with you and wait for good news?" Ji Fuzi was promoted, and with a gentle smile on his face, he asked without half an embarrassment.

For them, everyone comes from a small place, and they should be together, what are the previous grievances? If the parties concerned are not pursued, do they still need to feel guilty?

When Ji Ranjia heard their voices and plans, she took out a silver gilt mask from the cuff and put it on, covering most of her face, but the pair of moist and bright eyes, pink lips and delicate chin were still unbelievably beautiful, making it difficult to control.

Gu Sifan's face darkened when he heard this, he didn't know what to think, he didn't refuse, turned back to Ji Ranjia's side, and looked out with her.

The men glanced at each other, and they all entered the room, each tidied up his clothes, and sat down at the round table solemnly and with a superior pride. They didn't close the door, and the corridors were crowded with people who looked at them with envy, but they didn't dare to come in boldly.

If you are not cautious in this place of Kyoto, you don't know how to lose your life, they read a lot of books, and they are even more desperate for their lives.

This year is the largest number of admissions in the previous session of the examination, a total of more than 170 people, when the bell bell gong sounded in the distance, the whole street was quiet, listening to the faint sound of the good news, the person who was read the name jumped up directly excitedly, grabbed the sleeves of the people around him, and pointed to himself again and again and said: "It's me, it's me who shouts outside, the king of Nanyang County!" I was admitted, haha, I can be an official Guangzong and glorify my ancestors! ”

Everyone looked at it with envy, although it was only the last place on the admission list, but it was also admitted, and the emperor would personally comment on the ranking when he participated in the palace examination, and some miracle might happen at that time. Moreover, the township has tried it, and it will be able to make a nine-grade petty official, not to mention that it will be on the list.

One name after another was called, and the boiling erupted in various places, yet their private room was quiet and tight.

Having already read the tenth place, a master shook his head and sighed: "There are people outside the world, and those who come to Kyoto to participate in the examination are all talented people from all over the world. ”

The other people nodded regretfully, they didn't have much loss, they just came from a small town, and there were countless towns outside the town, and above the town was the prefecture city, and there were countless Kyoto prefecture cities, which could not be divided by one person in one town.

But being able to enter the court and hang an official and a half-job, the temptation for them is too great, even if they know that there is little hope, they still teach diligently to save money, and try again after three years, what if they are favored by God? What if the class is not good?

"Ahem," there was a group of people standing at the door of the private room, Ji Ranjia and they followed the prestige, wasn't this the person who came up to talk in the hall that day?