CHAPTER XXI

A class of three first

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The School Division - the most authoritative place of knowledge in Nanqi Prefecture.

Ji Xiaolan, a scholar of Xueting Division, is the first honorary bachelor in Nanqi, so he will take the preliminary examination of the literary examination, and no one has any objections.

As the examiner, he was ready to review the essay from the beginning of the exam. In the early days, there will be a selection of his fellow scholars, and then they will be handed over to him.

But for some reason, after listening to the words of a certain New Year's friend, he began to be a little anxious.

Because the one he values is that he said that there should be a very special guy in this year's literary exam.

Very special?

It's been years since I've seen anything special that makes people feel special.

Especially this is what the same person said, seeing that he is so sure, so he began to be a little impatient to come to the examination room to take a look, and if he is lucky, he may be able to meet that special existence.

As a result, as soon as I arrived here, I heard that someone had handed in the paper before the time when a stick of incense had arrived.

You must know that during the examination time of one day and one night, a stick of incense handed in the paper in advance, which makes it easy for people to think that this person is completely coping with the essay test. After learning the news, Ji Xiaolan went all the way to the invigilator in the examination room.

"What about the one who turned in early?"

Ji Xiaolan took the article of the candidate who submitted the paper in advance from his subordinates, and this point of view is not too tight. Looking at this, he still decided that what he said in the New Year's Exchange was really true - he didn't expect to meet someone who could surprise him with just an article after many years.

And the one many years ago is naturally the one who forgot about the year.

Ji Xiaolan didn't even explain, so she took the article away.

personally delivered it to King Huaiyu of Chu, as for what will happen after that, no one knows, but presumably this person is probably going to become this year's dark horse.

And the day after the end of the exam.

The night before, Zhang Junbao, who handed in the papers, and Zhangwu, who handed in the papers closely, returned to the inn one after another, and went to the martial arts hall to sign up under Jiang Heng's instructions, and specially asked the two of them to go to the martial arts arena to have a look, especially don't forget to bow to the statue of Wu Mu. When I come back, I'll have to report back to him.

After the two came back, Jiang Heng was a little disappointed.

Because the old sweeper he was expecting did not show up again.....

Until the beginning of the martial arts test on the second day.

When Jiang Heng, Zhang Wu, and Zhang Junbao went to participate in the martial arts test, they were first grouped by lot.

Jiang Heng was extremely lucky to draw a martial artist with a cultivation level like himself, and victory was natural. Because of the large number of people in the martial arts test that day, everyone had three consecutive games and advanced step by step.

Jiang Heng didn't see the sweeping old man again, and nothing unexpected happened in the martial arts test.

Is it your own delusion?

The old man was indeed a strong man, but he .....

Maybe it's really thinking too much.

After the first day of the martial arts test, it was a day apart.

The results of the preliminary examination of the literary examination have also come down.

The list was posted in the most conspicuous places at the entrances of the four city gates, southeast, northwest and northwest.

Countless students gathered in the past, vying to get closer to the list to see if their name was on the list.

Because only the top 300 on the list are qualified, the Nanqi Prefecture Government also arranged for special parades to announce the names of the top 300 while walking through the streets and alleys.

Especially the top three -

He even sent someone directly to the inn to report the good news.

Therefore, the inn where Jiang Heng was located suddenly became lively, and the reason for the excitement was naturally not only Jiang Heng's. There are also Zhang Junbao and Zhangwu's.

These three people are the top three this year, and it is said that there are such episodes in the evaluation.

Except for Jiang Heng's being directly titled by Ji Xiaolan as the first class, when it was the turn of Zhangwu and Zhang Junbao, they hesitated.

Because the articles written by the two have their own merits, in the end, Zhang Junbao can only be judged to be the second class by time limit.

And Zhangwu is the third.

But Zhang Junbao knows that Zhangwu is a reckless man, where does he know what poetry and songs.

Knowing this, it is naturally Jiang Heng behind him.

Zhang Junbao had to secretly admire his eldest brother, who wrote two articles at the same time and occupied two places in the top three. Zhang Junbao even felt that if it weren't for the fact that he had also taken the exam, most likely Jiang Heng would have even taken the second place.

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Soon, the news of the top three spread all over the streets.

What's even more talked-about is that these three people are still a family.

"One out of the top three, this is really unprecedented!"

At this moment, the conversations of major taverns, teahouses, and inns have become the news of this top three.

They are all asking about the origin of the three masters of this "top three" family, and whether they are the children of a big family.

It's just that I got an answer from an ordinary countryman.

How can a countryman be so knowledgeable?

They don't believe it.

For this reason, Zhang Junbao quarreled with a guest who insinuated that the countryman was uneducated in the inn: "I am the countryman." I'm a bun from the countryside......"

The boy who squirmed and pinched on weekdays suddenly went crazy, and it was really unbearable.

After the list of literary exams was announced, Jiang Heng and the three of them began to prepare for the next palace exam, and at the same time, they also had to continue to prepare for their martial arts exam.

If all goes well, the last exam of the literary and martial arts exams will be held together.

At that time, no one knows what the scene will be like when the civil and military meet.

It's just that when they go to take the exam on the third day, they unexpectedly find that the order of their names has been reversed.

Although the number of warriors participating was as high as thousands, and it seemed inconspicuous, the three of them clearly remembered their own positions.

And the final result of such a swap is-

Except for the semi-finals, when Zhang Junbao and Zhangwu met among the three, the situation that the three would have met in advance is gone.

When Jiang Heng saw such an adjustment, he realized that someone was secretly helping him.

Although it seemed like a trivial matter, he was still curious about who this person was.

Is it the old man sweeping the floor?

Or the woman he thought about day and night, and should have seen it in the first place?

As for the rest—

He really couldn't think of anyone else who knew who would help him in such a strange place as Nanqi Prefecture.

I'm afraid even the person who made the decision didn't realize it.

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Because that person was the chief examiner of the civil and military examination, Chu Wang Huaiyu, he inadvertently saw that the top three in this year's literary examination also participated in the martial arts examination.

Curious, he learned that these three people were actually a family.

made a decision and secretly adjusted the positions of the three people.

After the adjustment, King Huaiyu of Chu said, "I hope you will not live up to my expectations!"