Chapter 12: Sitting in the Well and Watching the Sky

As soon as they heard that the names of those who passed would be read, almost all the candidates in the square were looking forward to it. Even those candidates who feel that they are hopeless www.biquge.info pass hope hope that a miracle will come and their names will be read by the affairs of the Imperial Court.

The affairs of the Imperial Court slowly glanced at the nervous people, and found that only a few of the three thousand people looked as usual and calm, so he sighed slightly, picked up the first scroll on the desk, glanced at the names and chips on the scroll, and said in unison:

"Changhua Village Jiyuan, five chips!"

With that, a young man of nearly thirty years old walked out of the crowd, with a look of ecstasy on his face.

The Imperial Court did not raise his eyes, and read one after another:

"Deng Jian, Sushui County, five chips!"

"Yanagimura Oubo, five chips!"

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The Emperor's court kept reading out the names one after another, and every time a person was pronounced, there would be a laugh in the square. Laughing heartily or pursing their lips and smiling, in short, all the faces of those whose names were read were filled with joy. As for the other candidates, as the number of qualified candidates became smaller and smaller, their hearts couldn't help but sink more and more.

Finally, all the people who stepped on the five-chip qualification line finally came out of the ranks, and there were 150 or 60 people, accounting for half of all the qualified people!

Only then did Su Yi have a specific understanding of the difficulty of this exam.

Subsequently, the Imperial Court began to recite the names of the candidates who had obtained the six chips, and the first one to open his mouth read:

"Lingting Village Wu Yu, six chips!"

Wu Yu smiled, patted Su Yi and Tong Xi on the shoulders, and strode forward.

Su Yi looked at Wu Yu's back and nodded slightly, although Wu Yu's comprehensive results in the Lingting Village Military Academy were almost the same as Tong Xi's, they were all in martial arts, and they were not high in literature, only a little stronger than the original Su Yi, much worse than Tong Xi.

In other words, as long as Wu Yu passes the literary test, the next martial arts test will basically be nine out of ten.

But Tong Xi is the opposite, the literature is strong and the martial arts are weak, even if he passes the literary test, he may not be able to pass the martial arts test, it can be said that his fate hangs by a thread.

What's even worse is that the original Su Yiwen is not successful in martial arts, and there is almost no possibility of passing the county exam, so when Su Yi wanted to be admitted to the martial arts exam this year, he was ridiculed by many classmates, and only Wu Yu and Tong Xi expressed their support.

In addition, Su Shi'er is the only one who supports Su Yi, in order to make up for Su Yi's entanglement for this exam, she also whispered and begged several maid sisters, which was enough for Su Yi's entanglement.

As soon as Su Yi thought of this, she felt that she owed too much to Su Shi'er, and when she was admitted to the martial arts examination, she must repay her well!

In a short time, the candidates who got the six chips also finished reciting, and there were more than 80 people.

It is equivalent to saying that among the 300 qualified people, 234 people are stepping on the 5-chip and 6-chip qualified line, almost eighty percent!

Most of those who were not read by name sighed, and they did not have their own names on the list, knowing that they had no hope of qualifying.

Tong Xi also frowned and looked at Su Yi, wanting to comfort something. But the comforting words just rolled to his throat, and seeing that Su Yi's expression was as usual, and there was no loss at all, Tong Xi immediately swallowed what he wanted to say, and he didn't know what to say.

Su Yi smiled indifferently and signaled that Tong Xi didn't have to care too much.

Next, the Imperial Court began to recite the list of seven chips, there are more than fifty people in total, which means that the next eight chips, nine chips and even the ten chips that occur once in a hundred years, there are only more than ten people left!

These people are the elite of the elite!

It is these dozen or so people who have not yet been nominated that are the future hope of the real Terrans!

The Imperial Court Servant picked up a scroll and recited:

"Duanmu Bell in Sushui County, eight chips!"

As soon as the words fell, a young man about twenty years old stepped out, bowed his hand to all the qualified candidates, and stood at the front of the line.

Su Yi sighed in her heart: "Although it is not as good as Zhuge Qing's name as a 'prodigy', he can get eight chips in the literary examination of this difficulty at the age of twenty, and he can be regarded as a handsome man." ”

The next few eight-chips are all middle-aged people in their forties and fifties.

At this time, the Imperial Court recited again:

"Tongxi in Lingting Village, eight chips!"

Su Yi watched Tong Xi stand at the forefront of the team in the envious eyes of everyone, and then the surroundings began to talk and say:

"Oh my God, such a young eight-chip, I think he's only fifteen years old, right?"

"A small Lingting Village, such a talent can appear!"

"If it weren't for the fourteen-year-old prodigy Zhuge Qing, I think this boy named Tongxi would definitely be the most high-profile candidate!"

"But I see that this Tong Xi is thin and small, and I am afraid that he is only good at the literary exam, and he may not be able to get a high score in the martial arts exam. ”

"Yes, a real prodigy has to be like Zhuge Qing, both civil and military! This Tong Xi's physique is still a little worse. ”

After everyone finished talking, all the nine eight-chip candidates were also listed, except for Duanmu Zhong and Tong Xi, everyone else was middle-aged over thirty-five years old.

At this moment, there are only three scroll seals left on the table!

Everyone speculated who the remaining three geniuses were, and then agreed that there must be Zhuge Qing, but the other two places were divided by everyone.

The affairs of the Imperial Court were not ambiguous, and he directly picked up one of the last three scroll seals and read:

"Wang Yingjie of Sushui County, nine chips!"

When the words fell, Su Yi was stunned, because he found that an old man who was more than half a hundred years old and full of white hair came out of the crowd!

And Su Yi's surroundings erupted into a commotion.

"Oh my God, isn't this the shopkeeper Wang who is in charge of the 'No. 8 Pawnshop', the largest in the entire Wu County?"

"Shopkeeper Wang is a well-known figure in Wu County, I heard that he has been ill in recent years, and handed over the pawnshop to his son to take care of, but I didn't expect that he was preparing for the county exam!"

"Not only that, I heard that the shopkeeper Wang is only good at arithmetic, he didn't even read a book before the age of forty, he didn't know a few big characters, and he only studied for ten years, and he was able to get nine chips!"

"It's really old and strong, no, it's really old and intellectual!"

When Su Yi heard this, she couldn't help but be secretly surprised in her heart, and firmly engraved the name "Wang Yingjie" in her heart. It's just that when Su Yi heard the word "No. 8 Pawnshop", her face looked very strange.

The Imperial Court paused for a while before he continued:

"Zhuge Qing of Sushui County, nine chips!"

This time, everyone's reaction was not so big, and most of them just nodded slightly, as if Zhuge Qing could get nine chips in the literary test, which was originally a matter of course.

On the contrary, the qualified people standing in front congratulated Zhuge Qing who came one after another, and Zhuge Qing smiled and gave his hand and responded one by one.

After Zhuge Qing stood at the front of the team, the shopkeeper Wang immediately arched his hand and said: "Congratulations to Zhuge Xian's nephew, he won nine chips at a young age, and the old man is willing to bow down, and I will take good care of my little pawnshop in the future." ”

"Shopkeeper Wang said with a smile, your pawnshop branches are all over Wu County, and you have hundreds of millions of assets in your hands, how can you take care of such juniors?

The shopkeeper Wang was old-eyed, and he could see Zhuge Qing's expression at a glance, but he didn't care, and continued to ask: "Zhuge Xian's nephew took the nine-chip exam, that is to say, even you didn't answer 'that question' correctly, right?"

"Is the shopkeeper Wang asking, 'Where is the thirty lines of the grandson?' If this is the question, it is a pity that I gave up this question because I did not have enough time to answer the question. But if you give another half an hour, you will definitely be able to recall the history books you have learned and solve this problem!" Zhuge Qing shook his head, looking a little regretful.

Everyone gasped: that is, as long as this prodigy was given enough time, he could even solve this incomparably tricky problem?

At this moment, in the eyes of everyone looking at Zhuge Qing, there was only worship left.

Around Zhuge Qing, Tong Xi, Duanmu Zhong, and even the shopkeeper Wang who raised this question all pouted at Zhuge Qing's answer and were noncommittal.

Zhuge Qing felt the scorching gaze around him, his expression was a little fluttering, so his mind was hot, and he hit the railway while it was hot: "Not only me, I estimate that there is no candidate in the entire human race who can answer such a difficult question correctly in the county test!"

"Little prodigy, you have to know that there are people outside the world, and if you can't answer, it doesn't mean that others can't answer either. ”

Everyone followed the prestige, and the speaker turned out to be the young man who got the eight chips, Duanmu Zhong.

Zhuge Qing's eyes suddenly narrowed slightly, projecting a sharp light, and said coldly: "Oh, Brother Duanmu, do you want to say that even the questions that I can't answer, can there be other candidates in this world to answer?"

Duanmu Zhong sneered and said, "Little prodigy, are you too arrogant and want to proclaim yourself the world's No. 1 Mengtong? There is still a scroll seal in the hands of the academy officer, can you guarantee that the last remaining person can't answer this question? Even if no one in this Sushui County can answer it, it doesn't mean that no one in the whole world can't answer it! Don't say whether you are qualified to be the number one, even the two old Yuanrongs Chen and Wei today did not dare to claim to be the first when they were young, which onion are you?"

Zhuge Qing's expression became more and more gloomy, so cold that it was almost comparable to the arctic cold.

"Brother Duanmu, I remember what you said!" Zhuge said lightly, "After the county exam, I want to ask you for advice." ”

"Hmph, sit in the well and watch the sky!" Duanmu Zhong naturally understood what the other party meant by "asking for advice", but he still had no fear on his face, and said with color.

Zhuge Qing flicked his sleeves, turned his head away, and no longer engaged in a battle of tongues.

The surrounding people breathed a sigh of relief, next to these two-for-tat geniuses, it was really too depressing.

In order to relieve the tension, everyone had to lead the topic to the last scroll in the hands of the imperial court, and they speculated:

"There is one last person left, I wonder if it will really be like what Brother Duanmu said, answer that tricky problem correctly and get ten points?"