Seeing a carriage passing by, and hearing someone talking about the return of people from Houfu to Beijing, Lin Ming couldn't help but think of Lin Ran. I don't know how Lin Ran is now, whether he has arrived in the capital or not.

He wanted to write a letter, but he didn't know Lin Ran's address, so he could only be in a hurry.

Lin Ming was distracted, and suddenly there was a commotion, only to hear someone shouting, "Zhang Bang, Zhang Bang." ”

Lin Ming immediately came back to his senses and squeezed towards the list. Among the four, Zhou Yang is the tallest. Taking advantage of his height and flexibility, he quickly squeezed to the front and saw the red list that several officials were sticking to.

The list is posted from the back, a total of four. Zhou Yang looked over one by one, and it wasn't until he saw the penultimate one that he saw the names of Lu Xiu and Yuan Ping. One of them is more than seventy, and one is more than eighty.

He hadn't seen his and Lin Ming's names all the time, and Zhou Yang's heart couldn't help but hang. When the last list was posted, Lin Ming also squeezed in.

Zhou Yang saw Lin Ming and said nervously, "Brother, this last one is left, if there is still no name for us, it is estimated that we will have to start all over again." ”

"It's a big deal, I'll come back next year, it's nothing." Lin Ming patted Zhou Yang's shoulder, and when he said this, he was also very nervous.

Fortunately, the two quickly found their names on this last list, Lin Ming was twenty-nine, and Zhou Yang was thirty-five.

Finally seeing their names, Lin Ming and Zhou Yang's hanging hearts finally let go. The two men looked at each other and smiled, high-fived each other, and then stepped back together.

Lu Xiu and Yuan Ping couldn't squeeze in, and when they saw the two coming out, they immediately surrounded them and asked, "How is it, how is it, are we on the list?" ”

"Up, on, we're all on the list. In the future, we will be talented. Zhou Yang looked happy and told them the rankings of Lu Xiu and Yuan Ping.

Hearing that they were on the list, and they were in the middle, Lu Xiu and Yuan Ping were very happy, and the four of them decided to go back and celebrate.

Lin Yuan watched the children be happy, and he was also happy. Anyway, his son was admitted to Xiucai, and he is finally worthy of all these years of hard work.

When the few people returned to the inn, the shopkeeper had already received the news in advance, and when he saw the four people returning, he immediately congratulated them and offered to give them a discount on the room money.

As soon as they heard that the room money could be discounted, several people were even happier, thanked the boss, and went back to the backyard to celebrate.

Knowing that they were going to celebrate, the shopkeeper also specially arranged a table of wine and food for them.

After passing the Xiucai exam, several people put down their worries, drank a lot of wine, and then got drunk directly. By the time Lin Ming woke up drunk, it was already the next morning.

As soon as I woke up, I saw a letter tucked under my pillow. At this moment, his father Lin Yuan pushed the door in. After Lin Ming saw it, he asked directly, "Dad, who gave me this letter?" ”

"It was brought to me by the shopkeeper, saying that it was a letter sent from the capital, you can see if it was sent by Ah Ran."

When Lin Ming heard that it might be a letter sent by Lin Ran, he immediately opened it and read it. This letter was indeed written by Lin Ran, but when she wrote the letter, she was still on the road and had not yet arrived in the capital. However, Lin Ran also said that she would write to him when she arrived in the capital.

After reading the letter, Lin Ming wanted to write a reply, but when he thought that he didn't know Lin Ran's address in the capital, he had to give up.

However, he put the letter away well, and planned to reply to Lin Ran after the second letter arrived.

(End of chapter)