For more than a few days, the area within a radius of several hundred meters in the Gongyuan has been taken over by the sergeants, and there are bright posts and secret sentry posts, and there are brocade guards patrolling back and forth all the time.

For such a major examination as the Hui Examination, even after the paper is sealed, it must not be sloppy, and the paper must not leave the Tribute Academy, and these officials who read the papers do not want to go out of this Tribute Academy.

Therefore, a group of officials led by Xie Qian even eat and live in the Gongyuan these days, at this time, the sky is already dark, the Minglun Hall of the Gongyuan is holding the lamp inside and out, and there are many officers and soldiers guarding outside.

Xie Qiangao, the chief examiner of the paper, sat in the first place, and the rest of the officials who took the deputy examination were also listed, in addition, there were seven or eight officials from the Ministry of Rites.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites are responsible for the first round of cross-review, sending those who are qualified to the desk of the deputy examination officials, and then they will conduct a second review, which is still cross-review, and finally select a batch of the best articles to send to Xie Qian.

Xie Qian then finally decided to come up with the exam papers that passed the exam, and first made a simple sorting, and when everything was completed, he would discuss with these deputy examiners to come up with a ranking.

This is a very difficult and very important work, and everyone here does not dare to be negligent, and they are full of spirit, for fear that something will go wrong.

But this kind of work is not necessarily boring, and many people even enjoy it, after all, those who can participate in the examination are all lifters, and they all have some strength, and the article is not to say how good it is, at least it can be written remarkably.

Although these eight strands of text are empty and tasteless, they pay the most attention to the comparison and choice of words, and when they encounter the good writing, they can really make people speak well.

has passed the initial stage of grading, Xie Qian is no longer as idle as a few days ago, there are a lot of articles piled up on the desk, he carefully studied them one by one, sometimes frowning, sometimes applauding.

"Gong Xie, Xia Guan has found another good article, you can take a look."

After taking the volume, Xie Qian directly looked at the broken question at the beginning, "It is appropriate for the saint to hide, and for those who can do it, he will also show it slightly."

"Just looking at the problem is a masterpiece, and it is even more rare that the whole article has a feeling of being completed in one go.

Write an article with a penny, and I don't know who such agile literary thinking will be. ”

Xie Qian praised this article, people who can speak well often have quick thinking, and Xie Qian is famous for being able to speak well, as the champion of the Chenghua Dynasty, it goes without saying that he is quick to think.

It is precisely this kind of article that will most appeal to him.

"According to the old man's view, this article is only from the hands of the southerners, and I don't know which handsome man in Jiangnan wrote it, which reminds the old man of that Tang."

Speaking of this, he immediately stopped, this person surnamed Tang was involved in the imperial examination fraud case in Hongzhi for 12 years, and the case was not clear to others, but he was very clear as a cabinet minister, and this case was a confused account at all.

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At the end of February, the day turned to be the spring of March, the weather was finally warmer, and now Shuntianfu can be said to be full of people, and the show is not as good as a dog.

Gongyuan has posted a notice, the fifth day of the first month of March, Gengyin day release, two days earlier than in previous years, I still remember that the first two exams were released on the first day.

There are only a few days left before the release of the list, and the largest gambling house in Shuntian Mansion has opened gambling plates, some of which are to guess the number of people in the north and south of the list this year, and some of the gambling markets are to post the township test solution yuan of the provincial capitals of last year.

Xia Yuan saw his name, and it was also noted that it was Shuntianfu Township to try to solve the yuan, and there were a series of odds, the odds of betting on his own winning were one to two, the odds of betting on his top ten in high school were one to fifteen, the top three were one to fifty, and the odds of high school Huiyuan were even more exaggerated one to hundred.

On the other hand, those Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili ...... The odds of Xie Yuan in such southern lands are far less outrageous than his, even if he bets on high school yuan, the highest odds are only one to ten.

Everyone bet their money on those southern Xie Yuan, betting that they would be in the top ten in high school, or the top three, or even Huiyuan.

No one bets on such high odds.

That's a bit too insulting.

Is my dignified Shuntian Mansion Xie Yuangong so unhanded?

It's just deceptive

"It's too much of a deception! It's just too deceitful! ”

At this time, a few people shouted and squeezed through the crowd, "My Shuntianfu's Xie Yuan is actually unexpectedly unexpectedly unexpected, it's really a shame for our old and young masters, all of them are open, and our lords are still betting on this Shuntianfu's Xie Yuangong today." ”

The shopkeeper in charge of the cashier's bet asked with a smile: "Which one are you betting on, is it a bet on this, or is it the top ten in high school, or"

"None of them."

The man took out a few pieces of silver from his arms and put them on the counter, "A few of us bet ten taels of silver to bet that Xia Yuan won't win this time." ”

"Okay, that's the winning rate of two to one, and I'll keep ten taels of silver."

The shopkeeper accepted the ten taels of silver, weighed it with a small scale, and took a closer look, and after finding that there was no problem, he wrote a note and handed it over, "This word is collected according to a few of you, if Xia Jieyuan can't get it this time, then you will come over with this note, and we will compensate you for fifteen taels of silver." ”

It's too much of a deception!

Is it tolerable or unbearable!

Xia Yuan was cold for a while, can this society be better, how can we live in Shuntianfu to be satisfied, tears flowed down uncontrollably, this country is full of oppression of Shuntianfu Xie Yuan, when will Shuntianfu's Xie Yuan really stand up.

Zhao Yuerong was also angry, her little fists couldn't help clenching tightly, she trembled with anger, and her whole body was cold in cold sweat on a hot day, and her hands and feet were cold.

Xia Ru took out the money bag from his arms, squeezed through the crowd with a gloomy face and stepped forward, shouting loudly: "There are twenty taels of silver here, I bet on Xia Xie Yuan of Tianfu to be in the top ten in high school this time!" ”

The audience was in an uproar, and some people cheered and cheered, and the shopkeeper was even more overjoyed, and shouted closely: "Twenty taels of silver, bet Xia Xie Yuan to get the top ten in high school this time!" ”

The person who operated in reverse just now persuaded: "This brother, our Shuntianfu's Xie Yuan Committee is really not good, I advise you to be the same as me, it's better to bet him if he doesn't hit, otherwise these twenty taels will be lost." ”

Xia Ru sneered, "The silver taels are mine, and I don't need you to worry about who I want to press." ”

"It's because I'm talkative, and I'm kind enough to make people treat people as donkey livers and lungs."

Standing outside the crowd and hesitating for a while, Xia Yuan gritted his teeth and squeezed in, then took out the money bag from his arms, took out a garlic strip of gold and slapped it on the counter, and the snap was extremely loud.

The garlic gold brought out today was originally intended to be replaced with copper plates, and after the list was released in a few days, if it was won, it would be used to send away those who reported good news.

But for now.

Damn, don't fight for steamed buns!

"Ten taels of gold, for a price of one hundred taels of silver, I bet on Shuntianfu Xia Xie Yuan High School Huiyuan!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was directly silent, falling into a strange state of silence, if the person just now bet twenty taels of silver, it can barely be interpreted as a small Bo Da, this one hundred taels of high school will yuan, it is purely a problem with the head, which is incomprehensible at all.

"Good, good, good"

After a long silence, the shopkeeper at the counter nodded busily, and said several good words in his mouth, this is a boy who scatters wealth, and he didn't forget to shout, "This son is betting on Tianfu Xia Jieyuan High School Huiyuan!" "Make it a given.

Seeing that the gold he slapped on the counter was taken away by the shopkeeper, Xia Yuan felt strong regret and distress for a moment, he felt that the yellow gold bar was leaving him, and it no longer belonged to him.

Impulsive, impulsive.

I really didn't look at the yellow calendar when I went out today, and I actually lost my money bag, which contained a gold bar weighing ten taels.

(End of chapter)