Hearing that the annunciation official was coming, everyone in the Gu Mansion was in good spirits, and their eyes brightened up in an instant, and they all stretched their necks to look out.

"Uncle and grandfather, look, the annunciation officer has arrived!" Gu Huaishao stepped into the hall in two steps, running out of breath, and as he spoke, he turned sideways to leave a way for the people behind him to enter the door.

"Good news—"

With a shout, a man with a scroll in hand and a non-grade turquoise official uniform walked in.

As soon as everyone looked at his attire, they knew that this person was an official of the government, and their faces suddenly appeared with excitement - the good news official of the township test is usually served by the officer, and only the top three will have the official of the government come to report the good news in person. Now that the annunciation official has appeared in the Gu Mansion, it not only shows that there are people in the mansion this time, but also shows that his ranking ranks among the top three.

The annunciator stood in the hall, his eyes wandered around the furnishings, and after catching a glimpse of the richness and magnificence in the room, the curvature of the corners of his mouth suddenly rose a few points, and the joy in his eyes could not be hidden.

According to the usual practice, after the announcer announces the good news, the family will give some reward money to reward him for his hard work along the way. There is no fixed amount of reward, it all depends on the mood of the host's family, and generally speaking, the richer the family, the more people give. So every time they go to the township to try to release the list, the officials will quarrel with each other in order to get the opportunity to go to the rich and noble families to report the good news.

The Gu family is a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, and Gu Kaili is the same knowledge of the house, the family has strong financial resources, and he has always been generous, not to mention that the township test ranking he wants to inform is in the top three, the Gu family is happy to hear it, and the reward given must be extraordinarily rich.

Thinking of this, the annunciation officer's eyes were even more happy, he puffed up his chest, slowly unfolded the scroll in his hand, cleared his throat and said, "Good news!" Jingfeng won the second place in the Songjiang Township Examination in four years, and was from Huating County——"

When everyone heard this, their hearts were urgent, and the body sitting on the chair couldn't help but rise a little, and their eyes were firmly fixed on the scroll in the hand of the annunciator, and their hearts were raised to their throats.

"-Cheng Yan! Congratulations to Mr. Cheng for high school Yayuan! ”

What? Cheng Yan? Not Gu Yunji? The joy on the faces of everyone in the Gu family froze instantly, and everyone's movements seemed to have stagnated, and some didn't react.

After the announcer read the good news in one breath, he found that the hall was suddenly eerily silent, and he was not as ecstatic as he imagined, and he was a little confused.

He cautiously peeked at everyone's expressions and asked tentatively, "...... Uh, excuse me, which one is Master Cheng Yancheng? ”

After a moment of silence, a handsome young man in the corner stood up and said in a loud voice: "I am." ”

The annunciation officer breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly held the scroll in his hand in front of Cheng Yan, and smiled flatteringly: "Congratulations to Master Cheng for high school Yayuan." ”

Gu Yunji was stunned, reacted faster than the others, the shock in his eyes quickly faded, and then burst out with great joy, stepped forward and hugged Cheng Yan, shouting, "Cheng Yan!" You've hit! You're number two! ”

Being held by Gu Yunji's shoulders and swaying vigorously, Cheng Yan felt his excitement, his calm face softened, his eyes were dyed with joy a little bit, and he smiled slightly: "Yes Yunji, I was hit." ”

"Ya Yuan, hahahahaha......" Gu Yunji smiled heartily and slapped Cheng Yan on the back with one palm, "I took the Ya Yuan exam in one exam, I knew that you would definitely be able to!" ”

Cheng Yan gently rubbed his spine, looked at his happy face, and said with a smile: "Your current palm strength is quite Su Qi's style." ”

Gu Yunji didn't care: "You just rejoice!" If Su Qi is here and hears that you have been lifted, and it is Yayuan, he is afraid that he will be so happy that he will lift you to the roof! ”

"Ahem, ahem!"

While the two were talking and laughing, a stiff cough came from the side.

The annunciation officer straightened his clothes, deliberately raised his voice, and said remindingly: "Congratulations to Master Cheng High School-"

Seeing the annunciation officer's eyes glancing at his side from time to time, Cheng Yan patted his head, as if he remembered something, his hands touched back and forth on his body for a while, and finally found his purse in his arms, took out some silver money from it and handed it to the annunciation official: "Trouble the official, this is your hard work." ”

Looking at the few copper plates in his hand, the annunciation officer's smile froze, and he almost couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Although the surname is Cheng and not the surname Gu, since he can live in the Gu family's mansion in Songjiang and wear clothes that are not cheap at first glance, he must not be low, even if he is not a serious young master of the Gu family, at least he should be a cousin young master, right? How can you give such a reward? What a slam!

The annunciation official pursed his lips, and the disgust in his eyes was undisguised. If the other party didn't answer, Cheng Yan's hand could only stop in mid-air, stretching forward or shrinking backwards, so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do.

Seeing this, Gu Kaili glanced at the little guy next to him, and the little guy immediately stuffed a bag of silver money prepared in advance into the hand of the good news official, and quietly resolved Cheng Yan's embarrassment: "A little money, the official will take it and eat wine." ”

Feeling the heavy weight in his hand, the annunciation officer instantly smiled, changed his face faster than turning a book, and walked away with the money with a thousand thanks.

The initial shock passed, and everyone slowly came back to their senses, although they didn't get the desired result, but in order to get by on face, whether it was true or false, they began to say hello to Cheng Yan:

"Congratulations, Cheng Gongzi, you won the township test in one fell swoop!"

"Congratulations to Cheng Gongzi! In the past, Mr. Chen often said that Cheng Gongzi read well, but I didn't have any real feelings, but now I finally saw it, and the second place in the township test is really not simple! ”

"Seventeen-year-old Juren, not only won the first time, but also the second place, such an endowment, I am afraid that the word genius is difficult to summarize, and he is worthy of being a young talent who was admitted to Luxi Academy with his own strength!" Gu Kaili was full of smiles, and his attitude towards Cheng Yan was much more respectful than before, and his words were full of compliments.

"Cheng Gongzi has the talent of a unicorn, and he must not be a thing in the pool, and he will have a lot to do in the future. In the future, I hope to remember the friendship with my children for a few months, and make friends with my Gu family. ”

Gu Kaili took out his ability to meet in the officialdom, familiarly befriended Cheng Yan, and said arrogantly and generously: "Of course, if Cheng Gongzi needs anything in the future, just tell me, Gu Jiading will help!" ”

Cheng Yan quietly took half a step back, distanced himself from Gu Kaili, and said without humility or arrogance: "Cheng Yan was born in a slight cold, his family was poor, and he had no capital to sit in the scientific examination room to compete with the families. ”

Gu Kaili's expression was stunned, so he had to smile wryly and didn't say anything more.

Gu Kaiqi sighed lightly when he saw this, and self-deprecation appeared in his eyes: He wronged Cheng Yan for stealing and made him suffer such grievances, can he still expect him to have a good face now? It's good not to resent the Gu family.

(End of chapter)