"Jingfeng won the first place in the Songjiang Township Examination in four years, Gu Yunji from Huating County!"

Meng Yuanjin's clear voice echoed in the room, ringing in everyone's ears like a bell, shaking their hearts. As the last word fell, everyone seemed to freeze, and the hall was silent.

Looking at Gu Kaili's stunned expression, Meng Yuanjin was amused in his heart, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes: "What's the matter, Brother Gu?" Happy silly? ”

Gu Kaili suddenly came back to his senses, grabbed Meng Yuanjin's hand, and said emotionally: "Meng Yuanjin! The imperial examination is a big event, no jokes, you don't want to be happy with me! ”

"Who is happy with you? Am I going to lie to you? Meng Yuanjin struggled to pull out his painful hand and stuffed the scroll to him: "Look at it yourself, there is the personal seal of the chief examiner sent by the ministry, white paper, black letters and red seals, you can't make a mistake!" ”

"Brother Gu, your nephew Gu Yunji is really hit, and he is the township test Xie Yuan!"

Gu Kaili looked at the scroll back and forth several times, his hands trembled so much that he could barely hold it, and he looked at the words on it, and then he remembered something, turned around and held it in front of Gu Zhengde: "Father, look ......"

Carefully took the scroll and stroked it lightly on the three words "Gu Yunji", Gu Zhengde's eyes were pantothenic, and he kept saying, "Okay, good...... Wow...... Ji'er is hit, my grandson is ......"

"It's in—Young Master Ji is in! Township test solution yuan! ”

At this time, a few shouts came from far away outside the hall, and a small guy stumbled into the door, panting unevenly, and said intermittently: "Huh...... The eldest old lady, the eldest master, the second master, and the fourth master...... And all the young masters, there is news from the Gongyuan side, and the young master Yunji understands Yuan! and Cheng Gongzi, who also won, is Yayuan! ”

Everyone looked at the visitor fixedly, and they all fell silent, and suddenly something suddenly broke in their minds, and with a "bang", the hall instantly burst into a grand cheer.

There are both the Annunciation scroll and the list of tribute courts, and under the confirmation on both sides, everyone finally truly believed that Gu Yunji was indeed successful, and they were ecstatic for a while, and excitedly rushed to Gu Yunji to celebrate:

"Yunji! Congratulations! Congratulations on learning about Meta! ”

"Ji'er! You are a good son of your father, and you are proud of your father! ”

"Third brother! I knew you could!"

"Cousin Yunji ......"

……

After experiencing the ups and downs, Gu Yunji was in a trance, the whole person was a little fluttering, the qi and blood that had just surged up in his chest were stuck in the middle of the middle, and the noise in his ears was getting farther and farther away, he looked at the lips of the people in front of him, but he couldn't hear any sound, and the world seemed to press the mute button.

Thoughts flew high, scattering into the air like silk threads, and Gu Yunji felt that there was a hole in his mind, leaving only a slight but clear tinnitus, thin and sharp.

Subconsciously stood up, the sky was spinning in front of him, his head was not his head, his feet were not his feet, looking at the strange four-sided heaven and earth in front of him and the humanoid monster with four hands and feet, Gu Yunji tilted his head suspiciously, I don't know what year it is.

Seeing Gu Yunji's abnormal behavior, everyone in the Gu family looked at each other, and their eyes were inexplicably frightened: "...... Yunji: What's wrong? Could it be hysteria? ”

Gu Kaili looked at Gu Yunji suspiciously: "Eighty percent is that he thought he was off the list, and later he heard that he understood Yuan, the gap between one and the other was too big, he couldn't accept it for a while, he was confused, and he was stunned." ”

"What then? Can it be cured? Gu Yunxiao looked anxious, looked at Gu Yunji who was looking around worriedly, and didn't dare to step forward to disturb, "The third brother just won the move, you can't just go crazy like this!" ”

"Let me come!"

Gu Huaishao volunteered to get out of the crowd, rolled up his sleeves loudly, and his eyes were full of determination: "This situation has also been encountered by my classmates in the school, and it was later cured by a slap in the face of his father." Just slap him in the face, wake him up, and keep it like no one! ”

As he spoke, he moved his wrist muscles, stretched out the posture with his palms, tried his palms on the side of Gu Yunji's face a few times, and finally made up his mind, his right hand was raised high, and he slammed down his cheek.

The hair moved slightly, Gu Huaishao's palm stopped two inches from his cheek, and he was stiffened by a muscular handband, and he couldn't move forward for half a minute.

Gu Yunji let go of the hand that was holding him, his gaze slowly moved to Gu Huaishao's face, and his expression was indescribable: "...... Cousin Huaishao, what are you going to do? Hit me? ”

Gu Huaishao's expression froze for a moment, and quickly turned into surprise: "Cousin Yunji, how are you?" Aren't you crazy? ”

The corners of Gu Yunji's mouth twitched, and the speechlessness in his heart was about to be written on his face. Suddenly, he was a little unexpected, but he was not crazy, it was just a temporary loss of consciousness, and he could quickly react.

What's more, if he doesn't wake up again, he will be slapped immediately, and he doesn't want to attend his school banquet with his high swollen cheeks.

Although he thought so in his heart, Gu Yunji still maintained a good upbringing, and responded gently: "Yes, cousin Huaishao, I'm not crazy." ”

"Third brother, are you really okay?" Gu Yunxiao pulled him around worriedly, still not very reassured, "Do you remember what your name is?" Remember who I am? ”

"I'm really fine." Gu Yunji couldn't cry or laugh, hugged Gu Yunxiao's shoulder and shook it a few times, "My name is Gu Yunji, I am seventeen years old this year, I live in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, your name is Gu Yunxiao, and you are my eldest brother." How's it going, now relieved? ”

Gu Yunxiao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, the tense strings in his brain gradually relaxed, and his face showed relaxed joy: "It's okay." ”

Feeling the sights that fell on him, Gu Yunji's expression was slightly condensed, and he stepped into the hall and bowed down to Gu Zhengde, who was the head of the house: "Grandson Gu Yunji, he finally lived up to his grandfather's expectations and passed the exam in one fell swoop!" ”

"Okay, my good grandson, get up quickly." Gu Zhengde's eyes were filled with tears, and he hadn't been as happy as he was today for many years, "It's worthy of being a good descendant of my Gu family, it really adds luster to the lintel of my house!" ”

Gu Yunji stood with a smile, and after bowing to Gu Zhengde, he went to see Meng Yuanjin, the student officer: "Student Gu Yunji, I have seen Master Meng." Under the joy of the students, they behaved for a while, and they were out of etiquette, so I hope Master Meng will not mind. ”

Meng Yuanjin waved his hand generously, but didn't take it to heart: "It's a trivial matter, it's nothing, this is also human nature, which just shows that Gu Gongzi has a frank temperament." ”

As he spoke, Meng Yuanjin turned to Gu Kaili beside him: "Gu Gongzi is young, and he will be in high school in one fell swoop, so he must be on the list for next year's examination." There is such a liner in the family, and the prosperity of the family is just around the corner, Meng is here, congratulations to Master Gu first. ”

Gu Kaili didn't buy it at all, and when he heard this, he raised his eyebrows and asked: "Then again, you told me, why didn't we wait for the good news officer, but you came to report the good news?" ”

Knowing that today's township test list, everyone in the Gu Mansion gathered in the hall early in the morning and waited for several hours, during which they thought that Gu Yunji was in the first place, and he was so uncomfortable that he was not even in the mood to eat lunch, how difficult it was in this process, it was really difficult to say.

Now that he learned that Gu Yunji had won the exam, although everyone was very happy, as soon as Gu Kaili remembered the fear of the whole morning, he couldn't help but feel a wave of anger that was being teased, and the anger in his chest rushed upward.

Seeing that Gu Kaili was really angry, Meng Yuanjin hurriedly explained: "Brother Gu, don't worry, listen to me." In order to compete for the opportunity to go to the rich and noble to report the good news and reward, the officials often quarrel with each other, and the higher the ranking, the more fierce the competition. ”

"Especially this year, as soon as I heard that the township test solution Yuan Hua fell to the Songjiang Gu family, those officials were simply noisy, and they started to move without saying a word, and they also broke a person's head, bleeding all over his face, and he was very bluffing."

"I used to supervise and release the list, and they pulled me to judge, I, an official in charge of academic affairs, will not judge the case, and they are not satisfied with which one is awarded, and they can't figure it out at all!" When he mentioned this, Meng Yuanjin had a headache, "What's more, today's release is the most important thing, in order not to hinder the business, I simply took the matter on my own head and came to say hello to your family in person." ”

"Anyway, as usual, I have to go to the top three homes to encourage and congratulate the new recruits, just on the way."

Gu Kaili frowned: "Why is it delayed until now?" It's already noon, and the release of the list should have ended a long time ago. ”

Meng Yuanjin said: "Didn't I say it? The third place, Bai Xingjia, lived far away and was delayed on the road. Although it is also a visit, there should be a priority, with the lowest ranking at the top and the highest ranking at the bottom. Xie Yuan, as the first in the township test, should naturally be put to the end to show solemnity, this reason, Brother Gu, you should understand. ”

The practice is like this, Gu Kaili really couldn't find anything wrong, the anger had just subsided, but as if he remembered something, he instantly jumped up again: "Then why didn't you say it when you entered the door, you had to go around in circles with me for so long before you were willing to tell us, did you deliberately hang my appetite?" ”

Meng Yuanjin choked when he heard the words, and suddenly felt a little lacking in confidence: "This ...... The so-called first suppression and then promotion, people must be disappointed first, and then when they learn that their expectations have been achieved, they will be overjoyed and feel more and more happy. ”

Gu Kaili's eyes widened angrily: "your first and then raise it!" Didn't you see my nephew scared by you? Don't come with me! ”

Meng Yuanjin originally planned to get straight to the point and was going to inform the Gu family of the news at the beginning, but when he saw that Gu Kaili, who had always been smooth and calm, was rarely emotionally exposed today, showing a little impatience, he had a little teasing in his heart, thinking of selling with him.

It's just that he didn't expect Gu Kaili to value this nephew who has never met a few times so much, and his words were full of concern, for fear that the other party would have a little problem, even if he thought that Gu Yunji was off the list, he was not too disappointed, and still earnestly asked him about the shortcomings of the article, which made Meng Yuanjin a little surprised.

But it's no wonder that if there is a child with such talent in his family, let alone a nephew, even if it is a distant relative who can't beat him, Meng Yuanjin can hold him to the sky.

A few years ago, the Gu family had a Gu Mingxuan, who was already amazing, but now there is another Gu Yunji, and his talent is even more outstanding. The family has a deep heritage, the real power in the DPRK and China, and the talents of the junior are numerous, so it seems that the Songjiang Gu family is really going to prosper.

Thinking like this, Meng Yuanjin was envious in his heart, and his tone couldn't help but be a little sour: "Yes, yes, your nephew is the most expensive, and in comparison, I am naturally irrelevant." I think I've been in the door for so long that I haven't even taken a sip of tea. ”

Gu Kaili was full of Gu Yunji's township test before, but when he said this at this moment, he was suddenly a little ashamed, and the anger in his chest was discharged, where was he embarrassed to ask, and hurriedly called someone to serve fragrant tea up, and apologized with a smile;

"This is a foolish brother's negligence, hard work Brother Meng ran this trip, today the house is busy, and the rudeness is not to be surprised. When I'm free another day, I'll prepare a sumptuous meal and wine so that I can make amends for you. ”

The two have known each other for many years, so Meng Yuanjin naturally doesn't really care about anything, and goes down the steps given by Gu Kaili, and doesn't mention the matter again.

After the matter was done and he sat down for a while, Meng Yuanjin got up and said goodbye to the Gu family.

Sending the guests away, the Gu family breathed a sigh of relief, and they were finally able to free up time to relax. At this time, the tension faded, and everyone who had not eaten for a long time felt empty in their stomachs, and they were very hungry for a while.

Gu Kaili simply waved his hand: "Serve the banquet prepared before, let your family have a full meal first, and then you can prepare the banquet slowly." ”

Gu Zhengde is also very arrogant and generous: "Young Master Yunji tried to solve the yuan in high school, this is a great joy for the entire Gu family." Ordered to go down, the whole government will increase the amount of money for March, wear the best clothes these days, replace all the doors and windows, and celebrate the firecrackers and gongs and drums, all of which are indispensable, let's celebrate! ”

"Yes!" The people responded happily, and their faces were full of joy.

When the news reached the ladies in the backyard, there was a lot of noise and jubilation. Aunt Zhao was so happy that she couldn't stop her tears, and the smiles on the faces of Mrs. Wang and Gu Yunqiao never came down, and even Gu Yunxiao's son Gu Zhaoqin, who was babbling, also learned to look like an adult, arching his little fat hand to say hello to his third uncle, which made Gu Yunji laugh.

Hearing that Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan were admitted to Xie Yuan and Yayuan respectively, there were countless people who came to visit Gu Mansion, and in addition to congratulating them on their success, everyone had different thoughts.

Some wanted to recruit Cheng Yan, some wanted to introduce Gu Yunji, and some even heard that Cheng Yan was lonely and unrelated, and rushed to recognize him as his godson, so frightened that he fled on the spot, and didn't dare to come out to meet guests for a long time.

In the next few days, the entire Gu Mansion was very busy, and everyone from the master to the subordinates couldn't get out. In comparison, only Gu Ming'an was particularly lonely, and everyone seemed to have forgotten his existence.

In the past, as long as the eldest brother Gu Mingxuan was not there, Gu Mingan was the most concerned child in the family, but since Gu Yunji came, the focus of the Gu family has gradually shifted, and now he completely ignores Gu Mingan, almost treating him as a transparent person, and no one cares whether he is there or not.

On the day of the release of the township test list, before receiving the news from Meng Yuanjin, everyone in the Gu family was very anxious, and they sent someone to read the list and apply for a review of the results, for fear that Gu Yunji would not win. But when he came to Gu Ming'an, no one cared about his township test results, as if Gu Yunji's failure was incredible, but his failure was a matter of course.

Gu Ming's peace of mind was sour, and he wanted to talk to his father about his township test several times, but he was hurriedly skipped by the busy Gu Kaili, which made him feel more and more uncomfortable.

Looking at Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan, who were surrounded by everyone in the middle at the moment, with a radiant face, Gu Mingan stood alone in the shadows, his clenched fingers loosened little by little, and his eyes showed depression.

Whether it is a concubine from a humble background or a poor boy from a poor family, it has now become an existence that he needs to look up to.

The gap between Gu Ming'an and them was like a high and low step at first, like a gap in the flat ground later, and today it is like a chasm, and he will never be able to catch up.