Chuanlu, that is, the meaning of the roll call, the first place in the second class of the imperial examination is also known as Chuanlu. When announcing the ranking of the first class jinshi, the official of Honglu Temple first read out the name, and then the ceremonial official in the back hall recounted it, and then passed it on to the guards above His Majesty, several people paging in unison, singing three times in a row, and so on The Jinshi who was read the name should come forward and kneel in the hall, and then continue to read the next rank.

The roll call can be said to be the most exciting part of the whole ceremony process, when the officials of the Honglu Temple announced the start of the roll call, the three hundred scholars instantly held their breath, and their hearts were mentioned in their throats, and the inside and outside of the huge canopy hall were so quiet that they could hear the needles falling.

The official of Honglu Temple cleared his throat, and a loud voice echoed in the hall: "First place, first place-Cheng Yan!" ”

The ceremonial officer heard the voice and repeated: "First place, first place, Cheng Yan!" ”

The guards shouted in unison: "First place, first place, Cheng Yan!" ”

"First place, first place, Cheng Yan!"

The voices of several people progressed outward in turn, at first like the ringing of the bowstring, sharp and bright into the ears, and then gradually stacked like ocean waves, suddenly rose up, and then surging away, the sound waves hit the surrounding palace walls and then turned back, the echoes overlapped each other, converged into a sea, and pressed towards the scholars magnificently, directly engulfing Cheng Yan who was in the center of the sound wave.

The sound and scene in front of them were too shocking, and the three hundred scholars outside the hall were all stunned for a while, as if a bell was ringing in their heads, and the aftermath continued, and their hearts were shocked, and they rose with great reverence - this was the first time they had felt so truly and personally what it was to encompass the world's national and imperial atmosphere.

Gu Yunji took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled it, the excitement and shock in his heart were indescribable. The scene at this moment coincides with the Forbidden City in the impression of the previous life, although the civilization process of the two worlds is different, but the simple and thick historical heritage is similar.

He suddenly felt that he was not standing in the palace city, but standing in the rolling torrent of history, and the stone bricks under his feet were the pulse of civilization that has been inherited by China for thousands of years and is now beating vigorously.

The echo gradually faded, Gu Yunji came back to his senses, and whispered to Cheng Yan, who was still standing behind him: "Cheng Yan, what about calling you, why don't you go up quickly?" ”

"Huh?" Cheng Yan only woke up from a dream at this time, and reacted to what had happened, "...... First, the first first, I ...... Am I the champion? ”

Gu Yunji laughed lightly, coaxing a child: "Yes, you are the champion, go up quickly, everyone is waiting." ”

Feeling the gaze of the people around him, Cheng Yan hurriedly settled down, stepped out of the ranks of scholars, and walked to Emperor Jingfeng, who was facing the top in the middle of the Huagai Palace, and knelt down.

Seeing this, the official of Honglu Temple nodded slightly, and continued to read the next ranking: "First and second place - Fang Zigui!" ”

"First and second place, Fang Zigui!"

"First and second place, Fang Zigui!"

……

After the same three times of pagering, Fang Zigui stepped forward and knelt down in a position later on Cheng Yan's right side.

After pronouncing two names in succession, everyone slowly came back to their senses and began to whisper:

"I heard it right, the champion is Cheng Yan, not Gu Yunji?"

"Doesn't it mean that Your Majesty has taken Gu Yunji very seriously, and has already appointed him as the champion of this year? How is it different from what is said? ”

"I have said a long time ago, how can Your Majesty's divine will be something that we can speculate about? At the beginning, it was rumored all over the city that Gu Yunji was the third person in the third company in this dynasty, and he was held so high, so it's okay, not only is he not the champion, but he didn't even catch the list. If he doesn't make a single score, I'll see how he ends! ”

Listening to these words that were either hesitant or implied sarcasm, Gu Yunji's originally calm state of mind couldn't help but be a little disturbed.

The so-called Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, he was already in the spotlight for two yuan before, and later because of the rumors derived from a little past relationship with Emperor Jingfeng, he was directly pushed to the forefront.

However, he is also a relative of an important minister of the court, and his momentum was so huge before, maybe Gu Yuanhui's political enemies were fueling the trouble. In that case, if he were Emperor Jingfeng, not only would he not point him to the top in the wind, but he would deliberately lower his ranking to do a beating.

Of course, if Emperor Jingfeng was angry for a while, it would not be impossible to depose him directly......

Just as Gu Yunji was thinking wildly, the voice of the third roll call of the officials of Honglu Temple sounded, and then after the retelling of the ceremonial officials and guards, it was transmitted to the outside of the hall:

"First and third place, Gu Yunji!"

"First and third place, Gu Yunji!"

"First and third place, Gu Yunji!"

The magnificent and atmospheric voice echoed in the palace, instantly dispelling the chaotic thoughts in Gu Yunji's mind, his tense body suddenly loosened, and after slowly exhaling a breath, a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

First and third place, Tanhua...... In any case, it was much better than he had predicted, and it was a bonus.

After calming down his excitement a little, Gu Yunji sorted out his demeanor, walked to the middle of the Huagai Palace, and knelt down in the position behind Cheng Yan's left side.

After the first class is recited, the second and third class in the back are only called because of the large number of people, and do not repeat the retelling.

The officials of Honglu Temple read down in turn according to the palace test gold list, and when they read the name of one, they came up and knelt neatly behind the three of them according to the position corresponding to their ranking.

"Second first, first place, Zhang Ji; second place, Wei Haifeng; Second and third place, Yao Jun ......"

“…… the fourteenth place in the second class, Gu Yunxiao; The fifteenth place in the second class, Xiang Liqun ......"

“…… the 195th in the third class, Yu Caiying; the 196th in the third class, Wu Lin; The one hundred and ninety-seventh place in the third class, Tian Qisong. ”

Soon, the rankings of all the scholars were all read, and the three hundred new science and technology scholars were divided into three columns according to the first rank, with the first class of Cheng Yan and others in the front, followed by the second class and the third class, like a cone, kneeling down in black pressure all over the hall.

After the roll call was completed, the next step was to be led by the court officials of Sanpin and Shang, and the new science and technology scholars to perform three kneels and nine bows to the emperor. After kneeling, it was the first three representatives of the first class to meet the emperor on behalf of all the new science and technology scholars.

"Xinke Jinshi Cheng Yan-" "Xinke Jinshi Fang Zigui-" "Xinke Jinshi Gu Yunji——"

"See Your Majesty."

The three of them took a step forward together, lifted their robes again and knelt down to Emperor Jingfeng.

"No courtesy." Emperor Jingfeng smiled and raised his hand, "You are all the future pillars of my Great Xia, and in the future, you must be cautious, diligent, and do not live up to my expectations." ”

"Obey Your Majesty's Decree."

At this point, the ceremony was basically completed, and the last link was the exit of the hundred officials, and the three hundred new science and technology scholars were headed by the first three people, and they went out of the palace and returned to the first place under the support of the drum music honor guard.

(End of chapter)