Although the schoolchildren in the audience had mixed feelings, the two examiners on the stage were very happy.

Especially Li Zhijie, he kept stroking his beard throughout the whole process, and he couldn't hold back the smile on his face anymore, looking at Xu He in the audience, he liked it more and more.

Peng Ruyu was also happy.

He has just taken office, presiding over the government examination, and the prefect position has not yet been hot, and he has received a scholar.

Yangzhou Mansion has produced such a talent, and his resume will also add a strong stroke, and this is undoubtedly good news for him who temporarily acts as the prefect.

Thinking of this, he said gently: "You go to the door and wait, gather ten people and let you out, remember to review the next two more when you go back, don't be late!" ”

Xu He bowed down and stood at the gate of the examination shed, standing with the previous ones.

Those few people were ordered by Governor Peng not to come again.

And Xu He is the "top student" whose article is regarded as a model by the prefect, and will be posted outside the government for study and reference when the list is released in the future.

In contrast, these people suddenly mourned.

Especially the old boy with white hair, seeing Xu He's age, he was praised by the prefect to the sky, and he was ......

People are more angry than people, and they will really be angry.

After a while, ten people were gathered, and the yamen opened the lock and let Xu He go out of the examination shed.

As soon as I went out, I saw that it was still crowded outside.

There are three or four thousand candidates in one house, so you can imagine how big the scale of the examination is.

At this time, the children, who were about seven or eight years old, saw their gang and rushed towards them, shouting "Grandpa, grandpa" as they ran. ”

When he approached, he suddenly crashed into the arms of the old schoolboy who had white hair just now, and said coquettishly: "Grandpa, I have been waiting for you with my father for so long, my grandson wants to eat osmanthus cake, grandpa bought it for me!" ”

Seeing this, the old schoolboy almost cried, he looked up to the sky and choked up: "Half a life, I have grandchildren, but I haven't even passed the exam, let's go, the old man won't take the test this time, he won't take the test!" ”

The little grandson looked at his grandfather with a puzzled expression, wondering why he was so sad.

The person who sent the exam on the side saw that the old schoolboy had gray hair and beard, and he was still taking the government examination, and he couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart, worried about his family and students.

After all, only forty or fifty of these thousands of candidates can pass the government exam in the end, which is simply too cruel, and no one has a bottom in their hearts.

At this time, someone saw Xu He, the youngest of the ten people, and couldn't help but say to the person beside him: "Although it is said that you should study early, but at the age of this schoolchild, it is difficult to stand out among so many people, too difficult!" ”

When Xu He heard this, he smiled slightly, and he didn't care about them, and he followed the concentration of Hailing County just now.

After he left, the candidates who had just come out of the same batch told the people around him about Xu He's performance in the examination room and the prefect's evaluation of his article.

When they finished speaking, the people who had just commented on Xu He suddenly seemed to be choked by someone, and they were speechless.

Because of the next two consecutive exams, the time was in the afternoon, and it was not early at this time, Xu He found the people who escorted them over and Zhang Jingxian's personal soldiers, took some silver money and asked them to buy some food, and then found a nearby teahouse to sit down.

After eating something, the soldiers went to play on their own, but Xu He sat on a stool in the teahouse and read a book.

Although the following two are not very important in the imperial examination, Xu He, who has been accustomed to being someone else's child since he was a child, still decided to deal with it seriously.

Just as he was reading a book, he suddenly saw a familiar voice passing by outside the teahouse.

Seeing this, Xu He hurriedly called the person who came: "Senior brother! ”

When the man heard this, he turned his head to look at Xu He, and when he found out that it was Xu He, he suddenly walked in with a sad face.

It turned out that this person was Xu He's Bao Wu Decao.

Xu He saw that his expression was different, so he asked, "Senior brother, what's wrong?" ”

Wu Decao sat opposite Xu He, sighed and said, "Spicy mother, I'm really bleeding from blood mold!" ”

It turned out that although Wu Decao was a student of the Fuxue, he had not wanted to make progress over the years, and he had no intention of taking the imperial examination with the rice issued by the yamen and giving people a guarantee.

A few years ago, he lived a fairly chic life, he was old, his parents died, and he never married a wife, and the whole family was not hungry when he fed himself, so it was not difficult to get money.

But this time, he capsized in the gutter.

The day before yesterday, he was having dinner at home, when suddenly Cai, who was from the school, came to the door and asked him to protect a few people.

Originally, this was a good thing to get silver for nothing, but in previous years, he tried every time, and he was overjoyed by the money he earned.

But this time he hesitated.

This is because this kind of thing has always been assigned by the yamen according to their qualifications.

Since he was assigned, it must have been unusual for him to give advance notice.

Sure enough, Sectarian Cai secretly told him that among the objects of this assignment was a county test who almost named Sun Shan.

Wu Decao was almost stupid on the spot when he heard this, although he didn't want to make progress, but he was also a bad student, and his qualifications were old, no matter how he ranked, it was impossible for him to protect the person who was at the bottom of the county test.

But now that Sectarian Cai has notified this matter in advance, it is obvious that there must be something greasy in it.

Sure enough, Cai Jiaoyu said that this was the meaning of the prefect's son.

It doesn't matter who it means, this is a major event involving fame, Wu Decao shook his head again and again and refused.

Seeing this, Cai Jiaoyu also gave him the answer, saying that the person who was protected had a lung disease, and if he could only be ranked last in the order of being protected, the seat would be at the end of the examination shed at that time.

The last thing in the examination booth is that the light is very poor, and the second is that the air is not circulated.

"So the other party found a way for Zhou Gongzi to follow your group into the arena and occupy a seat in the front row!"

Xu He almost laughed when he heard this: "So you believe it?" ”

That Zhou Gongzi obviously wanted to make the candidate's money, and he was afraid that something would happen, and the backer would sue him to learn the way, so the persimmon picked a soft pinch, so he found Wu Decao to help the person be protected.

And that person obviously didn't have any lung problems, he must have wanted to cheat in the house before he went to Zhou Gongzi's door.

"Or else?" Wu Decao was about to cry, "Not long after you went in, the person I helped to protect was found out to be a substitute for the exam, and was flailed by the new Futai Lord on the spot, and I was also told that I was demoted from a disheng to an augmenting sheng!" ”

Di Sheng was reduced to Zengguang, which means that don't think about the Di Mi Wu Decao issued by the imperial court in the future, no wonder he is so discouraged.

Xu He said with a smile: "At that time, did Gongzi Zhou also look for you by the way and let you release my pigeon?" ”

"Let you pigeon?" Wu Decao didn't understand what it meant.

Xu He explained with a smile, and Wu Decao "spitted" when he heard this: "Spicy mother, isn't it, just bully that no one in my family is an official, a poor scholar, and nothing good will be my turn, every time this kind of worrying thing, needless to say, Cai Jiaoyu is all looking for me!" I'm an ancestor of the day! ”

Xu He wanted to laugh in his heart, seeing that this Wu Decao is not a character who reads hard, people put him in the position of a student, isn't it convenient to [operate]!

This time he was unlucky, it happened that the Zhou family incident happened, and he met a strict examiner like Lao Peng, so he couldn't say that he was unlucky!