His Majesty Chrysostom said that this matter is a foregone conclusion, and even if he regrets it in his heart, he can only accept it.

However, Chen Wenhe was able to get the second place, which is not bad, but compared with Huiyuan's great honor, it is still a little unsatisfactory.

Of course, Chen Wenhe is not completely without a chance in the palace examination, as long as Chen Wenhe shows extraordinary talent, or overwhelms the other party, with the second place in the examination, he can also be qualified for the champion.

This kind of thing is still very common, at least, throughout the ages, there are not a few people who have won the top prize by virtue of the second place in the examination.

"This year's candidates in the north are much stronger than in previous years, and two of the top three candidates in the examination are candidates from the north. Liu Xiqian seemed to sense that Chen Jianru's mood was wrong, and in order to alleviate the strange atmosphere in the hall, he changed the topic.

He is a northerner, to be honest, the literary style in the north is indeed not prosperous, this is an undeniable fact, in these years of the imperial examination, the top of the list is also the majority of southerners, this time it is the opposite.

Although both the north and the south belong to the Yanbei Dynasty, this is not to provoke the north and the south to fight, but just as an anecdote.

Of course, the reason for this situation has nothing to do with people.

This matter has to start from hundreds of years ago, when the Yanbei Dynasty was not founded, the north was in a state of chaos, perennial wars continued, the people were not able to make a living, and they couldn't even eat enough, who still had the heart to study.

As the saying goes, if you are a scholar for nothing, reading will not make a difference.

Although hundreds of years have passed since this incident, it still has a far-reaching impact, the war of that year, destroyed the heritage of many literati, so that the northern literature and Taoism gradually withered, until the establishment of the Yanbei Dynasty, which greatly improved the situation in the north, but this situation is not a short period of time can be completely improved, until hundreds of years have passed, compared with the southern literature and Taoism, there is still a gap.

Hearing this, the performance of the examiners present was different, but the faces of more people were a little strange, and Liu Xiqian's focus was really special.

As for Chen Jianru, he didn't have too many thoughts, and Chen Wenhe's matter made him feel quite regretful, so he was not in the mood to pay attention to other things.

Only Lin Shiyin knows that in fact, even Yi'an also belongs to the northerners.

However, Lin Shiyin has no intention of explaining, although the reason why Yi An was able to stand out from the imperial examination was all based on her true material, but outsiders don't think so, if others know about her acquaintance with Yi An, I am afraid that there will be some unfriendly remarks, and she is also trying to avoid suspicion.

After the final ranking is selected, they will next arrange the release of the list and the palace examination.

Generally, within a few days after the release of the list, it is necessary to start the palace examination as soon as possible, and this is also done to strike while the iron is hot.

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After Yi An helped the Yiren Mansion to eradicate the rudder of the Moro Sect, he settled down in the Yiren Mansion again, and after the imperial examination, he no longer had the heart to read.

For him, those books were just a tool for the imperial examination, and even the answers to the questions on the examination were suddenly flashed in his mind, and a strange memory of "the way of the whole army of the country" involuntarily appeared in his mind.

As for the Jingxu Daoist, after the matter of the Moro Sect came to an end for the time being, he returned to Huang Zhidao's side.

Huang Zhidao's safety cannot be lost, and now it is not just a matter of protecting the other party, if this matter is successful, then it will be very possible to curb the arrogance of those traitors above the court.

After the Jingxu Daoist left, Huang Zhidao experienced a thrilling scene.

It turned out that Zhu Baiyun and Mu Jiansheng's situation in Weinan was not optimistic, Cai Jin and Hu Deyong received the news as soon as possible, and while scolding the waste in their hearts, they also made measures to deal with it as soon as possible.

This matter is very important, of course they can't be indifferent, they immediately assigned secret guards to follow Huang Zhidao's surroundings, monitoring his every move, but because of the Jingxu Dao people around Huang Zhidao before, they have never succeeded.

Even the secret guards assigned out were all discovered by the Silent Void Daoists.

Before figuring out the details of the other party, neither Cai Jin nor Hu Deyong acted rashly.

This matter is not in a hurry, but if the action fails, not only will it startle the snake, but this matter will inevitably cause His Majesty's dissatisfaction, which can be said to be more than worth the loss.

It wasn't until the Jingxu Daoist suddenly left that they saw this hard-won opportunity, however, compared to the direct assassination, Cai Jin still chose a more secure method, he first let people sneak into the refugees, and then deliberately created a conflict, taking advantage of the chaos to suddenly launch an offensive against Huang Zhidao, but what he didn't expect was that when he attacked the opponent's close punch distance, he found that he couldn't take a step further at all.

He is a martial artist in the late stage of the day after tomorrow, and the strange and unpredictable methods on the other party make him feel a sense of powerlessness, and when he sees that the situation is not good, he has already retreated, this matter is beyond the scope of his ability.

Cai Jin was also silent for a while after knowing this matter, according to the other party's description, Huang Zhidao's strange and unpredictable means were most likely immortal methods, which made him suddenly feel jealous, if his guess was true, then this matter is another matter, those immortal cultivators are not easy to deal with.

After Jingxu Daoist knew about this, he was also afraid in his heart, fortunately he had foresight, otherwise, it would have caused a catastrophe.

After this thrilling thing happened, Huang Zhidao did not notify the Jingxu Daoist at the first time, he had seen the Jingxu Daoist walking very eagerly, so he was not embarrassed to bother.

After Jingxu Daoist knew about this matter, he couldn't help laughing: "If this kind of thing happens in the future, you must not be rash, that talisman is only valid once, if those traitors and thieves don't die, then you will be more auspicious in the future." ”

"As for the fear of bothering me, you don't have to have this kind of thought, if I was afraid of trouble, I wouldn't have volunteered to come to protect you in the first place, if you were succeeded by those traitors because of your carelessness, then all my previous efforts would not be in vain?"

Looking back now, I was terrified, if the previous assassin didn't leave, I was afraid that it wouldn't be long before the amulet would become invalid.