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The light is transparent, thirty-three volumes, two hundred and forty-three volumes, and finally the classification is completed.

Tong Shan looked at the last one, then looked at the invigilator, fixed his mind, and said, "Please fill in the list by the holy decree."

Then they all bowed together, and then they took out of the gold platter the blank decree.

This decree was specially made, long and blue, five feet long and three feet wide, so that it could be slowly unfolded so that nearly two hundred and forty-three names could be written.

Tong Shan washed his hands, bowed, and then got up and lifted the pen with a straight face, and inscribed on it one by one, which is the list of Tongjinshi.

After finishing writing, Fan Shan's face was solemn and said: "Give the second decree to Ouchi quickly, and the emperor will use the seal." ”

This was the procedure, and immediately someone answered, took the decree and entered the Ouchi.

Only half an hour later, there was a decree coming down: "Tong Shan, a scholar of the university, will see him immediately." ”

Tong Shan knelt down, listened to it and immediately went from the imperial city to the inner city, and in a blink of an eye he arrived at the entrance of the inner city, and saw a first-class guard standing on the stone steps, this person was wearing armor, standing firmly in front of the steps, seeing Tong Shan approaching, he said in a low voice: "Tong is good at seeing the driver in the East Warm Pavilion"

Tong Shan is a scholar, so he doesn't have to bow down on this occasion, that is, he bows deeply and says: "Yes, the minister receives the order"

The guards led in, straight along the road, and when they reached the front of the hall on one side, Tong Shan stood still, and the guards went in to pray, and after a while, there was a voice: "Come in"

Tong Shan went in, bowed and saluted, and when he got up, he saw that the emperor was wearing black fox skin satin, with a tired face and a little dark eye circles.

After a long time, the emperor sighed: "The thirty-three places in the two lists will be discussed again, and the rankings will be corrected, and the two hundred and forty-three places in the three lists will be decided in this way, and the seal will be used."

This was not said to Tong Shan, but someone responded: "Yes"

But it was the eunuch who took out the jade seal, and the emperor took it over, pressed it on a holy decree, and sent it to Tong Shan: "You did a good job on this errand, let's send this list first."

"The Minister's Decree" Tong Shan responded and came out with a volume of holy decrees.

Out of the door, Tong Shancai unfolded the holy decree, the first place was Yu Fan, Tong Shan couldn't help but be stunned, this was obviously the emperor adjusted the ranking.

Tong Shan just looked at this, and secretly thought about the top thirty-three in the first volume, although the emperor has the right to revise the ranking again, but under normal circumstances, it is not like this, what is it to correct this time?

Also delayed the release of the list?

After thinking about it, I didn't know the point, so I had to sigh: "Providence is unpredictable."

Gong Lake

The sky was overcast, the fog was thick in early spring, and soon the silence was broken by the sound of people.

Today is the day of the opening of the list, and the children have gathered in groups to see the emperor's list, and apprehension and expectation are inevitable, although on the surface, they all try to calm down.

Ye Qing got up and sensed the purple qi in the east sky, this rebirth was rain or shine, and there were only a few times when the exam was wrong.

After a while, there was a burst of beef porridge aroma in the kitchen, and Ye Qing smiled.

While they were stewing porridge, they performed a boxing technique again, and Xiao Wu entered the Tao with martial arts, and he was very particular about maintaining physical functions.

Fu Chengshan pushed open the door of the void courtyard, and when he saw his jumping figure, his face suddenly became strange, and he patiently waited until the closing ceremony before asking, "Are you really going?"

Ye Qing adjusted his breathing, opened his eyes, and invited him in: "It's useless to go." ”

"That's not the case, even if someone announces the good news, it's always reassuring to see it with your own eyes, at least there are no regrets" Fu Chengshan followed into the house, suddenly woke up, and said a little frustrated, so he didn't say more.

This intersection is becoming more and more familiar, and when I saw the two women on the table, I sat down unceremoniously and praised: "Your house is getting better and better, and the taste of what I make in my room is ......."

"Hey, you shameless guy, I haven't invited you to eat yet......" Ye Qing took the porridge bowl given by Jiang Zinan, and despised it by the way.

Knowing that Jiao Yidu, Fu Chengshan didn't care about this, so he picked up the chopsticks and used them.

"I thought it was Brother Ye who was drunk last night, but did I take it seriously? I deliberately let them go first, and I ran over to take a look......"

Ye Qing knew that he had good intentions, thought about it, and his tone was a little mysterious: "It's hard to say that the other brothers are not easy to say, but Brother Fu doesn't need to run in vain." ”

"How to run in vain" Fu Chengshan said this, suddenly came to his senses, thought about it and stopped moving: "That's it, I want to see if you can count accurately"

Ye Qing nodded, motioned to the two girls to clean up the remnants, and chatted a little.

The sun rose, the gongs and drums and the sound of good news in the Gongyuan were endless, both of them were deaf, discussing the article in detail, Jiang Zinan and Zhou Ling came to add tea, and they secretly admired it when they saw this.

At noon, Kong Zhi, Chu Yan, and Tang Zhongchen came in, although they were all calm, they couldn't hide their joy, Ye Qing smiled: "The three of them must be on the green list, congratulations." ”

"I know that Brother Ye is not going to go for Lu" Chu Yan said quickly, and he leaked the bottom: "It turns out that this time the green list only announced the same jinshi, but there are two hundred and forty-three, which is the most in the past, and many people have been selected." ”

"It's just that I didn't see the two Jinshi at all, and I was shocked in the square at that time, where was this kind of thing in the past......"

Speaking of this, Kong Zhi stared at Chu Yan fiercely, and Chu Yan suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly remedied: "But Brother Fu and Brother Ye must be in the two lists"

Fu Chengshan couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, but smiled bitterly: "I understand what Brother Ye means, but to tell the truth, if you want to be a fellow jinshi, I will not give in, if you want to say that it is a second-ranking jinshi, I don't have this confidence." ”

The three of them looked at each other, all three of them were in the same jinshi, but on the green list, they searched ten times but did not find Ye Qing and Fu Chengshan, and then there was some silence and embarrassment in the room.

Soon the three of them resigned, Tang Zhongchen had a temperament, and couldn't help but say the most: "The talents of Brother Fu and Brother Ye are all seen by us, and there are a few people in the seven thousand lifts, presumably within the two lists, just wait patiently." ”

Fu Chengshan knew that he had good intentions, and smiled: "Thank you for your words." ”

When the three of them went out and there were only two people left at the door, Fu Chengshan did not hide his wry smile: "That's right, but it's difficult, I know it in my heart, I have forty or fifty places at the level of this volume, but I'm afraid it's a little difficult to enter the two lists-Brother Ye can't get out of the machine, but he must be able to hit the ......"

Ye Qing saw that Fu Chengshan didn't have the intention of chatting now, so he asked: "How can the two lists be hidden, they will be posted, and Brother Fu can wait for good news." ”

"Thank you very much. "Say goodbye and go back to the house alone, sit and read a book and rest.

Time passed minute by minute, Jiang Zinan went out to inquire once, and came back indignantly reported: "Yu Fan won the first place in the same jinshi, why ......?"

"It's good that people have this strength. Ye Qing smiled, in fact, in his previous life, Yu Fan was a high school jinshi, ranking among the thirty-three.

This year's competition was fierce, and Ye Qing took some luck, and it was normal to be demoted to the first place in the same jinshi.

Ye Qing continued to read, listened to their whispered discussions, and occasionally commented on them.

By the afternoon, there was no good news that he had been admitted to the hospital.

As the sun set, the curtain gradually rose, Ye Qing turned the last page, looked at the sky, there was already some ink on the blue sky, and couldn't help but feel a little lost: "It's about to fall into the night...... Will it be so late?"

Jiang Zinan was worried, but he just clenched his hands in his sleeves and looked at them carefully: "Maybe it's late, so won't the two lists not open today?"

Ye Qing didn't make a sound, and when he went out, on the shore of Gong Lake, some courtyards had been pasted with wedding cloths, firecrackers, and the guys who came and went were holding wine tables, obviously holding banquets.

More courtyards are silent and silent, which is really a few joys and a few sorrows.

"Or it's too unusual, but it's hard to make the list......" thought to himself, turning his head to see their gaze.

Jiang Zinan could still hide his joy, but Zhou Ling looked uncertain, and he wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it.

Ye Qing suddenly came to his senses, and his heart was moved, more vigilant - the more critical he was, the more he could not fall as the head of the family.

He took the scroll and struck them twice on their foreheads: "What are you thinking, your son will fail so easily?"

The two of them hugged their heads and whispered, a little embarrassed and a little relieved.

"It's just not that this step is ...... If you miss the opportunity, your plan will change dramatically, and it will be even more difficult in the future. Ye Qing still frowned when he thought about it.

"How come? Childe is talented, there is still a chance to ...... next session"

Ye Qing shook his head and was silent, they didn't understand this, but he knew it very well - in theory, he was only one step away from Jinshi after passing the exam, and there was still one chance before the catastrophe

It's just that this time I didn't hit, the further back I went, the more I was reborn the advantage, and if I couldn't take advantage of this catastrophe to consolidate my business in advance three years ago, I am afraid it will be more and more difficult in the future.

But even so, people still have to face reality and live...... Thinking about it, he suddenly heard a pause in joy outside, and exclaimed: "Look, what is that?"

Reflecting the last ray of golden light of the sunset, dozens of blue stars fell into the city, and disappeared from everyone's sight with a stream of cyan streamers.

"This ...... Is it a meteorite?" Ye Qing frowned, and was thinking about it, when suddenly there was a "silk" sound in the air, and a phantom that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye arrived in the courtyard.

In the sound of flapping wings, a blue bird appeared, holding a document.

I saw that the blue bird glanced at the long sword in Zhou Ling's hand, his spirituality flashed with disdain, his beak was loosened, and an invitation fell on Ye Qing's hand, and he was impressed: Ye Qing, Pingshou County, Nancang County, Yingzhou, on February 21, held a dinner party in Qionghu Daoyuan in the north of the city, please go to the banquet on time.

"Tomorrow night?Qionghu ......" instantly woke up: "Qionghu banquet, this is not the Jinshi banquet of the past years"

"Chirp" The blue bird chirped happily, rubbed Ye Qing twice, but did not leave, looked around, and suddenly said: "Congratulations to the official, the high school two jinshi, congratulations to the official, the high school two jinshi"

It could probably only say these two sentences, repeatedly, and flapped its wings impatiently, Jiang Zinan came to his senses, and ran to get food smartly, but the blue bird looked up and disdained.

Until a small jar of liquor was brought out, the blue bird sniffed it, and plunged into the jar like a drunkard, and the whole thing was gone, only listening to the pecking of Zizi.

At this time, I heard the voices of people running outside, and someone beat the gong and shouted: "Congratulations to Ye Qingye Guanren High School Second List Jinshi, who is on the list"