Houfu Key Class

Zong Wenxiu: "..."

I can already feel how deep my brother's resentment towards Qin Ye is. There is not a single praise word in such a long sentence.

Of course, the people in the North Courtyard are more terrifying in comparison. They have a posture of studying hard.

Xu Wan stepped forward and smiled and guided: "Observe these people again. What are the differences?"

Zong Jincheng snorted and said proudly: "The age is different. The North Courtyard of Hanlin even accepts children. I don't know how difficult the entrance examination questions are. Fortunately, I didn't fall for your trick and come to the North Courtyard to take the exam. Otherwise..."

Otherwise, I don't know how badly I would be hit.

Zong Wenxiu pondered for a moment and said: "Their clothes are very simple, and there are almost no luxurious ornaments. From this, two points can be inferred: one is that they may concentrate on studying and have no intention of staying in the clothes; the second is that they may be from poor families. The North Courtyard only takes care of their food and accommodation, not their clothes."

"Poor family?" Zong Jincheng followed his gaze to explore.

The little guy couldn’t tell the quality of the material of the clothes, let alone distinguish between linen, cotton, and silk. He only saw that there were quite a few wrinkles on their fabrics, which never appeared on his clothes.

Xu Wan hummed and responded, "Yes, the family is poor, and generations have been struggling at the bottom. They study not only to make a name for themselves in the future, but more because: studying in the North Courtyard is their only way to turn things around in this life. This is a fight to the death, and you have to do your best. If you lose, there will be no chance."

Zong Wenxiu understood and nodded, "No wonder they look so desperate, completely different from the students of Qingbo Academy, where all the students are children from wealthy families, and it is difficult to have this feeling of fighting to the death."

"The atmosphere in the North Courtyard is like this, even if a student from Qingbo Academy is thrown in, he will be assimilated by them," Xu Wan said with a smile, "Because there is a word called involution. Seeing others working so hard, you will feel uncomfortable being involuted, and you will also fight together, and it will become what you see now."

"Volume?" Zong Jincheng suddenly realized why he felt so uncomfortable on the wall of Qin Ye's house that day.

This hateful boy actually secretly rolled him!

No wonder he couldn't pass Qin Ye's exam! !

Xu Wan called them: "Let's go, there's no point in watching any more, they probably won't even give us a second glance."

Zong Jincheng raised his thumb, then turned his fingertips downward, made a gesture that they were no match for him, and said arrogantly: "Just wait, I'll beat them one by one!"

Zong Wenxiu chuckled and was about to follow him, but turned his head and saw a very surprised young boy, "Qin Ye?"

"Qin Ye?!" Zong Jincheng turned his head around and asked anxiously, "Where is it? Why can't I see it?"

Zong Wenxiu patted his shoulder and pointed him in a direction. Sure enough, he saw Qin Ye talking to a teenager in his teens. Qin Ye was shorter than the other person, but the boy kept nodding and listening, as if Qin Ye was telling him something.

After he finished speaking, the boy walked towards the north courtyard, and Qin Ye also came out.

Zong Jincheng immediately pushed Zong Wenxiu away and stood in front of Qin Ye, looking like he was ready to find trouble.

Qin Ye raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "It's you again."

Zong Jincheng said proudly: "Yes, it's me, the only two people from Qingbo Academy who made the list of the four colleges' joint examination!"

Qin Ye looked at him slightly after hearing this: "Which place?"

"No...." The little devil was stabbed in the heart, and his proud expression was a little evasive.

The 120th place is really ugly. It is a whole list away from Qin Ye. It would be embarrassing to say it out loud.

Qin Ye naturally didn't miss his expression and sneered immediately, expressing his disdain.

This arrogant look irritated the little devil. He has always been like this to others, so why should others be so arrogant to him?

He said angrily: "Why are you so arrogant? I've only studied for three months and I've already made the list. It'll only take a few months to defeat you. Just wait to be defeated by me!"

"Whatever you want, I'm changing classes anyway." Qin Ye didn't care about him at all, turned around and walked away, afraid of wasting more time.

"Change class? Which class?" Zong Jincheng was stunned and shouted at his back, "You and I are not in the same class, I study at home!"

Qin Ye's back walked farther and farther away, without any pause.

It seems that he really has no sense of competition, or he doesn't care about Zong Jincheng at all, and doesn't think Zong Jincheng can threaten his first place.

The little devil was still howling madly behind him, but unfortunately the angry person had disappeared long ago.

He asked Zong Wenxiu, "Brother, what does it mean to change classes? Is he going to study in the North Academy of Hanlin?"

Zong Wenxiu shook his head and denied, "No, changing academies is called transferring, and changing classes means that he doesn't want to stay in the eight-year-old class anymore. Qingbo Academy is divided into classes by age, and children of each age group learn different content, have different exam scopes, and can be on different lists."

Zong Jincheng said, "So as long as Qin Ye changes classes, I will never have the chance to be on the same list with him, and never have the chance to beat him?"

Zong Wenxiu nodded and said frankly, "Yes, after I read his test paper last time, I felt that even if he jumped directly to our ten-year-old class, he would have no pressure to get the first place. Qin Ye's knowledge is really deep."

Zong Jincheng frowned, "Then I also want to be on the same list with you."

Xu Wan said faintly, "Think about it, Qin Ye is going to the Tongke class."

Zong Wenxiu was surprised, "Madam knows?"

Xu Wan smiled and said, "Of course, I have heard everything about our Master Zong's rivals."

Zong Jincheng pricked up his ears and asked curiously, "What is the Tongke class?"

"Tongke, as the name suggests, is used by the court to select child prodigies. Only those under the age of twelve can participate. If you pass the Tongke, you can take the imperial examination as an exception, without being subject to the minimum age limit of ten years old for the imperial examination, and you don't have to take the Tongsheng and Xiucai exams."

"The Tongke class of Qingbo Academy was established for the Tongke. The children in the class are no longer the same age, but are all under the age of twelve. If you still fail to pass the Tongke after exceeding the age limit, you will be sent back to the original class."

Zong Jincheng's brows were furrowed so much that he almost pinched a mosquito to death. He gritted his teeth and said, "Qin Ye, this kid, is going to take the imperial examination at such a young age!"

Xu Wan snorted and laughed, "Yes, this kid is really confident."

"I want to take the Tongke exam too!" Zong Jincheng would never admit defeat, and he would also go to the test.

"You?" Xu Wan patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "You should try your best to get into the top ten first. Think about the 119 students ahead of you. They can't even beat these eight-year-olds. How can they compete with the children in the children's class?"

Zong Jincheng cried unconvincedly: "I don't want to wait for another joint exam of the four colleges. That will take at least two months. I have defeated Qin Ye in this time!"

Xu Wan smiled and said: "According to the latest news I got, Hanlin North College will have another joint exam with Qingbo Academy next month. You still have this last chance."