Liu Tai is still quite confident, and he doesn't pay much attention to rankings. His father even wonders whether he wants him to pass the exam. He has no pressure at all, so among the few people present, he is the last calm down.

Qiu You had no choice but to stand still and wait for Du Qingchen to come out and tell them the ranking.

"It's done!" The official stepped down on the stool, and the crowd immediately roared.

"Quiet!" The guard yelled, stopping everyone who wanted to come forward. Du Qingchen quickly looked from No.1. Start looking for the best ones, but at first glance, Du Qingchen saw the words 'Du Rulin, Pingxing County', his eyes lit up, and he raised his hand to grab Du's father's arm.

"Father, Rulin is the first one, he got it!" Du Qingchen said in surprise, he knew that Du Rulin could pass the exam, but he didn't expect the result to be so good. Counting this time, Rulin also got two first names!If it comes back again, it will be a small three yuan, which is amazing.

Of course, Du Qingchen knew that juren is not so easy to take the exam, let alone the first name. When he becomes a juren, he has the qualifications to be a small official, and he can be regarded as a national civil servant, which is not the same as a scholar. , well, look at himself!

Du Qingchen was very proud. Du's father was looking for Du Rulin's name from the end, when he heard Du Qingchen's words, he quickly looked to the highest place, only to see that his son's name was indeed hanging on it, tears were about to roll down.

"Father! There are many people here, you go out first! Tell Ru Lin by the way, don't make him worry." Du Qingchen persuaded.

Father Du raised his sleeve and wiped his face, and agreed, there were many people pushing forward, but almost none retreated, so Father Du wanted to get out, but it was very difficult for a while, and he could only continue to be squeezed in front Du Qingchen had no choice but to protect Du's father and continue to search for other people's names.

"Liu Tai is the third, Qiu You is the seventh, these three people are too..." It's amazing!Du Qingchen laughed. Such a good ranking can be said to be the glory of the ancestors. I think Liu Tai and Qiu You are also satisfied, but I don't know what they think of Du Rulin's first place in the exam. If there is a suspicion about this, then it is not good.

Du Qingchen suppressed his worries and continued to search for Qiu Jin's name, but this time it was difficult. There were so many people on the list. Du Qingchen scanned it three or four times in a row, but he didn't see Qiu Jin's shadow, even the word Pingxing County Nothing more, Du Qingchen's expression faded, and four people came to take the exam, but three of them passed the exam, one of them was still the top one, but Qiu Jin didn't make it to the list, the gap suddenly widened so much, I don't know what he was thinking .

Du Qingchen sighed, probably because his family was poor since he was a child, Qiu Jin was thin and introverted, and it was only after following them for a year that he gradually grew some flesh and looked more lively. The town reads.

Behind him, those who looked at the list and found their names had already rushed back to report the news, or quit the crowd, so that Du Qingchen could pull Du's father out. Outside, when Du Rulin saw his brother and father coming out, he couldn't help but take a step forward. After glancing at him, his steps stopped immediately, he had to be steady, his elder brother said, he had to hide his emotions and anger, no matter how anxious he was, he couldn't show it.

This is exercising your mind!Du Rulin stood there calmly, watching Du Qingchen walk slowly with his burning eyes.

Du Qingchen came over, patted Qiu Jin on the shoulder, and shook his head slightly. Qiu Jin was still expecting a little bit, but when he saw this, he instantly dimmed and lowered his head. The other three didn't say anything, just to comfort him. patted him on the back.

After a long time, Qiu Jin raised his head and squeezed out a smile, "Actually, I know I'm not good enough, but I have let down Brother Du and Brother Su's care for this year."

To be honest, Du Qingchen and Su Junxia really didn't take care of him very much. They just took care of food and housing and bought pens, inks, papers and inkstones. It was nothing to them. They didn't expect that the child who failed the exam was not the first one who thought about him , but failed them.

Du Qingchen sighed, "Don't worry, you are still young, look at these candidates, many of them are already gray-haired, no matter how bad you are, you will definitely succeed in the next year or the year after that, when the time comes, we will serve you wine to celebrate !"

Qiu Jin smiled, and seemed to have more confidence. Although he is not as good as Du Rulin and the other three, he is still slightly stronger than ordinary people. Just like what Brother Du said, he will always pass the exam. Qiu Jin weighed heavily Nodding his head, he secretly made up his mind to come back next year.

"What about us?" Liu Tai asked, he was the least stressed, and he didn't need to hone his mind, so he asked directly.

"Liu Tai is third, and Qiu You is seventh." Du Qingchen said it directly. Seeing Qiu You heaved a sigh of relief, he seemed very satisfied with his ranking. Liu Tai pondered for a while, nodded, and seemed satisfied.

Du Rulin continued to look at his brother, Du Qingchen suddenly laughed, "Tou Rulin."

"It's the first name again!" Liu Tai was startled, the first name of Tongsheng is nothing, but the first name of Xiucai is a bit interesting, if there is another one, it will be Xiao Sanyuan!Liu Tai grabbed Du Rulin's arm in surprise, and shook it, "Congratulations! Rulin deserves to be Rulin, and she is a master at strategizing!"

Du Rulin is not good at poetry, but he is very savvy and good at writing articles.

"Congratulations!" Qiu You and Qiu Jin were also startled, Qiu You said: "I heard that you have visited Mr. Min, it seems that it is really useful." He really wants to go too!It's a pity that Du Rulin met Mr. Min after taking his family's prescription and giving up such a valuable thing. He couldn't be cheeky and could only envy him secretly.

Du Qingchen carefully observed the expressions of other people. Liu Tai really didn't care. He didn't even care about his own ranking. Sometimes Du Qingchen even felt that Liu Tai just wanted to take the exam and return to his hometown after Master Liu Going to teach, but it doesn't look like it, young people, who doesn't have the ambition to make contributions?Perhaps, Liu Tai's ambition is to enter the Imperial Academy, and then study poetry with peace of mind!

Qiu You looked a little envious, but he was not jealous. He seemed to always feel that he was inferior to Du Rulin academically, so Du Rulin was a few ranks higher than him, which seemed to be acceptable.Qiu Jin was even simpler. He was just envious and happy for Du Rulin. After all, he felt that he owed others a lot and couldn't even repay them. How could he be jealous?

Du Qingchen is at ease, young people are pure-minded, this is really good, I only hope that after they grow up and have seen the darkness of this world, they can still keep their hearts.

Tao Xiude's ranking soon dropped, a bit above average, but he still passed the exam. After the exam, Tao Xiude's heart became alive again, and he went to inquire about the rankings of Du Rulin and the others.

"Du Rulin is the number one again! Okay." Tao Xiude nodded, secretly envious. Although he always ranks high in the exams, he has never won any top names, but this is not a big deal The thing about it is just a false name, it doesn't make any sense, and it depends on the exam in the capital in the end.

"Where's Liu Tai?" Tao Xiude was still concerned about the son of Master Liu's family.

"Liu Tai is third, Qiu You is seventh, and Qiu Jin failed." The servant replied.

Who is Qiu Jin?Tao Xiude didn't meet his face for a while, but that's all, he won't worry about little things, Tao Xiude smiled and got up, "Go, I've held back for so long, go out!"

Du's restaurant is currently preparing for a discount, and the owner's younger brother has won the first prize of scholar. Isn't this worth celebrating?What a reason to be active!It will definitely attract passenger flow and make small profits but quick turnover.

Of course, Du Qingchen had already told Du Rulin privately that the celebration was definitely not like this, it was just an excuse to do business, and the family would hold a banquet for him, Liu Tai and Qiuyou, and invite everyone who helped Please, their own family is going to the table, and they have to send invitations to Tao Xiude, and Mrs. Xia from the Tao Mansion is also going to have a banquet. Mr. Min just sent a gift as a thank you, Du Qingchen dare not post invitations, That's too self-righteous, besides, even if you post a post, Mr. Min won't come to his small courtyard.

Hearing these words, Du Rulin hesitated and said, "Brother, there are only two people in Master Xia's family, do you want to invite them all over?"

"The other is Mrs. Xia?" Du Qingchen asked suspiciously.

"No, Mrs. Xia died of illness when there was an accident at home a few years ago. Mrs. Xia also has a son, a brother. When we go to study at Mrs. Xia's place on weekdays, he will bring us tea and water and prepare snacks. .”

Du Qingchen nodded, "That should be invited as a thank you." I just don't know if he, a brother, would like to come to a stranger's house for a banquet, but I still have to invite him.

Tao Xiude went to the Du's restaurant for a meal, and received an invitation from Du Qingchen. Tao Xiude took the invitation and said, "This is a good feeling. I will definitely be there in the future."

Du Qingchen nodded with a smile and asked, "Did you pass the exam?"

"No. 20 five." Tao Xiude proudly said.

Du Qingchen nodded silently, smiling, "Congratulations, Mr. Tao."

Tao Xiude waved his hand, "There is nothing to congratulate, the ranking is so low."

Du Qingchen couldn't say anything, so he said: "I don't understand these things, but I think it's much more difficult to pass the exam than the scholar's exam. Many people even have gray hair and haven't passed this step yet."

Tao Xiude also had lingering fears. In the examination room, he really saw a scholar with a white beard who came to take the examination. Seeing his trembling walk, Tao Xiude even felt that he couldn't get out of the examination room, nor could he. Knowing this age, what else are you trying to do.

In the Min Mansion, the concierge received a gift from Du Rulin himself. Du Rulin was going to leave just like before, but was stopped by the concierge, "Young Master Du, wait a moment, maybe the master will invite you."

Only then did Du Rulin stop and stood at the door.

The concierge hurriedly took the gift box and went straight to Min Anshi's place to report the news about Du Rulin. Mr. Du won the first place in the exam, so the master must want to see him.

After hearing the servant's report, Min Anshi didn't say anything for a long time, and said: "Let him go back first! You don't need to see him at this time, just tell him that to become famous at a young age, you need to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, you need to know that the world is vast, and you need to forge ahead." .”

"Master, do you want him to come?" The porter asked, what if Du Rulin felt that he had settled his relationship with the Min Mansion and never came again?He could see that the master liked this young master very much, and even wanted to accept him as his apprentice, even if he didn't allow people to enter the house, he would always give pointers.

Min Anshi smiled, "Just go, there are so many words."

"Isn't it because of the kindness of the master that I dare to talk too much?" The concierge smiled and hurriedly took orders to leave.

"Master?" The old butler was puzzled, since Du Rulin won the first place in the exam, why didn't he let him in?What about accepting him as a disciple?

"No hurry, how many famous teachers are there in this city?" Min Anshi smiled.

"There are no more than two or three people, and they are all in big families, but I'm afraid there is no one who can compare with the master." The old housekeeper bowed and replied.

"Accepting him at this time, it seems that I am very concerned about whether he can pass the exam. Don't worry. After all, he can't find a better teacher, only me. By the way, he won the first place in the exam and sent a thank you gift , you also go there and send some congratulatory gifts, it’s good if you come and go.”

"Old servant understands, let's go prepare the congratulatory gift." The old servant bowed and stepped back.

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