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Qi Yue nodded with an "oh" and said, "Fortunately, I picked it up, but someone else picked it up, and I will definitely not return it to you."

Song Cheng glared at him, "If it wasn't for you, would I lose it?"

Qi Yue touched his head and stopped talking, Song Cheng looked at the sky outside, "It's already dark, do you want to go back, the teacher will be back later."

Qi Yue got up immediately when he heard the words and wanted to go back. Song Cheng saw that he heard Mr. Xu like a mouse seeing a cat, and couldn't help laughing. The candlelight was shining, and Song Cheng's lips were red and his teeth were white. Qi Yue smiled and said, "How long are you It's so pretty."

Song Cheng frowned upon hearing this, "What do you want to say?"

Qi Yue patted his head and smiled and swallowed the rest of the sentence, prettier than girls, and said, "Are you Master Xu's student?"

Song Cheng nodded and said, "Yes."

Qi Yue smiled and said, "Then you are his first student. Although Master Xu gave us lectures, he never asked us to pay homage to teachers, and he never asked us to call him teacher."

Song Cheng thought about it, "I haven't even done the apprentice ceremony yet."

Qi Yue said, "So you didn't either, oh no, I'm going back, Mr. Xu is coming back!" Then he turned around and opened the curtain and ran out quickly.Madam Xu saw Qi Yue going out and said, "Qi Yue, have dinner at our house, the meal will be ready soon."

Qi Yue smiled and said, "No, no, thank you, Mrs.

Not long after Qi Yue went out, Master Xu came back, he saw Song Cheng's head and didn't say anything, he just asked if the injury was serious, Song Cheng replied with a smile, "It's just a little bit of skin, it's fine."

Master Xu patted Song Cheng on the shoulder with a smile and said with a smile, "Children should be more lively. It's not good to stay at home and study all day."

Mrs. Xu glared at him and said, "Is it okay if someone smashed your head like today?"

Xu Fuzi smiled without saying a word, just smiled with Song Cheng, and silently picked up his job.During dinner, Madam Xu asked, "Is Mr. Cui's illness better?"

Song Cheng secretly pricked up his ears when he heard the words. This Mr. Cui must be the friend that the teacher would visit every time he was on vacation.Master Xu stopped his chopsticks and sighed, "The situation is not very optimistic."

Mrs. Xu sighed, "Have you decided on the candidate?"

Mr. Xu shook his head, "I'm afraid we can't make a decision. Wait until Fuzhi comes back, and then we can make a long-term plan. Old Cui has spotted Fuzhi since he was a child, but Fuzhi's ambition is not here." After speaking, he sighed again, Mr. Xu Glancing at Song Cheng who stopped to watch his speech, he said with a smile, "Hurry up and eat."

Song Cheng nodded, obediently went to eat.

When he returned to school the next day, Mr. Xu did a random check again, and Qi Yue was fined to copy the book five times.When returning home, Qi Yue really waited for Song Cheng to go home together, even Qi Chen was greatly surprised.Qi Yue stood under the big willow tree outside the gate of Deyuan Academy, patted Song Cheng on the head and said, "This is my brother, from now on I will cover him with Qi Yue!"

At that time Song Cheng was wearing Qi Yue's old clothes and Qi Yue's new shoes, with a bulging bun face, his eyes had gone somewhere.

Qi Yue's younger brothers stepped forward one by one to talk to Song Cheng with a smile. Seeing Qi Yue's appearance, Yu Ci couldn't help but looked at Song Cheng and smiled. Song Cheng returned a bright smile, and the two were far away from each other. After giving a salute to him, he said goodbye.

After Qi Chen left, Qi Yue took out his precious Overlord Bow from his backpack, wiped it for a long time, and then handed it to Song Cheng, "This is my treasure, use it carefully, don't waste it. gone."

Song Cheng took it and tried to pull the slingshot away. Seeing that his posture was not right, Qi Yue quickly corrected his posture, and then taught Song Cheng, "If you want to do this, look at the bird's nest in front of you."

Song Cheng tugged Qi Yue's hand beside me, pulled Qi Yue to turn around and said, "Don't hit the bird's nest."

Qi Yue said "oh", turned around and pointed to the eaves of someone's house opposite, and said, "Close your left eye, draw the bow, aim it, let go!" Song Cheng let go of the slingshot as he said, only to hear the stones hit There was a "bang" from the eaves, and then there seemed to be a sound of opening the door, and Qi Yue yelled strangely, "No, there are people in their house today!"

Song Cheng said "ah", but before he could react, he was held by Qi Yue's hand and dragged to nowhere. He just followed Qi Yue and ran desperately until he reached the big willow tree at the entrance of the alley before Qi Yue let go of his hand. , Song Cheng sat down under the tree.Qi Yue panted, "There is usually no one in their house, but today there are people there. We even broke the screen window of their house before. Fortunately, we ran fast today, and we will die if we are caught!"

Song Cheng panted for a long time before he recovered his breath. He put Qi Yue's slingshot into his bag, nodded and said, "I have an exam tomorrow, so I'll go back to study first."

Qi Yue patted his head and hurried to his home, "Oh, oh, I want to review the book too."

The next day's exam was nothing more than memorizing things. Song Cheng quickly finished answering the exam papers, then sat in his seat in a daze.After the exam was over, Qi Yue seemed to come back to life. He checked the answers with Song Cheng, and immediately felt that he would pass this time. He smiled and said, "Chengzi, today's imperial examination results are released, do you want to go and see?"

It took Song Cheng a second to digest this sentence. The imperial examinations were released. This year is the fifth year of Song Taizong's Taiping Xingguo, and the imperial examinations were held.Song Cheng nodded and said, "Go."

Qi Yue led Song Cheng to watch the imperial list, and when he went, the lively time had already passed, and there were only a few others standing far away talking.Qi Yue and Song Cheng were young, so they sneaked in to look at the list.

Song Cheng took a cursory glance, and visually estimated that there were a little more than a hundred names.Presumably at this time Song Taizong had already begun to further emphasize literature over military affairs.In the Tang Dynasty, there were an average of 28 Jinshi in each list. During the Five Dynasties, the world was in turmoil, and there were only about fourteen people in each list. The scale of the Song Dynasty was far from comparable to that of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties.

"No. [-] scholar Su Yijian, No. [-] Zhang Bing, Tanhua Chen Ruozhuo." Qi Yue read out, but Song Cheng just watched silently, looking for the familiar names on the list.When Qi Yue said the first name, Su Yijian, his heart skipped a beat. This is—Song Cheng suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and then looked at the names behind. As expected, Li Hang, Kou Zhun, Wang Dan And so on are listed.

Song Cheng counted, and there are 120 people on this list who have entered the rank of Jinshi. Looking at the names, there are several people who will become prime ministers in the future.This list of Jinshi is known as the class of the Dragon and Tiger List. During the reign of Zhenzong, they appeared on the stage one after another, citing each other, and appreciating each other.

Song Cheng smiled and sighed, "I didn't expect that I would be able to stand on the Dragon and Tiger List. It's really an honor."

Qi Yue stretched out his hand and pinched Song Cheng's cheek, "What are you talking about, let's go, don't watch it. We came late, and missed all the wonderful things."

Song Cheng followed Qi Yue to the house, he asked with a smile, "What's the most exciting?"

Qi Yue rubbed his nose and said with a smile, "Of course it's 'catch a son-in-law under the list', let's go, let's wait for the next one if you miss it, maybe next time you, the little bun, will be caught Woolen cloth."

Song Cheng walked down the road with his head down, "I won't take the imperial examination."

Qi Yue was surprised and puzzled, "Why? People like you and Yu Ci should take the imperial examination."

Song Cheng smiled and said, "A gentleman should do something and not do something."