Imperial Exam Daily

The people who came to announce the good news were naturally the top candidates, and generally only the top six were honored. The scholars in the hall looked at each other, and their hearts were suspended unconsciously. I don't know who is so lucky.

But before Yang Ye could answer, the waiter in their guest room jumped out quickly: "Yes! Yes, Mr. Yang lives in our inn! I'll go and invite you right away."

As soon as the words were finished, Xiaoer caught sight of the Yang couple standing at the stairs: "Mr. Yang is not there!"

The scholars all looked at the person Xiaoer had mentioned, and Yang Ye graciously led Axi and walked over.

The face of the person who came to announce the good news was full of joy: "Congratulations to Yang Xiucai, Jie Yuan in the township examination!"

The people in the inn were in an uproar immediately. Even Yang Ye didn't expect that he would be the number one in the provincial examination. Although he was a little confident, there were many talents in the rural examination, so he was not sure of being the first. It's enough to raise a person, even if it's a hanging tail, that's not bad.

The current news was both surprising and gratifying, so he calmed down and quickly rewarded the person who announced the good news.

The reward was quite a lot, and the person who announced the good news was also happy, and said a few auspicious words again and again.

Then the person who announced the good news read three more names, namely No.6 Yakui, and No.3 and No.4 Jingkui.

Only the top six in the township examination have titles. Four of the top six in this exam are in Laimengju. The most worth mentioning is that Jie Yuan is also there. The innkeeper is very happy. The more outstanding candidates are in It was born here, and the reputation spreads well. It can be said that the Feng Shui of the inn is good. Many candidates believe in this, and their future business will definitely be good.

The boss generously set up four tables of banquets that day, and provided them to several candidates for free to eat and drink for friends, firstly as a thank you, and secondly, to gain a reputation for being generous to guests, no one can say which of them will be grand lords in the future up.

The table prepared for Yang Ye was the richest.

Now it is Juren, which is a qualitative leap compared to before. Not only can you take the next exam, but you will have the opportunity to be an official after becoming a Juren. Since then, you have become a candidate for the imperial court. The title of Master Juren will not be circulated.

With such great joy now, Yang Cheng was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear. He held Yang Ye's hand and said, "The family is prosperous! From now on, there will be a master in our family. It's really smoke from the ancestral grave."

He wished he could tell Wu Yonglan about these festive events right away, but right now he had to ask Axi to write a letter and send it back.Yang Ye is so promising, he doesn't know what kind of scenery it will be when he returns to the county.

The smile on Ah Xi's face has never faded since she heard the news, and at Yang Cheng's urging, she wrote a letter to her sister-in-law.

Yang Ye was naturally overjoyed, but now he didn't bother to be happy, he was thinking about Li Cheng and Wen Han's situation. Now that the people who announced the good news are back, there must not be many people who read the list, so he spent a few copper coins Ask the errands to help him look at the list of township examinations, mainly looking at the names of Li Cheng and Wen Han.

Unfortunately, the general watched the runner go out, so Yang Ye saw Li Cheng and Wen Han rushing over together, and he immediately went up to meet him.

Wen Han and Li Cheng clasped their hands together, with joy on their faces, they said in unison: "Congratulations, brother Yang."

Yang Ye chuckled lightly: "You guys are well informed, tell me how you are doing?"

Li Cheng waved his fan as usual: "Candidates all over the provincial capital, when the rankings are released today, you can hear that No. 1 is Yang Ye everywhere. It's hard for us not to know. I won the first prize, fifth."

"Then I have to congratulate Brother Li too." After Yang Ye finished speaking, he looked at Wen Han again.

Wen Han sighed leisurely: "Wen Han is not as good as the two, at least he won the twelfth place."

Yang Ye patted Wen Han's shoulder: "You are not in good condition this time, and you will have a brighter future."

Wen Han didn't feel too sad. In fact, he was already very satisfied with this ranking. There were thousands of people in the provincial examination, and only 120 were selected. Although they were not as good as Yang Ye and Li Cheng, they still won. Although it is not a disappointment to his wife and mother, after this test, he also understood a truth, what Yang Ye said is right, reading can not be mediocre, it is important to understand, and you have to study extensively, otherwise once you come out like this time If you don't ask some unpopular questions, you will know the depth of a candidate.

The three young people of similar age were high-spirited and quite handsome standing on the street. Yang Cheng shouted at the door of the inn: "Don't bother talking outside, the innkeeper has prepared a banquet, come in and eat quickly."

The three looked at each other and laughed lightly.

During the dinner, the owner of the inn also came to toast and congratulated Yang Ye with a few words of congratulations. Knowing that the two friends he invited to be guests were also outstanding candidates in this exam, they became more and more attentive. Friends are all excellent.

After the innkeeper left, the few people became more casual, and there were acquaintances on the left and right, so everyone ate and drank freely, people were refreshed on happy occasions, and even Wen Han, who didn't drink much on weekdays, also had a drink.

"Is that right? I'll try it in the future. If I can achieve good results again, there will be a banquet at that time. If you don't practice drinking now, it will be up to you in the future." Li Cheng saw Wen Han had a drink, and hurriedly Filled the wine: "After returning to the county, go to my house to drink. My father has a lot of good wine."

Wen Han drank three glasses in a row, then hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no, brother Li won't pour wine with Brother Yang, he should drink two more glasses today."

Yang Ye ate the food and said with a smile: "Today, my husband is here, so I don't want to drink."

Li Cheng said: "Don't use Fulang as a shield, do you see that Axi intends to stop you?"

A Xi said gently: "Li, Mr. Li, it's better not to drink with A Ye, he can't drink to his liking."

Yang Cheng held the wine glass, but smiled and said nothing.

"It's brother, you can drink today, if you don't get drunk, you won't return!"

Li Cheng saw that the more Yang Ye stopped drinking, the more he wanted to excite people.

"Okay, I'll wait for your words today."

While pushing glasses and changing glasses, Li Chengfang only regretted that he had never seen Yang Ye's drinking capacity. He thought that drinking capacity was something worth showing off when he urinated and followed his father in the banquet wine field. Showing off his abilities in front of Wen Han was no small matter when he came to Yang Ye's place. After drinking, he saw that Yang Ye thought the wine glass was too small and troublesome, and when he wanted to drink directly from the jug, he shrank to the side of the table and tried to escape.

"Hey, if it's a man, just keep drinking. What are you doing like this?"

Li Cheng's fan was also thrown on the ground, and he waved his hands again and again, just like Wen Han just now: "I can't, I can't, I can't come. You let Wen Han drink, and Wen Han has to have some more."

Yang Ye raised his eyebrows, Wen Han couldn't drink anymore, he was lying on the table already drunk, and now he was unconscious.

Looking at the two of them, he shook his head, no matter what, he won't continue to embarrass them anymore.

Seeing this, Li Cheng hiccupped and said, "My cousin wants to see you."

Yang Ye's eyebrows frowned. He glanced at Axi next to him, and instead of answering Li Cheng's words, he said to Axi, "I'm a little thirsty and want to drink some cold water. Can Axi go get me some?"

Axi stood up: "I'll go right away."

Li Cheng didn't know why, only when Yang Ye was really thirsty, he urged: "Did you hear what I said?"

"The Bachelor of the Luming Banquet is going to host, so of course we can see it."

"It's not this, but I want to meet you alone. After my cousin met you that day, and now I know you are Jie Yuan, so I told my uncle about you. My cousin seems to like you very much, so I told you Say hello." Although Li Cheng was drunk, he tried his best to be serious and said: "Although my cousin is strict, I will not deal with him, but after all, the official is a third-rank official, Yang Ye, you and I know it well, and we will definitely step into each other in the future. In the official world, I have this confidence somewhere in the dark, if you can get along with your cousin, you can avoid detours when you become an official in the future."

Yang Ye understood Li Cheng's meaning, the so-called leaning against a big tree is good for enjoying the shade, and there are countless cliques in the officialdom. Naturally, these civil servants should be optimistic about the seedlings early, so that they can be brought under the door as soon as possible, and they will be more helpful in the court in the future. And for a scholar who devotes himself to studying sage books, it is extremely difficult and something to be proud of to be recognized by officials. Presumably, if he is not friends with Li Cheng, such an opportunity will not reach his head.

He is very grateful for Li Cheng's favor, but it's a pity that some things are already destined, it is impossible for him to worship under the Song family, but according to the current situation, he can't refuse to meet with him, and he can't say no Song Xueshi's desire to attract people, if he offends people now, he will stumbling him secretly in the future. With his current strength, he still cannot compete with it.

"Okay, I don't know when Master Song is going to see me."

"Tomorrow, the day before the Luming Banquet."

Yang Ye was silent.

After the meal, Yang Ye simply opened a room for Wen Han and sent him to sleep. He looked so drunk that it was really not suitable for walking outside. As for Li Cheng, even though his face was full of drunkenness, he could still stand up , Axi cooked hangover soup for him to drink, and after resting for a while, he called a soft sedan chair and went back.

After an unbridled pleasure, he went back to his room and lay down on the bed. Although he didn't do anything today, he was a little tired. Thinking about the next two days of banquets, he felt even more tired. Last time The hairpin feast after the college examination was already annoying enough. At that time, I was just a not-so-good lin student, so I didn't pay too much attention. Everyone's eyes were on Wen Han.

He won the first place in the provincial examination this time, there must be many stars, and there must be a lot of flattery and flattery, and of course there will be a lot of bitter words. Thinking about dealing with these, he felt a little headache.

Ah Xi came back after fetching some hot water, wet the handkerchief and went to him, wiped his face, saw his husband's tired face, and said softly, "What's wrong?"

"Now that your husband has won the election, he is still Xie Yuan. Are you happy?"

Ah Xi smiled and said: "Of course I'm happy." Any husband would be unhappy seeing his husband become famous.

"Is Ah Ye not happy?"

Yang Ye said shamelessly, "I'll be happy if you're happy."

Axi withdrew the veil: "I just know that you are poor, and the fame is yours. How can you be happy when others are happy."

"If it weren't for our Axi's supervision, I wouldn't be where I am today." Yang Ye stretched out his hand and pulled Axi into his arms: "Now that I have achieved fame, I have to thank my husband."

Ah Xi blinked her eyes: "Why, how grateful?"

Yang Ye raised his foot and kicked down the curtain, turned over and held Ah Xi down: "How about a promise with your body?"