Getting rid of fame is equivalent to the death penalty for people in the officialdom.But after all, it was not a death sentence. Qiu Wenzhao had no face to meet people in the capital, so he took his family back to his hometown by boat that day.

Yu Fu and Zheng Zhao sat around the fire burning articles.

The matter was resolved by Wei Yunheng, and the limelight was given by Zheng Zhao.Zheng Zhao looked at the fire and burned the article to ashes, red sparks and black ashes. Qiu Beiying had a teacher's kindness to them, but his only son was kicked out of fame.He closed his eyes, only to feel the stench all over his body was unbearable, so he broke the silence and said, "I'm going to take a bath."

"I'm going to take a shower too." Wei Yunheng also stood up, "I've been in the dorm for three days, it's really like being in an abalone place, the smell is unbearable."

Yu Guangdu smelled the clothes on his body, turned his head with a disgusted face, and said, "Let's go together, let's go together."

Yangzhitang was rich and powerful, Yufu also had a lot of manpower, hot water had already been prepared, and the bathtub was set up without much delay.Yu Guangdu walked to the main house, Wei Yunheng and Zheng Zhao went to the wing room on the same road, he seemed to sigh: "Qiu Wenzhao is greedy for money, rascal, unfilial and unrighteous, he deserves what he will end up like."

Zheng Zhao said softly, "I know."

Knowing and feeling are two different things, whether it is hypocrisy or false compassion, anyway, he is this kind of person, who cares, entangles, worries, and struggles to no avail.Those who achieve great things do not stick to small details, but my grandfather said that they cannot achieve great things.

Zheng Zhao pushed open the door, filled with steam.When he took off his clothes, the water of the Canglang was clear and could wash my tassels; the water of the Canglang was turbid and could wash my feet.

"Brother Zheng, I'll give you something!" Yu Guangdu came in hurriedly, and ran out blushing again with a howl.He touched his nose with his hand, and whispered: "Don't have a nosebleed...don't have a nosebleed...don't have a nosebleed..."

"Great, no bleeding." Just as he finished speaking, a few drops of blood flowed from his nose, which was very disrespectful to the young master.

Zheng Zhao helplessly asked through the door, "Why did Brother Yu come here?"

Yu Guangdu blocked his nosebleeds, and said in a muffled voice: "The Canaan incense my father sent me just happened to burn it when I took a bath. I just forgot to give it to Brother Zheng."

Zheng Zhao said, "Leave the door open."

Yu Guangdu covered his nose with one hand, and quickly bent down to put the box containing Canaan incense at the door.He stood up and stared at the window paper from the crack of the door. He couldn't help thinking of the back he saw just now. His skin was like snow and his hair was like waterfalls. It was so beautiful and enviable.

There was heat in his nostrils again, and he tried not to look away, cursing himself secretly.Yu Guangdu, fight for your strength, you are engaged!

He wiped his nose, held his head up and went to deliver incense to Wei Yunheng.

After taking a bath, it is time to burn incense, the stove is warm and the fur is light. Zheng Zhao sits with his hair loose, holding chess pieces and playing chess with himself. The leisure time is the most rare, and the apricot blossoms on the wall are blooming.

"Brother Zheng, I was chatting with Brother Yu, and it occurred to me that I still don't know the name of Brother Zheng." Wei Yunheng still had moisture on his body, and his hair crown was tied up. , I started writing when I was studying, and I quickly picked up the number after the imperial examination. Although the examination has not been released, Brother Zheng has long been a scholar, and if he didn’t take the name, he should take the name.”

"Yes." Yu Guang said, "Brother Wei's name is Changfeng, and my name is Xiaoyu. Where's Brother Zheng?"

Zheng Zhao put down the chess pieces, thought for a while and said, "Let's mess around."

Tiny lights, flying around.

Yu Guangdu made a long bow and said, "Brother Luanying."

Zheng Zhao nodded to the two outside the window and said, "Xiaoyu, Changfeng."

The list was released on the 27th, and the gate of the Gongyuan was crowded with people the night before.Although the official list had to be sent to the Ministry of Rites for stamping and posting, the graders were all in the Gongyuan, and the list was also written in the Gongyuan and sent to the Ministry of Rites.It has become a custom to wait in front of the Tribute Court, and the officials will report the names of the Chinese-style people when they leave the Tribute Court after the official list is written and sent to the Ministry of Rites.Although if you really want to win, there will be someone at home who will report the sweet money, but who doesn't want to know the result earlier.

The three of Zheng Zhao made an appointment to wait for the announcement at Sihai Building.The reason why Wei Yunheng chose Sihailou was not only because of the delicious food and wine, but also because Sihailou was next to the Gongyuan.They came at dusk, ready to eat while waiting for the announcement.According to the practice of previous years, the official list was written and sent out of the Tribute Academy on the 27th. Perhaps because of nervousness, the thousands of candidates in front of the Tribute Academy did not speak, and the occasional conversations were extremely low.Sihailou was also silent and depressed, as if a mountain rain was about to come.

The Longmen cannon rang, and the gate of the Gongyuan opened.First, two teams of officers and soldiers came out and shouted loudly: "Avoid!"

This is about to be listed, the students in front of the gate of the Gongyuan, together with their relatives, friends and servants retreated to both sides like a tide.Seeing that everyone gave way, the sound of drums and music was heard inside the door, and the guards of honor were all out.Officials rode horses to escort a colorful pavilion tied with a red ribbon, and the official list was in the pavilion.

"Is Feng Xitong in Suzhou?"

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, is Li Heng's name on the list?"

"Liu Ying, where is Liu Ying?"

The sound of questioning was overwhelming, and the voices of all the people gathered together were like thunder drums, deafening.As soon as the promotion officer went out, his ears rang from the shock. With the agitation of the crowd, the way he gave up was blocked again. He was stuck immediately and couldn't get out, nor could he retreat. He looked to the prison officer next to him for help.The supervisor nodded his head, which allowed the promoting officer to report his name according to the established rules.

The rule is the top five and the last five. Occasionally, the promotion officer will give hints to the interrogator, nodding, smiling, shaking his head and frowning. Everyone has experienced this.

"Silence! Silence!" The promotion officer shouted condescendingly from his horseback: "I will announce the bottom five candidates for this exam first."

As soon as these words came out, the front of the Gongyuan gate quickly fell silent, holding their breath and waiting for the name to be reported.Although he was in the bottom five, he was selected after all. Han Chuang's hard study was not in vain, and he still has the opportunity to participate in the palace examination, so he might be able to move up the ranking.

The promotion officer said loudly: "The [-]th place in the Wusi Division Examination - Lu Hua from Zhenjiang."

The place downstairs in Sihai suddenly boiled, and congratulations were heard endlessly.Yu Guangdu clenched his fan tightly, so nervous that his heart was in his throat. If he could win, he should be in the last few.

"No. 290 and ninth place in the Wusi Division Examination——Qian Chenghuan from Qingzhou."

"The 290th and eighth place in the Wusi Branch Examination—Taiyuan Wang Jin."

"The 290th and [-]th place in the Wusi Division Examination - Suzhou Yu Guangdu."

Yu Guangdu trembled when he heard the words, looked at Wei Yunheng and Zheng Zhao, his hands were trembling with joy, and he didn't know what to say when he opened his mouth to speak.

"Congratulations, brother Xiaoyu." Both Zheng Zhao and Wei Yunheng congratulated him.

"I didn't want to have this day at all..." Yu Xiaoyu said a little awkwardly, "I'm planning to go back to Suzhou in May next year to get married, and I won, I won."

The examinee who was also in the Four Seas Building said: "Shut up, the previous one is about to be announced."

The last five are the lucky ones, and the first five are the proud ones.The promotion officer looked at the crowd vigilantly, and said in a loud voice: "Wusi Branch Exam No. 5——Yulin Yuanxian."

Wei Yunheng said in a low voice: "This is Xie Yuan from the Shaanxi Provincial Examination. I heard that his parents died early, and his brother also died of illness. His widowed wife brought him up."

The official said: "No. 4 in the Wusi Division Examination—Jiujiang Zhang Mozhong."

"I know this." Yu Guangdu said, "His family is very rich in Jiangxi. They built embankments around the waves and defended the water for the fields. Most of the rice and grain in Huguang passed through his family. Since his grandfather, he has let his children and grandchildren study. It’s completely changing the door with the family.”

Just as he was talking, he heard the transfer officer announce again: "No. 3 in the Wusi Division Examination—Linqing Wei Yunheng."

"Congratulations, Brother Changfeng." Yu Guangdu was as happy as if he had won a good ranking.

Wei Yunheng tried to suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth, but it was not easy, and finally he showed a twisted and weird smile.The good news came too fast and too slow.Perhaps for his age, it can already be regarded as the pride of his youth, but for some things, if he misses it, he misses it.But if Enke had been earlier, he might not have won such a good ranking.

The promotion officer announced that No. 2 and No. 1 are both from Jiaxing, which is amazing.

"Brother Zheng's name is not there." Yu Guangdu stomped his feet anxiously.

Wei Yunheng said: "The rankings in the test are all false names, so don't worry about it. Brother Zheng, don't worry, let's go to the Ministry of Rites to see the official list."

It is seven or eight miles from the Gongyuan to the Ministry of Rites. Nearly ten thousand people walk with lanterns, like a fire dragon swimming in the capital.Zheng Zhao and the others could only follow at the end when they came down from the Four Seas Building. When they arrived at the screen wall of the Ministry of Rites, the two-foot-long list had already been pasted up. People were so crowded that they could not see the list at all.The officials of the Ministry of Rituals were no strangers to it, and with a wave of their hands, more than a dozen scribes sang the list at the top of their voices.

The singing list started from the last one, and Yu Guangdu heard his name again.As more and more names were announced, the examinees gradually became agitated, worried that they would fail, and no longer felt at ease listening to the singing list at the same place, and squeezed forward one by one.And those who were originally in the front row with the candidates and servants had already read the list, but couldn't get out if they wanted to go out. The moment of silence became noisy.

"Miss, don't you listen?" A short man asked the young woman beside him under the locust tree one mile away from the Gongyuan.

The woman combed her hair in a bun, her clothes were simple, but her appearance was very beautiful.She shook her head and said, "I don't want to listen, my husband, let's go, the inn needs someone to take care of us, and something will happen if we leave for too long."

"My lady is virtuous, hehe, let's go back now." The man rubbed his head and smiled innocently. Of course he knew that she was here to hear about his former concubine, but as a small businessman who opened an inn, he could get such a big beauty to do his job. Fill the room, it's pretty good.

The crowd was noisy and crowded, and Yu Guangdu was even more upset when he saw this scene. He collapsed twice on the spot and saw nothing, so he said to the healthy servant behind him: "Squeeze in and look at the rankings. Brother Luanying won the prize." No?"

"Ah?" Jian Servant said with a bitter face when he heard the words, "The little one can squeeze in, but the little one can't read."

"It's useless." Yu Guangdu cursed angrily, trying to move forward with both hands, obviously wanting to squeeze in to see the list.

Zheng Zhao grabbed his arm, shook his head and said, "Xiao Yu is not in a hurry, the list is right there, it won't be too late to look at it after people leave."

At mao shi, the candidates gathered in front of the etiquette department gradually dispersed, and Zheng Zhao turned off the lights and walked forward to the list.Every word on the list was as big as a bucket, black and glossy, he looked from right to left, and before he could see it, he heard Yu Guangdu shout.

"Congratulations, Brother Luanying, No. 20 three."

The author has something to say: If you do many unrighteous actions, you will kill yourself, and you will avenge yourself

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