Enter the red building

When Xue Qiu left the examination room, he couldn't help but let out a long breath.The three days were indeed a torment, and several candidates fell ill and were sent out halfway through.

Bai Xia and others who had been waiting outside the examination room saw Xue Qiu at a glance, ran to Xue Qiu's side, and took the things from Xue Qiu's hand.

Seeing that the uncle's face was different from the paleness of other candidates, Bai Xia couldn't help wondering, "Master, did you really take the exam?"

Xue Qiu patted Bai Xia's head horizontally with his left hand, and said with a smile, "Master, I won't take part in the scientific examination, what can I do?"

Bai Xia chuckled and said: "I just think that the uncle is not like other people who fainted as soon as they came out of the exam."

Another servant next to him reminded: "Master, let's talk when we get back! My wife is still waiting at home."

Xue Qiu nodded, and he had to go back to take a shower and change his clothes, now he really smelled good.Just as he was about to leave, he heard someone calling his name behind him. Looking back, he saw a young man in a green shirt walking towards Xue Qiu.

Xue Qiu knew this person, this person was Xue Qi, the eldest son of the fifth house of the Xue family, and he was his cousin.Because after Xue's family was divided into seven rooms, they came and went less frequently.This was the first time Xue Qiu saw Xue Qi in person, with a green shirt and white boots, quite a gentleman.It's just that as soon as those words are spoken, it makes people feel disgusted.

"Xue Qiu, you actually came to take the hospital exam?" The tone was somewhat contemptuous.

Because Xue Qiu participated in the first two rounds of the children's examination, the county examination and the government examination, but stopped at the last courtyard examination, and then gave up continuing to take the imperial examination, and chose to start a business with his father.

Xue Qiu sneered a few times, "Try your luck!"

When Xue Qi heard this, the disdain in his eyes became even heavier, and he sneered, "Luck? How dare you say it."

For Xue Qi, Xue Qiu really didn't have much feeling.Thinking about it, he only offended him because of a small matter before, but he has been remembering it until now.Really narrow-minded.

After all, Xue Qiu has been a human being in two lifetimes, and he doesn't want to argue with Xue Qi. Xue Qi is just young and arrogant.Xue Qiu smiled perfunctorily, "It's nothing, I'll go first."

Seeing Xue Qiu's impatient look, Xue Qi was annoyed, and thinking that Xue Qiu might fail the exam again, he became in a good mood again, nodded, "I hope your luck is very good!" His bookboy servant left quite proudly.

Xue Qiu shook his head secretly, and couldn't help but think of the word "little kid".

Back home, Mrs. Xue was sitting on the square chair in the main hall, and Xue Baoqin was sitting on the lower chair. Both of them were looking out the door, waiting for Xue Qiu to come back.

Seeing Xue Qiu from afar, Mrs. Xue quickly got up and ran over to look Xue Qiu up and down, and said: "I'm thinner again!" Xue Qiu was quite speechless, and lost weight within three days.

Xue Qiu said: "Mother, my son wants to take a bath first and change clothes."

Mrs. Xue nodded and said with a smile: "The hot water has been prepared long ago, you go first! Come back for dinner later."

Xue Qiu nodded, and went to his yard to the west.

Xue Baoqin still wanted to ask Xue Qiu how he was doing in the exam, but Mrs. Xue gave her a wink and said no, so she had no choice but to give up, but she was still thinking about it.

After dinner, Xue Qiu didn't chat with his mother and sister for a while, and wanted to go back to sleep first.Mrs. Xue also knew that Xue Qiu was tired, so she asked him to go back and rest early.

Lying on the bed, Xue Qiu stretched his waist comfortably, this bed is still comfortable to lie on!

For the next few days, Xue Baoqin wanted to ask Xue Qiu how he was doing in the exam, but was dismissed by Xue Qiu's "don't say".In fact, Xue Qiu didn't know what the result would be, Xue Qiu felt that he should be quite sure.

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It takes about six days to complete the reading and correction of the file.But now the chief examiner, governor Xiao Yi, and one of the deputy examiners, the magistrate Liu Cang, had a dispute over the case. Xiao Yi took an answer sheet and said angrily to Liu Cang: "This article is enough to become the case." It is "Gentleman Fu" answered by Xue Qiu.And unfolded the reading: "Ask what is a gentleman? The answer is: Like a plum blossom in Linghan alone, and a thousand miles away in the evening snow, only a dark fragrance floats, and the dead branches are red; like a bamboo alone, looking for clarity in the sky, leaving a strong iron frame Like a chrysanthemum laughing and intoxicating the crowd, with the autumn wind as a skirt, Xuan Gaojie follows the dream, admiring the lonely fragrance; like an orchid and a valley, admiring the clear water like jade, with a jade pot with an icy heart, elegant and forgetting the name. The old man stands between the vast world, You should be filial to your parents, respect your teachers, be respectful to your brothers and sisters, be respectful to your brothers and sisters, the old and the old and the old of others, and the young and the young and the young of people.”

Liu Cang held the other article without giving in, and said: "The handwriting of your article is a little worse than this article, and the writing of this article is not very good."

The two were fighting with red faces, and they refused to give in at all.In desperation, another deputy examiner Zhizhou Xu Cheng, Mr. Xu, was allowed to judge.Xu Cheng carefully read the two articles and their poems and essays.Finally, his eyes stopped on Xue Qiu's trial poem "Si Jun Yuan".

The gentleman is far away on the stream, and the guest is lonely by the bridge; if you want to stay at night, don't let me look at the future.

Xu Cheng nodded secretly. Although the poem is simple, its meaning is very deep. It seems to be thinking about the king, but it is thinking about oneself, not only thinking about the past self, but also thinking about the self who does not know the future.

Xu Cheng expressed his opinion to Xiao Yi and Liu Cang.

Six days later it was time to post the list, and Mrs. Xue had already sent someone to look at it.

Bai Xia looked up from the bottom, and the more he looked up, the more flustered he felt, the uncle was afraid that he failed the exam again.Probably because Xue Qiu failed the exam before, Bai Xia looked up from the bottom.

"Who is the chief case?" A voice came out.

"Let me take a look, Xue Qiu!" Another voice replied.

The two stood beside Bai Xia, listening to their conversation, Bai Xia followed suit, "Xue Qiu!" Isn't Xue Qiu the uncle?Bai Xia looked up, and the word "Xue Qiu" was impressively written on the top row.

Uncle is the case?Is the uncle really the case?Bai Xia rubbed her eyes and took a closer look, but there was still the word "Xue Qiu" written on it.

"Hahahaha! My uncle is the chief of the case! The uncle is the chief of the case!" Bai Xia and the servants of the Xue family next to him all smiled happily.

No. 2 Liu Sheng, next to the court, glanced at Bai Xia, feeling very disappointed, obviously he was very sure to win the case, how could Xue Qiu suddenly appear.

Bai Xia and the others didn't care about the scrutiny of the people around them, they just wanted to tell his wife the news and go back to receive the reward.

And Xue Qi next to him was very happy to see that he was No.5, but when he saw that Xue Qiu was the leader of the case, he felt like he had eaten a fly.

Bai Xia and the others ran into the main hall with smiles on their faces, and hurriedly shouted: "The chief of the case! The chief of the case! The uncle is the chief of the case!"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Xue stood up abruptly, and said excitedly: "Good! Rewards, all the servants in the house have rewards!!"

Xue Qiu himself was also very happy. After all, this was his first exam, and it was great to be the first one.

Xue Baoqin also looked at Xue Qiu with a smile on her face. She admired her brother very much. After her father died, she supported the family with one hand. She knew that her brother worked so hard to take the imperial examination for her own sake. Tears filled her eyes. .It's great to have such a good brother!