The sound of gongs and drums was deafening at the door, and Li Dongsheng's ears were buzzing.

Li Dongsheng looked at the dozens of familiar or unfamiliar faces in front of him. The corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and there was only one thought in his heart, I was a jinshi! Then Li Dejian gave him a heavy hug.

At this moment, Li Dongsheng seemed to have returned to reality from the clouds.

Li Dongsheng then said to the people crowded around him: "Everyone, ......" As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone around him invariably stopped talking, and they all looked at him, waiting for his voice.

There have been a lot of candidates outside Shangshu Mansion. In addition, the crowd of people watching the excitement is crowded at the door to look at the house!

Li Jing and his wife have already left, their status is too high, everyone will be very restrained here, hearing the news of Li Dong's high school has achieved its goal, and now the time for celebration is given to the young people.

Li Dongsheng straightened his wrinkled clothes and said: "Thank you for your support, I got a junior high school today, I won't talk nonsense, the money is ready, please go outside the door to get it!" ”。

Of course, so many people come to see the excitement, but the main thing is to be happy, take some happy money, and ask for a good omen!

Li Dongsheng's words pointed directly at the hearts of the people, and the itch of the masses was aroused, and the cheers resounded in all directions. Li Dongsheng also has money now, Zhang Chuchen has already found someone to transfer a lot of copper coins, specially prepared for today's Zhongjin Shi's happy money, and he did not directly use a basket to scatter it like other nouveau riche, causing the crowd to scramble and laugh. The guards asked everyone to line up, and then in order each of them 5 copper coins.

At this time, a large army came, there were about ten or twenty people, holding golden flower posts and waving red flags, looking really happy.

At this time, the porter hurriedly ran in and reported: "Young master, the national eunuch is here." Li Dongsheng and Li Dexuan hurriedly greeted them at the door, and saw Kong Yingda, who was sweating profusely by a group of people, and several other teachers from Guozijian.

Li Dongsheng hurriedly walked up to Kong Yingda and bowed heavily, "Thank you for the sacrificial wine and the teachings of the doctors, today's disciples thank the teacher!" ”

Kong Yingda laughed, picked up Lin Yanchao, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I don't dare to accept your statement, how many days have you been in the Guozi Prison, we are stained with your light." But today you have won the Jinshi, and you will become an official in the future, I hope you can be honest and honest, live up to the king, live up to the people, and do what you can for the court and the people. ”

Li Dongsheng said respectfully: "Students remember the teachings of Mr. ”

Li Jing heard that Kong Yingda was coming, and he also hurried out to lead them to the backyard, how to say that he is also a senior official of the fourth grade, and he can come over to congratulate Li Dongsheng in person, this face is too big.

After a day of noisy trouble, Li Dongsheng's head hurts, and he still drinks with Kong Yingda and them at night, and he is still dizzy when he gets up in the morning. But I can't rest today, and I still have a big thing to do. The first thing I did after I became a sergeant was to visit the lord of the house first. This is a subtle set of rules,

Every year, on the second day of the release of the Jinshi list, all candidates have to go to the Ministry of Rites to meet a seat master and formally determine the relationship between the seat master and the protégé.

The so-called seat master is the chief examiner, and the room master is the examiner who took your papers. Li Dongsheng came to the front of the Ministry of Rites and said to the porter at the entrance of the Ministry of Rites: "Under Li Dongsheng, come and meet the master." ”

The porter's eyes lit up, looked at Li Dongsheng and said with a smile: "It turns out that you are Li Dongsheng, sure enough, Yushu Linfeng is a talent, but you are late today, someone has already arrived, and he is already visiting the adult." ”

The porter took Li Dongsheng into the Ministry of Rites, and was very polite along the way, and also told him the rules of meeting the master, and Li Dongsheng, who listened, nodded again and again.

Outside the hall, there were already several jinshi waiting outside, and behind the hanging curtains in the hall, there were a few faint voices of speaking, and there must have been candidates visiting the examiner inside.

Li Dongsheng gave a piece of money to the porter, sent him away, and then waited outside the door with several other jinshi.

Li Dongsheng is not familiar with them, and the Ministry of Rites is not a place to make friends, and it is only at the conversation banquet and Qujiang banquet in a few days that the Jinshi make friends with each other. So Li Dongsheng nodded from a distance with those people, even if he said hello.

It didn't take long for the curtain to be lifted, and several candidates walked out.

Several candidates outside the door went up together and waved to the little official behind the candidates: "I'll wait to meet the master, and please report." ”

, the little officer. looked at Li Dongsheng at the far point of the station, and then asked, "May I ask if it is Li Dongsheng's son?" ”

A few people outside the door just now, or a few candidates who had just come out, all looked at Li Dongsheng with a surprised expression.

Li Dongsheng stepped forward and said, "It's down." ”

The little official saw Li Dongsheng and said with a smile: "Li Gongzi's literary brilliance is peerless, that piece of Afang Palace, I really love it when I read it, and I can't put it down." The examiner and the grader have always complimented you on what you wrote. Come in first! ”

Li Dongsheng hurriedly said: "These people came before me in the same year, and I'm still behind them." ”

Those candidates saw that Li Dongsheng was pleasing to the eyes, he was still so modest at a young age, and they all had a good impression of him, and when they saw him refusing, they hurriedly said: "Don't be polite, you took the first place in the exam, then you should be the first to see you, it doesn't matter if we wait, don't let the two teachers wait too long." ”

The little official listened to their words and said with a smile: "Look, you are what everyone wants, don't rub it off, come in with me." ”

After Li Dongsheng thanked the candidates, he followed the little official into the house.

Entering the room, Li Dongsheng saw at a glance that in the middle of the hall, there were two people sitting side by side on the Hu chair. Li Dongsheng didn't know any of them, but it didn't prevent him from saluting, Li Dongsheng stepped forward with his clothes straightened, and the little official said beside him: "Li Dongsheng, who won the first place in the Zhenguan four-year Jinshi test, stepped forward to pay a respect." ”

The person on the left smiled and said to Li Dongsheng: "I really felt a lot when I read your Fu that day, and I finally saw me today, which is good." ”

The person next to him smiled: "You didn't know you just now, let me introduce you, the old man Liu Zhi is the chief examiner this time, he is Lu Yan, and he is your marking officer." ”

Li Dongsheng saluted respectfully and said: "Drinking water and thinking about the source, students can be promoted by two adults!" Students are willing to perform discipleship in front of two adults. ”

Lu Yan opened his mouth and said: "Li Dongsheng, I have heard of your poem name for a long time, but this Fu is also written so well, it is really unexpected, it is really a hero and a young man." ”

Li Dongsheng hurriedly replied: "I don't dare to be a teacher's praise." ”

Liu Zhi said with a smile: "Don't be modest in Dongsheng, we can still distinguish between good and bad." There are a lot of things today, and we will talk about it in detail in a few days. ”