The autumn rain has been continuous, since the third day of the imperial examination, the road is full of mud, with the high temperature as if the whole Jinling has become a large sauna, extremely wet and stuffy. It rained for seven or eight days in a row, and it was not until the eighth day of the eighth month of August that it cleared.

This imperial examination was originally scheduled to be released on the tenth day of the first month, and the efficiency of this year's examiners is very fast, and it is said that it will be posted early in the morning on the ninth day of the first month.

These days, the scholar's heart seems to have installed a fluffy little brush, scratching and scratching, and the daily routine and three meals are all wasted, even Xu Hui and Zhu Hao and other celebrities are not exempt from vulgarity.

On the night of the eighth day of the new year, Zhu Hao, who hadn't slept for two days, lay down early, but couldn't sleep at all, so he simply got up and walked to Xu Hui's room, seeing that he didn't rest, the two talked about their hearts.

Zhu Hao sighed and said: "My fame and fortune are weak, and it doesn't matter if I don't win it, but I can't live up to my fiancée, and I don't want her expectations for half a year to be disappointed." Although the name of the family is not expensive, the ancient and modern celebrities and talents are all derived from the name of the family. ”

Xu Huo said with a smile: "It's hateful that this year's class of chief examiners has avoided people cleanly, and if we don't win again, it will be too cold." Alas, if there is no movement at this moment tomorrow, there is no need to think about it. ”

"The day before yesterday, I had two Liuren classes, and it seems that we can all be hopeful." Zhu Hao's two eyes were bloodshot.

"The next year is the most ineffective." Xu Huo shook his head, "It's the first time I've been in Jiang; Ning exam, there is a plum blossom number for me to start a class, get the Thai hexagram five yao, he said needless to say, you must be in the yuan. The rhetoric is that Emperor Yi returns to his sister, in order to benefit Yuanji, you see, and the elephant is still a wish. ”

Zhu Hao said: "Yes, this is a good fortune. ”

"And that's not all." Xu Huo said again: "That year is the last year, you think the word B of Emperor B, the word of the sister who returned to the sister went to the female word, isn't it the last two words?" I was talking to myself about being sure. Who knows that ghosts and gods are the best at coaxing people, you say ridiculous or not? ”

"Worship ghosts and gods and stay away." Zhu Hao smiled, "In fact, the human heart is the most spiritual, and what the heart wants, the image is presented, this is the image of the human heart, not the image in the hexagram." ”

For a whole night, the two made tea and chatted to pass the time, and only went to rest after nearly five watches, and only slept for half an hour. And as soon as the morning dawned, the men arose.

Here Xu Yu didn't care about the imperial examination, he was thinking about his friends, and he didn't sleep well this night. After freshening up early, I sent people to the Gongyuan and the Six Ministries to inquire about the news.

rode to the Hongji Temple where the two of them stayed, walked into the room, and saw Xu Huo and Zhu Hao sitting opposite each other playing chess, and before Xu Yu could speak, Xu Huo had already thrown the chess pieces and said, "Lost." No need to go down. ”

Xu Yu knew that his friend was anxious, and said with a smile: "Come on, I brought a banquet, such a big roasted whole sheep." Let's eat wine and meat. ”

"Great!" Zhu Hao jumped up and shouted, "I'll go and inform Mr. Sheng and his friends in the temple that the big guy should be drunk with complicity today." ”

Soon seven or eight restless undergraduates came running one after another, and Mr. Sheng also arrived later. Eating meat and drinking wine, everyone is absent-minded from beginning to end, and they don't know what the taste of fragrant mutton jerky chews.

With the sound of the gong of the annunciation. The heart was also stirred, in short, some people were happy and some were sad, and the number of people who fell off the list was far more than the number of Zhongjinshi.

Among the dozen people, only two people were hit, and everyone congratulated them unexpectedly, and they were happily hugged and left, and the rest of the people looked at each other and sighed in unison.

Time passed bit by bit, and the mood was a mess, and suddenly someone outside shouted: "Master Xu is in high school, Master Xu is in high school." ”

The room was suddenly shocked, Xu Hui's whole person trembled, and he saw that the person shouted again: "Jiangnan Supervisor Xu Huo is the eighty-fourth in Master Xu Hui's high school." ”

"Really, really?" Xu Huo was ecstatic, and then said with a disappointed face: "Jiangnan prisoner? Alas! ”

"I guess I'm wrong." Xu Yu and the others were also shocked, "Your name may not be the same, nine times out of ten you can't be wrong." ”

Xu Huo smiled bitterly: "To borrow your auspicious words, you still have to look at the list to be accurate." ”

He endured the mentality of going up and down, looking calm, and the glass of wine undoubtedly betrayed his mood. Xu Yu showed the reward, and the big guy continued to wait anxiously, but there was no movement until the night.

Zhu Hao lowered his head and was silent, and Mr. Sheng kept comforting him. At this time, a few friends broke in and said with a smile: "Congratulations are here, hurry up and prepare the wedding wine." Hey, Second Master Xu, are you here too? ”

Xu Yu greeted with a smile, and Xu Huo said: "It's almost all over at the moment, and it's going to be overwhelmed, how can he have it?" ”

The person who came smiled and said: "I have only reported more than one hundred and eighty, and you are in the eighty-fourth place in Yuanyuzhong, is it too low, so you are a little wronged?" ”

Xu Huo smiled bitterly: "Didn't you see that the note was written about Jiangnan Prisoner?" ”

People said, "This is a clerical error, a common thing." ”

"Don't be suspicious, Brother Yuanyu must have been hit." Xu Yu said with a smile, turned his head and ordered to put a table again, "Let's eat and wait, if you don't come to report, how about going to see the list together after the third watch?" ”

How can these people who look forward to a whole day still have the mood to continue eating and drinking? The listless ones left one after another. Zhu Hao insisted that everyone accompany him to drink, and although Xu Hui said that he was puzzled, in fact, his heart had already bloomed, which can be said to be a dry cup of wine, and people are in good spirits at happy events.

Xu Yu has always been free and easy, and there is no impact at all if he fails the exam, and Mr. Sheng is the same as him.

Mr. Xi Jiansheng said: "Don't worry, Weiqing must be within the top five, if it weren't for the fourth and fifth place, I wouldn't dare to write a paper." I still remember the year when I was lucky in my hometown, I made an appointment with a few friends, and waited for the good news at a large banquet. My friend doesn't look like it, I went home, and I was about to go to bed on the fourth watch, and the good news came out, but it was a solution. Hehe, don't you know that Wukui is the last to fill in? ”

Xu Hui and Zhu Hao are both entering Beijing for the first time to take the exam and have no experience. Among the people present, there were two scholars who had experienced two or three imperial examinations, and one of them named Zhang Qing said: "Enke, I'm not just on the good news?" Obviously, I am the second on the sub-list, but he did not report that I am the second Nanyuan, and I rewarded him with a lot of money. The next day, I didn't come, and when I looked at the list, I realized that it was a sub-list, which made me happy for half a night. ”

At the moment, everyone borrowed wine to chat, and after the second watch, no one came to report the good news, so far everyone knew that Zhu Hao was a little unstable.

Zhu Hao adjusted his mentality in time, there are not no people who can enter the rank and rank for the first time, but there are too few, and it is not an exaggeration to call it rare, and there are many people who have still failed in the list for decades.

In fact, no matter how talented he is, he is likely to be selected for the first imperial examination in his early twenties, especially the young handsome man who is highly expected by the imperial court. The jade is not cut into a vessel, the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, there is no experience, and it is often counterproductive to get ahead too early.

After the fifth watch, Xu Yu and others didn't bother to look at the list. Soon the rooster crowed, the sun came out, and the people who had gone to see the charts in the middle of the night came back.

Xu Huo couldn't hold back any longer, ran out and asked, "How am I?" ”

The people looked at him sympathetically and said: "Eighty-four people are also named Xu Hui, forty years old, and a supervisor in Shanyin County, Huai'an Prefecture, Jiangnan. ”

"Phew!" Xu Hui, whose mood fell to the bottom, suddenly fainted with anger, and said with deep disappointment: "My name is unlucky, and sooner or later I will have to change it." ”

In a word, he really changed his name after many years, and Xu Youzhen, who has a mixed reputation in history!

Someone sent in a directory, and there was really no Xu Hui's name in it. Suddenly, Xu Yu said in surprise: "Hey, why can't you be honored to be lifted?" That's it, the son-in-law of Pan Laosan in my house is nicknamed Gonghua, and he carries a sedan chair at my house, why did he also pass the Xiucai exam? ”

Seeing Xu Hui, who was coming over, he was overjoyed, and said with a chuckle: "Okay, the word fame and fortune must be there." Now you are not outsiders, I will tell you the truth, 1,200 taels sold a Xiucai, this bar flower is mine, it is Zhang Zhongyu's hand, I will go to ask for the account tomorrow. ”

Mr. Sheng, Zhu Hao and the others all frowned and complained, scolding him for being more bold than bold. Xu Hui said with a smile: "I don't know that this matter is not trivial, and I can't do it." But I also have a last resort, in the past few years, I have spent so much money in the family, and now I am not in the middle of the course, I want to go back to my hometown, there are a few major things at home that I am anxious to do, and I am really embarrassed to be empty-handed. ”

On that day, Wu Da Fool was taken away by the Criminal Department and interrogated about forging fake house deeds and mortgaging money. The reason was that Gui Burong, who was raised in this examination, was short of money in his hands, and he discussed with Wu Da Fool to borrow the Wu family's house deed as a mortgage, but Wu Da Fool had already mortgaged the house deed.

The two had a good relationship, so Wu Dasha forged a house deed, and the mortgaged money was divided between the two people. Who knew that the two pawnshop owners who had mortgaged each other knew each other, talked about business during dinner, and casually talked about Wu Da's fool's house, and the owner who collected the deed was anxious, and asked him the address of the house, the orientation, etc., and confirmed that it was the one that was mortgaged to him.

The boss who collected the deed in front of him said: "Your Zhang Yizhu is fake, as early as the year before last, Dasha mortgaged the house to me, and pledged 800 taels of silver, with Dasheng incense wax shop as a guarantee." Now that I owe me four months, and I was about to look for him, why did I bet on you again? ”

In this way, Wu Da fool was accused of entering the criminal department. Wu Dasha is a Qintian supervisor, his grandfather was the deputy of the Qintian supervisor of the sixth grade before his death, after his father's death, the son inherited his father's business, because he failed the exam repeatedly, he could not be an official.

His uncle had been a prominent secretary of the criminal department, but because of the martyrdom, he resigned in anger and went home. In just over 20 years, the family has declined. After Wu Dasha's generation divided the family property equally, he ate and drank all day long, and now there are only a few hectares of barren land and an ancestral house left.

Fortunately, there are only black and white words on the fake house deed, commonly known as white deed, and there is no big seal of the private government, just like the fraud case only has a white note, and the nature of the case is much lighter, otherwise it is a felony. And Dasha's cousin is now the official of the Criminal Department, and he has more or less a care.

Wu Dasha originally wanted to confess Gui Burong, but the deed was written by him, and the guarantor was also found by him, and there was no evidence to prove that the case was related to Gui Burong.

was dismissed from the identity of an astronomical student and compensated within a time limit, Wu Dasha could only admit that he was unlucky, and Dasha's nickname was well deserved. (To be continued......) R1292