The top scorer

Sitting on the roof of the inn, Ye Wen looked at the junior sister sitting next to him. He wanted to say something, but felt it was inappropriate, so he slapped again.

"What do you want to say in your senior brother?"

Ye Wen ***ed his nose with his finger. When using Xiangshuai's signature move at this time, it was indeed a killer to relieve the embarrassment: "It's nothing, it's just strange..."

Ning Ruxue tilted her head and looked at her senior brother: "I wonder why I agreed to let Miss Hua stay in Shushan?" Ning Ruxue smiled, but her eyes narrowed slightly. This expression was very dangerous: "Does my senior brother think that the junior sister is the kind of willful and unreasonable person?"

"Of course not!" Ye Wen decisively chose this correct choice. No matter what the facts are, only such an answer will not make things worse: "Junior sister is very reasonable, but you don't like Miss Hua?"

Ning Ruxue's face turned slightly red when she heard this, and she muttered softly: "Who told her to always pester her senior brother before! It made people feel upset when they saw it."

"You keep her in Shushan now. She will appear in front of you every day in the future? Wouldn't you be upset?"

"In the past, she obeyed the Tianle Gang and did it for her own gang. Now..." Ning Ruxue thought of Hua Yi's experience and felt very sympathetic: "What's more, the feeling that there is no place for everyone in the world, my senior brother should have... "

She and Ye Wen were both abandoned babies who were abandoned at the foot of Shushan Mountain since childhood and picked up by their master to raise. After they grew up and became sensible, they would have a period of time to think about why they were abandoned? Why did their parents not want them? Are they not tolerant of heaven and earth?

Thanks to the master and senior brother who took care of me, I crossed that hurdle. I remembered that Ye Wen was the only master who could take care of him, and it was probably much more difficult for him to overcome this hurdle than I did.

Ye Wen grabbed his face and smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer this question.

"Just kidding, I'm here as soon as I open my eyes. How do I know how that dead ghost spent that time before?" As for his past experience in that world, although he was not very happy, he would not feel like he was "abandoned". So I didn't know the feeling that Ning Ruxue said that "the world is so big but there is no place for him to live in."

Seeing that he didn't speak, Ning Ruxue said that those days were not easy. Ye Wen didn't want to talk, so he stopped talking. But suddenly asked, "Miss Hua stayed on Shushan, are you very happy?"

"ah?"

Ye Wen was also shocked when he suddenly said something like this, thinking that this aunt had come to test him again. He was in a panic and didn't know how to answer, but immediately said, "How could it be?" Then he pretended to look at the left and right. It was pitch black, and the lights around the rooms were turned off, and it was silent. At this time, a gust of autumn wind was blowing, which was really cool.

If it were ordinary people, they would probably feel a little cold, but Ye Wen and Ning Ruxue were both people in the martial arts world with advanced skills, so this little coldness could not do anything to them. However, Ye Wen suddenly said: "The weather is getting colder, and the junior sister is wearing so thin clothes, I'm afraid she feels a little cold!" After saying that, he opened his hands and made a gesture of holding Ning Ruxue in his arms.

Ning Ruxue rolled her eyes when she saw him looking around. Moreover, with her cultivation, she was not afraid of this coldness at all. Not to mention this coldness, even in the cold lunar month, the cold air could not hurt her at all. After entering the innate world, ordinary weather changes could no longer affect these martial arts masters.

However, she moved her position a little, then leaned on Ye Wen's shoulder, feeling her senior brother's warm arms surrounding her.

The two of them snuggled together like this, looking up at the stars in the sky, Ye Wen hugged them warmly and warmly, and was very happy in his heart. He just wanted to keep holding them like this.

"Senior brother, do you still remember the time I got sick?"

Ye Wen tilted his head and said with a smile: "Why did you get seriously ill at the beginning and then asked me to run to the county town to find a doctor on your back?"

He was just talking casually, because often girls say this, and there is probably such a plot.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his mouth, Ning Ruxue's pink fist actually hit his chest and said dissatisfiedly: "Senior brother is talking nonsense again. It's obvious that the senior brother is dying of illness. I ran a long way before I found the doctor to help my senior brother see the doctor!"

"..." Ye Wen was speechless, and secretly cursed his predecessor in his heart: "Why are you so cowardly before? Now that you die, all this embarrassing thing has fallen on me!"

Ning Ruxue didn't know what Ye Wen was thinking, but continued: "At that time, my senior brother was very poor, and he would be very tired if he practiced a set of swordsmanship. If it weren't for the success of practicing the breathing method later, his strength would be worse than that of my junior sister!"

Embarrass

Ye Wen finally understood that this guy had such bad physical conditions back then, no wonder his martial arts were so loose and ordinary. He was just a little talented in practicing Qi, so he could use his internal energy to maintain his body. At the same time, this talent was inherited by himself, and later his internal strength became stronger and his body gradually improved.

"I only thought that I was weak at that time because I was injured by Zhang Gui. Now it seems that there is still such a reason in it!"

Ning Ruxue leaned into Ye Wen's arms again: "Senior brother is much stronger now!" After saying this, Ning Ruxue's face immediately turned red. Ye Wen looked from behind and found that Ning Ruxue's neck also appeared red, which attracted people's thoughts. For a moment, he actually kissed her gently on the neck.

"Ah!" Ning Ruxue was startled by Ye Wen's action, but she never expected that her senior brother would suddenly become flirtatious. She stopped in shock. Although her face was red, she did not avoid it. Instead, she quietly felt the itchy feeling coming from her neck.

Ye Wen was also excited. After kissing him, he did not continue. He was really afraid that he would not be able to control himself if he continued. However, his hand hugged him tighter. In the night, the two seemed to merge into one.

The second day...

"Oh? Senior brother, did you not have a rest yesterday?"

When he woke up early in the morning, Xu Xian hit him right away. Ye Wen greeted him listlessly and responded casually: "Ah! Maybe it was because he had been sleeping in the open all day for the past few days, and suddenly he had a bed but he was a little uncomfortable, so he couldn't sleep well!"

Xu Xian also made fun of him and said, "Senior Brother is really not a person who can enjoy happiness. He has a bed and a warm quilt, but he can't sleep well! Junior Brother, I slept very sweetly, and finally eliminated the fatigue of the past few days!"

He was born into a great man and never suffered any hardship in his entire life. He only suffered a little after going to Shushan. However, in terms of living standards, he was still almost the same as at home.

Every day, they eat well, drink well, and sleep well! Moreover, the Xu family sent many maids to Shushan, so Xu Xian really had a maid who specialized in dressing and washing.

Therefore, when I was on the mountain, there was nothing but hard work. Now that I can only experience the real life in the martial arts world after going down the mountain.

Sleeping in the open and open house is a very common thing for the people in the martial arts world, and it really caused a lot of hardships. In the first few days, Xu Xian would rather stay awake all night than sleep, and would not be willing to find a place to lie down. Later, he really couldn't stand it and gradually got used to it.

He didn't complain at that time: "The heroes in the storybook are not like this! People eat big pieces of meat and drink big gulps, and they are not afraid of a place where they don't live. They use money to pay for meals and pay! Senior brother, I think we should try this."

Ye Wen directly said to him: "It's a prodigal thing!" and ignored him. He knew that it would be a while for this kid to go crazy, and after this, it would be over.

Xu Xian, who suddenly suffered a little, has finally been in the capital and has finally been able to enjoy himself. Yesterday, he ran out with Huang Rongrong. If it weren't for Huang Rongrong, a girl from a bandit, was quite sensitive to money, this kid would have really played a scene of eating big wine and eating big pieces of meat and using money to pay for money.

Of course, Ye Wen didn't know this at this time, so he just pressed his eyebrows: "By the way, yesterday, I bought that ginseng and asked me to stew chicken soup. If you want to give a gift, you have to resell one!"

Xu Xian waved his hand casually: "If you stew it, stew it! Anyway, the ginseng cannot be used to give gifts. I only found out that the ginseng is a medicine shop, so it is really embarrassing to use it as a gift. Today I will check if there are any good old ginseng and buy one more!"

"Oh!" Ye Wen didn't care when he heard what he said. He hadn't had a good rest these days. Yesterday, he ran on the roof with his junior sister to watch the stars all night. Finally, Ning Ruxue snuggled in his arms and slept very sweetly, but he sat there and blew the cold wind all night.

In the early morning, the junior sister opened her eyes and ran back to her room, not caring about Ye Wen hugging her for a night and did not dare to move. She was already numb and lost consciousness. She sat there for a long time before she recovered. He got off the roof - or was caught by a friend and called him down.

"When was your exam?"

Xu Xian calculated the days and finally replied: "There are five days left to be the palace examination. I just need to report to the tribute school in advance, and then the academicians of the tribute school will take us into the imperial city! So we have to go there the day after tomorrow!"

"Oh! Then the exam will be released immediately?"

"The results will be released on the same day. In the palace, the future official positions will be arranged, and then the top scorer will be won, and the three of them will have to ride horses to visit the city. Then there is a banquet. When the banquet ends, it will be over. Then they will have to spend time in the officialdom." Xu Xian sighed, said all these, but what he was thinking about was how to avoid this.

Ye Wen patted his junior brother on the shoulder: "Well, if you work hard, it's better to come back with the top scorer!"

Xu Xian's face turned dark when she heard this: "Senior Brother, have you forgotten that I am here to handle the errands? If I really pass the No. 1 pick in the exam, how can I get out?"

Ye Wen didn't care and just smiled and said, "It's not easy to get out? Just find two reasons to deal with it! Just say that you have serious lung disease, you can't work hard, and you can't be an official!"

Although his lung disease has improved greatly, it has not yet recovered. He coughs from time to time, and even if he is blind, he can tell that he is in a state of health.

"As for your current illness, ordinary doctors cannot treat it. At that time, the emperor will naturally allow you to resign!" Ye Wen touched his chin, and then took a posture of a famous detective.

Xu Xian's face was full of darkness, thinking that this senior brother is good at everything, but occasionally he gets fucked and his words are quite inconsistent.

"Can it work?"

"It will do it, believe me!"

A few days later...

When Zi’s surname is Wei and Hong today, of course, this name cannot be called casually, and even if you know, you cannot be called randomly. Wei Hong is only about twenty years old this year, and is less than thirty years old. Looking at the two hundred tribute students in the hall, I was very excited.

He succeeded to the throne for only five years, and in the past two years he was constrained by some important officials who held great power, it was difficult to do what he wanted. In recent years, those ministers left the court one after another, which made Wei Hong much better. However, as soon as these ministers left, he felt that there were not many people available at his hand.

So since a few years ago, he has been looking forward to the holding of this palace examination.

Each palace examination means that the emperor can explore his confidants and cultivate a team that is loyal to him. Wei Hong looked down and thought that these tribute students were so cute. How he would be in the future depends on how many talents there were available to these people.

Among the more than 200 tribute students, the most eye-catching one is Xu Xian, a talented man from Pingzhou. When Wei Hong first saw Xu Xian, he was shocked and said to the eunuch beside him: "There are such handsome people in the world!" Fortunately, Wei Hong was an emperor and saw many beauties of all kinds. It would not be that because Xu Xian was beautiful, he had done a ridiculous thing to imitate an emperor of the previous dynasty and arrest him into the harem.

However, everyone answered the paper quietly, so only Xu Xian would cough from time to time, asking Wei Hong to care a little. Looking at the many invigilators around, they frowned when they heard the cough.

After receiving the scroll, the ministers first looked at it, and then handed it over to the emperor for a look. When Wei Hong saw it, he found that all the ministers had recommended the same scroll as the top scholar, and he couldn't help but be curious.

After reading it, I was very grateful and just said curiously: "Although this volume is not bad, it is not something you can recommend together, right?"

He knew that these guys would never be together, but he didn't want to ask him this question. A minister said, "I am very ashamed. In this palace examination, the level of the tribute students' answers was really unsatisfactory. I also asked the emperor to forgive the old minister for his improper election..."

Wei Hong understood as soon as he heard this, and then read all the test papers, then he understood why he recommended a piece of paper as the top of the list. Because the paper that sentient beings answered this time was too common, he had to stand out in this group. If he did not recommend it as the top of the list, it would inevitably make the emperor doubt his own level, so this situation happened.

"Since that's the case, I'll put the remaining rolls of paper in order to sort out the remaining rolls! Those who fail are also selected!" Wei Hong was also very upset. He was looking forward to a palace examination, but he didn't expect that there was nothing to make.

Fortunately, the top scorer deserves his reputation, so it is not too disappointing: "Look at who did this roll of paper!"

During the exam, there is only a number and no name on the roll paper. After the seats are set, the small bucket on the wax seal will be taken out. All the information of the candidates is in this bucket.

The eunuch took the bucket according to the number, then opened it, took out the note of it, and said loudly: "Xu Xian, Shushan County, Pingzhou!"

"Xu Xian?"

As soon as this statement was said, Wei Hong was not doing anything, but the faces of many ministers changed a few times. The minister immediately said, "Emperor, Xu Xian does not respect the king and disrupts the examination room and cannot be the top scorer. If the emperor pitys his talents, it is better to give him the second scorer or Tanhua!"

But I remembered that the palace was silent just now, and only Xu Xian made noises from time to time, and some of the ministers became dissatisfied with him. In fact, what is more important is that Xu Xian was coming to participate in the palace examination, but he came the latest, and he was not as popular as other candidates. He just rested in the inn for a few days, then visited the invigilator who was in charge of his examination, and then went to do his own thing.

Which of these ministers is not very self-esteem? Now that I have been ignoring a little baby in my twenties, I can’t help but feel angry. I just think that this young man is proud of himself, and he is a big crazy man. After this happens, I want to make him suffer a little.

Wei Hong was a little surprised to see the words of the crowd. He didn't understand why these old men couldn't get along with a young man. He just shuddered a few words when he heard this: "I have my own sense of responsibility!"

He blocked all the ministers' words in one sentence, then returned to his study and said to the little eunuch beside him: "Call Huangfu Zhe!"

The little eunuch took the order and left, and soon he brought a heroic man into this hall. It was Huangfu Zhe.

Wei Hong called Huangfu Zhe to approach, asked in a low voice, and waited for Huangfu Zhe to answer: "Since entering the capital, Xu Xian has only visited the examiner of the original examination!" Then he immediately looked clear, waved his hand and asked him to retreat, and smiled: "What do you think I am so fooling about this group of old people?"

After saying that, he picked up the roll of paper and returned to the hall where the tribute students were. The tribute students could not leave after handing over the roll of paper, so they had to stay in their original position and wait for the quotation to be released. No one dared to speak out in this kind of scene, even if they were nervous, they could only endure it. Only Xu Xian's cough was the most obvious, and it sounded a few times from time to time.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Xu Xian, and a grudge couldn't help but curse: "Where did the tuberculosis man come from? Why didn't he die on the road when he died of illness?"

He also had a good intention and sighed inwardly: "Even if this person is in his body, he may not be able to win the title of top scholar!"

The top scorer, second-place winner, Tanhua is not only a great honor for literati, but also represents the royal decency. All the people in the top three in history are among the top three, with their energy, spirit and appearance. They have had an unlucky person who was outstanding in talent before but were demoted from the top three because of their ugly appearance.

If Xu Xian looks like this, he is definitely the best in the palace, but his sick body, who coughs from time to time, must be unwilling to everyone's favor. The emperor doesn't want to choose a sick person by himself, right?

As I was thinking, the emperor and all the ministers entered one after another, and finally the little eunuch who had been serving the emperor opened a list and started reading...

This list was read from behind, and first read out the names of those who failed. When these people heard their names, their faces were pale. If they hadn't been in the imperial city at this time, they would have to fall to the ground immediately.
Chapter completed!