From beginning to end, Chen Sanlang sat peacefully, chatting and laughing, as if he had never had any conflict with Wei Leming. Zhou Hezhi observed secretly and sighed: When he was young, he was fearless and ignorant, which led to his ignorance everywhere and bloodshed; when he got older, he was afraid of his head and tail, and lost his authority...

The sage said: If you do not do what you see, you will not be brave.

Chen Sanlang's "courage" is definitely not reckless, but is in control of his wisdom.

Zhou Hezhi was originally quite worried that Wei Lemingqiu would settle the score later, but now under the influence of Chen Sanlang, he has gradually become confident-

The provincial examination results will be released soon, and as long as Chen San's examination is awarded, Wei Leming will be unable to do anything.

At midnight, the pleasure boat rowed back to the pier and parked. The guests who had not spent the night on the boat went down one after another and returned to Yangzhou City.

A night of wind and moon passed by.

Chen Sanlang and others got on the carriage and left in a row.

On the painting, in the wing room, Long Wu has woken up and can move freely - Chen Sanlang's skills in cutting pulses and pointing acupoints can only be said to be the first to begin, and the person who is pointed will automatically untie it in half an hour.

"Sir, why not I go and find some friends on the road, and do not do it, and never stop..."

Bang!

Wei Liming felt frigid when he heard this, and he slapped him directly and roared in a low voice: "Idiots, they are not ordinary scholars. If I could do this, I wouldn't have imagined?"

Long Wu was defeated and stood down, not daring to say anything again.

Wei Liming carried his hands on his back and his eyes were too long: Humph, let’s leave his face here for the time being; when he becomes the prefect of Nanyang Prefecture, he will not only have to get rid of his face, but also their lives!

...

A few days later, life returned to peace and homework was indispensable. Sometimes, they went out with Zhou He and Gu Linchuan to visit the ten scenic spots of Yangzhou. After the incident in Qinhuai, the two of them looked at Chen Sanlang's horse.

This day was the big day when the provincial examinations were released. Early in the morning, the scholars living in several inns near the test institute put on the latest and most festive clothes, burned incense and prayed, and waited for the good news.

There is a procedure for the provincial examination to release the results, that is, after the results are released, the person first goes to the inn to pass the newspaper. After all the reports are completed, the complete list will be posted in the examination institute and the yamen.

This process is exactly the same as the subsequent test.

After Chen Sanlang got up, he finished washing up. He went downstairs and Zhou Hezhi, Gu Linchuan and others had already occupied a table and left a space to wait for him.

"Daoyuan rested on his mind and must have slept well last night."

Gu Linchuan joked.

He and Zhou Hezhi had red silk in their eyes, and they were obviously concerned about the announcement. They tossed and turned and didn't sleep enough.

On the first floor of the inn, almost all the tables were full of seats, and everyone had a look of expectation and anxiety on their faces. It’s not that they didn’t have the ability to cultivate Qi, but that the result of this report was too important.

I was a farmer in the morning and climbed to the emperor's hall in the evening, only today.

Among them, Chen Sanlang met Qin Yushu and his group. They sat on the other side. The two of them met by chance. Qin Yushu snorted coldly and turned his face away: That night, Qin Huai Fufang. He wanted to show off in front of Wei Leming and get a golden thigh and hug him. But he backfired and was slapped by Wei Leming. Later, he wanted to come to the door for a few times, but he was rejected.

Qin Yushu knew in his heart that it was Wei Leming who took his anger on Chen Sanlang.

It's all Chen Sanlang...

But as long as I pass the imperial examination today, all the haze will be wiped out...

Thinking of this, he became energetic.

Today's time passed very slowly, and everyone waited around, as if it had been a long time, but half of the time passed.

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves sounded at the street intersection on the test site.

The sound was like thunder in spring, deafening and shocking, and everyone's ears suddenly stood up.

Yangzhou is a prefecture and county, and the governance is very strict. In the city, there are only a few situations that allow horse riding - conveying the good news of the provincial examination is one of them.

Da da da da da!

The sound of horse hooves seemed to hit people's hearts, clear and powerful. If it were not for the etiquette, the scholars could not help but rush out. But they were worried that the good news sent by this horse had nothing to do with them, and if they pounced outside, they would attract others to laugh at them.

"Good news for the provincial examination! Su Hui, the young master of He Yumen Mansion, entered the exam and won the 19th place in the Yangzhou provincial examination..."

A loud voice came and spread far away.

"I've won, I've won..."

A scholar in Longmen Inn, who was about 40 years old, did not care about his reserve, squeezed out the crowd and stumbled out. Because he rushed forward, he almost tripped and fell down. But no one laughed at his embarrassment, and all the eyes that looked at him contained a deep envy.

Once you pass the exam and become a master, you will be promoted to another level. It is like a carp leaping on the dragon gate, and it is no longer ordinary.

The first person to report the news was the 19th place. In other words, only 19 people were admitted to this year's Yangzhou provincial examination. This quota is smaller than in previous years.

The imperial court elected the imperial examinations, and the number of quotas in each prefecture and county will change. Yangzhou belongs to Jiangnan and has a strong pen and ink, and has always had the largest number of quotas. However, compared with hundreds of reference scholars, this selection ratio is cruel.

When the Xia Yu Dynasty was inaugurated, everything was in trouble. The imperial examinations were relatively relaxed, the number of people admitted was relatively large, and the procedures were very complicated. For example, after the papers of the provincial examination were reviewed and scored, they had to be sent to Kyoto for review by the emperor and then decided.

In this way, the results will be released relatively late.

However, as all affairs of the dynasty were on the right track, the country was prosperous and the people were safe, and the officials gradually became bloated and could not lose their tails. The world was so big, with so many positions, one carrot and one pit, so they could not arrange it at all, and they could only raise an empty salary.

Over time, it becomes a big problem.

Seeing this, the premier emperor made up his mind to start streamlining the government and reducing the organization. The source was the imperial examination system, and the main reason was that the number of people admitted to each session was greatly reduced.

The implementation of the new policy caused an uproar in the court and public at that time, and they were very dissatisfied, but they were all suppressed. At present, the emperor had no psychological policies and the examination process of the provincial examination was also cancelled, and the inner curtain could be approved directly.

The first Su Jin who learned that he had won the imperial examination was full of joy and quickly took out the wedding money from his pocket to report the news. His face was already a flower. He was dressed simply, even with patches, and he was a poor scholar, but after he passed the imperial examination, his whole body seemed to emit light, full of rich and noble atmosphere.

After this riding, a while later, the second riding news came...

...

On this day, Nanyang Prefecture sent away the old prefect Su Guancheng and welcomed the new prefect Wei Leming.

Su Guancheng was promoted and jumped up to become a scholar-official in Yangzhou, and was promoted to a third-rank official; Wei Leming was promoted to a senior official in Beijing, and he changed from a idle position to a real position, holding the power of the city.

The new official took office as three fires, and the first fire was the first fire, so he began to investigate the situation about Chen Sanlang.

There were many stories around Chen Sanlang before, so the Fucheng had already been registered and written in detail. Wei Leming easily got the sect and slowly looked at it.

After reading it, he slapped the table and said: "Jiang Caoqi killed the official and fled, but has not been arrested yet. In this major case, Chen Yuan was Jiang Caoqi's brother-in-law and was very suspicious. At that time, why did the Jingxian County Magistrate not arrest anyone for interrogation and investigation? He was really dereliction of duty."

He was very annoyed, but since he caught Chen Sanlang's foot, he was not afraid of flying. According to convention, the new magistrate took office and would go down to various counties to conduct folk customs inspections in ten days. At that time...

"At that time, I will let you and others know clearly what an adult is!"

...

"Good news for the provincial examination! Zhang Huiyu, the young master of Hepingshan Prefecture, won the sixth place in the Yangzhou provincial examination..."

Another riding report attracted many eager scholars to look at each other. When they heard clearly that the name was not their own, they sighed at the same time.

It was already noon and the sixth place had already been reported. As time passed little by little, as the number of places became fewer and fewer, a large number of people were left looking at each other, feeling that the hope of winning the election was becoming increasingly slim.

Zhou Hezhi's face had begun to fade. His family knew his family's affairs. If his title article was said to be able to win the imperial examination, it would only be quite far behind. There was no such thing as later, which means that he was defeated again.

This time, it is likely to be the last time...

"Why……"

Although I was mentally prepared, when the cruel reality came, I still felt bitter and my heart was empty and I had nowhere to rely on.
Chapter completed!