Chang Jinchan's cheeks bulged up, and she lowered her head to cover her face with a pancake, but she couldn't help but secretly raise her head and glance at both sides, "But the relationship between my cousin and Mr. Si is really enviable."
Shen Moran calmly picked up the food.
"As for my friendship with A-luo, I don't need to worry about these trivial details."
Chang Jinchan secretly observed Zhou Zhan's expression and ate in silence. She was a little nervous, but it didn't mean that she couldn't sense the strange atmosphere between the two.
My cousin seems to be jealous all the time, but on the contrary, I am constantly manipulated by my cousin.
I thought back to my own experience. From when I first entered the house, I always looked down upon my cousin-in-law, and now, I unconsciously side with my cousin-in-law...
She sighed.
"I'm done eating, let's go now!"
Shen Moran started to serve Zhou Zhan a bowl of soup.
"Your Highness, we have something else to do tomorrow."
Before she got married, Zhou Zhan had never felt so depressed, and he couldn't wait to tear off his disguise and stand in the light.
"Then just wait one more day..."
There was nothing to say all night. The weather that had been bright and sunny the day before began to change in the middle of the night. When I woke up in the morning, there were gray clouds in the sky. I stood under the eaves and looked into the distance. I saw raindrops falling on the roof, branches, and the ground. Even though the layer was wet, the birds kept chirping on the eaves.
Pedestrians on the street held up oil-paper umbrellas. Many people didn't even have time to open their umbrellas and ran forward among the crowd.
Zhang Jin got up before dawn and stood guard at the gate of Gongyuan, but someone came earlier than him. He didn't hold an umbrella and was soaked to the skin. He looked like a down-and-out student.
The man looked familiar to him.
"Brother, you might as well go under the umbrella below to protect yourself from the rain."
Zhou Yuan recognized him. When he had an argument with the officials of the Ministry of Rites at the entrance of the examination room, he was in the audience. Thinking of the unfair treatment he had encountered before, he quietly raised his foot and tripped two officers and soldiers, and also took the opportunity to bump into the man next to him. Candidates, created a little confusion.
But the other party probably doesn't know him.
"Thank you."
When Zhang Jin got closer and saw his face clearly, he realized that the person in front of him was indeed an acquaintance. During the palace examination, the two of them were seated next to each other. Not surprisingly, both of them were able to go to high school. The only thing he was nervous about was the ranking.
He had buns in his arms but had no appetite.
There were gradually more and more people around him. Since he hadn't eaten breakfast, he smelled the aroma of meat buns bought by someone nearby, and Zhang Jin heard the stomachs of the people around him growl.
"Feel sorry."
To a scholar, this behavior is not very elegant.
But Zhang Jin didn't think so and smiled politely.
"The results are released! The results are released!"
The crowd suddenly became excited. Officials in bright red brocade clothes hung the list on the wall. Suddenly, a strong push came from behind and pushed the two of them to the wall and stuck them against the wall.
The people behind him disliked the oil-paper umbrella blocking their view, so the umbrella in Zhang Jin's hand was scratched by the people behind him, leaving only the umbrella stand in his hand.
There were too many people looking at the list, and I don’t know who pulled it again, and the umbrella stand was also pulled away and fell to the side.
The rain hit my face, so I stretched out my hand to wipe it. I reluctantly opened my eyes and saw my ranking at a glance.
"I won!" He heard the people around him say softly, "I just missed being the number one winner!"
The tone was full of regret.
Is he number two?
I hurriedly looked at the list. The first name was Zhang Jin, and the second name was Zhou Yuan.
Someone in the crowd commented: "Who are the top picks and the second picks this year? I've never heard of them! Now, the boss of the gambling house will make a lot of money!"
During the commotion at the entrance to the examination room, Zhang Jin was still somewhat famous. Although his and Zhou Yuan's names had appeared once on the top of the list, not many people thought highly of them.
Because they were selected by Xie Yun and several other examiners, the emperor had to pass the essays in the palace examination in person, and the examiners in the palace examination were all officials from the capital.
Even if they are not selfish, everyone still prefers the traditional style of palace examination articles.
It's a bit strange that they can be singled out between the two of them.
"I know Zhang Jin. I heard about what he did..."
Someone in the crowd was vomiting sweet things, arranging the arrangement between him and Si Yiluo, without mentioning Si Yiluo's name, but everyone knew who he was talking about.
Zhang Jin took out the buns he bought in the morning from his arms and threw them at the man.
"Fuck you! Did you see it with your own eyes?"
The man didn't feel guilty and even made sarcastic remarks.
"Dare you do it but don't admit it? Do you dare to swear in front of Saint Kong that you passed the exam based on your true ability? I'm afraid you got all the questions before the exam!"
"Why don't you dare?"
There was chaos in the already crowded crowd. The younger brother No. 1, who had arrived late and was crowded outside, pointed at the crowd and said: "Master Jin is inside! Let's go and help..."
The incident escalated from verbal abuse to physical violence. In the chaos, someone shouted: "My pants! Some bastard took off my pants!"
"Don't, don't squeeze, my ink is spilled..."
"My umbrella..."
The culprit who caused the chaos grabbed Zhou Yuan's collar and pulled him out of the center of the chaotic crowd. He straightened out the wrinkles on his clothes and said, "I'm sorry, I've inflicted trouble on my brother."
The flying brush hit Zhou Yuan's face, leaving a long line of ink on his face, making him even more embarrassed after being soaked in the rain.
"Um, brother, I'm really sorry, how about I treat you to some mutton soup?"
In Zhou Yuan's arms, he had the money Jiu Earbuds gave him the last time they met. He didn't know what would happen to him in the future. He had to save some money and spend it. He had never eaten breakfast.
He cupped his hands and said, "No need."
He watched him hesitate to speak, and finally said nothing and left.
Zhang Jin looked at Tanhua Lang's desolate back and chased after him.
"We're going to dress up in fine clothes and parade around the streets later. Do you plan on having an empty stomach?"
Seeing that he didn't care at all about the nonsense that the man just said, Zhou Yuan was dragged by him to a small stall not far away where there was an oilcloth hanging and making mutton soup. "Hurry up and eat something to fill your stomach now. I'll report back later."
It’s time for the recording officer to come!”
"Old man, please give me two bowls of haggis soup and two sesame seed cakes!" After finishing the meal, he remembered to ask, "Can you get used to eating haggis?"
Zhou Yuan has long known that people are separated from each other, and that it is human nature to praise the superior and suppress the inferior. However, Zhang Jin is ranked ahead of him and is the number one scholar this year. Apart from this life, there is nothing in him that is worthy of others' calculations...
"Thank you brother, I don't dare to be picky."
Eyes fell on his face without blinking, did he really not care?
Zhang Jin put his elbow on his shoulder and said boldly: "I am a rough man. I don't need to be polite. I just beat whoever is unhappy. I will avenge you on the spot. Hurry up and have something to eat. Warm
Warm yourself up!”
It was quite cold with the wet clothes on my body.
Zhang Jin drank the hot soup and quickly finished one cake. He then went to get two or three more cakes and put them on the table in front of him.
"Eat when you're hungry. Only when you're full can you have the strength to study. Brother Zhou, you're welcome. Take it yourself!"
The official who announced the wedding passed by beating gongs and drums, followed by a long line of tails. Children surrounded the official and sang nursery rhymes. The two of them held bowls to watch the excitement, and ate cakes and drank leisurely.
With soup.
Seeing the official who had announced the wedding turn around and head towards the inner city, Zhang Jin picked up the bowl, drank every drop of the soup in the bowl, stood up and said: "I almost forgot that I am this year's number one scholar... I have to leave quickly.
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After Si Yiluo went down to court, he did not go to the Yamen, but went directly back to his house to wait for the good news. The sound of rapid horse hooves stopped at the door, and Xiang Xiao, whom he had not seen for a long time, entered the door in a hurry.
"Zhang Jin is a good boy. He got the top prize in the exam without saying a word. He really makes us proud!"
Xiang Xiao didn't have time to clean up his unruly beard, but he still knew how to change into clean clothes before coming back. The reporting officer followed behind him and stopped outside the Secretary's Mansion, beating gongs and drums.
"Master Si, may I ask if Mr. Zhang Jin and Mr. Zhang are here?"
Si Yiluo's eyes turned to Chen Zhuo, who looked around and muttered: "It's strange, I didn't see him so early in the morning!"
"Wait a moment, I'll go find him!"
The registration officer kept saying that he didn't dare. Let's not mention that Zhang Jin was this year's top pick in the new subject, let's talk about Si Yiluo. No matter what others talked about in private or what they said in their hearts, no one had ever dared to judge her in front of her.
He is just a small reporting officer. In the past three years, he has only been an official today. He is usually a little pawn. Even if you give him ten courages, he would not dare.
Chen Zhuo searched around the house but didn't see anyone. Instead, Yu Mo and the others received the news. Yu Mo loved to watch the excitement, so he immediately took Yan Li to go see him. Wei Chen was holding a
Holding the newly sewn summer clothes for Si Yiluo, he hesitantly put down his needlework and stood up to follow.