The scholars from other ancient county towns and Xu Shilin showed disappointment on their faces. They were famous talents in the ancient county towns and ranked among the top in Jian'an Academy. However, they did not pass the imperial examination, which was a big blow to them. Some of them even did not want to return to the ancient county town and went away for a foreign land, afraid of embarrassment and others' remarks.
In the end, the seven scholars brought by Li Yuxuan either returned to the ancient county town in a discouraged manner or went to a foreign land to wander.
Zhou An and Li Yuxuan came to the county government office. At this time, all the other eight people had arrived, and only the two of them were left.
Among the eight people, there are three talented men from Baiquan County, and the three talented men occupy the second place, third place and fourth place. The top three rankings except the first place are all won by them, which is really not underestimated.
After Zhou An and Li Yuxuan arrived, they did not talk to others. After all, they were from ancient county towns and were not familiar with the talented men in Baiquan County, so Zhou An and Li Yuxuan just sat on chairs and ate fruit.
"You see, the person who is eating bananas is Zhou An from the ancient county town. I heard that in this exam, except for the test, he won the B, all other poems and music, and all other poems and music were won the A, which is unprecedented in history."
"Brother Lu, don't increase others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige. I guess Zhou An is not really talented and knowledgeable. He must have bribed the people in the court, got the question, and knew the answer in advance, so he answered so well."
"Zhou An is the son of a rich man. He can make friends with officials in the court. I feel that he is really talented and knowledgeable, but I want to know what poems and music Zhou An wrote, and he can get a super-a-level level. As far as I know, with Ye Shu's nature, he will not betray the law."
"I want to meet Zhou An." Gu Mingzhi said with a flash of eyes.
"It seems that Brother Gu is sympathetic, but I heard that Zhou An is alone and it is very difficult to deal with. I am afraid that you will encounter a wall when you go."
"How can you know if you don't try it?" Gu Mingzhi said something and walked towards Zhou An, came to Zhou An, pretended to be elegant, and said in a scholarly manner, "Gu has been greeting here, I wonder if I will sit next to you."
"Please give me some advice." Zhou An said lightly.
Gu Mingzhi sat next to Zhou An, closed the folding fan in his hand and placed it on the table, and said, "Brother Zhou, I heard that you are from the ancient county town. Now the ancient county town is in chaos. Even the magistrate Yu County has died. The civilians are even more dead. I don't know how the ancient county town is now."
"When I came, the chaos in the ancient county town had subsided, and all the people from the Tianlang Gang were killed. Now, the reinforcements from other counties should have arrived. Now there is nothing serious about the ancient county town." Zhou An said after taking a bite of banana.
"So that's it. Congratulations to Brother Zhou. I just heard that there were many officials who died in the ancient county town this time. I don't know how to make up for these officials." Gu Mingzhi said this and looked at Zhou An and said.
"I heard that the officials from the ancient county town reported to Guiyuan City, and I don't know how to solve it." Zhou An ate the last piece of banana in one mouthful and said.
"Reported to Guiyuan City." Gu Mingzhi secretly wrote this sentence in his heart, then showed a pleasant smile on his face, and said, "I heard that Brother Zhou is not only a famous talent, but also a famous warrior. I don't know what level of your warrior is, and whether you can tell him."
When Zhou An heard this, he realized that Gu Mingzhi had a different mind. The warriors would not ask the other party’s cultivation level so without any scruples. This was a very impolite behavior. However, Zhou An still said: "My warrior level is very high in the ancient county town, with an intermediate level of blood coagulation," Zhou An said proudly.
Gu Mingzhi almost spit out his saliva. Who gives you so much confidence? A mere blood coagulation intermediate dares to speak in such a proud tone. Although Gu Mingzhi is not a warrior, his family is a wealthy family and he also raises some warriors. In his home, warriors at the blood coagulation level are equivalent to those guards. Therefore, Gu Mingzhi despised Zhou An a lot. It seems that rumors are not credible. The rumors are said to be that Zhou An is a warrior at the Tongmai level, which seems to be rumored.
Although Gu Mingzhi did not show it, he said, "It's really amazing that he is Brother Zhou. At a young age, the level of a warrior has reached this level. It's really amazing."
Listening to Gu Mingzhi's insincere words, Zhou An knew that Gu Mingzhi was not a good person. He was a villain. His personality looked good on the surface, but he didn't know how many dark thoughts were at work in his heart.
So Zhou An didn't want to talk much to Gu Mingzhi, and wanted to find an excuse to get rid of Gu Mingzhi. Just as Zhou An was thinking, three people came in from outside. Seeing these three people, Zhou An knew that the excuse was not to look for him, so Gu Mingzhi in front of him would naturally not pester him anymore.