The three-day exam was endless torment even for Ye Xiaotian, who was not so psychologically burdened. When he handed the test paper to the chief examiner, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, feeling like he was reborn as a human being.
For three days and three nights, I have been trapped in that small room, unable to leave for half a step without eating, drinking, and lying, and being constantly patrolled and monitored like a prisoner, that feeling is really uncomfortable.
"Prefect Zhang has shown me the kindness of knowing you, and I have the right to repay him for the three-day living crime. In this life, I will never take the exam again!" Ye Xiaotian, who thought it was impossible to pass the exam, thought to himself, He walked out without hesitation.
"Um?"
When they got to the gate, Ye Xiaotian and Xu Boyi met unexpectedly. Xu Boyi saw Ye Xiaotian first, he stood with his hands behind his back, waited there with a sneer, and said to Ye Xiaotian with a look of contempt: "I didn't expect someone to hand in the papers with me, the papers were handed in so fast, don't you just hand in the blank papers? "
Ye Xiaotian was startled when he saw Xu Boyi, and then went up to meet him with a face of surprise, and said with a smile, "Oh! So it's Xu Xiucai, long time no see!"
Xu Boyi said in disbelief, "Xu Xiucai? Xu is still Xu Xiucai today, and in ten days he will be Xu Juren!"
"real?"
Ye Xiaotian hastily arched his hands and said: "I admire! Xu Xiucai's knowledge, I have always admired it. Xu Xiucai, since you left Hu County in disgrace, I have been missing you very much, alas! I miss you as soon as Qingming comes, I just thought, so many people have died, why don't you die?"
"you… "
Xu Boyi was so angry that his face turned green, and the two rows of yamen servants at the gate of the Gongyuan couldn't help snickering when they heard the two scholars bickering. Xu Boyi held back his anger, and said with a flick of his sleeves, "It seems like you are an ignorant person, Xu is too lazy to argue."
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said: "That is, that is! The so-called scholar is a person with outstanding talents, and Juren is naturally superior. Xu Xiucai, you are attached to the powerful, abandoned your wife, and are despised by the gentry in the county, but you can be indomitable. I can still make waves when I go to Shuixi, so talented, who will win if you don’t win? Compared with you, I am really ignorant and incompetent.”
Ye Xiaotian glanced at Xu Boyi, and said: "Now you don't have a virtuous wife to abandon, it's just convenient for you to hug the thigh of a rich girl, but now you're clinging to another family, and hugging the thigh of a young lady ah?"
Ye Xiaotian originally said this casually as a joke, but unfortunately, Xu Boyi really hugged another thigh now—the slender jade leg of Miss Lianxie Ji Tian Miaowen, the eldest daughter of the Tian family in the four major families of An Song, Tian Yang. The speaker didn't mean it, but the listener meant it, Xu Boyi's face turned purple when he said it, and he said angrily, "How dare you call me shameless?"
Ye Xiaotian quickly waved his hands and said: "No, no, I didn't say you are shameless, I mean, you are the one who is shameless!"
Xu Boyi was furious, and rushed towards Ye Xiaotian, Ye Xiaotian immediately put the basket containing the four treasures of the study on the ground, opened his posture and said: "Xu Xiucai intends to fight literary or martial arts?"
Seeing that the two sides were going to fight, the yamen servant guarding the gate coughed and shouted sharply: "You two scholars, are you going to fight in the tribute courtyard? Are you afraid that the grand master will cancel your results?"
Xu Boyi immediately woke up, and thought: "This ignorant boy has no hope of winning the exam, so he will naturally break the pot. I have a bright future, how can I be stimulated by him and miss my future."
Xu Boyi stopped immediately, looked at Ye Xiaotian coldly, and said gloomyly: "You'd better pray to the gods and worship Buddha, and pray that you don't fall into my hands, otherwise, I will make it impossible for you to live or die!"
Xu Boyi strode towards the gate of the Gongyuan after saying these harsh words, Ye Xiaotian looked at his back, and frowned slightly: "This guy is not surprised at all when he sees me, it's not surprising why I came here In this exam, nothing about Hu County was mentioned. It seems that I was clearly aware of my impersonation as Ai Dianshi. There really is no impenetrable wall in this world. It’s just... I ruined his plan to pursue Ning’er, and he already hates me Why don't you punish me for the crime of impersonating an official?"
After thinking about it, Ye Xiaotian understood the reason, and immediately relaxed, and dismissed Xu Boyi's threat.
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The gate of the Gongyuan, which had been closed for three days, tore off the seal, and opened it with a bang, and the people waiting outside the gate to greet their relatives immediately became agitated: "Here, come, some candidates have come out!"
When Xu Boyi walked out of the gate of the tribute courtyard, he saw a huge crowd of people outside the tribute courtyard. The family members of all the examinees called their friends and friends to come out to greet him, and he was the first person to walk out of the tribute courtyard. Everyone was watching him , Xu Boyi's vanity was immediately satisfied, he smiled lightly, and walked forward calmly.
"Master, master, you have come out. Did you pass the exam?" Xu Boyi's servant trotted up to meet him. , To raise a person's fame and fame, to me, is like getting something out of a pocket!"
The boy was well-behaved, and immediately congratulated him loudly: "Congratulations, master, congratulations, master!"
At this time, Li Qiuchi walked over slowly, and said with a loud smile: "With Brother Xu's talent, there is nothing wrong with him. Congratulations to Mr. Li. After the three-day test, Brother Xu has been completely reborn. Come, come, I I have prepared thin wine, to clean up the dust for Brother Xu, please!"
Li Qiuchi made friends with Xu Boyi at the beginning because he was optimistic about his future, and Xu Boyi was also very conceited. Once the test paper was handed in, he was sure that he would be able to go to high school. Usually, he was a scholar, and in front of Li Qiuchi, who was also a scholar and the number one in Guizhou, he always felt that he was three points lower, but now his mentality is naturally different.
Xu Boyi bowed his hands to Li Qiuchi reservedly, and said with a light smile, "Thank you, Brother Li, please!" Li Qiuchi seemed not to notice the subtle change in his attitude at all, and walked over with a smile, took his hand, and walked over to him together. Go to your carriage.
Among the crowd, Xia Yingying was dressed in Tsing Yi and a cloth handkerchief, dressed like an ordinary little Yi girl, but she was born with a natural beauty, so she didn't wear jewels or makeup, but she had a natural beauty. There were many men in the crowd who were waiting to welcome their relatives , whether it is young or middle-aged or even some old men, they are secretly looking at her. There was even a three or four-year-old doll lying in his mother's arms, sucking on his fingers for a while, pointing at Xia Yingying and announcing in a childlike voice: "This aunt is beautiful!"
His mother immediately raised eyebrows and asked, "How good-looking is it?"
The little guy is not big, but he is very clever, and immediately replied: "It's as good-looking as my mother!", making everyone laugh.
Naturally, Xia Yingying doesn't care about these things. For things that she doesn't care about, she always automatically ignores the five senses, turns a blind eye, and turns a deaf ear. At this time, seeing candidates had come out of the tribute courtyard, the impatient Xia Yingying couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately pushed forward.
Xiaolu and Xiaowei used a little bit of force to separate a path for her. Xia Yingying stood in the front, first tightened her waist, looked at the position of the purse, thought about it, and then moved from left to right. Think about it, raise your hand to adjust the green cloth handkerchief more neatly.
When Xiaolu and Xiaowei saw her behavior, they both had weird smiles on their faces. It was always only others who tried to please her. This was the first time they saw her care so much about her appearance for the sake of her sweetheart. They both wanted to make fun of her, but They looked at their clothes, which were obviously well-dressed, and they dismissed this idea with self-knowledge.
Zhan Ning'er was dressed in men's clothes, with two mustaches on her lips, she had been staring at the gate of the Gongyuan, when she turned around accidentally, she happened to see Xia Yingying who was rushing forward, Zhan Ning'er was startled, and hurried to the back of the crowd After hiding, he thought to himself: "Didn't this girl go back to Hongfeng Lake? Why is she here?"
Seeing the anticipation and joy in the corners of Xia Yingying's brows and eyes, Zhan Ning'er suddenly understood: "Ah! This stinky girl who has always been heartless, actually lied to me!" As everyone knows, no matter how innocent a woman is, when it comes to love, she knows how to put her heart into it machine.
Zhan Ning'er was annoyed and funny at the same time, she couldn't feel any bad feeling towards Xia Yingying, but... Xia Yingying appeared here, at least she had a better reason than her, since Xia Yingying was here, how could she have the nerve to show up
Seeing Xia Yingying's obviously well-decorated but unusually plain and ordinary attire, and then thinking of Yingying's story about how she met Ye Xiaotian, Zhan Ning'er suddenly realized, and finally understood why Ye Xiaotian "ridden a donkey to find a donkey" and turned a blind eye to herself: he Do you think you are not good enough for exhibitors? He thought Yingying was an ordinary little Yi girl
Having figured out this key point, a bold idea suddenly emerged in Zhan Ning'er's mind: "If I tell Yingying's real identity to that blind eye... no, no, it's too despicable. Why don't I call Ye Xiaotian a Gu?" Servant of the gods, can I only tell Yingying about twenty years of fate? Yingying will definitely get out of trouble!"
Zhan Ning'er hid behind the crowd, her eyes flickering.
Xia Yingying was originally a stunning little stunner. Although she was clothed in skirts, she did not hide her beauty at all. On the contrary, she had a charming charm. Now that she has been carefully dressed, she is even more beautiful. It seems that even a piece of clothes, Every strand of hair reveals an exciting beauty.
But she was still worried, so she put on a good show for herself, and then she turned around to threaten Xiaolu and Xiaowei and said: "I tell you, don't let your mouth slip in front of Brother Xiaotian, if anyone of you leaks me If you scare him away because of your identity, I will marry you to the gorilla!"
Xiaolu suppressed a smile and said, "Which gorilla are you talking about?"
Xia Yingying smirked: "We are good sisters, of course I have to respect your opinions. If you like Gelong's gorilla, I will marry you to Liangyue Valley. If you like the gorilla from Brother Xiaotian's family As for the gorilla, I'll do it too."
Xiaowei spat: "You just married a gorilla!"
Xia Yingying snorted, raised her chin and said, "Brother Xiaotian, how does he look like an orangutan? Compared with a gorilla, his figure is at best a monkey."
Xiaolu covered his mouth with a smile and said, "Why do I think orangutans are more attractive than monkeys?"
Xia Yingying said triumphantly: "Brother Xiaotian is no ordinary monkey, as a monkey, he is also the Great Sage Equaling Heaven!"
Xia Yingying suddenly thought that Ye Xiaotian pretended to be her son-in-law in front of Shui Wu, first she pretended to be a hooligan in front of Zhan Ning'er, and then pretended to be "Mr. Rabbit". With his glorious experience, he nodded affirmatively and said: "Yes! It is the Sun Dasheng who has changed seventy-two!"
At this time, Xiao Wei suddenly called out softly: "Ah! Come out!"
Xia Yingying asked blankly, "Who?"
Xiaowei paused and said, "Your Sun Dasheng!"