Zhang Meng rode for two days and two nights, and finally returned to Hangcheng County. He couldn't wait to jump off the horse. As soon as he got off the horse, the long-distance running made his legs weak and he knelt on the ground. He got up excitedly. Zhang Meng suddenly stopped and turned around with red eyes.
"Eh-his!"
The maroon horse neighed.
He fell to the ground with a bang, foaming at his mouth, and never got up again.
died.
It took two and a half days to reach Huangpu County without much rest. After two days and two nights of running, I returned to Hangcheng County. It's dead.
Zhang Meng gritted his teeth and fought back tears. Seeing that the old horse he had ridden for five years died when he returned to Hangcheng County, he felt the pain in his heart like needles.
'hiss-'
More than a hundred people dismounted, and neighing sounds were heard one after another in the cavalry, and horses fell to the ground one after another.
Over and over again, more than twenty horses were killed alive.
Zhang Meng took a deep breath, turned around forcefully, and shouted: "Ring the bell. Proclaim Hangcheng County."
“…”
'Dong dong dong'
Bells rang simultaneously in the four corners of Hangcheng County, southeast, northwest and northwest.
The bustling people in the city suddenly stopped talking, listening to the bell in silence, and then trotted towards the yamen entrance in a hurry.
"Passed the exam!"
"Someone passed the exam."
“No. 1 in Southeastern State!”
"Number one in Kyushu, passed the exam!"
“…”
Bursts of noise and roars of surprise came from the yamen gate, and countless people ran in all directions from the yamen gate. Running wildly and shouting along the way, they rushed to tell each other the news and spread it throughout the streets and alleys.
The deaf old man sat on a wicker chair on the street and shouted to the young man next to him: "What?"
"Passed the exam!"
"What?"
The young man took the trouble to smile and shout: "Someone passed the exam!"
"What did you pass the exam for?"
"In Hangcheng County, someone has passed the exam!"
The old man opened his mouth, stood up shakily from the wicker chair, and walked into the room with slow steps.
“…”
The old woman who was cleaning the yard of a wealthy family put down her work and looked at the excited man rushing out of the house. She didn't know why he was so excited.
The old man glanced at the old woman, grabbed her shoulders excitedly and shook her: "I passed the exam."
"What?" The old woman was a little flattered.
"Someone got the top prize in the exam, and someone in Hangcheng County got the top prize."
"Ah! Oh my god, Hangcheng County?"
The old woman put down her broom, laughed, and rushed out of the door with the rich man, shouting excitedly:
"Passed the exam!"
At the scrap station, I heard the noise outside the street that suddenly became extremely noisy, and listened to all kinds of people walking through the streets and alleys, running to tell each other.
The female boss who was settling accounts for others paused, turned her head numbly and looked in the direction of Li Zhen's house, opened her mouth in astonishment, and tears slowly flowed out:
"I really passed the exam. Or am I the top pick?"
“…”
Qi Lengzi, who had just returned to the government office, was also stunned. Did he pass the exam? Li Zhen passed the exam
Didn't he get admitted to university, but got admitted to the top prize
No. 1 in Kyushu!
Qi Lengzi tore off his tattered clothes, laughed and rushed to Li Zhen's house.
People 10,000 years ago would never be able to understand this kind of honor 10,000 years later. When one person passes the exam, the whole city becomes excited.
Hangcheng County, which has not produced college students for twenty years, has no sense of presence in the entire southeastern state.
Twenty years later, on the 21st year, someone passed the exam. It was shocking, he was number one in Kyushu, he was the number one scholar!
Every citizen in the city, from the wealthy to the lowly, were all ecstatic from the bottom of their hearts, proud of him, excited and cheering for him. It seems that... if one person passes the exam, it has something to do with each of them.
Li Zhen, who was already asleep, didn't hear the noise outside. But he was awakened by a 'boom'.
When he looked up, he saw that the rotten wooden door of his house had been smashed into pieces, and a group of people poured in.
"What? What are you doing?"
Li Zhenyi climbed up and said vigilantly.
A group of people entered the house, and a steady stream of people broke into the house behind them. Li Zhen even saw the female owner of the scrap station in the crowd: "What are you doing?"
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
A roar came from outside: "The princess is here, get out of the way, get out of the way!"
Everyone moved out of the way, only to see Zhang Meng walked into Li Zhen's shack under the escort of a group of people. He looked around, and everyone looked around quietly.
The entire shack has a sandy floor, no bed, and no furniture. There were only books stacked on the wall. Every corner on the sandy ground has traces of Li Zhen sleeping.
Was he the top scorer in this kind of environment
"Li Zhen!"
"ah."
Zhang Meng took a deep breath and said seriously: "The governor of Southeast Prefecture called me to a meeting and announced the results of Southeast Prefecture this year... Four subjects were 480 points, and candidate Li Zhen scored 530 points. The test paper was corrected by the General Administration of Education of Zhongzhou Balongcheng, and the score was Emperor of Kyushu’s cinnabar pen imperial approval. Emperor of Kyushu recognizes you as: the number one scholar in Kyushu in the past hundred years, in heaven and on earth!”
"ah!"
When Li Zhen heard this, his head buzzed.
A sudden turn of events
The nearby people who rushed into the house looked at each other in shock, and their hearts almost jumped out of their mouths. They only knew that they had passed the exam, they only knew that they had passed the first prize, and now they heard from Zhang Meng's mouth what kind of valuable first prize he was.
With a total score of 480, he actually scored 530.
The General Administration of Education personally graded the number one scholar, the Emperor of Kyushu personally graded the number one scholar, and the Emperor of Kyushu personally acknowledged it - for a hundred years, the number one scholar in Kyushu in heaven and on earth!
Li Zhen's whole body trembled violently. In an instant, countless bitterness, countless pains, countless painful memories, and countless sorrows and sorrows poured into his mind.
Tears welled up in my eyes, silent tears. In an instant, everything that poured into my mind turned into emotion.
Hanchuang has studied hard for many years and suffered bitterly for many years.
Waiting is coming.
How many people have sacrificed their lives for themselves, and how many people are worried about themselves.
Waiting is coming.
This moment came that no one had imagined.
Li Zhen slowly pushed through the crowd and walked out. When he left his house, he saw people everywhere in front of his house. There were people standing on the trees, on the roofs, and the streets were crowded.
Everyone was looking at themselves silently.
Li Zhen wiped his tears while walking outside Hangcheng County. The crowd silently made way for a passage and watched the No. 1 Scholar pass in front of him.
Then the entire Hangcheng County people followed him.
After walking out of Hangcheng County, Li Zhen looked in the direction of Yanziji, more than a hundred miles away, knelt down with his legs bent, knocked his head heavily on the ground, looked up to the sky and shouted: "I passed the exam!"
Did you hear the souls of Yanziji
——
Zhongzhou, Chang'an County, Balong City.
A gilt carriage pulled by eighteen horses rushed out of the palace, and more than a thousand imperial guardsmen on war horses escorted them around like square tofu cubes. Escorting a white marble slab pulled on the carriage!
Balong City was boiling, and countless people and students rushed forward to watch the excitement.
“This year’s results, which have been delayed for half a month, are about to be released.”
"It's weird this year, it's delayed by half a month."
“I don’t know who will win the first prize and the third prize.”
"I don't know who else has the honor of praising the Eight Dragons City and announcing the glory of Jiuzhou on the gold list!"
“…”
The news that the imperial army came out from the palace and escorted the gold list spread throughout the Eight Dragon City. The people in the city put down what they were doing and rushed out of the Eight Dragon City with great excitement and rushed outside the "Longteng Gate", the east gate of the Eight Dragon City.
When the eighteen horses stopped, the imperial army scattered and stood up.
The Director-General of the Education Bureau solemnly boarded the carriage, tore off the red silk covering the white marble, and the gold medal appeared in front of the world.
There are only three names written on the gold list, the top pick, the second pick, and the top pick.
What shocked the crowd of people outside Balong City was that the score of the top pick was 50 points higher than the score of the second pick!
Full marks for second place. Tanhua 479.
And the number one pick is 530!
The prince boarded the carriage and sang and shouted: "The emperor has personally approved that for a hundred years, in heaven and on earth, the number one scholar in Kyushu, Hangcheng County in southeastern state, is Li Zhen!"
'drive'
Eighteen horses started running wildly, starting from Longteng Gate and running wildly around the entire Eight Dragon City.
Passing the Yanwu Gate, the prince sang again: "The emperor has personally approved that for a hundred years, in heaven and on earth, the number one scholar in Kyushu, Hangcheng County in the southeastern state, is Li Zhen!"
Passing by Baihu Gate again, the prince sang again: "The emperor has personally approved it, and for hundreds of years... Li Zhen!"
At the end of the Divine Turtle Gate, the prince sang again: "The emperor personally approved..."
“…”
Eighteen horses, carrying the gold list, circled the city three times.
The emperor and his first-rank officials stood at the highest point of the palace and watched. The people ran around to tell each other. All the officials below the first-rank officials in the capital followed on horseback to escort them. The prince boarded the car and personally called the roll call - to tell the world.
Praise the Eight Dragons City, and announce the golden list to Jiuzhou.
Great earthquake in Kyushu.
After ten years of hard work, no one asked, but once you become famous, the whole world knows you!
(End of chapter)