Chapter 852
The apricot tree in the inn sprouted its branches, and the ranks of the imperial examinations of the various candidates were posted on the south wall of the Ministry of Rites Gongyuan like this apricot blossom.

Chen Xin gave Shen Su his answer to read before, and Shen Su was full of praise. Although he didn't say that he would definitely win the prize, but it was almost the same. With confidence, Chen Su would not be too flustered.

However, there was no one from Yuehua Academy Ye Shanzhang's side to reply, and Chen Xin didn't know if his abrupt offense made the Shanzhang feel unhappy, so he discarded his envelope.

A few people from the inn came out from each room. They knew that Chen Xin was in the limelight recently, and they got hints from all parties that Chen Xin might be the member of this meeting. Chen Dao: "Brother Chen, is this to see the list?"

A few people beside him said: "According to Chen Juren's literary talents, I'm afraid it's better to wait for someone to come to the inn to announce the good news."

"That's right, Brother Chen made his mark at the spring tea banquet before. At that time, he had the honor to read Brother Chen's masterpiece, and his literary talents are outstanding. According to my opinion, there are 3000 candidates in the capital, and none of them can surpass Brother Chen, let alone Brother Chen. Xie Yuan, if If you win the Huiyuan and become the champion, then you have collected a big three yuan."

Chen Xin felt a little disgusted by this kind of flattery, but he couldn't show it. He could only smile at them: "Everyone was joking, now that the capital is full of talents, talented people are springing up like bamboo shoots after rain, Chen Mouwei is nothing."

"Hey, brother Chen, it's better if you're humble."

These actions are not to curry favor with Chen Xin because he is talented, they are curry favor with the people behind Chen Xin, He Wenzong, Deng Wenyuan, these people who will shake the court if they cough in the court, one side of their hearts It is sour that Chen Xin is lucky to be able to climb these riches, but at the same time, he wants to curry favor with Chen Xin in exchange for the opportunity to deal with these people.

Seeing the helplessness in Chen Xin's eyes, Liu Yusheng put his arms around Chen Xin's neck, and said to those people: "You are right, brother Chen is very talented, so naturally he was on the list long ago, we have to finish our breakfast first before we leave." Let's go to the list, please go first."

The few people saw Liu Yusheng's ignorance of flattery, and knew what Chen Xin meant, they felt a little uncomfortable at the moment, and said with a dry smile, "Of course, then let's go first."

Chen Xin nodded, watched them leave, looked at Liu Yusheng and said, "Are you really not in a hurry to read the list?"

"Of course it's urgent. My mother said that if I fail the exam this time, let me go back to my hometown to get married. I don't want to be restrained by my mother at home, and I will be restrained by her when I come out."

Chen Xin smiled, watched Li Xiruo come down, hesitated for a while and asked her: "We are going to see the list, do you want to go?"

Li Xiruo looked at Chen Xin for a while and nodded, Liu Yusheng saw Li Xiruo's expression and said: "Brother Li, it's no problem to rank among the top according to Brother Chen's talent, why do you look so depressed."

If Li Xi didn't answer, Liu Yusheng turned to Chen Daodao instead: "We should have a celebration banquet tonight, and drink for a while."

Chen Xin shook his head: "Let's go to the list first."

In fact, the south wall of the Gongyuan has already gathered many candidates to watch the list before dawn. Not only their rankings are posted on it, but also their fate. They can't even blink their eyes in those few sheets Look for your own name, and hope that God can bless you and be on the list.

The three of Chen Xin came late, and they were already squeezed in the back. Liu Yusheng's eyes were blurred, and he found that he couldn't even see No.1 clearly. After waiting for a stick of incense in the outer circle, the people in front still didn't loosen, and immediately felt a little nervous. Annoyed: "You guys should take a step after reading it, so that the people behind can also read it."

The people in front ignored them, those who were not on the list wanted to see who was on the list, those who were on the list wanted to see who was ahead of them, and where they were willing to move, Liu Yusheng jumped a few times in a row, but he couldn't clear the list Can't help but feel a little discouraged.

"I knew we would have come with those people. These people don't know how to look at other people's names to be so energetic."

Listening to Liu Yusheng's complaints, Chen Xin kept looking at the list posted high up. Although he couldn't read the handwriting clearly, he saw two words at the top of the list. He guessed in his heart whether it might be himself, but Thinking about the abundance of talents in the capital, don't give yourself too much hope.

"You two also come to see the list?"

Lin Shang came here with a few servants, he was smiling at Chen Xin, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Li Xiruo who was disguised as a man, he was startled, just now he was still waving his fan in a suave manner, In the blink of an eye, he opened his tongue: "You, you..."

He and Zhao Yinzhang hated each other, and had no communication in the house, so Zhao Yinzhang would not take the initiative to tell him that Li Xiruo had come to the capital.Before Wang Gulin's matter, Chen Xin went to Lin Shang to borrow gold. Lin Shang never met Li Xiruo from the beginning to the end, and thought that Li Xiruo stayed in the village of Pei County and had never been out of the mountains.

Seeing Lin Shang's expression, Chen Xin was even more unhappy, he stood in front of Li Xiruo and said to Lin Shang: "Don't Mr. Lin look at the list?"

Lin Shang closed his fan, glanced at Li Xiruo through Chen Xin, and said with a smile, "Of course."

He winked at the boy, and the boy immediately separated the crowd knowingly with brute force: "Let's go, let's go."

Just as Lin Shang wanted to raise his head and enter the fork where the boy left, a young man from an aristocratic family dressed in brocade walked up not far away, and a group of people followed behind him. Looking at the fork that Lin Shang let the boy squeeze out of, he walked away unceremoniously He went in, but was stopped by Lin Shang: "Xiao Xi, shouldn't there be a first-come-first-served approach to everything?"

Xiao Xi's brows and eyes are full of arrogance: "Then thank you for letting me go."

He wanted to leave as soon as he said that, but Lin Shang's servant stopped him, and the servants behind him were not to be outdone, and the two sides became a confrontation. Xiao Xi said to Lin Shang with a sarcasm: "It's up to you whether you can be on the list or not." Not necessarily, but you still have the mood to stop me? If you are not on this list, how can you be worthy of Lin Ge's spirit under the spring. "

Lin Shang's complexion changed. This Xiao Xi is the son of Xiao Minghai, the founding county magistrate. Not only is his family famous, but he is also very talented. Although his character is mediocre, he is the most promising person among the pedants of the Imperial College.

Lin Shang is used to being a son-in-law in Peixian County. Because of Lin Ge's reputation, others have always respected him, but he didn't expect to face Xiao Xi when he arrived in the capital. It's pressing him everywhere.

Seeing Xiao Xi's arrogant appearance, Lin Shang cursed secretly for a while, then turned his eyes to Chen Xin: "Xiao Xi, you think you can top the high school rankings, and you don't even look at this person. The one in front of you, Chen Xin, have you heard of it?"

Chen Xin frowned, he didn't like Lin Shang using him like this, but after thinking about Lin Shang's many times of helping him in the capital, he finally endured it.

Xiao Xi sized Chen Xin up and saw that he was dressed in shabby clothes, and he met the humble scholar Chen Xin whom he had been hearing about recently, and even his father mentioned that Chen Xin was rushing for the exam Along the way, they were like gods and men helping each other. Not only did he bring down Fu Zhen, but he even took a few government servants to suppress the bandits. No one would be amazed to hear that.

However, Xiao Xi has always been used to arrogance, Chen Xin is just lucky in his eyes, and said with contempt in his tone: "So what?"

Lin Shang smiled: "Perhaps you think that the top spot in your pocket belongs to the name Chen Xin."

Li Xiruo said to Lin Shang in a cold voice: "Okay, let's go to the list first."

Lin Shang looked at Li Xiruo in amazement, not knowing why she interrupted him, Xiao Xi was also attracted to her, seeing Li Xiruo's beauty, looked at her with interest: "This brother also has Fame?"

Chen Xin immediately covered it up for Li Xiruo and said, "It was my stupid brother who accompanied me to the Beijing exam."

Liu Yusheng saw that he was talking endlessly, so he pushed Lin Shang and others into the crowd, and looked towards the top of the list.

Looking at the name at the top of the list, Xiao Xizhan smiled, and Chen Xin's confidence sank. Liu Yusheng looked at Chen Xin in disbelief. The top three on the list, Xiao Xi, did not have Chen Xin's name.

He knew that with Chen Xin's diligence and talent, it was impossible to come here, but not only did Chen Xin's name not appear in the top three, even in the top ten there was no Chen Xin.

Xiao Xi mocked, pointed at the list with the tip of his fan and said, "Let me see where this No. , I’m afraid it will be three years later.”

Hearing Xiao Xi's sarcasm, Chen Xin clenched his wrists, and Lin Shang also looked very uncomfortable. Before Lin Ge died, he said that Chen Xin's literary talent would be a big deal, so let him get in touch with him more. He thought that Chen Xin would be the same Only the top one or two on the list will boast in front of Xiao Xi.

Chen Xin pursed his lips and looked at the list. Liu Yusheng was ranked among the top 400, and none of the top [-] had his own name. He let out a sigh of relief and continued to look down. There are three to [-] candidates, and I am not completely without opportunities.

Chen Xin was looking for it, when the few candidates in the inn saw them, they came over and said mockingly: "Chen Juren, don't look for it, your rank is there."

They pointed to the front of the last list, behind Chen Xin was Lin Shang, the two of them were worthy of the list, if they were falling down, they would miss the imperial examination.

Xiao Xi sneered: "It seems that Chen Jieyuan, who is famous all over the capital, is nothing more than that."

Liu Yusheng frowned, and argued for Chen Xin: "This is impossible, someone must have made a mistake."

Chen Xin's knowledge is on him, and there is no one in the spring banquet. Even if there are many talents and scholars in the Imperial College, Chen Xin will not be reduced to stand shoulder to shoulder with Lin Shang.Lin Shang had read the book for a few days, if he hadn't been sent to the Imperial College, he would have missed his official career in this life.

Lin Shang also felt something was wrong, and whispered to Chen Dao: "I'm afraid there is something strange about this matter. Didn't you say that you wrote a dossier and gave it to Mr. Shen, why don't you ask him what's going on first."

Chen Xin nodded, turned around and walked out of the crowd.

(End of this chapter)

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