At noon on August 26th, Shi Yuan, still in the dust, dismounted on the street of Guanyinqiao, threw the riding whip to his entourage, so that he would not have to follow him, and strode into the crowd with his own stride.
After he got the lucky boat, he became rich every day, his shabby atmosphere disappeared, and his figure also expanded. He walked all the way to Dingfang Restaurant, only a few traces of the past remained when he walked - always looking sideways. , as if afraid of hitting something.
He squeezed all the way into the restaurant and climbed the stairs amidst the noise. Someone with sharp eyes below saw him and immediately shouted: "Master Shi, come and have a drink!"
"Master Shi also came to see the Dragon and Tiger List?"
"Have you booked a cabin? Do you want to sit together?"
Shi Yuan answered in a circle with his hands raised, and then walked up. His feelings were really changed. When his family was poor, Cheng San was the only one who didn't mind when he walked outside. But now, even his brother-in-law and his family don't dare to face his sister. Called and drank at will.
He climbed up to the second floor in a few steps, found the "Fang" pavilion, straightened his clothes at the door, and raised his hand to knock on the door.
Someone answered soon in the room. He quickly opened the door and went in. Then he turned around and closed the door. He saw Wu Jin standing tall and tall, watching the situation in Gongyuan by the window.
Today is the auspicious time to release the list. At this time, the time is approaching. There is a sea of people outside the Gongyuan. Soldiers holding long knives stand in front of the "listing wall" to separate the crowd from the list ten steps away.
On the top of the ranking wall, a piece of yellow paper reads "The place where the rankings are released in the Kuanzhou Jiedongyuan in the 28th year of Yuanzhang." The people waiting for the rankings raised their heads, stretched their necks, and read these words again and again. I wish I could pull down the sun and reach the end of time as soon as possible.
There were noisy sounds everywhere, and as far as you could see, there were crowds of people crowding the streets, waiting for the announcement of the results.
Wu Jin turned around and walked to the table, holding the pot and pouring a cup of tea for Shi Yuan: "There are still two quarters of an hour."
Shi Yuan quickly took the teacup, thanked Wu Jin, sat down with the teacup in his hands, and drank from it - he almost lost his shoes after squeezing all the way.
After drinking the tea, he saw a few complimentary snacks on the table. He opened his mouth to eat, and ate three pieces. Then he drank the rest of the tea. His hunger disappeared, and his face became more energetic. He bowed his hands to Wu Jin shyly and said, "I'm sorry."
Wu Jin poured him another cup of tea, stood up, opened the door, and called the waiter to serve the food. The waiter immediately shouted at the top of his voice. After a while, the waiter came over and laid out two plates of side dishes and a plate of meat buns. , a plate of vegetable rolls, and a stewed hoof.
After the waiter left, Shi Yuan took out a thin piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Wu Jin: "Last year, we took apart the leather armor and sold it. This year, we have a new pattern. We took apart the leather armor and made it." Tiger skin sewing, the North and South workshops would probably be angry to death if they knew that the leather armor made with so much effort was dismantled and sewn, sewn and dismantled."
Wu Jin took it in his hand, opened it, looked at it, and put it in his sleeve: "Thank you very much."
Shi Yuan picked up his chopsticks and took out a meat bun: "I'm afraid Wang has noticed something. His movements have been much quieter recently. After this batch of leather armors, nothing has come out again."
Wu Jin said: "The reason why he restrained himself is probably because the fortress failed."
The forts that the imperial court strongly supported lost three villages one after another, and even lost all the territory except Hengshan. Huge amounts of military pay turned into smoke, and the resentment and dissatisfaction of the monarch, court officials, and people all needed an outlet.
Wang Zhizhou knew this very well, so he restrained and planned in advance to find a way out for himself.
Shi Yuan chewed the buns and figured out the reason. He lowered his voice and said, "This is the best time to take action."
Wu Jin smiled, stared at the chopsticks and said, "No."
Waiting a little longer, waiting until Mo Lingfeng grows up a little more, becomes a little more stable, and can escape from all the disputes is the best time.
Shi Yuan thought for a while: "It's true that we can just watch from the side first. Maybe we don't need to take action."
Wu Jin nodded, picked up the chopsticks, and stopped talking.
Shi Yuan didn't say much anymore. He was used to running around, so he ate every meal with great enthusiasm. After finishing a round of big meat buns, he started to push hard on his hoof. Wu Jin sat opposite, eating slowly, waiting. After he put down his chopsticks after eating and drinking enough, he also put down his chopsticks.
At this time, it was less than two quarters of an hour.
Shi Yuan stood up and called the waiter in, took away the leftover soup and replaced it with hot tea. The two of them could start a new round of chatting over the steaming tea.
At this moment, a gong sounded outside, followed by a powerful roar: "Release the list!"
After the sound, the whole street was shocked. People in restaurants, foot shops, and tea shops all stuck their heads out. People on the street rushed to the front, and there was a sound like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.
Shi Yuan's mood was aroused. He rushed to the window and stretched out his head to see the excitement. He saw that ladders had been set up on both sides of the list wall. Two soldiers were holding yellow paper lists on both sides. One of them did not move, and the other One person slowly pulled it open.
It was so far away that Shi Yuan couldn't see the writing on the paper, but he also knew that the first one to come out was the sixth one in Qiu Wei, followed by the name and place of origin, and they were opened in order to the last one, then the fifth one, and so on. Write to the first name Jieyuan.
He turned to look at Wu Jin: "That boy named Qi Chang, I don't know if he was on the list or not. I heard that he took a toilet seat when he took the exam?"
In the Gongyuan dormitory, the one next to the toilet is the toilet. It smells so bad that just sitting there is a kind of torture.
Wu Jin nodded: "He silently read it to me. He did not do badly in the exam."
"It's not easy." Shi Yuan sighed with emotion, and heard drums and gongs beating below. He quickly turned his head back, leaned out and looked out, and saw that the dragon and tiger lists had been hung up, some for him to see, and some for others to see. , there are also those who are illiterate and work as thieves in there. They laugh, cry, go crazy, make noise, and become a mess.
After more than a quarter of an hour of commotion, the people who announced the good news left first, and then there was a moment of silence. After a while, many of the spectators dispersed, and Shi Yuan's ears stopped buzzing.
The streets were still busy with traffic, and people looking at the results kept crowding in. Shi Yuan saw Qi Chang among the students.
Qi Chang changed into a brand-new sweatshirt. Because he was stooped and always wore it without ironing it, it had many wrinkles.
He hadn't looked at the list, so he started looking at it from the left, and the sixth one was at the top. He quickly moved to the right, and when he saw it, it was Jieyuan, and he became more and more confused.
After finally finding the bottom of the list next to the big characters in the top five, he started looking for his name from the last place.
Finally, he found his name in the 40th place.
"No. 40, Qi Chang, from Kuanzhou."
His rickety back straightened quietly, his face looked excited and proud, and his heart almost exploded with joy. However, there was no one to tell him, so he could only jump up high on the spot, and then held it tightly with both hands. own heart.
This uncelebrated joy would soon fade away, and he would try his best to keep this moment.
At this moment, his shoulder was suddenly hit hard, knocking him forward and almost falling on the soldier guarding the Dragon and Tiger List.
Before he could stand firm, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him: "Qi Chang, you've grown up, don't forget us!"
He turned around and saw five or six gangsters surrounding him.
Sorry, I only updated one chapter today. I had already finished it. When I looked back, I didn’t feel very good about it, so I deleted most of it...
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