After singing the name of Jie Yuan, the singer paused for a while with a happy face, and then continued to sing after the noise in the venue subsided a little.

When No.6 Yakui was sung, to the surprise of Bai Zhiqing and others, Zhang Tingsheng's name, Zhang Liu, was sung.

But those who are proud of Zhang Tunsheng will want to know the whole world once they gain power, and they will laugh wildly!I think he was selected as a scholar at the age of 20, and he passed the provincial examination three times and became the top runner-up in high school. How many people in the world can't match him!

That smugness is stronger than Wu Tianyi, who knows Yuan in the middle, and those who don't know it think it is Jie Yuan in him!
It's just that when the wild laughter is matched with his uneven blue and red face, it becomes interesting, and the taste of the villain is even stronger.

Many scholars in Dongcheng County heard that Zhang Bisheng had been beaten by Ya Kui, and wanted to help their foreheads.

Everyone's mood soon returned to the singer, and they all hoped to hear their name from his mouth.

As the names of Zhongju sang down one by one, the number of places became less and less, and the hearts of those who were not sung sank.

The anxious expressions on the faces of the two scholars Lin and Du were already visible to the naked eye, but Bai Zhiqing's face still had a warm smile that has remained unchanged for thousands of years.

Soon the singers sang No. 40 eighth, which is the last one.

"No. 40 eight—"

All the candidates in the field who were not on the list waited with bated breath. They were extremely nervous. There was only one place left.

Many candidates were silently chanting their names in their hearts, as if they could sing them out of the singer's mouth in the next breath.

"Bai Zhiqing!"

There was a smile in Bai Zhiqing's eyes, he was on the list, he lived up to his wife's expectations!
As the last winner sang, the audience was full of lost sighs.

There are few happy people in the audience, but many lost people.

There was that young talent who was devastated and then rekindled his fighting spirit; there was also the man with half-white hair who wept bitterly.

Lin and Du both sighed softly. Fortunately, they knew that they had failed in the test, and they were already mentally prepared to fail. They quickly adjusted their mentality and suppressed their loss. Congratulations to Bai Zhiqing.

"Brother Bai, congratulations!"

"Congratulations, Brother Bai!"

The two scholars sincerely admired Bai Zhiqing's knowledge. In their opinion, Bai Zhiqing's knowledge was far superior to that of Zhang Tingsheng, who was so rich and jaded.

The examiner's heart can't figure it out...

On the other hand, Bai Zhiqing himself didn't mind the ranking, even if it was the last one, as long as he won, he would have the opportunity to participate in the further examination.

Who is stronger and who is weaker, we will see on the gold list.

……

The next day after the ranking was announced, there was a Luming Banquet hosted by the chief examiner. All 48 candidates who made the ranking this year were invited to participate.

Bai Zhiqing, as the last person in the middle lift, did not get much attention.

But he wasn't the kind of person who would sit in the corner alone and complain when he was neglected, and the social scene couldn't trouble him at all.

After a while, Bai Zhiqing was on the scene mixing like a duck to water, and had a good chat with many people.

Halfway through the banquet, I sang the Luming poem, skipped the Kuixing dance, and it was so lively that the gongs and chips were intertwined.

Zhang Liu, who was flushed with excitement, approached Bai Zhiqing and showed off.

In this township test, five people in Dongcheng County were on the list. The highest ranking was Yakui Zhangliu, which made him proud for a while. He also privately said that even with his talent, it is okay to get Jieyuan, so Wu Jieyuan is just luck. All right.

It's just that at the Luming Banquet today, Zhang Liu still remained sober no matter how much he drank.

But he couldn't hold back his mockery of Bai Zhiqing.

Zhang Liu said with a big tongue, "Bai...Bai Zhiqing, how does it feel like...how about the middle of the tail hanging?"

Everyone looked sideways, seeing Zhang Liu's reckless speech after drinking, and many people were displeased, feeling that his behavior as a villain was simply insulting and humiliating.

At the same time, they had a gossip mentality of watching the excitement, wondering how Bai Zhiqing would respond.After all, literati are also human beings, and everyone has the heart of gossip.

I just heard Bai Zhiqing say: "Zhang Zhi... No, you should be called Zhang Yakui."

Zhang Liu's face was full of pride, his nostrils were soaring to the sky.

Bai gave a speech, raised his eyebrows and chuckled and continued: "For Zhang Yakui, it is a shame to be ranked low on the list, but for me it is a blessing to be at the bottom of the list. I don't know how many talents in Lizhou envy my good luck."

Zhang Liu showed disdain on his face, only the losers were compared with those who were inferior to him, and the strong always looked forward.

Bai Zhiqing continued: "I don't know if Zhang Yakui remembered last spring, when I was not even a child, and it was you who issued a guarantee for me that I was able to take the county exam and get a child."

As soon as these words came out, except for a few Juren from Dongcheng County, everyone else was surprised and looked at Bai Zhiqing in disbelief. In just two years, did Bai Zhiqing change from Tongsheng to Juren?

I don't even dare to write like this in a book!
However, when everyone's eyes turned to Zhang Liu, seeing his expression, they knew that what Bai Zhiqing said was true.

And this kind of thing that can be known at a glance, even Bai Juren would not dare to lie.

This Bai Zhiqing is really a wonderful person!As he said, good luck.

Bai Zhiqing continued with a smile: "It took me just two years to become a Juren, which is a blessing that many people can't envy. Of course, I also have to thank Master Qi for your appreciation, so that I can be fortunate enough to hang my tail and participate in today's Luming. feast."

Seeing Bai Zhiqing mentioning him, Qi Sicheng raised his lips and smiled inexplicably darkly, but there was a hint of embarrassment in his eyes that could not be easily detected.

Qi Sicheng felt that this thank you was a bit harsh, just because he almost made Bai Zhiqing unnamed on the list.

In the three exams, Bai Zhiqing's articles were clear and meaningful, and each policy theory showed his extraordinary insights.

Both the inner and outer curtain examiners ranked Bai Zhiqing's essays at the forefront, and the assistant examiner even recommended Bai Zhiqing as Xie Yuan.

However, Qi Sicheng's favorite prose is not the simple style of Bai Zhiqing's writing, and the views listed in Bai Zhiqing's last policy discussion are incompatible with Qi Sicheng's ideas.

If it wasn't for the support of the deputy examiner, Bai Zhiqing would have really fallen off the list.

At this time, being thanked in public by Bai Zhiqing, Qi Sicheng was somewhat embarrassed.

But none of the people who could become a third-rank official in the Daqing Dynasty was easy to deal with, and Qi Sicheng was good at flattering, so he calmly accepted Bai Zhiqing's thanks in less than a second of embarrassment.

Seeing that Bai Zhiqing and even Lord Qi were pulling out the banner, Zhang Liu instantly sobered up, was so stunned that he couldn't answer, and was secretly sullen, but he didn't dare to act arrogantly at the Luming Banquet.

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