Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

The Confucian Temple Street where the Su family lives is also considered a noble community. The people who live here are all the gentry class in Qingyuan County. Even in the entire old city of Baoding, it is a place where the literary style is at its peak, and many children are studying.

It is said that there are more than 30 scholars in this area to participate in this academician. If there is no accident, there should be three to four scholars.The admission ratio of the college examination is ten to one, and most of the candidates living here are the elites of the county, this ratio can be adjusted appropriately.

Seeing the time passing by bit by bit, the sun rose high.In the blink of an eye, it was ten o'clock in the morning Beijing time, and it was time for the official release of the list.

And the actors on the stage have also hoisted their voices, and the musicians have also adjusted their strings. The noisy voices gradually became clearer and merged into a beautiful piece of music. Su Mu listened carefully, but it was somewhat familiar, as if it was a famous song in folk music. "Backgammon", he is a layman to music, and he is not sure in his heart.

Strange to say, it probably felt that it was time to release the rankings, and the noisy crowd all turned their heads to look in the direction of the Gongyuan at the same time, waiting for the big drama that was about to be staged.

It is only a street away from the Gongyuan of Baoding Mansion for several miles. No matter which family's son is selected as a scholar, the people who announce the good news will pass by here as soon as possible.

Su Ruisheng was rumored by Su Ruitang a few days ago, saying that he was sure to win, and everyone believed it, and wanted to see the person who announced the good news as soon as possible.

There are too many people, the weather is hot, everyone is sweating, and there is a warm smell of sweat in the air.

Su Ruisheng's mother, Xie Niang, kept fanning the air with a handkerchief, and the fourth master Su beside him couldn't help frowning from the smell of powder.The others were also fanning non-stop, only Third Master Su was still sitting there upright, but the green skirt on his body had been soaked through.

As a patriarch, one must maintain basic dignity.Of course, compared to others, it is much harder.

Strange to say, Su Ruisheng didn't sweat at all.

Su Mu felt strange, but after thinking about it, he suddenly realized that this guy was trembling and afraid to sweat!

He smiled, and whispered to Su Ruisheng who was beside him: "Ruisheng, I heard people say that you are going to pass this subject with big words. You have such confidence, I admire you!"

Su Rui's voice trembled, he seemed to wake up, with anger in his brows, he whispered: "I don't know which bastard said that, Su Mu, can you honestly answer whether it is you?"

Su Mu: "That's strange, how can you be sure it's me?"

Su Ruisheng's eyes were slightly red: "Su Mu, wise people don't speak dark words. The grievances between you and me are very clear to each other. The matter of the last poetry meeting, and the matter of Miss Hu's family. It's a pity, now you and I It's one shot and two parts. Of course, I, Su Ruisheng, can't get Ms. Hu, so you are also empty-handed? Tell me, did you make such a move for me?"

Su Mu: "Ruisheng, after the exam that day, the third uncle asked you how you did in the exam, and how did you answer if you passed the exam. It was you who made such a big talk!"

"You..." Su Ruisheng's eyes were full of anger: "Su Mu, whether you admit it or deny it, as long as I, Su Ruisheng, live, the hatred between you and me will never be resolved."

Su Mu smiled lightly, he was quite sure about this courtyard test.As long as he gets the fame of a scholar, after today, the world will be brighter, and he will not take the threat of a mere Su Ruisheng to heart: "Ruisheng, you should worry about whether you can be a scholar. Look..."

He pointed to the lively scene around him, and put away his smile: "It's okay if you win, but if you don't win, how should you face the expectations of your fellow villagers? What face do you have to live in this world?"

Thinking of the seriousness of the problem, Su Ruisheng trembled all over, and murmured: "I can hit it, no, I will definitely hit it."

Su Mu refused to let him go, and stared at him with piercing eyes: "You really have this confidence, you should comfort yourself, time is running out."

Su Ruisheng only felt that Su Mu's eyes were so deep that he couldn't see the bottom. Being stared at by him, his three souls and six souls seemed to be sucked in: "If you can hit it, you will definitely hit it."

There was a hint of crying in the voice: "I don't believe that I will be so unlucky?"

He knew in his heart that based on his performance in the examination room, he failed the exam this time.For the past six days, the whole person seemed to be living in a nightmare, in fact, silently waiting for that unexpected fate.

Now, I can only ask God to bless me!

The surrounding area was too noisy, and no one could hear the conversation between Su Mu and Su Ruisheng.

"Haha, I believe you too." But after talking for a long time, Su Mu also felt that the heat was unbearable, "Wow!" He waved his fan vigorously.

Su Mu was not originally a native of the Ming Dynasty. As a modern person, he didn't pay much attention to the ancient etiquette and manners of scholars. It's not pleasing to see him.

Seeing that Su Mu's movement of fanning was very large, several elders beside him frowned, with disgust on their faces.

Master Su San was furious and shouted: "Su Mu, stand up."

Su Mu deliberately smiled shyly, stood up: "What's your order?"

The third master Su sullenly, was about to scold, suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, people shouted everywhere: "Come, come!"

"What's coming?" Xie Niang screamed, her face was full of joy, she couldn't help standing up.

It's a pity that she is short in stature, if she can see clearly, she won't be in a hurry.

Master Su San also had a tinge of joy on his face, he didn't care to teach Su Mu any more, and looked in the direction of the Gong Yuan.

Su Ruitang froze for a moment, then shouted loudly to the stage: "Play music, play music, cheer me up!"

The music was much louder, and it was still the song "Backgammon".

Su Mu clearly saw that the bodies of the two brothers Su Ruitang and Su Ruisheng both trembled at the same time, but their thoughts were not the same.

Su Ruisheng was so excited that he brought the stool down when he stood up.

Everyone stood up, Su Mu's size was considered medium among the people of the Ming Dynasty, and he could barely look through the cracks in people's heads, but saw a man who looked like a servant stumbling over in the distance. Weeping with joy, he shouted: "I hit it, I hit it!"

Su Mu was stunned, "I won, is it me? However, there was no official from the yamen to send the good news. It seems that the ranking is not high, and I didn't make it into the top [-]. Could it be that there is something wrong with my paper? If there is a problem , should be the first question."

Su Mu didn't think there would be any problem with his second question.

In fact, it was Feng Guifen's No. [-] essay that really went wrong.However, how could outsiders know about the examiner marking the papers.

However, Su Mu believes that as long as you don't know how to take the central level examination that directly determines whether candidates can enter the Hanlin Academy, it doesn't matter what the ranking is, as long as you pass it.

"it is good!"

"Master Ruisheng really hit the mark!"

There was applause everywhere, and Xie Niang and other members of the Su family were also full of joy.

Especially the children and servants of the Su family were prepared to congratulate the gentlemen before the good news arrived, and they might even get some happy money.

"Fire the cannons, let the cannons go!" Someone shouted, and then the gunner picked up a stick of incense and lit it on the already prepared firecracker twisters.

"Stop!" Suddenly, Su Ruitang pushed the gunsmith and shouted loudly: "It's a mistake, it's a mistake, this is not from my Su family."

Su Mu was also surprised when Su Ruitang said this, and glanced at him out of the corner of his eye.

But seeing this guy seemed relieved, with a trace of sarcasm in his eyebrows.

When Su Ruitang shouted, everyone fell silent.

Only the one who announced the good news kept shouting: "I got it, I got it!"

When they ran to the front, everyone realized that this person was very unfamiliar, but he was not the one who was sent to see the list just now.

Someone honestly grabbed him and asked sharply, "Which family are you from and why are you making such a noise?"

Seeing that he had disturbed the Su family, the man was a little embarrassed, and struggled with all his strength: "Quickly release me, I belong to the Lin family, and my sixth young master high school No. 60 seventh in this term of high school, won the scholar. Let go, I have to go back quickly to ask for the reward money!"

"Ah, so it's the sixth young master of the Lin family!"

The Lin family was originally a wealthy family in Qingyuan. Everyone knew that the Sixth Young Master was the distant house of the Lin family. His family background was average, and he could only study because of the support of the family. He was living in a small courtyard with two entrances near the Su family.

This person is reticent and doesn't interact with people very much in daily life, he looks very shabby, unexpectedly he fell for it.

Hearing that it was not the good news for Su Ruisheng, everyone was a little disappointed, no one spoke, only "Backgammon" was still ringing non-stop.

In a short while, there was a cry from the sixth young master's yard, followed by a long laugh, and a crazy voice sounded: "Father, mother, my son has won this time, and my son did not embarrass you!"

Hearing it made people feel sore, and one could imagine that the Sixth Young Master had suffered a lot during the day.

Su Mu felt that today's scene was more and more interesting, so he kept adding water to everyone present with the teapot, reassuring Su Ruisheng: "Ruisheng's ranking must be very high, and the person sent to see the list must come with the official. The play is no longer busy, and there is no need to rush."

Xie Niang breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes, yes, yes, master, Su Mu is right, Ruisheng must have done well in the exam, and it was a little late."

Third Master Su stroked his beard and snorted: "This fellow has a sweet mouth."

About an hour later, when everyone was too hot to bear, suddenly, there was another commotion in the crowd: "Come, come!"

This time, Master Su San and the others didn't move, they sat there waiting, but Su Rui stood up abruptly, and then called out: "Yes... it's here... it's an official from the Tribute Court..."

He has a stutter.

Su Mu looked intently, there were three or five people coming, the leader was indeed a yamen servant, holding a newspaper in his hand, smiling so much that his brows and eyes became crescents.

"Really!" Surprised, Su Ruitang rushed over first, stopped the yamen servant, and cupped his hands repeatedly: "Dare to ask Brother Tolerance, who are you going to give the happy news to, and how many places did you get?"

The tolerance was blocked by someone, he felt upset, and shouted: "Get out of the way, it's not your family, what are you talking about?"

When Su Ruitang heard it, his heart became happy again, and he stuffed a bunch of money in it: "I'm from the Su family, I want to ask if my family Su Rui's voice is right?"

Then the yamen servant laughed: "I'm going to deliver the good news to the Sun's family in Zhaozhou. The seventh child of their family won the seventh place in the hospital examination. As for your Su Ruisheng, I know, I didn't see any good news, probably not in the top thirty. Inside. Just wait!"

He was from Zhaozhou, surnamed Sun, and Su Mu immediately understood that he was a student from the cram school. Hey, this kid also won, with such a high ranking, he really has a bit of talent.

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