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While reporting good news to candidates, the province will also send a quick horse to report good news to the families of candidates who passed the examination. However, this will always take a few days in the evening, which will make the candidates' homes anxious and restless.

Shaoxing has a prosperous cultural heritage, and in recent years, there have been many high schools in every subject. Therefore, the biggest topic is how many high schools there are this time, what is the highest ranking... But is the more intense topic always the more popular Kuaiji or Shanyin? And which county will the highest ranking appear?

Shanyin and Kuaiji are like two brothers. They say to the outside world that we are a family, but when they close the door, they compete and want to put each other under them. They always want to find trouble, not to mention this three-year talent ceremony. For people of this era, studying is the most glorious industry, and becoming an official means the most noble status. When the provincial examination was held, completing the transformation from "master" to "master" was to complete the leap from the people to the officials. In the eyes of people at that time, there was nothing more important in the world than this.

Therefore, this kind of competition has attracted high attention from the two counties from the magnitude of the county to the people. For the loser, unless the battle is turned up in the next year's exam, it will not be able to hold it for three years.

So it is not difficult to understand why Shaoxing City has been excited recently... Whether it is deep houses, streets, alleys, teahouses, restaurants, brothels and gambling houses, as long as you start chatting, you will be sure to turn to this matter at most three sentences.

Naturally, the casinos will not give up this great opportunity to make money, and they will offer corresponding losses, such as the total number of winners and what is the highest ranking, but what is more popular is to predict the outcome between the two counties - which county has more and which county has the highest ranking.

However, there are high and low popularity between the two market quotations. Whoever can get the highest ranking has become the focus of the focus. The people of Shanyin believe that Zhu Dashou is the top scorer and has experience in taking the exam. It is reasonable to win the championship this time; but the people of Kuaiji disagree. They said that Shen Mo is a little Sanyuan. Since their debut, no matter how big or small the exams are, they have always seen who will destroy whom and never get second. Although you Dashou is very awesome, when you meet our Shen Mo, you can only bow down and surrender.

Once this plagiarism was launched, it became popular in the sky. In addition to the usual gamblers, people who were not good at this also joined in and joined in the fun. They would no longer hide the word "gambling", as if they had something to do with the imperial examination and became a matter of elegant things.

The bets on the two of them also broke the records... According to people's speculation, the number of people in the two counties and the financial resources are similar, and the winning or losing between the two sides should be half.

But when the night before the good news was announced, the casino stopped accepting bets and announced the numbers, it was a big surprise, because buying Shen Mo won the silver, which was more than twice as much as buying Zhu Dashou.

Could it be that we are tricked? In the face of public doubts, senior casinos came out to explain their doubts. They believed that three reasons were caused by this phenomenon. First, Shen Mo's reputation was too great and more well-known; second, compared with Shen Mo's unbeaten record, Zhu Dashou's first provincial examination strength will undoubtedly be lowered; third, many ladies and wives in deep courtyards paid for someone to buy on their behalf. For these ladies, Shen Zhuoyan is more charming.

The governments of the two counties were not idle either. They organized manpower to build colorful sheds and prepare firecrackers, and only waited for the time being to celebrate. The enthusiasm below was so high that the prefect Tang could not help but express his promise that if he beat the battle, the mansion would allocate 100 taels of silver to build a water and land archway. After several lobbying by the two magistrates, they agreed to write the inscriptions in person.

Now it's amazing. You must know that the prefect Tang is a famous writer in the world. His calligraphy is hard to find even a thousand gold medals. Now he writes it for his own handwriting, which is tantamount to double the value of those archways that are already very glorious. The magistrates of the two counties naturally compete secretly, and it depends on who can get more.

This decision caused dissatisfaction among other counties. After several magistrates learned the news, they joined forces to go to the government office to make a statement. The magistrate Tang had no choice but to agree to give money to several counties and write inscriptions, which calmed down the resentment of the counties. It only made him suffer. The number of juren in Shaoxing Prefecture has always been quite large, and it is estimated that at least two or three thousand taels of silver would be required. How could there be so much spare money in the mansion? He might have to pay out his own pocket.

However, for the prefect, he would be willing to pay it all out. On the contrary, if he didn't have to spend money, he would be very unhappy.

As the day of the good news approaches, the warm atmosphere in the city has reached its peak. Every day, there are a large number of idle people piled up in the area of ​​the North City Gate Tower. If you want to see the team that announces the good news first, you can go and have some food and drinks to get some prizes.

In fact, the government was the first to receive the news. On the second day of September, the county magistrates of the two counties received the news that the team of reports had arrived in Xiaoshan and would enter the city to report the good news one after another the next day. The two county magistrates hurriedly notified the people in the county who might have won the imperial examination and asked them to prepare for receiving the good news.

As the number one hottest favorite this time, the Shen family was naturally notified. Chunhua and Shen An who had already returned, said, "Let's prepare for it." However, Shen He was both drunk with a dark face and said, "If you don't know, just prepare. Are you not afraid of being in a state of destruction?" He said that since he started fasting on the first day of August, he has been in a whole month. He has been unable to eat in recent days, and he is anxious and irritable, and has obviously lost weight.

"Then you can change into new clothes, right?"

"What do you know? This outfit was worn by you young masters when you were scholars, and it was a real auspicious outfit!" Shen He's superstition had reached its peak, and even Shen An wanted to go out and take a look.

On the third day of the junior high school, the sound of firecrackers outside never stopped since the morning, and they kept beating drums and drums. From time to time, a crowd of celebratory people walked past the street. Shen An and Chunhua climbed on the ladder and counted five teams. Seeing that they were like the New Year, Shen An finally couldn't help but said: "I have to go out and take a look. It's already afternoon, so nervous."

"But... the master doesn't allow him to go out." Chunhua looked at the closed door of the west wing worriedly.

"I can't care about that much," said Shen An: "Anyway, if you take the good news back, you will be fine if you have any great sins." Then he climbed over the wall, ran to the street entrance to hire a car, and went outside the crowded north gate.

When I got off the car, I saw that there were so many people. The nine layers inside and nine layers inside were piled on both sides of the road, one after another, sweating profusely, and they were so excited, as if they were the winner. Shen An dared to say that the City God Festival was not so lively.

He wanted to squeeze to the side of the road, but was pushed out again and again. He was so angry that he shouted, "I'm here to receive the good news for our young master." Then he could not have countless faces and said to him together, "We are too." He completely shocked Shen An.

Given the plan to squeeze in, he had to run to the city wall in the distance, finally found a place, looked down from a high place, and asked the people around him, "Lucky, how much good news has it been?"

"Nineteen." The man and Yourong Yan said: "Come to the sum of the previous two sessions."

"Where is this? The person who heard the good news said that the mouse pulled the bellows and the big head was behind him." Someone next to him said proudly: "Look, another team came."

Chen An followed the man's pointing and looked north. Sure enough, he saw a team of riders playing with signs rushing from the official road. When he got closer, he shouted: "Congratulations to Mr. Xu of Shanyin for his good fortune, Wei, and Yayuan, the 16th place in high school. Beijing News has been listed on the yellow academy!"

Everyone cheered loudly, saying, "Mr. Xu has finally gotten lucky." Xu Wei has a very high reputation, but he has never achieved the results he deserves. Everyone is very sad for him. Finally, he is in high school, so it is naturally worth celebrating. However, the good news of the twelfth place in the back was directly shrouded in Xu Wei's shadow, and even his name was not remembered.

About a quarter of an hour later, the good news of the ninth place came, but it was Wu Dui of Kuaiji. People celebrated for a moment and then turned their eyes to the top of the city. They saw that there were eleven hydrangeas hanging on the left side of the plaque with the word Shaoxing. That is to say, so far, eleven of the two counties have won the championship and temporarily tied.

The air was so tense that it seemed that after a long wait, the next team to announce the good news came. The newspapermen shouted in unison: "Congratulations to Mr. Tao of Kuaiji, Mr. Tao, for being the third in high school, Yayuan. Beijing News was listed in the yellow league!"

This sound triggered everyone's cheers. There are people in Shaoxing who are ranked among the Three Tripods! Then I added a red hydrangea to Kuaiji.

The depression in Shanyin did not last long, and a larger-scale report came. The newspapermen shouted in unison: "Congratulations to the masters of Shanyin for being a big shot, the second place in high school, Yayuan. Beijing News has been on the yellow academy!"

Cheers broke out from Shanyin and a hydrangea was added. But everyone no longer cared about the outcome, because if the first place was not from Shaoxing City, then the draw would not hurt the harmony. If the first place was from Shaoxing City, then Shaoxing City would have won the top three. This glory is enough to make everyone forget the outcome, and the honor is so great!

The waiting time is too hard. People can no longer resist the restlessness. They leave the city gate and walk in the direction of the announcement team. Whether there is or not, please feel free!

It was already evening, with golden lights and red glows all over the sky. I saw a large group of knights coming to the official road in the distance, but the number was much more than before. I wonder if it was an illusion, the plaque in their hands was also inlaid with gold edges.

People asked excitedly, "Who is it? Who is it?"
Chapter completed!