Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 186
Walking out of Miyagi, Gu Yunji looked at the fiery red sunset in the sky, let out a long and long breath, as if he had lifted a heavy burden from his whole body: "The exam is finally over."

Cheng Yan looked far away, and sighed: "Yes, since we left Luxi Academy before the Dragon Boat Festival last year, we took the provincial examination together in August, went to Beijing to take the national examination together, and then took the imperial examination today, back and forth. After one year, I finally finished all the exams."

"Next, we just need to wait for the release of the list of officials in the palace examination seven days later, and then we can wear hairpins and hats, and wear Jinshi uniforms to ride horses and parade outside Donghua Gate."

Gu Yunji glanced at him with a smile, and joked: "Riding horses and parading around the streets surrounded by drums and ceremonial guards is something that only the first and third are qualified to do, and the rest of the second best can only leave the palace through the side door of the imperial city. What are you doing now? Are you confident? Cheng Yan, a new Jinshi?"

Cheng Yan smiled confidently, and his words rarely showed sharpness: "At any rate, he is second in the provincial examination and third in the general examination. With this confidence, it is not too much to think about it? Besides, you are still a person who won two yuan in a row, isn't it? Are you less confident than me?"

Gu Yunji shook his head and laughed: "Yes, yes, when the time comes, the two of us will be the No. [-] and the No. [-]. Let's just round up the top two, shall we?"

As he said that, Gu Yunji seemed to think of something again, and there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes: "It's a pity that Su Qi is not here."

Cheng Yan also slowly suppressed his smile: "At the beginning, we promised to see us on the gold list with our own eyes, but in the end, he was the one who broke his promise."

As usual, generals stationed outside the border can return to Beijing at the end of each year in order to report to the emperor.However, when Su Banner asked to return to Beijing last year, Emperor Jingfeng rejected it.The reason is that the frontier has only experienced wars and has not yet recovered. It is necessary for the general to sit down to stabilize the morale of the army and let Su Qi wait for a year before returning to Beijing.Su Qi had no choice but to obey.

Although Su Qi reneged on his promise, he couldn't help himself after all. In the face of family and country affairs, personal friendship always has to give way.

Thinking of this, Gu Yunji sighed, and enlightened himself: "Hey, that's all, anyway, we have finished the imperial examination now, and we will probably stay in Beijing to work in the future. Su Qi will come back one day, and there are still many opportunities to meet."

Cheng Yan nodded in agreement, then put the matter aside and walked to the guild hall with Gu Yunji.

However, the two had only walked a few steps on the street when they were stopped by a man dressed as a peddler: "Dare to ask the two of you... which one is Master Gu Yunji?"

Gu Yunji took a look at the strange man in front of him, stood up and said politely: "This is Gu Yunji, what can you do?"

The peddler's eyes lit up, and he smiled flatteringly: "Oh, so you are Master Gu Yunji, I'm disrespectful and disrespectful. I'm a small businessman who usually sells study utensils such as the Four Treasures of the Study. You have a pair of calligraphy, so that you can hang it in my shop for decoration, I wonder if it is possible?"

"Of course, as long as you are willing to give me ink, even a few words are fine, and the retouching fee is up to you!"

Gu Yunji asked suspiciously: "But I am neither a great Confucianist nor a famous calligrapher, and the calligraphy and paintings left behind are of little value. What are you going to do when you go back?"

"Look at what you said, it's too self-effacing! Besides..." The merchant smiled meaningfully, with a shrewd light in his eyes, "It's worthless now, won't it be worth it in two days?"

Gu Yunji was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

The peddler subconsciously looked around, leaned over and said in a low voice, "It is said...the number one scholar in this year's imperial examination is very likely to be you, and you were the Jieyuan of the provincial examination and the Huiyuan of the general examination before, if you can win the first place in the palace examination , then you are the third person in this dynasty to win three yuan consecutively, isn't this worthless?"

Gu Yunji keenly caught a word: "It is said? Who said it? Where did you hear it?"

"Well, everyone spreads it like this, and I don't know who said it." The vendor laughed dryly and began to compliment again, "Besides, I saw that you are very handsome after the palace exam today, and you must have performed well , maybe it’s really the champion of this year. If I don’t ask you for a calligraphy now, there will be a crowd of people around you after the list is announced, will I still have my share?”

Gu Yunji frowned slightly, not expecting the news: "The township examination Jieyuan and the general examination Huiyuan are established facts, it doesn't matter what you say. But the imperial examination has just been completed, and the final first is determined by His Majesty. Even the examiners are not sure who will win the first prize, let alone me?"

Gu Yunji took a deep breath, and straightened his tone: "Even Zhong Sanyuan is groundless and has no basis at all. I have never heard of it before, and please stop spreading it. As for the thing you said about bestowing calligraphy, that's all. Please ask the real champion after seven days, and if it is really me, I will not refuse. But now, let’s avoid it.”

After finishing speaking, Gu Yunji prepared to bypass the vendors and leave directly.

Seeing this, the peddler quickly grabbed Gu Yunji; "Hey, hey, master Gu Yunji, don't rush away, listen to me, I offer a lot of retouching fees. And even if you don't end up being the champion, I won't." Will ask you for your money back..."

Gu Yunji narrowed his eyes, his warning gaze fell on the arm he was holding, and he said coldly, "Let go."

The merchant seemed to be unable to understand, but instead hugged him even tighter, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan couldn't pull him away.In public, the two of them couldn't force themselves in the street, and they were entangled by him for a while.

The entanglement of the three of them was not small, which attracted the attention of many passers-by on the street.And when everyone knew that he was Gu Yunji, there were actually many people who had the same thoughts as the merchants and surrounded him, gradually blocking Gu Yunji's body.

Someone looked at him back and forth, wanting to ask him for a personal item: "Master Gu Yunji, I think your jade pendant is not bad, can you sell it to me? I want to keep it at home as a mascot, so that the children can enjoy the joy of Zhong Sanyuan , in the future, I will come back with the No. [-] examination like you. Of course, as long as you are willing to sell, the price is up to you!"

Someone brought a pair of new shoes in front of him: "Master Gu Yunji, I am the owner of Chenji Shoe Shop, and these are the best golden silk walking cloud shoes in our shop. I present them to you as a gift. I wish you success in the officialdom in the future! Seven days later, if you wear this pair of shoes for a parade, then I, Chen Ji Shoe Shop, will give you and your family free of charge from now on!"

Some people took advantage of his unpreparedness and directly stuffed the cakes sold by themselves into his mouth, and then happily yelled on the street: "Juxiangfang cakes! The champion eats the cakes that are agreed upon! After eating, tell Gu Yunji It's the same as three yuan in a row—"

Gu Yunji couldn't deal with it in time, he refused this one, and was pushed into another one after a while, he was in a hurry.But everyone didn't listen to what he said, and even Cheng Yan was so crowded that he couldn't stand still.

The two were pushed back and forth in the crowd, and Xudong's uniforms, which Xu Dong had sorted out all morning, quickly crumpled into a mess, and they were in a mess until the patrolling officers and soldiers came to disperse the crowd, and the two were successfully released. rescue.

(End of this chapter)