Xue Qing laughed.

Xue Qing never thought that if an ancient person made such a gesture to him, although Mr. Sihu followed her and said a few modern words from time to time, she still laughed when she saw the movements of the boy in white robe.

She was a little embarrassed at the time, but she didn't expect the boy to remember... Of course he was not kind-hearted, obviously a misunderstanding, thinking that this was a swearing person.

Xue Qing laughed silently, and the young man in white robe looked at her and turned his head coldly.

"What does he mean?" Guo Zian, who was waiting outside the government office, came over and saw it. He asked in confusion, and then looked at the young man in white robe... Is he also a native of Xiliang? He doesn't look very similar...

Xue Qing shook his head and smiled: "It's nothing, he's scolding me."

Are you cursing? That gesture? Guo Zi's hand hanging beside him gestured.

The last ray of sunlight faded away and the dusk enveloped the earth. After the examination of calligraphy art, the crowd outside the government office did not dissipate but surged more and more. People rushed to the scene after hearing the news. The calligraphy and paintings of the candidates on the exhibition board were still hung for people to enjoy... Of course, the paintings of the two-year-olds were the most predecessors.

The lights were already lit in the hall. The ritual officer looked at the examiner in front of him and looked at the document book in his hand.

"Then do you agree with this judgment?" he asked.

Chen Sheng and other examiners looked at each other, and one examiner smiled and twisted his beard: "If you don't follow this score, I'm afraid the people will not accept it."

At this time the exam has ended, and there is no more candidates in the government office. You can clearly hear the bustle of the government office.

The official of ritual looked at the document book in his hand again, smiled and picked it up, and said, "That official is announcing his achievements in calligraphy." He walked out with great strides.

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The paper with the names and numbers of candidates and scores in the twilight was unfolded in the most conspicuous position, and the officers and soldiers surrounded the display board with a little distance, so as not to be torn apart by the excited candidates and people.

After all, there are a few who are squeezed into the front, but there is no need to worry about not being able to see the candidates behind. The people in front aloud pronounce the candidates' names and scores.

The gap in the test scores this time widened, with only one full score.

“建州,秦梅.”

Qin Mei, a native of Jianzhou, this is his name, but I don’t know whether it is true or not, Xue Qing smiled.

The next name was reported in the noisy sound over there.

"Chang'an Mansion, Xue Qing, Jiu."

Zhang Shuangtong shouted: "It's not fair!"

Not bad, Xue Qing smiled and reached out to pat him: "It's so fair to see so many eyes." He raised his ears, "I wonder who the third one is?"

The third one is a bit weird.

“The third game 28, eight.”

When these words were shouted, the onlookers also urgently asked for their names.

"No name." The person in the front row tried his best to look at the paper, "Only the license plate..."

Don't have a name? Impossible... No. 28, Xue Qing remembered the people and decorations in the hall. According to the arrangement, he was a man in his thirties... If it was in the normal sequence... strangely, she frowned slightly.

The strange thing is that the examiners missed the writing. The people watching the fun didn’t care much about these trivial matters. More people urged others to think of others, and more candidates should know that their grades were crowded.

The next scores are the same as those in previous subjects. There are a few seven-pointers, some six-pointers, some five-fourth scores, some one-pointers, and some zero-pointers...there are all over the black and sunny.

As the scores were reported, laughter or scolding sounded, but calligraphy and painting were still placed around. Curious and dissatisfied people made a judgment after seeing it. At this moment, a burst of lively rush in front of calligraphy and painting works was stirred up.

Xue Qing and others did not go forward, waiting for Pang An and several candidates from Chang'an Prefecture to squeeze out in sweat.

"I got five points, I got five points." Pang An was so excited that his face blushed and stretched out his two fingers. "It's only two points away from seven points."

"Yes, yes, I have four points, three points worse than seven." The other candidates also said happily.

At this time, everyone starts with seven points. Anyway, only those three get nineteen or eighteen points, so Ignore it.

Zhang Shuangtong nodded and said, "No, I got two points."

Pang An blinked and said, "Why did you get two points?"

Zhang Shuangtong looked at him and said, "Because I'm low-key."

The candidates around laughed.

Liu Chunyang whispered to Xue Qing: "The candidates in Xiliang are all seven points."

Xue Qing nodded and said, "Those are actually not important..." She didn't care about the Xiliang candidates. She cared about the Xiliang candidates just doing things for herself, smiling, "You got four points, it's really good."

Liu Chunyang curled his lips and said, "This is not important." He didn't come here for the exam, well, she wasn't actually... He looked at Xue Qing.

Xue Qing waved his head and said, "Let's go."

Zhang Shuangtong jumped over from the side and put it on her shoulder, saying, "Sanchilang, you are second in the exam, please treat us to dinner as a congratulations."

薛青道:“好啊.”又看向身边的长安府考生们,“我知道一家牛肉汤馆特别好...”说着搓搓手,七月暮色沉沉天气已经凉爽些许寒意,“趁着他们都在看成绩,咱们先去占好位置.”

Pang An shouted ok, and hello everyone. Although three masters in this calligraphy and art exam took the high scores, the examiners were not harsh on other candidates. The candidates in Chang'an Prefecture all referenced the scores, and the scores were high and low, but overall they were all satisfied. Eating and drinking hard to relieve fatigue after the exam, so except for some older people who had to go back to rest, most of them went together, including Lin Xiucai.

"Go away." Zhang Shuangtong shouted loudly and swayed in front of him.

Xue Qing, Pang An, Liu Chunyang, Guo Zi'an, then Pei Yanzi was holding his hands behind his back, Lin Xiucai and others laughed and talked about and followed slowly. The crowd walked towards the city in the dusk. The lights lit up in front of the official yard behind him, and the twilight was lit like clouds and mist.

Two long tables outside the simple beef soup shop were filled with people, lanterns shaking, the big pot next to it was steaming hot, and the autumn wind circling and scented with fragrance.

The boss, who was wearing only a short shirt, used two handfuls to pick up the beef and beef offals in the rolling pot, waved a large piece of knife and sliced ​​the beef offals and chopped them into a row of large bowls placed on the chopping board. The guy next to him immediately scooped out the big white bone soup and poured it on it, grabbed the chopped green onions with one hand and threw it in.

The big tray lifted the big bowl, and the two guys carried it high on their shoulders.

"Fifteen bowls of beef soup~all~"

It's like walking on clouds and fog.

Zhang Shuangtong and several young people put down the chopsticks and cakes in their hands, and followed the elongated tone and called to take them in person.

“Hot~”

"Scent~"

"Another pot of wine~"

"Give a bowl of pepper noodles..."

The two long tables were filled with noise, which attracted the passing people to see. Looking at the group of young and old people, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva... Seeing others eating is the most greedy.

Beef soup snacks, a pot of wine, the night is thick and the streets are bright, the candidates from Chang'an Mansion also finished their meals and drinks, and walked towards the inn in groups of three or three with a little drunkenness.

Pang An looked back at Xue Qing, Liu Chunyang, Zhang Shuangtong, Guo Zi'an stopped, stood in front of a wine shop and pointed.

"Hey, what are you doing?" he raised his hand.

Zhang Shuangtong said with her hands: "Buy wine and drink."

Lin Xiucai turned around and frowned: "Don't drink anymore, I'll have to take the exam tomorrow. I can't pull the bow and arrow carefully and can't hold the reins."

Zhang Shuangtong curled her lips, Xue Qing was already smiling and responding loudly: "Just take a look, I should go back after the exam tomorrow. I want to bring some specialties here."

So that's it.

A candidate smiled and said, "It's still early, I'll choose after the exam tomorrow." He ignored it and continued to move forward. Occasionally, he looked back and saw Xue Qing and Liu Chunyang walking around and laughing behind.

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The government office was brightly lit, and the sumptuous meals were placed on the long table one by one. There were more than 20 men of age in the hall joking. These were the examiners of the gentleman exam. At this time, everyone was joking around a few men.

"This time you have a great calligraphy skills, and you have selected the top three for the first time."

"It's not OK if you don't do this. These skills are too high, and it's really hard to convince the public without distinguishing between the top and the bottom."

"Have you collected those calligraphy and paintings? Let's take a look at the top three works."

Hearing the questioning, the clerk went to ask, and came back for a moment and said, "It's being taken back, it's not packed yet, so the adults can go and see it." He said, "The people are reluctant to leave, especially if they like the traveling pictures... They don't say they look like themselves, but they also say they can hear the people in the paintings talking... Interesting..."

A shout rang beside his voice.

"I remembered it! Talk!"

It scared everyone and looked at it in the voice to see that it was an examiner. Everyone recognized it as one of the examiners of this calligraphy art. At this time, he looked excited and trembled and wide-eyed.

Chen Sheng looked at him and said, "Mr. Liao, what's wrong?"

Mr. Liao said: "Speaking is like talking, it is talking." He was so excited that he seemed unable to speak.

The people in the hall looked at each other in confusion.

Mr. Liao slapped his legs and said, "Mr. Xu Hou's painting is like this."

Mr. Xu, everyone present knows the name Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu’s paintings are of course very powerful, but what does this have to do with today?

Mr. Liao rubbed his hands and said, "I remembered the way the candidate painted. I have heard people talk about Xu Hou before. That person had seen Xu Hou. Xu Hou painted like this. He squatted alone and ignored anyone..." He was incoherent.

The people in the hall understood it.

"You mean that the candidate's paintings are as good as Xu Hou?"

"Not only paintings, but also painting postures are similar."

"Speaking of this, Mr. Xu has been missing in the world for ten years..."
To be continued...