sbdcsierra Chapter 877 I really became my father’s father!
Chapter 877 I really became my father’s father!
Pillow flow courtyard.
On the stone table in the courtyard, an ordinary piece of letter paper was folded on it, and Shen Zheng and others gathered around the table.
Fang Ziyan was so nervous that his legs were shaking and he didn't even have the courage to sit down.
Old Qiao's arm was pulled so hard by him that it hurt. He bared his teeth and said, "Xiao Ziyan, why don't you pinch me to heal me? My old bones can't stand it anymore..."
"Qiao, Qiao, Grandpa Qiao..." Fang Ziyan's teeth were trembling along with his legs, "I won't pinch you, just let me hold on for a while, I really can't stand anymore..."
He stared at the letter on the table until it was picked up by a hand.
"Whether you stick your head out or shrink it, you'll get stabbed." Shen Zheng took the letter in her hand and moved her fingers slightly, "Zi Yan, don't make everyone nervous because of you."
In order to ease Fang Ziyan's nervousness, they sat in the yard for a quarter of an hour, and Shen Zheng's mood changed from nervous to anxious.
With a slight movement of her fingers, the letter paper unfolded in her hands.
She said, "Let me read it, and we can all listen together."
Pei Zhaoqi didn't look nervous at all, he just smiled and nodded. Fang Ziyan swallowed and sat down next to Pei Zhaoqi tremblingly.
The words on the letter paper are densely packed.
Shen Zheng took a quick glance, suppressed the smile on her lips and said, "There are a total of eighteen people taking the exam in this prefectural exam. Lord Yu said in the letter that eight of the eighteen people passed the exam."
"Eight people?! Eight people became scholars?" Fang Ziyan had just sat down for a while and jumped up immediately after hearing this.
He counted on his fingers and said, "Zhao Qi is definitely at the top. Chi Qing is also very knowledgeable. Zhang Yuanwei and He Mingcheng can be counted as two... There are only four people at most. How can we make eight?"
In all this calculation, he didn't take himself into consideration at all.
Shen Zheng lowered her head to read the letter, and asked him with a smile: "Eight people are more? You know how capable your master is. Also, don't you think about where the test papers you made came from?"
With two big Buddhas, Yu Shizhang and Zhou Hanjiang, predicting the topic, Shen Zheng still felt that eight people were not enough.
"Then..." Fang Ziyan felt his throat was dry, "So who are the eight people who passed the test?"
Shen Zheng smiled maliciously and deliberately read to the letter: "Fan Chiqing, Zhang Yuanwei, He Mingcheng, Zhou Yuanjing, Luo Wu, Xiao Yuan... all passed the test. From now on, the six of them will be the scholars of our county."
Everyone reacted, except Fang Ziyan who asked stupidly: "What about the other two? Isn't it eight..."
Only after he had been looked at as if he were a fool by everyone for a long time did he tremble and stretch out his finger, pointing at Pei Zhaoqi, and then at himself in disbelief.
"Zhao Qi, Zhao Qi and... me?"
When he thought of this almost impossible possibility, he felt as if he was struck by lightning, and stood there in a daze with his eyes wide open.
"I...became a scholar?"
"I am Fang Ziyan. Have you come to the mansion for the test?"
"I, Fang Ziyan, have become the first scholar master in my Fang family?"
How can it be!
His father had told him before that if he could pass the exam and become a scholar, he would acknowledge him as his father...
"Sister Shen, Sister Shen." He trembled as he walked to Shen Zheng's side, looked at the letter and said, "Please show it to me. I seem to be a father..."
"?" Shen Zheng stuffed the letter into his hand and frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
How can I be a father if this brat follows Pei Zhaoqi around all day?
Can Pei Zhaoqi give birth to a baby for him?
When Shen Zheng thought of that scene, her eyes went dark, and even the joy of "eight people passed the test" was diluted a little.
Fang Ziyan took the letter and read it word by word.
Fan Chiqing, Zhang Yuanwei...Fang Ziyan?
Fang Ziyan.
Fang Ziyan!
There really is a famous person named Fang Ziyan!
The stone hanging in my heart fell to the ground with a "thump".
Everyone was too late to react. They only heard a monkey cry, and then saw him kicking the ground with his feet and starting to run wildly in the yard.
“Master Scholar!” He held the letter high up, and his two legs ran out of a shadow. “I am Master Scholar, and I, Fang Ziyan, passed the imperial examination and became a scholar! I really became my father’s father! Sister Shen, Zhao Qi, ouch—gurgle gurgle gurgle—help, help me…”
Zhenliu is the name of this courtyard, and it is also an adjective, because there is really a "flow" in the Zhenliu courtyard.
At this time, Fang Ziyan plunged into the "flow".
When he was pulled out of the stream by everyone, his entire upper body was already soaked, but the letter in his hand was still intact.
"..."
Shen Zheng didn't know what to say to him and could only tell him to go back to his room and change his clothes.
After Fang Ziyan came out of the room with a silly smile, Shen Zheng said, "Ziyan passed the exam and became a scholar, which is worth celebrating. But there is one more thing I haven't finished talking about just now."
Several curious eyes fell on her.
She smiled and said, "Zhao Qi is also on the list. Aren't you curious about where our little talent got this time?"
Everyone looked at each other and said in unison: "First place!"
"Yes, first!" Old Qiao said, "Our Zhao Qi was a famous young talent in Quanyang County before, how could he not be first!"
Li Shiyuan nodded, "Even if she is not the first on the list, she is the first in our hearts."
In fact, they were a little unsure in their hearts.
Pei Zhaoqi has a talent for studying, but Liuyang Prefecture is so big, and it governs more than a dozen counties. There may be other geniuses hidden there.
Shen Zheng looked at Pei Zhaoqi's expression and asked him, "Zhaoqi, guess what?"
Don’t geniuses have to estimate their scores after taking an exam?
Pei Zhaoqi smiled shyly.
The words that came out of his mouth were not shy at all.
——"I think...if nothing unexpected happens, I should be the first place."
Everyone gasped and ate several pounds of food.
This kid...when did he become so arrogant?
"Because those questions are really simple..." Pei Zhaoqi said, "On the night after the exam, Master and Zhou Xuezhen came to see me together, and I memorized the answers to the test questions for them. At that time, they said that if I was not the first, then someone was behind the scenes."
Fang Ziyan's jaw almost dropped to the ground, "That night...Master and the others came to you for this matter?"
Pei Zhaoqi nodded.
"You even hid it from me!" Fang Ziyan looked hurt, looking up at the sky and crying: "First in the case, my brother is the first in the case, and I didn't know it until today!"
Pei Zhaoqi pulled him to sit down and said softly, "It was only because Sister Shen asked me that just now that I dared to be sure."
He looked calm and composed, as if the top winner of the provincial examination was not him but a complete stranger.
Instead, Shen Zheng was happy the whole day.
After approving a huge sum of thirty taels of silver to Jiang Sheng, she pretended to be casual and said, "They are just two young scholars. Zhao Qi is the top candidate, and Zi Yan is insisting on having a feast. Oh, by the way, buy more. Today, everyone in the mansion can eat as much meat and vegetables as they want."
In just one day, the news that "Young Master Pei was the first in the Liuyang Prefecture's examination" spread throughout the Shen residence.