Chapter 1: Six consecutive wins
In the boundless darkness, a white light suddenly appeared, and then a white comet was seen passing through the darkness, leaving a dim light trail.
The pure white comet was flying quietly in the darkness. At some point, a golden light appeared in the endless void, and then a golden meteor appeared.
In this endless and boundless nothingness, the trajectories of the two meteors, which should have had no intersection, unexpectedly intersected at some point!
boom!
The dense white mist spread, the magnificent golden light shone, and then, two wills suddenly woke up at the same time.
"Zhao, can you fly? Are you in a hurry to be reincarnated?"
A cursing voice rang out in the nebula where misty white fog and brilliant golden light intertwined, and then another voice cursed back without any hesitation.
"I am going to reincarnate , aren't you going to reincarnate?"
"Zhao, I forgot!"
"Stupid idiot, are you reincarnated without a brain? You can even run into this, did you forget to bring your eyes?"
"Damn it, I was flying straight, and you were inserting it diagonally..."
"Bullshit, you just woke up..."
In the nebula composed of golden light and white mist, two meteors slid out and flew in opposite directions. As the distance gradually increased, the two wills that were cursing also fell silent one after another, because even if they continued to curse, the other party could not hear them.
However, these two wills that were gradually falling asleep did not notice that the colors of the meteors they belonged to were no longer pure. In the incandescent meteor, the core was stained with a little golden light, and in the magnificent golden meteor, the interior turned pure white.
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"Brother An, Brother An, stop fishing and go home quickly. The people from the county government are on their way to your house with the good news!"
On the ridge of a field where weeds grew rampantly, a little kid in open-crotch pants ran all the way to a wild pond which was only a few acres in size, and shouted at a group of children who were fishing and catching shrimps with bamboo poles.
"Someone came to my house again to announce the good news?"
Among a group of children covered in mud, a handsome boy stood up. His clothes were very clean, only his feet were covered in mud. He looked up into the distance with a very calm expression, because it was not the first time and he was used to it.
Although he was calm, the children who were playing with him beside him smiled brightly upon hearing the sound. They even ignored the fishing rods in their hands and pushed him to rush to his home.
"Brother An, your eldest brother must have graduated from high school!"
"Yes, yes, your brother won again, we can have a feast again!"
A little kid in open-crotch pants was drooling, his eyes full of desire and longing. Ever since Ango's eldest brother took the imperial examination, the village has held several banquets, each one better than the last.
"Eat, eat, eat! All you have is eating at the table!"
Hearing what the greedy guys beside him shouted, the handsome child laughed and scolded them, kicked each of them on the butt, and then without delay, he rushed towards his own home, thinking as he ran.
"The person who announced the good news last time was that my eldest brother ranked first in the imperial examination. The imperial examination is followed by the palace examination. There must be a quota for Jinshi, but it depends on how many places the emperor will give him. I don't know how many places he will get. If the current emperor is not crazy, he should at least give him a top scorer. It will also make him look good!"
Feng Qing'an, followed by a group of kids, had just run to the vicinity of his home when he saw the team coming to announce the good news. Unlike the previous times, this time the team was unprecedentedly large.
There were hundreds of people in the team, among whom one could even see a few people dressed in brocade clothes with extraordinary manners. The team announcing the good news passed along the road with loud gongs and drums, firecrackers, dragon and lion dances, and red decorations everywhere, filling the entire Shili Fengjiagang with a festive atmosphere.
The kids following Feng Qingan were seeing such a big scene for the first time. They were all amazed and pushed Feng Qingan to rush to Feng Qingan's house before the person who brought the good news.
But at this time, the Feng family courtyard was already surrounded by people in three layers inside and outside. Only the little Feng Qing'an, who had not yet grown up, was leading a group of children. Looking around, all he saw were the backs of adults. Feng Qing'an could not even see his own home.
Feng Qing'an could even see that the trees planted near his house were full of people, not to mention the roofs of the surrounding neighbors, who were all crowded with people, not afraid of collapsing the roofs. He even saw a yellow dog, which was somehow dragged up by the people it fed.
With such a scene, Feng Qingan felt that if he were a passerby, he would probably only be able to watch the excitement from the outside. Fortunately, Feng Qingan was quickly recognized by the villagers who were watching.
"Isn't this the Second Brother of the Feng Family?"
"Hey, Qing Anlang is back!"
"This is the brother of the top scholar. Please make way and let him in!"
Upon hearing this, the crowd that had crowded the Feng family's courtyard made way for a path with great difficulty to let the top scholar's brother in. As for those kids following behind him, they had no choice but to forget about it.
Feng Qing'an listened to the calls of the villagers on both sides, who had become increasingly familiar to him in recent years, and responded while squeezing into the courtyard.
Ever since his eldest brother took part in the imperial examination and won great success, his family's status in the village has skyrocketed. Even he, a child who just turned ten years old, has benefited from it. When he walks on the street, people call him Qing'anlang. As for his nickname, not many people call him that anymore.
"Er Niuzi, where have you been? The people who told your brother the good news are almost home, and you're just coming back. Come here quickly so I can change your clothes."
As soon as Feng Qing'an entered the courtyard, he was grabbed by a young woman in brocade clothes, who scolded him and dragged him into the inner room.
Feng Qing'an, who had been called Qing'anlang all the way, suddenly turned pale when he heard this nickname. This was his mother, Yin, who was one of the few people who still called him by his nickname.
"Mom, I've only worn this dress for two days!"
Feng Qing'an did not protest. His eldest brother was a pig at home, so what was Erniu?
"It's two days old, and I've made you a new set of clothes. Put them on quickly."
When Feng Qing'an changed into new clothes and walked out of the inner room, he saw the team announcing the good news had entered the courtyard. Among them, there were two people who were particularly eye-catching. Hearing the faint discussions, Feng Qing'an realized that they were actually the local county magistrate and the prefectural magistrate who came from the farther Jiangyang Prefecture.
"My eldest brother won first place in the county examination, the prefectural examination, and the imperial examination. He has already won the third place. He also won the provincial examination and the imperial examination. He has already won five places in a row. If the old emperor knows what's good for him, he will win six places, which is unprecedented since the founding of the dynasty!"
Feng Qing'an was a little surprised at the arrival of these two big men, but he felt it was very reasonable, because his eldest brother, who was three and a half years older than him, was already thirteen but not yet fourteen years old, and it was his first time to take the imperial examination, but he made it all the way to the end.
To be honest, Feng Qing'an knew that his elder brother was a talented writer, but he never expected that his elder brother was so powerful. He had already passed the imperial examination before he even reached the age of marriage. He was simply inhuman!
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, decrees: On the fifteenth day of the third month of the Wuyin year of the twenty-eighth year of the Yongkang reign, Feng Qingping, a tribute student from Jiangyang Prefecture, has passed the imperial examination and won the first place. This decree is hereby announced to the world, and the whole country celebrates together. This is my decree!"
The messenger who brought the good news unfolded the yellow silk cloth and read aloud the contents thereon. His voice was so loud that even the people watching outside the courtyard could hear it. The crowd was silent for a moment, and then they were in an uproar.
The top scorer!?!?
The eldest son of the Feng family, a teenager whose fuzz on his mouth hasn't even fallen off yet, has become the top scholar in the imperial examination!
"Congratulations to Mr. Feng Qingping of your family for passing the imperial examination and being listed in the top ten of the imperial examinations in the Beijing News..."
The yamen runners congratulated loudly and repeated the contents of the good news. Feng Qing'an mixed in with his family, listening to the hustle and bustle around him. Suddenly, he felt a sense of coolness. A mechanical voice sounded in his mind,
[System file data is abnormal, decompression failed, do you want to decompress it again? ]
"mother!"
Feng Qing'an ignored the voice in his mind and ran towards Yin, who had fainted and fallen softly, and was then supported by Feng's father.
