In a blink of an eye, the day for the announcement came, and Ma Mingfeng and his group returned to Guiyang and lived at their home near Guiyang Gongyuan. Yang Wencong also rushed over after hearing the news. He also wanted to see if Ma Mingfeng had won the imperial examination.

Ma Mingfeng was also a little nervous. After all, whether he could determine his future life plan this time was self-evident.

However, Ma Mingfeng seemed calm on the surface, and others could not see his true mood at all. They thought Ma Mingfeng would not be worried.

At the entrance of the tribute court, people gathered before the gate opened. There were people everywhere, including elegant nobles, poor children with ragged clothes, rich businessmen with big belly, tall and strong martial artists, rich ladies dressed up, and middle-aged women with disgusting and mean words, including snacks, toys, juggling, fortune tellers, and all kinds of people crammed outside the tribute court. It was crowded with people and bustling, and even temple fairs were far from comparable to it.

Soon, the gate of the Gongyuan opened and the crowd rushed in like a tide. For a while, laughter, screams, angry curses, sighs, prayers, and all kinds of voices intersected noisy and chaotic.

Ma Mingfeng was carried forward slowly in the crowd and finally arrived in front of the screen wall where the results were released.

I saw a golden list article posted on the high screen wall, with a few big words written on the first line of "Guizhou Provincial Examination List". Then I saw my personal name listed on the left.

Ma Mingfeng looked from right to left, and saw that the list read: "The first place is Luo Mingkui, a student of Yongning Wei, "The Book of Songs"; the second place is Ma Luan, a native of Guiyang Prefecture; the third place..."

Ma Mingfeng didn't expect that he would get the second place in the exam, and he was still quite excited, but he was a little confused. Among these students, if they were those who knew Huang Daozhou, Ma Mingfeng said that it was the first, and no one dared to say it was the second place. Ma Mingfeng dared to guarantee that the articles he had done were written completely according to Huang Daozhou's proposal. There was only one of them a little different, that is, the article of distinguishing Taoist instruments. Based on his existing experience in history, he created the theory of Taoism as the body and instrumental instruments as the use. In theory, it should be a plus point. If this is true, he would probably be able to get Jieyuan, but in fact it did not. This made him wonder and secretly guessed: "Maybe it was because the Taoism as the body and the middle school use that he had prejudice against me, so he gave him a second place."

But these are just speculations. I am afraid that you need to ask Huang Daozhou to find out the specific reason.

At this moment, Yang Wencong, who was standing by, also saw the list and couldn't help but cheer: "It was really unexpected that I actually got the second place. No, I didn't mean that. What I mean was that I didn't even dare to think about it. You can get such a high ranking. In fact, it's completely expected that you can get the second place with your talent."

As soon as Yang Wencong said this, the people around him suddenly became excited.

"What? This young man got the second place in the exam? This is really amazing."

"Oh, if you have ambitions, you will never be old, you will never be old, you will never be young. The ancients really did not deceive me."

"He is so beautiful, elegant and handsome, Song Yuzhi's talent and Pan An's appearance. This sentence is a perfect reflection of him. I don't know who will be so lucky to marry such a wishful husband in the future..."

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Just as everyone was talking, they could only hear a continuous "get out of the way". Then a man wearing a black silk dress, white and fat, came to the front with a large thick gold chain, and said to Ma Mingfeng: "Is this young man surnamed Ma and his name is Luan?"

Ma Mingfeng nodded and said, "That's right, I wonder what advice does this gentleman have?" Ma Mingfeng could tell at a glance that this was a businessman, but he didn't understand why the other party had never met him, so why did he talk to him?

The businessman bowed and said, "I dare not give advice. I will introduce myself first. My surname is Tong, my name is Wei, a person from Duyun Mansion. I believe you can see that too. I am a businessman, but you may not know how big my industry is. Let me put it this way, I run a tea and silk business from Yunnan to Guangdong. I have trade with Westerners. The annual net profit is more than 100,000 taels of silver. I have big in Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guangdong.

Manor, the reason why I tell you so much is not to praise me for how much wealth I have. I just want to discuss something with you. I have a daughter, who is 16 years old this year, she looks like a country, she looks like a geese, a look of a slut, a look of a flower, and a master of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. I only have this daughter in my life, and I intend to betroth a young master. As long as you agree, all my furniture will not belong to you young couple in the future..."

When Ma Mingfeng heard this, he was amused and cried. He actually encountered a case of catching a son-in-law under the list. However, he could not agree to this matter. Not to mention that he had already set a lifelong contract with others. Even if he had no engagement, he could not agree to it rashly. This does not mean that he looked down on the businessman's daughter, mainly because he had never met the other party and had no emotional foundation at all. How could he easily agree to the engagement?

However, if the other party is saying it is true, you can consider commerce with him at that time. After all, in the future, whether it is aluminum products or thatched wine, someone will need to promote it to a further region. Tong Wei can operate trade so far from Yunnan to Guangdong, and has enough assets, so he is definitely a suitable partner.

So Ma Mingfeng bowed and said apologetically: "Mr. Tong, I am really sorry. I have already had an engagement with someone, so I can only let you down."

"Ah? I've already had a engagement?" Tong Wei looked disappointed, but then said: "Even if there is a engagement, it doesn't matter. I can accept that the two women serve the same husband..."

At this time, a big man walked up to him and said loudly: "Sorry, you are a step late. He has made an agreement with my niece to serve the same husband with the woman who is engaged to him in the future. If your daughter wants to marry, she can only be a concubine with aggrieved."

"Nonsense, how can my daughter be a concubine? Who are you?" Tong Wei was a little unhappy when he heard the big man say this and asked to the other party.

But I saw the man laughing and said, "I am Cao Zhongheng, Guiyang Prefecture, and I am currently the Guiyang Guard General Banner. My niece has already made an agreement with him. Why? Can you, a businessman with a stinky body, dare to compete with me?"

Tong Wei couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "I thought he was such a big official. It turned out that he was just a small seventh-rank flag boss. Your position is so low that he doesn't have any real skills. Do you think I'm afraid of you? To be honest, since my business can be so big, I naturally have frequent contacts with officials. Not to mention it is a chief flag, I have seen thousands of households in many places. Do you think you can scare me with a small chief flag?"
Chapter completed!