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Three weeks later.

The cold wind in winter has blown from the southern region to Yanjing City.

Large pieces of snowflakes fell, covering the towering ancient city, covering all kinds of traces on the city walls, leaving only a silver-white makeup.

The cold wind is drifting.

At the front entrance of the palace, countless people stood outside the palace gate in the cold wind, wearing thick cotton coats, looking out of the palace gate with anticipation, and kept looking into the palace.

At the entrance of the Zhaoxuan Hall in the palace, the left prime minister Yu Yiping was headed by a group of civil and military officials, and talents stood quietly under the civil and military officials.

Snow fell from the sky, on the shoulders of civil and military officials and talented men, and on the feet of their feet, but they did not move.

Because, everyone is waiting.

Waiting for the final announcement of this palace examination!

In fact, as usual, there are uncertain factors only when the Propaganda List. After all, once the martial arts examination is passed, the ranking of the overall list will be obvious.

But……

This time the announcement list is undoubtedly an exception.

Because no one knows what the results of this promotional list will be, and no one knows who will be the top of this list.

Finally, the gate of Zhaoxuan Hall opened.

The warm air containing the aura of fire charcoal came from the hall. The expressions of the civil and military officials and the talents tightened slightly, and their bodies subconsciously stood up a little. Although they all lowered their heads, their eyes were looking at the hall gate intentionally or unintentionally.

Without the Minister of Rites and the Imperial Academy, then, normally, the proclamation list is personally announced by the emperor, or like the last document list, the left prime minister Yu Yiping was announced by the generations.

However, unexpectedly, although the gate of Zhaoxuan Hall was opened, the figure of the Supreme Lord Lin Mubai did not walk out of Zhaoxuan Hall.

At this moment, standing at the gate of Zhaoxuan Hall were eight imperial guards wearing golden armor.

Everyone had a solemn face, and in the hands of these eight imperial guards, there was a huge square thing covered by golden brocade. It was obvious that this square thing was the Banshi.

"Do you want to show the list directly?"

The civil and military officials and talented men looked at this scene and looked at each other, and no one spoke, but such a thought arose in their hearts at the same time.

The imperial palace is where every generation of emperors passed away or ascended the throne and proclaimed the imperial palace.

Similarly, it is also the place where Daxia Xuanguan Palace Examination List. After each time the Golden List is titled, a stone with a golden name engraved on it stands in Zhaoxuan Palace.

This also represents the degree of importance Daxia attaches to palace examinations.

only……

As the grandest palace examination, the palace examination list has always been announced first and then the stone is shining, but this time it seems a little different from usual.

He actually lifted the stone out directly.

The civil and military officials did not speak, and the talents who were waiting for the announcement did not speak. The cold wind blew, and in addition to cold and cold, there was also pressure in the air.

The eight imperial guards were very steady. They walked out of Zhaoxuan Hall and stepped on the thick snow, making a creaking sound, but their bodies did not shake at all.

Soon, the eight imperial guards stopped.

Because they just walked out of Zhaoxuan Hall, walked to the gate of the hall gate and stopped, and then their hands slowly loosened.

The huge list stone fell steadily to the ground.

"Go to the golden list!"

A slightly sharp voice sounded at the door of Zhaoxuan Hall. The sound was not too loud, but the penetration was extremely strong.

And as this sound rang out, the same sounds quickly followed.

"Go to the golden list!"

"Go to the golden list!"

“…”

Such a voice started from Zhaoxuan Hall and spread to the main entrance of the palace, and then spread from the main entrance of the palace to the four gates of Yanjing City.

Yan Jingcheng was boiling at this moment.

Whether in business, politics, or military, they stopped what they were doing and looked at the direction of the imperial palace Zhaoxuan Hall with a distant eyes.

In front of Zhaoxuan Hall, the golden brocade cloth has been slowly unveiled.

Golden names appear from the list stones, and there are only ten places in the palace test list. This is the distance set since the founding of the Daxia Kingdom.

"I'm on the list!" An excited voice sounded.

"I'm on the list too!" Another excited voice also sounded. The palace test list is a truly honor that has been celebrated throughout the ages. How can we not be excited?

As the two sounds sounded, the third sound and the fourth sound also sounded one after another...

"Nangong Hao is the first!"

"It's true that Nangong Hao made great contributions to the Southern Region this time, and signed a ten-year peace contract on behalf of Daxia and the Southern Region. It deserves its first place."

"Yes, it's just... why is Yan Xiu third?"

After seeing their rankings clearly, the talented men also looked at the top of the list, and Nangong Hao's name stood at the top.

"No, there are only nine names on the gold list!"

"nine?!"

"Look, Nangong Hao's name is not right!"

“Improper?!”

"Really, if you follow the name of Nangong Hao, there should be another one on his right..."

"That means Fang Zhengzhenghe..."

When the talented men noticed Yan Xiu's ranking in the gold list, the talented men finally noticed the strangeness on the list. However, when the three words Fang Zhengzhi were said, the talented man seemed to realize something, quickly closed his mouth, looking panicked.

"The golden list has been opened. According to the rules of all dynasties, the top three golden lists can have the opportunity to participate in the Tiandao Pavilion selection test seven days later. Nangong Hao, do you want to participate in the Tiandao Pavilion selection test?" The voice outside the hall gate sounded again, and did not answer the questions of the talents, and it felt like I had not heard the discussions of the talents at all.

"I'll participate!" A white figure stood out from the crowd, with sword eyebrows, starry eyes, and cold wind blew, and the silver-white sword sheath on his back exuded a faint light.

"Well, Mr. Nangong is willing to participate in the selection of Tiandao Pavilion. It is the blessing of my Daxia Dynasty and the blessing of the Nangong family!" The voice nodded when he heard this.

When other civil and military officials and talented men heard this, they all looked admiration and envy. Tiandao Pavilion is the real place of cultivation.

"Young Master Nangong will definitely succeed when he participates in the Tiandao Pavilion selection exam!"

"That's of course. With the strength of Mr. Nangong, he could have entered the Tiandao Pavilion for the examination four years ago, so there is naturally no problem now."

"Congratulations to Mr. Nangong!"

The talents immediately congratulated Nangong Hao.

Nangong Hao also returned the gifts one by one, and then slowly turned around and returned to the crowd, everything seemed so dull.

The eyes at the gate of Zhaoxuan Hall looked at the crowd again, and finally fell into a face that was as cold as frost among the crowd.

"Yan Xiu, do you want to participate in this Tiandao Pavilion selection?" The voice sounded again. Although it was still a little sharp, its tone was obviously a little strange.

"Why is Fang Zhengzhi not on the list?" A figure walked out of the crowd while the voice sounded. His face was a little pale, and he was obviously recovering from serious injuries.

However, his body stood very straight, and there was no trace of bent in the cold wind, and his ink-colored clothes swayed gently in the cold wind.

His name is...

Yan Xiu!

"Yan Xiu, Eunuch Wei asked if you want to participate in the Tiandao Pavilion selection test. For other things, you can wait until the Tiandao Pavilion selection test is completed." A voice sounded among the civil and military officials.

"What I asked is why Fang Zhengzheng was not on the list!" Yan Xiu's eyes didn't even look at the minister. He just looked at Zhaoxuan Hall.

In other words, from beginning to end, his eyes were only staring in Zhaoxuan Hall and never moved away.

"Yan Xiu, this is Zhaoxuan Hall, you must not be arrogant!" The voice of the Minister of Justice sounded. As the chief officer in charge of the law of the Ministry of Justice, he naturally could not let such a thing happen before his eyes.

"Why is Fang Zhengzheng not on the list?" Yan Xiu's voice sounded again, without any slight wavering.

"Yan Xiu!" The voice of the left prime minister Yu Yiping finally rang out at this time. The red official uniform represented his position as the chief minister among the civil and military officials.

"According to the rules of the palace examination, the end of the martial arts examination is set before the Battle of the Southern Region, that is, during the Battle of the Cold Ape Tribe, Fang Zhengzhi had nearly 50,000 troops in front of the Cold Ape Tribe. The only candidates left were Nangong Hao and I. Why was his name not on this list stone!" Yan Xiu ignored the left prime minister Yu Yiping. He just stared at Zhaoxuan Hall and said word by word.

"Is a minister who plots to treason a country qualified to be on the gold list?"

"This is a common thing for everyone to know about the frivolous princess in the Southern Region! What kind of gentleman should he be? Moreover, this rebel minister was still killing the prince of the Southern Region on the road and stabbing the prince. Such a crime was already lenient for the emperor without killing the nine clans. Yan Xiu, what else do you want?"

"Yes, Yan Xiu, you are different from Fang Zhengzhen. You are from a famous family and are just working for the country. Now the Tiandao Pavilion's selection test is close to you. You should focus on the selection test first, rather than argue for such rioters and rioters!"

When all the civil and military officials heard this, they finally became a little angry.

"Why not talk about the crime before conviction? I will only ask one question today, why is there no name of integrity on the list?" Yan Xiu bit his lips and subconsciously clenched his fists.

"Yan Xiu, you..." The civil and military officials were full of anger, and even the left prime minister Yu Yiping's face turned slightly red.

The talented men all had their eyes widened. Never once, they would have thought that Yan Xiu would argue with the civil and military officials in front of Zhaoxuan Hall.

Purpose……
To be continued...