Chapter 67 Qin Ye is going to take the Boy's Examination

Zong Wenxiu: “…”

I can already feel how deep my brother's resentment towards Qin Ye is. There is not a single positive word in such a long sentence.

Of course, in comparison, the people in the North Courtyard are more terrifying, and they seem to be studying for their lives.

Xu Wan took a step forward and smiled, guiding them: "Observe these people again and see if there are any differences between them."

Zong Jincheng snorted and said proudly, "It's because of the age difference. The Hanlin North Branch even accepts children. I don't know how difficult the entrance examination is. Fortunately, I didn't fall for your trick and come to the North Branch to take the examination, otherwise..."

Otherwise, I don’t know how badly I would be hit.

Zong Wenxiu pondered for a moment and said, "Their clothes are very simple, and they have almost no luxurious ornaments. From this, we can infer two points: first, they may be concentrating on studying and have no time to spend energy on dressing up; second, they may be from poor families, and the North Court only takes care of their food and accommodation, not their clothes."

"Is your family poor?" Zong Jincheng followed his gaze and inquired.

The boy couldn't tell the quality of the clothes, let alone distinguish linen, cotton, or silk. He could only see that there were quite a few wrinkles on the fabric, which never appeared on his clothes.

Xu Wan nodded and replied, "Yes, the family is poor and has been struggling at the bottom for generations. They study not only because they want to make a name for themselves in the future, but more because: studying in the North Courtyard is their only way to turn things around in this life. This is a fight to the death, we have to do our best, if we lose there will be no chance."

Zong Wenxiu understood and nodded, saying, "No wonder they look so desperate. They are completely different from the students at Qingbo Academy. They are all children from wealthy families. It's hard for them to have this feeling of fighting a desperate battle."

"With the atmosphere in the North Campus being like this, even if a student from Qingbo Academy were thrown in, he would be assimilated by them," Xu Wan said with a smile, "because there is a word called involution. Seeing others working so hard, you will feel uncomfortable being involuted and will join in the fight, and that's how it becomes what you see now."

"Scroll?" Zong Jincheng suddenly understood why he felt so uncomfortable at the wall of Qin Ye's house that day.

This nasty boy actually secretly took advantage of him!

No wonder he couldn't pass Qin Ye's test!!

Xu Wan called them, "Let's go. There's no point in looking any further. I don't think they'll even give us a second glance."

Zong Jincheng raised his thumb, then turned his finger downwards, made a gesture to show that they were no match for him, and said arrogantly, "Just wait and see, I will beat them one by one!"

Zong Wenxiu chuckled and was about to follow him, but turned around and saw a surprised young boy, "Qin Ye?"

"Qin Ye?!" Zong Jincheng turned his head around and asked anxiously, "Where is he? Why can't I see him?"

Zong Wenxiu patted his shoulder and pointed him in a direction. Sure enough, he saw Qin Ye talking to a teenager in his teens. Qin Ye was shorter than the other boy, but the boy kept nodding and listening, as if Qin Ye was telling him something.

After he finished speaking, the young man walked towards the north courtyard, and Qin Ye also came out.

Zong Jincheng immediately pushed Zong Wenxiu away and stood in front of Qin Ye, looking like he was ready to cause trouble.

Qin Ye raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "It's you again."

Zong Jincheng said proudly: "Yes, it's me, the only one from Qingbo Academy who made it to the list of the four academies' joint entrance exam!"

Qin Ye looked at him straight in the eye after hearing this: "Which place?"

"No. ..." The little devil was stabbed directly in the heart, and his proud expression became a little evasive.

The ranking of 120th is really ugly. It is a whole list away from Qin Ye. It would be embarrassing to say it out loud.

Qin Ye naturally noticed his expression and immediately sneered to show his disdain.

This arrogant look really pissed off the little devil. He had always been like this to others, so why would it be the turn of others to be so arrogant to him?

He said angrily, "Why are you so arrogant? I have only studied for three months and I have already made it to the list. It will only take me a few months to defeat you. It will be easy. Just wait to be defeated by me!"

"It's up to you. I'm changing classes anyway." Qin Ye didn't care about him at all. He turned around and left, afraid of wasting any more time.

"Change class? Which class?" Zong Jincheng was stunned for a moment, then shouted at his back, "You and I are not in the same class, I study at home!"

Qin Ye's back walked farther and farther away without stopping at all.

It seems that he really has no sense of competition, or rather, he doesn't care about Zong Jincheng at all and doesn't think that Zong Jincheng can threaten his first position.

The little devil was still howling madly in the back, but unfortunately the person who had angered him had long disappeared.

He turned to Zong Wenxiu and asked, "Brother, what does changing classes mean? Is he going to study in the North Campus of the Hanlin Academy?"

Zong Wenxiu shook his head and denied it, "No, changing academies is called transferring academies, and changing classes means that he doesn't want to stay in the eight-year-old class anymore. Qingbo Academy divides classes by age, and children of each age group learn different content, have different test ranges, and can be on different lists."

Zong Jincheng said: "So once Qin Ye changes classes, I will never have the chance to be on the same list with him, and I will never have the chance to defeat him again?"

Zong Wenxiu nodded and said frankly: "Yes, after I read his test paper last time, I felt that even if he jumped directly to our ten-year-old class, he would have no pressure to get first place. Qin Ye's knowledge is really deep."

Zong Jincheng frowned: "Then I also want to take the same list as you guys."

Xu Wan said faintly: "Think about it, Qin Ye is going to the children's class."

Zong Wenxiu was surprised: "Madam knows?"

Xu Wan smiled and said, "Of course, I know all about our Master Zong's enemies."

Zong Jincheng pricked up his ears and asked curiously, "What is the Tongkeban?"

"The Tongzi exam, as the name suggests, is used by the imperial court to select child prodigies. Only those under the age of twelve can participate. If you pass the Tongzi exam, you can participate in the imperial examination as an exception, without being subject to the minimum age limit of ten years old, and you don't have to take the Tongsheng or Xiucai exams."

"The Tongke class of Qingbo Academy was established for the Tongzike. The children in the class are no longer of the same age, but are all under the age of twelve. If you are over the age limit and still cannot pass the Tongzike exam, you will be sent back to your original class."

Zong Jincheng's brows were furrowed so tightly that they seemed to be able to pinch a mosquito to death. He gritted his teeth and said, "Qin Ye, this kid, is actually going to take the imperial examination at such a young age!"

Xu Wan snorted and laughed: "Yeah, this kid is really confident."

"I want to take the children's exam too!" Zong Jincheng refused to admit defeat and wanted to take the exam as well.

"You?" Xu Wan patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "You should try your best to get into the top ten first. Think about the 119 students ahead of you. They can't even pass these eight-year-olds. How can they compete with the children's class?"

Zong Jincheng howled unconvincedly, "I don't want to wait for another joint entrance exam for the four colleges. That will take at least two months. In that time, I can even beat Qin Ye!"

Xu Wan smiled and said, "According to the latest news I received, Hanlin North Academy will hold another joint examination with Qingbo Academy next month. You still have this last chance."