Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 440 First Two
Zhang Yanling's face changed at this time, because he found out that the top three had nothing to do with his two students.

He tugged at Zhang Heling's sleeve slightly and said tremblingly, "Brother, something happened."

"What a fuss! When you are so happy..."

"Brother, stop bragging. The first one is Tang Yin, the second one is Zhu Zhishan, and the third one is Zhan Ruoshui."

"Our two students... didn't make the grade!"

Zhang Heling's body trembled, his eyes widened, he looked at the top three on the list, and then he couldn't help but gasp!

Sweat dripped down Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing's foreheads. After carefully reading the list three times, they still did not see their names. Their faces suddenly turned pale as paper, and they looked as if they had lost their parents.

How, how could this happen… I felt like I did well in the exam, so why did I fail?

Zhu Zhishan is on the list, but his results in previous years were not as good as mine!
Wen Zhengming's body was shaking more and more violently. Although his mental state was in good condition after failing the imperial examinations several times, he still couldn't help shaking at this moment.

The main reason is that Zhu Zhishan was among the top three.

In the past, when the three of them all failed, they could still sit together and complain about it. But this year, he and Xu Zhenqing did nothing and studied hard for two and a half years, but they still didn't pass!
On the other hand, Zhu Zhishan, who had been in power in the southwest for two and a half years, not only passed the exam but also ranked second. This was really incredible!

How could Wen Zhengming bear such a huge blow?
The Zhang brothers trembled violently. Oh my god, how could this happen? Didn't Chen Ce's two students say that they didn't perform well this time?

Didn’t perform very well, ended up in the top two?
Didn’t my two students say they felt good? Why weren’t they on the list?
This is wrong!

The four of them came out of the crowd in a daze, covering their faces. It was too embarrassing and humiliating, especially with the arrogant look of the Zhang brothers just now. One would have thought that their students had already entered high school.

Tang Yin and Zhu Zhishan had been waiting outside for a long time. When they saw Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing coming out in a daze, as if they had lost their minds, they couldn't help but ask nervously, "Zhengming, what's wrong?"

Wen Zhengming glanced at Tang Yin with a wry smile, and said, "Bo Hu, congratulations, you have won the first place in the imperial examination."

Tang Yin was stunned for a moment.

Wen Zhengming looked at Zhu Zhishan with a complicated expression and said with a wry smile, "Yunming, congratulations to you too, you came in second in the examination."

Zhu Zhishan was also stunned.

Wen Zhengming once again fixed his gaze on Chen Ce. If someone said that Zhu Zhishan's advancement into the second class this time had nothing to do with Chen Ce, Wen Zhengming would never believe it!
In just over ten days, he trained a person who ranked second in the imperial examination and would become a future Hanlin Academy scholar. This is really amazing!

Fortunately, there are still people in the medical community who shamelessly spread the rumor that Chen Ce himself had never taken the imperial examination and would hinder Zhu Zhishan's future.

He didn't take the science exam, not because he couldn't pass it, but because he didn't want to!
He trained Zhu Zhishan for more than ten days and was able to train him to rank second in the examination. What if he took the exam himself? !

Zhu Houzhao also reacted suddenly at this time, and looked at Tang Yin and Zhu Zhishan with a breath of cold air, "You two guys, are you lying to me?"
Didn’t you perform poorly?

How can one get the top two even if one is not good?

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly asked Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing, "Did you win?"

The two shook their heads in disappointment.

"Hahahaha!"

Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly towards the sky, but soon felt that this seemed quite discouraging, so he quickly stopped laughing and pulled the Zhang brothers aside without saying anything.

"Ah, haha, Your Highness, we got up too early today. We are so sleepy. We need to go back to bed."

Zhu Houzhao held the two brothers and said, "Uncle, don't worry."

"My two thousand taels of silver, my little brother's two thousand taels of silver, a total of four thousand taels, you won't cheat, right?" "The bet has been signed, if you cheat, I will send someone to your mansion to get the money."

Zhang Heling's mouth twitched, and he said awkwardly: "Haha, no, how could it be? It's just a mere four thousand taels of silver, and we brothers can still afford it."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "I knew you guys wouldn't break your promise, thank you."

Zhang Heling: “You’re welcome.”

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

Zhang Heling suddenly shuddered, his face looked extremely ugly. He slowly stretched out his shaking hand, placed it on Zhang Yanling's shoulder, and said tremblingly: "Second brother, I, I feel a little suffocated and have difficulty breathing."

Zhang Yanling held Zhang Heling's shoulders and said, "Brother, four thousand taels of silver, I feel bad, what should I do, what should I do!"

Chen Ce and Zhu Houzhao passed by the Zhang brothers. Chen Ce frowned at the two brothers and asked Zhu Houzhao, "Why are they so sad?"

What a beast! Chen Chunjian! You are such a beast! How dare you ask?
If you hadn't taught Zhu Zhishan, we wouldn't have lost so much money? Who told you to teach Zhu Zhishan for no reason?
Why don't you take the exam yourself? If you take the exam, we will definitely buy you the top scorer in the high school exam!

Who the hell could have known that you could actually train Zhu Zhishan in just a dozen days? You evil creature!
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Nothing wrong, I guess you are happy for us."

Chen Ce hummed and said to the Zhang brothers, "Let's go. By the way, I will hold a banquet in a few days to celebrate for Tang Yin and Zhu Zhishan. You can come and have some too."

Zhang brothers: "..."

"hehe, ok."

……

Lun Wenxu's residence.

Zhan Ruoshui was not in a hurry to check the list. He had not set out yet, but Lun Wenxu had already returned. He said to Zhan Ruoshui, "No need to check. It's third."

Zhan Ruoshui was a little surprised and asked, "Who are the first two?"

Lun Wenxu was silent for a moment, then said with a complicated expression: "The first one is Tang Yin."

This is not surprising.

"The second one is Zhu Zhishan!"

After these words came out, Zhan Ruoshui couldn't help but stand there in a daze.

Zhu Zhishan?!

Zhu Zhishan, who had been trained by Chen Ce for more than ten days and was not favored by the Juren circle recently, unexpectedly jumped to become the second in this imperial examination?

hiss!
Zhan Ruoshui sucked in a breath of cold air. He was not shocked that Zhu Zhishan could get second place, but was shocked by Chen Ce. He trained Zhu Zhishan for only more than ten days, and he was able to train a juren who failed the exam for three consecutive years and ranked at the bottom to become the second place in the imperial examination?
This is too outrageous!!

Lun Wenxu looked a little unhappy, and said casually: "It was his own ability that Zhu Zhishan passed the imperial examination. It has nothing to do with Chen Ce, right?"

Zhan Ruoshui: “…”

Before the imperial examination, you thought that Zhu Zhishan would most likely not pass the exam based on his previous performance. Now, after more than ten days of teaching by Chen Ce, the "not able to pass the exam" you mentioned has turned into the second place in the examination.

Even after all this has happened, you still say that it has nothing to do with Chen Ce's training and guidance. Isn't that a bit too hypocritical?
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the reason Zhu Zhishan was able to achieve such good results was because of Chen Ce's teaching, right?
(End of this chapter)