Chapter 180: Missing person (1/2)
Chapter 180: Missing person
Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations
After the 180 names were announced, Fang Zhengzhi’s name was still nowhere to be seen. It would seem that Fang Zhengzhi had failed to be ranked.
Su Donglin did not wander far. Upon seeing Fang Zhengzhi’s name missing from the Second-Class Roll, he walked over.
”Congratulations!”
”You too!” Fang Zhengzhi replied.
”Me too?” Su Donglin was taken aback. He was clearly being sarcastic, but Fang Zhengzhi didn’t seem to get it.
Just as he was about to reply, one of his servants shot him a look.
Su Donglin had no choice but to keep quiet.
However, he snorted to himself, ”I will let you be happy for a while, after the First-Class Roll is released, I will see where you can hide!”
...
After Qin Yumin released the Second-Class Roll, he waited for a while so everyone could soak it in. Then, he coughed lightly.
”I believe that everyone knows that the Chief Examiner of the Imperial Examination is the great Han Zhangfeng. The emperor has also sent King Duan and the Ninth Prince to assist him.”
”Now, I would like to invite Official Han to release the First-Class Roll!”
After Qin Yumin finished, he looked respectfully towards the Imperial Academy. All of the messengers and soldiers also became extremely serious.
The moment Qin Yumin finished his statement, a line of people exited the Imperial Academy.
The leader of the pack was dressed in white. His clothes were adorned with golden embroidery of beasts. The beasts were the symbol of the Empire’s armies.
There was only one person in the empire who could wear this design on his clothes. He was the person who controlled the armies, King Duan.
To the left of King Duan was a young man. He looked slightly younger than King Duan, possibly in his early twenties. He was dressed in green, and there was an Ink Lotus on his clothes.
He looked rather pale, but had an aura of elegance about him, except, it was slightly too much...
Even though the youth walked to the left of King Duan, neither Qin Yumin nor the academics, or even the common people took a second look at him.
Even Han Zhangfeng, who was dressed in white official robes, had more looks in his direction than the youth.
”We respectfully welcome King Duan, Ninth Prince, and Official Han!” Qin Yumin led the academics in a deep bow.
King Duan nodded lightly as he turned to look at Han Zhangfeng, ”Official Han, can you kick off the First-Class Roll?”
”Sure!” Han Zhangfeng did not hesitate as he walked to the front of the stone.
Then, he retrieved a ink colored box and opened it.
Without a second word, he placed the inkstone inside the grooves of the stone.
In an instant, the First-Class Roll glowed golden. It was as almost as bright as the sun and it stained the entire sky golden.
All of the candidates struggled to open their eyes.
However, no one wanted to shut their eyes. They all wanted to see who had made it to the roll.
Su Donglin did not look at the stone. Instead, he looked at Fang Zhengzhi. He did not believe that Fang Zhengzhi could make it.
He saw Fang Zhengzhi looking at it.
However, his expression was still one of boredom.
Very quickly, names began to appear on the stone. Then, a scream of surprise could be heard.
”Xing Qingsui!”
”Who would have thought that he would have been on the First-Class Roll?!”
The first voice was of surprise, the second one was one of doubt.
It seemed like a good thing.
However, not everyone saw it as a good thing. The fact that Xing Qingsui’s name is on the First-Class Roll meant that he was not in the top three.
Then...
Who could be better than Xing Qingsui?
Su Donglin?
They quickly thought about Su Donglin. However, before long, Su Donglin’s name appeared as well.
”Su Donglin is on this roll too?”
”What... what’s going on?”
Everyone looked at each other in disbelief. In everyone’s view, the only person who could defeat Xing Qingsui was Su Donglin.
But Su Donglin had only made it to the First-Class Roll.
This threw everyone into confusion.