Before and after the government examination, Zhu Pingan’s life is no different, waking up early to practice writing and reading in the morning, studying the eight-legged essay during the day, reading by lamplight in the evening, and watching the other scholars after the examination, poetry, wine, and tea.
The vixen in the room is also the same as in the past, smiling all day long, not a stop.
When the sun rises for the third time, Zhu Pingan returns from his morning reading and is once again surrounded by his eldest uncle and enthusiastic townspeople to see the government exams release the list. This time is the general list of the government test, the last exam combined with the results of the first two exams issued by the “long case”, will be admitted to all the candidates in order to rank horizontally, with the name of the case, known as the “long case”. The first place, known as the House case head, A list, including the case of the head of a total of thirty people, the first ten people have a common title of honour – “House test of the top ten”, B list a total of seventy people, that is to say, the final number of people through the House test for one hundred people. More than nine hundred people to participate in the government examination, the final through one hundred people, the passing rate of almost ten per cent.
Regardless of A list or B list, as long as it is on the list of people can get the “child” title, the future of the imperial examination will no longer need to participate in the county test government test, only need to participate in the examination can be.
Crowded crowd, three or two students get together, or nervous or confident or broken pot chat about the government exam experience. In the crowd of mixed emotions after waiting for some time, then heard bursts of firecrackers, two rows of red-clothed government officials knocking gongs and drums came, gongs and drums noise attracted a large number of onlookers, lively.
I don’t know whether it is an illusion or what, Zhu Pingan felt that there is a flickering figure in the crowd, it seems to be a bit familiar, but when he looked again, he couldn’t find it anymore.
“Swine child, look quickly, the list is about to be released.” Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren seemed to be even more excited than Zhu Pingan, grabbing Zhu Pingan’s shoulder and shaking it for a while, drawing Zhu Pingan’s attention over.
The other two old folks and the eldest uncle’s fat friend also stood on their tiptoes, their eyes moving along with the official carrying the list.
In this examination, Guanshan Town would be the only one by itself.
Zhu Pingan stood in the crowd, quietly looking at the excited crowd, inexplicably calm at the moment, in stark contrast to the excitement of his eldest uncle and the others.
This time there is no suspense, the official in charge of issuing the list said a congratulatory and encouraging words, then in the Yamen’s assistance began to open the list, a long list full of names posted on the wall of the list, no matter whether the case head or the list of A list B list are all in this list.
The head of the case in the first place, the first thirty for the A list, marked with a red pen in the back, and the back of the split, which is the A list; the back seventy is naturally the B list.
Look at the list of scholars and scholars emotional than usual any of the excitement, in the list of scholars almost ecstatic, this is a child, 10,000 miles of long march, finally stepped out the first step. Of course, the candidates are more lost, many people cried bitterly, in the past several games are on the list, only this time not on the list, but the situation is incomparable, the list means that the future will have to be the county exam, the government test again, adding up to a total of seven or eight exams, uncertainty and more, looking around the list of people in the joyful look, the heart can not help but sadness.
Since the list was posted, the eldest uncle and other people’s exclamations are endless, like a duck was pinched throat, sound is a kind of damage to the ears.
The eldest uncle and the others looked at the list, then looked at looked at Zhu Pingan as if they did not recognise him.
Zhu Pingan was also a bit surprised, but after a moment, the corners of his mouth hooked into a naive smile. As the old saying goes: Heaven rewards the diligent, and sincerity does not deceive me.
In front of the crowded, laughing, painful worldly crowd is the final list of this government examination.
First place: Zhu Pingan; second place: Wang Jin; third place: Zheng Wei; fourth place: Xia Luoming; tenth place: Feng Shanshui.
This time the head of the case is the real government head of the case, the eldest uncle and other people’s surprise is justifiable, the quality of the government examination head of the case is much higher than the county examination head of the case, which is in the six counties of the Anqing prefecture students in the scholars of the group, although these students are not even Xiu Cai, but they dare not think about it. Uncle Zhu Shouren and a few townspeople are also examined more than ten years before luckily hanging through the government examination, but Zhu Pingan is only thirteen years old, the first time to take part in the children’s examination, will get a government examination case head back, is almost a mirage of the night. Moreover, what makes them most envious and jealous is that, generally speaking, the head of the government through the courtyard examination in the Xiu Cai is almost a nail in the coffin, this is almost everyone’s unspoken rules, all the years have been the same, as long as Zhu Pingan does not do anything out of the ordinary, a Xiu Cai status is appropriate.
For this government case head, Zhu Pingan is also some surprise, than the last table judge to get the first to rejoice a lot. First of all, this government test can be said to rely on their own real level of achievement, did not use their own copy of the Qing dynasty scholar volume in their minds; secondly, although the government test is no more than a qualification test for the basic examination in the imperial examinations, but the difficulty is also still there, the other scholars and scholars, although a number of times belittling their own, but it can not be denied that their attainments in the eight stocks, four books and five classics are still very high.
Of course, Zhu Pingan was not overwhelmed by joy, this time there are a few points of luck in being able to win the head of the government case. For example, the table judge that a fifteen Guan questions, such as their encounter with the old man fishing, calligraphy by chance to get a qualitative leap perhaps the marking officer happened to appreciate their own writing and so on. In addition, this is only the government test only, just a government of the students competition, there is the court test, even after the court test is only the qualification examination of the imperial examination only, there are township test, will test and so on.
Miles of long march, this is only the first insignificant step only.
Zhu Pingan got the government case head, the most surprised not only is the eldest uncle and other people, and Tongcheng Xia Luo Ming, Su Song Feng Shanshui and other county case head people!
The only one who was not shocked was Taihu Wang Jin, after reading the list, his expression was the same as before, as if the first, second and third had nothing to do with him.
But Tongcheng Xia Luoming, Su Song Feng Shanshui and others are not so, they have been dared to fight for the first place, like a group of lions who are evenly matched who is not convinced, each other secretly competing, all want to run the first place, the results of a blink of an eye, Nima, a gluttonous fat pig squealing has been spread to the end of the line.
It feels like a punch to the cotton.
“Cough cough, Zhu Xian Di, congratulations.” Su Song Feng Shan Shui was still barely able to maintain his points poise.
Tongcheng Xia Luoming and the others, however, were a bit righteously indignant, and only arched their hands before leaving.
“Swine child, you are the head of the case?” Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren was still having trouble believing it and reached out to pinch Zhu Pingan.
Nima.
Ouch.
Zhu Pingan grimaced as he was pinched by his eldest uncle.
Seeing the grimace of Zhu Pingan’s appearance, the eldest uncle then believed that he was not dreaming, his thirteen-year-old nephew, the first child examination, not only obtained the student, but also the first place.
Thus, doubly devastated.
“The later generation is fearful ah.”
The other two townspeople also sighed and helped their eldest uncle to leave, the route was again to the day tavern, and it looked like it was going to be the rhythm of staying out all night again.
No one to celebrate, then also can only give themselves to celebrate, well, perhaps really can only be themselves.
Zhu Pingan on the way back to the inn, bought some wine and meat to eat, with return to the inn.
Pushing open the inn, the wine, meat and food in his hands were still there, looking around, the room was cleaned up, his bedding was also folded, and the room only retained the faint scent of the demon girl’s body.
“Well, it really is myself.”
Zhu Pingan did not seem to be surprised at all by the departure of the demoness, calmly placing the food on the table, in fact, Zhu Pingan had known about the departure of the demoness for a long time, he just didn’t know which day she left.
Early spring is just the time, but at night there is the call of the cuckoo bird, this is a bird that only exists at the end of spring and the beginning of summer, does not know that he is from the mountain village out of the well.
Why don’t you go home?
Why don’t you go home?
But it is the accomplices call the demoness to return to the team’s code, otherwise why the demoness why toss and turn in fact, several times when they buy food hesitation is also because of this just, not clear when the demoness left, worried about bringing more than can not eat.
Zhu Pingan put the food on the table, found in the corner of the table under the wine altar pressed a paper letter and a fifty taels of silver.
This vixen is also interesting, Zhu Pingan hooked up the corner of his mouth.
