Although the students in the audience had mixed feelings, the two examiners on the stage were very happy.
Especially Li Zhijie, who kept stroking his beard throughout the whole process and couldn't hold back the smile on his face. Looking at Xu He in the audience, he felt more and more like him.
Peng Ruyu was also happy.
He had just taken office and was presiding over the prefectural examination. He was already a top student even before he became the prefect.
Having such a talented person come out of Yangzhou Prefecture will add a lot of color to his resume, and this is undoubtedly good news for him who is temporarily acting as the prefect. At the end of the year, the examination department will have to give him a lesson. The test words, then, is the righting still far away?
Thinking of this, he, who was always solemn, said warmly: "Go and wait at the door. When ten people are gathered together, we will fire a cannon to let you out. Remember to review the next two games when you go back, don't be late!"
Xu He bowed and agreed, then stood at the door of the examination booth, standing with the previous ones.
Those few were the masters who had been ordered by Magistrate Peng not to come back again.
As for Xu He, his article was regarded as a model by the prefect, and when the results were released in the future, it would be posted outside the government office for people to study and refer to.
Comparing the two, this group of people suddenly felt as if they were mourning for their heirs.
Especially the old boy with white beard and hair. Seeing that Xu He was so young, he was praised to the heavens by the prefect, but he...
Comparing people to each other can really piss people off.
After a while, ten people gathered together, and the Yamen fired a cannon to unlock the door and let Xu He and the ten people out of the examination room.
As soon as I went out, I saw that it was still crowded outside.
There are three to four thousand candidates in one government. You can imagine how big the scale of examinations is.
At this time, one by one, the children, who were about seven or eight years old, saw the group of them and ran towards them, shouting "Grandpa, Grandpa" as they ran.
When he came closer, he suddenly ran into the arms of the old school boy with white hair and beard, and said coquettishly: "Grandpa, dad and I have been waiting for you for so long. My grandson wants to eat osmanthus cake, grandpa buy it for me!"
When the old schoolboy saw this, he almost burst into tears. He looked up to the sky and choked with sobs: "I have wasted half my life. I have grandchildren, but I haven't even passed the exam for a child. Forget it, I won't take the exam when I go back this time. I won't take the exam. !”
The little grandson looked at his grandfather with a puzzled face, wondering why he was so sad.
The people attending the exams on the side saw that the old school boy's hair and beard were all white and he was still taking the government exams. He couldn't help but feel nervous and worried about his family and students.
After all, out of these thousands of candidates, only forty or fifty were able to pass the government examination in the end. It was simply too cruel, and no one felt confident.
At this time, someone saw Xu He, the youngest among the ten people, and couldn't help but said to the people next to him: "Although it is said that you should study early, but at the age of a school boy, it is difficult to stand out among so many people. It is too difficult!"
When Xu He heard this, he smiled slightly, ignored them, and followed the gathering place in Hailing County just now.
After he left, the candidates who had just come out of the same batch told the people around them about Xu He's performance in the examination room and the prefect's comments on his article.
When they finished speaking, those who had just commented on Xu He suddenly seemed to have their necks strangled, and they were speechless.
Because the next two consecutive exams were in the afternoon, and it was already getting late, Xu He found the people from the guardhouse who escorted them and Zhang Jingxian's soldiers, and took some money for them to buy some food. Then we found a nearby teahouse to sit down.
After eating something, the soldiers went to play by themselves, but Xu He sat on a stool in the teahouse and read a book.
Although the following two games are not very important in the imperial examination, Xu He, who has been accustomed to being "other people's children" since he was a child, decided to deal with it seriously.
While he was reading, he suddenly saw a familiar voice passing by in despair outside the teahouse.
Seeing this, Xu He quickly stopped the visitor: "Brother!"
Hearing this, the man turned to look at Xu He. When he found out it was Xu He, he suddenly stopped and walked in with a sad face.
It turns out that this person is Xu He's protector Wu Decao.
Xu He saw that he had a different look on his face, so he asked, "Brother, what's going on?"
Wu Decao sat down opposite Xu He and sighed: "Mama, I'm really unlucky!"
It turns out that although Wu Decao was a junior student in a government school, he had not thought about making progress in these years. He only used the rice from the yamen and living as a living wage for others, and had no intention of taking the imperial examination.
In the past few years, he had lived a relatively comfortable life. At a young age, both his parents were dead and he had never married. He had enough to eat and the whole family was not hungry, so he was not in trouble financially.
But this time, he capsized in the gutter.
The day before yesterday, when he was having dinner at home, Cai Xueyu from the Fu School suddenly came to his door and asked him to be a guarantor for several people.
It turned out that this was a good thing to get money for free. In previous years, when he was in the imperial examination, he was very happy with the money he got from the guarantee.
But this time he hesitated.
Because matters such as being protected have always been assigned by the yamen based on qualifications.
Since it was an assignment, it was definitely unusual for him, Cai Jiaoyu, to notify him in advance.
Sure enough, Cai Jiaoyu secretly told him that among the people assigned this time was a person who almost failed in the county examination.
Wu Decao was almost frightened when he heard this. Although he didn't want to make progress, he was still a junior student and had senior qualifications. No matter how he was ranked, it was impossible for him to get his turn to protect the person who was at the bottom of the county examination.
But now Cai Jiaoyu has notified this matter in advance. Obviously there must be something fishy in it.
Sure enough, Cai Jiaoyu said that this was the intention of the prefect.
Regardless of who meant it, this was a major matter involving fame and fame. Wu Decao shook his head repeatedly.
When Cai Jiaoyu saw this, he also explained to him, saying that the person who was admitted had a lung disease, and if he could only be in the last place in the order of admission, the seat would also be at the end of the examination room.
The last thing in the examination studio is that the light is very poor, and the second is that the air is not circulated. If you fail the exam, wouldn't it be unfair if you collapse on the spot?
"So the other party found Mr. Zhou's way and followed your group into the venue so that they could get a front row seat!"
Xu He almost laughed when he heard this: "So you believe it?"
Mr. Zhou obviously wanted to make money from the candidate, but he was also afraid that if something happened, a junior student with a backer would sue Ti Xuedao, so he picked out weak people and asked Wu Decao to protect him. .
And that person obviously didn't have a lung problem. He must have wanted to cheat in the government examination and followed Mr. Zhou's path.
"Otherwise?" Wu Decao almost cried, "Not long after you entered, I was found to have taken the exam for the person I was helping with, and was shackled by the new head of the government on the spot. I was also told that I was born in Linlin. For the sake of Zeng Guangsheng!”
Linsheng was downgraded to Zengguang, which meant that Wu Decao would no longer be able to receive Linmi from the court in the future. No wonder he was so discouraged.
Xu He smiled and said: "Did Mr. Zhou come to you and ask you to let me go?"
"Let you go?" Wu Decao didn't understand what he meant.
Xu He explained with a smile, and Wu Decao spat when he heard the words: "Spicy mother, you just bully me because no one in my family is an official, I am a poor scholar, and no good thing can happen to me. Every time I do this Needless to say, Cai Jiaoyu is all looking for me! I am his ancestor!"
Xu He wanted to laugh in his heart, seeing that Wu Decao was not a person who was serious about studying. He was put in the position of Lin Sheng just to facilitate [operation]!
This time, he was unlucky. Something happened to the Zhou family, and he encountered a strict examiner like Lao Peng. It couldn't be justified if he wasn't unlucky!
