After the third exam, not only Xu He, but also all the students in Yangzhou Fu School seemed to be exhausted.
When I returned to the Zhuangyuan Building, I fell asleep in a daze.
Among them, several sick people who lacked exercise on weekdays fell down directly.
This made Gao Bi and others very busy again. Yan Yi bought some medicine to cook and gave it to those guys to drink, and finally no lives were lost.
Otherwise, if someone is selected, the person will be dead.
This is so damn sad.
The next step is to wait for the results to be released. Xu He and others feel scratchy and scratchy, eating is boring and sleeping is not good.
Time, the wild ass, is lame after all, and its slow pace can drive people to death.
It seemed that Zhuangyuanlou couldn't stay any longer. Fortunately, at this time, he found out about the restaurant where the students in Hailing County were renting, and Xu He searched for it.
I heard from the waiter that students from Hailing County School live in the Sihai Inn on Liujia Street.
But Xu He followed the path pointed by the waiter and searched for a long time, and found that he should have arrived at the place long ago.
But what is written on the wooden sign on the street is [Qingyun Road].
Just when Xu He was wondering if he was going the wrong way, someone suddenly said in surprise from behind him: "Light voice."
Xu He turned around and looked, hey, isn't this an old acquaintance?
It turned out that he was called Wu Minzhi, the Linbao appointed by the yamen for the county examination and government examination.
Wu Minzhi is in his thirties, and he is considered one of the top academic figures in Hailing County.
However, my luck in the exams has been poor in recent years. I failed the provincial examination twice in a row, which was a waste of six years. This is the third time I have tried to take the provincial examination.
"Brother Jiecai, it's you. How did you do in this exam?" Xu He said with a smile.
Wu Minzhi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I think the article is well done, but that's just my opinion. I don't know what the examiner thinks."
After saying that, he spread his hands and felt helpless.
However, Wu Minzhi admired the person in front of him.
I remember that it was only last year when Xu He was guaranteed for the first time in the county examination.
Unexpectedly, it had only been a year, and he was already taking the provincial examination just like me.
It’s really irritating to see people compare to each other.
"Liangsheng, why are you here?" Wu Minzhi asked.
Xu He smiled bitterly and said, "I heard that the students in Hailing County live in the Sihai Inn on Liujia Street. I wanted to come over and talk to Chu Yuan and the others, but I might have found the wrong place and came to Qingyun Road. !”
Wu Minzhi laughed loudly and said: "This is the Liujia Street!"
Xu He looked at the sign on the roadside suspiciously.
Wu Minzhi said: "Chu Yuan wrote this before the provincial examination. He said it was to bring us good luck!"
Xu He suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Okay, I thought I went wrong."
Wu Minzhi had nothing to do anyway, so he took Xu He back to Sihai Inn.
When I first walked into the inn, the environment here was much worse than that of Zhuangyuan Building.
There happened to be scholars from the county school waiting in the lobby to release the results.
Someone who knew Xu He happily greeted him: "Liangsheng, why are you here?"
"Yes, Liangsheng, I heard that you entered the government school? What a pity, I was still thinking about asking you for advice when you guys come in!"
"Liangsheng, come back and sit at my house when you have time!"
…
Xu He smiled and greeted everyone with fists in his hands.
After a while, Chu Yuan hurried out of the backyard and his eyes turned red when he saw his classmate from social studies.
"Well, Xu Liangsheng!" He punched Xu He on the arm and cursed with a smile: "You still know that you are from Hailing!"
Xu He sighed and said, "It's all arranged by the family. By the way, how did you do in the exam this time?"
Chu Yuan smiled and said: "Follow the method you taught, read more and write more. Fortunately, I listened to you and insisted on writing ten essays every day. Otherwise, for this provincial examination, I would be studying with the prince!"
Xu He said in surprise: "It seems that he did well in the exam!"
Chu Yuan shook his head in embarrassment and said, "How do you know?"
At this moment, the sound of gongs outside suddenly interrupted their conversation.
The shopkeeper and waiters in the inn were startled when they heard the gong and said, "I'm afraid there's a fire somewhere nearby!"
Everyone quickly got up and wanted to go out and take a look.
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Time goes back to the day before yesterday.
Gu Shouyuan smiled and said to all the court officials and Wang Liangchen: "Finally, I have finished reading and the rankings have been sorted out. Finally, there are no more mistakes, so I feel relieved."
The deputy examiners and co-examiners all laughed and said: "The candidates who take the provincial examination in this subject in Nanzhili are all due to the thoroughness of the examiner."
Wang Liangchen smiled and said: "Mingshan, this year's provincial examination is not easy. You haven't slept for a few days. How about you take a rest and let others write the results?"
Gu Shouyuan laughed loudly and said: "It's the most exciting time, I can't sleep, so of course I have to do my job!"
Everyone laughed again when they heard this.
Writing the provincial examination results is not just random writing. There are very strict rules here.
First of all, we must start from the sixth place.
The deputy director said: "The sixth place in the rural examination, thanks to Daozhi from Jiangdu County, Yangzhou Prefecture!"
When Wang Liangchen heard that it was him, he laughed and said: "The son of the Yiling family is due to his family background!"
If he had said this normally, he would never have mentioned Xie Daozhi on such an occasion.
However, the severity of the provincial examination was obvious to all, and there was absolutely no possibility of fraud, so Wang Liangchen said this very frankly.
After writing the sixth place, you have to keep writing down. The quota for the rural examination in Yingtianfu, South Zhili, means that the number of admitted people is 135. This number is fixed and cannot be more or less.
There will never be a situation like that in later generations, I think your paper is not bad, I just let you go.
So when the deputy director came up with a person's name, Gu Shouyuan wrote down the list one by one until he ranked 135th in the provincial examination.
Gu Shouyuan wrote on his side, and Wang Liangchen listened on his side. The names of all the 130 rural examination candidates had come out.
There are a lot of students in Yangzhou Prefecture.
But the name of the person he was most looking forward to never appeared.
"Xu He, could it be that you were affected by the pre-exam experience and did not do well in the exam?" Wang Liangchen frowned, worried.
After writing one hundred and thirty people, only the top five are left.
There are explanations for the top five in the provincial examination.
Because the top five are all the first in each room, they are called [Wu Jing Kui]. When writing the list, you need to write it backwards.
That is, starting from the fifth place, the first place is written last.
Moreover, the first place must be obtained by the principal, and the second place must be obtained by the deputy principal.
From the third to the eighteenth place, each of the sixteen room officials will occupy one, which is called Fang Yuan.
If the number recommended by one of the room officials is not among the eighteen, one of the other room officials who has admitted two will be assigned to him, and the main one will be average.
There is a poem by the ancients that says, "The green poplars are divided into two springs", which refers to this matter.
At this time, the deputy examiner began to read the list of Five Classics Leaders.
Fifth place, Han Yujian, Taiping County, Ningguo Prefecture.
The fourth place is Fang Younan, Pei County, Xuzhou Prefecture.
The third place is Gong Kun, Shanyang County, Huai'an Prefecture.
Second place, Fu Ding, Wujin County, Changzhou Prefecture.
When everyone heard this, they all looked at the deputy examiner with bated breath.
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