Under the ridicule of everyone, Zhu Ping'an calmly ate the two dishes he ordered and the steamed beef soup, and went back to the room to rest with his slightly swollen stomach.

Looking at the back of Zhu Ping'an's departure, the sound of ridicule in the lobby came and went.

"This fool has a good appetite"

"I've eaten two meals in the examination room, and now I've eaten two steamed buns and a big bowl of beef soup and two dishes, is he a pig?"

"Rice bucket, ashamed of this person."

In the mockery of Zhu Ping'an, the atmosphere that people had been tense for a day dissipated unconsciously, perhaps this was also an unexpected gain for everyone.

After eating and drinking enough to sleep, Zhu Ping'an went out the next morning with his schoolbag cross-body as usual, with a black plank in his hand.

In the inn, the snoring was everywhere, and the students and scholars who had been nervous for a day yesterday were rarely relaxed, and they slept sweetly one by one.

Stepping on the wet bluestone slab, I came to the river again, put the black plank, rubbed my hands and started the daily compulsory class.

After the rising sun stained half of the sky red and the visibility was high, Zhu Ping'an put away the brush and the black wooden board, took out a copy of "Ming Dahu", "Da Ming Law" and the laws published at the moment from his schoolbag and read it with relish.

Because the second exam is a table judgment, five judgments, a word, a table, an internal one, and a subject. At this time, I reviewed the laws of the Ming Dynasty a little more, and I was even more impressed by the exam. In fact, Ming Dahe is very interesting, this is compiled by Lao Zhu himself, and he pays attention to severe punishment. Lao Zhu's propaganda of this law was simply all-encompassing, printing tens of millions of copies, and he ordered officials and ordinary people to study the "Great Message", and each official had one copy and the common people had one copy for each household. Of course, the strict punishment is not in line with the historical trend, and Lao Zhu's successors put it on the shelf, and now the role is the imperial examination.

When they were watching with relish, the big girls and little daughters-in-law of the raccoon yarn and rice came again, and now they were no stranger to this young man who sat by the river early in the morning and read a book, and it could also be used as a concoction for their long-suppressed feudal etiquette, and they had to tease a few words every day before stopping.

With so many big girls and little daughters-in-law together, they are not afraid of gossip.

"Xiao Xiucai, why didn't I see you to read yesterday? Giggles, could it be" a bold little daughter-in-law made a brisk voice in the crowd.

Then there was the sneering laughter of a large group of women, and the shy resentment of the big girls who had not yet come out of the cabinet.

Every morning he has to be teased by these big girls and little daughters-in-law, and Zhu Ping'an is not surprised.

"Yesterday's county exam, I went to the next exam." Zhu Ping'an put the book back in his schoolbag and prepared to leave.

Zhu Ping'an and these big girls and little daughters-in-law have almost reached a tacit understanding, whenever they come here to cook rice and wash clothes, Zhu Ping'an takes things and leaves.

"Giggles, if you want me to say, just Chong Xiaoxiucai, you work hard every day, and you will definitely be able to pass the exam."

Listening to the voice behind him, the corners of Zhu Ping'an's mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile, since he participated in the imperial examination, all he heard was that he couldn't pass the exam and had a long experience, this was the first time he heard someone say that he could pass the exam.

"Thank you, for your kind words."

Zhu Ping'an didn't reply, waved his hand and thanked him loudly.

Zhu Ping'an's words provoked the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law to laugh for a while, if it was someone else's words, he would be humble and say something like where, I am far behind, he was embarrassed, and he borrowed your auspicious words, and he didn't blush, it was really an interesting offspring.

Leaving the riverside, Zhu Ping'an found another snack, and he had the posture of tasting Huaining food.

And so it went through the day, and the day was repeated.

On the second day, when Zhu Ping'an returned to the inn after breakfast, he found that the students in the inn were excited and messed up.

"Hurry up, go quickly, the county is about to break the case."

As soon as the sound came out, the crowd was angry, and one by one they blushed, either expecting or apprehensive, and a large group of people rushed out.

Even Zhu Ping'an, who had just returned, was dragged out of the door by Uncle Zhu Shouren and others.

The whole street was like a drop of cold water splashed on the oil pot, and the noise was boiling.

Zhu Ping'an was dragged by the uncle and others, and almost didn't bump out the crab roe soup and lotus seed soup he ate in the morning.

The place where the county honors the list is released is in an open space outside the county office, and the county trial list is called "the case", and the time has not yet come, and the wall where the list of cases is posted is already crowded with students and candidates, and they are eager to fight in order to grab a good position. Zhu Ping'an and they came late, so they had to be on the periphery.

Fortunately, the case has not yet been reported, and the students and scholars have not lost their temper, but there are a few people who are still kneeling at this time and chanting words, listening carefully to pray for the blessing of the passing gods and blessings on the list.

"The first estimate of the case, buy it and leave."

"The students in this book, whether there is a note of fifty texts."

There was a commotion next to him, and it turned out that someone had opened a handicap near the place where the crime occurred to make a prediction about the incident.

At this time, there were few scholars who criticized this, and most of them were still actively involved, saying that gambling on a good fortune was also a matter of elegance and so on.

"Hello, what's your seat number?" Uncle Zhu Shouren looked at the handicap and asked enthusiastically, because the first three cases of the county test were all announced seat numbers, and only when the last one was admitted will the name be announced, which is called a "long case", so the uncle will ask Zhu Ping'an for the seat number.

belch

Seeing that the uncle is like this, he must be betting that I won't win.

Zhu Ping'an told Uncle Zhu Shouren his seat number, and the uncle immediately squeezed into the crowd with a handful of copper coins.

After a while, the uncle came out again with the money and hung his head. Zhu Ping'an asked for a while and found out that there was no name of his own in this handicap at all, none of the ten people predicted by the head of the case, and even the prediction of the last B list did not have himself, which shows how unfavored he is.

After a long time, only to hear a gong, a few officials wearing red clothes blowing suona, surrounded by a small official carrying a list of texts, people were excited, let out of the way, let them go in to post the list.

The list text was very large, and the little official stepped on a high chair and posted the big red list on the high wall with the help of the officials.

This is a large piece of red paper, and the seat number is written on the list, and there are roughly more than 700 seat numbers in total, which are written on the list in a circle, and the words are also very large, even if they are outside the crowd, they can be seen.

Soon the crowd was boiling, and the voices of joy and sorrow came one after another, some people were overjoyed and shouted that I was hit and something like that, grabbing the people next to them at random was shaking, and some people were in tears and shouted that the county was unfair and the exam was fraudulent, and tears flowed down their faces and grabbed the ground with their heads

Zhu Ping'an stood on tiptoe slightly, carefully looking for his seat number in the list, and before he could finish reading the entire list, he heard the excited voice of the uncle next to him.

"Sure enough, there is really no seat number for you on the list, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, you have the experience of falling off the list this time, and you will have a better chance in the coming year."

Uncle Zhu Shouren stroked his beard, comforting Zhu Ping'an with the demeanor of an elder, but his eyebrows were full of joy, uh-huh, you kid didn't win, the county test is not as easy as you imagined, uncle, my title of child is not easy to come by, envy and jealousy of me.

More than ten students who came to the exam together, except for the uncle and the other two children who did not need to take the exam, the eleven students who participated in the county examination this time, a total of six people were on the list, and those who were on the list comforted those who were not on the list, and they felt high.

Of course, Zhu Ping'an is the target of key consolation, and it is more appropriate to say that it is consolation, and its practical ridicule is more appropriate.

Some people ridiculed and said: If you can come to the exam, the purpose of making up the number will be achieved, and the merit is immeasurable.

Even the consolation is like this: although you didn't pass the exam, you ate well in the exam room.

Or it's just a ridicule that is not hidden at all, a rice bucket, being bitten by a snake and smelling a bird, and a broken firewood house and delusional want to be on the list.

Just when everyone was laughing at it, another gong was heard, and several big red servants came with a small official.

"This time, the county trial case of fifty people in the first class and the first case are all on this list, and you will let me post this list."

Seeing that everyone was surrounded by the second-class list just sent and couldn't get in, the little official couldn't help but speak loudly, stopped everyone, got out of the way, and took the officials in to post it.

"Comforting" Zhu Ping'an's uncle, Zhu Shouren and more than a dozen other students in the same company turned a deaf ear to this, and the fifty first-class and the head of the case had nothing to do with Zhu Ping'an's guidance, and they continued to "comfort" Zhu Ping'an.

"Thou no rice bucket also, let's use the energy of eating to read books from now on."

"I'm afraid that your article will be stained with oil and be regarded as a cheat by the county, so you must not do this in the future."

"Don't be discouraged, although you didn't hit this time, but you have accumulated experience, and you will work hard in the future, and your uncle should take time to teach you."

Bang bang bang

"The seat number on the first-class list of all the brothers seems to be An'er's"

When the laughing crowd heard this, they stopped abruptly as if they had swallowed a piece of Xiang, and then subconsciously looked up at the first-class list that had just been posted.

Ding Chou

Impressively on the list

It is Zhu Ping'an's seat number

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