The provincial test was over, and the silver ticket was pressed out, Tang Ning stopped thinking about these things, and the third uncle ran outside for a few days, and he had already found a craftsman and began to repair the house.

When he bought this house, Tang Ning had been thinking about it for a long time, and he was basically satisfied with the layout here, and there was no need to move much when repairing, but the green bricks on the ground needed to be re-paved, the doors and windows and the outside pillars also needed to be repainted, and the pavilion in the inner courtyard was too old, he planned to demolish it and redesign a larger one, and the weather would be hot in a few days, and he could stay outside at night to enjoy the coolness.

There are even more changes in the details.

The bathroom must be newly built, he has an opinion on the thatched house here is not a day or two, the toilet is a must, and the sewage pipe of the Beijing division is docked, clean and trouble-free.

The bathroom should also be built separately, the floor should be covered with marble, the shower head should be made one, and a large bucket of water should be boiled every time you take a bath, at least half an hour, which is too inconvenient.

A large open space must be cleared in the backyard, as a practice ground, it can't be as small as the courtyard of the county government, and the sword of the Tang goblin is chopping around in front of his eyes every time, which makes people frightened.

In addition, you have to ask the carpenter to customize a large bed, the ordinary size bed is spacious for one person to sleep, two people to sleep just right, three people to sleep, it is a little too crowded, four people, not four people......

The house next door is also being renovated, Tang Fairy is already penniless, the money is taken from the Red Sleeve Pavilion, how to repair the house here, she will repair it, the only difference is that she wants to rebuild a yard between the wall and the inner courtyard, which was originally an empty land.

Walking out of the house and looking back, Tang Ning realized a problem.

When the two mansions are built, won't there be two Tang mansions here, and they are still adjacent?

No matter how long the Tang goblin stays in Jingshi, he always has to go back to Lingzhou, and it is a pity that this house will be empty at that time, it is better to buy it from the Tang goblin himself, tear down the wall, and turn the two Tang mansions into one big Tang mansion, which perfectly solves the problem that the family will not be able to live in the future.

He came over today to keep an eye on the progress, and was quite satisfied with the work done by the craftsmen, so he asked the third uncle to increase their wages by 20%, and when he walked out of the door, the sun was almost rising overhead, and it was time to go back to the county government for dinner.

At first, my mother-in-law had some opinions about him moving out, but later she probably felt that it was not far from the county office, so she agreed.

Before Tang Ning reached the county office, he saw several figures wandering at the door.

After his expression was stunned, he strode over.

A servant at the gate of the county government waved his hand impatiently and said, "Where did you come from called Hanako, this is the county office, go to other places to ask for food, there is nothing to give you here!" ”

Tang Ning walked over and asked with a smile, "When did you guys come?" ”

"Helper!" When Liu Lao Er saw him, he immediately said, "We just arrived today." ”

Tang Ning once wrote two letters to Lingzhou, one of which was addressed to Liu Laoer.

Jingshi Lu Yuan, he said in the letter that let them deal with the affairs of Lingzhou and come over, I thought they would be faster, but I didn't expect them to arrive until today.

The official at the door was a little stunned when he saw that he was very familiar with these beggars.

Tang Ning looked at Peng Chen behind him and said, "Help me talk when you go back, just say that I won't go back to eat today." ”

Tang Ning originally wanted to invite them to the natural residence for a meal, but Liu Lao and the others stood at the door of the natural residence, unable to go in, and finally could only choose a noodle stall on the side of the street.

Tang Ning looked at him and said, "You are all the elders of my beggar gang, there are many scenes to see in the future, and you don't even dare to enter the restaurant, how can this work?" ”

"We still think two bowls of noodles are more satisfying." Liu Lao Er smiled embarrassedly, waved his hand to the stall guy opposite, and said, "Add two more cloves of garlic!" ”

Tang Ning no longer dwelled on this matter and asked, "Why did you come here so late?" ”

Liu Lao Er explained: "The helper asked us to inquire about the news of the little beggar, and we stopped to ask every time we came to a city, so we delayed the time. ”

Tang Ning hurriedly asked, "How is it, is there any news?" ”

"Not yet." Liu Lao Er shook his head and said: "But it's not that there is no news at all, along the way, we learned that including Lingzhou, in the Gyeonggi area, there are still many little beggars who have disappeared like this, and there are even some children from ordinary people, and all traces point to the ...... of Jingshi."

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Do you know what's going on?" ”

Liu Lao Er shook his head and said, "Not yet." ”

The man brought a few bowls of noodles and said, "Guest officer, your noodles are ready!" ”

"Let's eat first." Tang Ning looked at them and said, "After eating, you guys will settle down in Jingshi first, and other things will be talked about later." ”

Liu Lao Er is weak, and it is not easy to get out of the beggar circle in Jingshi, and it needs to be done slowly.

And this matter, at present, is not urgent and important.

The time has entered the middle of April, and the provincial examination has ended for a full twenty days, and according to the practice of previous years, the Gongyuan will release news on these days to announce the release date.

In the past 20 days, Jingshi has countless lines of sight, all focused on the tribute courtyard outside the city.

At this time, in the Gongyuan, many examiners gathered together, and several exam papers were placed in front of them.

A few days ago, all the examination papers of the provincial examination were completed, and they also selected more than 200 copies from them, which were the winners of the provincial examination.

For most of the exam papers, they have been ranked according to the number, and they can immediately remove the obfuscation and transcribe the names of the candidates.

At this time, what was in front of them was the test papers of the three people, and they were also the top three in the provincial examination.

However, the examiner has not yet made a final decision on the specific rankings of these three people.

"This one, the first scene is all right, and the poems in the second scene are also amazing, but this policy article is mediocre and can only be regarded as an upper-middle ......."

"These two, although the first and second games are inferior to him, but the strategy is the best article...... who is the leader, it is really difficult to choose."

An old man with gray hair muttered a few words, a look of hesitation on his face.

Seeing that the main examination was a little difficult to choose, an examiner stepped forward and said: "Elder Li, the imperial court has always emphasized policy theory, the first and second games are for reference and comparison in the case of similar policy theories. ”

Fang Hong shook his head and said, "Your Majesty once said before the provincial test that the article on policy theory is just a reference, and the focus should be on "policy" and "theory", Lord Liu forgot it so quickly? ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites who spoke just now was suddenly speechless.

"Your Majesty has mentioned this sentence many times." The gray-haired old man nodded, looked at the co-examiners, and asked, "What do the co-examiners think?" ”

Several people glanced at each other, and finally one of them stood up and said: "If you don't talk about articles, only talk about "strategy" and "theory", or this part is more meaningful. ”

The old man pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "That is the case, this person is the first of the three games, do you have any objections?" ”

The first scene is the first to take the lead, all the answers are all right, more than two percent more than the second person, the poems of the second scene, if they are released, I am afraid that it will cause waves in the poetry world, and the third field is a few co-examiners and have the same opinion, and the three games are all the top of the list, what objections can everyone have?

The old man looked at everyone and said, "Since everyone has no objections, the list will be released tomorrow!" ”

……

In previous years, the release of the list would be notified at least three days in advance, perhaps because the release of the list this year was too long, and when everyone learned the news, there was only one day left before the release of the list.

On this day, the sky was just dawning, and the gate of the Jingshi Gongyuan was already crowded with people.

Among them, only a small number of students are students of the provincial examination, and most of them are onlookers from Beijing.

Tang Ning was called up by Xiao Jue early in the morning, and he couldn't see the gate of the Gongyuan Courtyard, and it was already crowded in front of him.