More than 400 candidates surrounded the outside of the county school.

Shen Xi was small, squeezing around in the crowd, and he couldn't even distinguish the direction, so he could only grab Shen Yongzhuo's back placket and rub forward vigorously.

Before I got close, I heard the words "I'm over", "out of the circle" or "waiting for the next year's ......".

In the crowded crowd, it took a lot of effort, and Shen Xi didn't remember how many people's arms he rubbed and how many people's body odor he smelled, so he finally dragged Shen Yongzhuo's clothes and squeezed into the front row.

There are two circles of people inside and outside the main case, the words on it are not big, plus they are all A, B, C and Yi, Ersan, and there is no specific name of the candidate, so it is really difficult to find yourself from it.

Shen Yongzhuo, like Shen Xi, after arriving at the front row, the first thing he looked at was the examination booth and seat number of the twenty people in the inner circle on the main case.

The case is not divided into the head of the case, and half of the words of the 20 people in the inner circle are reversed, and they need to be turned sideways to see it.

Shen Xi took a look, and soon found the words "A Zi II No. 1" in the words upside down directly below the inner circle, which was his seat number.

Shen Xi didn't say anything, and immediately went to help Shen Yongzhuo find it.

After searching for a long time, I finally found Shen Yongzhuo's seat number on the second piece of paper of the sub-case.

Shen Yongzhuo went from being disappointed to slightly surprised, and his mood changed again...... Although he did not pass the first session of the county examination, at least he had the opportunity to apply and repeat, and he did not lose the possibility of admission.

"Seventh brother, did you find your name? I see that there are a lot of Jiazi on this, and I didn't pay attention to it in detail just now. Shen Yongzhuo found his seat number, and a smile finally appeared on his face, and he began to care about Shen Xi's situation.

Shen Xi raised his head and smiled embarrassedly, just when he didn't know whether to hit Shen Yongzhuo or not. Shen Yongzhuo said: "Big brother will help you find it again." ”

Shen Yongzhuo started looking from behind, and at first he was looking very seriously, but when he got to the main case, he was already a little sloppy, because Shen Xi's name was exactly under the circle, and the font was reversed. Shen Yongzhuo may think that Shen Xi can't pass it in one go, but he just swept the inner circle of the case without looking carefully.

In the end, Shen Yongzhuo said in a slightly regretful tone: "Seventh brother, you are still young. There's always a chance to come. ”

After speaking, he hurriedly took Shen Xi home. The second exam will be held tomorrow, and Shen Yongzhuo seems a little anxious.

Coming out of the crowded crowd at the gate of the county school, many students scolded and scolded, saying that they were good at learning, and it was a loss for the imperial court if they could not be admitted. It is the loss of the people.

There are people who are happy and sad, and there is an old boy in his forties, who finally found his name in the inner circle of the main case, and is kneeling on the ground to thank heaven and earth.

Shen Xi took a closer look when he passed by, wasn't this the second Liu who was reprimanded by several officials when he entered?

"God, I finally have the opportunity to show off my talents, I have worked hard all my life...... It's worth it. Liu Lao Er knelt there and howled loudly, as if he had been caught in Xiucai.

Those who are admitted are happy, and those who are not admitted will either wait for the next day to take the exam again, or study hard for the next year.

There are scholars who have fallen off the list. Those who have a few extra money on them are not in a hurry to return to their hometowns, so they find a wine shop before nightfall, buy two pots of wine and have a hangover, especially those candidates who have passed the age of 30, this lonely and lonely mood is particularly prominent.

In the past, Shen Xi always felt that the things mentioned by Fan Jin in the middle lift were too extreme, and it was a bit unbelievable that he could drive people crazy if he was moved. But when he really lived in this era where only the imperial examination could change his social status, he saw that scholars worked hard all their lives just to be able to inscribe names in the field, and the feeling of being tired of fame all his life was very deep.

"Oh no, someone threw themselves into the river. Check it out......"

I don't know who shouted, and suddenly there was a lively scene by the Xixi River.

Shen Xi thought to himself that if he couldn't pass the Tongsheng exam, wouldn't the sky be falling, would he really be so extreme? When Shen Xi and Shen Mingjun hurriedly came to the river, they knew that it was not the candidate who threw himself into the river. Or rather, not even a man, but a woman.

“…… Wife, why can't you think about it like this, because your husband can't pass the exam this year, you can wait for the next year. ”

It turned out that it was not the first scholar who threw himself into the river. Rather, his wife felt hopeless in her grief and threw herself into the river.

The man was already in the water, and the scholar was just crying vigorously by the river...... It is useless to be a scholar, his wife jumped into the river, and he didn't even look for a bamboo pole, so he knew that there was chatter, and it was annoying to listen to it.

"Hurry, who will hurry down to the river to catch people? This water is a few people deep, and if you don't think about it, you won't be able to save it......"

On a February day, when the snow and ice melt and the water temperature is very low, who would dare to risk their lives to jump into the river to save people at this time? Although Shen Xi could swim in his previous life, he didn't have the opportunity to learn to swim in this life because he was naughty and fell to his death once when he was a child, and he is a child, even if he can swim, it is not very wise to go into the water to save people.

Fortunately, at this time, a boat came over the river, and with the help of the fisherman, finally fished the woman who jumped into the river out of the river.

If you want to say that the woman also has a bit of beauty, but the clothes on her body are extremely shabby, and there are colorful patches in many places, and she looks like she is only twenty or thirty years old, a very demure woman.

When I got to the shore, a bunch of people surrounded me, but no one dared to go up and take a hand.

In these days, men and women are on guard, and a woman's chastity is more important than anything else. There were few women on the street, and the people who watched the excitement by the river were all old men, and the women were lying on the rocky slopes by the river, their lips were white, and the whole person did not move. Her man was a scholar, and he didn't know how to save him, so he was there shouting as if he could wake people up just by talking.

"Hey, hurry up and press your aunt's body to see if there's any gas?" Someone reminded.

The scholar suddenly stretched out his hand to probe the woman's snort, and his crying voice suddenly rose an octave: "My wife, after you go, how will I live with my little girl." ”

Shen Xixin said that it is no wonder that marrying the husband of a scholar is equivalent to suffering for half a lifetime, and if he does not give birth to a son, he will not even have hope in the future, so he will think of suicide!

Shen Xi watched the person who jumped into the river on the side, it was normal for him to be out of breath just after being rescued, water entered his lungs, and his trachea was blocked by water, so it was strange that he could catch his breath. From the woman falling into the water to being rescued now, it is not a long time, even if she faints due to lack of oxygen, she can be saved, but the most important thing is time. After a long time, fainting to death becomes real death.

Shen Xi didn't care about anything else, he walked over directly and picked up the woman's wrist. The pulse is faint and almost none.

The scholar shouted, "You little baby, what are you doing? ”

"Get up!"

Shen Xi doesn't talk nonsense with this kind of useless scholar, if he sits back and watches a human life disappear in front of him, he really feels guilty, but with his identity as a man. It is not appropriate to give a woman heartbeats after all.

"You! Press your wife's heart, press continuously, hurry up! Shen Xi almost yelled at the scholar.

"The Virtue of a Gentleman ......"

The scholar was about to talk nonsense, but Shen Xi said angrily: "No matter how gentleman you are, your wife will die?" Is the virtue of a gentleman important, or is your wife's life important? ”

The scholar was stunned for a moment, and then came over as he said, and Shen Xi pressed his hands on the ground and made an appearance for the poor scholar to see.

The poor scholar tried to press it a few times, and water flowed out of the woman's mouth. But due to the lack of oxygen for too long, I did not wake up for the time being.

"Blow into your wife's mouth!"

"What did you say?"

This time, the scholar was a little angry and wanted to jump up and fight with Shen Xi, but he squatted on the shore and shouted for a long time just now, his legs were already numb, and he fell down as soon as he stood up.

At this time, there happened to be a little girl who followed her mother to the river to wash clothes, Shen Xi went up and pulled the little girl over, and taught her carefully, the little girl put her mouth up and began to blow in the woman's mouth. But where is the strength of a little girl's house to blow the breath into the woman's lungs?

Shen Xi hated to kiss his mouth, but he didn't dare to act rashly in front of everyone's eyes. In these years, a woman's chastity is more important than her life, and if he really does something rude, let alone the woman's family. Even the people of the neighborhood would not spare him.

After a long time of work, the woman finally coughed, and the person came to life, and her face was flushed.

The poor scholar was overjoyed, and hurried over to help his wife, and after a while. The husband and wife hugged each other and cried, and the onlookers next to them shook their heads and sighed.

Even if Shen Xi came up with a way to save the woman, but the poor scholar didn't even thank him, in his eyes, his wife should be "mercy from God" if she came back to life, and it had nothing to do with Shen Xi.

After tossing for almost an hour, Shen Yongzhuo urged Shen Xi to go home, Shen Xi returned to the riverbank, and happened to see Ye Xianling, who was dressed in civilian clothes, standing in the crowd to watch the excitement.

Shen Xi and Shen Yongzhuo both recognized Ye Mingsu and were about to salute, but Ye Mingsu waved his hand, meaning that he didn't need to be polite, nodded at Shen Xi, and turned around directly in the direction of the yamen.

Shen Xi felt that this Ye Mingsu had a bit of a meaning close to the people, such an official from a family in the capital should not know the suffering of the people, but this Ye Mingsu got along well with the gentry, businessmen and people in the city from the beginning of his tenure, and he had to be said to be an outlier.

"Does the county magistrate recognize us?"

Shen Yongzhuo just saw Ye Mingsu smiling and nodding at him, with a bit of surprise on his face.

"We took the exam before, and he was the chief examiner, so maybe there was a relationship."

Shen Xi didn't know what to say, to say that his relationship with this Ye Mingsu was far less than that with the previous county commander Han Xie, after all, Han Xie relied on the management of the plague and was transferred from Ninghua County to Nanzhili to work. Lin Zhongye, who has always been tied to the Han Association, belongs to Li Dongyang's faction, and now that Li Dongyang has entered the cabinet, Han Xie is also tantamount to making progress.

The two brothers did not go home to report the news for a long time, and the family waited anxiously in the yard. When the two came back, a large family gathered around, and the attention of the Li family and the Wang family was on Shen Yongzhuo.

"Dalang, what's the matter? Did you get in? ”

Shen Yongzhuo smiled bitterly: "Grandmother, mother, I didn't pass the first exam, but I didn't fail either, and there are still the second and third exams to take again." ”

Although Wang was a little disappointed when he heard it, he finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, only twenty people were recorded in the first game, and there are still thirty people behind. Isn't it, mother? ”

Li didn't dare to hit his grandson's confidence at this time, and immediately nodded and said, "Da Lang, what your mother said is true." When is the second test? ”

Because the family thought that Shen Yongzhuo had definitely taken the first game, they didn't even pay attention to when the second test was.

"Tomorrow."

Shen Yongzhuo sighed.

"Then hurry into the room to prepare, and take advantage of the fact that there is still more than an hour left in the dark, and work hard to make up for it. Fast. ”

The family selectively forgot about Shen Xi, and they didn't even ask Shen Xi if he didn't pass the exam.

Waiting for the Li family and the Wang family to accompany Shen Yongzhuo into the main hall, Shen Xi sighed, sure enough, it was a child who had no human rights.

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