On the first day of the first month of March, the capital was very lively.

Countless students took to the streets, and the places where they gathered were nothing more than two places, one was in the Ministry of Rites of the Imperial Court, and the other side was outside the Gongyuan in the capital.

Once you win the Gongshi, it can basically be said that you have passed the Jinshi, which means that the purpose of coming to the capital has been completed.

Ji Ning didn't get up early, but it wasn't very late, because the time to meet Tang Xie and the others that day was at four o'clock in the morning, and if he followed his usual sleeping habit of going to bed late and getting up early, he would probably not wake up until near noon.

On this day, his mental state was not very good, after all, he was not resting enough, and when he arrived at the teahouse where he met, Tang Xie and the others had been waiting for a long time.

"Alas! Yongning, this is finally here! Tang Xie got up and greeted the staircase and said.

Ji Ning squinted, stepped forward to ask if the time had not yet arrived, and said with a smile: "A few of you came early enough, but I thought I was late!" ”

"Ha, Yongning is indeed late, and we are the latest to come, and it has been almost half an hour! You said that this will be the day of the trial list, but you are not in a hurry, we all want to send someone to invite you! Han Yu said with a smile.

A few people laughed a few words, and Ji Ning asked: "Will the list be released, when will it start?" ”

"I can't tell!" Tang explained, "The imperial court said that it was the first day of March to release the list, it may be the first day, or it may be after noon, as long as it is not out of this day, it is possible in any time period." In terms of past perennial experience, it is most likely that the list will be released around noon, because today, the transcription list of the examination may be over, and it is likely that it will need to be handed over to the Temple of Literature for review after the transcription is over, which will take some time. ”

Ji Ning nodded, originally Tang Xie and the others insisted on letting Ji Ning drink a few cups of tea, Ji Ning said: "For convenience, it's better for you to drink less tea today!" ”

Tang Xie smiled dumbly and said: "Listening to Yongning's meaning, will you still be incontinent when you will try to release the list?" ”

"Indecent, indecent!" Han Yu said, "I think what Yongning really wants to express is that there are many people on the road today, and it is not easy to find a convenient place, right?" ”

Ji Ning said: "It's better to understand the intentions of the public station!" ”

When a few people were half-jokingly talking, there were also people around who came upstairs to rest, and some people came over to say hello, and after reporting their names, they all needed to politely say "look up for a long time", and Ji Ning rarely spoke when he got up.

After a little more than half an hour, a few people went to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites to see the release list according to the previous plan.

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After all, Tang Xie and Han Yu were people who had participated in the examination once, and they told Ji Ning, Xie Tai and Song Rui with their experience that there were few people watching the list from the Ministry of Rites.

When a few people approached Baisi Hutong, which was close to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, they realized that there were a lot of people there, and they couldn't even get close to a hundred meters around the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

"This man...... Why so many? Han Yu felt that he was a little faceless, after all, he and Tang Xie proposed to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to see the list, but it turned out that there were more people here than there were people from the Gongyuan side, almost every candidate came with a servant, there were originally more than 10,000 candidates, and as a result, there were 20,000 or 30,000 people from the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites alone.

Ji Ning knew that most of these people were entourages and fellow friends, not candidates at all, and there might be many people who came to watch the excitement.

Tang Xie and the others tried to squeeze forward, and in the end, everyone was pressing towards the door of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and no one left, which made the space more and more compressed and narrowed, and it was not far forward that it was already difficult to see the stitches.

"Not the way!" Ji Ning said, "There are more and more people coming, maybe everyone has the same idea as us, thinking that squeezing will definitely be able to get to the front, so the result is that there are more and more people around, and in the end there may be congestion and stampedes!" ”

Tang Xie was surprised: "What Yongning said is a bit serious, right?" ”

Ji Ning said: "Be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship, everyone, it's better to wait at the nearest teahouse in the back first!" ”

Han Yu and the others also glanced in the direction of the congested flow of people, and then looked back, knowing that Ji Ning was not alarmist, and the last few people could only withdraw from the crowded army of watchers, but then problems followed, and a few people couldn't find a teahouse and wine shop to settle down at all, because all the places around where they could rest were crowded with people.

"Are we going to go to the Gongyuan again? The road seems too far! Tang Xie said in a hurry.

Ji Ning shook his head slightly and said: "The situation on the side of the Gongyuan should not be better than here, maybe there are more people than here, it can only be said that all the candidates have the same idea as us, and they all want to come and see the list." I have an idea, although there is no need to pass on the list for the trial, but there are always newspapers coming out of Jingzhao Mansion and reporting the good news to the places where students are staying all over the capital, so why don't we go over there and wait for the list? ”

Han Yu frowned and said, "Yongning, don't you say that we can't remember it, maybe the list over there is faster than the Ministry of Rites and the Tribute Academy." Why hasn't Yongning taken the entrance examination, but it seems that he has already taken the examination several times and is so experienced? ”

Ji Ning smiled and didn't answer, he didn't say that he was very well prepared for all aspects of the exam, so he would know so much.

Tang Xie frowned and said: "Although you can also wait for the list to be released when you go to Jingzhao Mansion, but that's not to watch, but to listen, you need to come one by one, or in reverse order, if we wait there for a day, and one or two names are missed, don't we have to regret it?" ”

"So you're going to stay here and crowd people?" Ji Ning asked.

Tang Xie gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, let's go to Jingzhao Mansion, just wait for the release of the list, where is it different?" What's more, Jingzhao Mansion is not far from here, and after the list is over, we will have to go back to the Ministry of Rites to take a look and verify it, and it is estimated that there are not many people left outside here at that time! ”

After several people agreed, they went to the direction of Jingzhao Mansion together, avoiding the crowd of onlookers.

After waiting for the surroundings of Jingzhao Mansion, sure enough, there are very few people here, and even the nearby teahouse is not full, and these people are basically "old fritters" who will try, and they have participated in several examinations, knowing that there are many people on the side of the Ministry of Rites and Gongyuan today, and they are specially waiting in the direction of Jingzhao Mansion, where there are few people.

After going upstairs, someone came to ask for the name, and each said hello, Ji Ning only appeared here "full of talents", many people are familiar with it, it is considered to be very famous among the people, and they have participated in many examinations, and they have repeatedly failed, but their reputation will accumulate more and more, not only Jinshi can be known to the world.