The teahouse chosen by Ji Ning and others is at the entrance of Jingzhaofu Street, all Jingzhaofu comes out to report the good news, and those who want to go to the east and south of the city will go this way, even if they don't come here, the people who report the good news will win the name and rank of the people who announce the good news along the way, because it is relatively close to Jingzhao Mansion, and it can be heard here.

Ji Ning got to know the people upstairs, and only then did he realize that these people were the most likely to be the top performers in this session's examination.

Whether it is a student from Jiangnan or Jiangbei, on the second floor of this teahouse, there is no dispute between the north and the south, because they are generally in their thirties and forties, and some are even in their fifties to participate in the sixth and seventh examinations, and they have already become professional households in the examinations.

Just in terms of the odds of these people on the market, they are very high on the market.

It is precisely because they have rich experience in the test that they can find a place like Jingzhao Mansion to listen to the trial list.

These people, after seeing Ji Ning and others, saw that they were young juniors, and they didn't seem to have much patience, because in their opinion, Ji Ning and others came to "accompany the prince to study", and waited to go back after the list, and it was impossible to be admitted to the Jinshi, even if they could be admitted, they were only in the top three Jinshi for a lifetime, and there was no big way out, but they cut off the opportunity to re-enter the Jinshi in the future.

But when Ji Ning was introduced, these people were a little surprised, Sun Maojue, who was in his fifties and seemed to be an old pedant, and even spoke with a straight eye, stepped forward and said: "You are Ji Ning, Ji Yongning?" ”

Because it was different from the treatment introduced to Tang Xie and others, Ji Ning was also a little curious, he didn't know why these people mentioned him alone, he arched his hand and said: "Exactly!" ”

"It's just a young junior, and I don't see any ability." Sun Maojue was also very polite when he spoke, full of contempt for Ji Ning, "But you have a good master, let everyone in the world know, and even when your master was rumored to be the chief examiner of the examination, you even became the first choice for the examination of Huiyuan, haha, it's ridiculous!" ”

Maybe these people who have failed the exam for a long time will have some arrogant thoughts psychologically, such as: "Those who are in the Jinshi must be not as talented as me, but maybe they have hit the **** luck, or they have written some flattering articles, or they have a strong backstage relationship in the court, or they are admitted to the Jinshi through personal fraud." And I, who are talented, are only eight buckets, but because I was born poor, I have repeatedly failed to rank. ”

These people are also hostile to young candidates, who see youth as ignorance.

That's why they have such an unbearable evaluation of Ji Ning.

If it weren't for Ji Ning's good temper, he would have argued with them, Ji Ning arched his hand and said, "It's been a long time!" ”

As soon as I said hello, I returned to my seat and sat down.

Tang Xie and the others came back later, and they also had some dissatisfaction on their faces. Tang explained: "These people, although they are famous, but they seem to be very arrogant, let's ignore them!" ”

Several people felt that it made sense, Han Yu smiled and said: "It's still Yongning who has insight, you look at the people who come to wait for the release of the list, all of them are the most experienced people in the examination, we came to listen to the list, and we saved ourselves to see it, and it is faster than crowding people over there, why not?" ”

After ordering refreshments, a few people waited with peace of mind, others were crowded to watch the list in March, and a few people listened to the list leisurely.

"Yongning, among us, you can be regarded as the one with the best chance of becoming a jinshi, you have to listen carefully!" Song Rui said suddenly.

Han Yu smiled: "Isn't this still us?" No matter who it is, we will record it, and finally go to the list outside the yamen of the Ministry of Rites to compare it, and we will know if there is a mistake! ”

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After the refreshments came up, it was almost noon, but Jingzhao Mansion was still quiet and there was no one to report the good news.

Immediately, two carriages escorted by officers and soldiers came, each with a box on the carriage, and several people went to the window to look, and heard Sun Mao next to him say: "Needless to say, this must be the good news of all the people who have been selected in the Xingbang!" ”

When Tang Xie and the others heard this explanation of "people who came over", they also had a little more expectations in their hearts.

After returning to his seat, Tang explained: "It seems that the list text and the good news have been sent to Jingzhao Mansion, if we know someone in Jingzhao Mansion, we can ask someone to help us inquire!" ”

Ji Ning shook his head slightly and said: "Today, Jingzhao Mansion will not reveal any news to the outside world, and no one will come to Jingzhao Mansion to buy news, why bother, it will be sent to the mansion in less than half an hour, and it will be investigated at the risk of violating the laws of the imperial court, it is simply a superfluous move!" ”

"It's still Yongning who is right, waiting at home is better than going to Jingzhao Mansion to find someone to inquire, I have many expectations in my heart!" Han Yu said.

A few people waited again with peace of mind.

It was past noon, the gate of Jingzhao Mansion suddenly opened, and the first yacha with good news came out, with a gong hanging on his shoulder, and as the first person to come out to report the good news, he was carrying a gong on his body. I saw him hold a red piece of paper high with one hand, and suddenly struck the gong with the other hand, and then his legs stepped away, strode in the direction of the east of the city, and shouted: "Song Bo'an and Song Gongzi of Huyuan County, Jiangdong, have to try Gongshi, ranking the third hundred!" ”

This shout is equivalent to kicking off the prelude to the annunciation.

The people who reported the good news of the three hundred candidates will go out of Jingzhao Mansion and send the good news to the residence location provided by the candidates themselves when they applied for the examination before, and even those candidates who saw their Zhonggong Shi in the Ministry of Rites and the Gongyuan will have to go back and wait for the people who report the good news, which is equivalent to a second confirmation.

Although the good news needs to be reported by 300 people, but the good news is only about 100 people, the people who go to report the good news, send the good news, and receive the reward money, you can come back to take over the work of the next good news, and the Jingzhao Mansion will be more busy this day.

When it was time for Huiyuan, Jingzhao Mansion Yin would also go with him, which was also to reflect the courtesy of the imperial court to the people of Zhonghuiyuan.

The day after the good news is over, that is, on the second day of the third month, all the candidates of the Zhonggong Shi need to bring their own road guide and knot to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and bring back the scholar's clothes when they participated in the palace examination.

"It's going to be, it's going to be As soon as the person who reported the good news came out, Tang Xie and the others were nervous, and they were afraid that they would miss some important news.

And Ji Ning seemed very indifferent, he didn't ask for a certain tribute, let alone ask for any good results in the examination.

No matter how good you are, when you get to the palace test, you will stand on the same starting line and compete for the champion together.