Chapter 18 Children First

When all the candidates sit down, there is a messenger to check the wooden card and identity to see if they are seated in the right number to prevent the test. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info After the sound of the drums, the test papers began to be distributed.

Zhu Zhenguo picked up the test paper and read it from beginning to end, seven or eight pages of large paper, which were densely packed with fly-headed small letters, so the answers should also be fly-headed small letters, not only to answer correctly, but also to answer neatly.

Zhu Zhenguo put down the test paper first, took out the inkstone from the small basket, took out the graphite, added some water, and grinded it slowly.

When the ink is finished, he takes out a small brush and licks the ink, and begins to answer the questions.

"The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection。。。。。。。。。"

"The deceased is like a husband, reluctant to 。。。。。。。。 day and night"

Two hours, four hours, the pen did not stop, and the writing was dizzy. Before, Zhu Zhenguo was still thinking about this pediatrics, and he could submit the paper in advance after doing it for a while, but he thought that Zhu Zhenguo was too underestimated in the imperial examination of this era, even if he was familiar with the scriptures, but the amount of questions to be answered was really a lot, and it was also to avoid someone from being confused, and it was also to examine the students' thorough knowledge. It's no wonder that Zhu Wenbin didn't take the children's test at the beginning.

On the way, someone can only hang a small sign and wait for the messenger to lead, and the toilet is really followed in to watch. In the second half of the exam, it is already time for everyone to scratch their ears and cheeks, what they do is what they do, and it is difficult to think of what they can't do.

Zhu Zhenguo has been immersed in hard writing, and after the ink is finished, he quickly grinds the ink, and the small block is also quite beautiful, neat and upright, when he finishes writing all the test papers, he just rests for a while, and is ready to go back and check, and the sound of the gong has sounded.

Everyone stood up and stopped writing, and some people wanted to write more, but some errand officers had already stepped forward to stop and scold. After the poor person has collected all the test papers, someone will arrange for the candidates to leave the examination room in an orderly manner.

Directly after the test papers are collected, some people sew all the test papers together with needles and threads, and then use thick paper to paste the places with names and numbers written on them, and some people specially check whether there are any special marks on the test papers. Everything is to prevent someone from cheating, and the person who marks the paper can't tell which test paper belongs to which candidate.

Zhu Zhenguo got out of the gate of the examination institute, looked up and saw that the sun had reached the top of his head, he was dizzy for a while, and Wen Guang and Wenyuan immediately greeted him and asked, "How did Guo'er do in the exam?" ”

Zhu Zhenguo was really tired, and said simply: "My nephew should be sure to hit." Although Zhu Zhenguo did hard in the exam, he still has this confidence.

"It's good to be successful, let's go home." Zhu Wenguang picked up Zhu Zhenguodao. Next to him, Zhu Wenyuan also took the small basket in Zhu Zhenguo's hand. Everyone hugged Zhu Zhenguo and went home, there was laughter and laughter along the way, but Zhu Zhenguo didn't speak, lying on Zhu Wenguang's shoulder, he was really tired. After all, it's still the body of a six-year-old child.

Walking through the shop into the inner courtyard hall, the wine and food have been prepared, the heat is already relatively less, obviously it has been prepared a long time ago, and it is a little cold, but it is still the autumn season, the weather is still relatively hot, and it can barely be eaten. Zhu Zhenguo himself entered the main seat first and then arranged for everyone to do a good job, lifted the wine glass that was already full, and said: "Today's Guo'er exam is smooth, I wish Guo'er a child's exam, let's do this cup!" ”

Everyone applauded, drank the wine in the cup, Zhu Zhenguo obviously couldn't drink, and waited until everyone finished drinking and sat down and said: "More wishes from uncles and uncles, the child will not be disappointed."

After a few words of the scene, the banquet was opened, everyone ate and drank, and also praised it, and then there was nothing to do with Zhu Zhenguo, Zhu Zhenguo got off the table and took the dishes and chopsticks to sit on the low chair next to him, and it was the Yun family brothers and sisters who ate on the low table, and he was already a little familiar with the two brothers and sisters, and he sat down and said: "I went to the exam today, and I must have passed the exam, and this children's exam is really simple." ”

Today's meal is different from when she first came, she looks elegant and polite, and when she heard Zhu Zhenguo speak, she said: "Childe is really powerful, this exam will definitely be a problem." ”

Xiao Mercy is kind, although I don't know what Zhu Zhenguo's reading level is, but when I heard Zhu Zhenguo say this, I echoed it, and it also made Zhu Zhenguo happy. Next to him, Yun Shuhuan said bluntly: "Childe is full of confidence, but he can't underestimate other students." ”

Zhu Zhenguo didn't bother with the children and said: "After three days, I will know that my son is talented, not to mention the first, there are the top five." ”

Yun Shuhuan himself has also read books, although he still has some disbelief in his heart, but after all, he is now a subordinate, and he can be unhappy with the master too much, so as not to make the master unhappy. said: "That son must have worked weekdays, and I will study more with my son in the future." ”

Zhu Zhenguo is not a stingy person: "It's okay, Shuhuan will be a scholar in the future, and the son who reads well will also send you to the exam in the future." ”

Hearing this, Yun Shuhuan's heart darkened, and his expression darkened, Zhu Zhenguo didn't know why, seeing Yun Shuhuan's expression like this, he didn't speak, and picked up his bowl and took a few mouthfuls of rice. In fact, Zhu Zhenguo didn't know where people who had entered the slave status would be eligible to participate in the imperial examination. If the master does not show kindness, the slave will be passed down from generation to generation, and will always be passed down from generation to generation, no matter how many masters are changed, he will always be a slave.

On the side, Xiao Lian saw that the rice in Zhu Zhenguo's bowl had been eaten, so she hurriedly got up and took the bowl to serve rice to her son-in-law. It seems that this little mercy has already entered the role.

Originally, Zhu Wenguang was preparing to go back to the village after his nephew finished the exam, but Zhu Zhenguo was unwilling, it was rare to enter the city once, and he didn't go back much before he could go back first, Zhu Wenguang couldn't help it, so he had to let Zhu Zhenguo take the Yun family brothers and sisters and a small guy to wander around in this city.

After two days, the big and small merchants in the city all knew this young master of the Zhu family, and also knew that this young master took the children's exam at the age of six, and they were amazed one by one. In this small town with simple folk customs, more people still hope to see miracles, that is, they hope that this six-year-old child can be admitted to Tongsheng, then this Qingshan will really have a genius.

On the third day, Zhu Zhenguo got up early in the morning, Xiao Lian also came to serve, and Yun Shuhuan also waited beside him, although it was to serve, in fact, most of the things were Zhu Zhenguo sitting by himself, after all, this Xiao Lian was too small. A small servant called for hot water, Zhu Zhenguo washed himself, combed his hair, and took the two out of the room.

Out of the room, I heard the sound of the fourth uncle reading aloud, the students of this era are really serious and hard, Zhu Zhenguo has gotten up early enough, but the two uncles have already been reading for half an hour. For these, Zhu Zhenguo is no longer surprised.

When they arrived at the main hall for breakfast, the uncle and uncle also came in one after another, picked up the dough and ate a few bites of boiling water, and then took the nephew out. Zhu Qiang and the others were also already ready and waiting at the corner of the street. Today is the day when the examination institute releases the results.

When the group arrived at the yamen, a large group of people had gathered, there was no work in the yamen, everyone was waiting nervously outside, Zhu Qiang saw that Zhu Zhenguo was invisible, so he picked up Zhu Zhenguo and sat on his shoulder.

Not long after, the yamen opened, and several messengers came out with several large rolls of red paper and walked to the bulletin board to prepare to paste them.

A total of 65 children were selected in the county for this examination, and according to the proportion of students taking the exam, about one person was selected from five people, so the admission rate of the children's examination was relatively high.

The officials posted several big red lists in order from back to front with rankings, and from time to time someone in the crowd burst out with happy shouts, two red lists had been posted, but there was still no Zhu Zhenguo, everyone was a little nervous, only Zhu Zhenguo still looked confident.

When the last one was just unfolded and not pasted, Zhu Wenyuan's sharp eyes seemed to have seen Zhu Zhenguo's name, and shouted: "First place, first place, first place in the country." ”

Waited until the whole list was unfolded and pasted, sure enough, the first place Zhu Zhenguo of Zhujiazhuang, although Zhu Qiang was not very literate, but he knew Zhu Zi, the first one was Zhu, that is not who Zhu Zhenguo is, he jumped up excitedly, shook Zhu Zhenguo who was sitting on his shoulder, and scared Zhu Zhenguo A lot of startled Zhu Zhenguo Hurriedly grabbed Zhu Qiang's hair, so as not to fall down, Zhu Qiang was also in pain before remembering that there was a person sitting on his shoulder, and he hurriedly stood firm and raised his hand to protect the little master.

Zhu Wenguang was also overjoyed, raised his hand and touched Zhu Zhenguo's head, which was sitting on Zhu Qiang's shoulder, and said, "Good boy, Zhu family has a unicorn"

Then someone in the government came out to roll the name, that is, there was a voice of literacy who came out and shouted the name one by one, and the first sentence was: "Tongsheng's first name, Zhu Jiazhuang Zhu Zhenguo, six years old." ”

This sentence caused an uproar, and before the second place was sung, the crowd seemed to explode, and the people who were talking about it so loudly did not say anything. Some people who know Zhu Zhenguo are also pointing out to others: "It's that little boy, the little boy sitting on someone else's shoulder." ”

Almost everyone present looked at Zhu Zhenguo, who was sitting on Zhu Qiang's shoulder, and more people couldn't believe it in their hearts, and they always felt that there was something strange in the matter.

"I'm afraid that this magistrate has received a lot of benefits from the Zhu family, otherwise how can a six-year-old child get the first place."

"If you want to say it like you, this Lord Yang is too ugly, if he receives the benefits, let him pass the exam, why let him get the first place, then Lord Yang will not really do such a thing."

"Isn't this Zhu family child really won the first place in the exam?"

"In my opinion, it should really be admitted, otherwise this matter can't be explained to the prefect and the scholar, and the Zhu family is not so capable."

Zhu Wenguang was extremely honored in his heart, no matter what these people talked about, no matter how much they talked about it, his nephew won the first place in the exam, laughed in his heart, but he just smiled on his face and didn't look too proud, and waved his hand: "Go, go home." ”

Everyone turned around, as if they were reviewing the troops, holding their heads high and waiting for everyone's attention, and the calm on their faces seemed to be accustomed to seeing the world, but they felt extremely glorious in their hearts.

Wen Guang and Wenyuan brothers met a few acquaintances from time to time, and when they saw the ceremony, they introduced their nephew Zhenguo, and invited them to go to the house for dinner at noon.

Everyone walked for a long time and returned home, and the whole city knew that Zhu Zhenguo, a six-year-old boy from Zhujiazhuang, had won the first place in the Tongsheng examination. The silk merchant who rented Zhu's shop to do business even went to buy a cannon and put it up at the door.

Zhu Wenguang couldn't restrain the happiness in his heart when he returned home, and sent the little maid back to Zhujiazhuang to report the good news, and then sent someone to invite a few familiar classmates to eat and drink, and the servant woman at home also went out to buy more chicken, duck and fish to prepare for the noon feast.

Zhu Zhenguo bowed when he saw people, smiled and didn't speak, only listened to his uncle praise in front of others. The entertainment was almost over, and Zhu Zhenguo found the Yun family brothers and sisters to show off: "What? Young master, I'm not amazing. ”

At this time, even Yun Shuhuan, who was straightforward as a young man, said with admiration: "Gongzi is really a god, and he will definitely enter the phase in the future." ”

Zhu Zhenguo wants this effect, the worship of young people is used to establish status, this Yun Shuhuan just came to Zhu's house, and subduing his mind is the most effective method.

The little girl Yun Xiaolian was even more happy and danced, as if she had won the first place.