"Since the two of you have decided to stay in the Jinshi Academy, let's do it well, and I look forward to the performance of the two of you."

After saying that, the examiner walked out, and the surrounding jinshi slowly dispersed, ready to start the work operation, Xiaoman looked at the documents in their hands, and felt very envious, to know that when he was in the ministry, he was engaged in sorting out the papers.

If he had come by himself, he would have been a hundred times stronger than them, but being sent to sweep the stables really made him angry.

Su Xiaoman walked in front of the stable, and smelled a stench coming from the stable, only to see that the horses inside had not bathed for several months, just getting closer, the smell was already disgusting, not to mention that it had to be cleaned inside and out.

Although Su Xiaoman grew up in a village in Taoyuan County before, she had never suffered such hardships, and she had been pampered for many years, and her fingers did not touch the spring water, so it was really difficult for her to accept such hardships.

So she crouched down beside the stable, and began to think in a daze, thinking about what she should do next.

It was damp next to the stable, and Xiao Man felt that he was also stained with the stench of decay and mold, which kept filling his nose and making Xiao Man's eyes red.

Du Yue was sent by Lord Lu to shine shoes at the door, at the beginning, he sat at the door and few candidates were willing to approach him, and after a while, these candidates found that Lord Lu did seem to want to deliberately humiliate Du Yue.

So these candidates were no longer subtle, and directly put the dirty shoes in front of Du Yue, and said to Du Yue: "Champion Lang, help us wash our shoes a little bit." ”

Du Yue saw the contemptuous expressions of these candidates, and although she was angry in her heart, she still took their shoes in obscurity, soaked them in a bucket, and then brushed them clean with a brush.

Seeing that this Du Yue was actually such a cowardly child, these candidates insulted him even more unscrupulously, and even threw their shoes on his face.

"It's useless to see that you take the top score, and you can only wash your shoes in this life, unlike we still have a lot of paperwork to deal with, so we will go in first, and if the shoes are dried later, remember to send them to us."

After saying this, the candidates giggled and left in groups, Du Yue looked at the shoes in the bucket, which still exuded a slight smell of feet, and felt very aggrieved in his heart.

If you let your parents know that you have won the top prize in Shangjing, but you live such a life, you don't know how to feel aggrieved in your parents' hearts.

This Xiaoman sat next to the stable for a long time, still feeling that he was unwilling to clean the dirty stable, only to see a man walking over in blue clothes.

Xiao Man looked at him, he seemed to be about the same age as himself, and he looked very handsome, but his eyes were extremely cold, and he looked at himself strangely.

Xiao Man looked at his body and face, there was nothing dirty, and it was not strange to dress up, so he asked the man: "This brother, I don't know what is going on, why do you keep staring at me?" ”

I only saw the man and said faintly: "I am the fourth place in this imperial examination, and my name is Shi Yizhen." ”

Xiao Man looked at him, although he said that he was wearing the same Jinshi uniform as himself, but he was carrying a precious green jade wrench in his hand, thinking that it should be a child of a noble family, and it was not bad to be able to get the fourth place in the Jinshi with his true ability.

So Xiaoman said to him: "It turns out that you are the fourth, which is really amazing." ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiao Man's words came out, this Shi Yi really seemed to have been insulted by something, his eyebrows instantly tangled together, and he said to Xiao Man: "You know how many years I have been studying hard in the cold window, I originally had absolute confidence that I could be the top three, but I didn't expect to be robbed of my rank by a woman like you, you are simply hateful!" ”

Xiao Man thought that this Shi Yi was really here to show favor to himself, but he didn't expect that it was for such a reason that he deliberately embarrassed himself, so his attitude towards Shi Yi Zhen was also cold at this time.

"What you said is not right, this exam is all tested by your average ability, what can not be taken away, if you have the ability, the position of this Tanhua is naturally yours, but your own strength is not enough."

Hearing Xiao Man say this, Shi Yizhen was even more angry, and said to Xiao Man: "I just can't get used to seeing a woman like you." What imperial examinations does a woman participate in. Even if you become an official in the future, you can't benefit the people, you want to be an official, it's just a whim, and I don't agree with such irresponsible behavior. ”

After Shi Yizhen finished speaking, he seemed to feel that the anger in his heart had not been vented, so he slapped the horse in the stable fiercely.

After the horses were beaten by Shi Yizhen, they immediately became excited, jumping east and west in the stable, making the already messy stable even more chaotic for a while.

I saw that the straw still stained with feces was flying everywhere, and the wooden bucket containing water was kicked down several times.

Seeing Shi Yizhen deliberately making trouble like this, Xiao Man naturally felt very angry, Shi Yi Zhen sneered and said to Su Xiaoman: "Lord Lu has said that cleaning the stables is your job, if you don't hurry up, if you dare to be lazy, I will report to Lord Lu immediately." ”

Su Xiaoman bit her lip, she had always been undetermined about cleaning the stable, but now she was so excited by Shi Yizhen, she preferred to work hard, and cleaned a clean and tidy stable, so that they could take a good look at their strength before.

So Su Xiaoman picked up the bucket next to him and went to the well to fetch water, Shi Yizhen looked at her ridiculous appearance, and felt much more satisfied in his heart, so he left the dirty and smelly stable, returned to the room, and began to deal with his own paperwork.

To say that Xiaoman is already small, and she doesn't have much strength, and she can't carry a bucket full of water.

Xiao Man didn't think that it was such a tiring thing to fetch buckets of water, and by the time Xiao Man slowly dragged the bucket to the side of the stable, he was already tired and sweaty.

Xiao Man found a brush, first swept the straw scattered everywhere and swept it together with a broom, to say that the stable was full of moss, and all kinds of greasy substances attached to the floor, which made Xiao Man feel disgusted when he looked at it.

But she thought about Shi Yizhen's insult to her just now, and she felt that there was a fire in her heart, supporting her to do these things.

By the evening, the candidates had finished their work and could go home, but Du Yue and Xiaoman were still doing physical work.

Watching the sunset spill into the courtyard, both of them felt very melancholy in their hearts, and they didn't know when these things would be done.

Xiao Man's stable was half cleaned at this time, and it didn't look as dirty as before, but the stable still smelled of foul smell, which made Xiao Man very annoyed.

After Du Yue dried the washed shoes, she came to the stable, and saw Xiaoban squatting in the stable with a pale face, and hurriedly ran over to the side.

"Xiaoman, are you okay, do you want me to help you?"

Xiao Man shook her head, she also knew that Du Yue had been washing her shoes for a day, and she was tired enough, so how could she let her take on her own work at this time.

"I'm okay, isn't it just cleaning the stables, I should do it tomorrow, and when I do it tomorrow, I'll let Master Lu assign us a new job." ”

When he said this, Xiao Man was very reluctant to face Du Yue and squeezed out a smile, but Du Yue also knew in his heart that Lord Lu's attitude towards them was extremely bad, even if they were busy with such work, there would be other physical work waiting for them tomorrow.

If they want to pass the assessment of this Jinshi Academy, I am afraid they will have to put in a hundred times more effort than other Jinshi.

I saw a man standing behind them silently at this time, feeling the gaze of his eyes.

Xiao Man turned his head and found that Lord Lu was staring at the two of them with a straight face, which scared Xiao Man a lot, and quickly stood up and said to Lord Lu: "Lord Lu, I have already cleaned half of this stable, and it will be completed tomorrow." ”

Master Lu looked at the stable, and he didn't say whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied, and said coldly to Su Xiaoman: "The stable hasn't been cleaned, so I'll talk about it tomorrow, you two will come over to me first, and I will hand over the work to you." ”

When Xiao Man heard Lord Lu say this, he felt very desperate in his heart, if he wanted to say that he was tired from a day's work today, he just thought that he could go back to Lu Mansion to rest and rest, and it was best to let Pearl and Xiaolan make him something to eat, make a cup of hot tea, and dispel today's fatigue.

didn't expect that this Lord Lu would still leave her and Du Yue to do other work, which is simply too inhumane.

But even if Xiao Man was dissatisfied in his heart, he didn't dare to say it directly in front of Lord Lu's mask, so he could only obediently follow Lord Lu into the inner hall.

Master Lu pointed to a pile of paperwork and said to Su Xiaoman and Du Yue: "You guys will sort out this pile of paperwork for me now, when will it be finished, and when will it go home to sleep." ”

Xiao Man looked at the high pile of documents, even if he started sorting it out now, he might not be able to finish it after staying up all night.

She hurriedly said to Lord Lu: "Isn't this the job of other Jinshi, why do we have to deal with paperwork even though we have already done manual work?" ”

Master Lu sneered, feeling that Su Xiaoman was too ridiculous to say this.

When did I say that physical work is your job? Since you are Jinshi, you are the court officials who will benefit the people in the future, if you can't do the basic paperwork work, then why do you still serve as the court officials? ”

What Master Lu said also makes sense. But at this time, Xiao Man already felt that her arms were slightly sore, and her calves were showing signs of cramps, and she didn't know how to get up and deal with paperwork.

But looking at Lord Lu's face and facing Tieqing, he couldn't say anything about his refusal, so he could only nod against his will.

Yes, Lord Lu, we will definitely finish this work tonight.