Chapter 25: The only candidate in Hangcheng County

A week later, Kyushu was in an uproar.

It stands to reason that the results of the exam papers would have appeared two weeks ago, and now, after a delay of two weeks, there has been no movement, and all the students are in an uproar.

On this day, Zhang Meng, who had long forgotten the college entrance examination, suddenly heard a notice from the governor of Southeast Prefecture to the counties from the radio:

Within three days, the county lords went to the Huangpu Prefecture for a meeting. Announce the results of the college entrance examination in each county. No lateness, no absences. ”

Hearing this announcement, Zhang Meng calculated the distance to Huangpu County, and his mother screamed strangely, and hurriedly burst into tears:

"Quick, quickly prepare fast horses, a hundred horses on standby. Escort me to Huangpu. Bring dry food and water, and set off immediately. ”

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Damn, if you're late. Lao Tzu will try to ask all of you. ”

“……”

Zhang Meng was depressed to death, it was my business, and I had to go to a meeting.

Even when I was on a horse, I was still complaining when I walked in the dust. What am I doing in Huangpu? To be humiliated?

Who doesn't know that there were two candidates in Hangcheng County this year, one died halfway, and the other said that he didn't do well in the exam. I thought that everything was over, and the college entrance examination results in these counties had something to do with me, and I had to call myself to Huangpu for a meeting, which was purely to call myself as a foil, and I was humiliated by the way.

The governor is too, the brain is in the. Hangcheng County is so far away from Huangpu that there is a time limit of three days to arrive. Didn't sleep along the way? Don't take a break? If people don't rest, horses must rest. I'm sick.

Hurry up, wind and dust. It took two and a half days to catch up.

When Zhang Meng jumped off the horse, his legs stepped on the solid ground, and the whole person collapsed. Weakly picked up the water and took a sip, turned around and ordered: "Go to the state and county reception to rest, I'll go to report." ”

'Yes'

More than 100 soldiers also agreed weakly and led the horses away.

When walking, everyone is afraid to put their legs together.

After two days of horses, I rushed frantically day and night, and my inner thighs were full of blisters. In a hurry, everyone forgot to bring a mattress and spread it on the saddle, and rubbed their thighs the hard saddle for two and a half days, which was simply a punishment.

Zhang Meng walked into the state government to report and saw that many colleagues also walked in weakly. I even saw Wang Jixiang, the lord of Jiahe County.

On the day the radio announcement, Wang Jixiang was hunting outside. It was a day before he received the news. Hearing the people's announcement, Wang Jixiang was so frightened that he couldn't even care about going back to Jiahe County, so he ran to Huangpu County when he went crazy. He is worse than Zhang Meng, Zhang Meng will sleep for a few hours at night after all.

Wang Jixiang didn't even dare to land, and rode a horse for a day and a night. There were more than 70 people in total, and more than 100 horses died of exhaustion, and then they arrived in Huangpu County.

When the two met, they each snorted coldly, and no one paid attention to anyone.

Many colleagues sat in the reception room of the state government and drank tea, and after drinking, many county lords fell asleep.

This time is too urgent, everyone is tired, everyone is in a hurry. Never before had I received such a strong order, it had to be there within three days, and it was simply torturous.

Zhang Meng fell asleep, feeling that the chair was on his back, so he simply took off his shoes and moved two chairs to sleep together.

When the other county lords saw that Zhang Meng was so comfortable and did everything, they all found a place to sleep.

It's so tired, the county lords are all pampered, who has ever been so tired?

Everyone didn't bother to talk, anyway, what the situation was, the county lords knew it. Even if you don't know it. At the very least, you'll have a rough guess of what's going on in your own county.

The ending is already doomed, and there is nothing to worry about or surprise the county lord at all.

Those who deserve praise should be praised, and those who deserve dishonored should be dishonored. Everyone is free and easy.

Zhang Meng is too, Hangcheng County has not had a college student for 20 years, and it is not worse than one year this year, so criticize it. Since he became the county lord of Hangcheng ten years ago, he will go to Huangpu County every year to accept criticism from his superiors and humiliation from his colleagues.

It's good to get used to it.

"Alas!"

With a light sigh, Zhang Meng fell asleep in a sleep, he didn't care so much about you.

The other county lords are also people with big hearts, and most of them have also slept.

It is Wang Jixiang of Jiahe County who is restless, he just took office this year, and he is naturally very worried. He sat there alone, his face blue for a while and white for a while:

"Jiahe County is a big county, and in previous years, the admission rate of candidates was the second in Southeast Prefecture and the first in Huangpu County."

"I just started this year, if the second one is gone...... How can I explain it to my dad? ”

"It's good to come to Jiahe County to gild, and return to Balong City to be an official at the foot of the Son of Heaven in three years. If I lose this year, won't I draw a thick ink on my blank paper? ”

"How is this good, how many of my Jiahe County are there? It shouldn't be miserable, right? Alas. How good is that? ”

“……”

The other county lords are all old fritters and hob meat. Wang Jixiang is a new official, and what the new official is most afraid of is that his political performance is not as good as his predecessor. If he came purely to be the county lord, he wouldn't have so many worries, but he was not the same when he came down to gild.

If someone catches his pigtails in the future and talks about this, then he Wang Jixiang will have to drink a pot.

Other new officials can not compare to the previous one, but he can't.

A man sat there talking to himself, his face uneasy. The other county lords didn't sleep heartlessly, and Wang Jixiang felt quite pathetic.

At this time, followed by the two clerks, the governor of Southeast Prefecture strode in, looking at the county lords who were sleeping all over the room, and couldn't help frowning.

Wang Jixiang hurriedly shouted: "The state governor has arrived!" ”

There was a thunderous shout, but it didn't stir up the slightest wave.

Everyone is hob meat, what should I do, and I never pay attention to the officialdom atmosphere. Hearing this, they all frowned impatiently, and then sat up with a yawn.

It was not as Wang Jixiang imagined, as soon as the governor came, everyone immediately panicked and ready to go.

It's all hob meat, anyway, the governor only asks to arrive within three days, so it's okay not to be late. Anything else, the governor didn't say, and the governor never counted the subsections.

Seeing that everyone had woken up, the governor said, "Look at you one by one, what do you look like?" You, who allowed you to be naked? Put the clothes on for me! ”

A county lord sighed, and only then did he put his official uniform on his body casually.

The governor was indeed a man who did not care about the subtleties, and when he saw that everyone was up and sober, he found a random place to sit down, cleared his throat, and said:

"This time, I summoned everyone to come here to announce the results of the college entrance examination in each county."

There was no answer.

The governor glanced at Zhang Meng and asked, "What do you think of Hangcheng County?" ”

Zhang Meng sighed in his heart, yes, he was going to be humiliated again. Forget it, it's been like this for ten years anyway, and I've long been used to it.

"Hangcheng County...... It's okay. ”

"What is this called? What do you mean by okay? The governor frowned.

"I don't know, after all, the results haven't come out, and I'm not a candidate. I don't know what they're going to do. ”

There was a smile in the governor's eyes: "They? Don't pretend to be confused with me, he is who he is, return them. ”

"Hahahaha."

There was immediately laughter in the room, and everyone heard that only two people in Hangcheng County had applied for the exam this year, and one of them was absent. Only one person took the college entrance exam.

Humiliation. In one county, there is only one candidate.