Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 193 Previewing the Exam Room
Fan Mingren took out a piece of Tianhuang stone tightly wrapped with silk from the bag he carried with him. He opened the silk layer by layer, and finally revealed a piece of Tianhuang stone the size of a volleyball. Fan Ning was immediately attracted. This Tianhuang stone is oval. Deep yellow, it looks like the best frozen stone yellow at first glance, but it is more delicate and fat-like. There are no radish lines on it, and there is no trace of crack or blemish. It is simply the best of the best.

"The other two as well?" asked Fanning.

"Slightly smaller than this one, but the quality is the same. Three pieces were dug out from one nest. There was originally a layer of stone shell on it. After peeling off the stone, it was found to be precious."

Fan Ning pondered for a while and said, "Give me all three yuan!"

Mingren suddenly screamed strangely, "You took all three yuan, you are too greedy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fan Tiege slapped him hard on the back of the head again, "What are you in a hurry for? Listen to Aning and finish speaking!"

Mingren covered his head and muttered, "I want to leave it as a family heirloom for my descendants, why not?"

Fan Ning shook his head and smiled: "I don't want your stones, and I can't want them myself. This kind of top-quality Tianhuang stone is only suitable for engraving seals. Once Tian Huangshi is recognized by the world, the two Tianhuang stone treasures in your hands will become The hidden dangers of descendants will be peeped by others."

After all, Fan Tiege is old and understands the reason why ordinary people don't hold heavy treasures. He quickly said to his son: "A Ning is right, this kind of Tianhuangshi treasure is not something we can have, holding it will be a disaster. You give it to A Ning. Let the imperial court engrave it into a jade seal, but let it play a role."

Under the repeated persuasion of Fan Ning and his father, Ming Ren had to agree, but he was thinking in his heart that if he was allowed to find this kind of Tian Huangshi treasure again, he would have to learn a lesson and never let Fan Ning know about it.

Fan Ning carefully wrapped Tian Huangshi with cloth and put it away, not knowing when there would be a chance to make it a seal.

At this time, the door opened, and Su Liang quickly walked in from the outside, and said apologetically, "Sorry! Sorry! I'm late."

When Ming Ren saw Su Liang, his nature of a big horse monkey burst out immediately. He immediately jumped up, took Su Liang's hand and said with a smile, "Xiao Su, I heard that you already have a fiancée, why don't you bring me to see?"

Su Liang was most afraid of these twin brothers. Although Mingli did not go to Beijing, even this Mingren gave him a headache.

He gave Fan Ning a hard look. Needless to say, this kid must have said it.

"I'm only 12 years old. I don't have a fiancée. Don't listen to Fanning's nonsense."

"You will be 13 years old after the new year. You should be able to marry a wife at the age of 13 and enjoy the fun of men. You don't have to be humble!"

"Mingren, don't talk nonsense!"

Although Fan Tiege was scolding his son, his eyes were still full of smiles. Is Xiao Su really going to get married?
Su Liang broke away from Ming Ren's hand and ignored him. He sat down and said to Fan Ning: "I just heard the news that Fan Xiangguo has resumed his service and returned to the court. Is it true?"

Fan Ning nodded, "I've also heard that he is a Grand Master of Fengguanwendian and Minister of Rites."

When Fan Tiege heard that his third uncle had returned to the imperial court as an official, he was overjoyed, and quickly asked, "What kind of officials are the Grand Scholar of Guanwendian and the Minister of Rites?"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "These two official positions are from second-rank senior officials, but they are both empty positions. I guess the emperor will not let his grandfather take care of specific affairs for the time being, so as to silence those who oppose him."

"Has Fan Gong been promoted?" For ordinary people like Fan Tiege, he is most concerned about whether Fan Zhongyan has been promoted.

Fan Ning nodded with a smile, "Grandpa Tang served as the governor of Dengzhou with the status of a Bachelor of Zizheng Palace. .”

In fact, Fan Ning was also very emotional. According to the historical trajectory, Fan Zhongyan should have been the governor of Hangzhou last year, and transferred to Qingzhou next year. He finally contracted an illness and died a year later.

But in the end, Fan Zhongyan did not transfer to Hangzhou, but directly transferred back to the capital, which undoubtedly changed the history and the trajectory of his life. I wonder if he can make a difference in his later years?

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After Fan Zhongyan's new appointment was issued, Fan Zhongyan had to hand over and set off eastward, and it would take at least February to take up his post in the capital. However, the imperial examination was imminent, and there were still two days before the imperial examination. Familiarize yourself with the examination room seats.

Early in the morning, Fan Ning, Su Liang and Li Dashou took an ox cart to the barracks outside the northern city. This is the northern barracks. At most, 20 troops were stationed there. Top big tent.

The imperial examination for the provincial examination in the second year of Huangyou will be held in this large military camp. Nearly [-] scholars are divided into [-] examination rooms. Because the military camp is too large, the first and last examination rooms are separated by more than [-] miles. After the scholars understand the situation of the examination room on the spot, they can arrange their travel time according to the situation of the examination room.

The ox cart came out of Xinfengqiu Gate, and it didn't take long to see banners waving ten miles ahead, which seemed to be very lively. The driver smiled at the three of them and said, "That's Beidaying. The imperial examination will be held in Beidaying this time. It's open for viewing the day before yesterday. Today is the last day to visit, and I heard that the camp will be closed tonight.”

"Are there many visitors in the past two days?"

"Why not many? There are tens of thousands of people every day. I have made seven trips. Which exam room are you from? Maybe I know."

Fan Ning said, "Two of us are in examination room A, and one is in examination room D."

"Hehe! There are three test rooms in A, the first one is called Jia Tong test room, the second and third A test rooms are called Jia [-] and Jia [-] respectively, Ding test room is in the middle, it seems to be very close, but in fact It's about seven or eight miles away."

"Why are there three test rooms?" Su Liang asked in confusion.

"Who knows! If you are taking the boy test, it is probably the first Jia boy test room."

Su Liang hurriedly took out the floating ticket, and only then did he notice that he was really an examination room for Jia Tong, and the characters for Tong were far apart, and he always thought he was an examination room for Jia.

The carriage stopped slowly in front of the first examination room, and Fan Ning said to Li Dashou: "We will meet here after the end, see you soon!"

"understood!"

Li Dashou agreed, and the carriage continued to drive westward.

Fan Ning and Su Liang came to the entrance of the examination room and checked the floating tickets for the officials at the entrance. The officials nodded and said, "You are here, go in and see for yourself! Be careful not to miss anything, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."

The first examination room is the boy's test room. As soon as you enter the door, you will see a big sign that says 'special test room for the boy's test'. This is just an test room. There are hundreds of large tents, neatly arranged, and you can't see the end at a glance.

There are not only them in the camp, but also many other candidates, most of them are thirteen or fourteen years old, and they are all boys' candidates from all over the Song Dynasty.

This time there were a total of [-] boys taking the test, among which the Kaifeng Prefecture had the largest number of more than [-]. This was also to take care of the children of the rich and powerful in the capital, such as Pang Ji’s grandson Pang Gongsun, Zhang Yaozuo’s grandson Zhang Chun, and so on.

Basically, they don't need to take the exam, as long as they get the places recommended by Taixue, Guozixue and Hongwenguan, they can directly take the provincial exam. The people broke their heads to fight.

Fan Ning is No. 780, and Su Liang is No. 190. They are not far apart, but they should go behind the camp.

"it's here!"

Su Liang finally saw the signs in front of the big tent, No. 180 to No. 190.

"Fan Ning, I found my test account!"

The big tent was half opened, and there were twenty desks neatly placed inside, but the exam numbers on the desks hadn’t been edited yet. This was to prevent the examinees from knowing where they were sitting in advance, so as to prevent them from hiding cheating information. Anyway, as long as they found Check the account, the rest is much easier.

Fan Ning also found his examination account, and there were twenty desks inside. He memorized the approximate location, turned around, and was about to leave. Maybe it was really a narrow road to Encounter, but he saw Liu Ran and two examinees walking towards each other.

"I'm here to test the account!"

Liu Ran pointed to the big tent behind Fan Ning and shouted excitedly: "I found it, it's here!"

When he looked up and saw Fanning, he couldn't help being stunned.

The relationship between Liu Ran and Fan Ning has become a little more subtle since Zhu Pei visited Liu's family last time to pay his respects. At least Liu Ran's mentality has changed, and his attitude towards Fan Ning has become hostile.

"Yo! What a coincidence!"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "Brother Liu is actually taking the exam with me."

Liu Ran's expression was ugly, and she forced a smile, "What's Fan Xiandi's examination number?"

"I'm No. 780, where's Brother Liu?"

"I'm number 780, our seats should be very close, Fan Xiandi is bound to win this time, right?" Liu Ran asked sourly.

"Where is it possible to win? I haven't studied well at all. I don't know what test to take? Brother Liu is very confident!"

"Everyone! Each other! I'm so flustered, I'm afraid I'm going to lose my name this time."

The two hypocritically answered each other modestly, as politely as negotiators from the two countries met.

(End of this chapter)