Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 269 I Will Overtake You
If it weren't for Fang Shaohua, she really wanted to step back and let Liang Xiankuan be the county's top case. In this way, the Liang family wouldn't treat Liang Xiankuan too much.It's a pity that with Fang Shaohua around, Liang Xiankuan might not be able to get the top position of the case if she retreats, and Fang Shaohua will take advantage of it.

"Let's go, let's go in and sit down." Du Jinning moved the two into the room.

Qi Muyuan knew that the Du family was all women's relatives except for Du Jinning, so it was not convenient for them to go in, so he shook his head and asked Du Jinning, "Do you still want to see the list?"

"I'm not going." Du Jinning knew that Qi Muyuan's memory was no worse than his own, and since he had made the ranking clear, there was no need for him to confirm it again.

"Then let's go back." Qi Muyuan said, greeted Guan Jiaze, turned around and got on the mule cart.

Guan Jiaze didn't get in his own car anymore, and took a car with Qi Muyuan.

After sending the two of them away, Du Jinning entered the courtyard.

Mrs. Chen started to hear the sound of a car, so she came out to have a look, and saw that it was Guan Jiaze and Qi Muyuan coming. They were happy talking to Du Jinning, so they didn't go out to disturb them.

Seeing Du Jinning coming back alone, she asked strangely, "Where are Master Guan and Master Qi?"

"Going back." Du Jinning said, "They came to inform me that the results of the first exam have been released, and I am No.1."

"Really? That's great." Chen was so happy that she didn't know what to do. She was stunned in the yard, and then went into the kitchen to tell Du Fangling and Du Fanghui the good news.While the three mothers were happy, Mrs. Chen took some more things and hurried to Xu's house to share the good news with Mrs. Xie and Du Fangfei.

Du Jinning shook his head, and went back to his room to study.

Since the second round, the number of people dropped sharply, from 600 people in the first round to 80 people, and those who entered the inner circle of 25 were not required to take the next few exams, which reduced another ten. A few people, so less than 70 people participated in the second exam.There are seats in several rooms, and no one needs to sit in the open yard or porch anymore.

From the second round onwards, the seats are no longer drawn by lottery, but arranged according to the ranking.Du Jinning was sitting in the middle of the first row, just facing Magistrate Liu, taking the exam under his nose, with Fang Shaohua on the left and Liang Xiankuan on the right.

Du Jinning's psychological quality is nothing to say, even under the delay of Liu County Magistrate Hushi, he still calmly finished the test paper quickly, and at the same time he was the first to hand in the paper.

County magistrate Liu still checked the papers on the spot, and also affirmed and encouraged Du Jinning.

Du Jinning went out of the house, into the yard, and walked slowly to the gate.This time was different from the first round. There were two rows of benches here, apparently for the examinees who were waiting to release their cards.

Du Jinning sat down on the stool, thinking that there were few people this time, and he didn't know how long it would take to gather ten people to go out, when he heard footsteps under the steps.She turned her head and saw that it was Fang Shaohua who was walking up from the steps with his lapel in hand.

Fang Shaohua walked up to Du Jinning and stood still, looked her up and down, and asked, "Are you Du Jinning?"

Du Jinning stood up, nodded, and looked directly at him; "Exactly."

"Shaohua at the bottom." Fang Shaohua said the word "below" in his mouth, but his expression was a little arrogant, "I will surpass you and get the county case."

"Oh." Du Jinning responded lightly, then turned and sat down.

"..." Fang Shaohua was a little dumbfounded.

What's happening here.He obviously challenged Du Jinning, why did Du Jinning just reply so lightly and it was over?

This made Fang Shaohua feel like he had punched cotton.

He was a little unwilling, and followed to stand in front of Du Jinning: "You won't be cowardly, will you?"

Du Jinning frowned, and looked at him like a fool: "Just talk and don't practice tricks. Is it interesting to have this kind of verbal dispute? Let's talk about it when you get the county case."

As she said that, she turned her head to admire the flowers and trees planted in the yard, but she didn't even bother to talk to Fang Shaohua.

Fang Shaohua's face flushed red.

In fact, he is not the kind of person who is particularly arrogant, but he came back from a big place, and compared with the people in this remote small county, he has a sense of superiority in his heart.In addition, he has a father who was born as a Jinshi, and he has worshiped many famous teachers, and his father and teachers always praise him for his good essays, so he feels that it is easy to get a county case.

Unexpectedly, in the first exam, the first place was taken away by a brat who was obviously a few years younger than him. He was so unconvinced.For the second exam, he took the exam with all his strength, just wanting to rectify his name.Who would have thought that Du Jinning would also come for the second exam and be the first to hand in the paper.Judging from the praise of County Magistrate Liu just now, Du Jinning's test paper was obviously better than his.

He was so aggrieved in his heart, and only then did he have the challenge just now.

Du Jinning didn't answer, and his calm and calm demeanor made it appear that his challenge just now was aggressive and rude.

He couldn't say anything more to Du Jinning, so he walked aside in embarrassment, unwilling to stay with Du Jinning any longer.

Not long after, Liang Xiankuan also handed in the paper and walked over.

"What's your answer to those three math problems?" He asked Du Jinning.The two have been classmates for a year, and he has long been convinced of Du Jinning's arithmetic level.

"25, 81, three."

Liang Xiankuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, I thought I made a mistake."

The examinees were all in the room, a yard away from here, and they didn't need to lower their voices when they spoke. Fang Shaohua also heard the conversation between Liang Xiankuan and Du Jinning.His eyes widened suddenly.

After enduring and enduring, he finally couldn't help but walked over and asked Du Jinning, "What did you say? The third math problem, the answer is three?"

Du Jinning glanced at him, nodded and said, "Yes."

"How is it possible? It's obviously nine." Fang Shaohua was a little anxious.

Naturally, he also knew Liang Xiankuan, who was sitting on the other side of Du Jinning just now, and was No.3 in the first exam.If he had the same answer as Du Jinning, then it is very likely that he did the math problem wrong.

To confirm, he read the title again: "Looking at the seventh floor of the pagoda from a distance, the red light doubles. There are 380 lights in total. How many lights are on the tip?" Then he stared at Du Jinning and said, "This is what you just said Question? Why is the answer three?"

Du Jinning saw that he was very entangled in scratching his ears and cheeks, so he explained: "You can use deductive reasoning to solve this problem..." He said it again with the ancient way of solving the problem.

This question was indeed very complicated in ancient times, and it took Du Jinning a lot of eloquence.But in modern times, the answer can be obtained by using the sum formula of geometric series, which is very simple and fast.

(End of this chapter)