Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 271

"You have studied a year longer than me, so you are ashamed to compare with me. How about we compare who ranks higher in the college examination?" Guan Jiaze said unconvinced.

"Compare, compare, whoever is afraid of whom." Liang Xiankuan looked calm.

"Then you take the exam well. You failed the Beppu exam, and you didn't even qualify for the college exam. Then I have to laugh at you for the rest of your life, every time I see you."

"Absolutely not, don't worry. You study hard, I will laugh at you for the rest of your life if you are inferior to me in the other college's exams."

Du Jinning laughed, and said to Qi Muyuan, "Why do I feel that they are younger than me?"

Qi Muyuan nodded solemnly: "Yes, one is four years old and the other is five years old."

"You, you..." Guan Jiaze pointed at them angrily, "Who is a child? Are you still my buddies?"

Du Jinning was about to speak, when he saw Li Congyang running over panting, the hat on his head was gone, his clothes were wrinkled, he opened his mouth to say something, but how could he speak? "Huchihuchi" to patronize panting.

"Don't worry, don't worry, speak slowly." Seeing this, Du Jinning hurriedly comforted her.

Guan Jiaze, on the other hand, was impatient, and asked, "Li Congyang, have you been hit? Is the chief of the county case Du Jinning?"

Although Li Congyang was speechless, he still nodded vigorously.

"Did you win, or did Du Jinning win the county case?" Guan Jiaze asked again.

Li Congyang nodded vigorously again: "Both, both. I, I got hit, he..." He pointed at Du Jinning, "The chief of the county case."

"Ah!" Guan Jiaze yelled happily, and rushed towards Du Jinning.

"Don't, don't get excited." Du Jinning avoided Guan Jiaze's bear hug, pointed at Liang Xiankuan and asked Li Congyang, "What about Liang Xiankuan?"

Li Congyang had recovered his breath and spoke much more smoothly: "Liang Xiankuan No. 2."

Liang Xiankuan immediately shook his fist excitedly.

"Where are the other students?" Du Jinning asked again.

Li Congyang shook his head: "I remember the seat numbers of you two, and your seat numbers are in the middle, so I saw them at a glance. I didn't look for theirs."

Although Du Jinning has been sitting in seat No. [-] since the second round, her seat number is always based on the seat number of the first round.Because she was the number one seat number every time, even if Li Congyang didn't remember it specially, he still remembered the seat number.After Du Jinning did not take the test, Liang Xiankuan's seat number firmly occupied the central position, and Li Congyang also remembered it.

Among the classmates who took the county exam together, Li Congyang didn't have a particularly good friend, so he saw that he had won, and then took a quick look at Du Jinning and Liang Xiankuan being ranked first and second, so he squeezed out excitedly to announce the good news.

But it doesn't matter if he remembers it or not, because soon two of his classmates came back, and then the others followed suit.Some are excited, some are depressed, they don't need to speak, just by looking at their expressions, you can tell whether they have won or not.

Among Du Jinning's group of people who took the exam, seven out of ten won, and the success rate was quite high.

"It's a pity, with Yan Kong's usual grades, he should be able to get in this year, but he was unlucky and stained the test paper." A classmate shook his head and sighed.

The other immediately retorted: "What's wrong with him? His seat for the first round was in the room. Liang Xiankuan took the test in the rain in the yard, and Du Jinning was also in the corridor. Neither Liang Xiankuan nor Du Jinning got the test papers. It’s dirty, but he’s dirty. He took the exam last year and already has experience. It’s just that he is too concerned about gains and losses, and his behavior is unsteady.”

Everyone else nodded in agreement: "It makes sense, indeed."

"Actually, the same is true of Liu Jiang and Shen Qinghui." The man continued, "Based on their grades, they can pass the Zhongxian Exam, but it's because the exam is too stressful that they can't perform well."

Yan Kong was polluted in the first test, and his seat number was not available when the list was released, and he was not even eligible to take the second test.From that day on, he knew that he was useless in the county test, so he naturally didn't come to see the list today.Liu Jiang was in the same situation as him, but it wasn't because he dirty the test paper, but because he didn't perform well, and he fell off the list in the first round.

Shen Qinghui got in the outer circle in the first round, and barely qualified to take the second exam, but the more he took the exam, the more flustered he became, and he was not eligible to participate in the third round.

These few are not here today, so everyone has no scruples about discussing them.

"Let's take it as a warning, relax your mind during the government test, and deal with it with a normal heart." Everyone encouraged each other and dispersed.

Those who live close to each other in the city can still catch up with the servants who go home to receive the good news.

"Are you going back or what?" Guan Jiaze asked Du Jinning, "If you're not in a hurry to go back, let's go to Zuixianlou to get together, and I'll congratulate you."

Qi Muyuan didn't wait for Du Jinning to speak, and said, "Of course we have to go back. He's the only man in their house. It's not good for the servants to report the good news and he's not at home." He urged Du Jinning, "Hurry up and go back, it's best to hire a mule cart to go back. , so as not to delay."

After all, the county examination is only the first level of the scientific examination. Even if you pass the examination, you are not even a child.So the guards only reported the top ten when they announced the good news.They went to announce the good news separately, so even if they reported backwards from No.10, it didn't take much time to report to Du Jinning's house.

Du Jinning didn't feel at ease when he thought about his family, so he said goodbye to everyone, and hired a mule cart and hurried home.

When the mule cart entered Zhuangzi, the sound of gongs and drums was heard from a distance, and the direction of the sound should be Du's house.

The driver of the mule cart shouted from the front: "There are more people in front, is the guest officer going to get off here?"

Du Jinning opened the door curtain, glanced ahead, and saw many people hearing the sound of gongs and drums, heading towards her house.Children are playing and making noise on the road, and the mule cart is not easy to pass.

She could only say: "Okay, you just stop here."

When she got out of the car, she was about to pay the fare when she heard someone call her: "Master Du, are you back? Go home and have a look, the good news is here. Congratulations, congratulations, you are promising, you passed the exam The scholar is back."

Du Jinning put the copper coins in the driver's hand, and smiled at the old man: "Uncle Liu, you are not a scholar, you just passed the county examination. You have to pass the government examination and the hospital examination to be a scholar."

The old man in his seventies was a little confused, and his ears were still a little behind. He waved his hands with a smile and said, "It's the same."

"Uncle Liu, I'm going back first." Du Jinning yelled at him, and then went to his home.

Along the way, when Zhuangzi saw her, they all congratulated her.

The front of Du's house was already full of onlookers.Seeing Du Jinning coming in, everyone was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted inside: "Mr. Xiucai is back, Mr. Xiucai is back." They pushed Du Jinning all the way in.

"Ouch, Brother Ning is back." Someone came out of the yard and pulled Du Jinning in affectionately.This person is Mrs. Zhang.

Du Jinning was wondering why Mrs. Zhang was here. As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Du Yinsheng, Du Chensheng, Niu and Mengshi sitting at the top, and beside them were two people dressed as servants.

When everyone saw Du Jinning coming in, they all stood up.Du Yinsheng was especially excited, he stepped forward to hold Du Jinning's hand, said with trembling lips: "Okay, good job, you have brought honor to our Du family. I don't know how happy your great-grandfather is to know." He couldn't help wiping I burst into tears.

It stands to reason that there was Du Yuncheng in the front and Du Yunchang in the back, and both of them passed the examination as a scholar; Du Jinning just passed the county examination, and he was not even a child.Du Yinsheng shouldn't be so excited.

But the county chief, the county chief who is only 12 years old, Lishui County has not seen such a young county chief for hundreds of years.Even for Qi Muyuan last year, his grandfather and father were Jinshi, and he was the county chief at the age of 13.Their ordinary peasant family has produced such a county case leader that has never been seen in history. This is such an honorable event that it is enough to be recorded in the county annals. Why doesn't it excite Du Yinsheng?
Furthermore, as long as the county chief does not make major mistakes in the government and hospital examinations, he will definitely be selected as a scholar. This is an unwritten rule in the examination room.In other words, as long as Du Jinning does not have any accidents in this year's government and college examinations, the reputation of a scholar will be firmly in his hands.

At that time, Du Jinning is not yet 13 years old.

A 12-year-old talent!If you think about it, you will know how far his future is.Du Yuncheng was a scholar in his 20s, and Du Yunchang was a scholar in his [-]s and [-]s.Can these two people compare with Du Jinning?
In front of the two officials, Du Chensheng naturally wanted to come up and put on airs like his grandfather, so that people would look up to him.But he knew that Du Jinning didn't buy into him, and he would be ashamed when the time came, and he would be ashamed.So he hesitated and dared not go forward.Not only did he not go up, but he also gave Niu Shi a hand to stop what she was about to say.

The two officials sat here for a while, finally saw the Lord, and immediately came up and said a lot of auspicious words.

Du Jinning was dealing with official errands, but looked at Chen, asking her if she had given the reward.

Mrs. Chen hurried forward to her ear and said, "Everyone gave a red seal of one tael of silver."

A tael of silver is considered a relatively generous reward.Du Jinning felt relieved, talked to the two for a while, and sent them away in person.

In the yard, Du Yunyi and his wife brought their son and daughter, and Du Yunchang took Du Fangling and Du Fanghui, both of whom were busy entertaining the folks who came to celebrate with melon and fruit syrup.

Seeing that the official was sent away, Dong Dacheng walked in and asked Du Jinning: "Everyone is asking you, do you want to put wine, and they are all waiting to drink your wedding wine."

"Brother Ning, for such a big happy event, the wine has to be served." Du Yinsheng said.

Du Chensheng also nodded: "Yes, for Guangzong Yaozu's great event, there must be wine."

"Uncle, grandfather." Du Jinning called the two of them first, and then said, "I just passed the county examination, and I'm not even a child. At this time, the wine is served and passed to the academy. The gentlemen have to say I can't be frivolous. If you want to drink, let's wait until I get the honor of a scholar."

(End of this chapter)