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Chapter 437: Flower Hairpin Ceremony

On the second day after the announcement of the results, the new scholars had to go to pay a visit to the grand master, perform the hairpin flower ceremony, and eat the hairpin flower banquet.

Early in the morning, Fan Jin got up, washed, put on a brand new scholar's robe, and put on a jade hairpin.

This jade hairpin is made of black jade and is very finely crafted. Shi Liu gave it to him yesterday to congratulate him on his passing the imperial examination.

Speaking of which, Fan Jin felt a little embarrassed. He thought that if Shi Liu were to take the exam, he would definitely not rank so last.

When he scored so low in the exam, Shi Liu gave him a hairpin to congratulate him and said he had done well.

Pomegranate: Do you know what the ancient scholar is equivalent to in later times? Passing the exam is already impressive!

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When they arrived, the new scholars stood according to their ranking. There were only three people in the front row, naturally the top three in their undergraduate studies. The others were arranged in rows of five. Fan Jin's position was the second position in the second to last row.

The backs of the heads in the rows in front of him were so far away that he couldn't even see the appearance of the top three. This huge gap was impossible to cross.

But when he turned around and saw the scholars in the row around him were old enough to be his father, he felt inexplicably happy again.

At his age, passing the examination to become a scholar is a great achievement.

You can never compare yourself to others.

As long as I win, he still thought so.

After the team was lined up, officials came to teach the etiquette of hairpinning. Fan Jin had heard his cousin Fan Xun explain it to him yesterday, but he pricked up his ears and listened carefully, fearing that he had missed something.

Then, the academician in charge of the examination came in. He looked at the scholars, said some words of encouragement, and then began to give them red flowers.

The red silks hanging on the bodies are all the same, but the flowers on the hats are different. The one Fan Jin got was an osmanthus flower. The flowers for the top 50 were different, but the ones at the end were all osmanthus flowers. Fan Jin thought that the osmanthus flower was very good, with a good meaning, and it was a great honor to win the first prize in the imperial palace.

The one wearing the red robe was not as good as the previous one. He was just a teacher. Seeing that he was young, the teacher was very kind and gave him some words of encouragement.

Fan Jin bowed and thanked him, secretly gathering his strength in his heart and working hard, that's for sure. He had set his goal, to pass the examinations for a scholar, a juren, and even better, a jinshi. If not, he would just use his connections to get a job as a county magistrate like his uncle did.

Anyway, I just want to be an official.

Don’t worry if you get a low ranking in the exam, as long as you pass it.

Among so many top-ranked scholars, not all of them ended up becoming high-ranking officials.

The most important part of the hairpin flower ceremony is the hairpin flower, which is the most important part. No matter how many people are there, the academician will personally come to wear the hairpin flower. This is also the respect given by the court to scholars - from this moment on, scholars can meet officials without kneeling.

After the hairpin ceremony, the group of new scholars had to follow the academician and others to the Confucius Temple to worship Confucius. Along the way, they passed through the streets, both sides of which were already crowded with people, all of whom came to see the elegance of these new scholars.

There is a parade of top scholars under the emperor's feet to watch, and they also have the top scorer to watch!

Fan Jin was walking at the end of the team and was not noticeable among so many scholars, but Old Man Li and others in the teahouse on the second floor still spotted him at a glance.

"Pomegranate, look, Fan Jin is there!"

"Oh, Fan Jin looks so smart in his scholar's robe today. At first glance, I thought he was an official!"

Old Man Li was so excited that he waved and shouted.

Fan Jin heard the shout, and looking towards the direction, he saw Shi Liu at the window and smiled brightly.

Shi Liu was dazzled by his smile and couldn't help muttering, "This guy looks pretty handsome today!"
What one can see in the teahouse is limited, but after a while, the procession marches far away, and the people on the street follow closely, adding to the excitement.

Shi Liu and the others did not go downstairs to follow them. Instead, they sat down to drink tea and talk.

"We are leaving for home tomorrow, right? Will Fan Jin go with us?" asked Father Li. He kept talking about Fan Jin now, and he really liked this future grandson-in-law.

There are many grandsons-in-law, but this one is a scholar, and he is also Shi Liu’s future husband!

"To go with us."

"Okay! Then let's wait for him!"

Chief Li asked, "Does Fan Jin have to go to the government school like the eldest grandson of Chief Fan?"

I heard that those who pass the imperial examination can go to the provincial school to study. The teaching in the provincial school is good, and there are many successful candidates among the teachers!
Shi Liu nodded, "I think so." After all, the highest rank a teacher at the Fan Family School is a scholar, and if he passes the exam and remains there, it won't be of much help, so he should come out more often.

I heard that Uncle Fan Jin also passed the imperial examination and went to study at the provincial school, and later passed the imperial examination and became a juren.

After sitting and drinking tea for fifteen minutes and eating some snacks, Shi Liu paid the bill and took his grandparents home.

When the carriage passed Qingzhu Street, something happened ahead, which attracted many people to watch and blocked the road.

Shi Liu lifted the curtain to look, but saw nothing, so he simply asked Zuo Cheng to go and see what was going on.

Zuo Cheng went to answer the call, and soon came back to report: "Miss, there is a riot at the door of the clinic ahead, saying that the doctor in the clinic made his wife bad and killed her, and he is demanding compensation from the doctor!"

When Shi Liu heard that it was a medical dispute, he thought that there was nothing interesting about it and if he was not careful, it might even lead to bleeding.

He immediately asked the driver to back up and take a detour.

But at this moment, several carriages had already caught up from behind. The street was far from wide enough for the carriages to park freely, so they could not retreat at all, nor could they take a detour. They could only wait until the matter in front was resolved so that there was room for another carriage to leave.

As time went by, a bloody scene really happened.

All of a sudden, the crowd screamed, "Murder!"

Then the crowd dispersed like birds and beasts, revealing the view ahead.

The carriage could not retreat in time, and Zuo Cheng and his guards tightly protected the carriage to prevent it from being hit.

Shi Liu looked forward and saw a man slumped over by the door of the clinic, holding his chest. He looked like a doctor. Two pharmacists were fighting with the man with a knife, but they were afraid of the knife in his hand and did not dare to get close.

Fortunately, people from the yamen arrived late and subdued the man in a few moves.

The two medicine boys were able to rush to the doctor and cried, "Master, Master, are you okay?"

"He's seriously injured. Why don't you carry him inside to get treatment?" a bailiff asked.

The medicine boy cried even harder, "This...we two can't do it—"

The man who had just run away in fear of the knife turned back to watch the fun when he saw the yamen coming and said to the yamen runner, "The Zhang Family Clinic only has one doctor, Doctor Zhang. He is both the boss and the doctor. These two medicine boys were just hired not long ago!"

It's such a small clinic, no wonder someone died from it.

The yamen runner shook his head and quickly asked two pharmacists to carry Doctor Zhang to another clinic.

At this time, a young man came up from the crowd and said, "This man is seriously injured. It's better not to move him easily. I'm a doctor. Let me take a look at him!"

"Are you a doctor?" The yamen runner looked at the young man and waved his hand, "Then treat him quickly!"

When Shi Liu saw the young man's appearance clearly, her pupils shrank slightly.

It's him.