Rise From the Humble

The night is as thick as ink, pitch black, without any light

At this time, most of the people had already fallen asleep, and occasionally there were a few rooms in the inn that were still lit, and among them was Zhu Pingan who was reading at night while holding a lamp. Several books were arranged in an orderly manner on the desk. Zhu Pingan held a copybook and leaned forward slightly to read it carefully near the oil lamp.

There was silence outside, with occasional calls of cuckoo birds, cuckoo cuckoo.

The sweet witch who was sleeping on the bed slightly opened her eyes, glanced at Zhu Pingan who was sitting there reading a book, and fell back into a deep sleep.

Zhu Pingan, who was reading at night while holding the lamp, twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, and then immersed himself in the copybook again. After reading it more times, he gradually touched the three flavors in the book mentioned by the old fishing man. And the feeling.

As the night deepened, all the lights in the inn were extinguished one after another, and the night completely controlled the world.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Pingan got up much earlier than usual. He wanted to put his insights from reading the copybooks last night into the tip of his pen to see how it worked out. It was like picking up a new car and impatiently wanting to go for a drive.

The Taihu Lake was quiet and empty. The old fisherman on that day seemed to be an NPC he encountered in the game once, and he had just met him once and never met again.

After laying the black wooden board, dipped it in a brush of water, exerted a slight force on the wrist, and the tip of the pen fell on the black wooden board. At this moment, the brush seemed to have a soul. The feeling can almost be described in one word, that is, writing like a god. The words that landed on the black wooden board seemed to have flesh and bones, jumping off the board one by one, ready to come out.

That bottleneck was finally broken.

After the sun rose, Zhu Pingan put away the black wooden board and the bamboo tube for the brush, took out a handwritten book from his schoolbag, and leaned against the boulder to read it quietly.

It was the same rhythm on the second day. When the boatman's fishing chant came from afar, Zhu Ping'an put away the books and put them in his schoolbag on his shoulders. The uncle and others stopped him, and pushed him to look at the recruitment list again. This time I came earlier, the list was just posted.

My surviving fellow villager failed to continue his luck this time and failed the ranking.

The fellow who failed the list lost his mind, and then suddenly clapped his hands, pointing at the list with one finger and faltering.

what's wrong

Zhu Ping'an was a little worried about this fellow, not because of any stimulation.

"Hey, tell uncle your seat number again!"

Uncle Zhu Shouren's tone was rapid, as if he was excited and uncontrollable.

"Yiyou" Zhu Pingan repeated it after hearing the words.

As soon as he said a word, it seemed that he received some exciting fellows who failed the rankings, but he clapped his hands again, and his mood seemed to be much better, "It's all right now, I'm not alone anymore, Brother An can go back home with me Yes, hehe."

"There is no second list, and there is no first list." Uncle Zhu Shouren said regretfully, stroking his beard, "Hey, I failed this time as I said, but don't be discouraged. Since the county exam, I have been on the first list for the second time. , It’s a rare thing for you, and I’ll wait for uncle to go back and review the book with you.”

After the uncle finished speaking, he sighed again, and said with emotion, "Our Zhu family will look after me this time, and we have a heavy responsibility, and we will not let you down."

Two other fellow villagers who were already Tongsheng like the uncle also came to comfort Zhu Pingan and another fellow villager, saying that they would take Zhu Pingan to the Zuijun Tower to get drunk at night.

"It shouldn't be, I played better than usual this time."

Zhu Pingan muttered to himself. At this time, he also looked at the whole list. Indeed, there is no seat number of his own on the second list, and there is no own seat number on the first list. Better than usual yet.

"Hehe, I usually see An Ge'er calm and calm, and I don't think An Ge'er will have other emotions. This time, I finally saw An Ge'er's other expressions."

"Ange, don't do this. Everyone will say this when they fail the rankings. Come, come, and follow me, it's like going to get drunk and relieve your worries."

Although the voice of Zhu Ping'an's muttering was small, it was heard by the people around him, and everyone comforted him, but of course the words of comfort were not so pleasing to the ear.

Uncle Zhu Shouren and others felt that this was the normal state, and they felt that the imperial examination was finally on the right track, and they seemed a little surprised.

Zhu Ping looked at the list, still puzzled.

Everyone comforted them, and they took Zhu Ping'an and another villager who failed the exam to have a drink together.

Just when the crowd was about to drag away Zhu Pingan who had been looking at the list, they heard a commotion in the crowd. It turned out that the little official who had just posted the list was pasting a bowl-sized red paper on the center of the first list. On the paper, it was the first place on the list of replies and the leader of the second round.

The seat number on the red paper is Zhu Ping'an's seat number: "Yiyou".

Time seemed to have stood still, and the uncle and the others couldn't hide their disappointment and surprise. They were greatly surprised by Zhu Ping'an's ranking in the first list before. This time, he was finally not in the first list, and he was not in the second list. On Zhu Ping'an.

Similarly, Zhu Ping'an was also surprised. He didn't expect that he would also win the first place. Although he had prepared for a long time, and although he knew one of the exam questions very well, he never expected that he would win the first place.

Although this first place is only a temporary leader, and the gold content is not high. After the three exams are over and the long case is used to publish the list, the first place will be the real leader of the government examination, but it cannot erase this first place. After all, there are more than 300 outstanding players who have been screened many times competing for the title.

Uncle Zhu Shouren and the others found it difficult to accept this dramatic turn of events. Although it was difficult to hide their disappointment, they still wanted to pull Zhu Pingan to have a drink. They couldn't just say they would like to invite them for a meeting, so it would be a slap in the face. But the mood is not high, especially the villager who failed the exam, with a long face.

It is estimated that literati look down on each other, maybe there is also an element of jealousy, or there may be other more complicated factors, which is why I make my uncle and others dislike him.

Zhu Pingan was not without winks, so he declined. After Zhu Ping'an refused, uncle Zhu Shouren and the others did not insist any longer, and dragged the fellow who failed the ranking to the restaurant, and it seemed that he was going to stay out all night again.

Tongcheng Xia Luoming and the others surrounded on the other side looked at the list with disdain and chatted lightly:

"Although I don't know who 'Yiyou' is, but this seat is not you and me, nor is it the top ten case leaders or acquaintances in other counties. I guess it is just a lucky guy who hit a big luck."

"Brothers, don't be discouraged. This time it's just a judgment, and the proportion of the three exams is the smallest. Four books, stereotypes and policy theory are the basis for the final decision."

"Extremely true"

And Zhu Pingan, the lucky one they said had hit the big luck, had quietly left the announcement site at this time, and went to find delicious snacks along the street.

(Please collect, recommend, ask for all kinds, and be cheeky again. Thank you book friends for your care all the time.)