Rise From the Humble

In the eyes of everyone laughing, Zhu Pingan calmly ate the two dishes he ordered and the beef soup with steamed buns, and went back to the room to rest while feeling his slightly distended stomach.

Looking at Zhu Ping'an's leaving back, the voices of ridicule in the lobby came one after another.

"This idiot has a good appetite"

"I ate two meals in the examination room, and now I have eaten two full steamed buns, a large bowl of beef soup and two dishes. Is he a pig?"

"Idiot, ashamed to be with this person."

Amidst the ridicule of Zhu Ping'an, the tense atmosphere of the people disappeared unknowingly. Perhaps this was also an unexpected harvest for everyone.

After eating, drinking, and sleeping well, Zhu Ping'an carried his schoolbag across his shoulders as usual the next morning, and went out with a black wooden board between his hands.

In the inn, there was a lot of snoring, and the students and scholars who had been tense all day yesterday could hardly relax, and they all slept soundly.

Stepping on the wet bluestone slabs, I came to the riverside again, put down the black wooden boards, rubbed my hands and started the daily compulsory lessons.

The rising sun dyed half of the sky red, and after the visibility was high, Zhu Pingan put away the brushes and black wooden boards, took out a book from his schoolbag that copied "Ming Dagao", "Da Ming Law" and the laws issued at present, and read it with relish.

Because the second exam is about judgments, five judgments, one for patent, one for appearance, one for internal affairs, and one for science. At this time, I will review the laws of the Ming Dynasty again, and I will be more impressed when I take the exam. In fact, the Great Edict of Ming Dynasty is very interesting. It was compiled by Lao Zhu himself. This law emphasizes severe punishment and heavy punishment. Lao Zhu's publicity of this law is simply exhaustive, and tens of millions of copies are printed, one copy for every official, and one copy for each household. It can be said that it is the law with the largest circulation. However, Lao Zhu's theory of severe punishments and laws did not conform to the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty. Lao Zhu's successors also introduced new laws. The role of Lao Zhu's laws now is the imperial examination.

While watching it with gusto, those girls and daughters-in-law who wash yarn and pound rice came again. Now they are no strangers to this young man who sits by the river every morning and reads a book, and they can act as their long-suppressed boy. It is a concoction of feudal ethics, and I have to tease a few words every day before giving up.

With so many big girls and young wives together, they are not afraid of gossip.

"Little Xiucai, why didn't I see you reading a book yesterday? Hehehe, it must be." A bold little daughter-in-law made a brisk voice in the crowd.

Then there was a large group of women chichi laughing, and the shy reproaches of the young girls who hadn't left the cabinet.

Zhu Ping'an was no stranger to being teased by these big girls and young daughters-in-law every morning.

"Yesterday's county test, I'm going to take the final test." Zhu Ping'an put the book back in his schoolbag and was about to leave.

Zhu Ping'an and these girls and daughters-in-law have almost reached a tacit understanding. Whenever they come here to pound rice and wash clothes, Zhu Ping'an will collect the things and leave.

"Hehehe, if you want me to tell you, just be a little scholar and you work hard every day, and you will definitely pass the exam."

Hearing the voice behind him, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but smile. Since he took the imperial examination, all he heard were words such as failing the exam and gaining experience. This is the first time he heard someone say that he can passed the exam.

"Thank you, I will lend you a good word."

Zhu Pingan didn't turn his head, and waved his hand to thank him loudly.

Zhu Ping'an's words made the big girl and the little daughter-in-law laugh for a while. If other people's words must be modest and say something, I'm still far behind, he would be ashamed to borrow your good words without blushing. What an interesting young man.

Leaving the riverside, Zhu Ping'an found another place for snacks, as if trying to taste Huaining's delicacies.

Just spend the day like this, and repeat the day again.

On the second day, when Zhu Pingan returned to the inn after breakfast, he found that the students in the inn were in a mess with excitement.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the magistrate is about to commit a crime."

As soon as the sound came out, the crowd was furious, and everyone blushed, either expecting or apprehensive, and a large group of people rushed out. Even Zhu Pingan, who had just returned, was dragged out of the door by his uncle Zhu Shouren and others.

For a moment, the whole street was full of noise and noise, as if a drop of cold water had splashed on a frying pan.

Zhu Ping'an was dragged and dragged by his uncle and others, and almost knocked out the lotus seed soup with crab roe soup that he ate in the morning.

The place where the county government releases the list is in an open space outside the county government office. The county examination release list is called "Case Case". Good position can't wait to fight. Zhu Ping'an and the others came late, so they had to stay on the periphery.

Fortunately, the case has not yet been committed, and the students and scholars did not lose their composure, but there are a few who are still kneeling at this time and muttering words, listening carefully, praying for the passing gods to bless them and make them on the list.

"The head of the case estimates, buy and leave."

"Students in this book, there are fifty essays in one note."

There was a commotion nearby, it turned out that someone actually opened a handicap near the place where the crime occurred, making predictions about the crime.

At this time, few scholars criticized this, and most of them still actively participated in it, saying that it is an elegant thing to gamble for a good fortune.

"Hey, what's your seat number?" Uncle Zhu Shouren looked at the market and asked enthusiastically, because the seat number was announced for the first three cases of the county examination, and it will only be announced after the last one is admitted. The name of the case is called the "long case", so the uncle asked Zhu Ping'an's seat number.

Well

Seeing uncle like this, he must be betting on me not winning.

Zhu Pingan told his uncle Zhu Shouren his seat number, and the uncle immediately squeezed into the crowd holding a handful of copper coins.

After a while, the uncle came out dejectedly with the money again. After asking Zhu Pingan, he found out that his name was not included in the handicap at all. He was not among the ten people predicted at the top of the case, and he was not even among the top ten people predicted at the end of the case. This shows how underestimated he is. ah.

After a long time, there was only a sound of a gong, and several yamen servants in red uniforms blew suonas, and surrounded by a small official with a notice in his hand, the people were excited, and they made way for them to enter post list.

The bulletin was very large, and the small official posted the big red bulletin on the high wall with the help of the yamen servants by stepping on a high chair.

This is a large piece of red paper. The number of seats is written on the list. There are more than 700 seat numbers in total. They are written on the list in a circular shape. The characters are also very large. visible.

Soon the crowd was boiling, and the voices of great joy and sorrow came one after another. Some people were overjoyed and yelled that I had won, and they grabbed the people next to them and shook them for a while. With tears streaming down my face and grabbing the ground

Standing on tiptoe slightly, Zhu Pingan carefully looked for his seat number in the list. Before he could read the whole list, he heard the excited voice of the uncle next to him.

"Sure enough, your seat number is really not on the list, it's okay, it's okay, this time you have the experience of failing the list, and your chances will be greater next year."

Uncle Zhu Shouren stroked his beard, consoling Zhu Ping'an in the style of an elder, but his brows were full of joy, huh, you didn't pass the exam, the county test was not as easy as you imagined, uncle, my title of "children" is where I came from It's not easy, envy and hate me.

Among the more than ten students who came to take the exam together, except for the uncle and two other children who did not have to take the exam, the eleven students and scholars who participated in the county exam this time, a total of six people were on the list. a feeling of.

Of course, Zhu Ping'an was the key object of consolation. It was said that it was consolation, but it was more appropriate to describe it as ridicule.

Some people laughed and said: If you can come to the exam, the purpose of making up the number will be achieved, such sarcastic remarks as immeasurable merit.

Even the consolation is like this: Although you didn't pass the exam, you ate well in the exam room.

Or it's just an undisguised ridicule, such words as a rice bucket, being bitten by a snake and hearing a bird singing, and a dilapidated firewood house even wanting to be on the list.

Just when everyone was laughing at the high, there was another sound of gong, and several big red servants came, surrounded by a small official.

"The 50 people who were first-ranked in the county's trial case are all listed on this list. Let me post this list."

Seeing that the people were crowding around the B-rank list that had just been released, and couldn't get in, he couldn't help but speak loudly, stop the crowd, make way, and lead the yamen servants in to post.

"Consolation" Zhu Ping'an's uncle Zhu Shouren and other ten students in the same industry turned a deaf ear to this, and the 50 first-class criminals still had nothing to do with Zhu Pingan's designation. Those first-class criminals were all A real talent, Zhu Ping'an, who only knows how to eat when he enters the examination room, is so far away from others, so everyone continued to "consolate" Zhu Ping'an.

"You're a fool, from now on, use the power of eating to read books."

"I'm afraid your article is full of oil and will be taken as cheating by the county officials. It must not be like this in the future."

"Don't be discouraged, you son. Although you didn't win this time, you have accumulated experience. In the future, you will devote yourself to studying hard, and uncle will naturally take time to teach you."

Pa la pa la, everyone was talking, suddenly at this moment, a trembling voice came

"My dear friends, there is a number on the first-class list, which seems to belong to Angle."

The mocking crowd stopped abruptly as if they had swallowed a lump of Xiang after hearing the words, and then subconsciously looked up at the first-ranked list that had just been posted.

Ding Chou

Impressively on the list

It's Zhu Ping'an's seat number