Rise From the Humble

The word "Ding Chou" on the red paper was like two resounding slaps on the faces of the experienced uncle and others who surrounded Zhu Ping'an.

slap. slap.

with an echo

Uncle Zhu Shouren twitched the corners of his mouth, staring blankly at the list, unable to look away for a long time, as if he had to regard the word Ding Chou as another word to finish the calculation.

The other students and scholars are almost like the uncle Zhu Shouren, all of them are shocked by the word "Ding Chou".

"Ahem, cough, I'm afraid there is something wrong with the list."

A failed student who looked away from the first-class list, with red eyes, muttered to himself. Apart from problems with the list, he really couldn't think of any reason for Zhu Ping'an to be on the top list.

"Maybe it's because I made a mistake when grading the test papers."

Another student who couldn't accept the result thought of the second reason why Zhu Ping'an was on the first-class list.

In fact, it's just that these people don't want to accept this result. The imperial examinations are notoriously strict, and the county examination is the most basic part. Although it is a little more relaxed than the government examination, mistakes are not allowed in the grading. The county examination has a set of strict rules to prevent cheating, one of which is to re-transcribe the candidates' answer sheets, in case the candidates leave marks on the test papers, or the marking personnel recognize the candidates' papers that they are familiar with. The examiner did not read the original volume, but was copied by the scribes from other counties with a red pen and cinnabar. After several people checked and checked, there would be no mistakes such as writing wrong seat numbers. Moreover, a test paper has to go through the hands of multiple examiners, and the results will be announced after repeated reviews.

But no matter what, these people didn't think it was Zhu Pingan's strength at all, but attributed it to other reasons. In the end, after everyone's lively and active discussions on the spot, a unified reason for Zhu Ping'an's ranking on the first-class list was unified: this foodie who was bitten by a snake and heard birds singing, this exam is a shit luck!

Therefore, in addition to the titles of being bitten by a snake and singing birds, rice buckets, and firewood houses, Zhu Pingan also has the title of a lucky boy with shit.

The six people who were on the second list were okay, but the other people who were not on the list gave Zhu Pingan, a young man who was lucky, all looked strangely at him.

It's not that we have no talent, but bad luck.

The scholar who failed the ranking sighed unwillingly, packed up his things, and set off on his way home.

Uncle Zhu Shouren also sighed that it was a trick of good fortune, and slowly walked back to the inn with the crowd. He had been poor for decades and had not been ranked second in high school, and Zhu Pingan was lucky enough to be on the top list. Shit luck is indispensable, and I don't need to worry about it too much, after all, I even passed the government test. It's impossible for Shi'er's shit luck to continue, and his road to the imperial examination this time will stop here, um, yes, it must be.

Zhu Pingan, who has never had a chance to speak since the announcement of the list, looked at the people who left sighing at his own shit luck, and couldn't help but slowly stretched out his right hand facing the backs of the people, as if wanting to stop them .

However, the next second the style of painting changed, Zhu Ping'an turned his palm up, four fingers together, and the middle finger stretched out abruptly, comparing a modern popular, but ancient, unrecognized iconic vertical middle finger movement.

At this time, the crowd dispersed one after another, and there were few people on the list. Zhu Pingan slowly walked to the front of the list and checked it carefully. There were more than 1,300 people participating in the first round of the county examination. There were more than 700 people in the second list, 50 people in the first list, and the first person in the case. List A and List B are ranked in no particular order, they are arranged in a circle, and Zhu Pingan is located in the core of a small circle in List A. The head of the desk also only has the seat number "Jiazi". Judging from the seat number, it should be the person sitting in front. It is quite far away from me, so it has no effect at all.

Back at the inn, the students and scholars in the lobby congratulated Zhu Pingan on the first place in high school in a playful tone.

Zhu Pingan thanked them one by one, as if he didn't hear their banter.

Real gold is not afraid of fire, Zhu Pingan doesn't bother arguing with them, it's meaningless, not to mention that these people may wait for you to argue with them, and then step on you to show off fiercely. But the first county test is actually a very basic test, and 70% of the people can get on the list, and there will be a second, third, and fourth test in the future, waiting for the big waves to wash the sand and the fire to refine the gold, and Let them toss and wait until the results come out later, without having to do it themselves, their faces will be swollen by themselves.

It will be very interesting to see their expressions when the time comes.

Everyone looked at the back of Zhu Ping'an leaving indifferently, and the ridicule became more intense, and they regarded Zhu Ping'an's indifferent leaving as shameful and disheartened.

"Look, look, he doesn't dare to argue, he must be ashamed."

"I'm ashamed, I'm afraid there is a ghost, maybe it will give the county lord some benefits."

"Shh, Brother Wang be careful, what spare money does this poor foodie who lives in a firewood house have? The county lord is famous for being upright in the county. He, this exam is just a dog. Shit luck, just watch, tomorrow's exam will definitely beat him back to his original form"

"Oh, yes, hehehe, how can shit luck last long. Let's see how he ends up in the exam."

The atmosphere in the lobby became lively. The students and scholars who stayed here were either young students like Zhu Shouren, or those who were on the high school list in this exam. Everyone drank some water and wine, and their emotions were high. I don’t know who suggested that it is better to follow the example of the top students. For those who open the market, let's also open a market to gamble on some good luck, and see if the lucky boy who was bitten by a snake and heard a bird singing can make the high school list in the next game.

I offered one hundred coins and bet he would not win.

I'll give you a tael of silver and bet he won't win

In the end, the handicap couldn't go on, and the students and scholars in the lobby of the inn placed bets one after another, but they all bet that Zhu Ping'an would not win.

So, everyone looked at each other and smiled, feeling like a hero who saw the same thing, and tacitly raised their glasses to congratulate each other from afar, and drank together.

Returning to the room, Zhu Ping'an didn't know that he was once again the object of ridicule by everyone. He packed up his things, sat at the desk, opened the laws and previous cases, and looked at them with relish in the sunlight shining through the window.

The second exam is to test the table judgment, which is to examine the students' ability to distinguish right from wrong and write various official documents. It can also be seen that Lao Zhu's imperial examination reform really wanted to select truly educated, knowledgeable, and capable practical talents for the country. But it is a pity that stereotyped essays severely limit the realization of this goal.

While commenting on legal precedents, Zhu Pingan ridiculed Comrade Zhu’s good intentions. Dreams are plentiful, but reality is skinny. When I dream back at midnight, I will definitely cry.