Yuan Suifeng was shocked when he saw Wu Xiujie vomiting blood.
Didn't he hear what he said? But if he can do such a thing himself, is he still afraid of others saying it?
After Yuan Suifeng was initially surprised, he soon became righteous. He had not forgotten that it was Wu Xiujie who instigated Wu Xiuhe to pay for his murder. If Mr. Wei had not taken action, he would have died or been injured.
Under such circumstances, it's strange that Yuan Suifeng would sympathize with him.
Wu Xiujie was thrown back into the prison. The yamen officials were interested in the banknotes they had previously found on Wu Xiujie, and were also worried that he had been beaten fifty times with a cane and had vomited blood. It was possible that his body could not bear it and he would die.
So I still asked a doctor to take a look at him.
Wu Xiujie's life is still tenacious. After having a high fever all night, the fever went down after taking medicine. However, although his buttocks were given medicine in time, there were still signs of ulceration. He could only spray medicine powder every day and endure it.
The burning pain made it difficult to even move.
After Yuan Suifeng witnessed Wu Xiujie being punished with an additional penalty, he was very satisfied. He also abided by the agreement and invited the few scholars who helped record the incident to Fulai Building to enjoy a delicious meal.
While waiting for his eldest brother to come out of the tribute courtyard, he found a little-known theater troupe and asked them to rehearse the play in which Wu Xiujie goes to court. Only such a little-known theater troupe would be willing to go back to Guangning County with him.
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Because I have something to do, time passes faster than I imagined.
Before I knew it, it was the seventeenth.
The afternoon of the 17th happened to be the end of the third session of the provincial examination.
The questions in this provincial examination are quite tricky. Many questions seem easy to answer, but they contain traps. There are also some questions that are very biased and test the students' knowledge coverage.
None of this was difficult for Yuan Suijun, and he wrote it very smoothly.
He usually finished answering each test question on the second day. What made him feel even more happy was that he was in pretty good physical condition during this provincial examination. He was definitely tired and exhausted, but it was not like before.
I am weak and my face turns pale when exposed to the sun.
He actually survived to the end, his body was not much worse than the others, and his spirit was even better than them.
After all, others don't have his sour plum soup that relieves summer heat and promotes body fluids.
In sharp contrast to Yuan Suijun, Zhang Chengwang's mood was not so wonderful.
Many of the questions seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't answer them. These were questions he had seen before, but he didn't think he would pass them, so he didn't review them very carefully. After all, his time was limited, and he didn't have a photographic memory.
The only thing I can do is review selectively.
Who would have known that he didn't get much of what he had studied over and over again, but what he had read at a glance appeared on the test paper instead. How could this not make him suffocate?
At the beginning, Zhang Chengwang's mentality collapsed, so it took Zhang Chengwang a lot of effort to calm down and work hard to solve other questions.
As a result, when he saw the big title of the poem, his mentality inevitably collapsed again.
The theme of this year's poem is chrysanthemum.
The last round was about flowers, which led Zhang Chengwang to think that it was impossible for flowers to be the topic this year, so he sold all his poems. The result was good, the examiner made a false shot, and the question turned out to be chrysanthemums.
Among the few poems that Yuan Suijun sold, the two best ones used chrysanthemums as metaphors for people. If he had known this, he would never have sold those two poems, no matter how much money the other party offered.
No matter how much money you have, it can't compare to the fame of being a successful candidate.
He could not look back on the past, so he could only endure the annoyance and heartache and meditate on new poems.
With his mentality broken twice, Zhang Chengwang didn't know how he survived the past nine days. His face was sallow, his cheeks were sunken, and his eyes were even blue-black. If it weren't for his good health before, just I am afraid that this time I will be like the other candidates who were carried out.
When the loud bell rang, the examination papers in their hands were quickly taken away, and their scratch paper was not even left for them. They were taken away together.
Zhang Chengwang breathed a sigh of relief, and the exam was finally over. This provincial exam was an unspeakable torture for him. He even regretted taking the exam.
However, when he walked out of the examination room, he also heard the annoyed and sad voices of many candidates.
"I definitely failed this time. The questions were more difficult than I thought. I didn't even want to stay and wait for the results to be released. I just went home. I'll work hard for three years and try again."
"If even Brother Gu is like this, I have no hope."
"I couldn't write out more than a dozen questions. Fortunately, the names that failed were not published, otherwise I would have been in the last batch, which would have been embarrassing."
Zhang Chengwang listened to the lamentations of many of them, and a glimmer of hope suddenly appeared in his heart.
If everyone finds it difficult, maybe he still has hope. After all, the number of candidates for each state is based on the number of local candidates. As long as he does better than the vast majority of people, it will be fine.
"Brother, how did you do in the exam?" Zhang Wanli came up to greet him.
Zhang Chengwang took a deep breath and said, "Let's talk about it when we go back to the inn."
"Then should we go home first? Or wait until the results are released before leaving?"
The last time the rankings were released was on the 30th, and this year it should be similar.
"Waiting for the results to be released."
Zhang Wanli nodded and supported him. The eldest brother did not say that he would go back to the state capital immediately, which showed that he was very confident in this provincial examination. Looking at the eldest brother's calm and calm look, it was clearly a sign of confidence. He was waiting for his brother to become a civil servant. , so hard to slap those who look down on them in the face.
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On the other side, after Yuan Suijun came out of the examination room, he was quickly found by Yuan Suifeng and Mr. Wei.
Seeing that he looked okay, Yuan Suifeng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Brother, get in the carriage and take a rest first."
In fact, their house was only a quarter of an hour away from Gongyuan, but Yuan Suifeng was worried that his eldest brother would not be able to bear it, so he drove a carriage over.
Yuan Suijun couldn't help but laugh, and his body was not so weak.
But considering that the provincial examination is over, I am afraid that I will receive many invitations before the results are released.
Yuan Suijun's eyes flashed, he coughed, and said, "Please help me get on the carriage."
These days, it would be more appropriate for him to be "sick".
Yuan Suifeng's expression changed drastically, "Brother, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"I asked for the doctor before I went out at noon. The doctor is at home now. Please bear with me!"
He hurriedly helped Yuan Suijun and carefully helped him onto the carriage.
Zhang Wanli happened to see Yuan Suijun being weakly helped up, and couldn't help but push his elder brother's arm.
"Brother, look, isn't that Yuan Xiucai?" What Zhang Wanli hates most now is the Yuan family. If it weren't for the Yuan family, why would they need to move to the city?
Zhang Chengwang raised his head and looked at this scene, feeling very happy.
"It seems that Yuan Suijun's body can't hold on anymore. The provincial examination lasts for nine days, and it's not easy for him to hold on until now."
"With his sickly body, he is afraid he will fail this time."
You deserve it!
He only hoped that Yuan Suijun could take a serious illness and die, so that he would not have to bully the Zhang family all the time.