Chapter 145 [If you sow melons, you will reap melons; if you sow beans, you will reap beans]
Three days later, the results of the provincial examination will be released.
At the end of Chen hour, the sun first rises three poles, around nine o'clock in the morning.
Outside the Lingxing Gate, three cannons rang out, and the examiner walked out of the Gongyuan surrounded by officials.
Cheng Yu stood on the Lingxing Gate, overlooking the crowd of students at his feet. Zhuang Huaijin and Yu Wenpei were also crowded at the back of the crowd.
It turns out that unlike previous imperial examination announcements, in the Liang Dynasty, in order to encourage scholars all over the world to study hard and strive for progress, the names and surnames of those who won the provincial examination were not directly announced on the list for the candidates to watch by themselves. Instead, the examiners announced their names in public after the results came out.
Announcement.
Thousands of scholars gathered inside Lingxing Gate, and they were crowded in front and back. Soldiers held swords in hand to maintain order. From time to time, they had to drive away scholars, relatives and other idle people outside Lingxing Gate.
"The door opened. The examiner came out."
“I wonder who will win the top three spots this year?”
"Hey! Is this brother still interested in the top three?"
"If you don't dare to take it seriously, let's just talk about it."
"Alas, I won't be in this department after all. Don't worry about your jokes. My dormitory is close to the toilet barrel. The fumes make me dizzy all day long and I write nonsense."
"Hush! Hush! The examiner is on stage and the results are about to be revealed."
As the examiner stood on the stage, a group of soldiers came down from the stage and were divided into three layers to guard the high platform.
The scholars stretched their heads to look around one after another, and those in the back row were crowded forward like a tide, for fear of mishearing or missing something. It seemed that if they could squeeze forward more, they would have more chances to win.
Three layers of soldiers resisted the surging crowd like three embankments, but even so, they were still pushed back to the foot of the high platform.
The examiner waited until the noise from the crowd had subsided and announced aloud: Today, a total of 102 people passed the Chunwei Township Examination in Qianjiangfu City.
Thousands of talented people in the audience were suddenly happy but few were happy and many were worried.
However, I am more worried.
At this time, two subordinate officials came to the stage, each holding a large stack of test papers and placing them on the paperwork. In order from back to front, one unveiled his name in public, and the other announced loudly.
Thousands of people gathered in front of Lingxing Gate in complete silence.
"No. 102, Yu Zheng, the seat of Qingchuan County, courtesy name Wenpei."
"Ah? I got it? I got it, I got it!"
Cheers rang out from a corner in the crowd, but within a few breaths, he was restrained by several scholars next to him. One of them covered his mouth and said:
"Silence! I can't hear the Lord's announcement!"
Yu Wenpei didn't hear Zhuang Huaijin's congratulations at all. He squeezed out of the crowd in despair and lay down on his back in the corner of the wall.
Hit...
"Ninety-eighth, Liu Cheng, Suiyuan County, courtesy name Huaide."
"No. 72, Li Fei from Qingyang County, courtesy name Qingyuan."
"Fifty-seventh place..."
"Thirty-second place..."
Every time an official on the stage read a name, it was like a small drop of water falling into the vast sea of people, causing a small commotion, which was suppressed by the surrounding scholars.
The more I read the ranking, the higher it came, and the place became more and more quiet and oppressive.
When they reached the top three, the subordinate officials with dry mouths stepped back, and the chief examiner and deputy examiner came to the desk.
The last three must be announced by the examiner himself.
"The third place in Jingkui, Qianjiang Fucheng, Ma Wei, courtesy name Haoning."
"Well..."
Someone in the crowd suddenly fainted, and there was another small commotion, which made all the officials on the stage burst into laughter.
Too much mental pressure.
In fact, by this time, most people have become disheartened, and only the last glimmer of hope remains in their hearts, hoping that a miracle will finally appear.
But once this last bit of miracle hits them head-on, how many people can withstand it?
The examiner picked up the second-to-last paper, tore it open, took a look at the anxious people in the audience, and said loudly:
"Second place in Asia Yuan, Duan Qian, Qingjiang County, courtesy name Qian Qing."
After watching the embarrassing scene of the third place, the deputy examiner and other officials waited to see what kind of ugliness Xin Ke Yayuan would make below, and they all peeked down to watch.
I saw a person in the middle of the crowd laughing, and saluting several people around him, and then nothing happened.
"..."
Hey! This guy...
All the officials on the stage had disappointed looks on their faces, but they all secretly wrote down this person's name, surname, and place of origin, so that they could make friends with him if they had the opportunity in the future.
The examiner cleared his throat and picked up the last anonymous roll on the desk, which was also the one with the least suspense in his mind.
At this time, Qian Linhong was standing in front of a window in the second-floor inn opposite Gongyuan. Behind him was Qian Ruyu, who had just recovered from his head injury and was already wearing red and colorful clothes. He was enjoying himself in the inn, waiting for the good news.
"It's finally time to announce Jieyuan, Yu'er, after high school this time, my father has decided on your marriage to the concubine of the prefect's family."
"Huh? Isn't she the magistrate's niece?"
Qian Ruyu felt something was wrong, frowned and asked.
"My son is the current Jieyuan, how can he, the prefect, use his niece or concubine as a prevarication?"
When Qian Ruyu heard this, she immediately felt a little unhappy. It was hard to guarantee that the prefect's concubine was the daughter of one of the prefect's favored concubines.
The other party's mother's family is very powerful, and I'm afraid she won't be able to play as freely as before.
At this time, Qian Ruyu missed his book boy Qinggeer very much.
The examiner gently tore open the cover of the test paper with "Super First Class" written on it and picked up the test paper. Everyone in the audience stared at the examiner's every move without blinking.
But among the adults on the stage, three or four out of ten already know whose family Jinke Jieyuanhua belongs to.
The examiner opened the test paper and read in one breath as if going through the motions:
"In the spring of the 26th year of Jiarui, I won the first place in the rural examination of Qianjiang Prefecture. I was in Zhuangzhou, Qingchuan County. My courtesy name was Huaijin...huh?"
The examiner read to the end according to the paper and let out a light hum, and everyone on the stage and the audience exploded.
The examiner hurriedly lowered his head and looked at the test paper in his hand again. The first place came from Zhuangzhou, Qingchuan County, named Huaijin.
Every word is good, but almost every word is wrong!
The examiner secretly pinched his arm and it hurt!
He looked back at the deputy examiner and several other officials with a confused look on his face, but saw that the confusion in their eyes was only more, not less, than his own.
Seeing the examiner looking back at him, the deputy examiner hurriedly stood up, went to the side of the examiner and looked at the header of the paper carefully, then turned around and stepped off the stage, running towards the Gongyuan.
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At this time, all the scholars in the audience looked around, looking for Jinke Jieyuan's whereabouts, but when they saw no one answered, they immediately started talking.
"Who is Zhuangzhou?"
"Where is Zhuangzhou?"
"That's weird! There was no reaction from Xie Yuandu? Could it be that he also fainted?"
At this moment, a shout came from a corner of the crowd:
"Hey! Hit! Hit, hit, hit!"
Everyone turned their heads and looked in one direction, only to find that it was Yu Wenpei who was yelling.
Everyone is puzzled. This guy has been hit once before, so how come he got hit again now?
Have you lost your mind and gone crazy?
Yu Wenpei suddenly saw everyone looking at him, smiled, turned around, bowed deeply to Zhuang Huaijin, and said happily:
"Congratulations to Zhuang Jieyuan! First place in high school!"
Looking at Zhuang Huaijin at this time, he was praying with his hands clasped and his head facing the sky, and two lines of clear tears flowed from the corners of his closed eyes.
He thought of his father who was recovering in health far away in Qingchuan County;
Reminds me of the mysterious note on the night of praying for good luck this year;
The Qixian Temple at the entrance of Qingluo Village;
The four mantras from Jiangkou Town that solved his doubts in time...
Thank you so much!
……
"Pulling!"
Suddenly, a sparrow spread its wings from the Lingxing Gate and flew towards the outer city. Jia Fei, who was standing on the roof of the building opposite, frowned. He didn't care about exposing himself in the daytime and jumped around on the roof towards the sparrow.
Chase them in the direction they fly.
Just now, Cheng Yu suddenly felt something strange in his soul, so he hurriedly flew outside the city, found a secluded place, and summoned the human soul.
At this time, Jia Fei followed closely behind.
"Brother Cheng, are you okay?"
Cheng Yu shook his head slightly, and used his spiritual consciousness to explore himself, and found that Zhuang Huaijin's wishing force in the Yuanshen was spinning in place, and at the same time, he released waves of Wenzheng aura, swimming back and forth throughout Cheng Yu's body.
The sunshine approaching noon shone on Cheng Yu, and he actually felt a trace of warmth seeping into his soul, solidifying?
He hurriedly concentrated his energy, and streams of Sun Spirit energy gathered around him. Zuo'er inside his body and the little sleepy bug in the middle suddenly woke up, flew out of his body, and began to "swish" around Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu was also introducing Qi into his body at the same time, and streams of spiritual energy were flowing through his body along with the Wen Zheng Qi, intertwining into a spiral shape and traveling among his limbs and bones.
Looking at Jia Fei next to him, the midday sun reflected on the spirit of the great sparrow immortal, setting it with a golden rim of light.
Suddenly she remembered a folk proverb: If you sow melons, you will reap melons; if you sow beans, you will reap beans.
If the Great Immortal had not mentioned that new scholar Jieyuan, nothing would have happened. Where did this spirit of uprightness come from?
Everything seems to have been arranged in advance.
