Jia Ke led the way on horseback, Jia Zhu sat in the car and followed behind, Zhou Rui sat on the edge of the car, and two boys followed behind the car.
When we arrived at the examination room, there were already students waiting outside the examination room. Several lanterns were hung under the eaves outside the examination room, making the originally dark space a little hazy. Outside the examination room, there were not only young empresses like Jia Zhu, but also
Many old men in their fifties and sixties, with gray hair, are still called boys and come to take the county examination. It makes people feel very pitiful.
After a while, a group of yamen guards came out of the yamen to guard the gate. There was also a man who looked like a master, calling the names of the candidates. When he called each person, one person came up. The yamen officers searched them carefully, but the master held the exam in his hand.
When writing the document, observe the candidate carefully. There is a portrait and description of the candidate's body on the document.
After a while, Jia Zhu's name was called. Jia Ke stared at Jia Zhu uneasily from behind. When he saw the yamen gate, he first touched Jia Zhu all over, then opened the basket, carefully observed every item, and finally put
The pastry was also cut into several pieces, and then the work was completed. The master also carefully observed Jia Zhu and saw that he matched the portrait and description. Then he was allowed to enter the dragon gate.
Next, candidates one after another entered the gantry after strict inspection. When all the candidates entered the gantry, the gantry was closed by the government officials. It would only be opened again after the exam was completed. The first thing the candidates did when entering the examination room, but after the county magistrate
Under the leadership of the leader, he kowtowed to pay homage to the most holy teacher Confucius.
But Jia Ke and the others are waiting outside, so they don’t know the specific situation.
Jia Ke and the others waited until it was almost evening, when the gantry opened again and the candidates filed out. Jia Ke and Zhou Rui hurriedly searched for Jia Zhu among the high school candidates, and finally found him in the middle and hurriedly stepped forward to pull him out.
Jia Ke observed that Jia Zhu's face looked relatively good, but she was a little tired. So he put Jia Zhu in the car and went back to Jia's house together.
Jia Zheng had been waiting in the study for a long time. There were several literati in the room. When Jia Zhu came back, he had prepared pens, inks, paper and inkstones nearby, and asked Jia Zhu to write today's paper silently. Then he let several literati read it.
All of them have already won the imperial examination. Looking at Jia Zhu's paper, we can give him a rough estimate of his ranking.
After everyone read Jia Zhu's paper, they all said that the answers were very good and the top few had no problems. Jia Zheng was overjoyed and asked Jia Zhu to go back and rest.
He and Jia Ke accompanied several people to the banquet. During the banquet, they expressed their gratitude to them many times and said that they would work for them in the next few times. After everyone was polite, they broke up the banquet and Jia Zheng personally sent them off.
Go and send everyone out the door.
When the case occurred the next day, Jia Ke and Zhou Rui went to watch it in person. They saw a large red paper posted on the wall outside the yamen. On the red paper, the candidates' seat numbers were written in order according to their exam rankings.
Jia Zhu's name topped the list. Although Jia Ke thought that Jia Zhu's ranking should be good, he didn't expect that he was ranked first. Jia Rui, who was next to him, shouted excitedly: "The second young master has won the first place." So he won.
, quickly return home to report.
Jia Zheng had been waiting for their news in the study. When Jia Ke came to report that he had won the exam, he got first place in the first test. Jia Zheng was extremely excited, as if he had passed the exam himself. But in Jia Ke's view
, Jia Zheng regarded Jia Zhu as his substitute to fulfill his unfulfilled wish.
Early the next morning, it was Jia Ke and Zhou Rui who sent Jia Zhu into the examination room. In front of the examination room, the number of candidates was only half of the last time. The others were brushed off in the first session, and if this continues, by the fifth
After the field examination, I am afraid that only about ten people will be able to be shortlisted to participate in the government examination.
At the end of the exam, Jia Zhu was brought back again, but this time his face was obviously not very good-looking. When the successful candidates looked at his test paper, they all said it was not as good as last time, but it was still among the best. As expected, Jia Zhu came second.
Won third place.
Next came the third game. Jia Zhu's ranking dropped to fifth place. When Jia Zhu came out of the examination room, she was already shaky.
In the fourth round, Jia Zhu got even worse and was only ranked outside the top ten. Jia Zheng was shocked and angry. If this continues, he will definitely not be on the list in the fifth round.
Jia Zheng was extremely angry with Jia Zhu. If he hadn't considered that he still had another exam to take, he would have been taken care of by his family. Jia Zhu himself also felt huge pressure. He thought he would be able to get the county exam easily, but he didn't expect it.
The county examination is about to capsize.
Among the scholar examinations, the fifth round of the county examination is the most critical, because the first place in the fifth round is directly a scholar. Others who pass the test must also take the government examination and the hospital examination.
When participating in the fifth game, Jia Ke found that Jia Zhu was very different from before and was very excited. Jia Ke knew that he had taken an overdose of aphrodisiac and was going to fight to the death in the fifth game.
Judging from Jia Zhu's condition, Jia Ke thinks that after this time, he will probably never be able to do without Afurong again. For him, no matter whether he succeeds or not this time, the gain outweighs the loss.
Jia Ke was not in the mood to care about him and sent him to the examination room as usual. At the end of the fifth session, the candidates came out of the dragon gate. Jia Ke and Zhou Rui did not find Jia Zhu among the candidates.
Jia Ke was very anxious. He was not worried about Jia Zhu, but worried that Jia Zhu had violated some rules and ruined the reputation of the Jia family.
While they were anxious, several government servants from Longmen came out carrying a man. When everyone saw that it was Jia Zhu, Jia Ke, Zhou Rui, and a few boys, they hurried forward to pick up Jia Zhu.
Jia Ke took out a piece of silver from his arms and secretly handed it to the government officials, and then asked: "Brothers, I wonder what happened to my brother? Is it important?"
The yamen servant accepted Jia Ke's money and patiently explained to him, saying: "It's okay, nothing happened. He was just paralyzed and unable to walk in the examination room. The county magistrate ordered us to help him out and hand him over to his family."
"Jia Ke felt relieved after listening to his words. Jia Ke and the others helped Jia Zhu to the car and let him rest in the car. Everyone drove the car and hurried back to Jia's house.
After entering the corner gate of Rong Mansion, Jia Ke personally carried Jia Zhu on his back to Jia Zheng's study. As soon as he entered the study, everyone in the study was shocked. Seeing that Jia Zhu was carried in by Jia Ke, they were all confused.
Hands and feet. Jia Ke put down Jia Zhu and stood aside to listen to the instructions without joining them. In the end, Jia Zheng forced himself to calm down and stepped forward to look at Jia Zhu. He saw that although Jia Zhu was physically weak, his eyes were full of energy.
I saw Jia Zhu pointing to Zhou Rui. Everyone was confused, but Zhou Rui understood what was going on. But it was difficult to explain clearly in public, so he had to say to Jia Zheng: "Second Master has been feeling unwell these past two days. Madam
I found a pill and it was very effective after taking it. Now that the second master is feeling unwell, he thinks he wants me to go find my wife to find this pill to take."
Jia Zheng was even more moved on the side, thinking that Jia Zhu came to the examination room sick, which was why he did not do well in the first few times. He ordered people to go to the inner house and ask his wife to bring him medicine for him to take.
Not long after, she met Zhou Rui's family, brought in a small sandalwood box, and came forward to give a gift to Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng anxiously said to her: "Don't worry about it, give Pearl the medicine as soon as possible."
Zhou Rui's family then opened the box and saw dozens of pills neatly placed in the box. She took out one and put it near Jia Zhu's mouth. Jia Zhu opened her mouth and swallowed it. After a while,
Jia Zhu stood up and kowtowed to Jia Zheng first to apologize. Jia Zheng thought he was taking the exam while sick, so he was reluctant to kowtow when he saw him. He hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and let him sit aside.
When everyone saw that Jia Zhu was fine, they asked him about today's exam. Jia Zhu was very confident this time and wrote the exam paper silently in front of everyone. The examiners took the exam paper and pondered it carefully, and then congratulated Jia Zheng together.
"Your Majesty's paper is really well written this time. If the examiner decides to give you the first place," he said. After saying this, they all congratulated Jia Zheng.