Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 83 published (He Duanwu please collect)

  Under the mocking gazes of the crowd, 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 swollen stomach.

  Looking at Zhu Ping'an's leaving back, there were laughing voices in the lobby 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 dissipated unknowingly. Perhaps this is also an unexpected harvest for everyone.

  Satisfied with food, drink and sleep, 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. 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 the black wooden boards down, 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 writing brush and black wooden board, took out a book from his schoolbag that copied "Ming Dagao", "Da Ming Law" and the currently issued laws and read it with relish.

  Because the second exam is about judgments, there are 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 daughters-in-law together, I am 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 girls chichi laughing, and the shy reproaches of the young girls who hadn’t left the cabinet.

   Every morning early in the morning, Zhu Ping'an is no stranger to being teased by these big girls and young daughters-in-law.

   "Yesterday's county exam, I'm going to the next exam." Zhu Pingan put the book back in his bag and was about to leave.

  Zhu Pingan and these girls and daughters-in-law have almost reached a tacit understanding. Whenever they come here to pound rice and wash clothes, Zhu Pingan collects the things and leaves.

   "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 back, 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 spent the day like this, and repeated 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 county official is about to commit a crime."

   As soon as the sound came out, the crowd was furious, and everyone blushed, either in anticipation or apprehension, 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 boiling like a drop of cold water splashed on a frying pan.

  Zhu Ping'an was pulled and dragged repeatedly 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, no crime has been committed yet, 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 desk chief estimates, buy and leave."

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

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

  At this time, not many scholars criticized this, and most of them 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.

Uh

   Seeing uncle like this, he must be betting that I won't win.

  Zhu Ping'an 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. what.

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 is very big, and the small official stepped on a high chair with the help of the government servants to post the big red bulletin on the high wall.

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

  Zhu Ping'an stood on tiptoe slightly, carefully looking for his seat number in the list, and before he finished reading the whole list, he heard the excited voice of the uncle next to him.

   "Sure enough, there is no seat number for your son 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 is the key object of consolation. It is more appropriate to describe it as consolation with 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 if it’s consolation, it’s like this: Although you didn’t pass the exam, you ate well in the exam room.

  Or just unabashedly ridiculing, saying things like being a dick, being bitten by a snake and hearing a bird singing, and wanting to be on the list even if the firewood house is dilapidated.

   Just when everyone was laughing at the high, another gong sounded, 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 on this list. Let me post this list."

  The little official saw that the people were crowding around the B-rank list that had just been released, and couldn’t get in, so he couldn’t help but speak loudly, stopped the crowd, made way, and led 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 are also a rice bucket, from now on, use the energy of eating to read books"

   "I'm afraid that your article is full of oil and will be regarded as cheating by the county respect. 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 be Angle's."

  The laughing crowd who were working hard heard the words, as if they had swallowed a lump of Xiang, they stopped abruptly, and then subconsciously looked up at the first-ranked list that was just posted.

  Ding Chou

   Impressively on the list

  It is Zhu Pingan's seat number

  (end of this chapter)