The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

In the anticipation of thousands of people, the day of the announcement finally arrived.

The Zhegui Inn is not too far from the Gongyuan, and Lu Xiuyuan's room is next to the street, so the noise in the room has not been interrupted.

After lying on the bed and tossing and turning a few times, he found that he couldn't fall asleep, so he got up and opened the window.

He wants to see what kind of people it is, who have been squatting on the street to keep the rankings since before dawn and have been arguing until now.

The window was pushed open, and Lu Xiuyuan saw at a glance a group of examinees chatting on the street while walking towards the direction of the Tribute Academy.

The voice here just weakened, and after a while, the group of people came back chattering like this.

Good guy, is this group of people who have been walking back and forth on the street without sleeping in the early morning?

The noise of the discussion made him upset, and finally he simply closed the window and went to the opposite room to find Shi Yunchen.

Knocking on the door, he found that the other party was reading the two pieces of paper he had written before.

"Didn't you read it? Why did you pick it up again?"

Hearing this, the other party raised his chin at him: "Lu Erlang! Let me tell you, after this period of research, I discovered a big problem in your script!"

"Huh? What's the problem?" After writing this script, he would check whether the thoughts expressed in it were inappropriate. He didn't find any problems in it. How did the other party know?

Shi Yunchen held up the paper and smiled triumphantly at him: "Look at you, there are a lot of wrong words here!"

Lu Xiuyuan took the two pieces of paper and flipped through them.

Well, it is true that some traditional Chinese characters have too many strokes, and he was more casual when writing the storybook, so he didn't feel like omitting them.

"It's okay, these are small problems, as long as they don't affect the identification."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly realized that these few missing characters were mixed in the script and could not be recognized at all, but the other party was able to find them all. This must be done carefully...

Lu Xiuyuan took a deep look at the young master: "If you can put your energy into reading the storybook, Big Brother Shi won't put you in confinement for a [-]-word article."

Seeing him bring up the black history of the border time again, the young master stomped his feet angrily: "I've already memorized all the stories about King Hui of Liang!"

Seeing the other party blowing his hair, he suppressed a smile and hurriedly patted his hair: "Okay, we, Chen, are the best."

"Hmph." With a cold snort, the other party sat back to his original position, crossed his legs and said to him: "It's only early in the morning, why did you think of coming to my side? You don't mean to drag me to go now Shall I sit on the list with you?"

Lu Xiuyuan went to the wicker chair on the other side and sat down too: "I will borrow your place to rest for a while, my side facing the window is too noisy."

Hearing this, the other party glanced over, and tentatively asked in a low voice: "Aren't you in a hurry? Don't you want to be in the front and see the list for the first time?"

He imitated the young master and also raised his legs, and swayed leisurely: "What's the hurry, the dust has already settled by now, it's just the difference between knowing early and knowing late."

Seeing him so Buddhist, the other party began to fidget.

"Lu Erlang, your appearance makes me a little worried." The young master rubbed his hands, "I've even prepared money for the wedding."

Lu Xiuyuan was amused by the other party's reaction: "Why are you more nervous than a candidate like me?"

After finishing speaking, he simply took the young master's hand and comforted him: "Too many things happened this year, and there is not enough time to review. Even if you fail this time, if you prepare well next time, you will definitely pass it. Don't think too much about it." gone."

After his consolation, the other party finally felt a little more relaxed.

Lu Xiuyuan began to sit on the rattan chair and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Those people in the early morning made him feel like he didn't have a good rest, so he should catch up on sleep while it's still early.

When Shi Yunchen at the side saw his reaction, he could only close his eyes and rest his mind, but his nervous heart couldn't calm down no matter what.

After a long stick of incense, the young master finally couldn't hold on anymore, and he gently shook Lu Xiuyuan next to him.

"Erlang? Lu Erlang? Are you asleep?"

Lu Xiuyuan yawned, moved his neck from side to side, and then asked, "Is the list released? If not, I'll sleep for a while."

"Don't sleep, don't sleep, let's go to Tingxianglou for tea." Shi Yunchen shook his arm and said softly.

"Tingxianglou?" He has an impression of this teahouse, it seems to be opened at the entrance of the Gongyuan, if you sit upstairs, you can definitely see the situation below at a glance.

"The teahouse must be full at this time, right?" Even if there are not enough seats, the price must be very expensive.

"There is still a place, I have asked Nan Xing to look for it, let's go over and have a look." The other party dragged his arm and wanted to leave.

Although Lu Xiuyuan thought it would be good to sit in the inn and wait for the news, but he couldn't bear the young master wanting to know the news as soon as possible, so he could only stand up and follow the other party.

When they got downstairs, they called Nan Xing, and the three of them rushed to Tingxianglou together.

It was just past time, and more and more people came to check the news on the street. Everyone was stuck in the street of Gongyuan, and they felt the congestion as soon as they left the gate of Zhegui Inn.

"Isn't this too exaggerated?" He couldn't help expressing emotion, it was a whole street away from Gong Yuan.

Seeing so many people in front of him, the young master could only pull Lu Xiuyuan to squeeze forward: "If you come out earlier, there will be fewer people outside."

After hearing this, he touched the back of his head: "If it doesn't work, let's go back and wait for the news."

"No, I'll let Nan Xing go to Tingxianglou to occupy the table first." The young master refused.

"Nan Xing, there are so many people now, can Tingxianglou still get a seat?" Lu Xiuyuan asked.

After all, on such a hot day, if the teahouse can't make an appointment and waits downstairs, that person must be hot and stupid?

He was able to persevere, mainly because he was worried that Shi Yunchen would not be able to bear it.

Nan Xing was a little puzzled when he heard this: "My lord, what else do you want? I heard that my young master has already booked a seat in Xianglou two days in advance."

Hearing Nan Xing's answer, he couldn't help shaking the young master's hand, but he couldn't tell that the other party had secretly booked the seat a long time ago.

When the three of them, master and servant, passed through the crowd together, they finally arrived at Tingxiang Tower.

He sat with Shi Yunchen in the private seat by the window on the second floor and began to drink tea, while Nan Xing squatted downstairs, responsible for rushing to check the list as soon as it came out.

Lu Xiuyuan took a sip of his tea, which was not fragrant at all. He looked down and could see the increasingly crowded crowd on the side of the notice board, as well as Nan Xing who was being squeezed and swaying back and forth.

This Nanxing seems to be a bit miserable.

Just when he was feeling emotional, someone outside shouted: "The list is released!"

The crowd instantly became chaotic like a pot of porridge that exploded.

The soldiers on the side forcefully pushed aside the crowd, revealing enough space for the soldiers holding the Guibang to come in.

After the Guiban was pasted up, the soldiers also retreated, and everyone frantically crowded in front of the list.

Frantically looking for the name that was silently muttering in his heart.

Some people are happy and some are worried. A narrow list contains the sadness of decades of hard study.

Some people sharpened their heads and rushed in, only to find that they sighed up to the sky after failing the rankings, and there were also gray-haired old people who fell to the ground happily when they finally found out that they had finally won the exam.

The most exaggerated thing is the No. 1 Jieyuan in this list. After he found out that he was No.[-], he yelled at the crowd around him: "I, Tang Yue, finally won the exam! I am still Jieyuan!!"

The people next to him all cast envious and jealous eyes, which made Xie Yuan laugh and let out his emotions to his heart's content.

Lu Xiuyuan looked at the joy, anger, sorrow and joy below, and couldn't help feeling a little turmoil in his heart, and began to feel uneasy.

Not to mention Shi Yunchen who was already nervous.

The other party is now leaning on the window, sticking his head out trying to read the small characters on the list, and he has no airs of a young master at all.

Seeing more and more people failing the rankings outside, Shi Yunchen became more and more uncertain, and finally couldn't help it, so he shouted outside: "Nan Xing, haven't you seen the name yet?!"

Nan Xing is currently trying to find his uncle's name on the list.

He started looking at it from the beginning, and now he has not found it in his 30s, and he was very nervous. He heard the young master's urging again, and couldn't help shouting back: "Not yet! I have seen No.30 Nine!"

The people around were taken aback by Nan Xing's howling voice, a relatively strong man simply pushed Nan Xing aside.

"I've already seen 39 names. It's probably useless. You should go back quickly and let your young master come back in three years. Don't bother me to find the name."

Nan Xing was caught off guard and squeezed out of the crowd again. He was worried about the meeting and had no intention of arguing with this person at all, so he had to rush inside desperately.

Sitting on the second floor, Lu Xiuyuan also saw Nan Xing being pushed out of the crowd, so he simply shouted at Nan Xing: "You start watching from the bottom!"

He knows what level he is at, without the guidance of others, he is doing everything behind closed doors.

Although he felt that his writing was okay, it was probably impossible to rank at the top.

After hearing this, Nan Xing at the bottom squeezed in again with all his strength.

The burly man just now, who had searched the list but couldn't find his name, suddenly became angry and began to scold the examiner for being blind, and sprayed the saliva on the face of the person next to him.

Nan Xing squeezed to the front of the list, and started to look from the back according to Lu Xiuyuan's words. As expected, the person who ranked first from the bottom was his uncle!

"Ahh, I got it! I got it! My uncle got it!!"

Nan Xing's suspended heart finally returned to his stomach, and he became very excited.

And the strong man next to him saw that the person who was mocking just now had won the lift, and his heart became even more angry, and he couldn't help but push Nan Xing.

Nan Xing was pushed out of the crowd again by this person, but it doesn't matter now, he simply jumped up, waving his hands desperately towards the second floor and said: "Young Master, I got the lift! I got the lift!!"

When Shi Yunchen heard this on the second floor, he couldn't help but patted the window sill excitedly, "Did you see the number one?!"

Nan Xing continued to wave his arms, and shouted upstairs: "Young master won the last place!"

puff.

The people at the table next to Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help laughing when they heard the bottom one.

But when the other party looked over at Shi Yunchen, he quickly waved his hand and explained: "I didn't mean to laugh at that, it's amazing to be the last one! After all, there are so many candidates!"

After hearing this, the young master snorted in satisfaction and turned his head.

The other party let out a long sigh of relief, and the smile hung on his face again.

When he came back to his senses, Yun Chen saw that Lu Xiuyuan was still calm, so he couldn't help but patted the table vigorously.

"Aren't you excited, Erlang? You passed the Juren exam! You know my elder brother is so smart, he only passed the exam three times!"

"Excited, I'm very excited." Lu Xiuyuan looked at the other party with a smile on his face.

Although he maintained a calm smile on the surface, if the young master looked down at this moment, he would definitely be able to see his legs shaking faster than a sewing machine.

Just pretending to be calm.

The other party expressed deep doubts about Lu Xiuyuan's words, but they didn't say a word, Nan Xing had already come back from below dancing.

Nan Xing stood in front of them excitedly, and continued to shout with an exaggerated expression: "Master, you won the exam! No. 1 from the bottom!"

Lu Xiuyuan felt secretly refreshed, but held back.

When Yun Chen heard this, he felt happy again, and said happily: "Nan Xing! Your monthly money will be doubled this month!"

"Oh! Thank you, young master!" Nan Xing hurriedly saluted and thanked him excitedly.

Lu Xiuyuan didn't really want to laugh that much at first, but when he saw the performance of this pair of master and servant, he couldn't help it, why are these two so funny!

After laughing, because they stayed at the Zhegui Inn, the three of them prepared to go back to the inn and wait for the person who came to announce the good news.

When I went downstairs, the people who read the list on the street had almost read it, but the crowd did not disperse.

Some of them passed out because they cried too much because they failed the exam, and they still haven't woken up.

Looking at the scene around him, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help but sigh.

After today's experience of releasing the list, he relived the feeling of the real version of Fan Jinzhongju. He was really excited, no wonder Fan Jin was crazy.

Go through the crowded crowd and return to Zhegui Inn again.

The shop waiter who entertained the guests saw that the three of them were all happy, and immediately stepped forward to congratulate them non-stop, and said a long list of compliments without repetition.

When Yun Chen was next to him, after hearing this bragging, his heart was so beautiful that he couldn't find the edge, so he took out a one-two-weight silver key from his bosom and threw it over.

"Here, sweet mouth rewards you~"

After the other party took it, he thanked him again and again excitedly, and repeated the compliment just now.

The author has something to say: I wrote [-] on the weekend, I am awesome! (with arms crossed)