Lian Erye's Road to Imperial Examination

Time flies, and it is August in a blink of an eye, and the whole capital is filled with the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus.

August this year is destined to be a lively January, and it is also a January that determines the fate of many people.

The township examination, which has been held for three years, will start on the eighth day of August this year.The township examination is held once every three years. Because the examination starts in August, it is also called "Qiu Wei", and it is held in the provincial capitals of each province.

This year, more than 2000 people participated in the rural examination in Beijing, but only 500 people were admitted. The competition was very fierce and fierce.

It has only just entered August, and Jia Lian can feel that the atmosphere in the capital is a little tense, the most obvious being Rongguo Mansion.Jia Zhu is about to take the provincial examination on the eighth day of August, and his second uncle's family is very nervous during this time.

Not long ago, the old lady and the second aunt went to Fuling Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings. In order to show their sincerity, they began to eat fast from the beginning of July.

Before, because the second room was vegetarian and the first room was meat, the two had another big fight.Mrs. Wang thinks that everyone in the house should be vegetarian, which will be more sincere, and Mother Jia thinks so too.However, Jia She is a person who does not like meat, so if he does not eat meat for a month, it is better to kill him directly.

Jia Amnesty was determined not to be a vegetarian, and Jia's mother scolded him, but he turned back.Mother Jia had no choice but to agree with them to continue eating meat.For this matter, Mrs. Wang hated Jia Amnesty to death.

Jia Lian felt that his father was doing the right thing. Why should the whole Rongguo Mansion have to be vegetarian when Jia Zhu took the provincial examination.

Mother Zhao brought Jia Lian the supper she had just made, and asked, "Young Master, do you think the Eldest Young Master can pass the examination?" .

"I don't know." In the original book, it is not mentioned whether Jia Zhu passed the exam.

"Master, didn't you see that the people in the second room are saying that the young master is a master of Juren, and their tails are all up to the sky." Feng'er said with a puffy face, "The young master hasn't taken the provincial examination yet, they Start showing off."

"The faces of the people in the second bedroom are really ugly." Zhao Mama sincerely hoped that Jia Zhu would not pass the Juren examination.

"Let them go."

"If the young master doesn't pass the exam, what shall we do with them?"

"That must be funny." Feng'er smiled gloatingly.

"Okay, you go to bed first."

"Master, don't read too late, go to bed early."

"En." After the rural examination, he will take the college entrance examination. During this time, he must seize the time to consolidate what he has learned before.

Zhao Momo and Feng'er walked out of the study room, both of them made a decision in their hearts at the same time, they would pray every day that the young master would not pass the exam.

This year's provincial examination is fiercely competitive, and the college examination is equally brutal.This year, more than 2000 people participated in the hospital examination, and only 800 people were admitted.

The courtyard examination can be said to be the watershed of the imperial examination. If you fail the courtyard examination, you will not be able to participate in the rural examination.You must know that many people fail the college examination every year and fail to pass the examination as a scholar.Then take the college exam year after year until you pass the exam.

Li Daoqing asked: "This year's hospital examination, do you still want to be the top case?"

Jia Lian nodded lightly: "Well, I want to get the small three yuan." He didn't want to be the top of the case, but the task given to him by the system was to be the top of the case in the court examination and get the small three yuan.

As expected, Li Daoqing had such an expression on his face. This time he was not shocked by his own students' words like the last time in the government examination, and said calmly: "If you are the leader of the middle school examination, you will get the small three yuan, and any of the three major academies You choose." His own student's ambitions are not small, he had already guessed that he would want to be admitted to the top of the middle school examination, and to take the junior three yuan exam.

After hearing this, Jia Lian's eyes lit up, and his expression was a little surprised: "Really? Didn't the three major academies have to take their exams, and you can only go after passing the exams?"

Li Daoqing stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Generally speaking, this is the case, but there are also special circumstances. People who pass the junior three yuan exam only appear once every few years, and the three major academies are naturally rushing to get them."

Jia Lian understood instantly, and said in a joking tone: "If I pass the junior three yuan exam, then I will become a sweet potato."

"You can say that, but didn't you say you wanted to be admitted to Zishan Academy?" Li Daoqing said with a smile, "If you pass the exam, you can go directly to Zishan Academy to study."

"I will try my best to be the top of the court exam!"

"It seems that there hasn't been a small Sanyuan in the capital for five years. If you pass the first case of the hospital examination and pass the small Sanyuan, it will cause quite a stir." It's stained.

"Sir, I will work hard!"

After the chat was over, the two continued their class.

The court examination required arithmetic and law. Li Daoqing originally wanted to help Jia Lian to break through these two subjects, but he didn't expect that Jia Lian's arithmetic was better than his, and he didn't need his help at all.As for the law, Jia Lian has a strong memory, and he can memorize it after reading it two or three times, so he doesn't have to worry about it.Therefore, he has great confidence in the case of his students passing the college entrance examination.

Before the start of the provincial examination and the college examination, gambling houses in the capital began to set up gambling games again.

Jia Lian had nothing to do with the township exam game, but the hospital exam game had something to do with him.There are two gambles this time, one is whether Jia Lian can take the top spot in the court examination and get the small three yuan.The other is who Yan Jingyun and Ming Wanju can take the middle school examination.

Because the gamble of the government examination made many people lose even their pants, so this time, no one dared to bet big on the gamble of the hospital examination.For safety reasons, many people detained Jia Lian, Yan Jingyun and Ming Wanju respectively.

Even though Jia Lian passed the examination for the first case twice in a row, many people still did not believe that he could pass the examination for the first case in the court examination, and passed the junior three yuan examination.You must know that no one in the capital has taken the junior high school three yuan exam for five years.

Mrs. Wang and Jia Zhu were very dissatisfied with the gambling game set up by the gambling house, because the gambling house did not set up a gambling game related to Jia Zhu.

Jia Zhu is very confident in this provincial examination, and feels that he should be able to pass the top three exams. After all, even that idiot Jia Lian has passed the top three exams twice in a row. He is much better than Jia Lian. .

Mrs. Wang has always been confident in her son, and even thinks that Jia Zhu will pass the Jieyuan exam this time.She sent people to the gambling house to bet on Jia Zhu to win the Jieyuan exam, and the ratio was still ten to one.

Three days before the provincial examination, Qingshan Academy gave the students a holiday, allowing students who were preparing for the provincial examination to go home and rest.

When Jia Zhu came back from vacation, Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu confessed to him as if they were their ancestors, and they relied on him for everything and gave him the best.In order to let him have a good rest for the past three days, Mother Jia ordered the people in the mansion to do things lightly and not to disturb the young master's rest.

When Jia Lian got the news, she rolled her eyes indecently at each other, wondering if this is the case after taking the provincial examination.

"Mom, please tell me, let our people not go to the second bedroom during this time, so that the young master will not pass the exam and say it's your fault." Second uncle and second aunt like to blame others on the head.

After hearing this, Mother Zhao's heart shivered, "I'll inform everyone right now." If the young master didn't pass the exam, the second wife and the others would definitely say that it was their eldest family who killed him.The old lady has always been eccentric, so she must think so, and the people in their eldest room will be in trouble.

Jia Lian thought about it, and felt that it would be better for him not to be at home these two days, so as to save himself from being inexplicably slandered.

"Feng'er help me pack some clothes, I have to go out in these two days."

"Master, where are you going?"

"Go to Mr.'s place for two days."

"Young master, why do you want to live with your husband for two days?"

"Go out and hide from trouble." As soon as Jia Zhu came back, the Rongguo Mansion would become smoky.If he was in the mansion and didn't know what kind of moth Jia Zhu had made, he'd better go out and hide.

"The young master is afraid that the young master will trouble you at this time?"

"I'm not afraid of him, but I don't want to get entangled with him."

Feng'er felt that Jia Lian's words made sense, and maybe the second wife and the young master could really trouble the young master at this time.

"Master, this servant will pack your clothes for you."

Jia Lian went to Jia Amnesty and told him that he was going out tomorrow.

Jia She glared at Jia Lian angrily: "Are you so afraid of Jia Zhu?" How could his son be so cowardly and useless.

"I'm not afraid of him, but I'm too lazy to talk to him." Jia Lian really didn't want to argue with Jia Zhu and the others, and always felt that his IQ was being lowered. "Grandpa Lin just invited me to go fishing with him, and I will stay with him for two days." After meeting Grandpa Lin at the Dragon Boat Festival art exhibition exchange meeting, they have kept in touch, often going fishing together, or doing other things. matter.

Jia Amnesty knew that his son had often gone fishing with an old man in the past few months.He couldn't figure out how his son would play with an old man.

"I think you want to go fishing and go out to avoid trouble."

"That's right, that's it." Before, he thought Grandpa Lin was a strange but cute old man.However, after contacting him, he found that Grandpa Lin was not only experienced, but also very wise.Chatting with him can gain a lot and inspire him a lot.

"Then you go." My son was young, but unexpectedly, he liked fishing as much as the old man.

"I'll be back in two days."

As soon as Jia Lian came out of Jia Amnesty's room, he saw everyone Lai walking towards him, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Everyone Lai bowed to Jia Lian: "Master Lian, the old lady called you over."

"Let's go." The old lady was looking for him at this time, there must be no good.

Walking into Jia's mother's room and seeing Mrs. Wang and Jia Zhu also there, Jia Lian's bad premonition deepened.

"Grandma, what did you call me for?"

Mother Jia looked at Jia Lian lovingly, and her tone was very gentle: "That's right, brother Lian, I want you to copy Buddhist scriptures for me."

Jia Lian looked surprised: "Copy Buddhist scriptures?"

"I'm old, my eyes are bad, my wrist is weak, and I can't copy Buddhist scriptures well, so I want you to help me copy some Buddhist scriptures."

As soon as Jia Lian heard this, he knew there was a ghost.

"Why does grandma want to copy Buddhist scriptures?"

Mother Jia didn't hide anything, and directly stated her purpose: "I want to copy Buddhist scriptures to help your elder brother pray for blessings. I hope he can pass the provincial examination this time."

When Jia Lian heard the words, he said in his heart that it was so.

"Brother Lian, Second Aunt also wants to ask you to help copy Buddhist scriptures."

"Brother can copy it by himself, after all, it is more sincere to copy it by himself."

"I also want to copy Buddhist scriptures by myself, but I still have to read and don't have time to copy, so I can only trouble brother Lian."

Jia's mother said very kindly: "Aside from Brother Zhu, you are the only scholar in our family."

Jia Lian thought to himself, it really is a moth.If he agrees to copy Buddhist scriptures, Jia Zhu will be blamed for not being honest in copying Buddhist scriptures if he fails the exam in the future.If he doesn't agree, it will be said that he has no brotherly love, is not filial, and doesn't even help this little.

The idea of ​​copying Buddhist scriptures to pray for blessings was brought up by Mrs. Wang. She heard from Ma Daopo that if she asked Jia Lian to copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for Jia Zhu, she would be able to transfer Jia Lian's good fortune to Jia Zhu.She thought that Jia Lian had really good luck in getting the top case twice before, so she came up with this idea.Not only can Jia Zhu be given the good luck in Jia Lian's body, but maybe Jia Lian is not lucky enough to pass the Chinese Academy of Sciences exam, which kills two birds with one stone.

"Grandmother, I'm sorry, I don't have time to copy Buddhist scriptures." Ask him to help Jia Zhu copy Buddhist scriptures, thanks to them thinking of it.

When Jia's mother heard what Jia Lian said, she felt unhappy immediately, and said with a downcast face, "Why don't you have time to copy Buddhist scriptures?"

Mrs. Wang added embellishments and said, "Brother Lian, are you unwilling to help us copy Buddhist scriptures?"

"Brother Zhu is your elder brother. He is about to take the provincial examination. As a younger brother, you should copy Buddhist scriptures and pray for him."

"It's fine if brother Lian doesn't want to."

"Brother Zhu's provincial exam is our family's major event, so if you don't copy it, you have to copy it!" Mother Jia said very forcefully.

"Brother Lian, don't you want your eldest brother to pass the exam?" Mrs. Wang charged Jia Lian with a serious crime.

Jia Lian sneered when he heard this, "It's not that I don't want to help elder brother copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for blessings, but that I really don't have time. I'm going to stay at Mr. Li's house for two days tomorrow."

"What did you go to Mr. Li for?"

"After a while, I will take the college entrance examination. I have some problems with the law. In order to improve my law, Mr. Li is going to take me to meet a friend of his and ask him to teach me the law."

"Such a coincidence?" Mrs. Wang's tone was full of disbelief.

"Let Mr. Li take you to meet his friends in a few days, and you stay at home to copy Buddhist scriptures these two days." Jia's mother didn't believe Jia Lian's words either.

"Mr. Li's friend is free these two days, and he will go to another place to take up his post in two days." Jia Lian said coldly, "If you don't believe me, I will ask Mr. Li to tell you personally. I just told you about this matter. I told my father, and my father has promised me to stay with my husband for two days."

"Brother Lian, if you don't want to help copy Buddhist scriptures, just say so, don't lie to us."

"Believe it or not." After speaking, Jia Lian saluted and left.

"Mother, look, Brother Lian just doesn't want Brother Zhu to pass the exam, so he doesn't want to help copy Buddhist scriptures." Mrs. Wang said angrily, "He just doesn't want Brother Zhu to pass the exam. Such a poisonous mind."

When Jia's mother heard Mrs. Wang's provocation, she was filled with anger. She was just about to send someone to call Jia She, but she didn't expect Jia She to come by herself.

"Mother, I heard you insisted that Brother Lian help Brother Zhu copy Buddhist scriptures and pray for blessings?"

"Brother Zhu is going to take the provincial examination in two days. I asked Brother Lian to copy Buddhist scriptures and pray for blessings. Is there anything wrong?"

"Brother Zhu is going to take the township exam, and brother Lian is also going to take the college exam. Why don't you let brother Zhu copy Buddhist scriptures and pray for blessings for brother Lian?"

"How can the college examination be compared with the rural examination?"

Jia She raised the corners of his mouth with a sneering look on his face: "Brother Zhu is smarter than Brother Lian, so he needs to copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for blessings when he takes the provincial examination. On the contrary, Brother Lian is not good at reading, so he needs to copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for blessings."

"Uncle, Brother Zhu will take the provincial examination in two days."

Jia She looked at Mrs. Wang sarcastically: "Why, brother and sister, you don't have confidence in Brother Zhu, do you think he failed the exam?"

Mrs. Wang immediately retorted: "I didn't!"

"I see that you all think that Brother Zhu failed the exam, so you want to copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for blessings."

Jia Amnesty's words made Mrs. Wang and Jia's mother embarrassed. It was not good for them to admit it, and it was not good for them not to admit it.

"If you don't have confidence, don't take the provincial exam. Why do you copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for blessings?" Jia She laughed contemptuously, "I haven't heard that copying Buddhist scriptures to pray for blessings can pass the exam." After speaking, he looked at Mrs. Wang coldly. , "Sister and sister, I think it is more useful for you to kneel in front of the Buddha in Fuling Temple for three days and three nights than copying Buddhist scriptures to pray for blessings. The Buddha may be moved by your sincerity and let Brother Zhu pass the exam."

Mrs. Wang's face turned pale, then green, and then red after Jia Amnesty's words: "You..."

Mother Jia stared at Jia Amnesty angrily: "Unfilial son, what are you talking about?"

"Am I wrong?" Jia She looked very impatient, "Copy the Buddhist scriptures by yourself. My brother Lian doesn't have time to help you copy the Buddhist scriptures. He has to go to Mr. Li's friend to study the law."

"you……"

"If you don't have the skills, why do you take the provincial exam? If you think you can't pass the exam, then don't take the exam, so as not to embarrass yourself." After saying this, Jia She left.

"Mother, look at Uncle cursed Brother Zhu for failing the exam..." Mrs. Wang really wanted to tear Jia She's vicious mouth open.

Jia's mother had always been helpless against Jia She, but even if she was angry with Jia She, she couldn't ask Jia Lian to help copy the Buddhist scriptures, otherwise she didn't know what else Jia She would say.

"Copy it yourself."

"Mother..." Mrs. Wang's tone was full of dissatisfaction.

Mother Jia was so angry with her eldest son that she had a headache and waved to Mrs. Wang: "Go back, I'm going to lie down for a while."

Mrs. Wang was very dissatisfied, but she couldn't say anything more, so she took Jia Zhu away.

Jia Amnesty left Jia's mother and went directly to Jia Lian, "I won't ask you to copy Buddhist scriptures."

"That's good." To hate Jia Mu and Second Aunt, it's better for cheap father to come forward.

"Your second aunt is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she still doesn't forget to trouble you at this time." Copying Buddhist scriptures, thanks to her idea.

"I knew they would make a moth." Sure enough, he didn't expect it.

"If you don't give them a little color, you think we are easy to bully." Jia Amnesty is very disgusted with Mrs. Wang, a younger sibling, and finds faults and troubles every day.

"Father, what do you want to do?"

Jia Amnesty suddenly thought of a good idea, with an extremely wretched smile on his face: "You will find out in a few days." After speaking, he left Jia Lian's room and went to find Mrs. Xing.

Madam Xing's eyes lit up immediately after hearing Jia She's words: "Master, don't worry, I will handle this matter."

"Then leave it to you."

Mrs. Xing thought that Jia She's idea was too good, why hadn't she thought of it before.

Jia Lian didn't know what Jia She was planning, but he was sure it was not a good thing.But it is a good thing for them to add trouble to Second Aunt and the others.

The next day, Jia Lian went to find Grandpa Lin.This Grandpa Lin lived in the countryside near the capital, and it would take an hour to ride there on horseback.

Seeing Jia Lian coming, Grandpa Lin was very happy: "Your boy is here."

"Grandpa Lin, I want to stay with you for two days, is that okay?"

"Of course." Grandpa Lin welcomed Jia Lian very much.

Grandpa Lin's house in the country is not very big, but the yard is not small, it is divided into three parts.One part is used to grow vegetables, the other is used to grow some flowers and plants, and the last part is used to raise chickens, ducks and geese in captivity.

"Grandpa Lin, what have you gained during this time?" This Grandpa Lin likes to run up the mountains, either hunting in the mountains, or fishing in rivers and lakes. His life is very chic and comfortable.

"I caught a lot of fish and hunted a lot of wild animals. You came today by coincidence. I hunted a roe deer yesterday."

"Roe deer?" Jia Lian's eyes suddenly became bright, "Then I'm lucky." The roe deer is a good thing.

Seeing Jia Lian's greedy look, Grandpa Lin smiled and said, "I knew you would like to eat."

"I haven't eaten roe deer meat yet."

"Roe deer meat is worse than venison meat, but it's a pity that no deer has been hunted." It's not that Grandpa Lin has never hunted before, but those prey are right in front of him, even if he hunts them, it's meaningless.He likes hunting in the deep mountains like this now, full of excitement and anticipation.

"It's already very good to hunt roe deer." Jia Lian gave Grandpa Lin a thumbs up.

Grandpa Lin was very comfortable being praised by Jia Lian: "I will take you to hunt in the mountains tomorrow, hoping to hunt a deer."

"Okay." Jia Lian spent the past few months hanging around with Grandpa Lin and learned a lot, such as archery and hunting. "Winter is coming soon. It would be great if I could hunt a fox." Get a fox fur to make a cloak or a scarf.

"Then you have to work hard tomorrow."

"kindness."

Jia Lian greeted the three servants in Grandpa Lin's house one by one, and then sat with Grandpa Lin under the tree in the yard.

"It's still a while before lunch, you play chess with me."

When Jia Lian heard this, he immediately complained in his heart, and quickly found an excuse to refuse: "Grandpa Lin, I just rode over, and my butt hurts, and I don't want to sit down now." His chess quality is very poor, and he often regrets his moves.

"I'll bring you a cushion. If you sit on the cushion, your butt won't hurt anymore." Grandpa Lin usually likes to play chess in addition to absorbing souls for fishing and hunting. Unfortunately, no one dares to play chess with him. Staring at him made him feel very boring. How could he give up when he finally met Jia Lian who was his match.

Seeing that Uncle Sun had taken out a cushion from the house, Jia Lian had a very helpless expression, knowing that he couldn't escape.

"Grandpa Lin, let me tell you first, you can't keep regretting your moves like before."

Grandpa Lin resolutely refused to admit his behavior of regretting the game: "I didn't think about it well, not regretting the game."

"You are regretting chess."

Grandpa Lin glared at Jia Lian: "Stop talking nonsense and start catching."

Jia Lian played first. In fact, his Go level is average, but he is better than Grandpa Lin.

After a while, Grandpa Lin began to regret chess.

"Grandpa Lin, you have regretted playing again."

"I didn't think about it just now."

"Don't you know that you have no regrets?"

"I don't know, all I know is that I didn't think about it just now, and now I'm thinking about how to play."

"You are playing a rascal." Jia Lian strongly accused Grandpa Lin of regretting his behavior.

"Do you know how to respect the elders, kid?"

"Respecting the elders and regretting chess are two different things."

Seeing that Jia Lian was arguing with Grandpa Lin again, the servants continued to do their own things calmly. This scene has been repeated frequently in the past few months.The master's chess skills are very bad. In the past, everyone gave way to him at home, and no one dared to quarrel with him.Now the master is here and has met young master Lian. The two often play chess and quarrel.Only Young Master Lian dared to quarrel with Master in this world.

"I'm not going down."

"Okay, okay, I've figured out how to play it, and I won't go back and forth."

"Grandpa Lin, you have said this sentence five times, but you are still regretting the game."

"Look at my age, sometimes my brain doesn't work, so just let me down and let me think about it."

Jia Lian: "..." Now he regrets coming to Grandpa Lin's place to hide.

In the end, lunch saved Jia Lian from great pain.

The cook of Grandpa Lin's family is very good at cooking, and the dishes he cooks are even more delicious than the second restaurant in the world.

Both Jia Lian and Grandpa Lin are carnivorous animals, and the big pot of roe deer meat was quickly rescued by the two.

"Dining with your kid will have a good appetite." Grandpa Lin touched his stuffed stomach with a satisfied face.

"If you eat meat, you should eat it with a big mouthful."

"Exactly right."

The guards waiting at the side felt very helpless when they saw Grandpa Lin letting himself go.He really wanted to remind Grandpa Lin to pay attention to his manners, but he didn't have the courage.

Forget it, as long as the master is happy.

After lunch, Grandpa Lin asked Jia Lian to play another game of chess, but Jia Lian refused on the pretext that he was tired and wanted to rest.

After taking a nap for a while, Jia Lian and Grandpa Lin went fishing by the lake in the nearby mountains.

"The exam is coming soon, why did you come to me?"

"I'm here to hide from you."

"Hiding away?"

"My cousin is going to take the provincial examination in two days, and now he is at home on vacation, and my grandmother and second aunt confess him as if he were an ancestor." Jia Lian said mockingly, "My second aunt and grandmother came to me yesterday and asked I help copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for my cousin, do you think it's funny?"

"There are quite a lot of things about your grandmother and second aunt."

"I'm almost annoyed by them." He, a big man, sometimes really doesn't want to argue with them, but sometimes they are too much, and he can't go back.

"Then you can stay for two more days."

"Thank you, Grandpa Lin."

"If you want to thank me, catch a few more fish."

Jia Lian stayed with Grandpa Lin until the end of the township examination before going back. In the past few days, he was not only playing with Grandpa Lin, but also asked Grandpa Lin a lot of questions.

Grandpa Lin has a wealth of experience and knowledge. Asking him questions can benefit a lot.

Before Jia Lian left, Grandpa Lin drew a hanging flower and gave it to him, wishing him a pass in the exam.

"If you are the leader of the middle school examination, I will give you a big gift."

"I don't want any big gifts, just ask Uncle Li to cook me a big meal."

"no problem."

When Jia Lian got home, he heard something interesting.

"Master, you don't know that the second room has been very lively these two days." As soon as Jia Lian came back, Mother Zhao couldn't wait to gossip with him.

"What happened to the second room?"

"Two days ago, the second master took Lao Zhao's daughter as his aunt, and he loved her very much. He was at Aunt Zhao's place every day, and he also gave Aunt Zhao a lot of good things. The second wife was so angry that she threw a lot of things in the house." Madam Zhao Mammy said gloatingly, "The second wife went to the old lady and cried, the old lady said that it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but the second master just took in one concubine, and even told the second wife that she is not virtuous. "

"Aunt Zhao?" In the original book, Jia Zheng really liked this Aunt Zhao, and Aunt Zhao even gave birth to a son for Jia Zheng.

"It's the daughter of Lao Zhao, the gardener in the mansion. She looks like a vixen and is very attractive."

Jia Lian suddenly thought that before he left, Jia Amnesty said he wanted to make trouble for his second aunt.

"I heard that the second wife was sick with anger. The old lady not only didn't go to comfort the second wife after hearing about it, but also said that she didn't have the bearing of a housewife."

Jia Lian praised Daddy Cheap in his heart, this block was really great.It seems that it can be quiet for a while.

"The second master never saw the second wife like this when he accepted Aunt Zhou before, but why did the second wife react so strongly when he accepted Aunt Zhao this time?" Feng'er asked in puzzlement.

"Aunt Zhao is beautiful, she looks better than the second wife." Zhao Mama said, "The second master not only stays at Aunt Zhao's every day, but also eats with her every day. Can the second wife not be in a hurry?"

Feng'er looked stunned: "The second wife is afraid that Aunt Zhao will climb on top of her."

"There's a good show to watch now."

Under the consolation of Zhou Rui's family, Mrs. Wang cheered up again, and planned to find a chance to deal with Aunt Zhao after a while.Now she has to wait for the results of the township examination to be announced, and she is not in the mood for the time being, nor does she have the energy to deal with that vixen.

A few days later, the township examination results were announced.

On the day when the list was released, Mother Jia sent someone to wait for the list to be released early in the morning.Once the list is released, I will come back immediately to announce the good news.

Although Mrs. Wang believed that her son would pass the exam, she was not worried at all.After saying hello to Jia Mu in the morning, discuss with Jia Mu how to celebrate later.

Mother Jia also felt that Jia Zhu could pass the Juren examination, so she said with a smile, "Send someone to buy firecrackers and fireworks, and buy more. We will hold a banquet for three more days, and invite relatives, friends, and neighbors to come and eat."

"Mother, last time Zhu Ge'er was admitted to Qingshan Academy, there was a three-day banquet. This time Zhu Ge'er passed the exam, three days is a bit short."

Mother Jia thought about it too: "Then do it for five days."

"Yes."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law enthusiastically discussed how to celebrate Jia Zhu's success in the exam to look dignified, and what dishes to prepare for dinner.

"Mother, I think the banquet will be held for five days, and the fireworks will also be set off for five days."

"That's a good idea." Mother Jia suddenly thought of something, and added, "When we receive the good news, let's hang some red silk in the house to make it more festive.

"My mother is still considerate."

"We haven't had such a big happy event in our house for a long time, so of course we have to celebrate it."

At that time, the results of the township examination were announced on time.

Seeing the results, some people wept with joy, while others wept bitterly with despair.Some people fainted from joy, and some people couldn't stand the blow and went crazy.

The results of a township examination are announced, and you can see all kinds of life here.

Lai Da and Zhou Rui carefully read the list a dozen times, but did not find Jia Zhu's name on the list.

Lai Da and Zhou Rui looked at each other, not knowing what to say when they returned home.The two squeezed out from the crowd, both looking downcast.

Lai Da: "What...how do you go back?"

Zhou Rui: "I can only speak directly."

Lai Da: "The old lady and the second wife will definitely not accept it."

Zhou Rui: "Tell me the truth."

Although the two didn't want to go back, they had to go back to the house to report.

When the guards at the gate of Rongguo Mansion saw Lai Da and Zhou Rui coming back, they all hurriedly asked, "Did the young master become the master of juren?"

Lai Da and Zhou Rui ignored the guards and walked into the mansion expressionlessly.

Seeing Lai Da and Zhou Rui's sombre faces, the guards immediately guessed that Jia Zhu had failed the exam.

Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang were chatting and joking, when they heard that Lai Da and Zhou Rui were back, she hurriedly called them in.

Lai Da and Zhou Rui came in and bowed to Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly asked: "Did Brother Zhu pass the exam?"

Zhou Rui replied: "Madam, young master..."

Seeing that Zhou Rui was hesitating, Jia's mother was very dissatisfied, and said coldly, "What's wrong with the young master, tell me quickly."

Lai Da replied: "Go back to the old lady, the young master did not pass the exam..." After speaking, he lowered his head, not daring to look at Jia Mu's face.

When Jia's mother heard the words, her eyes widened, and she had an expression of disbelief: "What did you say?"

"Go back to the old lady, the young master didn't pass the exam..." Before Lai Da's words fell, Madam Wang screamed, "Impossible!"

"How could Brother Zhu fail the exam? You must have read it wrong?" Mother Jia also had a look of disbelief.

"Old lady, the servants have read the list dozens of times, word for word, but they haven't found the name of the young master."

Mrs. Wang screamed: "You must be mistaken, how could Brother Zhu not pass the exam?!"

"The two of you must have missed it. How could Brother Zhu not be on the list?" Jia Mu said with a gloomy face, "You two should watch it a few more times."

Lai Da and Zhou Rui wanted to argue that they were not mistaken, but seeing Jia Mu's gloomy face, they were too frightened to say anything, they could only obey the order and go to have a look again.

"These two dead slaves..." Mrs. Wang scolded, "Don't look at the list, how dare you say that Brother Zhu's name is not on the list."

Walking out of Jia Mu's yard, Zhou Rui asked Lai Da: "Do we really have to go there again?"

"What are you going to do? We've read it dozens of times, and the name of the young master is not on the list."

"But the old lady told us to go again..."

"Let's hang out for a while, then act like we just got back."

"it is good."

"Even if the young master didn't pass the exam, the old lady and the second wife can't accept it, and they can't change this fact."

After a while, Lai Da and Zhou Rui pretended to have just returned.

Mother Jia asked, "Did you see Brother Zhu's name on the list?"

"Old lady, the name of the young master is not on the list."

Mrs. Wang picked up the teacup and threw it at Lai Da and Zhou Rui, cursing fiercely: "You two slaves..."

"Brother Zhu's name is really not on the list?" Mother Jia asked unwillingly.

"Back to the old lady, the name of the young master is really not on the list. The servants read the list from the beginning to the end again dozens of times, word by word, but they still couldn't find the name of the young master."

Madam Wang cursed like a crazy woman with a distorted expression: "Impossible!"

Mother Jia staggered and sat down on the chair behind her, looking devastated.

"Brother Zhu's name must be on the list, you guys have to go see it again."

"Second wife, the name of the young master is really not on the list."

"Impossible! How could Brother Zhu fail the exam?!" Mrs. Wang pointed at Lai Da and Zhou Rui's noses and cursed, "You two dead slaves must be lazy and didn't pay attention to it."

Lai Da and Zhou Rui's eyes flashed impatience, and they were too lazy to say anything to Mrs. Wang.

"Okay." Mother Jia said weakly, "There's no need to look any further."

"Mother, how could Brother Zhu fail the exam? It must be because they didn't read carefully." Mrs. Wang refused to accept the fact that Jia Zhu failed the exam.

Mother Jia waved to Lai Da and Zhou Rui: "Go down."

"Yes, old lady."

At this time, Jia Zhu from Qingshan Academy didn't believe it when he learned that he hadn't passed the exam.He felt that he had done well in the exam this time, and he would definitely pass the exam. How could he not pass the exam? There must be something wrong.

Jia Zhu even felt that the local examination was cheating for personal gain, so he deliberately refused to let him pass the examination.

No matter what Mrs. Wang and Jia Zhu thought, if they didn't pass the exam, they didn't pass the exam.

When Jia Lian came back from Wei Jiashen's house, he was not surprised to hear that Jia Zhu had failed the exam. After all, the original book did not say that Jia Zhu had passed the exam.

"The young master didn't pass the exam. The second wife couldn't accept it. She threw things and scolded him. She even scolded the examiner for being blind. She also said that this time the township examination must be done for personal gain, deliberately suppressing the young master."

"Is she crazy?" Jia Lian frowned and said, "If the words she said spread out, they will be accused of slandering the imperial court officials. If she does not die, she will shed a layer of skin."

"Aren't you crazy?"