Lian Erye's Road to Imperial Examination

After the general examination, students from all over the country did not leave, but waited for the results of the general examination to be announced before going back.

Due to the large number of candidates participating in the examination, the results of the examination will not come out so quickly. The fastest is ten days, and the slowest is half a month.

These ten days and a half months were too much torture for the students, and it seemed like years.In order not to allow themselves to wait for their grades, the students organize various gatherings and invite people they know well or those who want to curry favor with them.

Jia Lian was well-known among the students because he passed the four-yuan exam before. Many people invited him to participate in gatherings or play, but he refused.

Before the results of the examination were announced, Jia Lian was also in a bad mood. In order to divert his attention, he planned to open a shop.

If he wins the first prize in the palace examination, he will have to move out of Rongguo Mansion. In order to make his life easier when moving out of Rongguo Mansion, he needs to make money.

When a scholar goes into business, he will be criticized and insulted, so he wants to find a good way to make money without damaging his reputation.

After thinking about it, only the business related to reading can not be criticized.

For business related to reading, Jia Lian thought of two, one is to open a bookstore, and the other is to sell paintings.Speaking of which, the system allowed him to become a great painter within five years, and there was not much time left before the time stipulated by the system, so he had to hurry up.

Jia Lian had a preliminary idea in mind, but he was not in a hurry to do it.Before opening a store and doing business, he had to do a lot of preparatory work, and he had to plan carefully.

Before the announcement of the exam results, many people were guessing who would pass the exam this year.It's a student of Bailu Academy who has dominated Huiyuan for many years, or Jia Lian who passed the four-yuan exam.

Jia Lian's success in the four-yuan exam caused quite a stir in the capital, but the students in Jiangnan were very disdainful.They thought that the students in the capital were too poor, that's why Jia Lian had the chance to pass the Siyuan exam.If Jia Lian was a student from Jiangnan, he would never pass the Siyuan exam.

Jia Lian, who is admired by the people in the capital, is nothing in the eyes of the Jiangnan students, which shows how much the Jiangnan students look down on the students in the capital.

It's not that the students in Jiangnan are defiant, but that they do have the capital to look down on students from other places.Since ancient times, talents in the south of the Yangtze River have emerged.Not to mention the ministers of the first emperor's period, half of them were from Jiangnan.It is said that during the reign of Emperor Longwu today, more than half of the ministers in the court were either from Jiangnan, or their hometown was from Jiangnan.

The students of Bailu Academy who participated in the general examination this year are all very good. One of them, Su Mingyuan, passed the three-yuan examination of the government examination, the college examination, and the township examination.When he took the county test, because his poems were not very good, he didn't pass the test.If he wins the first case in the county examination, he is also the one who wins the four yuan.

Jiangnan students believed that Su Mingyuan's three yuan was better than Jia Lian's four yuan, and he was the most likely person to pass the Huiyuan exam this year.The students in the capital thought that Jia Lian, who passed the four-yuan exam, was not just paper, and was no worse than anyone else. Especially since Jia Lian was personally taught by Mr. Feng Yutang, he was very likely to pass the Huiyuan exam this year.

The students who participated in the examination unconsciously compared Su Mingyuan and Jia Lian, and they were all guessing who this year's Huiyuan would be.

Only the candidates in the capital thought that Jia Lian could pass the Huiyuan exam this year, and the other candidates thought that Su Mingyuan was the most likely to pass the Huiyuan exam.

For a while, the topic of Jia Lian or Su Mingyuan who was the best was spread in the capital.

A good person said to invite Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan to the rally, and let the two compete to find out who is better.This ridiculous proposal has won the support of many people. It can be seen that the candidates really took pains to relieve the pain and tension before the announcement of the examination results.

Someone invited Su Mingyuan and Jia Lian. They thought they would agree, but they both refused.

Jia Lian felt that these people were so boring that they could come up with such a stupid proposal.

Su Mingyuan also felt that this proposal was too boring, and he didn't want to cooperate with these people.

Both of them refused to agree, and the other candidates felt very regretful, and couldn't watch the fun anymore.But there were also some people who were unwilling to give up and compared what Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan had done before to see who was better.

If it wasn't for not being allowed to set up a gamble, it is estimated that the gamble on who can win the Huiyuan exam between Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan is the most popular.

For the sake of peace, Jia Lian went to Mr. Lin to avoid trouble.

Su Mingyuan also ran to the temple to listen to Buddhist scriptures in order to avoid trouble.

The absence of the two main characters does not hinder the gossip of other candidates.All kinds of deeds about the two people before have been passed on as if miraculous.

Jia Zhu heard about Su Mingyuan's brilliant achievements in the past, and felt that Jia Lian would definitely fail the Huiyuan exam this time, and her mood improved involuntarily, and her condition began to improve.

Everyone in the capital thought that Jia Lian could pass the Huiyuan exam, and they had great expectations for Jia Lian.It would be wonderful if Jia Lian failed the Huiyuan exam.

When Jia Zhu thought of the situation where Jia Lian failed the Huiyuan exam and was scolded by thousands of people, she felt very happy and relieved.

Mrs. Wang was very happy to see her son's condition started to improve.In order to make her son's illness completely recover, she prayed to Su Mingyuan in front of the Buddha every day to pass the Huiyuan exam.

When Jia's mother heard about this incident, she also felt that Jia Lian had failed the Huiyuan examination.

Jia Lian, who was fishing with Mr. Lin at this time, didn't know that Jia Zhu got better because he thought he failed the Huiyuan exam.Even if Jia Lian knew about it, she wouldn't be surprised.

"Grandpa Lin, which store do you think it is better for me to open?" Jia Lian suffered from a dilemma for a while, wondering whether it would be better to open a bookstore or sell paintings?

"You can open a bookstore and sell books as well as paintings."

Jia Lian's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he stretched out his hands and said excitedly, "Why didn't I think of this idea." Opening a bookstore can sell books and paintings.

"However, if you want to open a shop, you can't let others know that you are the boss."

"Why?" Jia Lian asked very puzzled.

"It will affect your reputation."

"I was afraid of affecting my reputation, so I thought of doing business related to reading. Does this still damage my reputation?"

"Naturally, have you ever seen those great Confucianists and masters open their own shops?"

Jia Lian shook his head: "It seems not."

"If others know that you are doing business related to reading, they will think that you are tarnishing the books of sages." Mr. Lin hates the false arrogance of scholars the most.

"I'm just selling books and paintings, so it doesn't count as insulting the books of sages, right?"

Mr. Lin glanced at Jia Lian lightly, and said: "If you are just an ordinary scholar, and you open a bookstore and sell books and paintings, no one will say anything about you, but you got four yuan in the exam, and you might get five yuan in the exam. , go to sell books and paintings, they will only think that you are sorry for the sages."

Hearing this, Jia Lian's mouth twitched slightly: "What kind of gangster logic is this? Others can sell books and paintings, but it's my turn to insult the sages."

"If you don't believe me, you can try it, and you will be scolded to death by those scholars."

Jia Lian: "..."

"Actually, you don't have to worry about starving to death at all." Mr. Lin didn't understand why Jia Lian thought that if he moved out of Rongguo Mansion, he would starve to death by himself.

This made Jia Lian confused: "Why?"

"If you pass the six-yuan exam, the emperor will give you a generous reward." Mr. Lin said with a meaningful smile, "After all, there has never been anyone who passed the six-yuan exam in any dynasty. If you pay six yuan, the emperor will follow suit and leave a grand mark in history."

Jia Lian thought for a while, and felt that Mr. Lin's words made sense, and he couldn't help but began to look forward to the rewards from the emperor. He wondered if it would be like the TV dramas he saw in his previous life, where the emperor would reward him with ten thousand taels of gold when he was in a good mood.If he had ten thousand taels of gold, he would not have to worry about food or drink in his life.

"So, you don't have to worry about being starved to death."

"Then I have to pass the Huiyuan and the No. [-] Scholar." To be honest, he still had a little bit of confidence in himself to pass the Huiyuan exam, but after hearing about Su Mingyuan from Bailu Academy, the confidence in his heart suddenly disappeared. The smoke cleared.

"What?" Mr. Lin frowned slightly, "Don't you have confidence in yourself?"

Jia Lian said with a bitter face, "No..."

"Didn't you have been taught by Feng Yutang himself for half a year, why don't you have any confidence at all?"

"The main reason is that the opponent is too strong."

Mr. Lin knew that Jia Lian's opponent was a student of Bailu Academy, and he couldn't deny this.Indeed, the students in Jiangnan are very good. Over the years, they have not only won the Hui Yuan, but also won the No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], and Tan Hua.

"You have to trust Feng Yutang." As his brother-in-law, he has no other skills, and no one can match his reading skills. Naturally, the students he teaches will not be bad.

"Forget it, if you come, let's settle down." If you fail the exam, you will die anyway.But to be honest, he really hoped that he could pass the Huiyuan exam, not to complete the tasks assigned by the system, but to move out of Rongguo Mansion.

At this time, Jia Lian didn't know that because of him and Su Mingyuan, some adults grading the examination papers started to quarrel.

Both Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan answered very well in the examination papers, it can be said that they were evenly matched, and the adults grading the examination papers quarreled over who was better.Half of the people thought that Jia Lian was better, while the other half naturally thought that Su Mingyuan was better.

The biggest examiner in the exam also had a hard time, thinking that Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan were really on par, and it was impossible to decide who was better for a while.

"Before, the emperor said that after reviewing the examination papers, we should show him the top three examination papers. Who is better, Jia Lian or Su Mingyuan, the emperor will decide when the time comes."

When the adults reviewing the test papers heard this, they stopped arguing and were ready to obey the examiner's words and leave the decision to the emperor.

In order to get the test results out sooner, the adults reviewing the test papers continued to correct the test papers day and night, and it took ten days to finally review all the test papers.

The chief examiner of the examination was ordered to show the top three examination papers to Emperor Longwu for review.

Emperor Longwu first found Jia Lian's examination paper and read it carefully from beginning to end. When he saw the three questions written by Jia Lian about the flood, he was shocked.Because Jia Lian's writing is very good, he mentioned several measures, which are unexpected, but they are very useful.When people see it, they will have a thought of "why didn't I think of this".

This kid Jia Lian really surprised him time and time again. The reconstruction measures for this flood disaster are really well written.I really didn't expect this kid to be good at this aspect of things.

"Your Majesty, Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan's answers are very good. It can be said that they are evenly matched. It is difficult for the humble ministers to decide who is Huiyuan. Please make the decision."

"Su Mingyuan?" Emperor Longwu was unfamiliar with this name, but his ministers boasted that it was on par with Jia Lian, which made him a little curious.

Emperor Longwu took out Su Mingyuan's examination paper, and began to read directly from the last three questions related to the flood.

Su Mingyuan's angle of answering the questions was different from Jia Lian's, but they were similar, and he answered very well.Emperor Longwu was shocked, and then continued to read Su Mingyuan's examination papers, and found that Su Mingyuan and Jia Lian both answered very well.

"It's really good, on par with Jia Lian." Whether it was the last three questions or arithmetic questions, Su Mingyuan answered very well.He didn't expect to meet a student who was comparable to Jia Lian in this test, which really surprised him.

"The humble ministers can't make up their minds, so I ask the emperor to make a decision."

"Where is this Su Mingyuan student?"

"Back to the emperor, Su Mingyuan is a student of Bailu Academy."

When Emperor Longwu heard this, he had such an expression as expected: "You are indeed a student of Bailu Academy." After finishing speaking, Emperor Longwu frowned thoughtfully, "I remember that the students of Bailu Academy took the exam for nine consecutive years. Zhonghuiyuan."

"Yes."

Emperor Longwu didn't say anything more, and waved his hand to let the chief examiner go down.Emperor Longwu didn't say who would win the Huiyuan exam between Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan.

Seeing that Emperor Longwu didn't immediately choose Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan who would win the Huiyuan exam, the chief examiner sighed softly in his heart. It seemed that the emperor also found it difficult.

As a former student from the capital city, the chief examiner of the examination naturally hoped that Jia Lian would pass the Huiyuan exam and let their students from the capital city feel proud, but Su Mingyuan's examination paper was really good.Alas... really bad choice.

After the chief examiner of the examination left, Emperor Longwu continued to read the examination papers of Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan, trying to find the differences between them.

Soon, Emperor Longwu found the difference between the two, and he had already made a decision on who would be Huiyuan.

I don't know who leaked the news, Su Mingyuan and Jia Lian's test scores were evenly matched, and it was impossible to decide who was Huiyuan for a while. The news spread throughout the capital, causing a huge commotion.

The students in Jiangnan couldn't believe that Jia Lian could score as well as Su Mingyuan in the exam, while the students in Beijing felt that Su Mingyuan was worthy of being a student of Bailu Academy, and he could actually score as well as Jia Lian who was taught by Mr. Feng himself.

Some candidates maliciously speculated that the Huiyuan this time must fall on Jia Lian's head, because the students in the capital have not passed the Huiyuan exam for nine consecutive years. In order to save the face of the students in the capital, this time the Huiyuan will definitely be Jia Lian.

Some candidates thought that Jia Lian had already lost, because Jia Lian had been taught by Mr. Feng Yutang for half a year, but he didn't pass Su Mingyuan's exam, but was on par with Su Mingyuan's exam.If Su Mingyuan could get the personal guidance of Mr. Feng Yutang, he would definitely pass the Huiyuan examination, and he would not be on the same level as someone else.

There are also candidates who think that the general examination is the fairest examination, and they will not let Jia Lian pass the Huiyuan examination just because the capital has not passed the Huiyuan examination for several years.

Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan, who can win the Huiyuan exam, were arguing for a while.

Emperor Longwu in the imperial study room sneered when he received the news from the hidden guards: "Boss is really good at it."

That's right, the news that Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan passed the test was spread by the First Prince, that is, the people of Prince Yuan.His purpose of doing this was to make Jia Lian fail the Huiyuan examination and to attack the influence of the fourth prince.

Li Jinzhong and the little eunuchs and maids beside him felt the cold air emanating from Emperor Longwu's body. They were so frightened that they shivered and lowered their heads not daring to breathe loudly.

"Tomorrow morning will be interesting."

After hearing this, Li Jinzhong complained silently in his heart, the emperor is really a bad joke.

The next day, at the morning court, Emperor Longwu was furious at the fact that Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan were on par in the previous exams.

"You guys are quite courageous. How dare you leak important information before the list is released."

The emperor's anger is not what the ministers dare to bear.

The chief examiner of the test took the initiative to stand up from the team and plead guilty. It is not wrong to take the initiative to plead guilty at this time.

An official came out of the line behind the fourth prince: "Your Majesty, I have something to play."

"Say."

"The minister wants to attend the cabinet to attend the bachelor Sun Honglin, Mr. Sun."

Emperor Longwu asked blankly, "What are you doing?"

"Refer to his disclosure of the test results. The news that Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan's exams were evenly matched was leaked by Master Sun."

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged."

"Do you have evidence?"

"My minister has evidence. Some people saw that Master Sun sent someone to spread the news that Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan were on par."

"Master Zheng, why do you slander me?"

"I'm just telling the truth."

Soon, another person came out of the fourth prince's team to continue to compete with Sun Honglin.There is an official in the first prince's team, Sir Shen Zheng.

After a while, the fourth prince and the ministers in the first prince's team quarreled.The Fourth Prince and the First Prince stood at the front of the line with serious expressions, and did not participate in the quarrel.

Seeing that the ministers below were arguing, Emperor Longwu lowered his face and shouted, "Shut up!"

Immediately, the entire court became very quiet, and the ministers shut their mouths and returned to their ranks obediently, as if nothing had happened just now.

"Sun Honglin leaked the results of the examination, dismissed and investigated." Emperor Longwu said coldly.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged." Sun Honglin walked out of the team, knelt in the middle, and shouted at Emperor Longwu.

Seeing that Emperor Longwu wanted to dismiss Sun Honglin, the eldest prince came out to intercede with Emperor Longwu: "Father, Mr. Zheng's one-sided words cannot be trusted."

The fourth prince came out: "Brother, are you doubting Father's judgment?"

The eldest prince ignored the fourth prince and continued to intercede for Sun Honglin: "Father, Sir Sun has always been the examiner of the examination papers. It is impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake. Father, please be careful."

"Father, you can call the witness over to confront him."

"Father..."

The eldest prince and the fourth prince started arguing and refused to give in to each other.

Emperor Longwu got annoyed after watching it for a while, and said with a cold face: "Shut up and drag Sun Honglin down."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

While being dragged away, Sun Honglin cried out: "Your Majesty, I am wronged..."

The fourth prince glanced at the eldest prince triumphantly, and the elder prince's angry eyes were full of anger.

In this "war", the fourth prince won.

"Retreat!"

Soon, the Ministry of Rites responded that Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan's test scores were evenly matched. It was a rumor deliberately spread by someone. Please believe in the fairness of the test.

Seeing the formal response from the Ministry of Etiquette, all the examinees believed that the rumor that Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan were comparable in the exam was a rumor, and no one questioned the fairness of the exam.For a while, Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan became confused as to who could pass the Huiyuan exam.

Jia Lian, who was far away in the countryside of the capital, did not know that such a thing had happened.He played with Mr. Lin until the day before the results of the examination were announced.

"Is there such a thing?" Jia Lian, who had just returned home, learned from Mother Zhao and the others that he and Su Mingyuan passed the same test, and his expression was very surprised.

"Young master, you don't know that this matter is causing a lot of trouble. Many people say that if you pass the examination, it will be the emperor's intention." Zhao mama thought of all the rumors and unsavory words circulating in the capital a few days ago. , was furious.

Jia Lian frowned slightly, with a thoughtful look on his face, who is so sinister and vicious, who actually cheated him so much? !

Regardless of whether he is really on par with Su Mingyuan, if he passes the Huiyuan exam this time, everyone will think that the emperor deliberately let him pass the Huiyuan exam, so that students from the capital who have not passed the Huiyuan exam for several years can pass the exam. .In this way, everyone thought that he passed the Huiyuan examination not by his own ability, but by the emperor's charity.His membership will become worthless, and it will even affect his reputation throughout his life.

"Fortunately, it's just a rumor, otherwise, young master, even if you really passed the exam, you would be laughed at."

Jia Lian's first reaction when he heard this was the rumor that Mrs. Wang and Jia Zhu were walking, but after thinking about it carefully, they didn't have the courage. Who would dare to use the results of the test as a rumor?

He felt that this incident was not groundless, it was deliberately spread by someone, but what was the purpose?Is it just that I don't want him to pass the exam in a justifiable way, or do I have other intentions?

Seeing that Jia Lian was frowning tightly, with a solemn expression, Mother Zhao's heart sank, and her expression became worried: "Master, what's wrong?"

Jia Lian came back to his senses, and smiled comfortingly at Mother Zhao: "It's nothing, I'm just wondering who spread this rumor." Although the matter subsided, he felt it was only temporary.If he really passed the Huiyuan exam at that time, some people would still doubt the previous rumors, thinking that the origin of his Huiyuan is unknown.

Mother Zhao suddenly thought of something, and said bitterly, "Could it be that the second wife and the young master spread the word again?" The second wife and the young master had spread rumors that the young master bought poems from a wandering Taoist priest. , causing the young master to be scolded for a long time.This time it might be their conspiracy to make the young master fail the Huiyuan exam.

Jia Lian waved his hand: "It's not them, they don't have the guts to spread rumors about their test results."

After thinking about it, Mother Zhao felt right, and she became even more puzzled: "Who would spread that?"

Jia Lian shook her head lightly: "I don't know, no matter who spread it, now that this matter has calmed down, there is no need to worry." These words were used to comfort Mother Zhao, and Jia Lian knew in her heart that this matter The matter is not over.

Zhao Momo nodded after hearing this, and then thought of another thing, she still felt that Jia Zhu was a little suspicious. "Young Master, within two days after you went out, Eldest Young Master's illness has improved, and he is able to get out of bed and walk around now." The Eldest Young Master was so seriously ill before, the old lady and the second wife were going to congratulate him in order to make him recover Thinking about it, I didn't expect that the young master would recover inexplicably within a few days after the exam.

When Jia Lian heard this, she raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Jia Zhu is alright?"

"Yes, and he recovered very quickly." Although the young master's illness was not caused by the young master this time, it was because he was jealous of the young master that he couldn't get better.Just two days after the end of the examination, the young master's illness suddenly recovered. It was so weird that she had to suspect that the rumors were caused by the second wife and the young master.

"Why did he suddenly get better this time?" This made Jia Lian very curious.According to the previous situation, it is impossible for Jia Zhu to get better if he didn't see that he would fail the test.Now, the test results have not yet come out, why is Jia Zhu getting better?

"Master, this old slave still thinks that it was the young master and the second wife's fault that you and Su Mingyuan were on par in the exam, otherwise the young master would be fine."

Jia Lian shook his head: "Unless they don't want to die, they won't spread rumors about their results in the exam."

"That's weird."

Jia Lian thought about it, but couldn't think of the reason why Jia Zhu suddenly recovered.

"Forget it, as long as he is well, it has nothing to do with us." If he passed the Huiyuan exam, Jia Zhu would fall ill again in all likelihood.

The results of the examination will be announced soon, and the atmosphere in the capital has become tense. The students who have been happy and happy before have no intention of continuing to have fun, and stay at home or in the inn obediently waiting for the results to be announced.

This time Jia Lian was not as calm as before in the provincial examination. He was so nervous that he couldn't sleep well all night. After all, there was a strong opponent in this examination, and he was not confident about whether he could pass the Huiyuan examination.

Not to mention that Jia Lian couldn't sleep, the whole big room couldn't sleep.

Before dawn, Jia Lian got up and ran around the yard, trying to divert his attention by exercising.

After exercising for more than an hour, Jia Lian's restless heart calmed down a little.

Just after washing up, Wang Shanbao came, and Jia Amnesty called Jia Lian to have breakfast.

Jia Lian came to Jia Amnesty's house, and Mrs. Xing was also there, just like the previous few times.However, this time he found that both Jia She and Mrs. Xing looked haggard and had dark circles under their eyes. He guessed that they didn't sleep well last night.

"I don't know if you can pass the Huiyuan exam this time?" Jia Amnesty ate his breakfast restlessly.

"Brother Lian will definitely pass the Huiyuan exam." Mrs. Xing said these words to Jia Amnesty, but also to herself.

Why do you care so much about the test results this time?

In addition to the imperial examination, the general examination is the highest level of examination.However, the results of the general examination basically represent the results of the next palace examination, especially the results of the top three.

That's why everyone pays so much attention to the results of the test.

After breakfast, the family of three went to greet Jia Mu, but Jia Zhu's family arrived one step ahead of them.

"It's rare to see you come to my place together." Normally only during festivals, the two families would gather at Jiamu's place.Therefore, Mother Jia was a little surprised to see two families gathered here today.

Jia Lian looked at Jia Zhu, and sure enough, his complexion improved a lot, his pale face became rosier, and the most important thing was that he looked in good spirits.

"Today is the day when the test will be released. We also care about brother Lian, so we came to mother early to wait for the news." Mrs. Wang said with a gentle face.

Hearing her words, Mrs. Xing rolled her eyes directly, thinking that I think you all want to see a joke about Brother Lian's failure.

It was really guessed by Mrs. Xing. Mrs. Wang's family really wanted to make a joke of Jia Lian's failure in the exam.

"The results of the general examination are related to the results of the imperial examination. We are all concerned about Brother Lian's results this time." Jia Zhu smiled gently, like a good brother caring about his younger brother.

Jia Zheng nodded slightly: "Brother Zhu is right."

Jia Amnesty looked at Jia Zheng's family with a half-smile: "Then I really appreciate your concern, second brother." Concerned about brother Lian's grades?I want to see Brother Lian fail the ranking...

Jia Lian would not believe what Jia Zhu and his family said. They probably heard about Su Mingyuan and decided that he failed the Huiyuan exam, so they came here specially to wait to see his jokes.

"Congratulations brother, your body seems to be fine."

Jia Zhu said with a smile: "Brother is waiting to drink your wedding wine, what if you don't get better soon."

When Jia Lian heard this, he laughed twice in his heart.Sure enough, it was because he felt that he failed the Huiyuan exam, so he got better.

Jia Amnesty was too lazy to sit with Jia Zheng's family, and was about to leave after asking An, but he didn't want to be kept by Jia's mother.

"It's rare to get together, so let's sit together and wait for the news."

"Brother, what mother said is true." Jia Zheng said solemnly, "The results of the exam are a big deal, and we should face it together as a family."

Jia Amnesty sneered inwardly, and sat back down again.

"Brother Zhu's health is getting better, so it's time to study hard and try to pass the provincial examination in two years." Waiting to see my son's jokes, okay, I'll read your son's jokes first. "Speaking of which, you, an older brother, studied earlier than Brother Lian. I thought you would do better than Brother Lian in the exam last year, but I didn't expect you to fail again."

Hearing Jia Amnesty's words, the faces of Jia Zhu's family immediately sank.

Jia Lian suppressed a smile, and praised his cheap father in his heart.

Mrs. Xing heard what Jia She said, and immediately echoed: "Isn't it true that last year when taking the provincial examination, everyone thought that Brother Zhu would do better than Brother Lian in the exam, but I didn't expect Brother Lian to pass the exam. Brother Zhu failed the ranking."

"Brother Zhu, as a brother, you have to fight hard, and you can't fall too far behind Brother Lian."

When Jia Zhu heard this, her face flushed red with anger.

"Uncle, what do you mean?" The gentleness on Mrs. Wang's face was instantly replaced by anger.

Jia Amnesty looked innocent: "It's nothing interesting, I just hope that Brother Zhu can study hard and strive to pass the provincial examination in two years' time."

"Shut up." Mother Jia glared at Jia Amnesty, then waved her hand, "I have a headache, you guys go back first."

"Brother, you should pay more attention to your son." Jia Zheng stood up and said sarcastically, "If brother Lian fails the Huiyuan exam this time, he will be ridiculed by the whole world. His face will be lost."

Jia Amnesty snapped back unceremoniously: "If you feel ashamed, move out of Rongguo Mansion."

"You... are unreasonable." Jia Zheng shook his sleeves angrily and left.

"Uncle, we are also concerned about Brother Lian, but I didn't expect you... to humiliate Brother Zhu so much... It's really a dog who bites Lu Dongbin and doesn't know a good heart."

"Our brother Lian doesn't need your concern, you should worry more about your own son."

"Grandmother, grandson left first because he was unwell."

After Jia Zhu's family left, Jia's mother scolded Jia Amnesty angrily and told him to get out.

Jia Amnesty rolled away in a hurry, and Mrs. Xing and Jia Lian didn't bother to stay, so they left.

After Jia Amnesty and the others left, Mother Jia sighed heavily: "When did the relationship between these two brothers become so bad?"

Everyone Lai who was waiting aside did not answer, thinking that this was not caused by your old man.

After leaving Jia Mu's yard, Mrs. Xing said angrily, "You say you care about Brother Lian, but you actually want to see Brother Lian's jokes."

Jia She snorted coldly, "I want to see my son's jokes, so I'll make jokes about his son first."

"Father, you are so right."

When Jia Zheng's family returned to their own house, Mrs. Wang fanned the flames in his ears: "Master, you see that brother Lian has not passed the exam, so elder brother and the others became arrogant and asked us to move out of Rongguo Mansion. If Lian My brother has passed the exam, I'm afraid this mansion won't be able to accommodate us."

"The mother is in charge of this house, what right does he have to drive us away?"

"Ever since brother Lian passed the exam, mother has changed her attitude towards Dafang. If brother Lian passed the exam, I'm afraid mother will become more and more protective of Dafang."

When Jia Zheng heard this, he frowned slightly. Indeed, since brother Lian's son passed the examination, his mother's attitude towards his elder brother's family has changed.

"Master, we have to find a way, and we can't let things go on like this."

There was a gloomy look in Jia Zheng's eyes: "You're right."

Seeing that Jia Zheng listened to her words, Mrs. Wang was relieved.

At this time, the place where the list will be released is full of people.Compared with the previous results of the provincial examination, there are many more people waiting for the examination to be released, which can be said to be a sea of ​​people.

The results of the general examination are also announced at the same time, but in order to see their results earlier, many people came early in the morning, and some even came at dawn.

Xing'er and the others came early in the morning, but unexpectedly they came late, squeezed among the crowd, some distance from the place where the list was published, wondering if they could see the list clearly.

Sishi, publish the list on time.

Seeing the appearance of the soldiers, the noisy crowd suddenly fell silent.

The soldiers began to post the list, and the results of the general examination were not posted from No.1 first like the results of the previous rural examinations, but from the last.

Candidates who came to wait for the announcement of the results held their breath and looked at the list nervously.

"Ah, I passed the exam!!!!" Someone in the crowd burst into screams, followed by a second and a third soon after.

Although there are many places in the exam, but at least they passed the exam and did not fail the exam.

The students who didn't see their names suddenly raised their hearts in their throats, hoping that their names would appear later.

As the list was posted, some people in the crowd screamed with joy, while others cried with grief and despair.

The students who passed the exam did not leave in a hurry, but waited for the announcement of Huiyuan.

Xing'er and the others were crowded in the crowd, and couldn't see the names on the list clearly. After a lot of effort, they finally squeezed into the front seats in the crowd.

Several people anxiously and nervously waited for the next list, hoping that their young master's name would appear at the end.

After a while, the list of guild exams was posted, and who the huiyuan was was announced.

"The young master passed the Huiyuan test! The young master passed the Huiyuan test! The young master passed the Huiyuan test!" Xing'er and the others screamed excitedly, "My young master is Huiyuan!"

The students who looked at the list were surprised to see that Jia Lian passed the Huiyuan exam, but Su Mingyuan failed, but they also felt that it was expected.After all, before the list of the exam was announced, everyone was guessing who would win the exam between Jia Lian and Su Mingyuan.

The Beijing students who came to see the results immediately cheered and celebrated when Jia Lian passed the Huiyuan exam.Their students in the capital finally passed the Huiyuan exam, and finally surpassed the students in the south of the Yangtze River.Sure enough, Jia Lian did not disappoint them.

The Jiangnan students who came to see their grades could hardly accept this fact, especially the students of Bailu Academy.

Xing'er and the others squeezed out from the crowd and hurried home on horseback to announce the good news.

As soon as they arrived at Ningrong Street, Xing'er and the others yelled: "Young master passed the Huiyuan exam! Young master passed the Huiyuan exam! Young master passed the Huiyuan exam!"

People in Ningrong Street heard the good news and went to Rongguo Mansion one after another, ready to congratulate and ask for money.

The guards at the gate of Rongguo Mansion heard Xing'er and the others yell, "The young master passed the Huiyuan exam", and immediately yelled into the mansion.

Soon, the good news passed through the inner doors and reached everyone's ears.

"Madam is not good." Zhou Rui's family yelled and ran in from outside, "Madam, Master Lian passed the exam.