After three days of wandering, Li Jin and his party finally returned to Ningxing Ferry again.
In this registration, they have already learned that the start date of this year's Enke examination is scheduled for the eighth day of the eighth day of the eighth month. On the morning of the first day, candidates enter the numbered room after a body search, and they can go home in the evening of the third day.
That is to say, the start dates of the three exams are August 8th, August 11th and August 14th.
Between every two exams, students can go home and rest for one night, but before 90:00 on the second day, they have to queue up at the gate of Gongyuan again to prepare for the next exam.
If you go to bed late, it means giving up on the exam.
When he was about to disembark, Pan Youfeng discussed with everyone to set off together on the first day of next month, go to the Gongyuan in advance to find a house, and then familiarize himself with the environment outside the Gongyuan.
When I first came to an unfamiliar city, walking around for a few more laps was somewhat effective in eliminating my inner anxiety.
Although only Li Jin was present, it was his first time to participate in Qiu Wei, but this trip to the Gongyuan, he has always been calm and calm, and everyone will ask him more opinions.
After Pan Youfeng said this, he looked at Li Jin subconsciously.
His actions were seen by everyone, but they didn't feel abrupt. The group of five people gradually led by Li Jin before they even noticed it.
Li Jin knelt on the spot, not nervous because of this, but calmly nodded to Pan Youfeng.
When Pan Youfeng spoke again, his voice was a little louder, and he said, "Then set a date. Before the first day of the eighth lunar month, see you at Ningxing Ferry Terminal and not be late."
"good."
The weather has been sunny recently, and many students from all over the world came to Ningxing Academy to hand in their salutations and wanted to study.
The ferry ships one after another, looking lively and prosperous.
Li Jin's boat arrived late, swaying behind, and had to wait for the people in the boat in front to get off before docking.
After waiting for half an hour, Li Jin even saw a lavish ship coming from the north when he got off the boat.
Pan Youfeng also saw it, and he said, "Yo, looking at this beauty, I'm afraid it won't be the official ship."
This is really what he said, there is indeed an official logo on the bow. At a time when it was unexpected, Wan Yun just lifted the curtain and came out of the cabin.
We haven't seen each other for more than half a year, and Wan Jiao's demeanor remains the same as before.
He also saw Li Jin and bowed his hands to him, and Li Jin also bowed his hands in response.
The people who were with Li Jin also quickly surrendered to Wan Jiaoyu, but their emotional intelligence was not low.
It's enough to be able to follow Li Jin in front of Wan Bang 2nd for a little sense of presence.
Li Jin stood under the persimmon tree not far from the ferry, with the cage at his feet, one hand behind his back and the other hand hanging naturally by his side.
Yangguang sprinkled on him through the mottled leaves, although the weather was hot, but looking at him made people feel cool unconsciously.
When Wan Yun came, he patted Li Jin on the shoulder, and the people behind him helped Li Jin carry the cage, and then stepped back a few steps, not disturbing the master's words at all.
Li Jin raised his eyebrows to look at him, this person is now imposing, and Xiao Si next to him is not an ordinary person at first glance.
Wan Yun didn't want to introduce this little servant at all. As soon as he met, he asked, "I seem to have seen a few acquaintances just now. Did you sign up for Enke together?"
Li Jin nodded in response, and then said: "Congratulations to the teaching, the second place in high school."
Wan Yun said: "The news of the capital is very well-informed, and everyone in the prefecture knows it?"
It turned out that Wan Yun had a high reputation when he participated in the palace exam before. After all, he had already won the fifth prize. If he could become the first place in the hall exam, then he would have even won the middle and junior three. More elegantly called 'three yuan and the first'.
But in the end, His Majesty actually appointed another candidate who performed mediocrely as the champion.
The gossip rumors in the Fucheng tabloid even wrote—
'The name of the new champion is Gu Chunlin, and because of his happy and auspicious name, he was appointed as the champion. '
Li Jin was a little surprised when he saw the news. Although the gossip could not be completely believed, but using a person who had never been the top of the rankings to suppress Wan Yun, who was even in the middle of the five yuan, this gossip probably wasn't groundless.
Li Jin said: "The Fucheng tabloid published the news, and everyone in the academy knew about it."
Wan Yun smiled and asked, "Xiuzhi, what do you think?"
Li Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "It's a pity that you are second in the list. But if that person can be called the champion, he naturally has real talents and practical learning."
This means that both Wan Yun and Gu Chunlin have the potential to become champions, and who can get the first place in the end naturally depends on His Majesty the Emperor's thoughts.
But in the end, Wan Yun ranked second, and could no longer achieve the laudatory title of Sanyuan and No. 1, which is really a pity.
Wan Yun laughed heartily: "It's still a great cultivation, you'll be right at once."
Later, Li Jin asked Wan Yun when he would go to the capital again. Wan Yun said that he had been on leave for two months and planned to stay in the academy to teach after worshipping his ancestors. He could teach as much knowledge as he could.
The longer he communicated with the scholars of this era, the more Li Jin admired their character.
He sincerely praised Wan Yun a few words, Wan Yun said: "What is this? Didn't you also compile books such as the Mengxue Suanjing?"
Therefore, it is not without reason that the two of them can have a deep friendship.
From the policy theory alone, it can be seen that both of them only like to talk with data and facts, rather than flattery.
After that, Wan Yun naturally had to go back to his home first, and bid farewell to Li Jin at a fork in the road.
Li Jin took his cage from the little servant behind Wan Yun, only to realize that this little servant was very strong and powerful, with a lot of calluses on his fingertips, he was afraid that he was a trainee.
However, since Wan Yun didn't say anything, Li Jin didn't ask any more questions, just said goodbye and left.
When Li Jin was far away, the servant took three steps and two steps, walked to Wan Yun's side, and walked side by side with him, regardless of his superiority or inferiority.
After Li Jin came home, Xiao Baozi was sitting next to Xiao Shan Leopard with a small bench and endorsed him.
When he saw Li Jin, he rushed over and hugged Li Jin's leg: "Daddy."
Li Jin smiled and said, "Daddy is back, does the little bun miss Daddy?"
The little bun said softly, "I miss Daddy so much."
Xiaocha took his box and cage, and Qin Muwen also came out with a bowl of mung bean soup.
"Husband, it's almost like you'll be back in the next two days, drink some soup to relieve the heat."
After Li Jin drank the soup, he looked at his 'leg pendant' bag with a funny look, and said, "Daddy hasn't had a good bath on the boat these days, so the little bun let Daddy go to take a bath first."
The little bun has now forgotten that when he was a child, he disliked his father's practice of writing for too long, and the smell of the ink on his body was too pungent.
Li Jin had no choice but to hold him in his arms first, but he was also ready to be disliked.
But he didn't expect that the little bun didn't frown, so he happily gave his father a feast, and then struggled to go down.
"Little Bun is going to study for my brother, or my brother should cry soon."
When Li Jin went to take a bath, Qin Muwen also came in. His face turned slightly red, and he said, "You just said that you didn't take a good bath a few days ago, so I'll rub your back."
Li Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "Thank you, husband."
Qin Muwen looked at the smile in his eyes, and became even more shy. Holding a cloth towel, it was not okay to leave at once, or not to leave.
In the end, he just mustered up his courage and landed on the back that was washed by the water droplets with neither light nor heavy force.
The little bun was puzzled in the courtyard: "Does daddy need help from daddy when he takes a bath? Even the little bun can take a bath by himself."
Xiaocha: "… "
Xiao Shan Leopard blinked A blink's eyes that were exactly the same as Xiao Baozi's and Li Jin's. They were filled with innocence, and he didn't understand what the big brother was talking about.
Li Jin had only lived at home for less than ten days, and at the beginning of August, the group had to go to the Gongyuan to take the exam.
Qin Muwen and Xiaocha hurriedly sewed a single coat with thicker fabric. Although it is now August, it is the hottest period of the year.
However, I heard that there are a lot of weeds around the house of Gongyuan, coupled with the low foundation, and the large temperature difference between day and night, it is easy to cause wind-cold if you are not careful.
After all, these test sheds are only used once every three years, and they are rarely cleaned.
Li Jin had also heard that some candidates were bitten to death by snakes before.
To this end, Li Jin added realgar to the things he planned to bring in.
After all, the numbered room is so big, and there are two wooden boards to block people's movements. After closing the door, a seven-foot man might really be helpless with that kind of animal.
After entering the curtain and the horse feast, Li Jin and the others knew the name of the examiner.
It was not the examiner who invigilated the examination in this province last year, but the examiner from the next province. It seems that this was also to prevent someone from bribing the examiner. In such a critical situation, His Majesty asked the examiner to change the province of the invigilator.
You must know that transportation in ancient times was inconvenient. From one province to another, it could take more than ten days to walk, and if it was slow, it would take a month.
It was only in April that it was decided to open Enke, and it was only in early August, and the examiners changed quickly.
This time, it was Enke, and the number of participants was only 80% of the number of regular students in previous years, that is, about 2,500 people.
Fortunately, Li Jin and his party arrived early and found an inn with a good location.
The candidates who arrived in the next few days have been unable to find any inns with vacancies. They either crowded a room with a scholar they knew before, or went to the city to find someone else to borrow.
An old man came too late, and finally he could only find a remote corner of the outer city to rest.
As a result, he woke up the next day and found that his valuable business had been stolen. Not even the tangle that came back.
He cried and went to the government office to tell the story, but no one could guarantee that the little thief would be caught in a short time.
Li Jin was eating chicken noodle soup at a nearby stall at the time. He felt that the old man had a good face, as if he had seen it before.
In the end, he thought about it carefully. It seemed that during the county examination, everyone was in the same examination room.
At that time, I also heard him sigh, 'I don't know if I can be admitted to a scholar in my lifetime'.
After a while, Li Jin heard someone ask him where he was from, and the old man said he was from Ningxing Mansion.
Li Jin has roughly determined that this person will share the exam room with him in all likelihood. However, he remembered that this person failed the exam at the time. It should have been the old man who persevered and persevered and passed the exam again.
Li Jin weighed the broken silver in his pocket and planned to give it to him when there were few people. This time can help a little bit.
The old man took the imperial examinations all his life, and finally reached the juncture of Qiuwei. If he had no money to buy pen and ink and was famous for Sun Shan, it would be too miserable.
There are actually quite a few candidates in the surrounding Ningxing Mansion, and some even said: "I found a kind resident in the inner city. If you don't dislike it, you can live with me, and I won't charge you for the money. We are one From Fucheng, let’s help each other.”
The author has something to say: [See the last few paragraphs of Chapter 66 for the appearance of the old man, who failed the list]