The ancient provincial examination was more torturous than the modern college entrance examination. Even a top student like Lin Yun, who had experienced the hardships of the modern college entrance examination, was locked up in the Gongyuan for three consecutive days and felt as if he was seriously ill after he came out.

After resting at home for several days, Lin Yun slowly recovered.

Next, while waiting for the news of the results, Lin Yun packed his bags and prepared to return to the capital.

Fourth Master Zhu seems to have forgotten his granddaughter Zhenzhu. Since he left last time, he has never sent anyone to take Zhenzhu back.

Pearl was living happily here and did not mention returning to the Sihai Gang. Lin Yun asked her if she wanted to follow him to the capital, and the girl agreed without even thinking about it.

Pearl is easier to deal with, but Miss Liu is a headache for Lin Yun. This girl has a sensitive identity, so it is definitely not possible to stay in Jinling. Taking her back to the capital will not be easy for her to explain to her elders.

While waiting for the release of the results, Lin Yun was invited to the Li Mansion again, and was forced to take over an errand to bring Li Hongyi's aunt and two cousins ​​to Beijing. The two little girls were named Li Wen and Li Qi.

Only seven or eight years old.

After hearing this, Lin Yun secretly complained that the Li family and his son trusted him so much that they allowed him to take a young widow and two little girls on the road without fear of anything going wrong.

Fortunately, Aunt Xue and her family are also going to Beijing, so they can stay with Aunt Li and her daughter.

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On August 28, the scholars who participated in the provincial examination gathered near Gongyuan, anxiously waiting for the news of the results.

Lin Yun, Tian Sheng, Zhao Hongming, Qiu Mengjie, and Zhou Lin gathered in a restaurant to wait. Also waiting in this restaurant were many scholars from Suzhou, including Zhao Lin.

There was an anxious atmosphere in the air. Everyone knew that the fateful moment was coming.

Zhao Hongming, Qiu Mengjie and Zhou Lin are relatively relaxed. The three of them are all cute supervisors. They don't need to take the provincial examination. They can directly go to Beijing to take the Jinshi exam next year. Of course, whether they can pass the exam is another matter.

In the meantime, scholars came upstairs to wait from time to time, and everyone greeted each other.

Lin Yun is also well-known in the Imperial College. There are many people who know him. Everyone is joking to him, saying that he is bound to win this time.

Zhao Lin was very unhappy when he heard this. He was a top student in the Imperial College, and he thought that his articles on classics and meanings were much better than Lin Yun's. However, Lin Yun had an article on Ping Nan Ce, and the scholars all looked up to him with admiration.

A scholar in his early twenties raised his hands to everyone and said: "I am Shangguanjie, a scholar from Yangzhou. I heard that the Mongolian Khan Ala Tambu rebelled. You think that we, the great Chu, should send a large army to quell the rebellion.

Or should we send envoys to Mongolia to persuade Alatambu to return from his lost ways?"

Zhao Hongming: "It goes without saying that we will naturally send a large army to suppress the rebellion."

Zhao Lin said from the side: "I thought it was a bad idea to send a large army to quell the rebellion."

Shangguanjie's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly asked: "How do you say this?"

Zhao Lin: "The northwest is a bitterly cold place, which is not conducive to the gathering of large armies for combat. Besides, the Mongolian soldiers are all cavalry. If they avoid fighting, my army of hundreds of thousands will gather here, and the daily cost of money and food will be astronomical.

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Zhao Hongming retorted: "If we don't send troops to quell the rebellion, will the rebels disband on their own?"

Zhao Lin hurriedly said: "There are tens of thousands of border troops under the command of Lord Yue in the northwest, and the defense is sufficient. I intend to send envoys to persuade other Mongolian tribes to send troops to besiege Ala Tambu. Anyone who kills Ala Tambu can replace him."

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Several soldiers who were watching clapped their hands and praised: "What a great idea. To defeat the enemy without fighting is a good idea."

Shangguan Jie smiled at Lin Yun and asked, "Brother Lin, I wonder what you have to say?"

Lin Yun: "I don't know anything about the enemy situation in the northwest, so I dare not make any rash comments."

Zhao Lin's face turned dark when he heard this, and he asked Lin Yun: "Brother Lin, are you saying that I'm just talking on paper?"

Lin Yun said speechlessly: "I only express my own thoughts, Brother Zhao doesn't have to agree with me."

"You~"

Zhao Lin wanted to say something harshly, but he was still wary of Lin Yun and did not dare to speak too harshly.

Shangguanjie quickly brought the conversation back to the provincial examination, which relaxed the atmosphere in the restaurant a little.

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At about nine o'clock in the morning, Feng Ziying and Xue Pan, along with their respective entourages and servants, together with Xiao Mo and Du Sha, crowded outside the Gongyuan, waiting to watch the news of the release of the results as soon as possible.

Several people were waiting anxiously when they saw the gate of Gongyuan suddenly opened, and several officers came out and began to post the list on the screen wall.

In an instant, the crowd who came to see the list was like a volcano erupting. They were pushing each other and rushing to the front of the screen wall.

From time to time, someone in the crowd shouted in surprise: "I'm on the list."

Xue Pan was short and his sight was blocked by the people in front of him. As he pushed forward, he threatened: "The people in front get out of the way quickly, don't block me from reading the list."

Everyone's attention was focused on the list, and no one paid any attention to him.

Just as Xue Pan was about to get angry, Feng Ziying advised him from the side: "Brother Xue, there may be a few people who came to see the results today. You can't act recklessly."

Xue Pan hurriedly ordered to a tall servant: "Hurry up and squat down, let me sit on your shoulders and read the list."

"Okay, sir."

Feng Ziying stood on tiptoes and shouted in the crowd: "Brother Lin said, if you look from the back to the front, he will probably be at the bottom of the list."

Xiao Mo said anxiously from the side: "Master Feng, I have read it all, and there is no third master's name at the back."

Feng Ziying: "You must have read it wrong. How could Brother Lin fail the exam?"

Xue Pan was riding on the shoulders of a servant and said with a smile: "You two are so stupid. Brother Lin will definitely be in the front. If you look for his name at the back, it will be surprising if you can find it."

Just then, someone in the crowd shouted loudly: "Look, the official list has been posted."

Feng Ziying hurriedly asked: "Brother, wasn't the official list posted just now?"

The man said contemptuously: "You can't even figure out the main list and the deputy list, why are you joining in the fun?"

Feng Ziying was furious when he heard this. He raised his hand and punched the man on the left side of his face, cursing: "Young master, I asked you if you think highly of you, but how dare you laugh at me."

The man raised his hands to cover his face and said, "It's an insult to gentlemen. It's really an insult to gentlemen."

Feng Ziying was about to curse a few more words when she heard Xiao Mo shouting in surprise from the side: "I saw the third master's name."

Xue Pan hurriedly asked: "Where is it?"

Xiao Mo: "The third one in the queue is the third master's name."

Xue Pan was shocked: "How is this possible? How come Brother Lin is ranked third from the bottom?"

Feng Ziying said happily: "I also saw it, Brother Lin is indeed on the list."

Xiao Mo turned around and ran outside, shouting loudly as he ran: "Third Master, you have passed the test."

Xue Pan also saw Lin Yun's name at this time. He curled his lips in dissatisfaction and said: "These examiners are really blind. Brother Lin is so knowledgeable, how can he fall to the bottom of the list?"

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "It would be good if you can pass the examination. Only thousands of people can get more than a hundred places. You think it is easy."

After a pause, Feng Ziying said again: "Let's go back, let's go back to Brother Lin to drink and celebrate."
Chapter completed!