After a long time, the bells and drums rang, and the exam was finally over. The candidates rushed out. Xu Qian also carried the test blue and followed the flow of people. When he left the county school, he saw many carriages, horses and sedans at the door.
The young men in green clothes and hats were waiting eagerly for their young master to come out.
These are the children of wealthy families, but ordinary people don't have such pomp and circumstance. Most of them walk away in despair. Xu Shen squatted at the door, looking for Xu Qian's figure in the crowd, until he saw it clearly.
Xu Qian hurriedly waved and said: "Good nephew, come."
When he entered the examination room, he was just a nephew, but now the word "good" was added in front of him, which made Xu Qian very uncomfortable.
Xu Shen took Xu Qian's exam blue and said with a smile: "Just now when you were taking the exam, several officers who came in and out told you that you were very favored by the county's magistrates? So that's it.
, there should be great expectations for this child’s exam.”
Xu Shen asked Xu Qian tentatively.
Xu Qian disagreed in his heart. If he couldn't pass the Tongsheng Examination, then he would never count on studying to make a fortune. The only issue at the moment was the ranking.
Then Xu Qian thought about the rumors that these edicts were interested in him, and he couldn't help but admire Magistrate Na Su even more. Even though Magistrate Su was a scholar, he seemed to have become a spirit in this matter.
He was trying to protect himself, but he let those admiring words be spoken by the teachings. Even if he became famous, everyone would just think that his article was too good and he was valued by the teachings. Even if someone knew that he and the teachings were respected.
Magistrate Su has a good relationship, so what? Magistrate Su never said a kind word to Xu Qian.
"These are all rumors. Don't believe them easily. Before the list is released, everything is empty." Xu Qian didn't dare to make excuses at this time. If something went wrong when the list was released, how would he be able to meet people in the future?
When the two returned home, Xu Qian asked Zhao Mengting to prepare wine and food. After dinner, Xu Shen stayed at Xu Qian's house that night and went back to his hometown early the next morning.
Before leaving, Xu Shen took a look at his nephew and said: "Your father is struggling to support himself in the countryside, which makes the grandpa very angry. At present, the clan has become a mess, but you don't have to go overboard.
Worry, studying hard is the most important thing. With my uncle in the clan, I can still barely support myself. My uncle is different from those ignorant people. Our Xu family has been engaged in a lowly industry for so many years, although our life is relatively stable.
, but it is not an option to continue like this, and the current situation is good. Okay, you don’t need to send it, go back to study. If you are lucky enough to pass the county examination this time, there will be government examinations and college examinations next. If you want to get fame, where can you get it?
It’s so easy, the Ming Dynasty’s fame is real, so you have to be extra careful.”
Xu Qian wrote them down one by one and said, "Well done, uncle."
After sending Xu Shen away, the next few days were spent patiently waiting for the county school to publish the results.
Xu Qian was in a restless mood and couldn't read a book. He just sat at home in a daze every day. Zhao Mengting persuaded him to go out for a walk. Xu Qian did have this intention, but then he thought about it, if he goes out now, if he meets an acquaintance, he will be in trouble.
How to say?
The county examination is Xu Qian's first step into the imperial examination. This step is particularly important. In fact, it is not just him. All the gentry families in Qiantang County and scholars from various townships are looking forward to it. Everyone is thinking about whose family.
There is a hope that the young man will be selected, and some people are speculating which family's children will top the list in this year's county examination.
After all, Qiantang is a major imperial examination county. If you can stand out in the county examination, it will not be a problem to be a scholar. It is also very promising to be a civil servant. A county who is the first in the county has many scholars in Qiantang, and the gentry is everywhere.
It's enough to arouse people's endless reverie.
Xu Qian suffered from insomnia. Early in the morning, with dark circles under his eyes, he ran to find Zhao Mengting. He was worried about gains and losses and said: "Mengting, it suddenly occurred to me that I used a wrong word when I wrote the title. When I wrote the title,
And everyone in the world has feelings for old and young. This old and young is not used well. It should be more suitable for the meaning of the question. Now it’s over. Even if someone secretly helps, but there is such a big mistake in the article, if
If there are better articles, I'm afraid I will have to be pushed out."
Zhao Mengting then comforted him.
But after lunch, Xu Qian's self-confidence swelled again, and he said: "I also read the article that ranked first in the county examination in Qiantang County last year. It may not be as good as mine. My article followed the Lingyin School.
The emphasis is on novelty in breaking up the topic and continuing the topic, and it is not surprising that there are one or two inappropriate words and sentences. I have been studying hard these days, how can it be compared to those with nothing but nothing?"
Zhao Mengting was stunned.
At night, Xu Qian sighed again and again, sighing: "Dad has placed all his expectations on me. If I lose my reputation this time, I really don't know what he will do."
Such remarks were sometimes inflated with self-confidence and sometimes self-deprecating, which made Zhao Mengting uneasy. In the middle of the night, Zhao Mengting was sleeping deeply, but she was awakened by several knocking sounds. Through the paper window, she saw lanterns lit outside the courtyard.
, she put on her clothes and put on her shoes and went out, and saw Xu Qian standing alone in the courtyard in a daze, feeling lost.
Zhao Mengting went up to persuade him: "Young Master is still young. Even if your horse stumbles, you still have the opportunity to take the exam again. The results haven't been released yet, so why bother?"
Xu Qian glanced at Zhao Mengting blankly.
That gaze flashed with thrilling desire.
Xu Qian sneered, looked at Zhao Mengting and said: "You said, my father even harmed his own people, what is the reason? It is for this fame, I study hard every day, and what is it for? Just to never stop doing it.
Being looked down upon by others? Others can make a fortune in one day, why can't I? I am also made of flesh and blood, why don't others kowtow to me, but I bend down to others? I must pass the exam this time, it cannot be earth-shattering, and it must not be unknown.
"
Zhao Mengting breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, she understood Xu Qian's feelings best. She was the daughter of a merchant. The merchant's status was low, and her status was no different from Xu Qian's. It was because of this that she particularly wanted to change. She wanted to read and study.
Is it just fame? Some people, while studying, still claim that they have already seen through it, with the air of a wandering cloud and wild crane. That is hypocritical.
Xu Qian sighed and said gently: "Why, did what I said just now scare you?"
Zhao Mengting shook her head and said: "Young Master, this is your true temperament, much better than those hypocrites who talk about having no desires or demands."
"Really?" Xu Qian suddenly became happy again and said, "Okay, go to sleep."
After a night of silence, Zhao Mengting got up early in the morning and heard news from outside that the county school had released the results.
After hearing the news, Zhao Mengting hurriedly ran to Xu Qian's room, but found that Xu Qian was not there. She went to the hall to look for it, and saw Xu Qian sitting there steadily.
"Young Master... Young Master... the results have been released, the results have been released, come on, go and see."
Zhao Mengting was full of excitement, her breasts were heaving, and she was dripping with sweat. In a moment of urgency, she actually carried the train of her skirt to report the news.
Unexpectedly, Xu Qian was as motionless as a mountain at this time.
He sat steadily and drank tea calmly. His somewhat fairy-like demeanor seemed to see through the world's wealth and fame, and all desires turned into clouds in his clear eyes.
He smiled slightly, calmly and said every word: "Why are you so anxious? The results have already been released?"
Zhao Mengting said: "Yes, it has been released. There has been discussion outside, why don't you go and see it?"
Xu Qian smiled. His laughter seemed to sneer at fame, rather like a celebrity who regards fame as dirt. He said slowly: "Oh, just let it go. Don't be impatient. It's just fame.
What does it matter? If I go now, people will think that I am keen on fame. I am a loyal and good queen, how can I be looked down upon? You can go about your business, I want to cultivate my moral character."
After saying that, Xu Qian laughed again and whispered in his mouth: "The world laughs at me because I am too crazy. I laugh at others and they can't see through it. There are no tombs of heroes in Wuling, and there are no flowers and no wine in the fields. Ridiculous, ridiculous, those people
Pursuing fame and wealth every day, not thinking about food and drink, living or dying...haha..."
Zhao Mengting was dumbfounded and secretly despised her: "Yuan Dao is a true-hearted man, but he is also a hypocrite."
After waiting for less than half an hour, Deng Jian's voice came from outside. Deng Jian shouted almost loudly: "Brother Xu, Brother Xu, you are in high school, you are in high school, you are ranked first in the county examination, you are ranked first in the Qiantang County examination."
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