By February 19, the day of the third round of the county examination, the "top ten" for the second round had been posted on the red list.
But before entering the venue, there was a commotion in front of the sign.
"Why don't you have me?" The young man's voice was sharp and filled with inexplicable grief and anger.
Several primary school students from Chunshan Academy next to them also looked at each other in confusion.
Shen Rui was nearby, listening attentively, glanced at a few classmates, and looked at the list again.
Today's list is different from the day before. Shen Rui was ranked third on the list the day before yesterday, but this time he is second. Looking carefully at the names of the other people, the classmate who was originally ranked fourth was the young boy who just spoke. As expected, he is no longer on the list.
On top of the list.
The names of three other classmates from Chunshan Academy on the red list seemed to have changed, but they were still on the list. Only one person fell off the red list.
Shen Rui's heart moved, and he felt that it was very subtle. He didn't care about the change in his position.
However, compared with the classmates who fell off the red list, his small step was not eye-catching, and no one paid attention to him for a while.
Entering the venue according to the same procedure as in the previous two games, Shen Rui's position was moved from the middle of the first row to the second seat in the first row.
The person sitting on the left seat looked surprised when he saw Shen Rui taking his seat, but then calmed down and nodded to Shen Rui.
Shen Rui also nodded in return.
Regardless of whether today's change in the rankings on the red list is related to him, or whether he is "sentimental" and delusional, it gives him a faint glimmer of hope.
What he needs to do now is to answer a flawless examination paper.
It was about an hour before leaving the venue, and Shen Rui still kept his old habit of closing his eyes to rest.
But the burning gaze from beside him was directed towards him, forcing Shen Rui to open his eyes and turn his head to look over.
The neighbor on the right is an old acquaintance, and he is the second person yesterday.
He looked at Shen Rui with a drooped face, as if Shen Rui owed him money.
Shen Rui wasn't in the mood to be warm to someone's cold butt. He glanced at it lightly, then turned around and continued to meditate behind closed doors.
The breathing sound on the right side is getting heavier and heavier, it seems that this young man is getting lucky.
I heard someone in front say with surprise: "But Brother Wang from Nancheng Academy?"
Shen Rui opened his eyes and saw a familiar boy, fifteen or six years old, standing in front with a bit of surprise, greeting the boy on Shen Rui's right.
The young man on the right looked at it carefully and said, "My surname is Wang, but I am respectful..."
The young man smiled and said: "My surname is Wu. My father and Tian Shan have a long history. The year before last, I went with my father to Nancheng Academy to visit Mr. Tian Shan and met Brother Wang..."
Although the young man on the right was unhappy because he had lost someone, he could not hit the smiling man and said: "Your Majesty is an old friend of my mentor and his surname is Wu, but he is the director of Liuyin Academy, Mr. Wu?"
The young man nodded and said, "It's my father."
This is an examination room after all, not a place for conversation. The young man named Wu said hello, cupped his hands, and went to find his seat. He happened to be in the second seat in the second row, behind Shen Rui.
There are ten people on the court today, four of them are from Chunshan Academy, two are from Nancheng Academy, one is from Liuyin Academy, and the remaining three are "lone travelers" who don't talk to anyone. They look like they are not officials because of their dress.
The family is also a wealthy gentry, and all of them raised their chins.
Shen Rui couldn't help but lose consciousness for a moment when he thought about this changed list.
Regardless of whether he was overthinking it or not, there was finally a glimmer of hope. It was a good thing after all. Shen Rui raised the corner of his mouth. Although the "chief case" was the icing on the cake for him, he thought that the "chief case" could pass the college examination directly.
It makes people have to look forward to it.
He was not afraid of the county or government examinations, but he was worried about the college examination. If he could pass it directly, he would be relieved.
At this time, I heard the sound of wind behind my ears.
Shen Rui turned sideways and turned his head, and saw the young man named Wu stretching his arms and looking at the posture, about to be afraid of his shoulders.
Seeing Shen Rui turn around, the young man put down his arms, leaned forward, and asked in a low voice with an innocent face: "May I ask this dear friend, who is sitting in the front hall of my house? Why are there so many people staring at me?
Like I grabbed a seat?"
There was no one on the red list the day before yesterday, but today he was promoted to the red list. Doesn't this person know that there are only ten people on the red list?
Seeing the twinkling look in his eyes and the little calculation on his face, Shen Rui turned around silently.
The order of the previous two games is still the same, except that today I didn’t arrive when the county magistrate’s exam started, and I won’t come until noon.
Today’s lunch is beef biscuits provided by the county government.
Shen Rui still drank tea and ate three sesame seed cakes. It was not that he ate more on purpose, but that his appetite was larger than that of an ordinary boy. Seeing this, the boy named Wang on the right muttered with contempt on his face:
"Really a loser
Shen Rui was more attentive to the two articles in the second scene; in today's third scene, he was not at all negligent.
As a result, today's writing time was longer than that of the previous two games. When he put down his writing brush, he found that there were only three candidates left in the examination room.
When Shen Rui saw this, he was shocked at first, then calmed down.
If the rankings were based on the time of handing in the paper, the previous classmate from Spring Mountain Academy would not have been on the red list. That boy was the first to hand in the paper in the second round, so it can be seen that the ranking does not depend on that.
The county magistrate took Shen Rui's exam paper. Although he didn't say much, his face was warm. Seeing this, Shen Rui greeted him more respectfully, then left the examination room and went to the waiting room.
In addition to the seven people who came out of the small examination room, there was also a burly young man in the side room.
Seeing Shen Rui come in, the tall young man came forward with joy on his face: "Brother Shen"
It was the boy from the butcher family in the "first scene".
Shen Rui nodded and said, "Submission so early?"
The burly young man said "hehe" twice: "I'm afraid I won't be able to see Brother Shen if I don't hurry up... The day before yesterday, I saw that Brother Shen's seat was empty. I thought that Brother Shen had something to do and delayed the exam. After asking others, I found out that Brother Shen was in the hall...
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While he was talking, he had already untied his purse, poured out the copper coins inside, and reached out to Shen Rui: "Brother, I'll pay you back, thank you..."
Although the purse looked relatively clean, the half handful of copper coins was stained with oil.
Shen Rui just ignored it, took it, put it in his purse, and said: "You're welcome."
If this burly young man had been a scholar, Shen Rui would have felt a little guilty for handing him in the exam early; but since he knew his background and the exam was just a mess, Shen Rui didn't take it seriously.
This burly young man looked tall and tall, but his temper was innocent and innocent. Once he got Shen Rui's help, he felt that Shen Rui was very good.
Even though Shen Rui looked calm and spoke few words, the tall young man gathered around Shen Rui in a familiar manner, with a close look on his face, and introduced himself: "Brother Shen, you haven't asked me what my name is yet? My name is Gao Wenhu,
From Chongbeifang, please invite Brother Shen to our place for some mutton soup someday... There is a mutton soup Wei at the corner of our street. The soup is delicious. It is served with sesame sesame cakes. I can drink three bowls at a time..."
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From the time Shen Rui arrived in the Ming Dynasty, all the people of the same age he interacted with were either brothers, in-laws, or classmates, all of whom were young masters with good backgrounds.
This was Shen Rui's first time interacting with a young man from the streets like Gao Wenhu.
Such a simple and innocent temperament is not annoying.
Shen Rui said: "I haven't gone over there yet, but I would like to try the mutton soup restaurant you mentioned someday...
Gao Wenhu's eyes lit up and he said: "Where does Brother Shen live? When the county test is over, I will pick Brother Shen up for fun?"
Shen Rui said: "I live in the north of the city, which is quite far away from Nancheng... I don't need you to pick me up. If you make an appointment another day, I will go directly to Nancheng to find you..."
Gao Wenhu couldn't help being happy and immediately said: "Okay, okay, Brother Shen must remember to find me. My house is in Heyan Hutong and go to the second house..."
The other people in the wing were originally talking in twos and threes, but because Gao Wenhu had a loud voice, when Shen Rui came in and Gao Wenhu opened his mouth, everyone could only listen to the two of them.
Seeing these two people, one is tall and honest, the other is handsome and elegant, two people who don't seem to match each other at all. They met in the examination room, but they started talking about brothers. The young people couldn't help but have different thoughts.
Those who don't know Shen Rui's personal background feel that he is kind-hearted and gentle towards others.
Those who knew Shen Rui's background couldn't help but feel sour in their hearts. They just felt that Shen Rui was being too pretentious towards a butcher.
But he was still a teenager, and his hair was not fully grown, so why should he behave like a "courteous and virtuous corporal"? He also felt that the Tu family was worthy of being born in the market, and his eyes were vicious, and he would look at the candidates with the highest birth status and fawn over him at a glance.
The children of high-ranking officials and eunuchs, even if they take the imperial examination, are generally impatient to take the boy's examination, and most of them take the provincial examination directly after obtaining the qualification of a supervisor. As the son of a minister like Shen Rui, he is almost the person with the best background in this county examination.
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They didn't dare to offend Shen Rui, nor did they dare to face the tall and burly Gao Wenhu directly, so they could only sneer at the side: "It's really eye-opening. You don't even weigh your weight when you come to the examination room to curry favor with people, it's just a few polite words."
The words are taken seriously..."
Shen Rui couldn't help but frown after hearing this.
But Gao Wenhu didn't even know that this was meant for him, and he even made an appointment with Shen Rui with his fingers crossed.
Another candidate appeared on the stage, and the first card was filled with people. The gongs and drums were still played for the "first card".
Before leaving, Gao Wenhu pulled Shen Rui and said: "Brother Shen, we have agreed that on the last day of February, I will wait for Brother Shen at home..."
Shen Rui agreed, and Gao Wenhu looked reluctant to let go...
The next day was February 20th, and already people from the yamen came to the door to congratulate him.
Hearing that Shen Rui's name moved up one place, and that one of the top ten people in the "first game" was dropped, the Third Master was quite surprised: "It seems that the current county magistrate is a serious and careful person. I heard that in general, other prefectures and counties except '
The test papers for the first session, and the papers for other sessions are mostly just a formality, and some don’t even look at the improvement or decline in each session. It seems that they are graded one by one..."
It was said that the Daxing County Magistrate acted unexpectedly, but the third master was not worried about Shen Rui.
The level of Confucian scholars who participated in the county examination was uneven. Once Shen Rui's essays were released, let alone being ranked second, he would be considered the "head of the case". However, because his name was not obscured, most of them would be compared with Shen Rui.
Just like Luo did back then, he gave way to a younger brother from a poor family.
February 21st, the fourth exam and the third red list.
Shen Rui became first from second place, second was Chang Lun who was first on the previous two lists, third was the young man named Wu, and fourth was the young man named Wang, a disciple of the mountain chief of Nancheng Academy.
On February 23rd, the fifth and final exam, the fourth red list, the names and names of the people on the list were the same as last time, no more changes...