The rain hitting the paper umbrella made a fluttering sound.
Seeing his name ranked third, Zhang Yue couldn't believe it for a moment, feeling that it seemed a bit imaginary but not real.
The feeling of getting the first prize is indeed one that can be pondered over and over again.
It was just like the feeling of an old scholar who had been failing for decades and won the exam when Fan Jin passed the exam.
But compared with passing grades, the most important thing is self-realization.
For example, in the examination room just now, Sima Guang asked himself why he believed in Mencius' theory that nature is good, rather than the theory that good and evil are mixed.
So what is good in nature?
For Zhang Yue, being dedicated means having a good nature.
As the saying goes, he who knows his true nature knows his nature. It is not that his true nature is the supreme good, but that he who knows his own nature is the supreme good.
The farmer who likes the rice and removes the weeds is also a good. The farmer who likes the weeds and removes the rice is also a good, and Thanos does not count...
Working hard toward the best in your heart is achievement.
I like myself who works hard on the road to self-realization, and the young man who chases the moonlight is finally illuminated by the moonlight.
At this moment, Zhang Yue felt that the rain had stopped, the words of people around him had also stopped, and it seemed that he was the only one between heaven and earth.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but take a step forward. Just as he took a firm step forward.
"Brother, have you seen me now?"
"Save it!"
"Save it!"
Facing the words of Huang Lu and others, Zhang Yue came to his senses, turned around and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "It's okay."
"Ha, save it."
"How can I recite a poem to save it?"
Others took advantage of this and said so.
Someone else said: "What are you talking about now? It's not too late to recite it after the provincial examination and the palace examination."
"That's right. The Provincial Examination and the Imperial Examination are only more difficult than the Interpretation Examination. How can it be so easy?"
Zhang Yue nodded and said: "That's exactly the case, but it's hard to pass, but it's easy to pass."
Well said, all the students clapped their hands and praised: "What a 'passing is difficult, passing is passed', I wonder if there is a next sentence?"
Everyone looked at Zhang Yue. Huang Lu said with a smile: "It's not 'it's hard to stay up all night, stay up all night', isn't it?"
Everyone laughed.
Someone said: "Inspirational at first and depressed later, it's not good, it's not good."
Zhang Yue said: "There is a sentence, but it is not neat. 'It is difficult to pass the pass, but the road ahead is long and bright.'"
Everyone cheered loudly.
"It is difficult to pass the test, but the road ahead is long and bright. We will meet again after the provincial examination and the palace examination!"
"That's right."
All the classmates gathered together to talk and laugh.
Wang Kui and He Qi looked at Zhang Yue with different expressions.
Wang Kui said: "Although my poems and poems are better than his, I heard that "The Gong of Yuji" ranked first in his policy theory. So, he is better than me."
He Qi smiled and said: "Brother Junmin, why should you be too modest? You are the prince of the country, and Zhang Duzhi will eventually succumb to you."
When Wang Kui and He Qi saw Zhang Yue, they each held their hands to congratulate each other from a distance.
But this is Taixue after all, and although Wang Kui is the prince of the country, the number of people who come to congratulate Wang Kui is not as many as Zhang Yue and Han Zhongyan.
Han Zhongyan found the solution and ranked fifteenth.
The answer was expected, but being ranked fifteen was unexpected.
It is inevitable that some people will speculate whether Han Zhongyan wrote a topic such as "My father, the prime minister" in the test paper.
As for Guo Lin, who left together with his teachers and classmates, he could only greet Zhang Yue from a distance and would not have time to congratulate him in the future.
Zhang Yue chatted and laughed with his classmates and left in front of the exam.
"It was a remarkable success. Just now we were scrambling to see the list, but he was the only one sitting in the pavilion to take shelter from the rain."
"Du's magnanimity is really remarkable. I guess he must be a Taoist. The rankings can't run away. It doesn't matter if you look at the rankings a quarter earlier or later."
"You see, my clothes are all wet, but even the corners of his clothes are clean. Maybe he is still laughing at me for being drowned."
"How dare you, how dare you."
Zhang Yue walked dozens of steps, then suddenly stopped and looked back at the list on the screen wall.
Several locust trees are still standing there to withstand the wind and rain. There are still many people chatting in front of the list with umbrellas and are reluctant to leave. Some people are still holding lanterns and searching over and over again on the list.
own name.
However, there were far fewer people than before looking at the list, and gradually more people left.
When it was lively just now, everyone was rushing to see the hot list, but now it has become deserted, and in the end no one paid attention.
At Ouyang Xiu's house.
Ouyang Fa was talking to his wife at home.
"It's not that easy to take the exam. I failed several times. I was successful in solving the exam once, but failed in the provincial exam. I had to start all over again."
"Sanlang went to the examination for the first time, and he tried his luck, but he won the first time. Even if he didn't come out this time, he still gained experience. When the time comes, in the name of my father, I will invite several examiners to get together and get the results.
Please read Duzhi’s article for advice, so that you will be more confident next time you take the exam.”
Ouyang Fa's wife, Mrs. Wu, was furious after hearing this: "It's not that easy? Then what kind of bad idea did you come up with to make a five-year appointment? If Zhang Sanlang fails to win, how can I ask my sister to waste her time waiting with him?
Can’t do it?”
"But Sanlang failed to pass the test, what can I do?" Ouyang asked.
"The way? I asked you to take Saburo and your father's name card to visit the examiners' homes one by one. Who knew you were pushing this and that, so there is no way. I think you just don't try your best and just take care of the Ouyang family.
I don’t want to come forward to ask for help in order to save my face.”
Wu cursed a few times.
Ouyang Fa screamed and said: "Madam, you are killing me unjustly. Do you think that if you show your father's name card, all the examiners will be embarrassed? Yes, some officials will be like this, but who are Sima Twelve and Li Caiyuan?"
We took the post and posted it, but others looked down upon it."
Wu said: "Why are you looking down on me? Sima Twelve and Li Caiyuan are not allowed. There are also two other examiners. Are they not allowed too?"
Ouyang Fa said: "So what if you can endure it? If you don't have talent, even if you are lucky enough to pass the provincial examination, it will be in vain when you get to the provincial examination..."
"Stop talking about it," Mrs. Wu scolded, "If my sister's life is ruined by you, I will never divorce you in the future."
Ouyang Fa and Wu turned their backs to each other and ignored each other.
They were in the hall just waiting for the news about the release of the test results.
A servant hurriedly came in and said, "Master, Madam, the list has been released, the list has been released."
"how?"
"Speak slowly."
The servant smiled and said: "My eldest husband, my eldest wife, what a happy event. The younger husband of the Zhang family came third in the examination for the imperial examination!"
"ah?"
"really?"
Ouyang Fa and Wu both looked overjoyed, their eyes touched each other, and then turned away in disgust.
"It's absolutely true! You guys are always short-sighted. As soon as you finish reading the list, you will come back to report to the eldest man and the eldest lady."
Ouyang Fa sat down again, slapped his legs heavily and said happily: "Has dad returned home? I want to tell him the good news personally."
"need."
While they were talking, another servant came from outside the room and said, "Dalangjun, Dalangjun, Zhang Sanlangjun has come over. He said that he won the third place in the Chinese Imperial Examination."
Ouyang Fa was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear when he heard this.
Zhang Yue didn't go anywhere after he got high, but rushed to Ouyang Mansion first. This attitude was not ordinary.