494 Three exams completed

On the third day, at the beginning of the afternoon, Ping An finished writing the last stroke and let out a sigh of relief.

The first exam is finally over.

I checked it carefully before copying. Ping'an just took a quick look and found nothing wrong. I had checked the test papers of yesterday and the day before yesterday several times. There was no need to open them and check them again.

After packing up his exam basket and tidying himself up a little, he rang the doorbell.

The yamen runner came over quickly. He was very curious why the candidate handed in his paper early, but he still silently covered the cover of the paper in front of Ping'an and took away the paper. After a while, he came over and opened the door for his exam.

Ping An held the examination basket in one hand and the leather cloak in the other. Amid many incredulous gazes, he calmly bowed to all the examiners. Among these people were some patients he had examined before, so they naturally recognized him.

After performing the formalities, he picked up the exam basket again, took his things, and walked out of the examination room leisurely.

"Young Master, Mr. Sun, Young Master Ping'an is out." Jixiang said loudly, and as soon as he finished speaking, he went to greet him.

Sun Sicheng laughed out loud: "Ah Wen, I was right, wasn't I? This brat will definitely come out early."

Sun Wen smiled and shook his head: "This Ping An, if the master and the old master knew, they would scold him. There is still more than an hour left, so it would be good to check more."

"Master, sir."

Sun Wen said sullenly, "Ping An, can't you check more often? The imperial examination is held every three years."

"Sir, I have checked everything."

He got on the bus safely, glanced around the carriage, and poured a bowl of hot porridge from his cloth cup and drank it.

"Master, sir, after drinking the porridge, I finally survived. The provincial and imperial examinations were not easy.

Sir, the questions this time were generally difficult. Even the simplest questions on the scriptures were difficult, and often overlooked when studying. The same was true for the arithmetic questions. I estimate that many people could not answer two of the questions. The legal questions were also ambiguous, making it easy for people to make mistakes. "

Sun Wen sighed, "Such questions should be beneficial to you, but for some people who usually do well in their studies, they are blocked by difficult questions and end up on equal footing with those who are worse than them. Such people are at a loss the most. Zhiyuan is such a person, and so is Fu An. It all depends on their luck."

Sun Sicheng said, "Awen, I will send Ping An back first, and the others will stay here to pick up the rest. Do you want to wait here or come back with me?"

"You take Ping An and go first. I'll wait for you. Ping An, go back and wash up, eat, and then go to bed. You don't have to wait for Zhou Heng and the others, and you don't have to discuss the test questions with them. You have to take the test early tomorrow morning."

"Understood, sir."

When Ping'an arrived at the door of his house, Sun Sicheng said, "Ping'an, listen to your husband. I will go to the Wang family and tell the old man and the master what you just said, so that they won't worry."

"Ping An got it. Thank you, Master."

"Awu has already prepared everything for you tomorrow. Don't worry about anything. Just take the exam peacefully."

"Got it, Master. Please thank Awu for me."

"Wanli, let's go to Wang's house. You can thank me later, you little brat."

He returned home safely, and his mother only told him that his father and uncle were called to the medical clinic to help. As the weather got colder, more people got sick, and it was heard that some people were even carried out from the examination room.

She didn't say anything else. Ping'an washed, ate, and went to the toilet as quickly as possible, then returned to her room, closed the door, and went to sleep.

The top three came back today, and it is certain that they are not in a good mood. If he were here, he might not be able to control himself and ask questions about the past three days, even though the teacher has repeatedly instructed him to do so.

The next day, at five o'clock in the morning, Ping An and several other candidates were taken to the examination hall by two horse-drawn carriages.

Chang Chunfeng was still waiting at the entrance to the examination hall for Ping An. When he saw his son, he just smiled and told him to line up and take the exam calmly. He didn't ask any other questions.

The questions in the second round were just as difficult and there were a lot of them. If you spent too much time on some difficult questions, you would probably not be able to finish them.

There were only a few candles distributed by the examination room, and they could be lit for a maximum of one hour a day. When lighting the candles, there were basically chores to do, and some had to be left in case you had to get up at night, so it was impossible to use all of them to do the exams.

Judging from the slightly dejected looks of several people when they came to the examination room on the fourth day, Sanqiang and Chen Xuan did not perform well in the exam, and Zhou Heng and Fu An also looked unhappy.

Ping An is afraid that they will panic because they don’t have enough time. The more panicked they are, the worse they will do, which becomes a vicious cycle.

On the sixth day, I left the examination room safely at 3 p.m., half an hour later than the previous time, but still the first one to come out.

Outside the examination room, the masters and gentlemen still came early with their people to pick us up.

For the third exam, Ping An did not dare to relax at all. This time the test questions were harder and harder, and there were a huge number of questions. Even Ping An left the examination room half an hour before the end of the exam.

He was sure that most people would not be able to finish it, and even if they did, they would not have the time to check it carefully.

Perhaps this is also the purpose of the examiner this time, which is to see what these people are capable of.

Ping An knew that if nothing unexpected happened, he should be able to secure a place in the top ten. As for first place, he didn't dare to even think about it, because first place was not entirely a matter of how well you did, but had a lot to do with the preferences of the chief examiner and even other examiners.

This time, in addition to the gentleman, the master, the great gentleman and his biological father, the four of them were waiting for him in a carriage.

Ping An called everyone over one by one.

Sun Sicheng hurriedly brought him a bowl of hot porridge.

"Ping An, how is it?" Mr. Wang Da couldn't wait.

"Sir, each exam is getting harder and harder, but I'm sure I'll be in the top ten."

Master Wang rolled his eyes and said, "Why would I need you in the top ten?"

Ping An said helplessly, "Sir, why don't you just take the first place?"

"Puchi" Chang Chunfeng laughed first.

Sun Sicheng, Sun Wen and Master Wang also laughed.

"Ping An, go home first, wash up, eat, and sleep. Come to my house early tomorrow morning and we'll write down the answers so you have an idea of ​​what you should know."

"Understood, sir."

Chang Chunfeng and Master Wang got out of the car.

"Ping An, I'll take Mr. Wang back, you go back and have a good rest later."

"Got it, Dad."

"Ah Wen, I'm going to send Ping An back first. I won't wait for Zhi Yuan with you. There will be too many people waiting later."

Sun Wen nodded and said, "Ping An, listen to your father and the master. Don't mention the exam when you go back. If you do, it should be tomorrow."

"Got it, sir. I'll tell Erqiang and the others."

Ping An got off the car and got into another car where Er Qiang, Fang Wu, Lin Feng and Xiao Wu were all there.

"Master and I are leaving first. You all stay and wait for the three strong men. Protect Mr. Dian and send him home first."

"Got it, young master." Seeing that their master looked okay and was the first to come out, Lin Feng and the others knew that they would do well in the exam.