Chapter 44: Open the ancestral hall and set off firecrackers!

On the day when the county examination results were announced, the entrance to the examination hall was already surrounded by crowds of people before dawn.

The list of famous names announced in the county examination is called the "tuanbang", also known as the "yuantu".

The group list does not count the rankings, it only shows the names of the qualified candidates.

The names of those who passed the exam were arranged in a circle from the inside to the outside.

The one who ranks in the middle is the first place in this county examination, also known as the "first place in the exam".

In order to be the first to see the list, Ding Xiaoqiu had been waiting at the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall since the night before and had not slept the entire night.

He squinted his eyes, endured the dizziness, and finally found his name among the names in the third circle.

"I passed, I passed, Dad, I passed!!!"

He squeezed out of the crowd, crying loudly, and ran towards the county prison.

Looking at this look, if you don’t know him, you would think he failed the exam.

The Zhu family's carriage drove over, but found that the road was already crowded with carriages, and the team was almost blocked out of the city.

Zhu Lan lifted the curtain of the carriage. Wow, if you didn’t know better, you would have thought it was the morning rush hour in the imperial capital!

Mr. Zhu got out of the car with his whole family without hesitation, and hurried to see the list in person, leaning on his crutches.

In the center of the group leaderboard, the name "Zhu Lan" is particularly conspicuous and can be seen from a distance.

Ah Cai's eyes were as big as copper bells: "Miss Lan...Miss Lan is actually..."

The first place in this county exam!!!

Mr. Zhu’s eyes rolled back and he almost fainted.

"Acai, come and support the master!" Pei Yue almost cried for joy.

Mr. Zhu finally caught his breath.

"Hurry, hurry home... open the ancestral hall, Ah Cai, go buy some firecrackers!"

God has eyes!!!

He wants all his ancestors to know this good news!!!

…

Qiao Youyou and Qin Yuwei also came to see the list.

"Haha, I knew that Lanlan would definitely be number one!"

They both smiled sincerely, and then started looking for their names one by one.

"I'm there! Yuwei Yuwei, yours is here too!" Qiao Youyou said excitedly, pointing at the name on the group leaderboard.

"Let me take another look... Liang Zhou, Zhao Sicheng, Xiao Wan..." Qiao Youyou looked at the list while counting the number of people on her fingers.

After looking at all the 130 candidates on the list, Qiao Youyou looked at her two open palms, feeling a little confused.

Ten people? Just right?

No, she also included Ding Xiaoqiu who has a good relationship with everyone, so it should be eleven people.

Who else is missing?

"Chang Yunxiao...is not up there." Qin Yuwei frowned.

On the other side, Zhou Da and Xu Shiming also discovered it.

"What happened to Mr. Chang? How could he fail the exam?" Zhou Da couldn't believe it.

Although Chang Yunxiao is a man of few words on weekdays, with his abilities, if he prepares seriously, passing a mere county exam will be no problem at all!

Xu Shiming sighed and said, “I don’t know what he does every day.

He had no involvement in the last book printing, and didn’t even get a sponsorship.”

If you are recommended, even if your county exam results are not good enough, you still have a chance to get a good score in the interview.

But now, Chang Yunxiao is completely hopeless.

If you want to take the imperial examination again, you have to wait another year.

…

Zhaoping County Government Office, the constable’s quarters.

"Hahahaha, a few days ago, Mr. Zhang was bragging everywhere that his son was going to be a great scholar.

He said that he could easily pass the county exam and become a high-ranking official in the future, and be our immediate superior! "

A constable slammed the table and bent over with laughter.

"He is a dead man, what future can his son have?

How does that saying go? A dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse’s son knows how to dig holes!

"That's right, who would have thought that his son didn't even go to the Imperial Examination Hall that day, but ran to the west of the city to watch his brothers handle a case?

At that time, I glanced at the crowd and saw that the boy looked familiar, but I didn't dare to recognize him. "

Captain Zhuang said, "This kid is self-aware. He might as well learn a few tricks from his father.

If he is obedient and filial in the future, we can give him a meal."

Coroner Zhang happened to pass by the classroom.

After hearing this, his face suddenly became uglier than the dead person in the charity cemetery.

That kid... didn't even go to the Imperial College to take the exam! ?

How dare he!

Feelings of disappointment and anger surged up all at once, and Zhang, the coroner, was so angry that his eyes turned red, and he ran home.

Chang Yunxiao was still reading in the shabby little house, as if the noise outside had nothing to do with him.

Coroner Zhang kicked the door open.

"You bastard! Let me ask you, where were you on the day of the county exam?"

His furious voice was deafening, but Chang Yunxiao looked calm and glanced at him calmly.

Coroner Zhang thought he was frightened silly.

I walked quickly to the table and saw the book spread out on it.

It turned out to be full of books about coroners in the cabinet, as well as his own notes summarizing his autopsies over the years.

Chang Yunxiao pulled out a small stack of yellow paper from under the book, which was densely written on.

Some of the words are accompanied by simple patterns, as if they were drawn by him himself.

"These are some additions to your notes. They can be used as a reference for the autopsy later."

Chang Yunxiao handed over the yellow paper.

Coroner Zhang flipped through a few pages doubtfully, his expression becoming increasingly serious.

Then his fingers trembled slightly, almost wrinkling the yellow paper.

These...these are...

What a mess!

He threw up his arm and the papers scattered in the air.

"I sent you to school, and you spend all day writing this crap?

You little bastard, you haven't even grown all your hair yet, have you ever seen a dead person? And you're talking nonsense here!

Go back to study!!!"

…

Chang Yunxiao was finally sent back to the academy with a helpless look on his face.

How could it be so easy to pass the imperial examination and become an official? It took at least a dozen years, and at most several decades. Moreover, passing the imperial examination was one thing, and having the opportunity to become an official was another.

He had no interest in becoming an official, nor did he intend to spend half his life trying to get a chance to be one. He just wanted to use his time to delve into the areas that interested him. Of course, if he had the opportunity to put it into practice, that would be the best.

Despite the limitations of technology, the ancients were still able to come up with many corpse inspection techniques through observation and experience. Although there were many fallacies among them, there was also some great thinking.

Only a small part of these thoughts have been passed down to later generations, and Chang Yunxiao was fascinated by them.

In order to make Chang Yunxiao study hard, Zhang the coroner even issued him a "supervisory order", forbidding him to leave school without permission unless approved by the dean.

He came to Ouyang Ye's study, knelt on the ground with a plop, and begged Ouyang Ye to take the trouble to discipline Chang Yunxiao.

Ouyang Ye naturally knew that Chang Yunxiao did not take part in the county examination.

He sighed, helped Zhang the coroner up and said:

"Everyone has their own aspirations. If your son really has no intention of taking the imperial examination, why is he so reluctant..."

"Yes, he is willing to do so! I won't force him!" Coroner Zhang thought Ouyang Ye was going to refuse, and he was so anxious that he almost knelt down again.

"Master Supervisor, the child is ignorant, please give him another chance!"

Coroner Zhang's face was full of pleading.

As one of the lowest professions, coroners were not allowed to take the imperial examinations by their descendants.

But Chang Yunxiao was not his biological son, and Zhang the coroner always felt fortunate for this.

He has always treated Chang Yunxiao as his own son, and his greatest wish in this life is that his son can succeed in life and stop working in his line of work and being looked down upon by others.

But this guy just insisted on crashing into it!

I am also helpless. Apart from "locking" Chang Yunxiao in the academy and forcing him to study, there is really no other way!

"Forget it." Ouyang Ye rubbed his eyebrows and also had a headache.

He promised Zhang that he would pay more attention to Chang Yunxiao's movements in the academy and try his best to let him put aside all distractions and prepare for the county examination next year.