Chapter 84: 84: Provincial Examination Results

Uncle An and others who were at the top of the Dragon and Tiger List were also very anxious, because the list of provincial examinations was sent up by the lowest-ranking candidates.

I went back and forth and looked carefully three times, but there were not many people's names on the first list.

Uncle An was a little worried. He thought that the candidates who could come to take part in the provincial examination would naturally not be that bad in knowledge.

There were quite a few top scorers in the provincial and academy examinations in various places. Thinking of this, Uncle An became even more anxious, and waited for the next list with trepidation.

If it weren't for his reputation as a scholar, Uncle An would have wanted to imitate the woman in the backyard and clasp his hands together to pray for Buddha's blessing.

The family members and companions of the candidates whose names were on the list squeezed out of the dense crowd, their hair buns tilted with joy and their shoes stepped on, and they limped back in excitement to report the news.

At this time, the lobby of the inn also welcomed the first student who passed the exam. Firecrackers were set off and the person who announced the good news was rewarded.

He said a lot of festive words with a smile on his face, and then hurried to report to the next family before others so that he could get the reward.

The candidate who passed the exam was a man in his thirties. He was no longer anxious when he was waiting for the results. He raised his head proudly, and those who didn't know him would think he had passed the exam and won the first place in this autumn exam.

Everyone sitting in the lobby subconsciously looked at Li Ziyu and the other six, to see if they could still be so relaxed and calm now that someone had made the list.

When I turned around to look at the candidates, I saw several of them arguing over who should eat the last pan-fried bun, and their chopsticks were flying all over the table.

Everyone: “…” It seems that they are too narrow-minded.

These candidates really don't think being on the list is as important as having a meal.

"That's enough!" Li Ziyu glanced at the soup splashed on his sleeves, looked at a few people with a clear look, and said in a neither loud nor low voice.

Then, when a few people were stunned, he calmly picked up the fried bun and took a light bite. The skin was crispy and the filling was tender and crispy.

Li Ziyu narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling the joy brought by the delicious food.

Several people stared at him and put down their chopsticks helplessly. In the academy, they were most afraid of the big devil's fist, and the second was this sinister senior brother.

If you mess with him, he will become completely inhumane.

After that, there was a constant stream of firecrackers announcing good news on the street. It was not known whether this inn really had bad feng shui, or whether the candidates who stayed there were of mediocre education, but after that candidate passed the exam, no one else passed.

As time went by, the innkeeper became a little anxious. If his inn's reputation as not conducive to imperial examinations spread, no candidate would be willing to stay there in the future.

The fat shopkeeper had beads of sweat on his head. He walked out from the counter with an anxious look on his face and stood at the door of the inn, looking around.

Sometimes the innkeeper would put his hands together and bow towards the four directions, praying that a few of the candidates living in his inn would pass the exam and not let a bad reputation spread.

Seeing that another candidate had passed the imperial examination in an inn not far away on the street, the innkeeper gritted his teeth and, in order to express his piety, he walked in and said to all the candidates in the hall:

"For all the candidates staying in this inn today, as long as they pass the exam, all their expenses for the next few days will be waived."

I don’t know if it was the innkeeper’s sincerity that touched the immortal, but as soon as he finished speaking, two waves of firecrackers were heard at the door of the inn.

The two people who announced the good news shouted at the same time, fearing that they would be outdone.

"An Rui, Master An is on the list, ranked thirty-sixth, and will become a Juren."

"Congratulations to the examinee Liu Boxing, Mr. Liu, who ranked 48th on the list and passed the imperial examination."

The innkeeper stared blankly at the door, grinning, and was very sure that this was the good luck he had prayed for sincerely.

Everyone in the hall looked around and no one spoke.

Liu Boxing and An Rui, two idiots, were chatting animatedly next to each other and didn't pay any attention to what was happening outside.

Jiang Zhou rolled his eyes and nudged them with his elbow, "You got two hits."

Liu Boxing and An Rui were stunned. Zhu Shijing stood up helplessly and pulled them to the door. What could he do with his stupid junior brother? He could only pamper him.

The person announcing the good news bowed to Liu Boxing and An Rui, who were pushed in front, and said, "Congratulations, congratulations to the two gentlemen for passing the imperial examination."

Li Ziyu and Leng Xiangbai glanced at the two indifferent people, took out ten taels of silver each and handed them to the two people who brought the good news, and sent them away.

The two people who took a long time to react were congratulated and greeted by the people in the hall, and only then did they realize that they had really passed the exam.

Thinking back to the questions he took in the county examination, most of them were the ones that his own headmaster had taught them. He just took the test casually, and he was able to pass.

Everyone saw that after An Rui and Liu Boxing passed the imperial examination, they remained humble and did not become arrogant like the previous successful candidate.

On the contrary, I feel a little more envious of them, a little less jealous, and my congratulations are a little more sincere.

The innkeeper then laughed so hard that he couldn't stop. He no longer worried that the scholars would say that his inn had bad feng shui and would be unfavorable for his exam luck.

Because after An Rui and Liu Boxing passed the exam, Jiang Zhou and Zhu Shijing also received the good news soon after.

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"Congratulations to Jiang Zhou, Mr. Jiang, for being ranked 13th on the list and being a successful candidate."

"Zhu Shijing, Mr. Zhu, ranked fifth on the list and passed the imperial examination."

At this time, everyone in the lobby of the inn was attracted by the table of Li Ziyu and his friends. It seemed that there was a reason why they were so calm before.

There are already four people at the table who have passed the imperial examination, and the remaining two should have failed.

Although four out of the six people who came together passed the exam, which is an incredibly high probability, it’s fortunate that not all of them passed, otherwise they would really go crazy with jealousy.

At this time, everyone turned their eyes to Li Ziyu and Leng Xiangbai. The two were still leisurely drinking tea, with the same indifferent look.

He did not show any resentment or jealousy at all because the other four people passed the exam.

The other four people did not become complacent about passing the exam, but continued chatting as before.

The man using the abacus continued to move the beads, as if nothing had changed after he passed the imperial examination.

The people in the lobby were speechless.

“???” Where did these weirdos come from?

It's really wrong not to even give them a chance to find an excuse or say a few sarcastic words.

Different from the peace and tranquility here with Li Ziyu and the others, in an inn not far from them, Zhao Kui looked at Liu Mingjie, who had passed the imperial examination, with jealousy in his eyes.

He secretly hated the fact that if he hadn't brought the pastries into the examination room, they would have been crushed into pieces by the people who were searching, making it difficult for him to swallow them.

He wanted to cook his own food using the small stove he brought in, but he either undercooked the rice or burned it.

In the following days, he was so hungry that he felt dizzy and did not have enough energy to continue taking the exam. He had already expected to fail.

But when he saw the smug look on Liu Mingjie's face, Zhao Kui still wondered darkly why he was not the one who passed the exam.

(End of this chapter)