Chapter 85 85 They are a table of six, very hateful
It was almost noon, and all the students who came to take the exam were curious about who would be the first and second place winners.
Finally, with two shouts shortly apart, the first and second place winners of this provincial examination were revealed to everyone.
"This year's Asian champion, Leng Xiangbai, Master Leng, come out to receive the good news."
The people who announced the good news this time were people from the government office, and there were several waves of private people who announced the good news later.
"Yes! Congratulations, Mr. Leng, for winning the Central Asian Yuan."
The lobby of the inn was completely silent at this time, and everyone's eyes were focused on Leng Xiangbai, who was dressed in a moon-white Confucian robe. He walked out calmly to accept the congratulations from the people at the door, and took out some congratulatory money to give to several people who came to report the good news.
Afterwards, he threw some copper coins to the beggars waiting at the door. This was what the chief of his family did every time they passed the exam.
She didn't come this time, but several people still scattered copper coins.
"Five people at the same table passed the exam." Someone said in surprise, "Could the remaining one be this year's top scorer?"
"Ah... No way! No way!"
Just when everyone was wondering who they were, how could so many people pass the exam together? The probability was too high. Was there a possibility of cheating?
At this time, some people who had participated in the Baichuan Academy Literary Gathering last year in the lobby recognized Li Ziyu and the other six people.
Both their talent and knowledge left a deep impression on the people who attended the literary gathering.
They whispered to the people around them about their outstanding performance at the literary meeting. Everyone around them looked at them in surprise, and the voices of doubt about the six people gradually disappeared.
When the last wave of people reporting the good news gathered at the door of the inn, Uncle An and a few servants came back in a daze.
It turned out that they were at the front and were stuck inside and couldn't get out easily.
Just as Second Uncle An, with disheveled hair, was about to go in, the person announcing the good news thought he was trying to grab the reward for being the first to lead the group, so he grabbed him tightly and hurriedly shouted, "Li Ziyu, Master Li from Lin'an County, has won the first prize."
This loud sound completely caused an uproar in this small inn.
"Really? It's really the last person at the table who won the top prize in this year's autumn examination. Ha, I guessed right." A student said with a wry smile.
Another candidate regretted saying, "Should I not have come to take the provincial examination this year? I ran into these unlucky people who took up the quota. It really wasted my travel expenses."
Li Ziyu and the other five people took out the reward money to send away seven or eight groups of people who came to report the good news. They scattered the copper coins and looked back to see that the lobby on the first floor was full of hatred because of them. They decided to go back and hide, and be careful not to be put in a sack at night.
Uncle An and his companions, who were released from the door, limped in and followed Li Ziyu and the others upstairs.
*Next, Li Ziyu and the other six people attended the Lu Ming Banquet hosted by the governor. During the banquet, an incident occurred, causing Li Ziyu and his friends to hurriedly leave the provincial capital after the Lu Ming Banquet.
The reason was that the governor's concubine's daughter, who was born to his favorite concubine, had fallen in love with the tall and slender figure, the handsome appearance, and the extremely knowledgeable Jieyuan Master Li Ziyu in the dark corner of the Lu Ming Banquet.
Not wanting to cause trouble, they had to leave early.
After a bumpy ride back to Lin'an County, none of them went back to their homes immediately, but instead came to the academy.
Although they all passed the provincial examination this time, they all felt that they were not as happy as they had been in previous examinations. They just wanted to come back and share their success with their little headmaster.
The six people stood in front of An Xin, all with expressions seeking praise and commendation on their faces.
An Xin almost thought that the people who had been away for a while looked like a few huskies.
"You did well in the exam. Should we eat here and go home, or should we go back and tell our family the good news?"
The silly Liu Boxing, with his face becoming more and more handsome as he grew older, said angrily, "We all passed the exam, how can you be so calm, Principal? Shouldn't you hug us excitedly?!"
An Xin: "…" Am I that bold? Please explain.
Jiang Zhou sighed and said, "She didn't take us seriously anyway." This statement clearly showed his dissatisfaction with An Xin.
"Let's go!" Li Ziyu flicked his sleeves and turned away casually.
Leng Xiangbai glanced at An Xin and was also pulled away by Zhu Shijing.
"Cousin, you are going too far." An Rui puffed out her cheeks and went home carrying the gifts she had brought with her. Even the gifts that several people had specially taken time out of their time to buy for her in the provincial capital, they tacitly agreed not to give them to her for the time being.
An Xin: "..." She now has some understanding of how Sister Dou E died unjustly.
Shout out loud to express your sincerity, "I am happy that you passed the exam, really happy..."
But it was of no use. Several young men who had grown into handsome men with their own characteristics and had their backs to her curled their lips at the same time, but did not turn back to pay attention to her.
"Damn you, those brats have grown up to be so capable." Looking at the six people walking away, An Xin forced himself to shrug and shouted loudly.
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Lin'an County was once again in an uproar because of Li Ziyu and the other six people, overshadowing the other students who passed the imperial examination this time, making Liu Mingjie extremely angry.
When Magistrate Sun learned that the first and second place winners of this provincial examination came from the county he governed, he almost fainted with joy.
In this way, as long as he does not make any serious mistakes in this position of county magistrate, then when the Ministry of Personnel sends people to evaluate him three years later, he will definitely be rated as excellent, and with the help of connections, he will have no problem getting promoted to a higher level.
Getting promoted is the dream of every official who wants to pursue a career in government. Seeing that his dream is about to come true, how could Magistrate Sun not be happy?
He quickly ordered his servants to prepare generous gifts and personally led people to deliver them.
The county clerk asked: "What's wrong with you, Lord County Magistrate? Why are you running away so recklessly? Is there no impact?"
Another clerk came over and the two began to gossip.
At this time, Jiang Zhou's uncle Fang Jinhe, who had replaced Zhang Qi Guang, who was beheaded for the smuggling of salt, and became the county magistrate, also happily ran to his sister's house after learning that his nephew had passed the imperial examination.
Wanhua Academy here also became popular because it taught several outstanding students and became a popular academy in several nearby counties.
Originally, the scholars in Lin'an County looked down on An Xin because she was a female headmaster, and they refused to accept the loss even if they lost the bet.
But after Li Ziyu and six others passed the imperial examination, whenever An Xin met these people outside, some of them actually started calling her teacher or sir as per the original bet.
An Xin had nothing to be embarrassed about. He was willing to accept defeat and let them yell at him if they wanted to.
An Xin was always the guest of honor at several grand and lively celebration banquets.
Mrs. Zhu was so happy that her son and nephew passed the imperial examination again this time that she insisted on holding a special celebration banquet for Li Ziyu.
He was the only child left after his sister's death. Madam Zhu treated him no differently from her own son. Even after Li Ziyu refused, she still held a banquet to celebrate his success.
However, it was also this banquet that caused trouble for her nephew because she was soft-hearted and did not want to embarrass everyone on such a happy day.
(End of this chapter)