The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"Guangde, did you do poorly in this exam?"

His mother's voice came from behind Wei Guangde, causing his hand that was about to push the door to pause slightly.

Wei Guangde turned to face his mother, with a bright smile on his face. Although the mother couldn't see clearly because of the dim light, Wei Guangde still smiled and said: 'Mom, my child didn't tell any lies.

Although I dare not say that the county examination will definitely make the list, but if there are no accidents, the child's name should be included. ’

The mother, who was still holding a lantern in her hand, received this answer from her son again in the presence of only their mother and son, and a heartfelt smile appeared on her face.

"It's really because I didn't expect you to hand in the paper in advance. Mom heard that they usually hand in the paper after dark. When you came back, your uncle just asked someone to prepare the carriage and said that he would pick you up at the gate of the county government office in a while. But as soon as I went out and ordered the coachman, you came back."

Mother Wei said this, and she explained the slightly weird atmosphere at home from afternoon to evening.

Yes, the atmosphere is a bit eerie.

Regardless of whether it was his uncle or aunt, they never asked about the county examination after Wei Guangde entered the house. They just said that Wei Guangde was still young and entered school late.

Well, Wei Guangde also knows that they are actually reminding themselves repeatedly that it doesn't matter if they fail the test. They are still young and have plenty of time to continue studying and taking exams.

Maybe he was worried that failing the exam would leave a shadow on Wei Guangde's heart.

A night of silence.

The next day, Wei Guangde got up and washed and went out to have breakfast. After a while, his uncle and aunt also came out.

Wei Guangde stepped forward to salute, and after breakfast he went out for a walk around Pengze County.

As for continuing to review my homework and prepare for the next few exams, forget it.

In fact, the county examinations in the Ming Dynasty generally had four or five examinations. It was decided by the county magistrate, but the really important one was the first examination, which was the main examination.

As for the subsequent exams, the more important role is to rank the children admitted to the first exam.

In Pengze County, after the first exam, you need to wait two days before the results are released, while the subsequent exams only take one day. Because the number of people is getting smaller and smaller, it is naturally much easier for the examiners.

It is worth mentioning that to take the subsequent exams, you must be admitted in the first exam before you can continue.

Wei Guangde naturally does not plan to participate in the next few exams, unless his ranking in the first exam is very high, maybe he will take a gamble.

However, he only wrote so many articles, of which only about ten were excellent, and he was considered by Master Sun to be very good.

Although he didn't know what questions he would encounter in the subsequent imperial examinations, Wei Guangde did not plan to take more exams or write more articles.

The papers after each exam are equivalent to making your articles known to the world. If you encounter the same exam questions in the future, you cannot use them again unless you make major changes.

If you have the leisure to make fuss, you might as well pray to God and pray that you will be proficient in every exam question.

Two days later, the county released the test results.

Wei Guangde got up early in the morning and planned to go to the county government office to check the list to see if his name was on it.

In the past two days, almost all the scholars in the county had gathered in Pengze County. After all, they all had to take the imperial examination and wanted to make progress, so Wei Guangde also followed his classmates to make friends with scholars in the county during those two days.

Among my classmates and seniors, some of them had participated in several county examinations, so they knew a lot of local students. I couldn't even walk half a block on the street, but I invited a lot of people.

Through contact, Wei Guangde discovered that his previous thoughts were too naive.

Before, or even in my previous life, I always thought that those who failed the county examination must be rotten scholars and stupid people who were stupid in reading, so they couldn't even pass the county examination.

But after some contact, Wei Guangde found that many of these people seemed to be much better at writing articles than he was.

Although speaking well does not mean writing articles is good, but when everyone sits together, it is inevitable to talk about the articles they wrote for this exam.

Although writing is better than martial arts, everyone still weighs the quality of the article.

Well, Wei Guangde was a little bit shocked by the two-day trip. Now it depends on whether his prayers to the gods of heaven and earth the day before the exam are effective. Master Sun can say that although knowledge is first, sometimes, luck is really bad. Important, everything depends on the examiner's judgment at that moment.

After breakfast, he was about to go out when he heard the sound of horse hooves outside the door, and then Father Wei led his eldest brother and cousin through the door.

"Guangde, do you want to see the ranking list?"

When he entered the door, he saw Wei Guangde standing in the door neatly dressed, as if he was about to go out. Dad Wei asked.

"Dad, cousin, eldest brother, why are you here?"

Wei Guangde said in surprise.

"I couldn't stay at home, and I had time to release the results today, so we rode over here early in the morning."

Wei Wencai smiled behind Father Wei.

It was easy to say, but from the sound of horse hooves, they must have been on the road early in the morning. If they took a carriage, they would not be able to reach the county seat, and they would have to leave home at three or four o'clock to make it in time.

"You are all here."

Uncle Wu Zhankui in the room heard the voices and came over. Seeing the three of them dusty, he said, "Come in, wash your face and have something to eat."

To get to the county town from Bengshan Fort, you have to set off at least at the same time. So early, you must have not had breakfast.

He asked his servants to prepare hot water towels to wipe their faces. It was still cold in the morning in February, but seeing several people with smiles on their faces, Wu Zhankui didn't know what to say for a moment.

Two days ago, although he privately heard from his sister that Guangde thought the exam was good, Wu Zhankui also believed it, after all, he left the exam room so early.

In his opinion, well, anyway, he just felt that Wei Guangde might not have done well in the exam this time, or he might not have been able to answer the questions, so he left the examination room so early.

Naturally, Wei Guangde couldn't leave home to read the list at this time. He sat down and watched his father and two brothers devouring breakfast, but his mind was a little far away.

He was really not sure if he would make the list.

When it comes to going home on the day of the county examination, Wei Guangde actually feels that he is still six to seven points sure that he will be on the list. However, after these two days, he feels that he only has a three to four point chance of winning.

For luck, I have prayed to gods and Buddhas, and I am a person who has traveled through time. After all, I should be blessed by the halo of the protagonist.

Wei Guangde thought this in his heart, also hypnotizing himself.

My father and two brothers came all night long to see if their name was not on the list.

Wei Guangde didn't want to think too much. He felt that it would be a shame if he didn't make the list.