Chapter 57 Case 57

After dinner, Wei Guangde and his two brothers went out to the county government office to see the list. His father and uncle stayed at home to wait for the news. After all, they were keeping close by. As long as the list came out, the news would soon reach here.

When we walked outside the county government office, the place was already crowded with people. Not only the hundreds of candidates taking the county examination had gathered here, but many of them also brought their family and friends. In addition, there were street vendors selling goods everywhere. The front of the county government office, which usually seemed quiet and solemn, turned into a busy place.

Along the way, many people were acquainted by Wu Dong and Wei Guangde, so naturally they kept passing them up.

With the strong Wei Wencai, Wu Dong also developed a good body in Bengshan Fort this year. The three of them squeezed in while greeting the people around them, and soon squeezed out of the Yamen.

The rankings haven't started yet, so most people are just standing there, chatting in twos and threes, but they are still clearly divided into two circles.

As he got closer, Wei Guangde also noticed that both groups of people were familiar to him.

Far away, while Wei Wencai and Wu Dong were still squeezing away the others, one of the people on the right had already stood up and saluted them from a distance.

This person is naturally Zeng Yuanshu. He and Wu Dong have a very close relationship. They are not only classmates, but also in the same department.

Although he also knew that Wu Dong had stopped taking the imperial examination, this was his fate. Since he had no biological brothers, it was destined that he would enter the military service and take over his father's class in the future.

The group of people on the left were naturally members of the Zhang family. Wu Dong took them directly to Zeng Yuanshu's side without giving the Zhang family any face.

Zhang Haochu didn't come today, but the other two young masters of the Zhang family came.

"Brother Zeng, you're fine."

Wu Dong came closer, cupped his hands and told Zeng Yuan.

"You went to Bengshan Castle, and you haven't been able to find anyone to drink with for the past year."

Zeng Yuanshu said to Wu Dong with a smile, and said hello to Wei Wencai and Wei Guangde.

"Why are you guys here to see the list?"

Zeng Yuanshu was very curious. Wei Wencai had lost his books a long time ago. He knew this at the last wine table. Wei Guangde was still young and could take the exam or not. At that time, he heard that he had just read four books and was not a three-year-old. There is no hope in taking the imperial examination in five years.

"My cousin Guangde also participated in this subject."

Wu Dong smiled and said proudly as he put his hand on Wei Guangde's shoulder.

"Guangde also took part in the county exam, which was good. How did you do in the exam?"

Zeng Yuanshu was also surprised to hear that Wei Guangde had participated in the county examination two days ago.

To be honest, at the dinner table, Zeng Yuanshu knew the identities of the two brothers of the Wei family, especially when he heard that Wei Wencai had no interest in fame, so he looked down on the two brothers.

Although Wei Guangde asked them to borrow articles later, Zeng Yuanshu still generously lent them to him, but it was all for Wu Dong's sake, and he had been a friend for more than ten years.

"Generally, my husband just asks me to try my luck and get familiar with the county examination."

Wei Guangde said with a shy smile.

"I just came back yesterday afternoon, Peng Ze. You are in the same subject as my brother in this subject."

As he spoke, Zeng Yuanshu pulled out a boy standing behind him, who looked a little younger than Wei Guangde.

"Guangde is thirteen this year, right? This is my brother Zeng Yuanrui. He is twelve years old this year. You can get closer to me in the future."

With that said, Zeng Yuanshu introduced his brother Zeng Yuanrui to them.

"You're studying at Jiujiang Academy. How was this year's college exam?"

After the ceremony, Wu Dong asked Zeng Yuanshu about his trip this year.

This year, after Wu Dong left Pengze County and went to Bengshan Fort, Zeng Yuanshu also went to Jiujiang Academy to study through connections.

Originally, it was not the children's turn to study in official schools, but the family had money, and even though they did not have formal membership qualifications, it was the same as being an auditor. Moreover, Zeng Yuanshu was still young, just twenty years old, and he was also a junior in the academy.

His family was rich, and Zeng Yuanshu was also generous and often entertained those talented people.

After all, these people have passed the academy examination and their knowledge is also extraordinary. As for why they didn’t go to other places in Jiangxi, especially the academies in Nanchang to study, well, Zeng Yuanshu was too embarrassed to go anywhere before he got the title of scholar. Run, maybe if he were a few years younger, he could go shopping.

Time passed by while chatting. While everyone was chatting, the door of the yamen opened. The first few yamen servants holding water and fire sticks dispersed the students crowded in front of the door and cleared a way. The two scribes behind them He walked out of the door holding a big red list.

The two clerks acted very quickly. With the help of the yamen servants, they quickly posted the list of the county examination, which is commonly known as the "issued case". The red list is the seat number of the candidates in the two rounds.

Because the county examinations are conducted consecutively, in order to avoid cheating and let people know who they are, the names of the candidates will not be shown before the county examination is over. Only their seat numbers will be recorded, and the candidates will remain the same. Use your seat number to determine whether you are on the list.

There are two circles of seat numbers on the list, with twenty seat numbers in the inner circle and thirty in the outer circle, with a big "中" in the middle.

After the list was posted, the crowd behind them couldn't help but push forward, but several servants of the Zeng family tried their best to resist them and prevent them from hitting their young master and their friends.

"I got it, upper right of the outer circle."

While Wei Guangde was still nervously looking at the seat numbers on the list, looking for his own position, Zeng Yuanrui next to him suddenly started shouting excitedly.

"congratulations."

Wei Guangde habitually bowed to him, and Zeng Yuanrui's elder brother Zeng Yuanshu was also overjoyed when he heard this.

Amidst the many congratulations, Wei Guangde looked through the 20 seats in the inner circle, and there was no number plate for his number 12.

To say that he was disappointed, it was not that.

Wei Guangde had long made up his mind that if he could not enter the inner circle, there was no need to continue the next few exams after passing the first round. Anyway, he could take the provincial exam, so he might as well study hard and prepare for the second exam in two months.

This was actually Wei Guangde's self-consolation. Although he didn't even know whether he could make the list, he had thought about it a long time ago.

After looking at the inner circle, the next thing was the 30 seats in the outer circle. He looked at them with trepidation, one by one in a clockwise direction from the 12 o'clock direction.

"Second brother, how about it, did you see your number plate?"

After congratulating Zeng Yuanrui, the elder brother on the side also turned his attention to his brother.

I forgot to ask him what his seat number was before, and now I don’t know what to look at, “What’s your number plate?”

“I’m looking.”

Wei Guangde answered like this, his eyes had moved from twelve o’clock to six o’clock, and after looking through half of the outer circle, there was no number plate for him.

No.

Why not.

Wei Guangde was shouting in his heart, and continued to look down.

“I got it, I got it.”