The Red Mansions

Chapter 111 Waiting, Middle Lift

evening.

Coming out of the Gongyuan, Jia Yun felt relaxed.

The tribute courtyard was crowded with people, most of whom came to pick up candidates.

Jia Ming, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Jia Yun coming out, and waved his hands and shouted loudly in the crowd. Jia Yun looked around, nodded, and walked straight out.

After squeezing through the crowd, Jia Ming came to the street, and said a little embarrassedly, "There are a lot of people here today, and the carriage is parked in the alley opposite."

"Nothing, let's go there now!" Jia Yun waved her hand and smiled.

After walking a few steps, Xue Pan led two horses out of nowhere, and said with a smile:

"Brother-in-law, fortunately I have sharp eyes, otherwise I would have missed you, go, ride back!"

During the nine days and six nights of fighting for the provincial examinations, Jia Yun was highly concentrated, not only burning his brain but also testing his physical strength and endurance, so right now he wanted to go back quickly, take a shower, and get a good night's sleep.

Jia Yun handed the test basket to Jia Ming and asked him to take it back, then got on the horse, waved the whip and ran home.

After returning home, Jia Yun took a shower and changed clothes, ate something hastily, and then fell asleep.

After sleeping until noon the next day, he slowly woke up.

This sleep was very comfortable, Xiren heard the movement, walked to the bedside, and said softly: "Brother Yun is awake, I'll let someone fetch water in."

Then she told Xiang'er and the others to fetch water, while she brought her clothes and waited for Jia Yun to change.

Just washing up, Xiren was combing Jia Yun's hair, when Xue Baochai got the letter and came in.

"Husband, how did you do in the exam this time?" Xue Baochai sat next to him and asked curiously.

Jia Yun smiled and said, "I think I did well in the exam, but the final result depends on whether the essay I wrote meets the examiner's taste."

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "The counselor is human, and the success depends on God. Husband can do his best. Even if he fails the exam, it doesn't matter. Husband is still young, so I will take the exam later."

"Hehe, how can you comfort people like this? The result hasn't come out yet, you said that I failed the exam, and you have no confidence in me, right?" Jia Yun said with a smile.

Xue Baochai covered her mouth and smiled, and then asked, "When will the list be released, will my husband know?"

Jia Yun pondered for a moment, and replied, "Well, according to the practice of previous years, this year's ranking should be released on the first day of September."

The township examination is released in September, and Yin and Chen Rizhi are selected more. Chen belongs to dragon and Yin belongs to tiger, which means dragon and tiger ranking.

And because it is autumn and the sweet-scented osmanthus is in full bloom, it is also called the sweet-scented osmanthus list.

After the release of the rankings, there will inevitably be a banquet to celebrate. It is a banquet specially set up for the new imperial examinations, called the Luming Banquet.

Xue Baochai pondered for a moment when he heard the words, and sighed: "There is still half a month left, this period of time is the most tormented!"

The days of waiting are the most tormenting. Even Jia Yun, who has such a big heart, was worried before the announcement of the ranking.

After Xiren combed Jia Yun's hair, Xue Baochai said, "My family has ordered the kitchen to simmer pheasant soup. My family tasted it, and it tasted good. I ate two pieces of meat. The meat is tender and delicious. My husband must Eat more."

"Well, Baochai has a heart." Jia Yun replied with a smile, got up and took Xue Baochai's hand and walked out.

Before the meal was finished, Xue Pan came to the door with two boxes in his arms, saying that they were part of the evidence of the recent investigation sent by Ni Er's order.

Jia Yun told Xi Ren and Charming: "Hold the box to my study and put it there, I'll read it when I'm free."

After handing over the box to Xiren and Meiren, Xue Pan came to sit down at the dining table, glanced at Xiang'er standing beside him, and said with a smile, "Xiang'er is going to bring a jug of red wine, and add a few pieces of ice to it by the way." .”

Xue Baochai gave him a sideways look, and said, "What kind of wine do you drink in this hot weather? Can't you calm down for a while?"

"It's because of the hot weather that I drink red wine, otherwise I would just drink white wine." Xue Pan said with a smile.

Jia Yun put down the bowls and chopsticks, took the towel from Jing'er to wipe her mouth, and said to Xiang'er, "Go, Brother Xue is guarding the Gong Yuan every day these few days, which makes me feel bad."

Xiang'er responded and went to the cellar to move wine.

Xue Pan pursed his lips and said: "This girl has only come here with my sister for a few days, and she doesn't even listen to my words. It's really unreasonable!"

"I think brother is unreasonable!" Xue Baochai glared at Xue Pan, then got up and said to Jia Yun, "Husband, you drink, and I will go to the backyard to accompany my mother to talk."

Xue Pan was a bit apprehensive, and muttered: "My good sister, when will you treat me as well as my brother-in-law, I will wake up laughing when I sleep!"

"Brother..." Xue Baochai called out coquettishly, stomped her feet lightly, and said, "You have no conscience for what you said. Is my sister treating you badly?"

"Furthermore, my husband is the person I will rely on for the rest of my life. If I don't treat him well, who will I treat well? You will have your own sister-in-law who will love you and love you, but you can't say such heartless things to me."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Xue Pan, turned around and left.

Xue Pan frowned and said, "Didn't I just say something casually, why are you still angry?"

Jia Yun smiled and continued to eat.

Soon, Xiang'er came over with a jug of red wine, poured it for Jia Yun and Xue Pan, and stepped aside to wait.

Xue Pan gulped down a glass, let out a long breath, and said, "The wine brewed by brother-in-law is still delicious. I have to take some with me when I go back."

"It's better to drink less alcohol. Even if you want to drink, you have to drink it at home." Jia Yun persuaded, "Brother Xue often gets drunk outside, and it is easy for people to find opportunities to frame him."

Xue Pan frowned and said, "It's not that serious, is it?"

"Heh, Brother Xue suffered a loss once, so he still doesn't have a long memory?" Jia Yun sneered.

After he drank a glass of wine, he continued: "Let me make an analogy, you drink late and come home, and then you meet a dead man on the road, and someone catches you on the spot and says that you killed him, what should you do?" manage?"

"Let's put it this way, even if you still have a servant with you, as long as others insist that you killed the person, you will just have yellow mud in your crotch. It's either shit or shit, and you can't explain it clearly."

Xue Pan thought about it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more chilling he felt.

He said in horror: "This... whoever wants to treat me like this is too dark-hearted, right?"

Jia Yun said: "Other people really want to deal with you. They are darker than this. Just like you beat someone to death in Jinling before, and others just set up a random game to make you a 'living dead'. Is this lesson not profound?"

Although Xue Pan is lawless, it does not mean that he is a fool. After pondering for a while, he murmured to himself:

"So, from now on, I can only drink during the day, and at night, at home or with my brother-in-law, otherwise it's too dangerous!"

After speaking, he couldn't help shivering.

……

Days passed by, and it was almost the end of the month.

In the Beizhili Gongyuan, countless reviewers are doing the final verification and review.

The day before the release of the provincial examination results, in order not to make mistakes, the examiners had to fill in the draft list first, and the chief examiners filled in the "red number" of the test paper to be admitted according to the ranking.

After filling out the draft list, all the officials of the provincial examination (including supervisors, promotion officials, supervisors, etc.) gathered in the inner hall to unpack the test papers and check the red numbers one by one.

Finally, the candidate's name and place of origin will be filled in the draft list according to the admission ranking.

Then, hand over the draft list to the clerk, who will read the names of the candidates to all the officials present. After completing these procedures, he will start to fill in the official list.

When filling out the list, all provinces start from No.6, until the last place is completed, and then write the top five, from No.5 to No.1.

inner hall.

Although many ice cubes were placed in the hall, it still couldn't stop the high temperature outside from pouring in.

The officials were sweating profusely, but they still had to concentrate on checking the red numbers. This was a major event every three years, and no one dared to be sloppy in the slightest.

As the clerks chanted the candidates' names, names appeared on the huge golden list.

At this time, the scribe said: "No. 6 to the last one has been read, and the next step is to read No. 5 to No. 1."

"Read it, write it early, and rest early." The official who wrote the list glanced at the clerk and said, which aroused the approval of all the officials.

The scribe nodded, holding the grass list and shouting loudly: "No.5, Jia Yun, from Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture, Beizhili Province!"

Then he read it twice, and the official who wrote the list wrote down his name and hometown with a few strokes.

Suddenly, an official made a soft "huh", which attracted the attention of the surrounding officials, who all turned their heads to look over.

Seeing the crowd looking at him, the official coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Daxing County has produced talents this year. I saw this Jia Yun when he was in the Gongyuan. He is only 17 years old this year. We are only his age." when……"

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Renzhi, the governor of Beizhili, who sat high on the seat and remained silent all this time, stared wide-eyed and said loudly, "17 years old? Check his exam paper carefully again, don't make any mistakes!"

"It can't be wrong!" Master Li stood up and cupped his hands, and said in a firm tone: "When I was copying the draft list before, the lower officials noticed Jia Yun's age, and I will definitely not make a mistake."

But Xu Renzhi still couldn't believe it. There are not no 17-year-old Juren in history, but there are too few of them.

This age is enough to pass the examination, and they are usually called geniuses or child prodigies, so they must not have been unknown before, but Xu Renzhi heard Jia Yun's name for the first time today.

After filling out the list in the township examination, provinces with governors are required to stamp the list on the list.

As the governor of Beizhili, Xu Renzhi would be the first to be approached by the court if something went wrong in the township examination, so he couldn't help being nervous.

When the governor spoke, all the officials naturally did not dare to be negligent, and worked together to find Jia Yun's examination papers very quickly.

Xu Renzhi took the exam paper and read it carefully, then handed the exam paper to the censor next to him, sighed and said:
"This article breaks the topic and is fascinating. The words are in order. The beginning of the talk is not overwhelming, and the leading topic is simple.

"Jia Yun is a great talent. It's okay to develop earlier, but he is so young, it's better to let him enter the list a few years later. When his talent matures, his future will be limitless."

"There is no problem with the ranking we just counted, but Jia Yun is too young. If I found out earlier, the old man must have lost his future and would have to dismiss him. It is a pity that God's will, the list has been set, and there is no reason to change it. "

"Come on, let's go, since he won the exam, if he wants to take the exam again, the old man must go to dissuade him..."

The censor who had read the article next to him was speechless. If Xu Renzhi really wanted to dismiss Jia Yun today, he would fight for his future, and he would definitely pay this old guy a good book.

……

The first day of September.

Jia Yun's house is very quiet today, even the little maid who usually likes to be crazy walks very lightly, for fear of making any noise.

In the study, Jia Yun hugged Xue Baochai, and both of them were silent, waiting quietly.

The days of waiting were the hardest, especially when the release of the osmanthus list was approaching, even Jia Yun felt uneasy, let alone Xue Baochai.

Today, firecrackers sound from time to time all over the capital, which means that someone has received good news and is celebrating happily.

Time passed slowly, and Xia Ming, who was guarding the door, hadn't come in to deliver the letter, and the atmosphere at home became more and more depressing.

Suddenly, there was a piercing sound of gongs from Ning Rong's back street, and some people shouted all the way:
"Success in the township examination, congratulations to the No. 5 in the township examination of Master Jia Yunjia Senior High School in Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture."

"Good news for the rural examination..."

"Good news for the rural examination..."

Xia Ming at the door heard the shout, rushed to the middle courtyard as fast as possible, and shouted loudly: "Congratulations, master, congratulations, master, No. 5 in the high school rural examination!"

From this moment today, everyone in the family is going to call Master Jia Yun.

Jia Yun and Xue Baochai in the study breathed a sigh of relief at the same time when they heard the shout.

Jia Yun hugged Xue Baochai tightly, and walked around the room, excitedly saying: "Baochai, I have won, and I have won for my husband!"

Jia Yun thought he could see it with a normal heart, but only now did he realize that he was just an ordinary person.

"Well, my husband, I heard it, go out and distribute the happy money!" Xue Baochai reminded, wiping away tears without a trace.

To say that the family had the most difficult time during this period was Xue Baochai.

Until now, no matter where she goes, Xue Baochai can tell others that she is a discerning person and a prosperous husband.

When she was a young girl, she bumped into Jia Yun's arms, and now others will only talk about it as an elegant matter, and no one will say that she has lost her reputation.

Xue Baochai wept with joy, but she was afraid that Jia Yun would see it, so she held back her tears, bit her lip, and pushed Jia Yun to go out to meet the messenger who delivered the good news.

When Jia Yun came to the door, the two servants who announced the good news got off their horses, knocked on the gong, and said loudly:

"Success in the township examination, congratulations to the No. 5 in the township examination of Master Jia Yunjia Senior High School in Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture."

Jia Yun smiled, took out two bags of red envelopes that had been prepared a long time ago from her sleeves, and handed them to the two guards.

"Congratulations to Master Jia, congratulations to Master Jia!"

The two took the red envelope and weighed it, with joy on their faces, and said in unison.

Then the two said some words of congratulations, got on their horses and left.

Xia Ming lit a few loads of firecrackers at the door, and the sound shook the sky.

At this time, the onlookers on the street also came forward to say congratulations, Jia Yun laughed and said: "Haha, good, there is a reward..."

As soon as the words fell, a few healthy women brought by Aunt Miao sprinkled a dustpan of copper coins to the crowd on the street.

People bent down to snatch it one after another, and they didn't want to say a few words of congratulations.

Rongguofu.

When Jia Zheng heard the report from the servant, saying that Jia Yun had passed the examination, he got up, patted the table and said excitedly:

"Okay, okay, someone from our Jia family has finally passed the exam! Hurry up, call the husband at home, and everyone will come with me to Brother Yun's house to congratulate!"

Jia mother's house.

When Jia Mu got the news, she was stunned for a long time, and then she said to Yuanyang leisurely: "It's only been a few months, and he won the exam again without saying a word?"

"Old lady, rumors are going crazy, saying that our Jia family has talented people again." Yuanyang said with a smile.

Jia Mu nodded and told Yuanyang, "Go to Gongzhong to get 1000 taels of silver and send it to Brother Yun. Our Jia family still needs to be decent."

In Lin Daiyu's courtyard.

Lin Daiyu, who was reading a book, was displeased to hear the noise outside.

At this time, Zijuan ran in happily and said happily: "Girl, brother Yun has won the list!"

"Is this on the list?" Lin Daiyu's eyes lit up, and she said, "You can't call him Brother Yun anymore, you want to call him Master, he ranks second among Jia's three-bedroom peers, so call him Yun Er Lord, do you understand?"

"Oh, I see!" Zijuan replied with a smile.

Lin Daiyu pondered for a moment, got up, went to the cupboard and took out the square inkstone, stroked it gently for a while, and then said to Zijuan:
"This is my father's birthday present from someone when I was nine years old. If you want to come as a congratulatory gift, it is enough. You can go there later and send the inkstone over."

Sister Feng's courtyard.

Wang Xifeng was both excited and helpless when he heard the boy came in to report the news.

She took Ping'er to the bedroom and said excitedly: "It's terrible, it's really terrible, juren is not so easy to win, and it takes real skills to fight for it out of thousands of people!"

After being excited, Wang Xifeng said in frustration again: "Oh, I wish I were younger!"

Ping'er pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's better not to be married. How can there be such a perfect thing in this world?"

Wang Xifeng looked up at her, and pondered: "Well, if you want to give it to him from now on, I won't stop it, but there is one thing, I can't get pregnant, I can't afford to lose that person!"

Jiang Yunxuan.

After Jia Baoyu heard that Jia Yun had won the Juren, he was not overly happy. Instead, he sat there in a daze, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.

"A peerless handsome man like Brother Yun, why does he care so much about fame and fortune?"

……

The firecrackers rang for a long time at the door of Jia Yun's house.

The clansmen who got the letter were even more organized than last time, and from today onwards, Sanfang finally had a Juren.

Having Juren is not only about fame, but also benefits.

Whoever has land in his family can put it in Jia Yun's name, and he can be exempted from many taxes. This is a benefit that is visible to the naked eye.

Today is still Jia Dailing bringing the clan elders here first, this is a big event in Sanfang, and at the end of the year, the ancestral hall will be opened to worship the ancestors, write Jia Yun's deeds on the genealogy, pass it on, and use it to inspire the clan and future generations.

This time, Jia Yun did not refuse, and offered to bear the expenses of worshiping the ancestors, but neither Jia Dailing nor the elders agreed.

Immediately afterwards, the people from Qingshan Academy arrived, led by Wenchang Xiao, and naturally Zhao Jin also came.

Jia Yun wondered how they came here so quickly, and after asking, she found out that they lived in the town hall yesterday.

But they didn't stay for long, because there were other students in Qingshan Academy who passed the Juren examination today, so they left some of the best brushes, ink, paper and inkstones as congratulatory gifts, and then left.

On the contrary, Zhao Jin stayed. Now that Jia Yun has the same fame as him, it is also a face to Zhao Jin.

Afterwards, when people from Jia's mansion arrived, Jia Yun's house became really noisy.

PS: On the [-]st, which is tomorrow, if the monthly pass can exceed [-], I will continue to update the [-]D every day next month. Please encourage me, thank you!
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