Bachelor

Chapter 447
"When people are in use, they hate less. This time, it's a big shame." Sun Dan sighed and shook his head unconsciously.Ordinary people with his status would probably pretend to be inscrutable in front of servants, and naturally they would not reveal their thoughts in front of others.

But Sun Dan is not the case, whether in front of Feng Zhen or Han Yue, he laughs whenever he should, and worries when he should, and he doesn't pay that much attention.

Just now, he and Han Yue wandered the streets for a long time, trying to find a scholar from Suining County who had taken refuge in Huai'an in the vast crowd.But apart from the Suining man pretending to be a scholar whom I met earlier, I couldn't see another person with the same appearance.

Before he knew it, Sun Dan had already taken Han Yue for half of Huai'an City, and his feet felt a little hot from walking.

"My lord, looking at the current situation, none of the scholars in Suining should have escaped." Seeing that Sun Dan didn't hide her emotions in front of him, Han Yue was overjoyed, knowing that Sun Dan had completely regarded him as herself people look at.For the past two years, he has been serving the prince carefully, waiting for this day, it's really pitiful.

Sun Dan smiled wryly: "Han Yue, will you die if you tell the truth? Don't tell me you can say something nice to comfort me."

Han Yue also felt a little discouraged by saying this, but he was not a talkative person, so he just said, "My lord, why don't you go back to Xuedao Yamen to have a look, maybe some Suining scholars have come to the door by themselves?"

Sun Dan was also a little discouraged, and because he was tired from walking again, he was not in the mood to continue walking indiscriminately like a private visit, so he nodded slightly: "Okay, go to Xuedao Yamen for a walk, maybe there will be unexpected gains." In fact, At the same time that he visited in private, he also asked people from the Xuedao Yamen to post notices around the city, saying that Suining's county examination venue for this year was in the Xuedao Yamen, and that qualified candidates from Suining were allowed to sign up, and the government would be responsible for the food of the candidates. live.

Not only that, he also sent a lot of people from the yamen who learned Taoism to check around.

Perhaps, they have already found candidates there.

As an examiner, hanging out all the time is not an option, he still needs to preside over the overall situation in the Xuedao Yamen.

Seeing that Sun Dan agreed, Han Yue beckoned, and two bearers who were doing work on the street ran over and carried Sun Dan away quickly.

But when Sun Dan and Han Yue returned to Xuedao Yamen in sedan chairs, there was still no good news.

The clerk on duty replied that the list had been posted, and many people were sent out to investigate, but it had been two full days, and not even a ghost was found.

The little official sat down in the empty examination room, shaking his head: "Master Sun, if there is no one there the day after tomorrow, what should I do?"

Sun Dan was also depressed. A few days ago, he said in front of Xia Yan and the Huai'an magistrate that he would personally preside over the Suining County Examination. But it's a big loss.

At that time, Sun Dan also said such words without thinking, and he didn't understand why he said that in the first place.After coming down, Sun Dan thought about it carefully. First, he came to Nanzhili this time to inspect the local school administration. This is his duty; Let all the officials go out to help the disaster.

It was not a good day to go to disaster relief.Hungry, full, and windy, you have to risk being washed away by the waves.He, Sun Dan, now has a bright future and has lived a comfortable life, so he can't bear this kind of suffering anymore.

In the past two days, as far as Sun Dan saw, the officials in Huainan had lost a lot of weight.That Xia Yan didn't sleep for several days, his eyes turned into rabbits.

The future Sun Xiang has no interest in suffering this kind of suffering. Since there is an overriding political task of the imperial examination, he just took the opportunity to escape and gain a good reputation.Think about it, such a disaster, the exam is still held, which shows that my grandson attaches great importance to the imperial examination, education, and the national talent rotation ceremony.
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This has already touched the soul, and now Sun Dan can't wait to slap himself on the head: the inferiority of the bourgeoisie!It's all right now, I don't need to eat the bitterness, but I'm going to lose my face.

Although Sun Dan was so depressed that his body became weak, he refused to admit defeat on the surface. He gritted his teeth and said, "During the Houtian County Examination, we can do whatever we want. Roll roll, handing out papers, grading papers, everything must be done. The ceremony is over. Even if there is no examinee, my lord will sit here for a day. The imperial examination is a major event in the world, even if the world falls apart, my lord will never not open the examination room."

Hearing what Sun Dan said, the little official admired him in his heart, stood up and bowed to the ground: "Your Excellency is right, and a villain will never dare to slack off."

Although Sun Danhua spoke righteously, he was still a little uneasy: Will someone come, will someone come?
Xuedao yamen has tidied up dozens of clean rooms and provided free room and board for the candidates. If there were really candidates from Suining, how could they not come to report?
Sitting bored, suddenly a yamen servant ran into the room excitedly: "I found it, I found it."

Seeing that Sun Dan was sitting in the room, he was taken aback, and hurriedly bowed his hands in salute: "The villain has met Mr. Sun."

"What did you find?" Sun Dan asked in a gentle tone, but his heart kept beating.

The yamen servant said: "If you go back to the elder, it seems that you have found a scholar from Suining."

"It's true!" Sun Dan was pleasantly surprised and stood up abruptly.

But Han Yue was very displeased, and scolded the yamen servant: "What does it seem like, yes, yes, no, no, how can there be such ambiguity?"

Sun Dan hurriedly waved his hand to signal Han Yue to be quiet, smiled and looked at the servant with encouraging eyes: "Speak slowly, don't worry."

The yamen servant then said: "Back to Mr. Sun, when I was walking in the street earlier, I saw two people with a Suining accent eating in the restaurant called "Taibai Legacy". The clothes are also worn by scholars. The villain was anxious, so he walked in."

Suining is located in the northwest of Huai'an Prefecture. The accent of the people there is a bit like Henan dialect, which is very different from that of Jiangsu people, and it is easy to hear.

The yamen servant said again: "After the villain went in, he heard the truth. One of the two men was named Tan, and the other was named Ma. Listening to their conversations, it was true that they were reading books. The two of them still read and wrote poems for a long time. So, the villain went up and asked them if they came from Suining. The two men replied that their ancestral home was in Suining, and now they live in Huai'an."

"And then?" Sun Dan asked again.

Yamen official: "The villain asked them again if they had any honors, and the two replied that they didn't have any honors, they only knew a few words, and they didn't even take the county examination. So..."

"So what?"

"So the villain went forward to pull them and let them take the exam. But those two guys were really annoying, saying that they were doing business on the river and living a happy life, so what's the point of taking the exam. Besides, they have already passed the exam. The whole family moved to Huai'an, so even if you want to take the exam, you have to take the county exam in Huai'an." The yamen servant said angrily; "Those two people are so annoying, and they even satirized the villain for a long time, saying that there is no such thing as an imperial examination. Simple, some people take the exam for a lifetime, but they are just a child, so they don't have to waste their time, the success rate is too low, it's not very interesting."

"That's it!" Sun Dan pondered for a moment, then got up immediately: "Take me there, I want to see and see."

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