Chapter 145 Don’t fight over steamed buns to fight for breath

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 145 Don’t fight over steamed buns to fight for breath

For many days in a row, the area of ​​several hundred meters in the Gongyuan has been taken over by sergeants, with sentries posted openly and secretly, and guards patrolling back and forth all the time.

For important exams such as the General Examination, even after the papers are sealed, they must not be careless. The papers must not leave the Gongyuan, and the officials who grade the papers can never even think of leaving the Gongyuan.

Therefore, a group of officials headed by Xie Qian have been staying in Gongyuan these days for food and accommodation. At this time, it was already dark, and the Minglun Hall in Gongyuan was lit with lights inside and outside, and there were many officers and soldiers guarding the outside.

Xie Qiangao, the chief examiner who marked the papers, sat at the top of the list, and the other officials who were deputy examiners were also on the list. In addition, there were seven or eight officials from the Ministry of Rites.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were responsible for the first round of cross-review, and sent those who passed the examination to the desks of the deputy examination officials, who then conducted a second review, which was still cross-review, and finally selected a batch of the best articles and sent them to Xie Qian

Go there.

Xie Qian then finally decided on the papers that passed the exam, and first conducted a simple ranking. After everything was completed, he discussed with the deputy examiners to come up with a ranking.

This is a very difficult and important job. Everyone here dare not be careless and must be extremely alert, for fear that something will go wrong in the process.

But this kind of work is not necessarily boring, and many people even enjoy it. After all, those who can participate in the examination are all Juren, and they all have some ability. Not to mention how good the article is, at least they can write well.

Can be ordered.

Although this eight-legged essay is empty and tasteless, it pays great attention to parallelism and choice of words. When you encounter a well-written essay, reading it can really make people mouth-watering.

Having passed the initial stage of marking, Xie Qian was no longer as leisurely as he had been a few days ago. There were a lot of articles piled up on his desk. He read them carefully one by one, sometimes frowning, sometimes applauding.

"Thank you, Mr. Sir, I have found another good article. Please take a look."

After taking the paper, Xie Qian went straight to the broken question at the beginning, "The sage's advice on hiding should only be revealed to those who are able."

“It’s a masterpiece just by reading the title. What’s even more rare is that I feel like it’s cohesive when I read the whole article.

I can write an article with just a few strokes of a brush, but I don’t know who could have such a quick writing mind.”

Xie Qian praised this article very much. People who are eloquent are often quick-thinking, and Xie Qian is famous for being eloquent. As the number one scholar in the Chenghua Dynasty, it goes without saying that he is quick-thinking.

It is precisely this kind of article that appeals to him the most.

"In my opinion, this article was probably written by a southerner, and I don't know if it was written by a hero from the south of the Yangtze River. It reminds me of the Tang Dynasty."

Speaking of this, he immediately stopped. This man surnamed Tang was involved in the imperial examination fraud case in the twelfth year of Hongzhi. No one else knew about that case, but as a cabinet minister, he knew very well that the case was basically a fraud.

A confusing account.

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At the end of February, it turned into March, and the weather finally became warmer. Today, Shuntian Mansion is full of people, and the scholars are not as good as dogs.

The Gongyuan has posted a notice that the results will be released on the fifth day of March, which is two days earlier than in previous years. I still remember that the results were released on the Chen day for the first two examinations.

There are only a few days left before the results are released, and the largest gambling house in Shuntian Prefecture has opened betting markets. Some betting markets are about guessing the number of people in the north and south rankings this year, and some betting markets are about the provincial examination results of last year.

The solution is posted.

Xia Yuan saw his name, and it was also marked as Shuntianfu Township Examination Jieyuan, and there were a series of odds. The odds of betting on himself to win were 1 to 2, and the odds of betting on him to be among the top 10 in high school were 1 to 10.

Five, the odds for the top three are 1 to 50, and the odds for the high school club are even more exaggerated: 1 to 100.

On the other hand, looking at those Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Jiangxi, Nanzhili...the odds of Jieyuan in these southern places are far less outrageous than his. Even if you bet on being able to go to high school, the highest odds are only one to one.

Just ten.

Everyone was betting their money on those Southern Jieyuan students, betting that they would be among the top ten, top three, or even Huiyuan in high school.

No one bet on my odds being so high.

This is really a bit insulting.

Is my dignified Master Jie Yuang of Shuntian Prefecture so hopeless?

It's simply deceiving

"It's too much to bully others! It's simply too much to bully others!"

At this time, several people shouted and pushed through the crowd, "No one has bet on my Shuntian Mansion's Jie Yuan. It's really embarrassing for us young and old men. They all started betting. Today we are betting on this Shuntian Mansion's Jie Yuan."

Duke Yuan."

The shopkeeper in charge of placing bets at the cashier asked with a smile: "Which one are you betting on? Are you betting on this to win, the top ten in high school, or..."

"Don't bet on any of them."

The man took out a few pieces of silver from his arms and put them on the counter, "We bet ten taels of silver that Xia Yuan won't win this time."

"Okay, that's a two-to-one winning rate. I'll keep the ten taels of silver."

The shopkeeper accepted the ten taels of silver, weighed it with a small scale, and looked at it carefully. After finding that there was nothing wrong, he wrote a note and handed it over, "Please keep this note. If Xia Jieyuan cannot win this time,

When you guys come here with this receipt, we will pay you fifteen taels of silver."

That's too much!

It is unbearable!

Xia Yuan shivered for a while. Can this society get better? How can we, Jieyuan of Shuntian Prefecture, survive so that you can be satisfied? Tears flowed down unsatisfactorily. This country is full of oppression of Jieyuan of Shuntian Prefecture.

, when will Jieyuan of Shuntian Mansion really stand up?

Zhao Yuerong was also so angry that he could not help clenching his little fists tightly. He was so angry that he was shaking all over. On a hot day, he was sweating all over his body and his hands and feet were cold.

Xia Ru took out the money bag from his arms, sullenly pushed his way through the crowd and stepped forward, shouting loudly: "There are twenty taels of silver here, I bet that Tianfu Xia Jieyuan will be among the top ten in high school this time!"

The whole place was in an uproar, and some people were cheering and cheering. The shopkeeper was even more delighted, and shouted: "Twenty taels of silver, Axia Jieyuan will be among the top ten in high school in this examination!"

The person who just did the reverse operation advised: "Brother, our Jieyuan Committee in Shuntian Prefecture is really not good. I advise you to do the same as me and bet on him and fail. Otherwise, these twenty taels will be used to draw water."

drift."

Xia Ru sneered, "The silver is mine. You don't have to worry about who I want to suppress."

"Definitely, it's me who talks too much. I'm kind-hearted and people treat me like a donkey."

After standing outside the crowd and hesitating for a while, Xia Yuan gritted his teeth and squeezed in. Then he took out his money bag from his arms, took out a piece of gold garlic and slapped it on the counter, making a loud snap.

The original plan for the gold garlic bars I brought out today was to replace them with copper plates. After the results are released in a few days, if I win, I will use them to send away those who announce the good news.

but now.

Damn it, don’t fight over the steamed buns over the breath!

"Ten taels of gold, priced at one hundred taels of silver, I bet on the Tianfu Xia Jieyuan High School Huiyuan!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present fell silent and fell into a strange state of silence. If the person just bet twenty taels of silver, it could be explained that he was using Xiaobo to make a big bet. This one hundred taels bet the high school meeting.

Yuan, it's just a brain problem that makes it impossible for people to understand.

"Okay, okay, okay"

After a long silence, the shopkeeper at the counter nodded hurriedly and said several good words in his mouth. This is a money-spreading boy. He did not forget to shout, "This young master is going to the Huiyuan of Tianfu Xia Jieyuan High School!"

"Make it an established fact.

Seeing the gold he slapped on the counter being taken away by the shopkeeper, Xia Yuan felt strong regret and distress for a moment. He felt that the yellow gold bar was moving away from him and no longer belonged to him.

Impulsive, impulsive.

I really didn't look at the almanac when I went out today, and I actually lost my money bag, which contained a gold bar weighing ten taels.
Chapter completed!