I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 311 Curiosity

The beginning of August is the day when scholars and students enter the Imperial Examination Hall to prepare for the autumn examination which will start tomorrow.

A few days ago, Shen Xiaoye put down everything she was doing and accompanied her grandparents, aunt, and cousins, and the whole family moved to Beijuxianfang.

However, my grandfather was worried that traveling from the north to the south of the city would delay his youngest son's exam, so he ordered Shen Xiaoye to rent a house in Mingshifang, where the Imperial Examination Hall was located.

Today was the day for his son to take the exam. He had originally planned to walk his son to the Imperial Examination Hall, but when he heard that a scholar had slipped and injured his hand while walking to avoid the rain two days ago, he immediately changed his mind and decided to take a car.

Of course, he drove the car for his youngest son himself, and Shen Changsui's repeated refusal was useless.

The result was that there was only one person to take the exam, and three carriages were used to take the exam, and the uncle and nephew of the Wang family also brought servants to protect them.

This forced Lu Guan, who was involved in the incident, to ride on his horse and follow behind the car. He said to Shen Xiaoye, who was also riding a horse, "It's only a few alleys away. Is your grandfather too nervous and has become more defensive against people?

Everyone he looks at is a bad guy." Last year, when he returned to the capital from Waqi, it was already the end of the year. At that time, the Left Censor-in-Chief had already been confined to his home by the emperor for misbehaving in front of the palace, and Shen Xiaoye's grandfather and others were also released home soon after.

But it was not until the beginning of spring when the Left Censor-in-Chief was imprisoned and executed that Shen Xiaoye's grandfather was able to truly put his worries to rest and regain his spirits.

Shen Xiaoye said helplessly: "Grandpa is nervous.

When cousins ​​Hui and Geng took the county exam, a fire almost broke out outside the exam room because of Magistrate Deng's poor preparation.

Compared with County Magistrate Tan, County Magistrate Deng is not even a little bit inferior.

Knowing that the county examination usually required people to get up at five in the morning to verify their identities outside the examination hall, and that thousands of candidates and their escorts would enter and exit carrying lanterns or torches, he still did not seek help from the county's civilian population when there were not enough yamen runners.

I don't know why he looked down on the gentry in and out of the city at that time. Was it as the rumors said, that he was afraid that others would say he was unfair if he included the children of gentry?

"Well, speaking of which, your two cousins ​​saved a life and both passed the county exam. They are considered to have strong character." Lu Guan also took part in the county exam in the capital at that time, and unsurprisingly became a qualified runner-up.

Shen Xiaoye glanced at the crowds of people gathering on the road toward the Imperial Academy, carefully controlling the speed of his horse and said, "It's a pity that Geng'er didn't pass the provincial examination. He didn't study hard last year. It's better for cousin Hui to pass the examination and take the imperial examination next year.

But my grandfather didn't think so. He thought that the fire had affected my cousin Geng. "Although the fire was put out quickly, more than a dozen candidates were injured and could not enter the venue.

As for what Grandpa Zhou and my grandfather told me when they returned home in March, about a scholar from the Zhou family who had a great chance of passing the imperial examination but was pushed off the stairs and nearly died by a jealous person before the autumn examination, it is not something that should be told to outsiders.

During the time that Fourth Uncle was in the Imperial College, he made some friends and also offended some people. Although Grandpa was a little cautious, she didn't think it was too much.

It was just that the whole family was going to join in the battle, so she changed the subject and said, "I wonder if my uncle, Erniu and the people in your car team have completed the handover of cloth with the border merchants who hold the permit.

If they settle their accounts early, they can still catch up with the announcement of the list of winners.”

The cloth sold very well before the New Year, so she had more money to go to Suining to replenish stock. Not long after, Master Wanhuai's boss came to her to buy cloth, just as he said in the reply letter, and bought 20,000 pieces at a time.

After the cash was returned, the first thing she did was to sign up for the re-bidding when the court took back the original horse market permit.

The emperor accepted Mr. Lin's proposal to slightly expand the scale of the horse market. At the same time, he adopted the method of obtaining the qualification for inspection through public auction that Shen Xiaoye wrote to Mr. Lin.

Unfortunately, my business was small and was not selected. Also, I was busy with this matter and my aunt-in-law’s visit was delayed.

But participating in this competition also allowed her to get to know many cloth merchants, and thus she reached a supply contract with cloth merchants in border areas who had a permit.

Well, the contract, the transaction agreement signed at this time, has begun to be called a contract.

"Are you sure your fourth uncle will be on the list?" Lu Guan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

She said, "Five hundred taels of silver to the teacher. If I can't make the list, I will ask the old gentleman to return the silver."

As soon as she finished speaking, Mr. Cheng, who was riding in the same car with Master Shen Changsui and his apprentice, suddenly sneezed.

"Old sir, would you like to put on another piece of clothing?" Shen Changsui was quite relaxed. He had studied for more than half a year and remembered everything he should and should not memorize. It was just a matter of seeing the weather after the exam.

Mr. Cheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay for me, but you have to be careful. It just rained a few days ago. You must keep warm when you sleep at night."

"That's right, there is no door in the examination room, but you can hang a piece of oilcloth in front to block the wind when you sleep." Mr. Pan agreed deeply. Sometimes the day of scientific examination really depends on whether God is kind enough.

A sunny and windy day is everyone’s wish!

"It's from the student union, and I'm wearing three layers inside and outside." Shen Changsui wiped the sweat off his face. After all, he was young and energetic, and he still felt hot even after wearing two or three more layers.

But the gentlemen's advice of experience should not be ignored. After the body search and entering the examination room, you can take off two layers of clothes if it is hot, but if there is a sudden drop in temperature and rain, it will be difficult to put on more clothes.

While the teachers and students were chatting, they arrived at the Imperial Examination Hall. They were not late, but there were still many people who came earlier.

Shen Xiaoye also saw Lu Guan's wife seeing someone off not far away. She asked curiously, "Is your sister-in-law here to see off your nephew?"

"The horse is in your hands." Lu Guan looked in the direction she pointed and saw his cousin's wife. He then dismounted and stepped back at lightning speed. He took a quick step forward and held down Shen Cunhui, who was driving the carriage, and got into the middle carriage.

The great grandparents and the head of the village, Qian, were already in the car. When he entered the car, the great grandfather, Shen Shanxin, was very surprised: "Little brother Lu, what are you doing?"

Lu Guan sat down and clasped his fists, "My elders, can you please allow me to hide from you for a while?"

Since he said so, the few people would not ask any more questions. When they got off the car one by one, they found that there was a noble lady in front of Xiao Ye who was talking about something.

The eldest grandmother Qian went to look for her younger sister-in-law, and the grandmother Lin whispered, "Don't worry, she is Mr. Lu's cousin's wife."

"Why is Mr. Lu hiding?" Qian was quite puzzled.

Lin: "I don't know. Let's go to the front to check on Sui Ge'er. I'm always worried that he is not wearing too little." As she said that, she pulled her sister-in-law to the front side of the carriage.

Shen Xiaoye, who was caught by Lu Guan's wife, looked at Zhang a few more times and said, "My nanny saw my fourth brother talking to you just now. Go and call him over. We need him for something.

Did you see that carriage? The man inside is from a second-rank military officer’s family.”

For Lu Guan's sake, Shen Xiaoye waited patiently for him to finish speaking, but unexpectedly the other party suddenly stopped talking and said, "Ha, this is really interesting. There must be a girl in the carriage."

"Mrs. Zhang, please make way. My uncle will be queuing up to enter soon." She waved her hand to call Wang Chi who was staring at this side, and the two of them each led a horse and walked away past Zhang.

Wang Chi was very curious: "Cousin Shen, who is she?

It looks like he is not very friendly to you! Why?" The young boy observed carefully.