The results of this provincial examination came out a little later than before. The Mid-Autumn Festival exam ended, and it was time to make the list of 23rd, but until the evening of that day, there was still no news, and then it was August 24th.

In the morning, just as dawn, the crowds who ran to the examination room yesterday gathered together again, and there were more people coming today than yesterday, inside and outside, almost all the gates of the examination room were blocked.

Someone who was eager to know the results had a courage to go to the gate to ask, but only got one answer, and the results of the provincial examination will be announced later!

Then time came to the turn of Chen and Si, and the door that had been closed for many days finally opened slowly with a creaking sound. In a while, everyone was stunned, they saw dozens of strong soldiers carrying red flags on their backs and lined up in line. After they lined up, they quickly scattered and ran wildly along the streets in the city in different directions.

The spectators were stunned at first, and then they understood: "The results of the provincial examination...the provincial examination are out!"

Boom... As soon as this statement came out, the crowd was even more turbulent. Almost everyone rushed forward again, loudly asking the soldiers and officials inside about which candidate was the Jie Yuan this time and which one was the leader of the Five Classics... The sounds were noisy and overlapping, making people unable to hear what they were saying.

"It's out, it's out!" At this noisy moment, a sharp-eyed man in front saw a few more officers step out quickly. They were holding a bright red list in their hands, and the ink marks were full of names on it. It should be the final list of this provincial examination.

This made everyone's spirit even more excited. You were beaten by me, and I squeezed you and wanted to move forward desperately. Everyone wanted to see clearly what names were on the top, or whether they had their own names, or the names of people they were familiar with.

Soon, the list of bright red silk cloth was hung on a high wall. Everyone looked up. There was one who couldn't see clearly from a distance. They were so anxious that they jumped and shouted: "Who are there? Who can read the list?"

"I don't recognize words, it looks almost the same..." A tall man at the front touched his head and said, which caused everyone around to laugh and scold: "Then why are you here to join in the fun? Get out of here and see me."

Finally, an enthusiastic person stood at the most suitable position at the front of the list, and opened his throat and shouted: "This year, the provincial examination has won 62 scholars. The top Jieyuan is Xuzhou Prefecture and Pei County He Jiguang..."

With this person's loud reading, the crowd was cheering and commotion. Perhaps all of this had nothing to do with the lives of ordinary people, but as a person in the provincial capital, he would naturally pay attention to the imperial examination event that would only happen once every three years, and would be honored because the people in his hometown were at the top of the high school list!

Of course, some people may feel that there are fewer people on the list this year than before, with only 62 people on the list, which means that the remaining more than 1,000 people will eventually end up in failure and leave sadly.

This is the cruelest thing about the imperial examination. Success or failure is often only in a moment. But for the success or failure of this moment, they have to use all their youth to fight. Ten years of hard work is not a legend, but a starting price...

...

In the restaurant in front of Zheguiyuan, today all the candidates for this provincial examination were present. They did not go to the examination room to read the list, but chose to stay here to wait for the news. The inn also provided free wine and food for all candidates today, and even sent a staff member to wait outside early. Once a soldier from Chuanjie came, the candidates would be notified as soon as possible.

Li Ling, who had been back to the city for two days, and Xu Cang, who stayed in the inn, sat at the same table. Both of them were full of anticipation and anxiety. Even if Zhang Hefeng told them that they were 80% sure to win the imperial examination this time, no one could truly feel at ease until the final answer was revealed.

Xu Cang was even more nervous and threw most of the wine on the table while serving the glass. Li Ling smiled when he saw this: "Brother Zhuowu, you don't have to be so nervous. Didn't Master Confucianism say that you will win this time?"

"I... I'm not sure about it. I remember that I could win many hospital examinations, but I wasted several years of waste..." Xu Cang couldn't help but remember the unbearable past again.

Li Ling smiled bitterly, and he was also nervous. He really couldn't come up with any convincing words, so he could only give Xu Cangman another cup: "The answer will be revealed soon..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a friend was about to come in and shouted, "Here's here, I'm here!" His words immediately shocked everyone in the hall, and several candidates even stood up and looked out.

A moment later, a soldier dressed happily had already stepped into the store. He glanced at the candidates and took out a document from the message tube on his waist and shouted: "Congratulations to Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu, on his appearance in Jiangcheng County, Hengzhou Prefecture, for being the fourth in the provincial examination in high school, won the top five classics and the leader in the spring and autumn... Can Mr. Xu be here?" As he said that, his eyes touched around again.

"Here is here!" Seeing Xu Cang being stunned, Li Ling quickly spoke, pushed him again, and made him come back to his senses. At the same time, dozens of eyes in the hall were all coming towards them, full of envy and respect. That was the leader of the Five Classics, second only to Jie Yuan, the existence of the top Jie Yuan, was the highest honor that many scholars dreamed of in their entire lives.

The soldier quickly strode over and held up the juren's documents with both hands to Xu Cang: "Congratulations to Mr. Xu, congratulations to Mr. Xu..."

Xu Cang was still stunned. The shock of this surprise was too great, which made him unable to react for a long time. Fortunately, it was not the first time the soldier had seen such a situation. He was quite patient and just waited in front of him with a smile on his face. Seeing this, Li Ling quickly pushed the other party two more times and shouted: "Brother Zhuo Wu wake up, take the good news quickly. This soldier is going to send the next one!"

"..." Xu Cang's body finally moved for a moment, and then two lines of hot tears rolled down from his cheeks. He opened his mouth to say something, but only the choked crying sound came from the depths of his throat.

As the joy of success dissipates from his heart, the years of depression, anxiety, fear, helplessness... all kinds of emotions rushed out like a volcano erupting, making his whole heart feel mixed, but he couldn't even say a complete word.

Li Ling knew a little about how much Xu Cang had suffered over the years, but at this moment he didn't know how to speak, so he could only pat the friend's shoulder hard. After seeing him tremblingly accepting the good news, he took out a ingot of three or two silver turfs and put it in the hand of the soldier: "Thank you, Brother Bing."

The soldier immediately smiled even more happily: "Thank you for the rewards of the two masters. You will become ministers in the future and go straight to the center!" After saying a few words of congratulations, he turned around and left with a smile. If every juren who received the good news could be as generous as he could, he would have sent the good news at hand today.

At this time, Fang Zigui and several other candidates from the countryside also brought wine glasses to congratulate Xu Cang: "Brother Xu, you have really made a lot of face for my Jiangcheng County this time. I think our county has not been a Juren for several years. As for the leader of the Five Classics, it has not been a member of the past few decades. You are really a role model for us."

"Everyone praised you, I am so excited, and I am losing my composure for a while..." Xu Cang said with difficulty, but his tears still couldn't stop, and his body was still trembling slightly. This was because of happiness and grievance.

Li Ling patted the other person on the shoulder again: "Brother Xu, from now on, you will be overwhelmed by the hardships. All the unhappinesses of the past can be thrown into the past."

"Well... I have today, thanks to Wen Zhong, you will help me for the rest of my life." After taking several deep breaths, Xu Cang was finally able to make it clear.

Li Ling felt a little emotional when he saw such a disobedient expression. Some people in later generations would take out the article "Fan Jin passed the imperial examination" and talk about it. Most of them would laugh at the book Fan Juren for saying this, thinking that he was so useless, and he almost went crazy because of the imperial examination.

Li Ling had similar ideas in the past, but after truly following this path of imperial examination, he found that it was a normal and common phenomenon to put Fan Jin's overreaction into this era. No matter who has made a great leap through his own efforts, he will be impacted by uncontrollable ecstasy.

Moreover, Fan Jin's life was so humble before passing the exam. Although he married and had children, his status at home was so insignificant. This comparison of the past and afterwards naturally had a greater impact on him. He was already lucky to not be crazy because of ecstasy.

Xu Cang's situation is similar. More than ten years of hard work finally made him stand out today, so he will naturally lose his composure!

But then, Li Ling remembered himself again. Can he pass the imperial examination this time?

In fact, it was not just him, so when the candidates were present, they became more restless when they saw the first good news, and their eyes fell more out of the hall, waiting for the next soldier to arrive like autumn water.

But what was tormenting was that in the next half an hour, a soldier came in to report the good news, and then waited for a long time, so everyone couldn't sit still. Someone even ran out of the store to see if there was any blockage on the street.

"Here..." With this loud scream, everyone in the hall straightened their backs again and looked over there with anticipation. This time, three soldiers stepped in and shouted: "Congratulations to Mr. Wang of Zhuyi County, Bozhou Prefecture, for being the 36th place in the provincial examination in this high school..."

"Congratulations to Mr. Li, Jiangcheng County, Hengzhou Prefecture, for being the 56th place in the provincial examination in this high school..."
Chapter completed!