Chapter 382： Passed the test

It turns out that Jiang Jie had to breathe through his mouth for a day and a night. If it weren't for the pills given by Ying Bao, he would have been sickened by the stench.

Yingbao knew that bad smells can really make people sick, so she asked her brother to bring some incense to the examination room.

In the end, it was useless to burn incense, because his cell was next to the toilet.

Fortunately, my younger brother persisted in writing all the test questions and did not perform abnormally.

Li Xu was fine, but he didn't have a good rest at night and was not in good spirits.

After the two came back, Jiang Sanlang boiled water for them to take a bath and wash themselves. The water also contained medicinal liquid and flower petals given by his daughter.

After taking a bath, Jiang Jie and Li Xu ate something and fell asleep.

Jiang Jie and Li Xu didn't get up until the next day.

The next step is to wait for the results to be released.

 Wei Zhan and Wen Hengyin came over and invited Jiang Jie, Jiang Wu and Yuan Bao to play outside and visit the surrounding Taoist temples and temples.

Li Xu and Jiang Cheng accompanied Mr. Wu around the city and inquired about the new dynasty.

The reason why the New Zhou Dynasty occupied half of Greater Guizhou so quickly was because many local officials were dissatisfied with the Xiao family's dictatorship, and also because the emperor was weak and acted absurdly, so they voluntarily surrendered to the New Zhou Dynasty. Second, Da Qian has always suppressed military generals, exploited the people, and exposed its belly to the enemy, which gave the new dynasty an opportunity.



In addition, the barbarians invaded Kyoto and kidnapped the emperor, a number of clan members, courtiers and nobles, which gave the new Zhou Dynasty an opportunity to rise.

Although King Dai ascended the throne in Shu, he was still young and had very few people at his disposal. Even if there were old ministers attached to him and the remaining Xiao party members worked for him, they would not be able to help him.

At present, seven of the fourteen prefectures in Daqian have been in the hands of the new Zhou Dynasty, such as Taiyuan Prefecture, Daming Prefecture, Kaide Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture, Longde Prefecture, Jianglin Prefecture, etc., and have basically surrendered to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Moreover, the new Zhou Dynasty promulgated a new law, allowing children of merchants to participate in the scientific examination, but they must have no adulterers within three generations.

Jiang Cheng, Li Xu and others also found out that the new emperor was born into the royal family of the former Zhou Dynasty, and his great-grandfather was the prince of the former dynasty.

The reason why people trust him so much is because miracles occurred frequently in various places. Even the famous Jiutian Xuannv in Jingzhou sent an oracle, designating Zhou Rui as the lord of the world.

It is said that the Great Zhou Sage was a person favored by the gods. He once saved the lives of a whole city of people with the divine gourd given by the gods.

When Yingbao heard these rumors from his cousin, he always felt something was strange.

A month later, the rankings were finally released.

Li Xu and Jiang Jie are both on the list, and both are ranked in the top twenty.

Jiang Sanlang was so happy.

My son was only eleven years old, and he passed the imperial examination and was ranked among the top twenty. Does this mean that his son can still pass the imperial examination in the future?

Oh my God! Jinshi, that is a real literary star.

In the past twenty years, their entire county has not produced a single Jinshi, right?

Soon, newspapers came one after another to announce the good news. Jiang Sanlang gave each of them twelve taels of red envelopes and ordered a dozen tables from the largest restaurant in Fucheng to entertain the guests who came to congratulate them.

The head of the Wei family came to congratulate him personally and invited Jiang Jie and Li Xu to his home.

During the banquet, the head of the Wei family called out several of his teenage concubines and toasted Jiang Jie one by one.

This made Mrs. Wang so angry that she took people to the old man's yard that night, smashed everything in his house to pieces, and scared the new concubine on the Wei family's bed to scream.

Mrs. Wang pointed at his nose and cursed: "Stop dreaming about the Spring and Autumn Period! Is the Jiang family worthy of your concubines?"

This is actually not the point.



The head of the Wei family shrank his neck and did not dare to say a word.

He also knew that he shouldn't use concubines to win over the Jiang family, but he didn't have a legitimate daughter.

When he thought of this, the head of the Wei family became angry. Who is to blame for not having a legitimate daughter?

It’s not that this tigress is incapable of laying eggs!

But he did not dare to say this.

The Wang family is a wealthy and prestigious family. The reason why the Wei family is prosperous is because of the support of the Wang family.

Not to mention the members of the Wang clan who serve as officials in the capital, even his brother-in-law Wang Xian is now a candidate for a local official.

I am a merchant, no matter how rich I am, I am still a merchant. There is no way to compare with the noble Wang family.

Fast to October, Jiang Sanlang took his children home.

Originally, Jiang Jie could stay in Fucheng and study in Fucheng, but Mr. Wu wanted to take him to Jiankang to see him before he came back.

Yuanbao also passed the college examination as he wished, and got sixth place in the college examination, and became a Linshan student.

It was safe to enter the county school. Like Jiang Jie, he not only received four taels of silver and rice, vegetables and meat every month, but was also exempted from military service at home.

They still took the dry road back home. The Jiang family had five carriages in total, and they walked slowly and leisurely.

However, before leaving, Wen Hengyin and Wei Zhan also came with two carriages each to return to Chuanhe Town with them.

Li Xu did not go back. He stayed with the Wen family in Fucheng and planned to enter the Fucheng School next year and then go to the capital to take the examination.

When the motorcade was halfway through, heavy snow fell from the sky.

Not even two hundred miles away, the snow on the road had already blocked the road.

There was no other way, so Jiang Sanlang and the others had no choice but to come to a rural street and stay here.

There is only one inn in Xiang Street, and it is a very shabby one. It has two large shops and four guest rooms.

But three guest rooms are already occupied, and one large shop is also full.

So Jiang Sanlang rented out the remaining large shop and a guest room.

When the innkeeper saw that there was a scholar and a scholar among the guests, he immediately became extremely cautious and brought hot water to Jiang Sanlang and others to heat their meals, and also put a charcoal pot in their room.

Ying Bao lived alone in a room. Jiang Sanlang was a little worried, so he asked his two sons to accompany his sister.

Because he knew that his daughter had a cave, and the three siblings could go there to rest.

Yingbao did indeed bring his two younger brothers into the cave and let them rest. Then he picked a bunch of grapes and ate them, cooking on a charcoal stove.

The rice was cooked, and she wrapped a bunch of mulberry leaf rice buns with palm-sized mulberry leaves. The rice buns were also filled with preserved fruits and honey.

Put the rice bag into the straw basket and cover it with a small quilt to keep it warm.

Seeing that it was still early, I cut another basket of leeks and bread, leek and egg dumplings.

Simple leek and egg dumplings would break when put in the pot, so Ying Bao steamed some steamed dumplings in a steamer, ate a few of them himself, and kept the rest in the cage until his brothers woke up.

At midnight, there was a sudden noise outside the inn.

More than twenty horses rushed to the inn.

There are two carriages among these horses, which look like the female relatives of some family.

“Open the door! Open the door!” Someone knocked on the door of the inn. "Stay in the hotel!"

The shopkeeper didn't get up and shouted out the window: "It's full! There are no berths!"

"You bastard! If you open the door, just wait and see!" The man outside said arrogantly: "If you don't open the door, I will burn your house!"