Chapter 135 The Last Wish of an Ancient Farmer 14
After the novelty of sending someone to take the exam wore off, Changan was too lazy to even leave the house.
With their examination system, people with poor physical and mental qualities will be eliminated in the provincial examination, because they will be carried out of the examination room before they can finish the exam.
Then, a large number of candidates will be eliminated in the joint examination, and those who can finally participate in the palace examination are extremely outstanding talents in all aspects.
Lin Jing handled every exam with ease and felt as if nothing had happened after finishing them.
The other candidates who persisted to the end were still feeling somewhat unwell and were helped back home by their own servants. Only Lin Jing stood out and ran home by himself.
On the day when the results were announced, Lin Jing went out early with Chang'an on his shoulders. In fact, they could know the results without going, they just wanted to have this atmosphere.
There were crowds of people in front of the list. Most of them had their own servants to look at it, and those who didn't have servants had their family members come to look at it.
Lin Jing carried Chang'an and squeezed to the front in a few steps, and started looking from the front very confidently.
As expected, the first among the top three was Lin Jing, the top scorer.
Chang'an held Lin Jing's head and shook it twice, "Wow~ I got it, hahaha, first place."
Her devilish laughter attracted the attention of everyone who was checking the results. Oh, isn’t this the candidate who brought her child to take the exam?
Everyone turned their eyes back to the list and saw Lin Jing's name in the most conspicuous position. The top three names were in the front row with large fonts, and there were only three names in that row.
Oh, it turns out that this candidate is Lin Jing.
People around him congratulated him one after another, and Lin Jing patiently responded one by one.
When they squeezed out of the crowd again, a middle-aged man dressed as a butler stopped them.
The man bowed to Lin Jing, then said with a smile: "Congratulations, Mr. Lin, for winning the top prize in the imperial examination. My master would like to invite Mr. Lin to his house for a chat."
Chang'an suddenly had an idea. Choosing a son-in-law from the list? Isn't it too early? There are still the provincial and palace examinations to come.
Could it be that the master had a unique vision? He took a liking to Lin Jing at first sight and thought that he would definitely be the top scorer in the imperial examination?
Lin Jing refused coldly, "No", he was too lazy to be polite to him. That so-called master must have bad intentions. They didn't know each other, so what was there to talk about?
The butler almost couldn't hold back the smile on his face. Chang'an was very surprised that he didn't bother them.
Changan looked up the information of the relevant people, a butler of a second-rate family, and the Lu family had an unmarried "old" girl who was already in her twenties.
In ancient times, girls in the boudoir were married off at the age of fifteen or sixteen. If they were still unmarried at the age of twenty, they would be considered old maids in today's context.
Miss Lu's vision is the kind that is neither too high nor too low, while Mr. Lu wants to find a promising husband for his daughter. He is not picky about family background, as long as the man can be successful in the future and bring benefits to the Lu family.
In this selection, both the father and the daughter chose Lin Jing. It must be said that these two people have unique vision. If they don’t make a move, then it’s fine. But once they make a move, they want to catch the best one.
The Lu family is not a very evil family, but they are not a family that does good things either. Chang'an is too lazy to care about them. If they were a very evil family, they would be taught a lesson. Now they are just egoists, so there is no need to kill them all.
Chang'an and his companions did not stay in Linyuan Prefecture for long. Lin Jing sent a letter home to Linjia Village, and then they set off for the capital.
Miss Lu went to the courtyard to look for Lin Jing but came up empty-handed. She felt very regretful. She was considering whether to pursue him in the capital. But there were many noble ladies in the capital, so she had no chance of winning.
In the end, he had to give up and chose another one who was ranked within the top ten. He was not as good-looking as Lin Jing, but he was also the best-looking among the top ten.
The man did not refuse. He was very self-aware of his own abilities. He could enter the joint examination, but he could not enter the palace examination. It would be better to agree to the marriage. Having a good Yue family would also help his future development.
He had never thought of going to the capital to find a noble lady, because noble ladies have high standards. In the capital city where there are powerful people everywhere, it is impossible for them to look down on a commoner like him.
People who have a clear mind will not have a bad life.
A month later, Chang'an and his group of five, plus a crazy mule, arrived in the capital.
After they settled down in the inn, the first and fourth year students went out to rent a house.
Gu Laoliu rented a pleasure boat and took his daughter to go boating on the lake.
The lake water was so clear that you could see the bottom. Chang'an lay on the bow of the boat and looked at the big fat carp in the lake.
"Dad, has that fish developed a brain?" It looks very smart.
Gu Laoliu also lay down with her, and the two heads, one big and one small, leaned together to look at the fish. After just one glance, he said with certainty: "It doesn't have a brain, but it's smarter than other carps. It gets fat if it eats too much."
The big fat carp jumped out of the water, gave Chang'an a kiss, and then fell back into the water.
Gu Laoliu almost caught it and roasted it, but then he thought better of it, because it was the one who kissed his daughter.
People in the surrounding pleasure boats exclaimed, "This carp is so smart."
Suddenly someone shouted, "Fish leaping over the dragon gate?"
He was a painter. He found inspiration for his painting, spread out the drawing paper on the bow of the boat, and lay on the boat to paint.
Changan and Gu Laoliu: This guy has a very wild imagination.
The fat carp kept following Chang'an's pleasure boat, so the father and daughter lay on the bow of the boat to play with it. Some candidates who were out on the lake saw them lying on the boat and exclaimed, "How disgraceful!"
Changan rolled his eyes and refused to tolerate him, "The young master is quite gentle, but unfortunately he is a scum."
Gu Laoliu continued, "The young master came from Nianzai County. He ranked seventh in the provincial examination. He has a wife who has been with him all his life in his hometown. They have a son and a daughter. Before coming to take the imperial examination, he divorced his wife and abandoned their children just to find another good match in the capital. The young master is truly a leader among the scumbags."
The young man's hometown is in a small town in Nianzai County. His old father sells pork and works hard from dawn to dusk to support his son's studies. Fortunately, his son did not disappoint him.
He had overcome many difficulties to get to where he is today. His old father supported him in abandoning his wife and children, thinking that his son was already a juren and would definitely pass the imperial examination and become a jinshi.
The illiterate daughter-in-law and her parents-in-law could not help their son, so they encouraged him to divorce his wife. In order to marry a noble lady in the capital in the future, they cruelly drove him out of the house along with his grandchildren.
The man's face turned pale. He had something to hide and was naturally very flustered. "You, you are slandering me."
"Then swear to God that you have not abandoned your wife and children."
People in the surrounding pleasure boats were whispering, and beads of sweat the size of beans were streaming down the man's forehead. His reputation could not be ruined now, otherwise all his efforts would be in vain.
The young men who were traveling with him on the same pleasure boat also kept their distance from him, with suspicion, contempt, and disdain in their eyes.
The man wanted to ask for help, but everyone looked at him with indifference. Although they were not particularly good people, they had never thought of abandoning their wives and children.
In a panic, he really raised his hand and swore, "I, Zhao Wuyong, swear to heaven that I have not abandoned my wife and children. If I have, please let me be struck by lightning and die a miserable death."
He was not so lucky this time. Chang'an quietly moved his fingers, and several lightning bolts as thick as arms hit Zhao Wuyong directly. His whole body was charred, white smoke came out of his mouth, and his hair stood up.
He will definitely not die, Chang'an is very careful. Just this one time, he has lost the qualification to take the imperial examination.
Such a scum will not serve the people even if he becomes an official in the future. It is better to cut off his chance of success now and let him go home to sell pork.
Zhao Wuyong really wanted to die and kept repeating, "It's over, it's all over."