allendalepharm Chapter 427: Examination Room on Fire
Chapter 427: Examination Room on Fire
Because Daya and the others were planning to develop in the capital, they called Sanya over to help manage the shop in the capital.
In fact, Zhen Yuanshu didn't understand. Although Jiang Youzhen looked weak, according to his observation, this brother-in-law was not as he seemed, but a powerful person.
Especially among today's scholars, or even in the court, there should be very few people who have not heard of Jiang Youzhen's name, right?
As for such a powerful person, he always felt that Jiang Fugui and his wife seemed to take extra care of her. He even felt that if Jiang Youzhen had not had the right ideas, the couple would have easily raised such a playboy, who was too spoiled.
"I just feel that life in the dormitory is not easy. I heard that many people couldn't bear it and were carried out from the examination hall!" Shen sighed.
Zhen Yuan was speechless and wanted to persuade him again, but then he thought that maybe his father-in-law and mother-in-law had finally given birth to a son, so they were particularly doting on him!
Of course San Ya knew why her parents were worried, but she couldn't tell her husband, so she changed the subject.
"Xiao Lang said that if he passes the exam, he will go to the Imperial Academy to study. It's time for us to go to the capital to develop. I will take care of this place for the time being. My elder sister and the others plan to go to the capital to check it out as soon as possible. We can't rely on Xiao Lang for everything."
"Alright! Didn't Xiaolang say that he bought a house and a farm in the capital? When you go there, you can temporarily live in her house and help her take care of it. By the way, you can buy a small courtyard. Even if you have a baby in the future, it will be enough for you two to live in. Three sisters plus Xiaolang, each of them will contribute 100 taels. This is all I have as a father."
The farm had made good profits in the past two years, and Jiang Fugui and his wife had saved some money, but they didn't have much left.
He did this because he felt that no matter how close the sisters were, once they got married, they should not live together and it was not okay for them to always live in Xiaolang's house.
Sanya was immediately overjoyed, "Thank you, Mom and Dad!"
Even though one hundred taels was not much, she was happy. Her parents always treated them equally, and she didn't care whether they gave her money privately or not. In fact, why did Xiaolang need money from his parents? She was the one who always gave money to the family.
"After Xiaolang finishes his exams, you can go to the capital. Then you can get the key and help her take care of the house. No one has lived there for a long time, so I think it needs to be tidied up."
Late at night, Jiang Youzhen copied the fourth question and finally breathed a sigh of relief. There was one more question, and tomorrow was the last day, so she should be able to leave the dormitory early.
She wrote until very late at night these past two days, and even used candles. The place was really smelly, so Jiang Youzhen planned to finish the third session early.
After putting away the papers, Jiang Youzhen planned to simply wash up and go to bed.
Unexpectedly, just after she fell asleep for a while, she was startled by a scream from the opposite side.
"Fire! Fire!"
Jiang Youzhen suddenly jumped up from the wooden board and looked across, only to see the candidate opposite him patting the fire on the wooden board with his clothes.
"My paper, my paper!" The candidate did not care that the fire had already burned his clothes, and hurried to rescue his paper, but it was too late.
The examination room was in chaos at this moment, and everyone leaned out to see what was going on.
The fire in the examination hall was no small matter. The examination hall had been locked from the outside.
Once the fire spreads, it will easily spread because there are many wooden boards here.
In the previous dynasty, there was a fire in the Imperial Examination Hall, which burned down half of the hall and killed several examinees, not to mention the examination papers.
No one passed that provincial examination.
"What's going on? How did it suddenly catch fire? It won't burn out, will it?" Some candidates were very worried. This place was open and if the wind fanned the fire, they would not be able to escape.
"Maybe I fell asleep while writing."
"Oh no! The papers were burned, right?"
Everyone was talking about it, and the candidate wanted to put out the fire, but the test paper was quickly burned up, and the candidate was heartbroken.
"No noise! Someone, put out the fire!"
Soon the patrol officer arrived, carrying a bucket of water, and without saying a word, he started pouring water on the place.
"Don't water it, don't water it, my test paper, I still have the test paper!"
Jiang Youzhen sighed. The fire was not big, it just burned the whole board. The papers were definitely gone, and those officials would not stop putting out the fire just to save your papers.
"Oh~ It's over! It's over! My paper is gone!" The candidate beat his chest and stamped his feet, as if he had lost his parents.
The fire was quickly put out and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"No one is allowed to walk around or whisper in the examination room. Violators will be charged with cheating!" An inspector glanced at everyone with a sullen face, his eagle eyes patrolling back and forth in the examination room.
There was almost chaos just now. If someone takes advantage of the chaos to commit fraud, no one can take the responsibility.
"It's over! My paper!"
The candidate crawled over and pulled out the burnt examination basket, but the basket had already been burnt and shattered into pieces when touched.
"It's over! It's all over! There's no chance to rewrite it."
Only ten papers were distributed, and they were all put together and burned along with the previously completed essays.
"I'm done! How can I face my parents when I go back? How can I face my wife? I've taken the exam three times, for nine years! After passing the examination for a scholar at the age of twenty, I failed the provincial examinations again and again. God has been so unfair to me..."
This person is in his thirties, and I think he came here with great pressure. But this time, such an accident happened, which was really a big blow.
"No noise is allowed in the examination room! Even if you don't have the test paper, you must stay in your dormitory until tomorrow's rafting!"
The inspector stepped forward and shouted at the candidate, but the candidate turned a deaf ear and burst into tears.
An officer drew out his sword and was about to threaten the other party, but unexpectedly the other party lunged forward. With a "bang", he fell to the ground.
Everyone was dumbfounded, even Jiang Youzhen was stunned for a moment.
"Sir! He committed suicide by hitting his head against the wall!" Jiang Youzhen reminded.
She couldn't leave the cell either, so she could only remind him quietly.
The officer immediately stepped forward and probed the man's nose. He found that he was still breathing and said quickly, "Quick! Carry him out and send him to the alley for the doctor to treat him."
Some weak candidates may faint in the examination room, so doctors are available here.
"This? Why is it so? If you don't pass this year, you can just wait three years and take the exam again. You don't look more than thirty years old."
"Yeah! It's not like we can't take the exam, so why is it so serious?"
Everyone was puzzled. How could the imperial examination be easy? Otherwise, wouldn't everyone in the world be a juren? There were many people who passed the examination until their hair and beards turned white. How could this person, who was only thirty years old, not be able to bear it?
Jiang Youzhen sighed deeply. Maybe he made a promise in front of his family?
She just observed the man's clothes, which were made of old and whitish cotton. She could tell at a glance that he lived in poverty.
Maybe it was because his family was not rich that he promised his family that he would take the exam again, and if he failed, he would give up. In fact, studying is very expensive.