Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times - Chapter 95

When the old man woke up, he was in a good mood.

However, he was startled by the sound of writing next door, which made him doubt whether he had slept at all.

Otherwise, why would he wake up and find the person next door still doing questions?!

Regardless of the veteran’s doubts about life, Jing Xingzhi’s writing seemed to be full of energy, one question after another.

He followed the rules, made a draft first, then sorted out and corrected typos, and finally copied it neatly onto the answer sheet.

According to regulations, the answer had to be on the draft paper too; otherwise, Jing Xingzhi would rather skip this step.

From night to early morning, and from early morning to when the sun climbed into the sky.

After finishing two questions, the old man was so tired that he wanted to take a rest, but he realized that the next door hadn’t stopped yet!

The old man was shocked; didn’t that young man need to rest?

Who was that next door?! Please say your name!

The old man was shocked, and the fellow examiner who was patrolling the examination almost dropped his jaw in shock.

A fellow examiner came and knocked on Jing Xingzhi’s door. Seeing Jing Xingzhi’s tender face, he kindly reminded him, “The first exam lasts three days, so you have time to think.”

Jing Xingzhi raised his head, his eyes clear and sincere: “Sir, there is something at home; the student’s wife is about to give birth. There is no one at home, and the student wants to finish the exam early and go back early. But I am writing the test questions seriously, and I will never treat them negligently!”

When the examiner heard this, he was also surprised.

He didn’t know Jing Xingzhi and thought that this young man was really unlucky to have this happen to him.

Giving birth was indeed dangerous, and it was normal for a good man who valued love and justice to feel uneasy about passing through the gate of death.

The fellow examiner encouraged Jing Xingzhi: “Then you take the exam well, and I’ll talk to the superintendent; the superintendent will understand you.”

It meant that he could leave early after he finished the test paper. He had to tell the superintendent so that Jing Xingzhi’s impression points would not be deducted!

Then the examiner left quickly. After all, the test paper was difficult and required a lot of words.

“Thank you, sir!” Jing Xingzhi was overjoyed. He stood up and saluted respectfully to his middle-aged fellow examiner.

The official stamped paper was handed in in advance.

With official permission, Jing Xingzhi took the questions more seriously.

Because he had another dangerous idea… Could he finish today? Could he leave today?!

Anyway, he was the emperor’s junior brother, and now that he had obtained the official stamp, he was not afraid of the limitations of the notion that “handing in the paper early had long been a sign of contempt for the examination.”

The more he valued affection and righteousness, the happier “Second Senior Brother” would be.

Things happened for a reason, and he was not afraid of criticism from his peers.

Obviously, a dangerous idea… but very feasible!

Jing Xingzhi was very excited, so he stopped eating. The food was too slow to prepare, and he had enough time to tackle even half a big question.

At noon, Jing Xingzhi took two bites of cake. He felt a little envious when he smelled the aroma next door, but after swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva, he sat down again and continued to work on the questions.

The old man next door felt that he was a bit bad. He had time to eat and sleep.

The pretty boy next door was in a hurry to go back and take care of his wife, who was about to give birth, so the old man specially picked the least fragrant dish and heated it up for himself.

The old man thought to himself that this was probably the greatest care he could give to his neighbour next door.

The commotion at Jing Xingzhi’s place also caused many examiners to turn their attention there, wanting to see what this student was like so that they would have something new to talk about with other colleagues when they returned.

After a second look, someone really recognized Jing Xingzhi, which made Jing Xingzhi’s name appear in front of the superintendent.

Superintendent Su Mingyuan was sitting, drinking tea, and thought to himself: This Jing Xingzhi was indeed a good boy. He was right.

That old guy, Old Fang, was also lucky to have chosen such a good disciple with good character.

But even though Old Fang worked so hard to teach, it wasn’t as satisfying as sitting here.

He didn’t have to do anything; this kid would also be his disciple, Su Mingyuan!

Just one word to ask about his mood—cool~

The superintendent sitting above laughed for some reason, and the deputy examiners and fellow examiners below laughed with him. The thoughtful ones paid more attention to Jing Xingzhi.

So, on the evening of the ninth day of the lunar month, as the sun was setting just right, the entire place where the examiners were erupted in surprise.

——The exam had only taken one day, and someone had handed in the paper!

It was the first case in the entire Li Dynasty!

Even those Juren who fell ill would not fall down on the first day of the first game.

People might ask why the examinee handed in the paper on the first day?

Oh. The wife was about to give birth, so he was so anxious that he finished three days of questions in one day!

In this case, should Jing Xingzhi be released or not?

The deputy examiner and co-examiner were stunned when they received the news.

They had just asked him to go home early and gain a reputation as a reasonable person. Why was he still done so early?!