Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 755 Just Following
Upon being told they could leave, the gentlemen packed their belongings that very day.

Meng Changqing did not see them off, so he did not know that only the gentlemen invited from Wanzhou left, while Cai Rong remained.

In fact, Cai Rong also wanted to leave. He had already packed his bags, thinking that he could still return to Luojiang County. Although Luojiang County still belonged to Liangzhou, it was much safer than Beishan County.

Thinking back to his life in Luojiang County and looking at his current residence, he wondered if he would ever have the face to return after leaving this time.

So when Mo Lixiao knocked on the door to urge him to leave, he changed his mind.

Let's stay here and trust him one more time.

After the teachers left, Meng Changqing actually made time to attend classes at the academy.

Not long after entering, Meng Changqing saw Cai Rong moving between several classrooms. He was surprised. "Mr. Cai?"

Cai Rong nodded to her without saying anything more.

When Meng Changqing entered Class A, the dozen or so students there stared at her with wide eyes, like toads.

"Students," Meng Changqing said as he stepped onto the podium, "I'm here. Your good days have begun."

Without giving the students a chance to ask questions, Meng Changqing continued, "Have you all memorized all the books required for the county examination? Is there anyone who doesn't know them? Raise your hand if you don't."

Meng Changqing looked around to make sure no one raised their hand, then started calling on people to recite, beginning with those closest to her and proceeding one by one.

She sets bizarre and unusual questions, not letting people memorize them properly from beginning to end, and she especially likes to ask questions about the preceding and following sentences.

Not only did the students recite it, but she would also ask what the previous sentence was. With her, you couldn't just recite it backwards; even if you couldn't recite it, you had to stand and listen to the lesson, which she said would help you remember.

Meng Changqing stayed in the classroom for fifteen minutes.

None of these students could sit still.

It wasn't that the students weren't studying hard; it was just that she focused on asking them questions about the parts they weren't familiar with.

Originally, we took turns answering questions, but later it became that she would ask questions first, and then call on whoever seemed to not know the answer.

Everyone makes mistakes; even if Meng Changqing answered the questions himself, he couldn't possibly know the answers to every single one.

Meng Changqing gave them 45 minutes to look through the book, followed by another round of questions. By the end of the day, the students' faces had turned pale.

When lunchtime finally arrived, more than half of the students in the classroom didn't even want to eat. "With our level of ability, do we think we can pass the county exam next year?"

"Mr. Zou said that our level is about the same." He said this without much confidence.

“You two are still standing there talking. If adults keep asking questions like this, you’ll have plenty of time to stand all afternoon. Sigh, I need to sit down for a while. My feet have been sore from standing all morning.”

"Is Your Excellency coming again this afternoon?" a student asked. "Didn't County Magistrate Cheng say there was something going on at the county office?"

The students in the classroom looked at each other, and one of them whispered, "I think Mr. Cai teaches quite well, there's really no need to waste Lord Meng's time."

Immediately, someone chimed in, "You're right. Why don't you go and talk to Dean Mo?"

"If we're going to go together..." Before the student could finish speaking, Mo Lixiao pushed open the door and walked in.

The previously noisy classroom instantly fell silent.

"Lord Meng has official business to attend to this afternoon and won't have time to come over." Before the students could even be happy, Mo Lixiao continued, "You will all go to the county government this afternoon."

The students were all dumbfounded.

These people didn't really want to go. They had initially thought Magistrate Meng was kind and approachable, but after half a day, where was the kindness? He would throw out a question, and if they couldn't answer it, the way he looked at them was as if he wanted to skin them alive. Standing near him, they didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

Although they didn't want to go, these people were too obedient. The dean had given the order, so whether they wanted to or not, they had to go.

After the meal, they resigned themselves to their fate and went to the county government office with their books.

As a result, they weren't allowed to recite their lessons again in the afternoon.

When Meng Changqing saw them, he only said one thing: "Follow me this afternoon, don't say anything and don't get in the way."

If Meng Changqing said to follow, then he really meant to tell them to follow.

I didn't ask them anything, and I didn't explain anything to them.