The results were posted at the Imperial Academy, on a public bulletin board to the left of the entrance. Their grades were posted there.
Of course, when Bai Shan and the others arrived, the results hadn't been posted yet, and the candidates gradually gathered at the scene.
Bai Shan saw several familiar faces, all of whom had sat near him during the three days of exams; they exchanged nods as their eyes met.
Although Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were not the youngest of the forty-eight candidates, they were among the youngest group.
The youths and young men, intentionally or unintentionally, split themselves into two groups by age.
Those who looked clearly no more than fifteen or sixteen automatically stood to one side, while those who appeared to be over sixteen and seventeen stood on the other.
Bai Dalang had gone to school, and Mr. Zhuang was seated pensively alone in a carriage not far away.
