Er Ya and Mengzi persuaded several times, and finally persuaded the white lotus to go back, looking at the girl's somewhat lonely back, Er Ya was a little red.

"Okay, okay," Huo Dameng gently stroked the long hair of the girl in front of him, and comforted him softly, "It's more than a hundred miles from here to Shan, tomorrow is the county exam, and we'll go back after the exam." ”

Erya wiped her eyes, looked at the young man and smiled, this time she left, although Sister Lotus was a little lonely, but fortunately, she still had her family to accompany her. Brother Mengzi is different, this county examination is extremely important to Brother Mengzi, and now Brother and Brother Qing'er have gone to Guiliu with Master Jian to investigate the case, and they always have to go to cheer and cheer for Brother Mengzi.

In the distance, the green mountains are majestic, the mountains and forests are reflected in the twilight, and the official road extends into the distance, which looks bright in the afterglow of the sunset.

The two of them were supposed to leave yesterday, and they could rest for a night when they arrived in Shanwu, they were not in a hurry, and they prepared with peace of mind, but there was such an accident in the Bai family, so they thought about accompanying the White Lotus more, and it was delayed until the evening, and they had to leave.

Although the weather in February is still a little cool, the cold is not as heavy as in winter, and both of them have worked their bodies, and the breeze is light, which is a little comfortable.

The road was unhurried, and when the sky was just light, I could already see the city in the distance. Shanwu is different from Dingbian, although it is close, it is much more magnificent than Dingbian, the whole body is built of long stone, and it is glutinous rice mixed with very fine lime, and it is said that even the purple phoenix dance artillery of Shanrong may not be able to defeat with one blow.

A castle tower was built on the tall city gate, which was unique in the entire Qingshan County. In the deep doorway, a gate made of fine iron hangs high in the gateway, and two rows of sturdy soldiers stand on both sides, carefully inspecting the pedestrians, chariots and horses entering and leaving.

Although Erya and Mengzi were born in Huojia Village, they are also from Shanwu County, but they have never really seen this majestic city.

The pedestrians who walked by on both sides laughed at the stunned appearance of the two teenagers, but said that most of them were from nearby villages and towns, and they were afraid that it was the first time they entered the city and were frightened by this magnificent castle.

Although the soldiers guarding the door looked like they were brave and brave, they looked at the outfit of the fierce son and knew that nine times out of ten they were students who came to catch the exam, and their attitude towards the two of them was very kind. When you enter the city, you are faced by a wide street lined with shops. Just after the hour, many shops selling breakfast were in full swing. Er Ya looked all the way, although she didn't say anything, her stomach protested, and she couldn't stop gurgling.

Mengzi smiled secretly in his heart, stretched out his hand and took the little girl and turned around and got into a shop. It was the first time for Mengzi to go to such a prosperous place, and he didn't know what to eat, so he had to pretend to wait and see, and look around to see what was eating on each table.

Er Ya stretched out his hand and pulled the sleeve of Mengzi, stretched out his finger and pointed to the food on a table, Mengzi understood, and greeted Xiao Er with a smile. Xiao Er knew that the two teenagers were coming for the first time, so he didn't say anything, and went down to prepare with a smile.

There was not much time, Xiao Er walked over with a tray, two large bowls of white porcelain with a blue background, not yet on the table, the aroma had rushed to the end of the nose, the milky white soup was floating with green onions, a few slices of red mutton slices floated on the soup, snow-white radish, red pepper crushes, and golden cakes, before eating, the little girl's saliva had dripped down.

After breakfast, Mengzi took Erya to find an inn to live in, washed up, changed clothes, and went to the county school to prepare for the exam.

At three o'clock, the examination booth had already opened, and many students who had taken the examination were lining up to be tested by sergeants. After Huo Dameng lined up, it didn't take long for him to submit the exam and introduce the examination room, and a lantern boy took him into the light word room.

Paper and ink have been prepared in the room, and the question paper is the topic of today's examination, which is the silent writing of designated passages of classics such as "The Book of Filial Piety", "Analects", and "Zuo Chuan". Such a question is not difficult for most students, and the focus of today's test is not in the scriptures, but in calligraphy, the so-called words are like their people, the first day of the county school exam is to see everyone's basic skills, if you are not even familiar with the content of these classics, then the next exam is not to test. The second is to have a first understanding of the candidate through the handwriting.

At the time of the lamp, Huo Dameng had already written all the topics of the day, pulled the bell, and soon two officials came to seal the volume and put it in the box to take it away.

Huo Dameng did not choose to return to the inn, although this examination shed is a little smaller, but it is enough for one person to sleep, stay here, you can save money for living in the hotel, and you can buy some fat powder for the little girl after the exam. Second, I also avoid the pain of running around, and I can sleep well.

Early in the morning, Huo Dameng had already woken up before the hour, slept all night, his spirit was much better, and after washing, a small official sent breakfast. At two o'clock, today's topic has been placed on the case, which is the scriptures and essays.

"Water, fire, metal, wood, earth, Gu Wei Xiu. ”

Huo Dameng knew that this sentence was from "Shangshu Da Yu Mo", which talked about the role of water, fire, metal, wood, earth, and valley in educating and transforming the people.

Although he lived in a mountain village and was not familiar with farming, if he extended the meaning of the scriptures, vigorously praised Yao Shun's virtue, and praised the empire's virtue and politics that rested with the people and was born in time over the years, although it is old-fashioned, it can still be regarded as a decent good article, which is the safest choice. But Huo Dameng didn't want to do this, since he followed Zhen Yulan to study, he often heard Aunt Yulan talk about the life deeds of heroes and good looks in the past dynasties, but none of them made achievements by following the old ways. Since it is a county school exam, if you answer well and answer differently in today's paper, it is very likely to reach the heavens, and no matter how bad it is, it will be noticed by those examiners. After thinking about it, Huo Dameng still decided to express his opinion.

did not write about the agricultural strategy of water irrigation and gold cultivation, but with a turn of the pen, water can transport, fire energy tools, gold can defend the country, wood can build muscles, soil can defend, and valley can raise soldiers. Write until the light and candle shine high, then I feel comfortable in my chest, rattle the roll and hand over the paper, close my eyes, the blood in my heart is stirring, and I can't calm down for a long time.

On the third day, today is a policy discussion, and the topic is a bit strange.

"Scholar Knowledge"

There is no preface, no afterword, just these four lonely words. Huo Dameng looked at the topic, glad that he was born in Huojia Village. If it weren't for the study with Aunt Yulan, those private school gentlemen outside would probably not care about these side branches.

This is what Pei Xingjian, a famous general of the former dynasty, said, "Scholars are far-reaching, first instrumental knowledge, and then literature and art." ”

When teaching this sentence, Zhen Yulan agreed very much, if a person does not have some bearing, whether he is a general or a minister, how can he recognize and employ people, and how can he talk about Wen Taowu's strategy? In this regard, Huo Dameng did not agree, what is a bearing? That is the calmness and calmness after experiencing a bloody storm, what if you are in a bloody storm? To live, at all costs, and not to care about all means is the most important thing to live. But these obviously can't be written into the test paper, Huo Dameng didn't be maverick this time, but slightly modified Zhen Yulan's words and copied them as they were.

Just after noon, Er Ya went to Sanjianglou next to the inn to order wine and food, calculated the time, and arrived in a while. The little girl paced in the room, thinking about what she should say if Brother Mengzi came back with a smile for a while, and what if she had a bitter face?

was rehearsing over and over again in his mind alone, when the door suddenly opened, and a young man was looking at himself with a grease box in his hand. The little girl pounced with a cheer, and the words she had been preparing for a long time had long been forgotten outside the clouds.