Chapter XVI: The Imperial Examination

It was not yet dawn, and there were still a few remnant stars hanging in the sky. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe air was filled with the chill of dawn, and the branches and leaves that had just sprouted were covered with dew.

At this time, the entire Shen Mansion compound was already busy. Today is the day when the fourth and fifth sons of the Shen family's big house participate in the government examination, and the courtyard of the big house is already busy, and the people are also cautious.

An Ran packed up the things to be brought for the exam, and the scholar next to him carried the exam basket, which contained pen, ink and food.

At this time, Aunt Liu also came to An Ran's courtyard, "Are the things ready? The pen and ink are in hand? Do you want to bring more snacks? Have you eaten breakfast? Hurry, I'll show you what is still missing." Aunt Liu was even more nervous than An Ran, who was going to take the exam, and when she came into the courtyard and saw An Ran, she asked a question.

"Oh, my good aunt, I've already prepared the things, and I don't have any snacks with me, and I can't put them away if I have to stay there for days. Auntie, don't worry, just wait at home, my son will definitely give you a show before you come. An Ran saw that Aunt Liu, who was usually indifferent, was now messed up, and her heart was funny, but she was also moved.

"Okay, now that you've packed it up, I'll leave it alone. It's also that I'm panicking, you've been a steady person since you were a child, and I haven't bothered much about you since I was a child. By the way, your second sister and seventh sister have also sent people to ask you, and your seventh sister is still coming to see you, so I stopped her, and now she is eight months pregnant, and she is about to give birth at some point, how can she be the same as before? If she really ran with her belly in her arms, even if her mother-in-law didn't say anything, she would be unhappy in her heart. Aunt Liu looked at her son very pleased, but when she thought of her daughter, she was worried, her daughter got married two years ago, and now she is pregnant, and she doesn't know if it's a boy or a girl, but she hopes that her daughter can become a man in one fell swoop, so that her daughter will not be sad in the future.

An Ran heard that her sister was pregnant and cared about herself, thinking that she had not seen her sister during this time for the exam, and she would definitely visit her sister after the exam, "Aunt rest assured, take me to the test, and go to visit my sister." "After saying this, it is not too early to see the hour. Aunt Liu was worried that she would miss the exam and asked him to go to the main hall, but she left.

Then An Ran and the fourth son, Shen Zijue, came to the main hall together, and said goodbye to their parents and other elders one by one.

When I came to the examination room, there were already many candidates standing outside waiting. An Ran and Shen Zijue took the test basket in the hands of their subordinates, ordered them to wait by the carriage, and the two joined the candidates.

After a while, someone came and ordered all the candidates to line up in a long pair and check one by one. In order to prevent any candidates from carrying things, a strict search is carried out before each test.

Soon it was Enron's turn, and like the candidates in front, he had to untie his clothes, leaving only his middle coat for inspection. And the hair should be untied, the shoes and socks should be taken off, and the pen and ink in the examination basket should also be checked.

Passed the inspection awkwardly and entered the examination room. The messenger led An Ran to the designated position, and then the examiner called the name and talked about the many requirements of the exam, and then the candles, pens and papers and other items to be used in the exam were handed out one by one.

An Ran sat quietly in his place, looking up and looking, the children who took the exam were of different ages. Eighteen or nineteen years old, there are the most young people in their twenties, but there are also gray-haired old people, and the younger ones are not even ten years old, even Xiang Anran is now a thirteen or fourteen-year-old teenager. An Ran sighed silently in his heart, worthy of being at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are also many young talents. No matter what era it is, there is always no shortage of geniuses.

Soon the test questions were sent, and he calmed down and read the questions carefully, without thinking about it. Enron has experienced the exams of more than ten years in his previous life, and he has long been accustomed to it, and he has reviewed the knowledge many times, so he will not be so nervous about the exam.

I saw that the paper was written with fill-in-the-blank questions similar to modern times, and I was asked to complete these contents from the "Four Books", as well as write my own understanding of a few sentences from the "Analects", and then compose a poem based on the "Yellow Flower". An Ran first wrote his thoughts on the draft one by one, and then re-wrote the content on the draft in regular script. And the font is neat and neat, which is pleasing to the eye at a glance.

In the blink of an eye, the exam is over. Anran walked out of the examination room, but his expression was a little decadent, and his body was fine, unlike many others who were carried out of the examination room. Brother Jue also walked out after a while, his expression was also not good, and as soon as he walked to An Ran's side, he fainted. An Ran hurriedly ordered people to rush to the carriage, put Jue Ge'er into the carriage, and several people returned home.

Returning to the Shen Mansion was another toss, and An Ran went back to his courtyard to sleep. This sleep is three days to replenish the spirit.

When he woke up, An Ran only felt refreshed, and An Ran didn't waste time, and he practiced the exercises, and his cultivation made a lot of progress.

Half a month later, someone came to report that "the fourth son won the fifteenth place, and the fifth son was the sixteenth." An Ran was not surprised when he heard this, Brother Jue is really smart, and although he himself is an adult, he has practiced the exercises, so it can be said that he will never forget and have a strong understanding. However, over the years, firstly, in order to hide his clumsiness, and secondly, because of his own preferences, most of his time has been spent on calligraphy, painting and miscellaneous books, so it is normal to be lower than Jue Geer's ranking.

The two brothers in the house celebrated when they won the show, and they wanted to invite relatives and friends to hold a banquet.

And An Ran and Jue Ge'er first went to worship the teacher, Huai'an Jushi, and then participated in the banquet held at home, and then An Ran went to visit her sister who was about to give birth.