Chapter 23: The Day of the Imperial Examination

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Tang Shiming, like other candidates who came to participate in the imperial examination, came to the gate of Guozijian early before dawn.

As the morning sun rose, a long, long queue formed outside the gate of Guozi Prison, and all the candidates were waiting for the moment of admission.

No one cries out because they have been suffering for ten years. Ten years of hard work, nominated for the gold list.

They have been waiting for this day for too long, maybe the title of the gold list, or the name of Sun Shan, they have to give it a try after all.

The sun was getting higher and higher, and when the morning glow was gone, the hour had finally arrived, and the shadow on the corona fell on that special scale.

Then one by one, the candidates, after the inspection, entered the gate of the Guozijian.

The flow of people was like a shuttle, and when it was Tang Shiming's turn, he handed over the sandalwood box he was carrying, and the official in charge of inspection next to him opened it, and everything was carefully inspected.

The pastry I brought was randomly selected and cut into three pieces, and when I saw that there was nothing inside, I put it back and said, "Let's go inside."

In the gate, an official in a dark purple official robe looked at Tang Shiming's number plate, and then pointed to the southwest area, which was the third area of the exam.

Tang Shiming entered the third district, and then he found that his number plate was ranked first in the third district, and when he walked into this small single room, Tang Shiming sat down, whether he could be named on the gold list, he was tested here.

At this time, in another examination area, Lu Botao, who had tried to bribe Tang Shiming before and failed, was quite proudly tasting the pastries he carried, this time he pulled a total of more than 30 candidates to bribe Yang He's son, and then successfully got the exam questions.

Due to the preparation a few days in advance, more than 30 of them discussed together, and finally wrote two classic model essays, and copied them separately, and one of the model essays he carried was hidden in the mezzanine of the food box.

You only need to change the title and terminology in it slightly when you write it, so you don't need to worry about being discovered by the invigilator, after all, there are thousands of test papers, how can you compare them one by one in detail?

And as long as this test paper is successfully handed in, he has a great chance of being able to win the gold list.

After all, they got the exam questions a few days in advance, and they gathered the wisdom of everyone, and the essay they wrote would never be bad.

A moment later, all the candidates had finished entering, and then the officials began to hand out the test papers.

Tang Shiming soon got the test paper, and after unpacking the test paper, Tang Shiming couldn't help but be stunned.

When he saw the title of the imperial examination this time, it turned out to be, 'On Mencius's power, how should he govern the world?'

On the night three days ago, Tang Shiming re-read the entire Mencius commentary, and at this moment, the content in it was still clearly engraved in his mind, and the corners of Tang Shiming's mouth couldn't help but show a smile, this time, he would definitely learn to be a high student! There was no other possibility! Because he had completely memorized the original text of Mencius in his mind, as well as the collection of Mencius commentaries from different angles of dozens of scholars!

The time of the imperial examination is three days, and when the candidates take the examination, they all write the draft first, and after the draft, there are two drafts, three drafts, and some people can write as many as five or six drafts.

Drafts can be written directly on the issued scratch paper, and each candidate has ten pieces of scratch paper of the same size as the exam paper available in addition to the official exam paper, that is, a maximum of ten drafts can be written.

After writing the draft, after rough revision, get the second draft, and then revise it again, for the third draft, and so on, until the candidate consciously writes a perfect chapter, and then he can submit the paper.

Three days later, the country was imprisoned.

As the sun approached set, there was still more than an hour left before the deadline for the final submission, and the candidates began to write their final manuscripts on the exam papers.

Soon, Tang Shiming rang the bell on the seat to summon the examiner.

"Teacher, I have finished writing and applied to submit the paper. Tang Shiming stood up, and Tang Shiming, who was the first to hand in the papers, attracted the sideways glances of the candidates in the few private rooms next to him, but he only paid a little attention to it, and continued to be busy writing his own rolling paper.

The two officials who came in a hurry took the exam paper handed by Tang Shiming, examined each other, and after seeing that the test paper was indeed full, they put the test paper into a paper tube, and then directly sealed it with fire paint that can prevent theft.

Then they took the test papers with them, and soon two soldiers arrived, and they first threw several drafts of Tang Shiming into the brazier to destroy them, and then they began to leave the venue with Tang Shiming.

Walking out of the examination room, Tang Shiming was still a little excited in his heart, and he finally drafted the article this time, admitting that it was no less than the deep meaning of Mencius's commentary, pushing through the old and bringing forth the new, and being able to see the whole country was his biggest highlight.

This time, he will definitely hit the Yuan!

After leaving Guozijian, Tang Shiming returned to the restaurant.

For the next few days, I will wait for the final release here.

Tang Shiming was waiting for the release of the list in the inn, but Tang Shiming's daughter Tang Mo couldn't be idle at all, two days ago, Tang Mo had already left the inn, she went directly to the White Lotus Sect capital to spend the night at night, and by the way, she gave Ning Xianlu to those newly joined White Lotus Sect believers.

In the past few days, the members of the White Lotus Sect lurking in the city have come back with specific news about the fraud in the imperial examination, and the person who took the lead in the fraud was a person named Lu Botao, and this person also contacted Tang Mo's father in private, trying to pull him into it, but Tang Shiming directly refused.

Since that day Tang Mo admitted Fairy Jia into the White Lotus Sect, Fairy Jia has always wanted Tang Mo to give her Ning Xian Dew, and now Tang Mo is finally going to give her Ning Xian Lu.

"Fairy Jia, you have made a great contribution to the investigation of fraud in the imperial examination this time, and you were supposed to give Ning Xianlu to you in the middle of next month, but since you have performed so well, I will give it to you now. ā€

Tang Mo took out a porcelain bottle containing a hundredfold dilution of condensing immortal dew from his arms and threw it on Fairy Jia's body.

Fairy Jia was kneeling on the ground, caught it in surprise, glanced at Tang Mo, and then uncorked the bottle and drank Ning Xianlu.

An hour later, the transformed Jia Fairy became a real fairy.

She looked at herself in the bronze mirror, and suddenly burst into tears, she had no other pursuit in her life.

On the banks of the Qinhuai River, the spring breeze is thick, and now the time is the beginning of April, and the imperial examination has ended for two days.

Therefore, the bank of the Qinhuai River is now the most lively place.

Everywhere, you can see candidates who have completed the imperial examination, or two confidants, traveling together, or groups of three or five, traveling with beauty.

Tang Mo and Ye Fei took Xiao Tao Xiaocui for a walk on the bank of the Qinhuai River, and Xiao Tao Xiaocui, who did not wear a veil, became the highest return rate here, and most men focused their eyes on Xiao Tao and Xiao Cui.

In the eyes of those men, they are already the most beautiful women in the world, and later, there are men following behind, and some people block the way and shout, "In this life, there are not two fairies who don't marry!"

Tang Mo didn't care about this, and asked Ye Fei, who was wearing a veil, to come forward to drive these people away, and then continue to move forward.

"It's so big" Ye Fei's gaze fell on the surface of the Qinhuai River, and he saw a large painting boat slowly moving forward, the painting boat was more than ten meters high, and the four-story gorgeous room was like a palace.

"I'm not going today, I'm going back. Tang Mo said suddenly.

"Miss, what's wrong?" Xiao Tao asked inexplicably, walking well, why did she suddenly have to return.

"Shut up, if you go back, I'll go back with me, what so many words. Tang Mo's expression was cold, and he turned back.

"Oh" Xiao Tao had no choice but to follow Tang Mo and walk back, and Xiao Cui Yefei also followed.

After following Tang Mo for a long time, Xiao Tao knew that Miss had a very strong desire to control, so she had to follow silently at the moment.

Not long after Tang Mo turned around and left, several disguised Jinyi Wei masters came to the place where Tang Mo was just now.

A man dressed in scholar's clothes, who was actually a secret agent of the Jinyi Guard, waved his hand to several Jinyi Guard masters who rushed over, "Just now I saw two women suspected of being from the White Lotus Sect, and their momentum is exactly the same as that of the White Lotus Sect demons, so I sent a message to inform you." ā€

"What about people?"

"Lost in Follow"

The master of the brocade guard led by "waste" snorted coldly.

continued to stay in place for half an hour, but never saw the suspicious woman again, and finally had to give up.