Chapter Seventy-Two: Entrance Examination

It is said to be a teahouse, and there is everything in it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The three of them chose a table and sat down, ordered three bowls of tea, six buns, and cut a pound of beef.

Yan Qing saw that the eldest brother of the driver could eat, so he added three more buns and two bowls of noodles to him.

When he was full of food and drink, Yan Qing asked Xiao Er to cut two more catties of dried beef and serve as dry food on the road.

They got into the carriage and continued southward, and at night, they stopped in the town for a short rest, and then hurried to Chongqing without stopping.

On the fifth watch, the sky was gray and slightly bright.

After a bumpy journey all the way, they finally came to the city gate of Yuzhou.

And outside the city gates, they were far more than just their carriages waiting to open the city gates.

Only the carriage can be congested and besieged, and it can probably only be encountered once a year during the scientific expedition. After a while, Yan Qingchao looked behind, and in the blink of an eye, a few more carriages were lined up.

Half an hour passed like this, and only a few drums were heard from the tower, and then the heavy city gate opened.

Yan Qing stretched his waist and saw that the carriage was slowly driving into Yuzhou City one by one.

"Husband, let's go to the city first, let's go to find an inn near the Gongyuan first!" Yan Qingdao.

Su Jin looked at her and nodded with a smile: "The lady is right, the scholars who come to take the exam are overcrowded, if we go one step late, it will add a lot of trouble."

"Uh-huh!" Yan Qing smiled.

As soon as they got off the carriage here, they saw that the candidates from all over the world gathered in front of the gate of the Gongyuan, or looked at the book by themselves, and the two of them chanted poems in groups, and they also heard some talking about the test questions, but they were just guesses.

Su Jin and Yan Qing didn't stay here for long, so they went to find the inn.

There was an inn on the side of Liwen Lane not far from the Gongyuan, and as soon as they entered the inn, they saw that the hall was full of people and there were no seats, Yan Qing felt bad in his heart.

Su Jin walked to the counter and smiled politely at the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, we stay in two rooms."

The shopkeeper looked up at him, he saw a lot of scholars who came to the scientific examination every year, and he was naturally not so polite to the gentleman in front of him, he lowered his head and continued to play his abacus, and replied: "The house is full, Mr. go to another house to ask!"

"Thank you!" Su Jin smiled.

They left the inn and went to several houses in a row, all of which were already full. It seems that they are still a step late in each inn.

"Husband, let's go look elsewhere!"

Yan Qing and Su Jin walked out of an inn again, and she continued: "Living near the Gongyuan, there is no advantage except for proximity, as long as we come early the day after tomorrow, we don't care about the distance and proximity."

"Well, that's it!" Su Jin replied and walked with her to the carriage.

Since she decided to find an inn elsewhere, Yan Qing didn't need to be in a hurry, she sat in the carriage, and then she had the heart to look at the noisy streets of Yuzhou.

The street is obviously much wider than Lan'an, and the pebble pavement under your feet is obviously different from Lan'an's bluestone pavement.

On the street they passed, there were a lot of cloth shops, teahouses and restaurants, and there were a few calligraphy and painting shops.

The carriage stopped in front of an inn in Fulaimen.

Su Jin and Yan Qing entered the inn and asked, sure enough, there were still many guest rooms here, they booked two guest rooms, followed Xiao Er upstairs, and finally could rest.

At noon, they went down to have dinner with Brother Liu, and Yan Qing thought that the street was too noisy.

She accompanied Su Jin to read in the room, she watched for an hour, and felt that her eyes hurt, so she went down to buy the four treasures of the study and painted by herself.

A painting of "Gongsheng" was completed, and she took the painting to her husband to see, and asked, "Husband, what do you think of my painting?"

Su Jin saw that the style of painting should be in line with the time, and his charm when he walked towards the Tribute Courtyard was just right, just as he went to the Tribute Courtyard today, and said with a smile: "The lady's painting skills are becoming more and more skilled."

"Really?" Yan Qing smiled and said in disbelief: "How about the comparison with Mr. Su's paintings?"

Su Jin smiled and said ashamedly: "Su is willing to bow down."

"It's pretty much the same!" Yan Qing playfully grimaced at him, causing Su Jin to smile happily, she returned to her place and continued to paint.

In the two days that they came to Yuzhou, Su Jin and Yan Qing stayed in the room all day, except for going downstairs to eat, they rarely went out.

Su Jin reviewed the Four Books and Five Classics he had read before, and waited for the township exam to start tomorrow.

It's this day.

The two of them got up early in the morning, Su Jin wore a green robe, and after the three of them had breakfast, Brother Liu sent them to the Tribute Courtyard.

It was still early for them to come, and there were only dozens of scholars waiting outside the Gongyuan at the moment.

And the lady who came to send her husband to the exam belonged to Su Jin alone. The two of them have a strong affection, and they can't help but attract a lot of attention, some envy, and some sarcasm.

Yan Qing didn't care about the eyes of others, since that time her husband was framed and imprisoned, she and her husband have not been separated for a long time.

She looked at Su Jin and smiled slightly and instructed: "Husband, you can only take the exam with peace of mind when you go in, and wait for you outside for your wife."

"Okay! It's hard to be a lady!" Su Jin ignored the eyes of others, he held his lady's hands in the palm of his hand, and kissed lightly on the lips: "For the husband to live up to the lady's expectations"

"Mmmm, believe in your husband for your wife!" Yan Qing looked at him with a smile.

At this time, the gate of the Gongyuan was finally opened. Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man in a blue-brown shirt walked out of it, he first bowed his hand to the candidates waiting here, and smiled: "Let all the talents wait for a long time, there is still half an hour left before entering the entrance examination, and the talents are ready to enter the hospital, Huang wishes the talents can get their wish to high school."

"Enter the hospital!" shouted the attendant behind him.

Yan Qing sent Su Jin to follow a few more steps, and saw that each scholar who entered the courtyard was touched one by one before entering the courtyard, and then one of them gave a basket.

When Su Jin walked to the gate of the Gongyuan, he approached Mr. Huang, and his eyes collided, and Mr. Huang smiled at him.

Su Jin smiled politely, let the tribute attendant touch his sleeves and waist, took the examination basket, glanced back at his wife, made her smile relaxedly, and stepped into the tribute courtyard.

Yan Qing disappeared from her husband, so she was willing to get into the carriage and go back to the inn to wait first.

In the two days she came to Yuzhou, she made a total of four paintings, and she stayed in the room alone for a long time, feeling a little bored.

I thought of taking her four paintings and going to the nearby calligraphy and painting gallery. Yuzhou and Lan An are different, presumably the vision of the calligraphy and painting gallery here is much higher than that of Lan'an's calligraphy and painting studios, and she can also learn some experience by the way, so that she can use it when she opens a gallery.