Chapter 241: The Imperial Examination
"Hey......" he raised his hand and shook it in front of her. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info she woke up like a dream.
"You...... You repeat. A flush appeared on Bingyu's face. is such a blatant nymphomaniac, he must be laughed to death by him.
"Wow, you're captivated by my charm, aren't you?" He hooked her little nose.
"Cut, don't make up for beauty, I'm thinking who wrote 'Idle Knocking on Chess Pieces and Falling Lights'."
"Hard-mouthed, don't you admit it?" Qing Xuan looked at her with bad eyes, and was about to raise her hand to scratch her arm muscle socket, but when she saw this, she hurriedly raised her hand and surrendered: "The gentleman doesn't move his mouth."
"I'm asking what kind of Chinese herb dandelion belongs to, and what are its functions?"
"I know the answer to your question. Dandelion is a cold Chinese herbal medicine, which treats heat poison, carbuncle, damp heat, jaundice, boils, carbuncles, sore throat and so on. Especially for female breast hyperplasia, breast nodules, etc., the effect is very significant. She paused, and then added:
"Recently, I made a special discovery. That is, dandelion has a miraculous curative effect on curing rhinitis. When I was a child, I had severe rhinitis because of the dry air, and I always had a runny nose every day. Later, I heard that dandelion has an anti-inflammatory effect on the body, so I bought some dried dandelion from the pharmacy to soak in water and drink, not to mention, rhinitis was cured without treatment. ”
"Oh? Yes, then you can be included in the "Chinese Medicine Dictionary". Since you answer so fluently, I won't punish you. Qing Xuan blinked, "Did you remember the author of your 'idle chess pieces and falling lanterns'?" ”
"I really can't remember it, I knew this sentence many years ago, but the author doesn't know who it is." Bing Yu tilted her head with a distressed look.
"I don't know, I think it's a not-so-famous author."
The two of them held the poetry collection and checked it for a long time, but they didn't find it. Later, Bingyu went online to check and found that the person's name was Zhao Shixiu, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, no wonder there was no such person in the poetry collection of the Tang Dynasty.
The two of them were dizzy when they read books, and they were even discussing exam questions when they were eating and dreaming.
Finally, the day of the township test has arrived.
Bingyu has never had the habit of plagiarism, so she entered the examination room alone.
Qing Xuan was not so honest, he lit a candle and typed a lot of cheat sheets the night before: stuffed in his sleeves, hidden in his clothes, written on his thighs, and even hidden in his hair! Anyway, when I entered the exam room with these cheat sheets, I felt much more at ease.
There are many people who come to participate in the township test. The examination room is set in the famous bookstore in Jianye City. After the candidates enter the examination room, the door of the examination room is closed, and two guards hold weapons outside the door to prevent idle people from trespassing in the examination room, or people in the examination room from colluding with people outside.
The examiner stood in front with a dignified look. Pen, ink, paper, and inkstones are all prepared in advance, one set on each table, and candidates only need to answer their own papers. It is not possible to peek at others, because there is a partition between each candidate.
The questions in the township exam are quite simple, and they are all multiple-choice questions. Bing Yu smiled when she saw this question, in the real world, she had taken countless exams, large and small, and she was the best at questions like this. Because even if you can't, you can still get it right with the elimination method.
Qing Xuan looked at the scrolls, some of which he answered quickly, but some of which he felt shaky, thinking that he had seen it in which book, but he couldn't remember which one it was.
He looked up at the examiner, who was looking at him with a grim face. Damn, being targeted by the examiner? No way.
Qing Xuan pretended to think, biting the tail of the brush and frowning, as if thinking of the answer. In fact, he was waiting for the examiner to go to someone else's invigilator so that he could take out the note hidden in his sleeve and copy it.
The examiner also seemed to see through his thoughts, and stood on the podium in front of him, and did not go anywhere. Qing Xuan had no choice, until the end of the exam, and there was no chance to take out the note. In the end, he had no choice but to scribble the answer a moment before handing in the paper.
The day of the announcement is in the afternoon of a week.
Many people came to see the list, Qing Xuan pulled the ice jade, and it took a lot of effort to get into front of the crowd, and finally found his name among hundreds of candidates. This time, Bing Yu took the 23rd exam, but Qing Xuan ranked 58th. It's really lucky that he got a lot of those answers right!
The township test is over, and it should be easy to pass the test.
Qing Xuan is not serious about studying, and when he is fine, he combs the horses in the stable, or feeds some grass to the sheep in the sheepfold. When I'm really bored, I flip through the books.
Bing Yu didn't dare to slack off. She felt that it would not be so simple to take the test, and she still had to read the book carefully. She also persuaded Qing Xuan to read with her, but Qing Xuan was willing to listen to her. Not only did he not listen, but sometimes he made trouble for her.
While she was napping, he drew two moustaches on her face. When she found out and went to wash her face, he took the opportunity to hide her book again. She sat there attentively and read, and he deliberately walked around in front of her, and took out the clothes she wore when she was married, and put them on his body, playing the role of a charming bride.
Bingyu always pretended not to see it, but she was happy in her heart: this bear child has a lot of tricks to make trouble. However, she didn't annoy him, he was five years younger than herself, how could she bother with him?
Qing Xuan realized that he had exhausted all his tricks, and there was no movement over there, so he got angry and said, "Why don't you lose your temper and quarrel with me." ”
"Tantrums? Quarrel? We can't be in love together, why quarrel with each other-" Bingyu put the book aside and looked at her husband in confusion.
"You know, sometimes, an argument is also a form of communication. It's nice to be respectful like this, but it doesn't feel like a couple. Look at which husband and wife ...... politely all day," Qing Xuan said his great truth.
"But—I won't belch." Bing Yu was stunned.
"I will. Come, I'll teach you. Qing Xuan stood in the middle of the ground, stretched out his index finger and pointed at Bing Yu's nose and said, "You standing in the pit and not doing that—hey, do you say I'm not sick?" How can I teach others to scold myself......"
Bingyu covered her mouth and smiled.
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The examination was held in the capital, and the examination room was set up in Guozijian. The examination will be personally supervised by the Shoshu of the Ministry of Rites.
Candidates from all over the country sat in the classroom of Guozijian, with the highest official in charge of national etiquette education above and the future star of the country below, and a sense of sacred mission and solemnity suddenly enveloped these candidates. Qing Xuan took the scroll and actually shivered all over.
This time, he wrote the answer in his arms and on both arms, and he could see the answer as long as he rolled up his sleeves or lifted the placket.
The exams have begun. The examination room was quiet, except for the sound of brushes rubbing against the rolling paper, and the occasional sniffing of the candidates.
The examiner paced beside the candidates, occasionally looking down at the questions they answered.
Bing Yu frowned slightly, and the pen in her hand wrote quickly on the scroll.
Qing Xuan took advantage of the examiner's approach, raised his arm to take a look, and then quickly put it down. Anyway, there is no monitoring here, and there is no mobile proctoring, so you can copy boldly. Last time, I was too timid and didn't copy anything. Fortunately, I passed the township test, otherwise I would have regretted my death.
The question type for this exam is still multiple-choice, and there are only single-choice questions. It's just that the amount of questions is much larger than that of the township test. A total of two hours, 100 questions. The township test has only 50 questions, but the time is 20 minutes. The content of the two exams is basically the same.
Qing Xuan picked up everything he knew and answered, and bluffed the rest, and then copied some points from his arm and placket, which can be regarded as finishing the answer to deal with this paper.
After handing in the paper and walking out of the examination room, he had a fluttering feeling in his heart - well, this time the score should be better than the last time.
Bing Yu had already come out, and she was standing in the courtyard of the Guozijian, her eyes looking over here. The sun was shining on her, shining on her pink face and the hairpins that shimmered with purple halos in her hair.
She shifted her steps, just in time to meet her husband's gaze: "How's it going?" Xianggong, the answer went quite well, right? Her soft voice drifted into his ears.
"Of course, who do you know about me?" Qing Xuan smiled and put his arm around her fragrant shoulder, "Shall we go home or where are we going?" He asked.
He knew that the lady must have answered better than him, because she studied hard. Unlike him, Hikari is mischievous.
"Let's go to the flower farmer's place, it's warm, I want to buy a flower garden and plant some flowers."
"Good. I happen to have a lot of flowers, and I'll turn them all over for you when I get back later. ”
The two walked as they talked, and the wind blew, making the two hibiscus jade pendants tied around Bingyu's waist clang. Even the two water-pink earrings hanging from their ears kept shaking.
Just after the vernal equinox, there is no shadow of snow on the ground (there is a folk proverb - the ground is dry on the vernal equinox), and the air-dried soil is blown up by the wind for a while, making the air full of dust.
The willow branches on the side of the road have turned yellow-green, but no new shoots have yet to emerge from the branches. Some of the pedestrians on the street have taken off their heavy winter clothes and changed into new, brightly colored spring clothes.
Bing Yu was wearing a pink skirt, with a lilac butterfly hairpin inserted in her hair, and she took lotus steps, as if her whole figure was going to melt into this spring.
After walking two streets and crossing three more horizontal roads, they found a flower farmer in front of a farmhouse. The flower farmer was dressed in simple coarse cloth clothes, and there was some flower soil on the placket. He was loosening soil for a pot of rhododendrons. Every branch of the rhododendron had bones on it, and it looked like it was about to bloom.
The flower farmer is over sixty years old and has a sparse beard on his chin. The narrow, long face had a calm expression on it. He was not tall, thin and somewhat hunchbacked. The spirit is unusually strong.
"Old man - we want to buy a flower garden, do you have one?" Qing Xuan leaned over and asked.
The flower farmer looked up at the young man in front of him and said lightly: "There are flower beds, but I don't know what you want?" ”
"Let's see, what are they like?"
"Then—come with me." The flower farmer hesitated for a moment and led them into the backyard. It is much larger than the front yard, and there are many flower beds in the yard, round and square, ceramic and wooden.
"Whatever you like, pick it yourself." The flower farmer sits on a half-worn lacquered bamboo bench, curled up into a question mark.
With so many flower beds, it's just dazzling. Bing Yu looked at this, and then at that. I couldn't make up my mind for a while.
Suddenly, Qing Xuan shouted not far away: "Lady, what do you think of this?" ”