It's February in a blink of an eye, and this year's spring is much earlier than in previous years, when the spring rain went to the Taohua Villa with Zhou Xu'an a few days ago, there were not only peach blossoms and apricot blossoms, but also the wild pears in the mountains were blooming, and they were very beautiful. Starters, oh dear

After her father and sister left, Chunyu went to Putou again, because she was going to see off Uncle Guo and his wife, and they were also going back to Moshan. Aunt Guo was still a little hesitant when she left, but Chunyu knew that she wanted to take care of Guo Lin by herself, and Chunyu didn't know why Aunt Guo was so polite, after all, the two of them were already very close, so there was no need to be like this.

"Auntie, what are you still polite to me, don't worry, Brother Lin Zi is about to take the exam, I will definitely take good care of him so that he can take the exam with peace of mind." Chunyu said with a smile.

"That's good, I'm relieved to have you say this, after all, he always ...... this paragraph Spring rain girl, thank you so much. Aunt Guo said gratefully.

Chunyu hurriedly said that it was nothing, went to the boat with them, watched them get on the boat and leave, and then returned to the carriage parked in front of Putou. Guo Lin just stood there, looking into the distance, not knowing what to think again. When Chunyu walked over, he came over and said to Chunyu with a smile, "Thank you for coming to see off my father." ”

"Brother Lin Zi, what are you still polite to me, you can rest assured that you can take the exam, I believe you will definitely be able to pass the exam." Chunyu said with a smile.

Guo Lin was stunned again when he saw her smile, and then for some reason he suddenly felt certain and said, "Don't worry, I can definitely pass the test." ”

When the two went back from Putou, Chunyu asked him to take a lot of pastries and food specially made for him at home, and Guo Lin did not shirk but accepted it with a smile. Chunyu didn't know why Guo Lin suddenly became a little demoralized, but she didn't think much about it, but was happy for him.

In the blink of an eye, the exam date is approaching. In two days, the exam will begin. Chunyu has been busier than anyone else these days, while inquiring about the rules of the exam, she helped Guo Lin prepare to pick up Guo Lin's carriage and horses, which can be brought into the examination room, nutritious food that will not deteriorate for three days, and the test basket with pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc...... She said that she would give full authority to help Guo Lin prepare, and Guo Lin no longer shirked the importance of the exam, except for preparing the paperwork herself, everything else was handed over to Chunyu.

So Zhou Xu'an has been very depressed these days. Although he knew that Chunyu just cared about Guo Lin as an elder brother. But how could he not know what Guo Lin was thinking. Before they got married, he obviously felt that Guo Lin was estranged from the spring rain for a while, why is it warm up now, could it be that he really thinks that there is any loophole that can be exploited? He wouldn't let Guo Lin have this opportunity. Looks like he's got to think of something. Let Chunyu promise to advance the marriage date......

As for the second day, because the exam was going to start the next day, Chunyu asked Wenzheng and Luo Shan to take turns to go to the examination hall to line up, and it is said that there are often all kinds of chaos and accidents during the exam. For example, there will be some unscrupulous people who deliberately congest the streets, and so on. Although this capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, there are also the most scoundrels. They deliberately congested the streets, and if they were confronted with quarrels, their accomplices deliberately surrounded them, making the roads even more impassable. This exam is about the candidate's lifelong future, and they have to pass through here to get to the examination institute. It is necessary to ask those broken skins to make way, and often it is necessary to make a dozen taels to get through.

Although the yamen cracked down on this kind of thing very severely, there was always something that could not be taken into account. Therefore, many scholars' families queued up in front of the examination center one day or even two or three days in advance, and also went to the inn near the examination center to book a house. The time saved was delayed in the exam.

And the day before the exam, Guo Lin lived in a guest room that Wen was just easy to decide, and by the way, he stayed there to temporarily work as a scholar for Guo Lin, but he didn't complain at all. Guo Lin is lucky, he knew a few classmates who lived in Zhuangyuan Lane in the old city before had no money and no one to help them book a room here, but stayed in an inn in the outer city, so the second day of the exam was not enough to get up and rush to the examination institute in the inner city.

Guo Lin was relatively lucky to be in the top 20 examination rooms, but all the scholars were not spared and needed to be searched. It is said that this scholar is very particular about integrity, but he has to prevent cheating during the exam, so he needs to be searched by the lowly and big official. This must be a great shame for scholars, especially those who have already won the Jinshi, but no one mentions it as if this has never happened at all, and they still have some comfort in their hearts, after all, this is fair, and many ministers and even those cabinet elders are inevitably at this level......

It's just that these little officials who search their bodies are all dog-eyed and low-looking, if they see the candidates who come with a poor and sour look, they are very polite, on the contrary, if they are full of luxury and have a Beijing accent, they are naturally polite. Guo Lin is dressed in general but not shabby, and his accent is not from the capital, so he naturally can't be treated well. The very neat test basket that was packed by Chunyu himself was turned over very messily by the little official, and the nine-layer food box prepared for him was also opened layer by layer, and he turned it over with his hand. Guo Lin held back his anger, but sighed helplessly, thinking that he must pass the test to be worthy of himself, his father, and the spring rain......

So he packed up his things and handed in the paperwork, then smiled at Wen Zheng, who was looking at him worriedly outside, and then picked up his things and walked into the examination room.

Wen Zheng saw Guo Lin walk in and squeezed through the crowd with difficulty, went to the inn to round with Luo Shan, and retreated, which allowed Luo Shan to drive the carriage back to his home in the outer city.

After returning home, he simply talked to Chunyu and Zhang Huzi about the situation, and Chunyu said that it would be the afternoon three days later after the exam, and then let Luo Shan pick up Guo Lin again. It's just that it is said that the list of this test is not as good as others, and it takes several levels to mark the papers, including the review papers, and the time is also long, at least one and a half months or even two months to get out of the list.

Chunyu was also afraid that Uncle Guo and they would worry at home, so he wrote a letter to them first instead of Guo Lin and sent it back, so that they didn't have to worry, and they would naturally write to them when the list came out. As for Guo Lin, Chunyu believes that he will be able to pass, but the ranking is not easy to say, but even if he can't enter the top ten and can't participate in the palace examination, he can still get an official position of at least seven grades or more, as for staying in Beijing or being released, it depends on the meaning of the above. (To be continued.) )>