The Great Song Spring Exam is usually held in February, but this year it was postponed due to two heavy snowfalls before and after the holiday. After all, the current Great Song Dynasty is in the southeast corner of An, and there are actually very few heavy snowfalls in the south, and many remote places are still the first time to encounter such heavy snowfall, and the lifters simply cannot reach the capital on time.

After a heavy snowfall fell on the first day of the first lunar month, local officials proposed to postpone the Spring Festival exams so that remote people could have enough time to arrive in the capital. The court agreed to do so after deliberation. Because according to the original plan, the spring festival should start on the ninth day of February, but this heavy snow caught many people off guard, and it will definitely delay the date of arrival in Beijing. As a result, the spring festival was postponed for a month, scheduled to begin on the ninth day of the third month.

Since mid-February, people from all over the world have arrived in Lin'an City. The people who are remote such as Bashu, Yungui and Qiongzhou have traveled thousands of miles to Lin'an, and the hardships they have suffered on the road can be imagined. Therefore, on the streets of the capital, you can often see unkempt and ragged people, walking on the streets of Lin'an with amazement. If it weren't for the fact that they wore scarves and carried bookboxes, they would almost have been regarded as people fleeing.

Although the Great Song Dynasty has lost half of the country, the land area is still vast, the south is a densely populated place, and the reading atmosphere of the Great Song Dynasty is very strong, so the number of lifters is not small. More than 18,000 people in more than 700 counties under the jurisdiction of the 125 prefectures, the 36th Army, and the two prisons have passed the examination to obtain the qualifications for the Spring Prison. This set a new record after the imperial court moved south. The influx of so many students into the capital after the New Year is enough to make the people's attention quickly focus on this year's Spring Exam.

In addition, it is also a huge business opportunity for merchants in Beijing. Not to mention anything else, the inns in the capital are already full, and it is difficult to find a room. The places of interest in Lin'an City are also overcrowded. The boatmen who operate the business of boats and canopies on the West Lake are also busy every day, and there are waves of customers. In previous years, February was actually the off-season, after all, the spring was cold, after all, the smoke willows were not green, and it was not the time when the scenery of West Lake was excellent. But the lifters came from afar, no matter what season, they have been admiring it for a long time, and when they arrived in the capital today, how could they not go to the West Lake, take a walk around the Sugong Embankment built by their idol Su Dongpo and other places. After all, to put it mildly, unless you can pass the imperial examination, who knows if you will have a chance to visit Lin'an in this life.

In addition to these places, the business of Qinglou in Lin'an City is not good. Lin'an is the leader of the flower world, but how can anyone who has some financial resources and pretentiousness not go shopping. And many Qinglou women have been looking forward to this moment for a long time, not because of how much money they make from these students, but because they hope to find a potential stock that can take them out of the sea of suffering in the future. This is the best opportunity to find a future to rely on, at the moment it seems that they are just a group of young people who are nothing, but as soon as the spring is over, some of them will soar into the sky, and the carp will jump into the dragon gate, and from then on they will become human masters. For this reason, many Qinglou women did not hesitate to spend their blood and took out their hard-earned savings to please those high school lifters who they felt hopeful, but let some of them take advantage of a lot of tricks.

Of course, most of them can only read in the inn except for going to the West Lake and going to the famous places in the city to see. Because as the day of the spring exam approaches, everyone's pressure is getting bigger and bigger. This time the big test can't be compared with Qiuyu. It's not that Qiu Yu is not important, but the students who take the Qiu Qiu exam are uneven, and there are many places admitted, so the pressure is relatively not too great. But the Chunqiu exam is completely different, after passing the exam, the carp will jump over the dragon gate, whether the official is awarded or not, it is a person from the imperial court. I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and the future is promising. If you don't hit, you will be beaten back to your original form, and it will be nothing. Second, the pressure lies in the fact that the participants in the Spring Exam are all strong players, all of whom stand out from the exam, and basically people who have real talent and real learning. The solution is like a big net, after screening out seventy or eighty thousand stinky fish and rotten shrimp, now all the big fish in the net are jumping out of the net. After all, there are only a few people who can really cultivate the positive fruit, and only 793 people are taken from the 18,000 Juzi Imperial Court, which seems to be a lot, but in fact, it is less than the ratio of 1 out of 20, and the fierce competition can be seen.

The children of a wealthy family are nothing, after all, there is still a way out. Those poor children who have studied hard for more than ten years, and now have no way to go except the imperial examination, know very well the importance of Chunqiu to themselves, how dare they take it lightly.

Fang Zi'an also hugged the Buddha's feet fiercely more than ten days before the Spring Exam. In fact, he was also under a lot of pressure in his heart, although he seemed to be full of confidence, but Fang Zi'an knew in his heart from the time he was in the autumn that the imperial examination was actually not within his control, and what he could do was actually very limited. Fang Zi'an knew that his advantages and disadvantages were equally great, so this time he could only say that he would do his best, and leave the rest to God. Fang Zi'an even had such a thought in his heart: Since God arranged for him to cross, he would not even be an official. But Fang Zi'an was soon ashamed of his absurd and childish idea, and he had never had the idea of giving up on himself, and his dictionary of life did not give up on it.

On the seventh day of the first month of March, Fang Zi'an still went to the Ministry of Rites to get the license plate according to the process. Fang Zi'an is already familiar with these things. After that, I came back and started to get ready. This spring exam is still a three-day consecutive, from the ninth day of March to March 12, three days and three nights, and then the dust will settle. This time, Fang Zi'an learned to be obedient, and when he thought of the situation in the Gongyuan house, Fang Zi'an's scalp was a little numb. This time he brought more things that could make the three days comfortable, for example, he asked Chunni to prepare incense tablets, and the first thing he did when he went in was to light incense tablets inside, he didn't want to endure three days of torment in the damp musty smell.

On the morning of the eighth day of the third lunar month, Fang Zi'an and Qian Kang, as well as Zhao Changlin, who came to the capital at the beginning of the month to live in Qian Kang's house, had a hearty lunch, and then they had their own good luck and dispersed to prepare for going to the Gongyuan in the afternoon. After resting for a while, before the beginning of the year, Fang Zi'an got up to bathe and change clothes, and when he was taking care of the preparations, Lao Huang came to report that a young girl came to see him in front of the door.

Fang Zi'an was a little puzzled, which woman came to see him at this time? It's definitely not Qin Xiqing, Qin Xiqing doesn't need to be reported. Seeing Chunni staring at herself suspiciously, Fang Zi'an immediately waved his hand and said, "Go tell that person, I don't have time to see anyone now, send her away." ”

Lao Huang said: "She said her surname is Shi." ”

Fang Zi'an was stunned for a moment, knowing who was coming. Chunni said softly: "Could it be Miss Shijia?" ”

Fang Zi'an said: "Do you know her? ”

Chunni said: "Didn't people give us expensive gifts when we got married? How did I not know? Isn't it the lady of Master Shi's family? Go and meet her, maybe something's going to happen. ”

Fang Zi'an smiled: "I have nothing to do with her, you don't have to think about it." ”

Chunni smiled: "I didn't say anything, are you not recruiting yourself?" Whatever you want, you can see it if you want to, and if you don't want to see it, you won't see it, will I not speak? ”

Fang Zi'an thought for a while and said, "Let's meet each other, you have to be polite." You pack the package and let people carry it to the car, and I'll meet you. ”

Chunni nodded and agreed, taking care of her own work, Fang Zi'an dressed and walked quickly to the front hall. When he came to the door, he saw Shi Ningyue standing at the door with a servant girl, and the first time he saw her, Fang Zi'an's heart chuckled, because Shi Ningyue's appearance had changed greatly, she hadn't seen her for a few months, and the whole person had lost weight, and her already thin body looked even weaker.

"Miss Ning Yue, why are you here? Come in and sit. Fang Zi'an hurriedly bowed his hand.

After Shi Ningyue saw Fang Zi'an, her eyes showed a look, and she hurriedly returned the courtesy: "After seeing Fang Gongzi, Ning Yue won't go in, you should go to the Tribute Courtyard to prepare for the Spring Festival, I actually didn't come at the right time, so I won't delay your time." I just knew that you were going to take the big exam, and I happened to be passing by here when I went out today, so I wanted to come and meet you temporarily and cheer you up. Nothing else. We haven't seen each other in a long time. ”

Fang Zi'an arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Miss." By the way, thank you for the great gift, Chunni likes it very much. But your gift is too valuable. I'm really in a hurry, and when my big exam is over, I'll go to the house to thank you. Indeed, I haven't been to see Master Shi for a long time. As soon as the spring season was over, I went to see him. Please tell Ling Zun and say that I will confess first. ”

Shi Ningyue smiled: "Okay, but my father is one of the main exams of this imperial examination, and he may not be able to go home after the Spring Festival is over, I am afraid that he will have to wait for the release of the list." Ten days ago, my father went to the tribute courtyard, and he never returned home after locking the courtyard. ”

Fang Zi'an was surprised: "It turns out that Master Shi is the chief examiner this time, yes, he is Dr. Guozijian, and he is indeed the most qualified." Well, I'll pay him a visit when he's free. ”

Shi Ningyue nodded, as if she had something to say and stopped. Fang Zi'an said, "Miss Ning Yue, is there anything else to say?" ”

Shi Ningyue smiled: "It's nothing, it's just ...... Sister Ruomei...... Write to me. ”

Fang Zi'an was stunned: "Ruomei wrote to you?" What about her? Is it safe? What does the letter say? ”

Shi Ningyue said softly: "When you come out of the big exam, come to my house to read the letter." The things in the letter are not clear in a few words. ”

Fang Zi'an thought for a while and nodded, "It's okay." Ruomei wrote to you, why didn't you write to me? It's weird. ”

Shi Ningyue smiled: "Maybe the letter to you is on the way." There's nothing else, I'm leaving, I wish you the title of the gold list, and take the exam. Waiting to drink your wedding wine. ”

Fang Zi'an bowed down and said, "Thank you." ”

Shi Ningyue nodded slightly, turned around and walked to the carriage, the maid picked the curtain and helped her get into the car, Fang Zi'an saw that her hand holding the window was slender and thin, and the green tendons on her hand could be seen with white skin, and she was very worried.

"Miss Ning Yue!" Fang Zi'an shouted.

"How?" Shi Ningyue turned her head and asked with a smile.

Fang Zi'an sighed and said softly: "It's nothing, you take care." Eat more, I see you don't look good. ”

Shi Ningyue tilted her head to look at Fang Zi'an, her eyes were a little red, but she couldn't hold back her tears, nodded and said, "Okay, thank you, I'm leaving." ”

Shi Ningyue got in the car and left, Fang Zi'an stood at the door and watched the carriage leave, feeling panicked for some reason, he stood quietly for a long time before turning around and returning to the house, and commanded loudly: "Are you ready?" We're going to go. The queue at the gate of the Gongyuan can be queued until dark. ”

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