In the blink of an eye, the New Year's bell rang, which also meant that Gao Jing and the others were leaving home to study in Jiangnan.

Just a few days after the New Year, the second uncle took Gao Jing and them on the way to Songshan Academy. Since going to Songshan Academy requires Xu Qing's family to be the introducer, this time he is on the road with Xu Qing and his father.

Hurriedly, they finally arrived at Jiangzhou, where the academy was located the day before signing up, and Xu's father led Gao Jing and them to the inn near the academy to eat and book a room.

"After half a month's journey, everyone is tired, this is the key to the room, everyone go to their own room to wash and rest, tomorrow Qing'er, you still have to take the entrance exam!" Father Xu suggested. After hearing this, everyone took the keys to their rooms and left.

The sky was slightly bright, Gao Jing and the others got up to wash and eat, and Father Xu took them to Songshan Academy.

"Uncle Xu, have you brought your younger brother to see the mountain chief and his wife?" The gatekeeper of the academy asked feverishly when he saw Xu's father.

"Yes, the main thing is to take Qing'er to take the entrance exam of the academy!" Father Xu replied.

"Ah, that's really congratulations to Uncle Xu, the young brother has been admitted to show talent at such a young age, and his future is limitless!" The gatekeeper complimented.

"It's been a prize, it's been a prize!" Father Xu said modestly.

At this time, a small guy came running from a distance, stopped not far from Xu's father, bowed down and said, "Master Yue, our master said that the time is urgent, so we won't meet first, let the slave bring you the exam voucher!" ”

Father Xu took a closer look, it turned out to be Mo Yan, the little guy next to the mountain chief, took the exam voucher and said: "Then you tell him, I will take Qing'er and his classmates to the exam first, and go to him after the exam!" ”

Mo Yan replied respectfully: "Don't worry, Master Yue, the slave will definitely bring the words." Now let's take you to the exam room first! ”

Father Xu nodded and said, "You lead the way in front!" ”

After Mo Yan bowed, he took Gao Jing and walked quickly towards the examination room. Walked to the entrance of the examination room in the courtyard and said: "The examination room is inside, the examination room number is on the examination room voucher of the young masters, you can go in and find it, the slaves here cannot enter, only the masters and students of the academy can enter." ”

After hearing this, Father Xu asked the little guy around him to reward Mo Yan with money, and waved him to retreat.

Father Xu sent the exam vouchers to Gao Jing separately and instructed them: "The entrance exam of Songshan Academy and the college exam are the same question type, and they are also the four books and five classics, poems and arithmetic questions, but the number of questions is much less, and the test will be over after only one day, so don't be nervous, just play at a normal level!" ”

Xu Qing and Gao Jing had done countless mock questions at home, and they were very calm in their hearts, and comforted: "Father, don't worry, we will take the test well, you go back to the inn first, it's cold outside!" ”

Father Xu and Uncle Gao saw that Xu Qing and Gao Jing were in good shape, so they returned to the inn with confidence!

Gao Jing and the others walked into the courtyard and found their own examination rooms respectively against the vouchers, and after checking outside the examination room, they went in to wait for the exam.

The opening bell rang, the examiners handed out the test papers, Gao Jing got the test papers and browsed the content of the test papers according to his habit, so that he knew what to do and began to answer the questions.

The content of the Four Books and Five Classics seemed to be engraved in his mind, Gao Jing answered the questions of the Four Books and Five Classics without a draft at all, and answered directly on the test paper, his different answering style attracted the attention of the examiner, and the examiner took advantage of Gao Jing's focus on answering the questions and quietly stood behind him and looked at him carefully for a while, seeing that his answers were all correct, and after the handwriting was neat, he nodded lightly and quietly left.

Gao Jing quickly finished answering the Four Books and Five Classics and arithmetic questions, leaving the poems in vain and not knowing how to start.

Spring is coming, write a five- or seven-character poem about spring.

He can memorize a lot of ancient poems in spring, and let him write them, he probably won't be able to write any peerless poems. Gao Jing thought about many poems that could not satisfy him, and seeing that time slipped away little by little, he finally gritted his teeth and had to write the verses that he was more satisfied with:

The grass grows and the warbler flies in the February sky, and the willows are drunk with spring smoke.

The children returned early from school and were busy releasing paper kites in the east wind.

After answering the poem questions, Gao Jing breathed a sigh of relief, and began to check the test papers, and when the test papers were checked, the bell rang for the papers, and Gao Jing handed in the test papers and walked out of the examination room in style!

Gao Jing waited outside the examination room for Gao Lang, Gao Yu, and Xu Qing, and everyone looked at each other and smiled and walked back together. Uncle Gao and Father Xu received Gao Jing and them at the gate of the academy, and when they saw their relaxed expressions, they knew that they did well in the exam, so they simply didn't ask them how they did in the exam, so they directly arranged for them to eat, wash and rest!

As soon as it was dawn the next day, the second uncle woke up Gao Jing and them, and Gao Jing opened his eyes in a daze and said, "Second uncle, I just took the exam yesterday, and you didn't let me rest well!" ”

"My own nephew, it's not that I don't let you have a good rest, it's your Uncle Xu who arranged to take you to visit the mountain chief today!" The second uncle said helplessly.

As soon as Gao Jing heard that he was going to visit the mountain chief, he immediately sat up from the bed: "Second uncle, you said it earlier!" ”

The second uncle was speechless and said, "You guys came back yesterday so tired, what can I say?" ”

Gao Jing hurriedly apologized: "Good second uncle, my nephew is wrong, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about your nephew!" ”

The second uncle touched his head and said, "How can I worry about you, hurry up and wash and eat!" ”

Gao Jing nodded happily and quickly got up to wash up and eat. After everyone has packed up, there is still half an hour left before the hour. Gao Jing and the others hurriedly took a carriage to the academy, got off at the gate of the academy, Mo Yan walked forward quickly and saluted: "Master Yue, the slaves have been waiting here for a long time, please follow the slaves in!" Father Xu nodded and said, "It's hard work!" After saying that, he took everyone to the mountain chief's residence.

As soon as Father Xu and the others walked into the courtyard of the mountain chief, they saw a middle-aged elegant man dressed in a Confucian robe walking quickly from the house: "Son-in-law to meet my father-in-law!" ”

Father Xu looked at the mountain chief, who was almost the same age as himself, and said with some pride and unnaturalness: "The virtuous son-in-law is polite!" ”

The mountain chief enthusiastically helped Xu's father and said, "Father-in-law, come into the house!" As he spoke, he turned his head to Gao Jing and urged, "Come with me into the house!" ”

After everyone followed the mountain chief into the house and sat down according to their status, the mountain chief asked, "Father-in-law, Qing'er is also here?" ”

Xu Qing hurriedly stood up and replied respectfully: "I've seen my brother-in-law!" ”

The mountain chief walked up to Xu Qing and looked up and down and said, "The last time I saw you was when I married your sister, a few years have passed in a blink of an eye, and you have grown into a heroic young man!" ”

Xu Qing said embarrassedly: "Brother-in-law said he was joking!" ”

The mountain chief pulled down the mutton fat jade pendant worn on his waist and handed it to Xu Qingdao: "You take this jade pendant, it is a gift from your brother-in-law to you!" ”

Xu Qing saw that Father Xu nodded at him, so he accepted the jade pendant and said, "Thank you, brother-in-law!" ”

The mountain chief touched Xu Qing's head and said, "What are you being polite to your family!" After speaking, he asked Xu Qing to sit down, and then walked up to the second uncle and asked, "Is this Brother Gao?" ”

Gao Erbo stood up and said respectfully: "The mountain chief is polite, in Xia Gaoxing, you can just call me by my name!" ”

The mountain chief smiled: "Then I will call you brother Gao directly in the future" After speaking, seeing the expression of the second uncle who wanted to speak and stopped, he couldn't refuse: "That's it!" ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey!" The second uncle replied.

The mountain chief looked at Gao Jing and said, "These three teenagers are the descendants of Brother Gao!" ”

"Exactly, Lang'er, Yu'er, Jing'er, come and see you!" The second uncle urged.

Gao Jing and the others quickly stood up and lined up in a row and said, "I've seen the mountain chief!" ”

The mountain chief looked at the three of them with their own characteristics and extraordinary appearances, and was amazed in his heart, and replied gently: "Get up." After speaking, he pointed to the servant tray and said, "This is the four treasures of the study room that I prepared for the three virtuous nephews, which are counted as my meeting gift with you!" ”

Gao Jing and the others looked at the second uncle of Gao, nodded slightly at them, and then replied respectfully: "Thank you, mountain chief!" ”

Seeing them accept the gifts, the mountain chief nodded and said, "You all took the entrance exam yesterday, how did you all do in the exam?" Can you take the top 200 exams? ”

Gao Lang replied first: "Back to the mountain chief, I think it's okay!" ”

"There are 2,000 people who took the entrance exam this year, and we only accepted the top 200!" The mountain chief explained.

"Only the top 200?" Xu Qing was surprised.

The mountain chief nodded and said, "Yes! ”

"Isn't Songshan Academy the largest government-run academy in Jiangnan?" Xu Qing was puzzled!

"Although the academy is large, but the faculty is limited, we aim to cultivate talents, not mediocre qualifications!" The mountain chief explained.

"Chief Mountain, Madame sent someone to say that the meals have been prepared, please move to the dining room to eat!" Mo Yanyu reported.

The mountain chief nodded and said, "I know, if you ask someone to go back to Mrs. and say that we will go over in a while!" ”

"Yes, Chief!" After speaking, Mo Yan respectfully retired!

"Father-in-law, let's go to the dining room for dinner first, and we'll talk about something in the afternoon, what do you think?" The mountain chief asked.

"It's all up to the virtuous son-in-law!" Father Xu replied.

"Then please come with me!" After the mountain chief finished speaking, he led the way to the dining room!