Lin Chaoge looked at the rain curtain that was getting bigger and bigger, and there was no stopping trend at all, plus Xi'er had been driven back to the mansion by her a long time ago, and nodded in response.

The two set off in a carriage, and Lin Chaoge didn't pay much attention to him in the carriage. Just after entering a bad road, the people sat unsteadily, the carriages and horses swayed, and even the people began to sway.

Sioux City said with a somewhat embarrassed face; "I'm afraid this road is not easy to walk, Brother Lin won't be unstable if he leans on me."

Lin Chaoge didn't speak, didn't shake his head or nodded, he simply closed his eyes, she knew that Su Cheng was leaning over.

Lin Chaoge didn't say anything, she lifted the corner of the carriage curtain and saw the Swallow Lane where the palace was located.

"Thank you very much." When Lin Chaoge lifted the curtain and got out of the car, he suddenly said: "Please also ask Brother Fang to keep a distance from Lin in the future, Lin has a family, Brother Fang doesn't want to get burned, and those things should not be sent over in the future." ”

Fang Cheng didn't know why she suddenly mentioned this, her heart was inexplicably tight, could it be that those things he sent were discovered? But he was already careful.

"Didn't they find out?" The tone was so anxious that his buttocks writhed uncomfortably like hemorrhoids; "Brother Lin, you told them, but my feelings for Brother Lin are not inferior to them."

"Nope." Lin Chaoge looked at him quietly and shook his head: "Brother Fang, as long as you keep your mouth shut, I will also keep your mouth shut." Of course, I don't think that happened. ”

This time, without waiting for Fang Cheng to say his words to stay, Lin Chaoge had already run into the rain curtain in the rain, and a man in front of the Regent's Mansion also walked out with an umbrella.

The examination will be held from September 5 to September 8 in the afternoon. After half a month, the list will be issued, and the list of tributes will be posted outside the Ministry of Rites. The imperial court has released one main examiner, two deputy examiners, and six co-examiners, which is the future marking team.

Zuo Prime Minister Bai Yuchen is a great Confucian, who has been famous for many years and has written a lot of works for the country and the people, including Zhang Ziquan's father, Zhang Qiming.

All the people were very worried, and I heard that the first ones would add questions. In fact, there are a lot of variables in this examination, which makes many people anxious.

The day before the exam, Lin Chaoge stopped studying, and she wanted to recuperate. At noon, I also ate two bowls of noodles under the chicken soup and added two soft-boiled eggs, and in the afternoon, I added a bowl of rice balls with sesame peanut filling and a bowl of osmanthus lotus root powder to make desserts.

Lin Chaoge raised a pot of bamboo in the study after dinner, and was bowing his head to build branches, Xi'er came in with a curtain, holding a box in his hand, and said with a smile on his face: "Young master, this is sent to you by Aunt Wang, saying that I wish you to fold the golden cinnamon in one fell swoop, the spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day." ”

Lin Chaoge put down the scissors and said, "Take it." Xi'er approached and opened the box with a small rosewood carved entwined flower branch pattern, which was actually nothing special, a pen case embroidered with gold and silver threads, which had always been his favorite goose yellow background, embroidered with the pattern of Lianzhong Sanyuan golden cinnamon fragrance and Luoyang peony full of city. Lin Chaoge held it in his hand and pinched it, and knew that it was a good material, and the embroidery was neat, I don't know if the fabric was soaked in refreshing and elaborate spices, and it smelled refreshing.

"He has a heart." After Lin Chaoge finished reading it, he asked Xi'er to put it away and wait for it to be used tomorrow.

He probably meant that he hoped that she would be in high school, so he didn't care. Continue to fiddle with the potted plants in the house, and the most important thing now is to recharge your energy and prepare for tomorrow's scientific expedition.

It's just that after a while, Xiao Yuzi came in with a large number of books, and Lin Chaoge had no choice but to put them down, so as not to be nagged by him again.

"Xiao Yanyan said that when you enter the market tomorrow, you will bring a small bottle of peppermint cream in, and if you doze off, apply it on the sides of your temples. However, peppermint paste is cold, and your body is already weak, so it is better to use it sparingly. ”

Xiao Yuzi was worried that she might be nervous tomorrow, so she said to her: "It doesn't hurt if you don't hit this time, you are only seventeen years old, and you haven't even arrived at the weak crown, not to mention that the Jinshi of my dynasty are generally much more successful at the beginning of twenty-four or five, if you are really unfortunate enough to fall to the top of the list, you will only be twenty-one in the test three years later." It seems that she is still quite worried, thinking that she is not very likely, and I am afraid that her psychological burden is too heavy, so I can only change the law and say some other things to divert her attention.

Lin Chaoge had no choice but to smile: "I have confidence in myself, and I hope you have confidence in me too." He took her by his hand and put it on it.

When it comes to psychological problems, she used to exercise too much in exams when she was studying, and her mentality was quite peaceful. But it's like buying a lottery ticket, and if you become a lottery, you will be superior to others everywhere.

If you don't succeed, you can't hold your head up for the rest of your life, but in fact, it depends on the person, how the creation of heaven is, and the jinshi with low grades will have to perform the junior salute in front of the jinshi with high grades compared to themselves. She had never taken such an exam, and she didn't believe it when she said she wasn't nervous at all.

The youngest age record for a jinshi in this dynasty is eighteen years old, which is a fictitious age. She is also eighteen years old now, and she is still very young. Moreover, the entrance examination is different from the government examination and the township examination, and the government examination and the township examination are the older the candidates, the more they cannot raise their heads, and they will be jokingly called 'Shou Tong', which is a child who has been tested for a lifetime. But the older you get, the more respected you become, which shows that you have an unyielding will. Sometimes, the emperor will give the candidate the background of Jinshi and the first because he is too old, of course, this is a very small number, after all, not everyone can insist on taking the exam until the age of eighty.

Even if you can get to that age, it's still a question of whether you can live to that age.

The next morning, it was still dark, a few stars in the sky were still slightly bright, just arrived, the palace got up to boil water to finish, Xi'er and Cha Sheng Cha Ge two brothers stretched each other, a quarter of an hour later, Lin Chaoge sat on the carriage to the Gongyuan with the examination basket, Xiao Yuzi who accompanied the examination next to him kept talking to him like an old mother, most of them were Xiao Yuzi again, Lin Chaoge was listening, and he was still holding the love xiaolongbao prepared by Xi'er.

Xiao Yuzi was worried that she had eaten too much, what if she had an uncomfortable stomach when she entered the examination room, and she was worried that she was not full and had an empty stomach, so anxious that the corners of her mouth almost bubbled, and she knew that she couldn't infect her emotions, so she just held her palm all the way.

The palms of my hands were so nervous that I was sweating, wet/wet, and I was even more nervous than my own scientific research.

At this time, before even Mao Zheng, all the roadside shops were opened, and the stalls selling soy milk and noodles were all set up, and there were even those selling dry food, steamed buns, steamed buns and dried meat, and even pen and ink and paper inkstones began to be sold.

Along the way, the stall owners shouted along the street, and the lifters rushed to the examination room in groups of three or five, and walked forward, the carriage could not even move in, so they could only walk on foot, although the sky was still dark, but the road was already illuminated, and it was also very lively.

One lantern after another along the way was like a dream, and a few people were afraid of the dark, and they rushed to the examination room with a lantern.

Most of the people on the road did not speak, probably silently sorting out what they had learned or consolidating which knowledge points were not clear. When I arrived at the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, I found that the people who had entered the courtyard were waiting in line for a body search, and they only brought the paper, ink, pen and inkstone they had prepared, or they came with a breeze on their sleeves.

This Lin Chaoge has been prepared for a long time, and now that she has her back to the mountains to enjoy the shade, naturally no one will embarrass her, even if you don't know her, most of them have seen her face, they search people to take people into a separate small room, let people take off their clothes cleanly, only a pair of pants are left, if it is other famous or wealthy and powerful people, it is enough to take off a coat, and then check whether the pen and ink are qualified.

After the inspection, I took people to another room, and drew lots to get the number plate, that is, the house where you took the exam, and the lucky people naturally occupied the good land, and the unlucky people asked for more blessings, Lin Chaoge had already come in, Xiao He greeted him early, and came in just to walk around.

Lin Chaoge entered the tribute courtyard first, and found that the sky was slightly bright, and there was already a crowd inside, and the three or three who were good friends with him began to talk together.

The Tribute Institute is very magnificent, the central axis is a total of three entrances, the gate is called the 'Dragon Gate', take the meaning of the carp jumping over the Dragon Gate, this is really too intimate for the candidates, everyone sees the spiritual energy to come, and they all want to jump into the Dragon Gate to glorify their ancestors. There are rows of houses on both sides of the road, which are very narrow, and you will never be able to do it if you lie down. Put two wooden planks in it, put it together to be a bed, and disassemble it to be used as a table.

After Lin Chaoge entered the number house, the door was closed. She sat down and lit the oil lamp, took out a clean white cloth and wiped it up and down before she sat down, put her things away, and waited for the bell to ring.

The sky outside is not yet bright, after all, it is autumn, the weather is neither hot nor cold, but most candidates wear more clothes, beware of frost at night, thin clothes can not resist the cold, and it is always right to be prepared.

After the officers and soldiers left, some people were excitedly talking to the people they knew well, but Lin Chaoge's neighbors seemed to be very quiet and did not make any sound. She took a deep breath and wanted to take out her basket of cakes to eat a sesame flatbread, only to remember that she couldn't bring anything with her when she came in but pen and ink.

Lin Chaoge looked at this narrow space, it was difficult to even lie down, maybe it was too quiet around, she felt that her heart was beating a little fast, and it was so quiet that she could even hear her breathing clearly.

This is normal, maybe it's still a good sign, nervousness is not necessarily bad, and a certain sense of nervousness can promote excitement and make you have more agile thinking and reflexes than usual. But if you are overly nervous, it will cause the opposite effect, and it will also promote the brain to go blank and not be able to think of anything.

When the last group of lifters came in, the sky had completely begun to lighten, and with the sound of gongs and drums placed in the dragon gate, the oath was officially opened.