Winter is gradually fading away, as the weather in the north gradually warms, when the ice and snow melt, Xia Guo ushered in the second imperial examination.

This time the scale of the exam is much larger than the last one, and the students who took the exam came to the capital thousands of miles away, hoping that through this exam they could realize their chance to leap into the dragon gate.

The arrival of students from all over the world made the accommodation business in Beijing immediately boom.

Suddenly there was such a large influx of outsiders, not only restaurants, but even ordinary people's homes started this business, hoping to make more money in their spare time.

There are less than seven days left until the exam.

These students from afar gathered together to exchange learning experiences with each other.

Among them, students from all over the world spontaneously formed small groups.

Living in the most developed capital, most of these students in the capital have some contempt for these candidates from other places, and this phenomenon is a bit like regional discrimination in another world.

And the exams in the field are also unwilling to have too much contact with these guys who are above the top, and the two sides are basically well water and not river water, and they treat each other as if the other party does not exist.

The prosperity of the capital has dazzled these students who have never been here, compared to the capital, their hometown is too small, there is basically everything here, what has not been seen, can be seen everywhere on both sides of the street.

The abundance of goods has exceeded their imagination.

However, most of these candidates from other places are the children of ordinary families, and in order to support them to come to the exam, their families have taken out most of the money to use it as their travel expenses.

Although there are many things in the capital, most of these students cannot afford them, so they can only walk around and increase their recent horizons.

In addition to some new things in the castle, the main attraction is the legendary altar, which is said to be the closest place to the gods.

Students who want to get good grades will go to the altar and pray to the gods, so that they can stand out from the crowd.

After Wang Lang heard the news, he couldn't help but smile, this unwarranted god was simply a general existence in the eyes of these candidates, and he was only missing a slogan of Brother Chun's eternal life.

Wang Lang naturally ignored these actions of the candidates, praying to God and worshiping Buddha is also a characteristic of a civilized culture, and theology and science are not all mutually hostile relations.

Candidates play in various locations in the capital, most of them are not worried about this exam, with their knowledge, in this era of extremely low literacy rate, even if they do not become officials, they can live very well with their own skills.

For those who want to get ahead and have a high spirit, the outside world has nothing to do with them, and in the few days left, the library in the capital is the place they frequent, where they can read all kinds of books for free, and go all out to prepare for the exam.

With the passage of time, on the first day of the first month of March, Xia Guo's second imperial examination officially began, this time the examination lasted for two days, natural science occupied a day, when the candidates got the exam papers, they suddenly felt that their heads were as big as a fight, only to see that the exam papers were densely written hundreds of questions, including geography, mathematics, basic physics, basic chemistry, most of which are fill-in-the-blank questions, these things require a lot of operations, and you want to answer these questions in one day, It is not only a test of one's own knowledge, but also a test of one's physical strength.

The exam starts at about 9 o'clock in the morning and ends at 10 o'clock in the evening, and at noon, the Ministry of Rites will prepare meals for these candidates, in order to ensure that the candidates eat healthily, these ingredients are fresh, and the imperial kitchen of the palace is specially invited to prepare meals for these candidates.

At the end of the day, almost all the candidates walked out of the examination room with pale faces and dizziness.

Out of the door of the examination room, when the afterglow of the sunset shone on their faces, some candidates were glad that they could still come out alive, so many calculation questions, the opportunity to squeeze their energy, even the most conceited candidates, in the face of a large number of questions, also feel that their mastery of knowledge is so lacking.

Wu Feng returned home, still thinking about today's questions in his mind, he had only completed more than half of the hundreds of questions, he didn't know what the situation of others was, and the imperial examination that was originally full of confidence has now become very unconfident.

If he fails to make the list this time, then how should he go to Lin Shilang's house to propose marriage, thinking of this, Wu Feng felt irritable.

I didn't even eat dinner, and I was lying in bed in a daze.

After a night's rest, the next day, the candidates ushered in a new round of challenges, today the test is about words, including legal knowledge, case analysis, short writing, and Wang Lang in the last essay that occupies fifty points, ingenious came up with an essay question similar to fantasy themes, called the future Xia Guo.

This question is mainly to test the imagination of the students, through this question, he can understand how these most literate people in Xia Kingdom, how divergent thinking, and whether they can associate the future lifestyle according to the current technology.

This theme gives students the freedom to write about technology, the relationship between humans and dinosaurs, and even expeditions.

After Wu Feng finished the previous question, he looked at this essay question and thought about it for a while, he decided to write from the aspect of weapons, and the people of the capital more or less learned that Wang Lang was preparing to expand the firearms army on a large scale, and it can be seen that Wang Lang attaches great importance to firearms.

He wrote more than 700 words on the draft, although these words were basically not literary, just smooth sentences, but he felt that he had written everything he wanted to express clearly, and after carefully checking it, he copied the article neatly on another blank paper.

After the two-day exam, the busiest were the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

Thousands of examination papers, completely relying on manual review, the workload is very heavy, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, large and small, are fighting at night, Wang Lang gave the deadline is that the results must be counted within three days, and the ranking must be completed within half a month.

Although only more than 300 people were admitted, the results of those candidates who did not make the list must also be announced, so that those who failed in the examination knew how much they had checked, and those who were too bad gave up the imperial examination, indicating that they did not have any talent in this area, and there was no need to waste too much time on this.

And for those candidates who are a few points behind and fall off the list, the announcement of the scores is also an encouragement to them, after the situation in the Xia Kingdom is stabilized, the imperial examination will be held once every three years, this time I didn't take the exam, go back and study for a few more years, and basically pass the next time.

Under the overtime efforts of the officials, half a month later, with the announcement of the results, it can be said that several families were happy and some were sad, and this time 350 candidates were admitted.

The most eye-catching thing is the number of champions.

The name Wu Feng quickly spread among the candidates of this year.

It's just that at this time, Wu Feng is locking himself at home and not coming out, he basically has no confidence in this exam, and the ten days of frowning have already made Wu Feng's mother feel a lot of gray hair.

Listening to the clanging gongs on the street, Wu Feng sighed secretly, he was now very envious of those classmates who had passed the exam.

But to his surprise, the sound of the gong sounded clearer and clearer, as if it was coming from his own home.

He was a little surprised, there were about seven or eight people in this generation who took this exam, and he wondered which lucky one was on the list.

"Bang bang bang!"

There was a hurried knock on the door, and Wu's mother opened the door, only to see a young man about ten years old running in in a hurry.

Seeing this, Wu's mother couldn't help but reprimand: "What are you running, where did you go to the wild today." ”

This young man is Wu Feng's half-brother Wu Lin.

"Mother, my eldest brother has been admitted." Wu Lin said excitedly.

Mother Wu was stunned for a moment, and then asked in a panic: "What did you say, did Feng pass the exam?" ”

Wu Lin said excitedly: "I was admitted, and I was still the first champion, and there are still two streets away from the official errand of the good news." ”

Mother Wu was ecstatic when she heard this, and she was at a loss for a while, and said to Wu Lin: "Hurry up and let your eldest brother come out, freshen up, and welcome observation." ”

Wu Lin nodded, and rushed into the house like a wind, startling Wu Feng, who was lying on the bed.

When Wu Lin said that he had been promoted and won the champion, Wu Feng's mouth opened wide in surprise.

According to his estimates, he replied like that, there was no hope for Zhongju, but he didn't expect God to play such a big joke on him.

"First place? It was actually the first place. Wu Feng jumped up from the bed excitedly, hurriedly ran outside, took some water from the basin, and washed his face that he hadn't washed for three or four days.

The jingling of gongs and drums was getting closer and closer, and the official messenger who announced the good news was followed by a large group of people, and these curious people wanted to see which family had produced the champion.

When the people saw the official stop in front of Wu Feng's house, the nearby neighbors suddenly realized that Wu Feng's knowledge was relatively famous in the neighborhood.

Most of the people were holding the mentality of watching the excitement, and gathered around to watch this happy event of the Wu family.

Seeing that the Wu family was ready, the official stepped forward with a smile on his face and congratulated Wu Feng: "Congratulations to the Wu family for a champion, this is an invitation to the imperial banquet, Your Majesty will live in three days later, and invite these candidates who have won the list." ”

Mother Wu's excited hands trembled a little, and she said nervously to the official: "Thank you for this official, you can use this money to drink." ”

The official did not shirk this time, before leaving, he had already explained that he could take such a reward, this small bag of money, gently checked, the official was happy in his heart, there are almost dozens of money in it, and secretly said that the Wu family is really generous.

"Thank you Mrs. Wu, in the future, the Wu family will be a senior official in the court, and I hope to take more care of the lower officials." The official complimented.

Wu Feng arched his hand and said, "Students are still ordinary people, and they still need to be taken care of by officials." ”

The official smiled and said, "I won't bother, I'm very busy today, and many students in the city are waiting for my good news, so the official has left." ”

Wu Feng personally sent the official messenger out of the alley, and then returned home with an excited face.

Neighbors came forward to congratulate the Wu family.

"We will have a big official in this alley in the future, sister-in-law of the Wu family, we will have to drag you to take care of it in the future."

Mother Wu had already smiled from ear to ear at this time, and said again and again: "Everyone has lived together for so many years, and you usually take care of us, when his father comes back, we will invite everyone to drink, and when the time comes, you must come." ”

If there is an opportunity to have a big meal, the neighbors will naturally not let it go, patting their chests and promising to go.

When Wu Feng walked home, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a petite figure standing around the corner.

Wu Feng stopped and walked over there.

The petite figure saw Wu Feng coming over, and hurriedly dodged and hid behind the wall.

"Heart, why are you here?"

Lin Xin looked at Wu Feng, his face couldn't help but turn red, and he lowered his head and said, "I heard that you were admitted to the top prize, so I couldn't help but come over to take a look." ”

Wu Feng smiled and said, "I didn't expect to be the champion, maybe this time it was the blessing of the gods." ”

"That... That.. We... Lin Xin looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Seeing this, Wu Feng naturally knew what she was worried about, and hugged Lin Xin in his arms.

This sudden move frightened Lin Xin, and he quickly broke free from Wu Feng's arms.

I looked around in a panic and was relieved to see that no one was passing by.

looked at Wu Feng with some anger and said, "Why are you so bold, what if you are seen by others." ”

Wu Feng said disapprerovitically: "What can I do if I see it, you are the daughter-in-law of my Wu family sooner or later, and after going to His Majesty's dinner, I will go to your house to propose marriage and apologize to Lin Shilang, I hope Lin Shilang should not refuse." ”

When Lin Xin heard this, his face was a little sad, and he said leisurely: "My father has a very good temper, and sometimes he scolds you for not knowing the current affairs at home, and it is estimated that he will make things difficult for you." ”

Wu Feng frowned, his face tangled.

"Heart, don't worry, no matter how difficult Lin Shilang is, I won't give up." Wu Feng comforted.

Lin Xin nodded slowly, and suddenly said in a panic: "I'm going back, I sneaked out today, I have to go back." ”

Wu Feng nodded and said, "I'll go back to your house in a few days, and see how I perform then!" ”

Lin Xin nodded, and ran in the direction of the Lin family in a panic.

Wu Feng looked at the disappearing figure, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he really didn't know what to do in the face of the angry Lin Shilang.

I thought that with fame, the pressure would be less, but as long as I didn't face Lin Shilang in person for a day, the fear in my heart didn't decrease at all.

"Alas, take one step at a time, whether you are dead or alive, you have to fight for it." Wu Feng clenched his fists.