When the sky was about to get dark, the first test was finally over.

All the candidates took off the life float on the paper, wrote down their seat number, and the official who collected the test paper issued a wooden card to the candidate for each paper received.

When it is time to go out, candidates need to hand the wooden card back to the official before they can go out.

After a day of exams, all the students were exhausted, dragging their tired bodies and leaving the examination room with mixed feelings.

Shen Kang, Wang Lucao, Jiang Liusu and others went out of the examination room together, and everyone was speechless for a while.

Because I am tired, and because I have not yet been freed from the state of the exam.

As I walked down the stairs, I heard a cry in my ears. Everyone turned their eyes to look over and saw a white-haired candidate sitting on the ground like a child.

The clothes on his chest were spread out, revealing his lean chest, and his tears dripped down the furrows of his face and onto the green robe.

"Ten times! Ten times! Ten times! ”

He cried, completely oblivious to his demeanor. What a lot of pressure and what a boundless despair to make an old man make such a move.

Shen Kang let out a long sigh and shook his head. Such a helpless cry made countless candidates stop, gather around, and watch.

A scholar couldn't bear it, so he stepped forward and comforted: "Don't cry, old gentleman. He turned his eyes to look behind him, and then raised his eyes to look at the candidates in front of him, their age gap is large, but they are all with a pure heart, taking the exam again and again.

The scholar burst into tears for a while, choked up, and then said: "Ten times, but let's take the exam eleven times!" If you can't do it eleven times, you can take the test 12 times, 15 times, and 100 times! Those of us who have come to this point are all for the sake of gaining fame, who is not full of ambition, who is not full of grievances! ”

The old candidate's gray hair hung down a few strands, and his hair was dry and hairy, stuck to the corners of his eyes with tears. He looked at everyone with concern, shook his head in despair, and said slowly: "Don't take the test, don't take the test." ”

He opened his cloudy eyes, looked at the people around him with teary eyes, shook his head helplessly, sighed, and said, "If you don't take the test, you won't pass the test." ”

The defeats again and again have smoothed out the self-esteem of an old man, and this thick despair made the candidates on the side couldn't help but redden.

If it is said that marrying Bai Fumei and reaching the pinnacle of life is the dream of modern men, then the imperial examination is the biggest dream and feelings of ancient men.

When you have worked hard all your life, when you can no longer see hope, you will probably cry like a child like this gray-haired old man in front of you.

In life, who has not been full of dreams, who has not been full of hopes?

Can you firmly believe that when you struggle to the end of your life, you still choose not to give up?

Dream is both armor and weakness.

Shen Kang secretly clenched his hands and stepped forward without saying a word, he stood quietly in front of the old candidate, looking down at the old man who was sitting on the ground.

Everyone was surprised, and someone in the crowd recognized Shen Kang and asked in a low voice, "Is he Shen Kang?" County test, government test double small yuan? ”

Another person replied: "Exactly, the Chang Jiao of Xiping County once praised his green willows under the wind and moon, and Yu Xiu saw Shen Lang." In the first test of the Fangcai Academy, I heard that Chen Xuetai still talked to him in public! ”

"Ahh Sure enough, the hero came out of the boy. ”

Shen Kang stood in front of the old candidate, slowly, twisting his sleeves with the tips of his fingers, suddenly, he raised his lips, revealing two rows of white and neat teeth, he smiled so brightly, some people around him looked distracted.

"The word Yu Xiu, sure enough, matches Shen Lang!"

The old examinee raised his head slightly and looked at the smiling teenager standing in front of him, puzzled.

Shen Kang stood with his hands in his hands, his back was straight, like a pine bamboo, and he said loudly: "Then don't take the test!" ”

The people around him were surprised, how could this Yu Xiu Shen Lang speak so harshly?

The scholar who was supporting the old candidate was slightly stunned, his breath became faster and faster, and he said angrily: "Even if Shen Lang is the head of the Fu Examination, he shouldn't be so mean!" ”

Shen Kang lowered his eyes to look at the old candidate, let out a contemptuous snort from the tip of his nose, and said with a sarcastic smile: "I have taken the exam ten times and still can't be included in the case, this imperial examination has nothing to do with him, I think, why bother to stick to it?" It's better to go home and farm as he wants! Ha ha! ”

As he spoke, he laughed wildly twice.

The old candidate's face turned from white to blue, from blue to red, and his chest continued to rise and fall in anger, and he exhaled heavily.

Finally couldn't help it, and shouted: "Child's madness!" ”

Shen Kang laughed even more wantonly, squinted at him with eyes full of disdain, and said with a smile: "I'm crazy, I have my own reason for being crazy, in the whole Runing Mansion, how many people can win the college exam at the age of eleven?" You old man is not as knowledgeable as me, I ridicule you, what can you do with me? ”

The old candidate's hands trembled, and he suddenly jumped like thunder, stood up and pointed at Shen Kang and shouted angrily: "Shaft! You are frivolous, if you don't get into the case this year, the old man will fight again in the coming year, and he will have to get this fame for you to see, the old man is just unlucky! Hum! ”

He snorted heavily, then lifted the test basket on the ground, brushed his sleeves and left.

As he left, the chatter around him became louder and louder, and a candidate whispered: "How can this Shen Lang tease the old boy so much, that is, from the perspective of etiquette, that is also our senior, we should be humble." ”

Seeing this, Jiang Liuxuan couldn't help but step forward and pull Shen Kang's sleeve, lowered his voice and asked, "Shen San, what are you doing, you see, it has caused the anger of the public." ”

Shen Kang smiled and said nothing, not wanting to explain.

And the discussion around him, with Shen Kang's arrogant attitude, also became more and more intense.

At this time, someone came out of the crowd, pointed at Shen Kang and scolded: "Arrogant child, I don't know how thick the sky is, if it goes on like this, it will only be another injury Zhongyong!" ”

Seeing this scene, Jiang Liushu couldn't help but be a little angry, his eyes widened, and he said angrily: "You tell the master again!" ”

The young man who was with the scholar stood up and said, "He, Shen Kang, mocked the old boy in public, and he didn't allow anyone to say it?" His style of acting, how can he afford the word Yu Xiu, and how can he afford to be a model of wind and religion in my Runing Mansion! ”

Jiang Liu was in a hurry for a while, and made a mistake with his mouth, his face was flushed, but he couldn't say a word. He pointed at the man with a red face: "You, you, you..."

At this time, Wang Lucao slowly walked into the crowd with a folding fan, and said slowly with his usual slow and lazy appearance: "It's over, why don't you go quickly?" ”

Shen Kang raised his eyes to look at him and said with a smile: "Also, there is no room for the little brother here, so let's go." ”

The two of them said two words back and forth, and everyone didn't understand what was going on, but they saw that the two had already walked out of the crowd, talking and laughing and walking farther and farther.