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On the morning of 18 August, the township examination finally ended, the closed door of the Gongyuan slowly opened, and the students who took the examination flocked out of the door in groups of three or five, talking to each other about the questions of the three examinations.

Outside the gate of the Gongyuan, a large number of people watching the excitement and relatives and friends of the candidates have gathered, and relatives and friends have greeted them one after another.

It is worth mentioning that the township examination is different from the children's examination, and the examination papers of the township examination must be copied by a special person, and then the copied papers are handed over to the marking officer, who cannot access the candidates' examination papers, and the purpose of this is to prevent candidates from cheating on the examination papers.

I have to say that the Daming Imperial Examination has done a very good job in ensuring the fairness of the township examination, not only confusing the candidates' examination papers, but also having them copied by specialized personnel.

What is particularly important is that the candidates' examination papers are not reviewed by one marking officer, but by the marking officer in one room, and the quality is judged by everyone, so as to maintain the fairness of the examination to the greatest extent and prevent favoritism.

Because there are many examination papers in the township examination, the marking officers have to be divided into more than a dozen groups to mark the examination papers, and since each group stays in a large room, it is also called a room.

As mentioned earlier, according to the different cold and popular "Five Classics", Huguang Township has five room critics for the "Book of Songs", four rooms for "Book of Changes" and "Shangshu", and two rooms for "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites", for a total of seventeen room critics.

The "Five Classics" of the township examination must first be selected by the seventeen room critics to select the first place in the "Five Classics" articles of the house, and then compete with each other in the articles of the same scriptures, and then select the first place in each of the "Five Classics" of the township examination, and become the "Five Classics" of the undergraduate township examination.

Of course, the selection of the township examination and Xie Yuan was ultimately decided by the chief examiner of the Emperor's Qin faction, and the deputy examiner and the examiner assisted by it.

It is precisely because the process of marking the examination papers is more complicated, so the results of the township examination will be announced on the fifteenth of the next month, that is, on the fifteenth of September, this list is called "B list", because this time is the season of osmanthus fragrance, so it is also called "laurel list".

This means that candidates have to wait for a month in Wuchang City, during which they usually have trouble sleeping and eating, which is undoubtedly a painful ordeal.

"Young Master!" Qin Yue, Rou'er, Li Hongqing and others were waiting in the crowd at the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, and when they saw Li Hongyu, who was talking and laughing with Zhao Xin and Fang Yun, walking out of the Tribute Courtyard among the students, Rou'er immediately greeted her happily, she was extremely worried about Li Hongyu these days.

Seeing this, Qin Yue couldn't help but show a look of envy, although she was Li Hongyu's fiancée, the relationship between her and Li Hongyu was still very unfamiliar, far from the kind of intimate relationship between Li Hongyu and Rou'er.

"Brother Fang, the younger brother will have a banquet another day, Brother Fang will have a face." Li Hongyu looked at Qin Yue, Li Hongqing and the others, so he said to Fang Yun with a smile.

"It's an honor to be here, and I will definitely go to the appointment at that time." Fang Yun smiled when he heard this, bowed his hand to Li Hongyu and left with a few students from Changsha Mansion.

"Father!" Li Hongyu also thought that Fang Yun arched his hand, and was just about to walk towards Qin Yue and Li Hongqing, when Zhao Xin, who was beside him, shouted in surprise, and walked quickly towards the crowd on the side, only to see Zhao Deyi standing there looking at her with a smile.

"Uncle Zhao." Seeing this, Li Hongyu hurriedly walked up, smiled and bowed to Zhao Deyi and shouted, although he had only met Zhao Deyi a few times, but because of Zhao Xin's relationship, he naturally had to come forward to say hello.

"Virtuous nephew, Xin'er has been living with you these days, thank you for taking care of me." Zhao Deyi glanced at Li Hongyu and said with a smile, revealing a hint of complexity in his smile, both appreciative and regretful.

To tell the truth, Zhao Deyi is really impressed by Li Hongyu now, it is obvious that Li Hongyu is not the timid nerd he thought before, after all, a person who can injure a little marquis like Zhang Quan and get out of it is not an idle person!

He didn't think that Li Hongyu was lucky to get out this time, after all, the overwhelming momentum in the Linjiang Tower that day was not something anyone could have.

Moreover, Zhao Deyi had already investigated Li Hongyu's case, not only knowing what happened in Linjiang Tower, but also knowing about the involvement of the Chu Wangfu in the case, which shocked him, no matter how he looked at Li Hongyu, he had nothing to do with the Chu Wangfu, but it was really incredible that he could alarm Zhu Shengchang, the king of the county.

The more Zhao Deyi inquired about Li Hongyu's affairs, the more he felt that Li Hongyu's body was shrouded in a layer of mystery that he couldn't see through, including what happened in Xiangyang City.

It seems that Li Hongyu was beaten and imprisoned in Xiangyang City, but in fact, he did not perform as well as Li Hongyi in Baihe College, but he unexpectedly passed the children's test Xiao Sanyuan, and Niu Feng, who framed him, also ended up with a disgraced dismissal and sentenced to death, in the final analysis, he was the final winner.

Therefore, Zhao Deyi, who has rich social experience, has a vague strange feeling that he and the rest of the people seemed to have been deceived by Li Hongyu's cowardly appearance before, but in fact, Li Hongyu is a hidden person, and even he was deceived in the past.

Zhao Deyi believes that Li Hongyu is not groundless in the third place in the handicap of Xie Yuan's odds, if Li Hongyu really takes the test to understand the yuan, even if Li Hongyu can't get into the Xie Yuan and is admitted to the "Five Classics", or even just the middle move will make him regret his original choice.

Moreover, the relationship between Zhao Xin and Li Hongyu made Zhao Deyi feel embarrassed and worried, he never imagined that Zhao Xin would be so close to Li Hongyu before, and he did not hesitate to accompany Li Hongyu to the prison and to unite Hu Guangsheng to Li Hongyu, a member of the Yamen, which really surprised him.

If Zhao Xin really has a deep affection for Li Hongyu, then Zhao Deyi will undoubtedly be in a dilemma, and now Li Hongyu is very likely to be moved, so he has no way to tell the outside world that Zhao Xin was engaged to Li Hongyu, so he will definitely be ridiculed by the outside world, saying that he is tending to be inflammatory, and what will his face be at that time?

After a few words of greeting, Zhao Xin followed Zhao Deyi and left, after all, the father and daughter must have a lot to say after not seeing each other for so long.

Li Hongyu chatted with some acquaintances and left, ready to go home and have a good meal, he has been eating noodles in the Gongyuan for the past few days, and now he wants to vomit when he smells the noodles.

"I found out, and the first five classics of Li's case were selected as "Spring and Autumn". Not long after Li Hongyu left, a student hurried to Shen Bocheng, who was chatting and laughing with several Wuchang Mansion students, and replied with a smile.

Hearing this, Shen Bocheng couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, he didn't want Li Hongyu to also choose the "Book of Songs" to answer the question, after all, Li Hongyu can be admitted to the Xiangyang Mansion Children's Test Xiao Sanyuan means that he has a strong strength, in case Li Hongyu comes to compete with him, then the probability of him being selected as the "Five Classics" will be reduced a lot.

"This Li case is really strange, I heard that he used to choose the "Book of Changes" as his scripture in Baihe Town, but when he took the exam, he chose the "Book of Songs" to answer the question, and this time it was even stranger, he actually chose "Spring and Autumn".

A student on the side couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this, you must know that usually candidates will choose one "Five Classics" as their own scripture, at most two to learn, and there are very few who are proficient in three courses, after all, one "Five Classics" is enough to learn for a lifetime, let alone three!

"The Book of Songs has Brother Shen, and the Book of Changes has a plan head, I think Li Case Head knows that his strength is not good, so he avoids Brother Shen and Plan Head." At this time, another student said with a smile.

Shen Bocheng smiled and said nothing when he heard this, but his brows involuntarily frowned slightly, he didn't think that Li Hongyu was trying to avoid him and Fang Yun, otherwise he could choose another popular "Shangshu" in the "Five Classics" to answer the question.

You must know that Xiangyang Shilin is the most refined "Shangshu" in the "Five Classics", followed by the "Book of Changes", otherwise Yang Renxiao would not have chosen "Shangshu" as his scripture.

Therefore, since Li Hongyun does not take the "Book of Changes", then he should choose the topic of "Shangshu", after all, this is a township test, and there is no room for the slightest sloppiness, of course, he must choose the second familiar "Five Classics" subject to test.

"Could it be that he deliberately avoided us because he was confident, and he returned our favor to Wuchang Wei Yamen to support him?" After the initial doubts, Shen Bocheng's eyes couldn't help but show a look of shock, and he thought of a seemingly crazy possibility.

"Which scripture did Zhao Xin from Xiangyang Mansion choose?" Shen Bocheng didn't believe that anyone in this world could be proficient in the three "Five Classics", and he didn't believe that Li Hongyu would joke about his future at the moment of such an important imperial examination as the township examination, so he asked after a deep sigh.

"I took the third exam with him in the same number of houses, and when I came out, I asked him, and he chose the same unpopular as Li Shushou, but it was not "Spring and Autumn" but "The Book of Rites". A student who was talking and laughing replied with a smile.

In fact, Zhao Xin's scripture is "The Book of Rites", but she also learned the "Book of Songs" and "Book of Changes", and has a very high talent.

Shanxi is located in the borderland, and its educational resources are naturally not as good as those in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, so its achievements in the popular "Book of Songs", "Book of Changes" and "Book of Songs" are far inferior to those in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, so there are only the unpopular "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites".

Shen Bocheng's eyes suddenly flashed with a look of astonishment, so his previous speculation was very likely to be the truth, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin avoided the popular "Five Classics" subjects in order to repay their favors, and then chose the two unpopular "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites".

But there are also areas in Huguang that specialize in the study of "Spring and Autumn" and "The Book of Rites", and Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin do not have the slightest advantage compared with the examinees in those areas.

"It's insane!"

For a long time, Shen Bocheng's Adam's apple couldn't help but squirm, and he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, secretly thinking in his heart, if he wasn't crazy, who would joke about his future, you must know that being admitted to the "Five Classics" is not only a great honor, but also means that you can go straight to the capital to participate in the examination.

The most important thing in the township test is the top six, because the top six have their own names: the first is "Xie Yuan", the second is "Yayuan", the third, fourth and fifth places are "Jingkui", and the sixth is "Yakui".

In the future, when interacting with people, the top six in the township test can report their names to show their status and identity, for example, when two lifters meet, the first time to compare the time of lifting people in the test, and the first person in the test is respected.

However, if the winner of the later examination is the top six in the township examination, and the first candidate is not the top six, the latter candidate is respected.

Moreover, when lifting people to interact with people, the top six in the township examination can write "a certain subject of economic excellence" or "a certain subject of Yakui" on the name post, while the rest of the people can only write "a certain imperial examination person" on the name post, so that there is a difference in identity and status, and naturally the degree of attention from the other party is different.

Therefore, Shen Bocheng couldn't understand Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's motives for doing this, and in his opinion, it was extremely stupid to take such a big risk in order to repay the favor.