Steward Wang left Juan Guo and went straight back to the inn and crept back to his room. At the same time, Zhao Gou opened his eyes suddenly, frowned, and whispered: "It's so late, where did Steward Wang go?" Could it be that there is some secret? ”

Steward Wang got up and left while Zhao Gou was asleep, even if the two of them didn't sleep in the same room, they were door to door. Zhao Gou's martial arts are too high, any movement can alarm him, and there is no chance to go out during the day, so he has to sneak out quietly at night.

Because of this, Steward Wang thought that Zhao Gou was asleep, and he would not be found if he went out again and then came back. However, he ignored Zhao Go's vigilance. At any time, only any wind and grass can wake up, and Steward Wang only went for more than half an hour and came back, so Zhao Gou didn't ask about it.

The number of times Zhao Gou really slept was only a handful, even the imperial examination was completed quickly, and it was not delayed for long, and the rest of the time was playing, so Zhao Gou did not sleep deeply. When Steward Wang got up, Zhao Gou woke up.

However, Zhao Gou still trusted Steward Wang very much, so he did not follow Steward Wang. I just pretended to sleep, thinking that something was wrong these days! I didn't find anything wrong before, but now in retrospect, Zhao Gou felt that Steward Wang had something to hide from him, but he didn't break it. Because, he believed that Steward Wang would not harm himself, and there must be some reason why he had to do this.

The words were divided into two ends, Hu Anguo, Wang Huai and others gathered together and were reviewing the test papers.

At this time, Hu Anguo was the chief examiner, and Wang Huai was the deputy chief examiner, and they were graded separately. Arrange all the candidates' papers neatly and then separate them in the middle. There were a total of 1,380 candidates this time, with Hu Anguo in charge of the first 619 and Wang Huai in charge of the last 619.

There are a total of 40 examiners, plus Hu Anguo and Wang Huai, a total of 42 people, who are responsible for 1,380 people's examination papers, and on average, a small number of people have to reach thousands of answer sheets, so the task is relatively large, and the time is urgent, only three to five days, no more than 20 days at the latest, that is, the 21st needs to be officially released.

Therefore, the average person has at least a few hundred tasks per day, which is the time when the examiner is really tested, and sometimes there are times when there is no sleep and continuous grading. In addition, they also have to ensure that there must be no omissions, as the chief and deputy examiners, Hu Anguo and Wang Huai, have a heavy responsibility.

Not only to review, but also to supervise whether the examiner has a personal affair in it, as long as it is good or bad, it will basically be looked through, and the real dominance is in the hands of Hu Anguo. If there is a difficult answer sheet to be decided, it is impossible to distinguish between them, then everyone unanimously decides to obey the minority with the majority, and Juan has a special right to decide whether the candidate lives or dies.

In later generations, the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination were more modern in comparison, and only computer marking was required, and there were standard answers, which were just compared one by one. At this time, the marking can only be read word by word, and there is no standard answer, more is the subjective consciousness of the examiner, and there can also be cheating, that is, there are examiners with personal feelings.

It can be said that the reading volume is more than 10,000 words, and it is still a crepe Chinese text, and the task is quite heavy.

After Hu Anguo had distributed everything, he asked everyone to immediately start working on the answer sheet at hand. If you think it's good, stay it directly, and then compare it when the time comes; If it's not good, he needs to look at it himself, and then brush it down directly.

said that it started at the beginning, even if Hu Anguo wanted to directly choose Zhao Gou's answer sheet to view, but he still followed his patience and started from beginning to end. Zhao Gou's answer sheet was taken out separately by Hu Anguo and Wang Huai, and was not placed in the answer sheets of other candidates.

Hu Anguo, Wang Huai and others are in full swing to read the papers, working continuously day and night, and their bodies are also a little unbearable. Besides, Hu Anguo is more than fifty years old, and he is no longer a young man's body, so he is really unbearable. However, Hu Anguo still insisted, and he will do his best to be responsible for what he promised.

Everyone was also tired, and seeing that Hu Anguo was so persistent, they had to persist even if they were tired, and they didn't dare to have any complaints.

Hu Anguo is a scholar, even if his body is tired, his spirit is vibrant, because he is immersed in the sea of books, which is his greatest pleasure.

"Good! Good! Good! ……”

When Hu Anguo saw a good article and saw that the candidate wrote well, he couldn't help but applaud, looked at the number again, and then put it in the first class column; I read a few more articles one after another, some of which were placed in the second class, and some of which were directly placed in the third class, but there was no hope for the third class.

After several days of struggle, the answer sheets of 1,380 candidates were finally completed, of which 14 were first-class articles, 325 were second-class, and the rest were C-class. Zhao Gou's article is undoubtedly ranked in the first class, but the problem is that there are fourteen people in the first class, and the candidates who participate in the next exam must only be the top six, which means that eight people have to be eliminated.

However, Zhao Gou's article is among the top three, so there is no need to worry about this problem. However, a new problem has emerged, and that is the problem of Zhao Gou's article ranking. Among them, some examiners think that Zhao Gou's article is good and can be put in the first place, that is, to obtain "Xie Yuan"; Some people think it's in second place, while others think it's in third place.

Hu Anguo frowned, pondered for a long time, but still couldn't make up his mind. Although Zhao Gou's identity is not ordinary, and his writing is really good, but public is public and private is private, he can still distinguish this clearly. In the area that Lord Zhang is responsible for, Zhao Gou is impressively listed.

"Master Zhang, which one do you think is better for this candidate?" After thinking about it, Hu Anguo should ask for his advice.

Master Zhang pondered for a long time, and already had the answer in his heart, and replied: "Zhang thinks that it is more appropriate for this candidate to be placed in the second seat!" ”

"Why is that?" Juan Guo also guessed such a result without any surprise.

Master Zhang replied: "This candidate's writing and answers are all first-class, and he is among the best in the first class, and it is not impossible to put it in the first place." However, Zhang thought that although the candidate's writing was good, he had lost his etiquette, and if he put it first, he was afraid that it would not conform to the system, so he was afraid that there would be gossip from others! ”

Mr. Zhang's words are not groundless, but well-founded. It's a bit far-fetched, but it's reasonable. After all, Zhao Gou's three exams only take three days to answer, this attitude in his opinion is arrogant and rude, ignoring the imperial court's restrictions on the imperial examination system, it can be said that he is challenging authority, or it can be said that he is picking a bone in the egg, and he cannot promote the prevalence of this trend.

(End of chapter)