Arrived at the front hall restaurant of the inn, ascended to the second floor, and a noisy sound came.

It turned out that there were many candidates sitting in the lobby on the second floor, and these candidates sat together in groups of three or five, talking highly, and it was difficult to think about it without being noisy.

Xu Xian Li and his party were extraordinary and talented, and as soon as they climbed to the second floor, they immediately attracted the attention of many people, and the noise was much quieter all of a sudden.

"Haha, Brother Xu, Brother Li, fellow villagers."

A young man who stretched out his brocade robe greeted him with a smile on his face, followed by more than a dozen candidates.

Xu Xian recognized this person, it was Tang Xuan, who had been in contact and talked at the county school banquet.

I only heard Tang Xuan smile and say, "You guys are here, welcome." ”

"Brother Lao Tang, fellow villagers have been waiting for a long time, I'm really sorry." Xu Xian and Li Tong smiled in return.

"We've got the table open, here, please." Tang Xuan smiled and made a gesture of please.

Xu Xian and Li Tong also made a gesture of invitation in return: "Please." ”

The hall on the second floor is spacious, and the table that Tang Xuan has opened is three Eight Immortal Tables together, and although more than 20 people are a little crowded, they can barely sit down.

Of course, the most important thing is the atmosphere, more than 20 people sit together, all of them are candidates from the same township, they basically know each other, the atmosphere is very lively, attracting the attention of other candidates.

Tang Xuan is the east, so he sits in the middle of the main position, Xu Xian sits in the middle of the opposite Tang Xuan, and the other positions are basically based on the comprehensive reference of talent and prestige and family background, and consciously sit on the left and right sides of Xu Xian and Tang Xuan.

Xu Xian, Li Tong, Tang Xuan and other more than 20 Qiantang County candidates sat down to eat together, mainly to contact feelings, emphasizing that the Qiantang County candidates who lived in the Zhuangyuanlou Inn during this time must be united, and they must not be bullied by candidates from other places.

After a meal, after eating for almost an hour, everyone was very happy.

After dinner, they went back to their rooms to rest.

After Xu Xian took a bath, he read a book for a while, and only then did he start to lie down and sleep at the beginning of his childhood.

In the Zhuangyuanlou Inn, it is destined to be unable to go to bed early, because the people living in it are all candidates, and the whole inn is full of reading sound before the child, and the sound insulation effect of the room is very general.

The next day, before dawn, the inn sounded the sound of reading, and Xu Xian had already woken up under the effect of the biological clock he had cultivated.

After dressing and washing, he also joined the army of early reading.

The candidates who live in the Zhuangyuanlou Inn are at least well-off, but their hard work is no worse than that of poor scholars.

After Xu Xian stayed at the Zhuangyuanlou Inn, he was not very active, except for some necessary communication, and to familiarize himself with the environment around the Gongyuan, he basically concentrated on studying.

Although the library in his mind was where his confidence to participate in the imperial examination lies, the further he goes, the less direct the role of the library becomes.

Because the further you go, the more difficult and complex the content of the exam becomes.

For example, from the beginning of the government test, when answering, it is no longer a simple explanation, but must have its own point of interpretation. Then there are topics such as policy theory, which are more and more integrated with national current affairs, people's livelihood, history, geography, etc., and account for an increasing proportion of points. In the final palace examination, the emperor personally invigilated the examination, and only asked questions to select the real pillars.

Therefore, after Xu Xian memorized the Four Books and Five Classics backwards, he must understand them thoroughly, read the articles and insights of his predecessors, and experience the subtle words and meanings of the sages.

Fortunately, in the library of my mind, in addition to the collection of the Four Books and Five Classics, the collection of annotations, history and geography, and countless poetry articles, there is also a large collection of imperial examination articles. The ancient Chinese imperial examination was carried out for more than 1,300 years, during which there were countless excellent imperial examination articles and imperial examination topics.

However, on the third day of his stay, he suddenly received an expensive gift.

On the morning of that day, he was in his guest room carefully studying the books and articles designated by Zhang Jingming for the prefectural examination.

Unlike the county examination, Zhang Jingming deliberately took a day to give Xu Xian the lecture hall examination, and designated some books and articles for him to read.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, thinking that it was Li Tong Tang Xuan and others looking for him, but when he opened the door, he saw the shopkeeper.

"Master Xu, someone is looking for you in the front hall." The shop is small and two-way.

Xu Xian subconsciously asked, "Who?" ”

"Weiyuan Dart Bureau, they seem to have something to deliver to you." The shop is small and two-way.

"Weiyuan Dart Game?" Xu Xian was confused when he heard this, "You wait a minute." ”

Then, he turned around and returned to the room, put away the books, pen and ink, and then closed the door and went to the front hall of the inn with the shopkeeper to meet people.

When I arrived at the front hall, I saw a group of warriors with knives and guns, guarding a few boxes with seals.

"Master Chen, this son is the son of Xu Hanwen you are looking for." The shopkeeper walked up to a tall and mighty middle-aged man with a short beard and introduced Xu Xiandao.

Then the shopkeeper introduced Xu Xian: "Chen Ye Chen Hu is the deputy head of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau. ”

The shopkeeper gave both sides an introduction and retreated.

Chen Hu looked at Xu Xian and took out a piece of paper from his arms and unfolded it.

I saw a portrait of a character painted on the paper, the portrait was very similar to Xu Xian, and it could even be said to be expressive. In addition, there is a text introduction next to the portrait.

"Childe, but is the son of Xu Xian and Xu Hanwen, the head of the case in Qiantang County?" After Chen Hu confirmed that the person in front of him was the person he was looking for, he put away the portrait, and then asked Xu Xian with a fist for further confirmation.

Xu Xian arched his hand and said: "Don't dare, it's Xu Xian below, the word is Chinese." ”

Chen Hu said: "Someone entrusted our Weiyuan Dart Bureau to deliver a batch of things to you. Here's the list, you can look at it now, and then we'll deliver it on the spot. ”

As he spoke, he took out a list and handed it to Xu Xian.

Xu Xian took the list, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but be taken aback.

I saw that it was written: a letter, two Zihao Lake pens, five pieces of Huangshan pine smoke ink, a high-grade inkstone, a load of rice paper, five taels of Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoot tea, a pound of high-grade insect repellent incense and a copper lion three-legged incense burner.

These things were worth at least seven or eight hundred taels of silver, no wonder Xu Xian was surprised.

In addition to being surprised, Xu Xian was puzzled, who gave so many valuable things.

However, he didn't ask Chen Hu, because there was a letter on the list, and presumably there was an answer in the letter.

"Young Master Xu, can you start the delivery now?" Chen Hu asked.

Xu Xian nodded: "There is labor." ”

Chen Hu turned around and asked his people to tear off the seal of the box, open the box, and ask Xu Xian to count the goods.

Xu Xian looked at the boxes one by one, and after making sure that there were no shortcomings, he said to Chen Hu: "No problem." ”

Chen Hu took out the drawing document and asked Xu Xian to draw the charge and complete the delivery.

At the end, he smiled and said, "Entrust the owner to explain, let us send these things to your guest room Gongzi Xu." Please let Mr. Xu lead the way. ”

"Okay, this way, please." Xu Xian nodded and led the way.

With so many things, it's really hard for him to move back to the guest room alone.