Provincial test, one step earlier than Su Gongzi, who Shen Yun had been waiting for a long time, came to the door.

In Tokyo in February, the spring breeze is mixed with the winter cold, and although you don't see the water surface ice when you wake up in the morning, if you wear a little thin, you may freeze out.

The provincial examination still starts at the beginning of the year.

However, so many scholars in the world are divided into ten batches, and it takes many twists and turns to enter the market. Therefore, the big guys got up together, checked the things they needed to bring, and stepped out of the Wenchang Inn with the blessing of the shopkeeper.

is not as good as Qinzhou, at this time, in addition to the scholars who rushed to take the exam, there were also officers on the road to maintain law and order, and ministers who went to the palace in the early dynasty.

When he arrived in front of the Gongyuan, Shen Yun experienced what a real crowd is. Literati who have not organized a line are like sheep on the mountain, dozens of them can block the streets, and hundreds of them will immediately make a commotion.

Let alone thousands.

No one in the black light could see who was on the other side, and the result was that when the Gongyuan was opened and the forbidden army regulated the population according to the region, it took three minutes to barely do it.

Qinzhou was naturally assigned to this part of Shaanxi Road, and when they arrived here, they basically became acquaintances. After all, there were a lot of people who participated in Ying Qian's Yiwen meeting before, and when Shen Yun and the others squeezed over, someone greeted them.

"Brother Shen, I've been looking for you for a long time. I wish all the brothers in Qinzhou a famous apricot list. ”

"I've waited for thanks, and I wish you all the best in Jinke High School from now on."

A hint of coldness suddenly appeared in the harmonious atmosphere: "Shen Yun, do you remember the gambling contract that day?" ”

They were all in a harmonious mood, and suddenly such a voice appeared, and Ying Qianyi, who rushed over to speak, immediately snorted coldly: "Who is my Dao, it turns out to be Han Sheng." Why, after living in my teacher's house for a long time, I became more and more arrogant? ”

When it comes to talent and learning, Ying Qianyi is originally above Han Yang. At least, that was the last time the two met. In terms of teachers, Zhang Zai is the cousin elder of Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi.

No matter what aspect he said, Ying Qianyi had no reason to be polite to this guy.

Han Yang, who originally wanted to say a few words aggressively, was stopped by Ying Qianyi: "Ying Qianyi, since you are also here, then I will say it together." Don't be complacent, you two, let's try to compete in the temple. ”

After finishing speaking, he walked to the end of the team on his own, and he had a posture of self-isolation and others.

Shen Yun looked at Ying Qianyi blankly, only to see him smile helplessly: "I think Shen Yun is also disturbed by it." When he was in Beijing, he liked this. Although many scholars were trampled under their feet, it was also notorious. ”

After finishing speaking, he arched his hand: "Thinking that Shen Yun is fully prepared, I will no longer bless anything in a wordy manner." After the province has tried, I might as well get together again. ”

But these people are rare to see, and they are afraid that Shen Yun and others will move after the provincial test, so they simply come over in advance to say hello.

"At the invitation of my brother, how dare I refuse. Before I waited for the list, I still lived in Wenchang Inn. When the time comes, Brother Ying will come. ”

After talking a few words, seeing that the sky was a little bright, the forbidden army in front lit a lamp at the door, and some lit torches, which illuminated a small area. It's time to get into the exam room.

Compared to the local sergeants, the forbidden army was obviously more simple and crude.

In a series of shouts, Shen Yun once again experienced the test like Qinzhou, and sneezed a few times in the cold wind before walking to his test room. Naturally, the caucus in the same state is adjacent.

Although it increases the possibility of fraud, it is much simpler, at least from a management point of view.

After cleaning up in the examination room, I finally settled down. looked at the surrounding scholars, and it was the same action. Of course, at this time, there was still some time before the beginning of the hour, and he couldn't find anything like a book when he was sharpening his knife temporarily, so Shen Yun simply closed his eyes and recuperated.

Waiting and waiting, I was inexplicably a little anxious.

Suddenly, I heard a noisy voice, and when I opened my eyes, I heard someone say that the examiner was coming.

The Gongyuan of Jingshi has the same layout as the Gongyuan of Qinzhou. It is nothing more than that the area of the Kausa is much larger, and the area is divided by the intersection of the heavenly and terrestrial branches. Shen Yun is in the Gengwu area.

Following the examiner to worship Confucius and thank the emperor, when he returned to his seat, a soldier slowly walked over with a sign for the scholars to copy the questions.

Although the reform of the imperial examination in the DPRK and China had been finalized years ago, the provincial examination was not among the benefits. It is still a theory of poetry and policy, and the amount of questions is like a state test, but the difficulty is relatively high.

In fact, the difficulty of the question can only be regarded as average for Shen Yun. It's just that the article is high, and in the end, it is still up to the examiners to talk about it. It doesn't seem to be useful to think too much, so it's better to let it go.

Of course, in the end, it was a provincial test, and Shen Yun didn't dare to be too reckless. I still honestly typed the draft, read it twice, revised the parts that didn't feel very suitable, and then copied the articles one by one to the test paper.

In this way, whether it is the time required or the energy spent, there is a lot more, and at the end of the day, Shen Yun has only completed three current affairs, but his hands are stiff because of being exposed for a long time.

Filling the brazier at his feet with charcoal and putting away the test papers, Shen Yun got on the cramped low kang, shrunk into a ball, wrapped the quilt he brought on his body, and slowly fell asleep.

The next morning, just after dawn, sergeants began to call people from one room to another.

Don't look at the front of the test house is open, but if the brazier is placed in the wrong place, it can still stun people. It was with this in mind that the examination room asked the forbidden soldiers on duty to call people one by one, and once they found that something was wrong, they immediately poured a basin of cold water on the heads of the soldiers.

If it doesn't work, then it can only be said that it is a pity, take it out and send it to the doctor for diagnosis and treatment, and if it is a great life, then come back next time. If it is unfortunate, then it will be good for the fellow villagers to bring back bad news in a month.

Shen Yun, who was woken up, hastily packed up his things with the residual warmth in the brazier.

When I couldn't sleep last night, Shen Yun's mind was full of the content of the exam, and unconsciously, he actually had a draft like this, and at this time, while his memory was still complete, he wrote it all down.

Two days have passed in a flash, and he is no longer the merry boy who submitted his papers in advance in the state exam.

If it weren't for the water to wash your face every morning, you would have been unkempt long ago. Of course, now it's just that there is no dirt, and the unkempt head still exists.

At noon on the fourth day like this, Shen Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief, put down the pen in his hand, and kept rubbing his hands.

This time he really finished writing the test paper, but his speed was not fast. Just this morning, in the Gengwu area, more than a dozen scholars handed in the test papers one after another. As for other areas, there will be no less.

Even among the scholars in Qinzhou, there were two who handed in the papers in the morning.

If you really don't come to the capital, you don't know the prosperity of the world. If you don't take the provincial exam, you don't know the world's talents.

As soon as he raised his hand, the forbidden army guarding not far away came over to confirm: "I wonder if Gongzi wants to hand in the papers?" ”

Shen Yun nodded, put the exam paper on the table, the forbidden army nodded, watched Shen Yun put the exam paper in his hand and walked out of the examination room, and then under his escort, he came to the front of the Confucian Temple, bowed in front of the three examiners with unknown surnames, and then presented the test paper.

Without any special treatment, after handing in the test papers, he still returned to the examination house under the escort of the forbidden army and packed his things, and then slowly walked out of the tribute courtyard.

On a cold day, the people of Jingshi are not as lively as Qinzhou at this time. The real excitement is still when the list is posted. Therefore, Shen Yun was not hindered along the way.

Of course, the sloppy image still attracted the laughter of the people along the way. Of course, they knew that these were all candidates for the exam, but it was precisely this way that it was even more worthy of laughter.

Back at the Wenchang Inn, the two who came back early became beautiful again after some washing.

Of course, after four days of hard work, it would be false to say that there was no change. Shen Yun felt that he had lost several pounds. Looking at the faces of these two people, this feeling became more and more certain.

"Brother Shen, I knew that the third one to come out would definitely be you."

"The two brothers came out really early, how do you feel about this exam?" After the exam, you naturally need to answer the right answers, of course, there is no unified standard for writing articles.

The two scholars also knew that they were a little worse than Shen Yun, but they just talked about the last scriptures.

"Alas, on the last day, my brain was so hard from the cold. The sentence from the Book of Changes should have been another sentence, but I was too confident and wrote it wrong. The scholar surnamed Zhou looked annoyed.

But apparently he is not the most regretful.

Another scholar also shook his head: "Brother Zhou, you just wrote one question wrong, I wrote two questions in a row, I'm afraid that there will be no hope again this year." ”

When Shen Yun heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "This year's post is really weird, and the two of you don't have to regret it." After all, what you need to see in the provincial test is mainly the strategy. If the article is done well, the two scriptures will not hurt. ”

The three of them talked about it, and Shen Yun suddenly remembered that he hadn't washed yet. hurriedly said goodbye to the two, brought the bath bucket over to the man, and filled it with the hot water that had been prepared.

If he hadn't come to Beijing to catch the exam, Shen Yun really wouldn't have this treatment.

After taking a comfortable bath, it was already time to go out.

Listening to the sound outside the inn, he walked over to take a look, but it was Zhao Wenqing and a few others who came back this time, as soon as he entered the inn, he looked at Shen Yun who was in good spirits with a wry smile: "Brother Shen, you came quickly, but you didn't wait for me." ”

After complaining about this, he didn't say anything more, and hurriedly asked the man to get some hot water to wash, and then went back to the room to change his clothes.

Looking at this scene, Shen Yun shook his head helplessly. I don't know how long I can live such a comfortable day. In half a month, I will have to make a list again, how many scholars in Qinzhou will be able to stay at that time?