Shen Mo was very unhappy about being pulled onto the thief ship in a daze, but because the teacher was a hardcore Wang Xuemen, whether he wanted it or not, his body had been branded with Wang Xue, and he couldn't wash it off.

He even began to complain to Xu Wei in his heart, why did he bring himself to this illegal assembly? But I don't want to think about it, if there is no relationship with Shen Lian, Xu Wei, Wang Ji, and Tang Shunzhi, what will they do to care about him as a hairless boy?

In the confusion, Shen silently ended the first class of his master, to be honest, except for hearing that Wang Ji was Xu Wei's old cousin, he didn't listen to a word.

After returning home, Shen Mo had nightmares for several nights, always dreaming that when he was taking an exam, a group of fierce officials rushed in, took a poke and put a poke on his head, and then tied him up and dragged him out, so frightened that he struggled while shouting: "I'll go once, I won't dare to ...... next time"

At this moment, his body was suddenly pressed hard, and the person woke up suddenly. Shen Mo opened his eyes and saw his eldest son, looked at him anxiously and said, "Humble words, get up quickly, you're going to be late." ”

Silent gasped in horror: "What is late? ”

"Let's try it today!" The eldest son said in a loud voice: "There is still half an hour. "The usual silent self-discipline is very strong, and no one needs to call me early. The eldest son's mother made breakfast and waited below, who knew that he had overslept on such an important day today?

"Ahh Shen Mo woke up suddenly, a carp jumped off the ground, washed his face, brushed his teeth, rinsed his mouth and dressed, his movements were dazzling, and before the eldest son could react, he had already picked up the test basket and rushed downstairs in three steps and two steps.

The sky was still full of stars outside the house, and Father Yao had already set up a carriage and was waiting for him, and when he saw Shen Mo coming out, he said, "Breakfast is in the car, son, go up and eat." ”

Silently got into the car, and didn't forget to instruct: "Uncle, hurry up!" ”

Under the desperate urging of Uncle Yao, the carriage drove rapidly. Shen Mo wanted to eat something in the car, but the carriage was too bumpy, and he was afraid that he would bite his tongue and commit suicide, so he just held back.

After about a moment of travel, the carriage stopped, and he said in silence that he was fast, and then poked his head out and said, "Uncle, have you arrived?" ”

But I heard Daddy Yao say helplessly: "It's blocked ......" Shen Mo looked forward when he heard the sound, and saw the lanterns and torches in front of him, converging into a stout long dragon. His first reaction was that it was spectacular, but then he realized that he had encountered a traffic jam that was extremely rare in this era.

If you can see at night, you will see the banks of the Toumi River in the south of Shaoxing, densely packed with sedan chairs, horse-drawn carts, and even donkey carts, ox carts, and horses on horseback...... Even the rivers are crammed with boats, large and small.

This is actually not surprising, Shaoxing subordinate eight counties, in addition to Huiji Shanyin, there are Yuyao Xiaoshan, Xinchang Zhuji, Shangyu Shengxian six counties, these candidates from all over the world, for the same purpose gathered here, the number of people is more than five times the number of Huiji County test, no traffic jam is strange!

Time was pressing, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he jumped off the lane with the test basket: "Uncle, I'll go over, you go back first." Uncle Yao took out a silver ingot from his arms and gave it to him: "I came to inquire yesterday, everything is sold in it, so go in and buy some food." ”

Shen Mo took the silver suspiciously, and before he had time to say more, he got into the traffic like a fish, and ran to the front of the Fuxue Palace.

Seeing him get out of the car and run in, many candidates also ran along, everyone chased after me, did not let each other, and finally rushed to the cordon at the last moment before the roll call to enter.

After running for such a long distance, he was so tired that he couldn't straighten his waist, and he suddenly saw a chill in his left foot, and when he looked down, his shoes were gone.

I couldn't help but feel dizzy for a while, and my heart said Why am I so unlucky? But at this time, the candidate began to go inside, and he was involuntarily dragged in, and almost stepped on his other shoe.

Like the county exam, the cadres who sent the exam were separated from the official errand, and only the children who took the exam could enter the front street of the school palace.

But the number of candidates is too much, because not only those who were admitted to the county examination this year, but also those who passed the county examination in previous years but failed to take the government examination. According to the rules, these people can no longer take the county examination, but directly enter the prefectural examination...... That's more than four times as many as this year, so the total number of candidates is about ...... Five thousand people.

In the darkness before dawn, 5,000 candidates crowded in front of the examination room, but they could not enter immediately. Because the roll call for the prefectural examination is based on the county unit -- the candidates in this county will enter the next county after they have finished counting.

However, even if they come in a group in advance, they will definitely be scattered in the crowd, not to mention that many students come by themselves, so how to find the leader of the team in their own county, the Instructor? In order to solve this problem, each county will carefully make strange-shaped and colorful lanterns before the exam, and tell the candidates in advance that those who see that look like will gather here.

For example, the Huiji Instructor told the candidates in the county in advance that they would lean over when they saw the bull's head lantern.

Those lanterns were carried with long bamboo poles, which were very conspicuous in the dark sky, and after looking for a while, they saw the bull's head in the air, so they squeezed over with the examination basket, and finally saw the familiar candidates, and the first sentence was: "Who has extra shoes?" ”

Everyone saw that it was the head of the county, and both young and old saluted him together, calling him 'senior brother', which can be regarded as a small benefit for the head of the case. After hearing the meaning of silence, everyone smiled and said, "Senior brother has also been stepped on." There are many people who gossip and say, "I'm too." "My hat was squeezed off." "My pen and ink are broken"

"So what did you do?"

Some say it's "bought now." "This is the first time I have taken the government exam.

Some people say "there is a spare." "It's experienced.

Shen Mo was taken aback and said, "Is there still a merchant here?" ”

Tong Sheng, who has taken the exam for several sessions, said with a smile: "Senior brother doesn't know, there are so many people in the government examination every year, and there are not many pen and ink inkstones that are squeezed out of their shoes and hats and broken inkstones, and the examination room stipulates that 'untidy clothes are not allowed to enter'." Seeing that it was profitable, the servants bought a batch and sold it at a high price. Someone volunteered to find him to buy something, and in a short time he received a man wearing a uniform and carrying a merchant.

Then the light in the man's hand, Shen Mo saw that food, stationery, shoes and hats were all available. When I asked, a pair of cloth shoes cost one or two silver, and at this price you can buy five pairs of fine satin cloth shoes outside. But he also knew that scarcity was capital, so he had to be slaughtered obediently.

Seeing that the man sold meat for fire, he asked the price again, two coins of silver, and the silence was numb. He simply threw the two taels of silver given by Uncle Yao to him, and took five fires and a pair of cloth shoes.

Others said that he shouldn't buy fire, and experienced candidates told him that in previous years, the officials in the examination room would buy food from outside and sell it in the examination room, although the price was also high, but it was still hot.

Shen Mo shook his head and said, "Having said that, but the new official has taken office with three fires, who knows if Lord Fuzun will burn on our heads?" ”

The candidates couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and immediately snapped up the man's food.

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