Wipe the fine beads of sweat on your forehead, check it a little, and a gong will sound on it, ordering the candidates to stop writing and hand in the papers!

Because the time for this exam is too tight, some candidates have not yet finished copying, and they want to seize the time to add a few more strokes, but they are shouted by the collectors and threatened: "Write one more word, and it will be punished as cheating!" Frightened, the candidates hurriedly threw away their brushes and sat upright, but they inevitably frowned and even cried secretly.

Shen Mo's line was personally supervised by Li Mo, and he had already learned from Zhao Zhenji about this kid's seat...... It is said that Shen Wuyuan may be exhausted in character, good luck comes to an end, and there are not many opponents since his debut, but this time two of the three paper readers accounted for two seats, compared with the previous five games, the examiners favored him all the way, it was a world of difference.

He is not invulnerable this time...... When he was received, the official report was: "This Gongsheng's scratch paper is empty. ”

Li Mo walked over with a gloomy face, and when he saw that the manuscript paper sent down was really empty, he looked at Shen Mo with a sneer, and Shen Mo also looked back at him calmly, without the slightest hint of panic.

'Pretending to die when you're dying!' Li Mo sneered, waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Drop this volume." As soon as these words came out, the hands fell in the chaotic examination room, and all the examiners and candidates looked at each other.

"Dare to ask my lord, what precept did the student break to cause such a vain?" Shen Mo had no choice but to get up and salute and asked unhurriedly.

Seeing his calm and relaxed appearance, Li Mo was angry, and said word by word: "Don't you know this candidate? The field must have its manuscript to prevent cheating! As he spoke, he picked up the scroll and said, "It's gone!" ”

"Wait." Shen Mo arched his hand and said, "Adults, listen to the students." ”

Li Mo paused, looked at him with a sneer, and only heard Shen Mo neither humble nor arrogant: "As the adults said, the reason why the imperial examination must be handed in together with the answer sheet is that it is just for imitation of someone else's work. However, instead of trying to be in the house, but trying to be between His Majesty, every move is watched by everyone, so why should I avoid it? ”

"Strong words!" Zhao Zhenji was about to have a seizure, and the scholar Zhang Zhi came over and said: "There is some truth in what this candidate said, and under the attention of everyone, it is really impossible to do it on his behalf." He smiled and said: "Meng Jing, as a minister, if you are strict, you should be strict, and if you should be lenient, you should be lenient." ”

Li Mo couldn't refute the old face of the pavilion in public, so he had to give up, and said in his heart: "Anyway, I have already read his papers, and when the time comes, he will fall into the top three, and let him be in the Jinshi is like eating a fly." This person will repay his eyes, and his strength is worse than that of Old Master Zhao.

After the officials of the Ministry of Rites put the rolls away, the officials of Honglu Temple brought the 'boxed lunch' that they had given them...... Packed in a vermilion lacquer box, a product of tofu, golden mushrooms, three immortal balls, chicken breasts and canned simmered mountain chicken soup, two meats, two vegetables and one soup dish, the color and flavor are complete, showing the skills of the imperial chef, but each is a small portion, and it will not support you.

It's just that the Gongsheng are worried about the exam questions in the afternoon, who still has the heart to eat? One by one, their faces were sad, and they tasted the same as chewing wax, and they were blind to the mind of Honglu Temple.

After lunch, take a break, and the second exam will be held, and when the exam questions are sent, everyone gasps, and their hearts say what kind of bullshit this is, but none of them dare to squeak...... Because of this one, the test is an extremely gorgeous puppet style, called Qingzi, which requires candidates to express the emperor's respect and sincerity to the gods with strict to perverted battle rules and gorgeous words.

Thirty years ago, who would have written about these birds except Taoist priests? But now the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, even if they can't write official documents, they will write this kind of neat form, gorgeous words, and empty things, and from the elder of the pavilion to the science and road, all of them are said to study and keep improving, and they all want to write better words than others.

Why? Without him, the emperor needs you, His Majesty Jiajing is eager to ask for immortals, and his surname is urgent, so Qingzi is always in short supply. The officials knew very well that if they wanted to rise to the top, they had to curry favor with the emperor; If you want to be prosperous and rich, you must also please the emperor; If you want to stay safe forever, you have to curry favor with the emperor. Since my emperor is good at this, we have to go where we go. Those who wrote outstandingly entered the cabinet, such as Yan Song, Li Ben, Zhang Zhi, and even Xu Jie, although they have more profound political significance, they are also masters of green words. As for the general writing, it must also be written, because sincerity is more important than anything else, and it is an important magic weapon to increase officials and enter the knighthood and eliminate disasters and avoid disasters.

I also know that the candidates have never done green words, so along with the questions, there is also a grid table, which really can't, so let's compare it to a gourd. Fortunately, if the eight-strand text is done well, whatever you do, if you want poetry, you can give poetry, if you want to endow, it is a whip and a mark, a slap and a palm blood, although this green word is complex and complicated, but it can't escape the word 'Li'.

So, on the platform in front of the Ziguang Pavilion, all the candidates were snorting, searching for words and sentences, not only to conform to the format, but also to rhyme, and to praise the gods and Huang Yanjing, which is really difficult for the Gongsheng who are new to this way.

Even if you are silent, you will have to ...... The reason why he passed all the way and was like a bamboo, was nothing more than a solid study of scriptures, a good job in Bagu, and far more political experience than in the same year, which made his articles impeccable and convincing. But this kind of academic test-taking surname is too strong, and it can be said that it is a high score and low ability, so even if it is five yuan, it is not possible to call it the first in the Qionglin Society.

Now that a variable has appeared, although he can also do this green word, it is not the eight-strand Shiwen that he is good at; It is not a strategy that can reflect his superior political acumen, which completely obliterates his strengths, exposes his shortcomings, and makes Shen Mo feel a deep crisis for the first time.

But this crisis can't be solved with quick wit, you have to have gorgeous writing, silently ask yourself if you don't have this specialty, at least compared with Xu Wei, the articles of the two are like a phoenix and an old turtle...... Although they are all one of the four great beasts, the degree of brilliance is like mud.

Therefore, Shen Mo was sure that this scene was not as good as Xu Wenchang, and even the great shoutao Dalin was not as good, so he couldn't help but be a little depressed, and said in his heart: "Write it well, why can't you stack up the second and thirty-sixth, otherwise you will lose the dead." Then he cheered up and wrote:

'Luoshui Xuangui Chu Xianrui, Yin number nine, Yang number nine, nine hundred and eighty-one numbers, the number is through the Tao, the Tao is in line with the original Tianzun, and there is a sense of sincerity.

'Qishan Danfeng Shuangcheng Xiang, male singing, female singing, six, sixty-six, thirty-six sounds, heard in the sky, born Jiajing Emperor, longevity boundless. ’

Such words and sentences, it is not as easy as speaking on behalf of the saint, it is easy to hold back a piece of green words that are still excellent, but they are definitely not excellent, and I thought about it silently for a long time, and found that I was only able to do this, and then I wanted to write it with a little flesh, but it was impossible to be more gorgeous.

When I thought of entering Hanlin and becoming a minister, I would often write this kind of thing in the future, and I couldn't help but have a big head, and I said in my heart: "I don't know how Zhang Juzheng survived the past ten years." Then he thought: "If you don't choose Shu Jishi, it's better to use it when you get off the list, and you don't have to write this kind of bullshit." Thinking of this, his mood relaxed again, dusted off the scroll, and said secretly: "Love whoever you want, don't be, my dream of Shen Liushou......

In March, the days were still short, and it was already dark by the time of the unitary, so the examiner handed out a candle, and after it burned out, it was actually not the end of the unitary time, so he struck the gong to collect the papers.

This time the candidates learned to be obedient, they all sat honestly, no one dared to make noise, after all the examination papers were collected, the director of the palace examination Zhang Zhi and Yan Yuese said: "You have worked hard, now you can go back to rest for two days, Your Majesty will read your test papers in person in the two days after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, that is, March 18, please come to participate in the ceremony on time, no one is missing." ”

The candidates thanked the examiner, kowtowed to the throne in front of the Purple Light Pavilion, and kowtowed again, and said to the emperor who had gone back to practice early: "The student quits ......" After the palace exam, he is the protégé of the Son of Heaven, and this gold signboard is very remarkable.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites led the tribute students out of the palace gate, and everyone was completely relieved, no matter how good or bad, they finally completed the exam thoroughly, no matter what the final result was, it was a good thing worth celebrating, after all, compared to the thousands of scholars in the world, they were already successful.

But now that it is getting late, and people are tired, the candidates meet to celebrate together, and they go their separate ways, and Shen Mo naturally wants to go home to see his daughter-in-law, and he can't go with a few brothers from the Qionglin Society...... The six of them squeezed into a carriage and went back to the hall, and they were not afraid of breaking up the shelf.

In the carriage, Sun Ling suddenly said: "I feel that the six heads are hanging, Li Mo and Zhao Zhenji ......" This guy regretted it after speaking, and quickly covered his mouth and said: "When I was a fart." ”

"It stinks." Brother Sun Yan sneered: "If Brother Humble Yan doesn't have the sixth song, I will call you brother in the future." ”

Tao Dalin shook his head and said, "Indeed, I think Brother Wen will win the championship." ”

Zhu Dashou also said: "The paper is taken, and the humble words are indeed slightly inferior. ”

Wu Dui said: "I don't think it'......" Five people, three to two, are optimistic that Xu Wei will have a slight upper hand.

Xu Wei let out a strange laugh about this, and pointed at everyone: "Idiot, idiot, in fact, the result couldn't be more obvious." ”

"What result?" Everyone asked in unison.

Xu Wei smiled and said, "I'll know in three days." ”

(To be continued)