"Where Jinshi, try one poem, one poem, one treatise, five ways, ten posts of the Analects, and ten articles of ink meaning for the Spring and Autumn Period or the Book of Rites. www.biquge.info"This is the content of the imperial examination set in the early Northern Song Dynasty. This time the imperial examination is no exception, and the first test is poetry. Although Fan Zhongyan's new policy raised the status of policymaking, with the death of the new policy, the scientific expedition also returned to its previous order. However, the chief examiner this time is Ouyang Xiu, who is not only a former supporter of the Qingli New Deal, but also has the literary goal of reviving ancient texts, so it is obviously very important to write a good strategy for this provincial examination.

However, even so, if you want to do well in the exam, poetry is also an essential one. From the poems, we can see a person's talent, thoughts, writing skills and reading accumulation. Gu Yan was not in a hurry to start writing, and took advantage of the time to grind the ink to sort out his thoughts, and then picked up a piece of paper - this exam is still quite humane, and two more pieces of paper can be used as a draft. Gu Yan thought about it for a while, wrote down a few roughly usable rhyme words that came to mind, and established the central idea. Then start writing some of the available rhyming phrases as alternate endings. Then pick up some sentences for the soul of the whole poem. Slowly, a poem took shape in my mind. Gu Yan wrote the poem on straw paper and adjusted the rhythm until there was no such problem as "four voices and eight diseases", and then recalled some evasive words, and then smoothly transcribed the poem.

Now that the poem has been completed, all that remains is Fu. Gu Yan also wrote two exercises in his previous life, and the literary fu of the Tang and Song dynasties was not a problem. It's just that I want to write a better fu, but it's different from writing a poem, and it takes longer. Even compared with writing a strategy, it takes a little longer to write a fu. By the time Gu Yan finally finalized this fu, it was already evening. Candles are allowed to be lit in this provincial test, but the poems of the first session will obviously not wait until midnight to rewind. There is also a final turn-in time.

Without a watch and a clock, Gu Yan didn't know what time it was. However, looking at the sky, it was about seven or eight o'clock in the evening, and a group of people came down to take away the test papers. Approximately a single person collecting the test paper may produce a bag adjustment? Gu Yan thought as he watched the roll being put away.

There was nothing else left, and the pen and ink had already been packed up. There was no oil lamp to illuminate, Gu Yan shook off the cover and lay down, planning to go to bed early, but he usually had to sleep for an hour or two at night, and now he was lying on the bed, and he couldn't sleep anymore. I don't know how long it took to toss and turn, Gu Yan was sleeping in a daze, when he heard a noise, which was so loud that it woke Gu Yan up. When he opened his eyes, he was stunned to find that there were many people outside, and there were still bright torches. Gu Yan didn't get used to the light for a while, squinted his eyes, and sat up.

Before Gu Yan could come to see what was going on, a few dukes walked to Gu Yan's table and pulled out something from under the inkstone. said to Gu Yan: "Is this thing yours?" Although it was a question, the voice was very sure.

Gu Yan glanced at the thing in his hand and couldn't help but be surprised. This thing is very similar to the cheat sheet brought by the person who was caught cheating when he entered today. Someone is framing him! Gu Yan's face quickly became gloomy. After taking a breath and calming his heartbeat, Gu Yan spoke, "It's not mine." The voice was crisp and powerful, and even the man holding it was slightly surprised.

"Not yours? So what's wrong with this thing! The tolerance quickly reacted and asked.

"I don't know about it." Gu Yan argued, "If it were me, how could I press such an important thing under the inkstone and lie high on the bed by myself?" ”

Under the light of the torches, this tolerance looked at Gu Yan with a strange look, which made Gu Yan feel quite bad in his heart. Sure enough, the man sneered: "Naturally, you didn't put it, someone put it for you." You know him! So saying, he brought out a man.

Gu Yan, the person who was pushed out, had no impression, but the clothes on his body were very familiar to Gu Yan. That is to prevent fraud arranged by the night patrol people's clothing. Gu Yan felt some chills on his body.

"I don't know this man." Gu Yan said.

"But this man knows you!" The man sneered, turned his head, and asked, "Is it this person?" ”

"That's right, it's him, it's the money he gave, I can't be mistaken." Hearing this voice, Gu Yan's heart sank. Just as he was about to start arguing, he heard another voice: "What happened?" "I saw a figure walking by.

"Merontu, here's a candidate who bought through the night watch and sent this." The tolerance attitude is also quite respectful.

Gu Yan took a closer look, and the person who came here was the deputy examiner of this imperial examination - Mei Zhi, a straight scholar of Longtu Pavilion.

When Mei Zhi heard this, she was also taken aback, and she found a few entrained ones at the door, how could someone be so bold? Buying off the examination room personnel is a big deal, and depending on the meaning of the officials, they actually attach great importance to this scientific examination, and if such a thing happens, even if the officials don't blame them, the examiners, they must have some opinions. I couldn't help but look a little unsightly.

Gu Yan saw that Mei Zhi's face was not good under the light of the torch. I was shocked, and I knew that if I didn't defend myself, I was afraid that it would be too late. Then he said loudly: "Master Mei! Students have something to say! ”

"Oh?" Mei Zhi still had a calm face, "What do you have to say?" ”

Gu Yan shook his head, "The student didn't cheat!" After saying this, Gu Yan stood up straight, looked at the person who identified him as having bought him, and asked in a loud voice: "You said that you were bought by me, and you said that you had seen me with your own eyes, then let me ask you, when did you see me and accept my money?" Where? How much did you collect? Who gave this thing to you! ”

Gu Yan suddenly made a difficulty, the momentum was not insufficient, and the person identified actually inadvertently took a step back, "It was just a moment yesterday, under the tree in Hongqiao, you gave me a hundred taels of silver and gave me this thing." Tell me to hand it to you at night. ”

Hearing this, Gu Yan sneered twice and said to Mei Zhi: "Obviously, this person is talking nonsense? ”

"Oh?" Seeing that Gu Yan was full of confidence, Mei Zhi couldn't help but re-examine the young man in front of him, and said, "Then you can talk about it, this person is clear, there is time and place, why do you say that this person is talking nonsense?" ”

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To celebrate tomorrow's special day, even if there is no manuscript deposit...... I'm going to do my best to add another chapter. Do your best! It should be fine......