The township examination is not in the academy, because of the large number of candidates, so a tribute courtyard was specially built next to the yamen, which is enough to accommodate thousands of candidates to take the exam together.

The yamen is located in the center of Shuzhou City, and Xu Mingyuan and the others still need some time to walk from the Xicheng side.

Because there are too many scholars who participate in the township examination, and the inspection of entering the Gongyuan is indispensable, the starting time is much earlier than the hospital examination.

Xu Mingyuan, Zhao Qingliang, and Feng Rui walked all the way, and saw that the two of them were really a little nervous, and he also briefly told them a little experience he had summed up in the previous hospital test, so that the two of them should not be too nervous.

After listening to Xu Mingyuan's views on the imperial examination, Feng Rui asked with some surprise: "Brother Xu should be only one or two years old when we are young, but we seem to know a lot about the scientific examination, could it be that you have already participated in the township examination three years ago?" ”

Xu Mingyuan shook his head with a smile and said, "I am also participating in the township test for the first time, but someone told me before that I am also picking up people's teeth." "Thinking about it carefully, he has only been in the academy for a month, and he has only been in contact with the imperial examination for two months, and it seems that it is really not the same thing to cheer up two people who have been preparing for the imperial examination for several years here.

"How come, Brother Xu is a bamboo in his chest at a glance, and this township test will definitely be on the list. However, it was a little difficult for the two of us to ask questions, because of our family background, we read too few books, and many questions did not know what to ask. Zhao Qingliang's eyes were a little gloomy.

"It's okay, isn't this still young, reading thousands of books, traveling thousands of miles, you can do that kind of thing sooner or later." Xu Mingyuan explained softly. Regarding the problem of the two of them, Xu Mingyuan has no way to solve it.

However, these two people have good temperaments, and listening to the questions and answers of the two before, it can also be seen that the two of them still have a very good grasp of Jingyi and Moyi. If the two of them can have the same environment as the academy, they will definitely be able to stand out in less than two years.

When the two heard Xu Mingyuan say this, they both smiled and nodded, and asked some things to pay attention to in the township examination, and Xu Mingyuan also answered carefully one by one, which made the two relax a lot.

The closer you get to the Gongyuan, the more scholars there are on the street, some of them are rich children with their heads held high and full of ambition, and some are afraid of their hands and feet, carefully looking at the scholars in the countryside.

Xu Mingyuan and the two walked to the tribute courtyard behind the yamen, the tribute courtyard enclosed by the wooden fence was very wide, and the bungalows of all colors were neatly arranged, with white walls and green tiles, solemn and solemn.

There were already five long lines lined up in front of the gate of the Gongyuan, and the team slowly moved forward, and more than a dozen officials in front of the door were quickly checking whether the things brought by the beings were forbidden, which was not much different from the specifications of the hospital examination. Xu Mingyuan, Zhao Qingliang, and Feng Rui lined up at the back of a line.

Zhao Qingliang and Feng Rui approached the Gongyuan, and they became more and more nervous, and even their calves and stomachs couldn't help but tremble a little. Listening to the whispered question and answer between the two, Xu Mingyuan shook his head with a smile, closed his eyes and prepared to rest for a while.

"Yo, isn't this the Xu Mingyuan who entered the academy? Why, I haven't passed the college test, and I plan to come to the township to join in the fun? Could it be that I can really pick up a solution for you to go back? However, Xu Mingyuan had just closed his eyes, and a somewhat snarky voice came from the right.

Hearing this, Xu Mingyuan opened his eyes and turned his head to look, and the person who spoke was the middle-aged scholar surnamed Liu who was ridiculed by Liu Sanniang in Dongcheng that day.

This scholar surnamed Liu is named Liu Tangren, and he has participated in the imperial examination for more than 20 years, but he has not been able to make the list in the township examination, which can be said to have exhausted the best age in the imperial examination.

It is precisely because of this that he heard that Xu Mingyuan had entered the academy only a few days ago in Dongcheng that day, and he said in vain that he wanted to be promoted, and he would go to the examination and the palace examination, so he would refute it.

was ridiculed by Liu Sanniang, who felt that he had lost face and had nowhere to vent, he counted all his grievances on Xu Mingyuan's head. I didn't expect to see Xu Mingyuan here today, and he naturally wanted to make a mockery.

As soon as Liu Tangren said this, the people around him also looked at Xu Mingyuan, and Zhao Qingliang and Feng Rui also looked at Xu Mingyuan with a look of surprise.

Generally speaking, college students are not allowed to participate in the township examination, because there can be ten people on the list in the college entrance examination, and so many people compete in the township examination, and only ten people can be on the list, so it has become a rule for college students not to participate in the military college examination.

And Liu Tangren said that Xu Mingyuan was a student of the academy and had already participated in the academy's college examination, but at this time, he was waiting in line here to participate in the township examination, which naturally aroused the disgust of many people, and his gaze at Xu Mingyuan also became a little unkind.

Ordinary scholars can be said to be both envious and jealous of the academy students, at this time, Xu Mingyuan came to participate in the township examination as a student of the academy, and before the exam started, he invisibly became the strongest opponent of everyone.

Some people are even discussing going to the school station to report and remove Xu Mingyuan's qualifications, after all, the rule that college students are not allowed to participate in the township examination is there.

Although Zhao Qingliang and Feng Rui were a little surprised, their eyes at Xu Mingyuan were more admiration and envy, in Shuzhou, and even Jiannan Dao, it was a thing worth boasting about being able to enter Chongzhou Academy.

The two of them didn't have those people's complicated thoughts, they just felt that Xu Mingyuan was very knowledgeable, and he had guided them all the way before, and he had taught them carefully, and they knew that Xu Mingyuan was a student of the academy at this time, and they admired them even more.

Xu Mingyuan glanced at Liu Tangren and those cold-eyed scholars, and then at Zhao Qingliang and Feng Rui, who were full of admiration, smiled at them, and directly closed his eyes and ignored the eyes of others.

He didn't even bother to refute the students of the academy, these people who couldn't even make the list in the township test in their lifetime, why did he have to explain and deal with it.

Regarding the matter of the township examination, Zeng Fuzi has already helped him get it properly, since Sun Xuezheng said that his identity as a student of the academy does not count, then he came to participate in the township examination, and naturally he did not use the identity of a student of the academy, so what is wrong?

If the officials of Xuetai intervened and did not let him participate, wouldn't it be a slap in the face to Sun Xuezheng, thinking that these officials who are well versed in the way of being officials should not make such a mistake.

Xu Mingyuan's ignorance was a little arrogant in the eyes of the scholars, and Liu Tangren felt that Xu Mingyuan was empty-hearted, and continued to tease: "Although I don't know what **** you stepped on and entered the academy, but if you don't have real talent and real learning, even if you come to the township test, you will fail the list." ”

When all the scholars heard this, they all laughed out loud, and some of the rich children of Shuzhou City, seeing Xu Mingyuan's shabby clothes, even laughed and said: "That is, although Chongzhou Academy has many talents, it is normal for a few mediocre talents to come out occasionally." ”

"Haha, if the township test is also named Sun Mountain, then it will not only be a loss of face." A boy with a jade fan in his hand also spoke in response to the word.

Xu Mingyuan didn't raise his eyelids, he didn't bother to answer, and Zhao Qingliang and Feng Rui, who were standing behind him, couldn't help it, Feng Rui clenched his fists, looked at the two rich sons who spoke out with a red face and said: "Brother Xu is very knowledgeable, he will definitely be on the list, how can he be a mediocre talent." ”

Seeing that Xu Mingyuan didn't answer, these two stunned boys dared to stand up for him, and they also looked at Feng Rui and Zhao Qingliang with a smile, and the rich boy with a jade fan in his hand and a pockmarked face sneered: "Where did you come from the rough people in the countryside, what?" Knowing that he is a college student, do you want him to carry you? Boy, if you want to make a fart, you have to find a good horse. ”

"...... you" Zhao Qingliang's face was also flushed, but he had been reading the sages hard, how could he have any experience in arguing with others, he opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

Seeing that the faces of the two of them turned red, and they didn't know how to argue, everyone also laughed, and even the original nervousness was diluted a lot. And the gaze that looked at Xu Mingyuan became more and more disdainful, after all, these two people were for him.

"Is it that funny? In the past ten or twenty years, the sage books have been read on the dog, no wonder a handful of old people still have to line up with teenagers here to take the township test, disrespectful to the old, shameless, isn't it you? Xu Mingyuan, who had never spoken, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the scholars and said coldly.

The crowd said that he didn't care, and that these words didn't hurt him. But Zhao Qingliang and Feng Rui are different, if they are allowed to continue to mock the two, I am afraid that the two of them will not be able to pass the township test this time.

Xu Mingyuan, who had not spoken, spoke up, and everyone couldn't help but be quiet, and some scholars as old as Liu Tangren couldn't help but blush, and glared at Xu Mingyuan with shame and anger. And those rich sons also smiled and looked at Xu Mingyuan with an unkind expression.

"What kind of thing are you, even if you are a student of the academy, I will send a family member to the school station to report it later, what else can you use to participate in the township examination." The scholar with a pockmarked face looked at Xu Mingyuan and sneered: "But I don't think I need to report it, just because you can be on the list, then I dare to be naked. Run a lap of Shuzhou City. ”

When all the scholars listened to the words of the numb-faced scholar, they all burst into laughter, and even Liu Tangren and the others also felt that they were angry. Zhao Qingliang and Feng Rui looked at Xu Mingyuan with some concern, they also knew that Xu Mingyuan's words were to attract everyone's attention and rumors to themselves.

Xu Mingyuan heard this, but his face remained unchanged, but he looked the somewhat bloated numb-faced scholar up and down, shook his head with a smile and said, "Just your fat body, if you take it off and run around Shuzhou City, it will really be unsightly." But I have written down what you said, and I have also written down you, and when the list is released, if you can't run or not, then you can't help it. I'm sure someone would be interested in this. ”

Xu Mingyuan suddenly regretted that he refused when Zhou Binjie said that he wanted to send him off yesterday, if he said this, it would feel more imposing.

In the imperial examination, how many people are good-looking?