Chapter Ninety-Three: The Turmoil
The morning light slowly opened the curtain, and it was a gorgeous and colorful morning, in the autumn breeze, with a hint of fresh breath descended in the house, and more and more students passed the search in the house, and everyone sat quietly in front of the examination table, waiting for the examiner to announce the opening of the exam.
"Brother Zhengyuan, come on!" Qiu Tianbao walked in front of Xu Gang's house, nodded at him with a smile, and said with a smile.
"Thank you, come on!" For Qiu Tianbao, Xu Gang really couldn't raise a good impression, and he didn't know why. But since other people are smiling, and they have never had a holiday with themselves, they can't put on a stinky face, that's too rude!
After such a small episode, it didn't take long for Xu Gang to find a soldier standing on both sides of the house, and a somewhat thin invigilator in a cyan official uniform holding the test papers and distributing them one by one along the house.
Damn, there are so many questions! Xu Gang held a large stack of test papers, his brows furrowed slightly, there were ten Analects on it, followed by the ten articles of Moyi in "Spring and Autumn", and finally the five questions of current affairs, the test questions on the first day were all rote memorization.
For Xu Gang, these questions are all pediatrics, and they are simply sending points! I saw that he had sharpened the ink, picked up the pen and began to answer the question, without the slightest pause except for dipping the ink.
Xu Gang's calligraphy, under the strict requirements of Liu Fuzi, after this period of practice, is very beautiful, he imitates the Yan style, and the words he writes are full of muscles.
When he finished answering Moyi, the sun had risen to the highest position, Xu Gang put down his pen, moved his wrist, took out the dry food from the examination basket, and continued to answer the questions after eating.
When some people woke up after a nap, Xu Gang had already signaled the invigilator to collect the papers.
Has he done it so quickly? The thin invigilator looked at the sky, squinted his eyes in the sun, and came to Xu Gang's house with the tool of pasting names, glanced at him, and began to paste his name.
When the thin invigilator was confused, he quickly skimmed Xu Gang's test papers, and all of them were done, and all the questions he saw were done correctly, and he was suddenly a little surprised.
This thin invigilator is the chief bookkeeper of Qingshen County, and he was born in the same jinshi, and he also participated in the scientific examination that year. Although the first day of the exam is mainly about the content of the Ming Sutra, the amount of questions is huge, even if you copy the book, it is not so fast!
It seems that this year's Xie Yuan is very likely to fall on him, he has to read a lot of books hard to answer the questions so well, and he still remembers it very clearly! The thin invigilator looked at Xu Gang with a soft gaze, in order to make a good match. Soon he finished the name, he very politely reminded Xu Gang to bring his belongings, and called the soldiers to take Xu Gang out.
When Xu Gang passed in front of the other buildings, those students couldn't help but look at Xu Gang, their eyes full of disdain. When the sun set and the day's exam ended in the bell, after they came out, they immediately began to talk about Xu Gang, and soon they knew that the first person to hand in the paper was called Xu Gang, sitting at the ninth of Tianzi!
"I guess he couldn't do it, so he gave up!" A student said with contempt on his face, he didn't think anyone could finish so many test questions so quickly.
"I think so, too"
"It must be like this,
Xu Gang, as the principal, had already happily finished dinner with Liu Ziyi's second daughter at this time, ate moon cakes in the courtyard, and admired the moon.
"Brother Xu, is today's question difficult?" Liu Ziyi has been in the school all day, and Wu Ling'er, who has been staying at home, is well-informed, and she doesn't know about Xu Gang's exam today.
"It's not difficult, today's test of the scriptures, Moyi, and current affairs." After Xu Gang swallowed the small half of the mooncake in his hand, he took another one from the plate.
Xu Gang said this, where did Liu Ziyi not know that today's question was a score for him!
The next day, Xu Gang did not study hard at home like other students, but returned to the school, as soon as he entered the lecture hall, Su Shi brothers, Cheng Xiaoliu and others instantly surrounded him and asked him about the questions he took today.
"Brother Zhengyuan, I heard that you handed in the papers before you were done today, but now there is a storm in the city, and your prestige has spread among the students of Meizhou!" Cheng Xiaoliu joked with a smile.
Cut! Xu Gang glanced at Cheng Xiaoliu with disdain, don't think I don't know what everyone said: "Xiaoliu, as soon as I come back, you will hurt me like this, right?" Looking for a fight? ”
"Brother Zhengyuan, what I said is the truth! Ouch, don't slap your face! As soon as Xu Gang raised his hand, Cheng Xiaoliu screamed and ran away.
"Haha~~~" Brother Su Shi and the others suddenly laughed.
"Brother Zhengyuan, do you remember what you took today? Say a word or two, let's also open our eyes! Cheng Xiaoliu ran back and began to ask questions about today's exam.
Seeing that his Su Shi brothers were all looking forward to it, Xu Gang picked a few scriptures and Moyi and told everyone to listen.
"Brother Zhengyuan, there are two Analects in the question you said, even if you copy it according to the book, you have to copy it for half an hour, I can't imagine that you not only have an excellent memory, but also write so fast." Su Shi looked at Xu Gang with admiration.
"I'm afraid I'm going to take the Shifu exam next time, are you ready, Brother Zhengyuan?" Although Su Zhe is young, he knows a lot.
"This~~~" Xu Gang thought that he was relatively weak in poetry, and he didn't know how to answer this question.
Su Shi saw all this in his eyes, Xu Gang had no confidence in poetry, mainly because of his two brothers, so he interjected: "Brother Zhengyuan, don't be presumptuous, in fact, your poetry level is still very high, and you have always paid more attention to rhyme, which just meets the requirements of the imperial examination, I think you don't have any big problems in poetry, and you will definitely be able to get high scores." ”
Damn, am I that good? Zizhan you comfort me, it's not like this! Xu Gang looked at Su Shi and smiled bitterly, and said in a grateful tone: "Brother Zizhan, thank you!" I'll try. ”
Xu Gang only took half a day of class, and then was driven home by Liu Fuzi to study on his own, but Xu Gang didn't think it was useful to read poetry and songs for a few more days, so he spent all the past few days on cultivating Lingyuan Danjue, swordsmanship and archery. Wu Ling'er always watched him from the side, serving him tea and water, treating him as a woman, and she was very happy.
The second exam came soon, Xu Gang came to the gate of the Gongyuan with the examination basket again, and like the first exam, after many searches, he entered the number house.
After the strict search of the first exam, many students were apprehensive, so in today's exam search, a person with a cheat sheet was not found, but a substitute examiner was found, and after being beaten on the 20th board, he was expelled from the examination room and punished himself for not participating in the scientific examination for five years.
Moreover, Zhao Zhizhou also made it clear that this matter must be investigated to the end, and the student who asked someone to take the exam on his behalf will be given a cane of twenty and a flail for ten days, to see who dares to ask someone to take the exam on his behalf in the future.