Xu Mingyuan sat in the front row, and standing in front of him was the young official, in addition to a dozen blank sheets of paper on the table, there were also four papers full of questions, and the top ones were test questions.

This college exam is divided into two sessions, one today and one tomorrow, and what is to be tested today is Moyi, Thejing and Jingyi.

Moyi is to answer the questions and answers given by the scriptures and commentaries, the scriptures are to extract a sentence from the scriptures, and then write the context of the connection according to this sentence, and the scriptures are based on the scriptures given by the title and discuss them. 、

It can be said that the difficulty of today's college exam is not too big, it is mostly a memorization and understanding of the scriptures, as long as the foundation is solid enough, it is generally not a problem.

However, although the difficulty is not difficult, it is better than the large number of questions, just like Moyi is a full fifty questions, and there are dozens of scriptures and scriptures, if you are not familiar with the scriptures enough, it is not a simple thing to do them all.

Xu Mingyuan glanced at the examination room, there were twenty people in this class, except for Qian Qingfu who was sitting in the corner, how familiar the other students were, at most they nodded their heads.

After the two officials finished distributing the test papers, they stood silently at the back of the examination hall, each standing in a corner, probably to assist the official in invigilating the examination.

And the official sat on a Taishi chair facing Zhusheng at the front, and sat upright, looking at Zhusheng with a cold face. It should have noticed Xu Mingyuan's gaze, his sword eyebrows were slightly raised, and his eyes squinted slightly at Xu Mingyuan, and the warning in his eyes was quite strong.

Xu Mingyuan also noticed the official's gaze, nodded slightly apologetically at him, withdrew his gaze, and carefully flipped through the test papers on the table. Regarding the college examination, he also asked Bai Molou and Zeng Fuzi a lot of questions during this time, and he was relatively clear about the process and the content to be examined.

The college examination is a little different from the autumn examination in August, because it is an internal selection of the college, so it is more concise than the autumn examination, and the examination is completed in only two days, while the autumn examination is to be taken for three consecutive days.

After reading the topic roughly, Xu Mingyuan almost had the bottom in his heart. These questions that can be done by memory, where can it be difficult for him, no need to think about it, just a glance, the answer is already in his heart.

The blank sheet of paper is used to answer the questions, and there is a blank space at the front for filling in the name and information so that the name can be obliterated. The system of obscurity in the imperial examination began more than 20 years ago, and not only the name of the examinee was blurred, but also the examination papers of the candidates were transcribed separately. When the examiner marks the examination paper, not only does he not know the candidate's name, but he also cannot read the candidate's handwriting.

It can be said that the transcription of the imperial examination has made the imperial examination much fairer, and it can be regarded as the gospel of poor scholars in the world. Although it was greatly hindered when it first came out, the strong attitude of the Holy Gods today has allowed this system to be preserved.

At this moment, another long bell rang, and the first college exam was officially opened.

Put the question on the left side of the table, put the white paper in front of him, Xu Mingyuan sat upright, lifted the brush and dipped it in the inkstone, held it low, pillowed his wrist, and began to write his name and answer the question.

Xu Mingyuan has practiced regular script and official script since he was a child, and then practiced calligraphy, and his favorite thing is the wild grass that is bold and free.

If you have to use a small block to answer the question, if you have a delicate small block 20 years ago, you can add a lot of color to the volume. Nowadays, because of the transcription system, it doesn't matter how well the characters are written.

However, as the saying goes, words are like people, and being able to write well is not a bad thing in any case. It is to enter the court as an official in the future, and it is inevitable to write as well as writing folds.

The students in the examination hall also began to answer the questions one after another, but some were so nervous that they forgot to grind the ink, and they only remembered when they picked up the pen, and they seemed to be in a hurry.

The young official's gaze swept over Zhu Sheng, and then fell on Xu Mingyuan in front of him. Just now, Xu Mingyuan's eyes looked around, and it also fell in his eyes, so he would naturally take a few more glances at this time.

This young official's name is Li Chuanxian, and he is from the same Jinshi, although he is only one more of the same words than Jinshi, but there is a big gap between his treatment and Jinshi. However, this Li Chuanxian is very capable and is quite appreciated by Sun Xuezheng, so he was able to be promoted to the seventh grade so quickly.

Li Chuanxian has also invigilated several scientific examinations over the years, including college examinations and autumn examinations, so for those students who want to fish in troubled waters in the examination hall, they are still more discerning and sensitive. Xu Mingyuan's small action before fell in his eyes, and that was worth paying attention to.

However, this exam had just begun, and Xu Mingyuan didn't continue to move, so Li Chuanxian just leaned forward quietly and looked at Xu Mingyuan's exam paper.

Just at a glance, Li Chuanxian stared, his eyes couldn't help but widen, and even his body couldn't help but lean forward a little.

It turned out that it had only been a while since the exam, and Xu Mingyuan had already begun to write hard, and he had already written most of the blank paper. And because after the implementation of the name transcription system, all beings generally do not pay much attention to whether the font is beautiful or not.

But Xu Mingyuan's half-page is sprinkled with small letters, the font is dignified and mature, strong and healthy, and has a kind of flying beauty. It can be said that if there is no transcription, with such calligraphy, first of all, it can give an excellent impression to the person who marks the paper, as long as the content is not bad, the score is absolutely high.

Li Chuanxian also immediately discovered his gaffe, hurriedly sat up straight, glanced at Xu Mingyuan, and his perception of Xu Mingyuan had changed a lot. Originally, he still thought that Xu Mingyuan was the kind of person who wanted to fish in troubled waters, but after seeing his strong and beautiful Xiaokai, and Mo Yi's pen like flying, he also looked at Xu Mingyuan again.

Li Chuanxian was also from a poor family, and when he saw Xu Mingyuan wearing a half-used green shirt, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he was studying, and for a while he was looking forward to Xu Mingyuan, wanting to see what kind of results this student could achieve.

Xu Mingyuan did the question seriously, but he didn't notice that Li Chuanxian paid attention to him, but even if he did, he could only pretend not to see it now, and he couldn't get up to salute.

There are a lot of questions in Moyi, but Xu Mingyuan is very familiar with the scriptures, and he has followed his master to visit many ancient and modern Confucians, so when he saw the answers to the questions, he was so fast that Li Chuanxian, who had invigilated the exam several times, was surprised.

Xu Mingyuan finished writing a blank piece of paper, gently dried the ink, and then took out the second chapter and began to continue writing.

And Xu Mingyuan's actions also attracted the attention of all the beings around him. Ordinary students have only written three or four after hard thinking, and the students who study ink have not even polished the ink well, and Xu Mingyuan has already finished writing a page, which is really too exaggerated.

Qian Qingfu, who was sitting in the corner, looked at the test paper in front of him like a book from heaven, he didn't even bother to study ink, took out a few things to eat from the bookcase, and while eating, he looked at Xu Mingyuan, who was sitting at the front, ready to see him make a fool of himself.

In his opinion, Xu Mingyuan was able to win the first place in the debate, it must be because the dean was biased, Xu Mingyuan didn't have any talent at all, and how could he get the test papers of this academy.

But just for a while, Qian Qingfu's eyes widened and his face was incredulous. Xu Mingyuan, who thought he would be the same as him, actually wrote with a pen, and he only finished writing one in a while, which was much faster than all the beings around him.

"This kid must have written scribble, it seems that he is afraid of losing face in the examination hall, slapping his swollen face and pretending to be fat. Wait for the list to come out in a few days, and see how you still pretend. Qian Qingfu stuffed a chicken leg into his mouth and comforted himself.

And the beings around me don't know how many people think like this, but they still can't help but speed up the movements of their hands a little, and they also want to write faster, but some of the scriptures are too obscure, and if you think about it carefully, it takes a lot of time.

Xu Mingyuan didn't notice the expressions of the beings around him, even if he really saw it, it was estimated that it wouldn't affect him in the slightest.

Just as he thought in his heart when he was at the gate of the academy, who has not studied hard for ten years, is to follow the master to travel, and when he returns, there will always be a cart of books in the donkey cart.

Over the years, he has read more than 10,000 books, and the mountains and rivers he has stepped on are more than 10,000 miles.

After writing for an hour, Xu Mingyuan had almost finished writing Moyi and the Sutra, and there were more than eight sheets of white paper neatly stacked on the side.

Stretching his waist and moving his neck and wrists and other joints, Xu Mingyuan also felt a little hungry, so he took out the baked cakes made by Liu Sanniang wrapped in oiled paper in the bamboo box. This baked cake was broken into small pieces by Wang Dayong before, and at this time, it happened to be directly entered, and even the steps of biting were saved.

The taste of the baked cake is much worse after it is cold, but Liu Sanniang gave him a lot of meat filling, so although it is chewed a little tough, it still tastes good.

After doing it for an hour, all beings were also a little tired, so they stopped to rest and rest, eat some food they brought, and replenish their physical strength.

Many of the beings hadn't even finished writing the ink meaning, and at this time, they were all a little surprised when they saw a stack of seven or eight pages of white paper in Xu Mingyuan's hand.

And Li Chuanxian's gaze at Xu Mingyuan at this time was also gone, but he had a little more appreciation and expectation. Xu Mingyuan wrote it down continuously, and he also saw it in his eyes, he didn't guess what Xu Mingyuan did like all the beings, he carefully read a few ink meanings written by Xu Mingyuan, and it was exactly the same, and he already believed in his heart that Xu Mingyuan had only learned people.

After eating the two baked cakes, he took out the water bladder and drank a sip of water, Xu Mingyuan packed up his things and continued to answer the questions.

Moyi and the Sutra are followed by the Sutra, the three scriptures, with the sages as the topic, plus their own ideas to start the discussion. The scriptures are more complicated, there is a lot of content to be written, and they have to be consistent with the teachings of the sages, so they take a long time.

Xu Mingyuan carefully read the three scriptures, and recalled the scriptures related to the three scriptures in his mind before he started writing.