Or to paraphrase a common saying of the Shu people: rush over, say dragon and tiger; Can't get by, it's called the cat's ass.

The words are not rough.

This is a critical moment, traveling to the Ming Dynasty for most of the year, isn't it this day that you are waiting for?

The heart is horizontal, the teeth are bitten, and I fight.

It would be a lie to say that he was not nervous, even if he knew the exam questions in advance, Wu Jie still couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart.

This sleep naturally did not fall asleep, and was always in a half-dream. During this period, I also had many bizarre dreams, dreaming that I fell asleep in the examination room, and returned to modern society in a night, and I could no longer wear the Ming Dynasty; I dreamed that I was writing in the examination room, but in a blink of an eye, the brush became a fountain pen, and the fountain pen could not come out of the water.

I dreamed that the test paper was sent down, and when I looked at it, the test questions were completely different from those in real history, and I couldn't do a single question.

This nightmare made Wu Jie wake up suddenly, sweating profusely, and sat on the bed for most of the day before Pengpeng's heartbeat calmed down.

At this time, the door was gently pushed open, and Wu Jie saw the moth tiptoe to the mosquito net.

As soon as he opened the tent, he saw Wu Jie sitting there fixedly, his eyes wide and full of fine light.

Frightened her, she took a step back: "Childe, are you awake?" ”

Wu Jie let out a long breath of hot air: "It's time?" ”

Moth nodded and said, "Yin Mo, we can't delay any longer." ”

The roll call began at the time of the Gongyuan, and he had to go in ahead of him. Otherwise, when the hour comes, the streets will be one, and the fairy Lao Tzu will not be able to enter.

He took off his shoes and went to bed, dressed Wu Jie with his hands and feet, combed his hair, tied it into a bun, wore it with an ivory hairpin, and finally put on a scarf.

"What's the weather?" Wu Jie asked again.

"It's not good, it's going to get cold." Moth replied, and his hand stopped.

Wu Jie listened to the "rustle" sound of raindrops falling on the leaves outside, so he screamed badly. An autumn rain and a cold, I don't know what the temperature will become, and staying in the examination room for three games and nine days is definitely not a pleasant thing.

Even the third father and daughter had already gotten up and were busy preparing breakfast outside, and the lights were on.

"Face." Moth carries a hot towel.

Wu Jie was rinsing his mouth with a cup of strong tea, grunting in his throat for a long time, spitting the tea into the spittoon held by Gui Zhi. Before he could react, a hot towel was placed over his face, and he rubbed it vigorously.

Now, the sleepy bug is completely gone.

After drinking a bowl of porridge and eating two slices of cucumbers, I didn't dare to delay and hurriedly went out.

The rain was heavier again, and my face was wet.

There was already a sedan chair waiting at the gate of the courtyard, the sedan chair man was an old acquaintance of Wu Jie, and when he saw him, his face was dignified, and he didn't talk nonsense, so he directly helped Wu Jie to the sedan chair, lifted it, and ran away.

Even the third child ran with a test basket like a hill, three points faster than the sedan chair.

Moth didn't follow, saying that he went to see the examination room, and he was nervous and couldn't stand it.

Wu Jie opened the curtain of the sedan chair and glanced in the direction of the house, but saw the moth standing quietly at the gate of the courtyard, motionless, with the orange light in the house behind him.

The sedan chair was about to turn around to a street next to it, when Wu Jie suddenly heard the moth crying, and his body trembled in the rain: "Master, wife, you are watching in the spirit of heaven, the young master is about to enter the examination room!" ”

"Have a nice trip!"

The moth "plopped" and knelt in the rain, its shoulders twitching up and down.

The sedan chair finally turned into the street next to it, the lights in the house disappeared, and it was dark again.

Wu Jie's eyes were wet.

…… Originally, this time to participate in the township test, the Lu family also made arrangements. The candidates for the study of the clan were all staying in the house one day in advance, and when they arrived, they were called up to eat, and then set off in the arranged sedan chair.

Wu Jie wanted to review the exam questions and didn't want others to make a fuss about his Hanyu Pinyin, so he went home.

Today, he came early, and it will not be too late for his classmates who want to come to the clan study.

The night was still very dark, but there seemed to be more and more people on the street, and the voices of people gradually boiled, thinking that they were all talents who had come to take the exam.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the Shuntian Mansion Tribute Courtyard, he heard someone outside the sedan chair shouting: "Who is it?" ”

Wu Jie poked his head out to look, but it was two officials who happened to be holding the street corner and checking the pedestrians one by one.

And the streets are full of horse-drawn carts, ox carts and sedan chairs, which are blocked.

Wu Festival came early, just in front.

Hearing the shouts of the servants, Lian Sanbao smiled and handed over a string of money: "Brother tolerance, a little tea, I'm sorry." My son-in-law is about to take the Shuntianfu Township Test, and I hope it will be convenient. ”

He didn't accept the money, slapped Lian San's hand, and scolded: "Who doesn't know that you are here to take the exam, do ordinary people get up so early?" The Xiucai in the sedan chair, come down, carry your things on your back and go in for roll call, and the others stay. ”

Wu Jie got down from the sedan chair when he heard this, took the test basket on Lian Laosan's back, and was about to leave.

Even the third child is not followed, he was originally a military man, and he also has a bit of a temper. He has always shrunk in front of scholars, but he is not afraid to see a servant with the same status as himself.

Suddenly confused, angrily pointed to the examination basket: "My son-in-law is delicate and expensive, look at it, look at it, there are so many things, how do you tell him to carry it?" ”

At this moment, other candidates are also waiting in line. In ancient times, most of the scholars came from good families, and many of them were slaves. Moreover, looking at their appearance, most of them are not diligent and do not distinguish between grains and grains, and it is indeed a very painful thing to carry so many things into it.

Then the others followed suit, and rushed in with their servants.

The official was also annoyed, put the stick in front of him, blocked the flow of people, and scolded: "When you want to find this trouble, there are too many fucking people." There are more than 3,000 scholars who come to the exam today, and if each person brings three servants, even if they go to the Taihedian Square, it will not be enough. Don't make me wait, we can't afford to mess with the scholars, but I still dare to beat a few of your subordinates. Squeeze any more, you're welcome. ”

Wu Jie saw that it was too chaotic, so he hurriedly said to Lian Laosan: "Lao Lian, I'll go in by myself, so don't come with me." The tolerance is right, this is the rule of the Gongyuan, and it can't be broken. ”

Seeing that Wu Jie took the lead in carrying the test basket and entering, the others came quietly, and they also carried things and followed.

It's a pity that these scholars' families are all well-off, and the things prepared at home are naturally very sufficient. An examination basket, weighing about twenty or thirty pounds, suddenly made several weak bodies unable to breathe.

In the confusion, there were even scholars who fell to the ground, screaming in pain.

It was too crowded, and Wu Jie couldn't care about the others, so he only struggled to move forward.

When I arrived at the small square in front of the Gongyuan, there were more people, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as a sea of people.

Seeing that it was time to come, it was long overdue to come.

All the people were in the same place, carrying heavy luggage, and they were all sweating with heat, their headscarves crooked, their clothes off, and they were as unfit as peddlers' pawns.

It's noisy, it's really noisy.

The square was filled with shouting and shouting.

"Are your classmates from Shunyi Dongshan Academy here, come to the big locust tree, come here!"

"Changping scholar, I'm Li Xiaoyi, do you have acquaintances?" This talent is estimated to have some prestige among local scholars.

"Is Fangshan's from here?"

As a result, the candidates continue to gather into dozens of circles according to their origins and classmates.

According to the old system of township examinations, all examinations will be entered according to geographical shards, and everyone can be gathered together, which can also improve efficiency.

For example, most of the candidates in Yanjing City are divided into the Tianzi room, while Changping is the ground room, Fangshan is the herringbone room, and so on.

The eyes are full of human heads, as if you are in a summer dung pit, and all you see are maggots with white tails.

Wu Jie was dazzled, this experience was really not so pleasant.

After walking in the crowd for a long time, he was also a little anxious, and the surname Suo stood in place, listening sideways for a long time, and finally heard someone shouting: "The candidates of the Zuodu Governor Lufu Clan School are all here!" ”

It was the voice of the dead fat man that stood out among the more than 3,000 candidates.

Wu Jie looked for the direction, but saw Lu Chang standing on a mahogany test basket and shouting loudly.

The little fat man suffered a family law a few days ago, and he suffered a major blow mentally, and other people don't know what it looks like to be depressed. But looking at the appearance of that guy, his face was excited, and he was not affected at all.

Most people with big nerves are psychologically healthy, but this has to be envied.

The fat man shouted, took out a horn from his arms and took a sip to moisten his throat, and he didn't know if it was rice wine or tea.

Wu Jie looked funny, and at this time, the fat man yelled again: "Brother Jie, Brother Jie, I'm just sending you." Where the hell are you hiding, dying in a hurry? ”

Wu Jie raised his right hand and squeezed forward: "It's coming, it's coming!" ”

"Ha, finally waiting for you, now our Lu family has all arrived." Lu Chang hugged Wu Jie and kept patting Wu Jie's vest with his hand.

And Lin Tingchen and Lu Xuan were disgusted beside them, and as for the other children of the Lu family, they also kept a certain distance from Wu Jie and Lu Fatzi intentionally or unintentionally.

"Ahem, the fat man was so forced, I was about to be photographed by you and had internal injuries." Wu Jie hurriedly pushed the fat man away and asked in a low voice, "How is your injury?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a skin injury, it's already scabbed."

"It really doesn't matter?" Wu Jie is still a little worried, if it is inflamed on such a hot day, in ancient times when there were no antibiotics, it would be fatal.

"Don't worry, it's fine." The fat man said: "Brother Jie, don't forget what our Lu family is doing, Jinyi Wei is going to be punished for trying the case." It is common for prisoners to be beaten to the point that their skin and flesh are open, and naturally there is a useful gold sore medicine. ”

Wu Jie was relieved.

At this time, a cannon suddenly sounded in the Gongyuan, and Wu Jie was startled: "Is it time to enter the exam?" ”

"Enter, early!" The fat man replied, "Now it's time to close the street, and after the street is closed, the roll call will begin." Candidates must verify their identity one by one and then enter the examination number. Wait for the paper to be distributed, it will be night. ”

"Why is it so late?"

"More than 3,000 people, a whole day may not be enough."

Wu Jie woke up and was about to sigh, when a servant shouted loudly: "The street is closed, the street is closed, everyone, prepare to order." ”

More than 3,000 people subconsciously trembled and calmed down, like waves at low tide.

Wu Jie felt a pang in his heart: It's really spectacular, more than 3,000 people only admitted 75 people, this is the real army crossing the single-plank bridge!

(To be continued)