Zuo Shaoyang teased: "It's so hard, then I won't be able to see a disease in the past five days!" ”

"I'll compensate for the loss!" Wu Shu said with a smile, "Add ten more times, a total of twenty times, and pay half of it first, and then pay half of it when it is done." How is it? ”

"Hey, two times a day? I don't make that much. ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as you help me pass the state exam, I will still be rewarded! I promise! ”

Zuo Shaoyang said: "Okay, seeing that you are so sincere, I will work hard for a few days, and I will connect the words well, - I keep saying that I can't spare time to practice words, and now I can only catch ducks on the shelves." ”

"I'm sorry, hehe, hard work. In this way, you will live in my house for the past few days, concentrate on practicing calligraphy, first, I will help you practice, and second, so that you will not be able to shirk if other people seek medical treatment. ”

"Okay, isn't it good to have food and shelter? But I'll have to take my little medicine boy with me. ”

"No problem!"

After saying that, Zuo Shaoyang wants to verify the punishment of the Wu family for the substitute exam, this is not a joke, it has to be verified. Let Wu Shu come to listen to the news in the evening.

He took Bai Zhihan to Dong Xuexuan's private school medical hall in person, asked Dong Xuexue and a few disciples, and learned that it was only a lifetime ban from the exam, and there was no other punishment. Only then can I rest assured that the punishment of a lifetime ban on the examination is very terrible for scholars, but for Zuo Shaoyang, it has no impact at all, because he has no interest in participating in the imperial examination to become a medical officer.

After Wu Shu came, Zuo Shaoyang agreed to take the test on his behalf, Wu Shu was overjoyed, and immediately asked the servants to help Zuo Shaoyang and Bai Zhihan move into the residence in the backyard of the Wu family's pharmacy and live in a suite in Wu Shu's bedroom. Judging from the residence alone, the scale is similar to that of Dr. Ni's house.

After Zuo Shaoyang and Bai Zhihan moved in, Zuo Shaoyang still lived in the inner room, and Bai Zhihan lived in the outer room.

The inner room is quite large, and a huge desk is full of books and the four treasures of the study. Wu Shu took the Lishu character written by himself, because in comparison, the notes of the Lishu are weaker and easier to imitate.

Zuo Shaoyang looked at Wu Shu's words, and thought to himself, although this Wu Shu couldn't study medicine, and he also cheated on the imperial examination, but this calligraphy is really good, although it is not as vigorous and old as Daddy Zuo Gui, but it is already quite good, and he thinks that he may not be able to practice to this level even if he does not say five days.

Wu Shu was still a little complacent about his calligraphy, so he began to instruct Zuo Shaoyang to practice calligraphy.

One practice is a day, and the basic characteristics of Lishu have been mastered, but compared with Wu Shu's calligraphy, there is still a gap of 108,000 miles, and practicing calligraphy is in a hurry.

In the evening, the Wu family set up a banquet to entertain Zuo Shaoyang. Wu Shu's parents and wife were accompanied.

Shopkeeper Wu immediately took ten copper coins to Zuo Shaoyang, which was regarded as compensation for the delay in diagnosis in the past few days.

The Wu family frequently raised their glasses to persuade them to drink, and said a lot of good things. Shopkeeper Wu intentionally or unintentionally said his identity in his speech, but it turned out that Wu Shu's father, the cousin of Shopkeeper Wu, was the concubine of the county order of Anyue County, Puzhou. In the eyes of Shopkeeper Wu, this relationship is already quite a nepotism worthy of pride, so he can't hide his pride in his words, and even said that if Zuo Shaoyang needs help in Puzhou, even if he speaks, there is nothing he can't do.

After the banquet, Wu Shu instructed Zuo Shaoyang to practice calligraphy until night, and then he said goodbye and went back. Tell me to get up on the fifth watch of the next day to practice calligraphy.

After the Wu family left, Zuo Shaoyang saw that Bai Zhihan was a little unsettled, and asked, "What's wrong?" What do you think? ”

Bai Zhihan smiled reluctantly: "It's nothing ......"

Zuo Shaoyang hugged her little waist, wiped off the black ash on her face, revealed snow-white skin, kissed it, and said, "Don't lie, you have something in your heart, it's all written on your face." ”

Bai Zhihan snuggled up to him and said in a low voice: "It's really nothing, it's just that I mentioned Puzhou just now, and I remembered some things." ”

"What's wrong with Puzhou?"

Bai Zhihan looked up at him: "My family is the ...... of Puzhou"

"Really? So who else is there in the family now? ”

"My grandparents, my parents, and my aunt are gone, as well as my uncle and aunt. But I haven't been in touch for years. ”

"Then don't think about it. Go to sleep! ”

Bai Zhihan nodded, and after serving Zuo Shaoyang to wash, the two of them warmed up for a while, and Bai Zhihan went back to the outhouse to wash and fall asleep.

In the following days, Wu Shu instructed Zuo Shaoyang to practice calligraphy every day, from morning to evening.

After five days, although the calligraphy has not made great progress, at least it can be written with a little bit of the flavor of official calligraphy.

Wu Shu's father, Wu Shopkeeper, took out the test paper that Wu Shu asked someone to take the exam on his behalf, and asked Zuo Shaoyang to re-transcribe it with the official book.

The process of transcription also let Zuo Shaoyang know what the Tang Dynasty medical examination was, this is just the county examination, that is, the imperial examination organized by the county, which is the lowest level, so the difficulty is not great, it is the understanding of the original sentences of some medical classics and the like. There are also a few medical cases, which are relatively difficult to test dialectical treatment, but in Zuo Shaoyang's eyes, it is also very simple. I found that the level of the person who caught the pen was indeed very average, and there were many simple mistakes.

Zuo Shaoyang explained these mistakes to Wu Shu casually, and Wu Shu, who listened to it, nodded again and again, secretly happy, this time he finally found a real master, and he will be able to pass the state test.

After the transcription was finished, Wu Yuanwai took the test paper back.

The next day was the state exam. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was only one day, and it was said that the examination was opened, and the papers were handed in. Bring your own dry food and drinking water at noon. All the contents of one subject are taken together. Before entering, it is strictly inspected, a single room for one person, and inside is a square desk, a chair, and a toilet. There is no door, which is convenient for inspection and prevention of cheating.

Zuo Shaoyang took Wu Shu's list similar to the admission ticket to the Tribute Academy, and his heart was still pounding, for fear that someone would find out that he was a substitute for the exam and arrest him. As a result, the official in charge of the inspection just glanced at him and let him in without any expression. Zuo Shaoyang thought to himself, this Wu family really has some ability, and this kind of exam can solve the problem of cheating.

He didn't know that the strictness of the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was more lenient than that of later generations, and the description of the candidates' appearance only appeared in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. There is no requirement in this regard in the early Tang Dynasty, so it is relatively easy to take the substitute exam. Especially state and county exams.

The test paper was sent down, which was more difficult than the test paper of the county exam, but Zuo Shaoyang was very relaxed, if he just answered the question, he could have done it a long time ago, but now he has to write the calligraphy as well as possible, so when he practiced calligraphy, he wrote it many times one stroke at a time, and then he copied it seriously.

It's summer now, it's hot in the small house, and it's like a steamer at noon. Often a piece of paper does not write a few lines, and it is drenched by the sweat dripping from the forehead.

Finally finished the exam, the Wu family and Bai Zhihan waited outside the gate of the Gongyuan and greeted them to ask how they did in the exam. Zuo Shaoyang said: "The topic is relatively simple, and it should be no problem to pass." It's just that it's hot, stuffy, and tiring in the Gongyuan. ”

The Wu family all laughed.

One morning, half a month after ――――――――――――――――, Zuo Shaoyang finished washing up and was sitting in the living room drinking mung bean soup to relieve the heat.

I heard the voices of people in the corridor of the inn, some people howled and cried, some people laughed, and they were in a mess, the two looked at each other, and hurriedly pulled the door out, only to see a lot of people in the corridor of the guest room, almost all of them were scholars in robes, some rushed up the stairs, some ran downstairs, shouting and screaming.

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly grabbed a scholar who came back dejectedly and asked, "This brother, is something wrong with the inn?" ”

The scholar said: "The state test list has been released!" ”

"Release?" Zuo Shaoyang understood, the results of the state and city came out, and he asked urgently: "Who is the first doctor?" ”

"I didn't see it, I participated in the Ming Jing Branch, alas, it's a deep mountain again!" The words are full of desolation.

Zuo Shaoyang let go of the scholar, turned back to Bai Zhihan and said, "Do we want to go and see?" ”

Bai Zhihan nodded excitedly: "Of course I want to go!" ”

The two pulled the door, rushed downstairs, and followed the scholars to the front of the state government yamen.

It's already crowded, most of them are depressed and pale, and there are people who laugh and laugh.

The imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty held every year mainly has more than 50 kinds of Xiucai, Ming Jing, Jinshi, medical skills, etc., in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Xiucai is the highest and most important people, the requirements are also the highest, pay attention to the splendid article, later generations said that there are scholars for Xiucai, it is from this. The second is the two subjects of Ming Jing and Jinshi. So before the gold list of these subjects, it was crowded with people.

There are three levels of imperial examinations, and the county examination is the first level, and the pass rate is relatively high, and each county has more than 10 places. When it came to the state test, the difficulty increased suddenly, the state was divided into upper, middle and lower three classes, the upper state and the first place to raise the number of people were only three, there were only two middle states such as Long and Hezhou, and there was only one lower state. Fortunately, there are more general subjects listed, so the total number of people in the state examination and the first examination is still more than 100.

Even if they finish reading the list, they are reluctant to leave, and the first ones are complacent to accept the flattery and praise of their friends, and those who fall behind, under the sadness and sadness, also rely on the gold list and do not leave, or want to study which of the people named on the gold list think that they are inferior to themselves, and they are good excuses to cheat and laugh at themselves, or they want to see who else they know and find a sympathizer. All of this, so much so that they don't leave before the three subjects enter the list.

The various subjects and the first list are lined up, there are several gold lists, and the medical department is a professional subject, which attracts less attention in comparison, and most of the onlookers are white-bearded old men. Zuo Shaoyang and Bai Zhihan didn't have much effort to get to the bottom of the gold list of the medical department.

A lot of prefaces were written on the list, Zuo Shaoyang hadn't seen the text yet, Bai Zhihan's eyes were sharp, and he had already pointed to the gold list and shouted excitedly: "It's in!" 2nd place! Master! Got the test! ”

Zuo Shaoyang raised his eyes and looked at Bai Zhihan's fingers, and sure enough, there were only two people's names on the gold list of medical skills, and the second place was "Wu Shu"!

(To be continued)