There are three township examinations, each of which lasts for three days, for a total of nine days. For every reader, these nine days are simply the most painful torture in life. From the moment they entered the venue, they had to give up the dignity of scholars, untie their clothes, hold a pen and inkstone in their left hand, and hold their clothes and socks in their right hand, stand in line in the corridor and listen to the roll call.

Cumbersome inspections often take a few hours to search, in the late autumn season, Jiangnan is fine, if you go to the north, the sour is simply indescribable, many candidates from the waist down are frozen, almost do not know where their body hair and skin, there is no bit of decency of a reader.

Take the first exam as an example, a total of three questions and four book questions, each question is more than 200 words, which is equivalent to a required question, and the other five scriptures are selected one, a total of four scripture questions, each of which must be written more than 300 words.

That is to say, within three days, to write enough seven eight-strand essays, plus the first day to spend a lot of time searching, but also to restore the frozen body, and then deduct to eat, drink and Lazar, the real time left for the candidates is only two days, it is definitely a super-intensive mental and physical test, and it is not surprising that some candidates even died suddenly in the field.

Tens of thousands of exams, just the first exam, each person has seven articles and eight shares, adding up to 100,000 small exam papers, to be transcribed by name, to be read within one or twenty days, it is enough for the examiners to blind their eyes and exhaust their spirits.

Therefore, the examiners have gradually formed a tacit understanding, the township test only attaches importance to the first one, and in the first one, only the meaning of the "four books" is valued, as long as it is selected, the latter becomes irrelevant. As a result, there is a situation of "simplicity and inferiority, as for those who have no allusions and do not know the peace, they are all Chinese".

Thinking of the difficulty of marking the papers, this is also a last resort.

After understanding the process of the township test, he knew that Zhao Wen was clever, and his counseling of Tang Shen was the right medicine. For a month and a half, explaining the grammar and scriptures, all in vain. The only thing to do is to let Tang Shen adapt to the high-intensity rhythm of the exam, and ensure that the seven eight-strand essays are written within the specified time, as for the rest, it is God's business......

After a tense and intense exam, Tang Xiucai carried the basket and swayed it. Walking out of the Gongyuan, Tang Yi hurriedly ran over to greet his father, seeing that he was a little pale, everything else was fine, Tang Yi couldn't help but sigh.

"Dad, don't you know, three students just came out and fainted, so I don't know if I want to go home to hold a white meeting. It's scary! ”

Tang Xiucai was stunned, and his face was blank. Ahh Hey, dad is stupid too! Tang Yi hurriedly grabbed him.

"Get in the car!" In this way, Tang Yi took his father back home, and he didn't change his clothes for a few days, and his clothes were dirty and smelly. The stubble on his face came out, so he quickly washed his father, changed into new clothes, and ordered another table of dishes.

"Dad, I definitely didn't eat well in the Gongyuan. Hurry up and grab a bite to eat! Tang Yi said that he filled a glass of wine for his father and served him vegetables, but no matter how considerate Tang Yi served, his father was like a wooden man, humming at most, without any expression at all.

This time it scared Tang Yi, damn the imperial examination, how could he confuse a good person! Hurriedly asked worriedly, "Dad, are you okay?" Do you want to call a doctor? ”

Suddenly, Daddy's eyes turned red, and tears welled up uncontrollably.

"Yi'er, dad is sorry for you!" Daddy cried bitterly, lying on the table, shrugging his shoulders, not to mention how sad he was.

"Dad, it's not a big deal, say it, let's take it together!"

After crying for a while, Tang Xiucai barely controlled his emotions, and said intermittently, "Dad didn't use that key sentence, I'm afraid I can't lift it, Yi'er, Dad has failed your mind!" ”

After Tang Yi heard this, his face was weird, not only was he not sad and sad, but he also had a look of wanting to laugh and trying to endure it!

"Dad, tell me about the child, what's going on?"

"Hmm!" Tang Xiucai was in tears and talked about what he had seen and heard in the field.

He was relatively close to the front, but a student with a cheat sheet was also found in front of him. It was a young man, not a few years older than Tang Yi, with a delicate appearance, and the moment he was searched, his face turned green. There was nothing else to say, the soldiers set him up and walked outside, took dozens of catties of flail, and after a month of flail, he was reprimanded for the people and was not allowed to participate in the imperial examination for the rest of his life.

Tang Shen knew that with such a heavy wooden flail, if he was lucky enough to survive, his collarbone would be seriously injured, and if he couldn't lift his arm again, a good young man would become a waste, and this life would be over.

The moment he was dragged away, his desperate gaze was like a sword, piercing his heart! The imperial examination has always only judged heroes by success or failure, no one will care about the unlucky, even if they die, they deserve it!

But Tang Xiucai felt that his face was hot, he was able to pass the body search smoothly, but he knew that his cheat sheet was in his heart, what was the difference between him and that young man in essence?

When he found a seat, he didn't rush to answer the question, but sat in the booth, trying to calm himself down, and kept telling himself that everyone is like this, in order to do whatever it takes to pass the exam, they were found out, that is, they have no ability, they deserve it!

But no matter how much you comfort me, the thorn in my heart can't be pulled out.

Next to him was an old man with gray hair, shabby clothes and a rickety back, and when he entered the Tribute Academy, it was like arriving at home, and he was familiar with the road, and he didn't know how many times he had taken the test.

Tang Shen also saw those who couldn't scream wildly, those who couldn't hold up half of the test and ended up regretful, and those who were assigned to the dung number and ran away in advance with disgust......

All kinds of people, the Gongyuan is like a big stage, there are more sorrows and joys, and Tang Shen is constantly suffering from the torture from his heart. If you use keywords to snatch the quota of lifters, the number of admissions is limited, and he goes up to represent that a student also falls off the list, how cruel and unfair!

There are gods who raise their heads and take the exam by themselves, don't they just want to set an example for their son, if they choose dishonorable means, even if they are admitted to the exam, can they hold their heads up?

Tang Shen sat for a long time, making the soldiers who patrolled secretly shook their heads, disdainful in their hearts, they looked good, but they didn't expect to be able to write a word, what a straw bale!

Until noon the next day, the layers of dark clouds dispersed, revealing a clear sun, and the sun shone into the shed, Tang Shen suddenly felt warm, and his face showed sincere joy.

He no longer hesitates, go to the key sentence of the fuck, a clear conscience is more important than anything else! The beautiful words flowed from his pen, blessed to the soul, and the thoughts flowed like a spring, and it only took a day and a half to complete all the seven articles and eight strands.

When he handed in the papers, Tang Shen became frightened again, if he failed to pass the exam, wouldn't he waste his son's hard work in vain, and how many people would be disappointed!

Why is she so kind to a woman? Tang Shen kept asking himself, and walked out of the field in a panic......

"Yi'er, if you want to blame, blame your father! It's all my fault anyway! ”

"Hahaha!" Tang Yi suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, hugged his father excitedly, and said in ecstasy: "Dad, you are amazing!" Admire the child! ”

Tang Shen was made stupid, "Yi'er, you're not crazy, your father can't lift people, our family ......"

Tang Yi waved his hand, stopped his father, and said with a smile: "Dad, believe me, good people have good rewards!" ”

The day of the release of the list is approaching day by day, thousands of students are waiting for the final verdict, the front of the Tiangong Academy is blocked by students before dawn, everyone stretches their necks, tiptoes, and looks inside, every time a name is posted, the little heart flickered.

The team that has been prepared for the annunciation will run away, once every three years, even if it is a poor student, it will prepare a rich reward, even if it is to borrow money! In fact, if you win the lift, you will no longer have to worry about the silver......

The festive sound of gongs and drums, and the bursts of firecrackers from time to time, herald the birth of a new man, and there was jubilation everywhere.

Tang Shen did not go to the Tribute Courtyard, but sat on the chair, his big hand grabbed the armrest hard, time flew by, it was getting closer and closer to noon, Tang Shen shook his head dejectedly.

"Alas, I still didn't hit it!"

He stood up and walked back silently. Suddenly, there was a flurry of footsteps outside the gate, and the family members shouted frantically.

"Hit, master!"

Tang Shen turned around violently, rushed to the door, and heard the person who reported the good news shouting: "Congratulations to Taicang Prefecture Master Tang Shenshen High School for the seventh place in the Nanzhili Township Examination, and the Beijing Daily has even been on the Yellow Armor!" ”

"Hit, I was hit!" Tang Shen couldn't believe his ears, his eyes were full of tears in an instant, and he looked at the good news over and over again.

The person who reported the good news was not surprised, what kind of people had never seen it, and some people even fainted happily! The pass is a silver bounty, but don't forget it happily.

Of course, the Tang family will not forget that the scholar Shen Lin took a handful of gold leaves and stuffed them into the hands of the people who reported the good news.

I've seen a bounty for silver, but I've never seen a bounty for gold.

"Congratulations to Master Tang, congratulations to Master Tang, for the New Year, your high school tripod armor, the little ones are congratulatory in advance!"

……

"Alas, self-defeating, self-defeating!"

Tang Shunzhi couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, the list of Zhongju had already been set up in front of him, and the Xinxue disciples only accounted for more than thirty percent, you must know that the last time the Xinxue disciples were as many as eighty percent!

All those who use key sentences, or have a similar style, are all dethroned, which can be described as a heavy loss. There is no doubt that the only one who dares to challenge Xinxue head-on is Yan Song and Yan Ge Lao!

This time the search was ten times more careful than before, and when the file was marked, the spearhead was even more aimed at the heart and learning, and the killing was ruthless, no matter how good the article was, as long as it involved key sentences, it would not be taken.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, Xu Jie wants to expand the influence of Xinxue, Yan Song wants to suppress competitors, Nan Zhili is Xu Ge Lao's hometown, once the township tries out the package, it can burn the fire to Xu Ge Lao's body.

Immortals fight mortals suffer!

"I didn't expect that there are traitors in the heart and learning lineage, it's sad and lamentable!" Tang Shunzhi smiled bitterly at Tang Yi: "The only thing worth being happy about is that your father has won." (To be continued.) )