The seventh day of August.

Xu Jiang got up early in the morning, he thought that he was going to take Xu Liang to see the examination room today, so he sat in the house early and waited for Xu Liang.

A few days later, the iron head came back to report: "The third young master said, please ask the eldest young master to watch it in the examination room, and the third young master is not feeling well, so he will not go." ”

Xu Jiang was shocked: "What happened to the third young master?" Does it matter? ”

The iron head said with a huff: "No, it's okay, the third young master may not have rested well last night, and he is a little dizzy this morning, and he will be fine if he rests in the room for a while." ”

Xu Jiang listened, did not doubt anything else, and solemnly instructed Tie Tou to say: "In this case, Ah Tie, you have to take care of the third young master, so that the young master's body will get better as soon as possible, and if the exam is delayed, I will only ask you!" ”

The iron head agreed to come down. After Xu Jiang took Yang Lin's steward out of the inn, he turned around and went back to Xu Liang's room.

"The eldest young master is out?" Xu Liang had already gotten up, and at this moment he was lying on the table copying something, and a few small pieces of white paper on the table were densely filled with words.

"Young Master, they're gone."

Xu Liang listened, pointed to another empty table, and said to Tietou: "Don't be idle, don't be idle, help copy it." ”

"Young master, I can't write well?" Iron Head said with a bitter face.

Xu Liang raised his head and glared and said: "If you are asked to copy it, the words are almost tight, this young master can recognize it when he arrives, you write smaller, don't waste paper!" ”

When Xu Jiang came back from the Gongyuan, he saw that the door of Xu Liang's room was closed, and he couldn't help but ask the family members who stayed behind: "The third young master hasn't gotten up yet?" ”

Jia Ding replied: "If you go back to the eldest young master, the third young master should have gotten up early, and Ah Tie also sent some steamed buns into the house earlier." ”

Xu Jiang glanced at Yang Lin behind him when he heard this, and he didn't figure out what Xu Liangmao was doing in the house for a while.

Another day passed.

Yang Lin looked at the time, and when he saw that the sky was slightly bright, he went to ask the two masters to get up. Because today is the day to enter the examination room, according to the previous rules, all candidates must rush to the Gongyuan before dawn and line up to enter the venue.

Xu Jiang and his scholar had already packed their bags, and waited for a while, only to see Xu Liang yawn and appear, and when he saw Xu Liang's pair of panda eyes, Xu Jiang was taken aback: "Third brother, what's wrong with you?" But didn't sleep well last night? Why is the black circle so black? ”

Xu Liang yawned again, and said in his heart that Lao Tzu hadn't slept well, he hadn't slept at all, but his mouth said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just a little nervous." ”

Xu Jiang couldn't help but comfort him again, and when he saw the iron head behind Xu Liang, he saw that the iron head also looked like he hadn't woken up, and he dragged a cloth bag listlessly and silently followed behind him.

The group came to the outside of the Gongyuan, and when they saw a large number of candidates under the black pressure, Xu Liang's eyes widened, and he estimated slightly, there must be two or three thousand people, and there are so many people in Jiangxi Province alone who participated in the Autumn Festival, can you imagine how many people should there be in the country? Xu Liang cautiously asked Xu Jiang: "Big brother, do you know how many people have been admitted to Jiangxi Province in this flash?" ”

Xu Jiang didn't know either. At this time, Yang Lin, who accompanied him, said: "Third Young Master, if the little one remembers correctly, in the autumn of the third year of the Apocalypse, a total of ninety-five people were admitted in Jiangxi Province, and the situation is similar this year. ”

When Xu Liang heard this, his heart sank, and there were only ninety-five people! There are 3,000 of them! So, what is the probability of being admitted to the half-hung water? This is really a single-plank bridge crossed by thousands of troops, there was little talk in the past, and there were pieces of falling into the water.

After another hour, the gate of the Tribute Courtyard slowly opened, two teams of soldiers in bright armor guarded the gate of the Tribute Academy, and four green-robed officials came out to command a group of candidates to line up in three teams, and passed through the search and inspection army in turn.

Xu Liang followed behind Xu Jiang, and before he saw it, he heard a heart-rending wail, a candidate who had stripped off his coat was carried by two soldiers and taken out of the Tribute Academy, the candidate was only wearing a set of thin ** pants, and he was dragged to the outside of the Tribute Courtyard by the two soldiers in a daze, his expression was gloomy, like a mourning grandmother.

Xu Liang heard Xu Jiang in front of him sigh lightly, "Alas, it's a student who wants to cheat again, and when he goes out, I'm afraid that he won't want to be an official in this life." ”

Xu Liang chuckled in his heart, and he nervously poked his head out to carefully look at the search work outside the courtyard gate. I saw a candidate who was being searched holding a pen and inkstone in his left hand, holding his clothes and socks in his right hand, his clothes were fully open, and his legs were tense.

Xu Liang came down in a cold sweat, and he said to Xu Jiang nervously: "Big brother, I suddenly have a lot of stomach pain, go out first to make it easier, big brother, you go in first." With that, he flew out as if he were flying.

After leaving the Gongyuan, Xu Liang got into a street corner, and when he saw that there was no one around, he quickly took off his shoes and socks, took out the pieces of paper covered with small characters that were thickly wrapped on his feet, threw them into a piece of grass, and quickly put them on.

After this busy time, Xu Liang carefully checked his whole body again, and after seeing that there was nothing suspicious, he was about to turn around and go back to the Tribute Academy, and when he turned his head, he saw a colleague not far away who was also doing what he had just done, and the candidate also saw Xu Liang at this time, and the two stared at each other for a while, and invariably let out a wry smile of understanding.

Xu Liangshun searched through guò, looked for the number to find his number house, and saw a soldier standing expressionless outside the number house, looked around at the moment, and said softly: "Brother Bad has worked hard!" The soldier looked at him, still standing expressionless.

Xu Liang smiled wryly and squeezed into the number house. The facilities of the house are extremely simple, a rectangular table, a small stool, several volumes of test questions have been placed on the table, Xu Liang put the pen and inkstone, straw paper on the table, unfolded the test questions and looked at it, and was a little dumbfounded at the moment.

I saw that the first question was "Zhong Ni Zu Shu Yao Shun, Fu Yi Yin's Happiness, and Zhu Ni's Zu Shu, are they similar to those who know and know?" Tell me why. ”

Xu Liang bit the pen and stared at the test questions and meditated, unable to write, so anxious to scratch his ears and cheeks, his hands and feet were cold.

Another half an hour passed, and Xu Liang's answer sheet was still empty.

Xu Liang's mood gradually calmed down at this time, and his heart was a big deal, so Lao Tzu really went back to Wan'an Mansion to catch Brother Xing, nǎinǎi, this broken autumn Lao Tzu is still not serving!

Just about to throw down the pen, I felt very unwilling to think about it, handing over the blank paper is not our Xu Liang's consistent style. Xu Liang quietly recalled the more than 30 articles of the predecessors of the scientific examination that he had memorized, and faintly remembered a few sentences that were similar to the test questions. After writing it, I thought about it again, and when I thought about it, I thought of the scene when I went to Senator Huang's mansion, and scolded Senator Huang, who only took money and didn't do anything, gritted his teeth in his heart and scolded again.

Suddenly, Xu Liang recalled that Senator Huang shook his head and recited Zhou Dunyi, "It is called a chrysanthemum, and the recluse of flowers is also; Peony, the rich and noble of flowers; Lotus, the gentleman of flowers. ”…… This is also a word, it is really wonderful to use it properly...... I was drowsy when I heard it, only when the old man Huang got carried away, pretending to be high, thinking about it at this time, there were nearly a dozen students in Ji'an Mansion in the room, no matter how thick-skinned Huang Weizhong was, it seemed that there was no need to get an Ai Lian to talk about it?

The more Xu Liang thought about it, the more he felt that this old man Huang, the old man, was slippery, and he would never be untargeted. If Old Man Huang is deliberately releasing water, then the mystery must be in what he said. Xu Liangzai carefully recalled every word he said from Huang Weizhong in the main hall of the Huangfu Mansion, and had a slight understanding, and when he bit his teeth and stomped his feet, he secretly learned with real materials, no matter what he said, it was no play, whether he was dead or alive depends on whether this hammer is accurate or not, nǎinǎi's, fight!

As soon as Xu Liang figured it out, his mood relaxed, and it was strange to say that at this time, Xu Liang's mind was empty, and the articles he had memorized before were clearly recalled in his mind one by one. At that moment, he took out a few more sentences and wrote them on the answer sheet, and added two words at the end of each sentence in a dignified manner.

Scraping together an answer sheet, Xu Liang dried the ink stains, read it with satisfaction, felt that there was nothing wrong, put it aside with confidence, and picked up another question to bury himself in the answer sheet.

On the same day, Xu Liang finished all the answer sheets before it was dark, the first game of the seven articles, the original three-day exam, Xu Liang did it in half a day, because the court stipulated that the first exam was not allowed to be handed in in advance, Xu Liang had no choice but to carefully collect the answer sheet, put away the square table, and made up for sleep with satisfaction.

The soldiers outside the house saw that Xu Liang had only been taking the exam for a long time, and he actually fell asleep, and he was disdainful in his heart, and secretly said that he wanted to take the test like a bear like you? Wouldn't I have become a general a long time ago?

Finally got to the tribute courtyard to open the door, Xu Liang took the lead, the first batch rushed out of the tribute courtyard, and washed in the inn before seeing the eldest brother Xu Jiang come back listlessly.

When Xu Jiang saw Xu Liang, who was full of energy, he couldn't help but be impressed, "The third brother's face is full of joy, presumably he did very well in the exam?" ”

Xu Liang smiled and said indifferently, "Whatever, anyway, I finished answering all the test questions." ”

"The third brother is really courageous!" Xu Jiang gave a thumbs up and praised again and again, but before he finished speaking, he yawned and waved his hand: "I'm tired, I'll go back to the house to sleep first, you don't need to call me for dinner." ”

Xu Liang saw Xu Jiang dragging his tired body back to the house, and hesitated in his heart whether to tell Xu Jiang about his conjecture, and after thinking about it, Huang Weizhong revealed the joint words, even he guessed himself, what if he guessed wrong? It doesn't matter if he delays his future, Xu Jiang has learned it, in case he listens to his so-called words, and uses them regardless of it, and finally falls off the list, wouldn't he be wronged? Thinking of this, Xu Liang raised Xu Jiang's hand and put it down again.

There are three exams in the autumn season, and the first seven articles have been completed. Xu Liang reported an indifferent relaxed attitude, and in the next second and third exams, he also answered the test questions early, and spent the rest of his time lying on the square table waiting for the Gongyuan to open. After the three exams, even the soldiers guarding outside the house were greatly impressed by him, and watched Xu Liang leave with adoring eyes.

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