Fang Yingwu and Fang Daxiucai did not talk to Mr. Shi Yanyan for a long time, only for less than an hour. But even this little bit of time is enough for two smart people.

It is precisely because both of them are "smart people" that they will save a lot of superfluous nonsense, and many things can be clear without pointing out on the lips, let alone wasting too much time on "weishenme", just say what to do.

When Shi Yan returned home, Mr. Xie had been waiting for a long time. "It's been negotiated, I'll spare you this time!" Shi Yan said to him, and then briefly explained the situation.

Mr. Xie knew that he could save his life, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart, and he was no longer nervous. But suddenly he was a little unwilling, "Brother Shi's big plan, do you want to make a wedding dress for him like this?" ”

Shi Yan laughed at himself: "You and I are both frustrated people in the field, and we can only do things that are not on the table!" If you don't make a wedding dress for him, you will make a wedding dress for someone else! What's not to think about here?

However, the young man's heart is higher than the sky, so hold him, and let him sit on the position of the leader of the poetry league and the famous writer in the literary world. But whether he can sit still or not depends on his ability.

If I can sit still, then I will naturally be convinced, and honestly take his head as a leader. If he can't sit in a stable position with his eyes down, it is no wonder that others have deviated from morality. ”

Mr. Xie sighed again: "But we have been preparing for this township test for more than half a year, and it is a pity to give up like this." ”

Shi Yan said very decisively: "This is Fang Yingwu's request, we can't violate it!" There are always opportunities to make money, and the governor will not serve for a long time, as short as one year or as much as three years. So Governor Wang won't be too long.

Come back next time in the township test, Governor Wang will definitely not be there in three years. I don't believe it. Next time, I won't encounter a governor relative to stir up trouble for some reason! ”

Mr. Xie remembered another worry: "If we take the corresponding things above, what will happen to the Shao family." The Shao family and Fang Yingwu are very incompatible? The Shao family had helped a lot of money before. ”

Shi Yan was entangled for a moment, and said helplessly: "Then Shao Chen is really not a weapon, we can help with this, what else can we do?" This is what I just said, let him sit in a position and sit unsteadily, let's talk about it in a few years, if they don't understand, then there is no way. ”

"Without the Shao family's money, we are empty-handed in this township test. After that, it will be difficult to run where the literary society should use the money. I'm afraid that I won't be able to hold a few rallies a year, and without elegant gatherings, there will be no momentum. ”

Shi Yan thought for a while, "In terms of silver, it's not impossible, I heard in the governor's office that Fang Yingwu has a close relationship with the new wealthy businessman Wang family in the past two years, and it seems that the Wang family has received strong support from Fang Yingwu."

I see that the road is here, and Fang Yingwu should not only sit back and enjoy the results, but also exert his strength. If he had a long-term vision, he would not have skimped on the money. ”

Gossip aside. But after saying that this matter was over, Fang Yingwu had nothing else to do, only concentrated on reading, but his focus had shifted to the edict, judgment and other application texts. As for the scriptures. You know.

Time flashed to the beginning of August, and the township test was finally about to start. At this time, not only the inner curtain officials had already entered the Tribute Courtyard, but even the outer curtain officials such as the supervisors, promotions, and deacons also stayed in the Tribute Courtyard.

The township test time is divided into three sessions. The first session is on August 9 and the second session is on August 15. The third show will be on August 17, and then the list will be released in about ten days.

Exams will start on August 9. But the roll call began at four o'clock in the morning. Because thousands of people participated in the township test, and the inspection was very strict, if the roll call started during the day, I was afraid that it would not be finished until dark, so the roll call must be carried out early.

The examination utensils are prepared in advance, and the pens, ink, paper, inkstones, food, etc. are all packed in one test basket. On the night of August 8, Fang Daxiu went out to take the exam with confidence, and Wang Ying followed behind him with the exam basket.

Tomorrow's exam, roll call in the middle of the night, and I will set off tonight, Fang Yingwu can't help but sigh with emotion, it is not easy for candidates this year, and the degree of hard work is simply unimaginable in the previous life.

Met with Hong Song and Xiang Chengxian, two friends, and the three of them walked towards the Gongyuan together. Don't want to sit in the sedan chair, at this time, Qingyun Street outside the Gongyuan is simply crowded with people, rubbing shoulders one after another, if there is no sergeant who opens the way, how can it be convenient to walk in a sedan chair?

This is the moment when the fate of life is truly decided, Qingyun Street is brightly lit, lanterns are everywhere, and a street is as bright as day.

Under the light of the fire, I saw that everyone's faces were solemn, and even if the people who were out of nature were in this environment, they would be affected and nervous.

Fang Yingwu was originally smiling and relaxed, but when he saw this situation, he immediately followed the big flow and made a steady appearance.

There was an east and west gate outside the gate of the Gongyuan, and when Fang Yingwu and his party struggled to squeeze here from the flow of people, it was almost midnight. The gate of the Gongyuan is built on the left and right, on one side is "Ming Jing to take scholars", and on the other side is "to seek talents for the country".

The fire is brighter here, countless tall lanterns are held in front of the door, and the dense crowd blocks the vicinity of the gate.

Compared with the scholar who didn't stick his fingers in the mud, Fang Yingwu seemed to be relatively strong, and once again struggled to make a way out of the crowd, squeezed into the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, and came to the second gate.

In other places, the second gate is called Yimen, but here, the second gate is called the Dragon Gate, which is a very auspicious name. The dragon gate is the place where the roll call is called, and after passing the dragon gate, you will officially enter the examination room.

There are four entrances in the dragon gate, take the meaning of "Yu Shu open four gates". Scholars from all over the province can only enter the examination room after a roll call, a physical examination, and a search.

Fang Yingwu, Hong Song, and Xiang Chengxian waited quietly in the courtyard in front of the Dragon Gate, no one spoke, each thinking about their own thoughts.

It didn't take long for the fourth watch to arrive, and if you change to the algorithm of the 21st century, it is 1 a.m., and the roll call officially begins. Several long signs with the name of the county on them were held high, indicating that the county soldiers were waiting for inspection.

In the Ming Dynasty, the scholar was a very decent person, and everything was inferior, but only the reading was high. However, if you ask about the most humiliating moment in a reader's life, it is estimated that ninety percent of readers will answer that it is a pre-exam search.

These decent people are here and now, but one by one they have to be dismantled and their shoes and socks taken off. He was then frisked and barefoot by a sergeant to prevent cheating.

Sven sweeps the floor. Nothing more than this, I can't bear to look at it! Even if it's a special traverser. That's no exception!

I don't know how long it took, seeing that the lantern in Chun'an County was hanging on the left, Fang Yingwu took the test basket from Wang Ying's hand and personally carried it forward to line up.

When it was his turn, he still had to play the hair type, take off his shoes and socks, accept the groping of several strong men, and even the test basket was rudely turned over.

More than a dozen steps away, that is, in the center of the Dragon Gate, Governor Wang, the chief promoter of this township test, sat here. watched very calmly as Fang Yingwu was treated roughly.

After passing the pass, Fang Yingwu put on his shoes and socks again, and was about to straighten his clothes when suddenly there was a commotion in front of him, and he didn't know what had happened.

I saw the crowd parting automatically, flashing out a path. Then I saw a man with his hair scattered and his clothes open rushing out of the dragon gate, running and daxiao, slapping his face and shouting: "Hit!" Hit! ”

Fang Yingwu was stunned. Before the exam started, some candidates were stimulated to the point of madness?

There were a few soldiers in the back who were chasing the crazy candidate in a frustrated manner, but the rest of the soldiers felt desolate and silently gave way to the crazy candidate. No one helped stop it. As a result, the sergeant couldn't catch up for a while.

After a long time of commotion, the sergeant held down the candidate and dragged him to Governor Wang to listen to his fate. Then calm returned to the front of the dragon gate. The scholars continued to be searched silently.

Xiang Chengxian was searched in front of Fang Yingwu and advanced to the dragon gate, where he waited for a while. Seeing that Fang Yingwu also came in, he sighed and said, "Did you see that crazy candidate outside just now?" I heard that he was there to worship God. Suddenly, I was stimulated by two words, and I went crazy. ”

"There is still a god of examination in the tribute courtyard?" Fang Yingwu said strangely: "What are the words?" ”

Xiang Chengxian's mood was very low, "After Brother Hong is inspected and comes in, let's go to Baibai together, and you will know at that time." ”

After waiting for a while, Hong Song also came in, and the three of them walked together to the center of the examination room of the Gongyuan Academy. But I saw that outside the wall of the number room, there was indeed a tall altar, and many candidates were worshipping there.

Fang Yingwu saw it from a distance, frowned, and said: "Forgive me for being lonely and unheard, I have heard of most of the gods of all parties, but I have never heard of which god is the test god?" ”

Xiang Chengxian said lightly: "The test god is Zhang Fei." ”

Fang Yingwu was speechless, he couldn't figure it out even if he wanted to break his head, what does Zhang Fei have to do with the exam?

I got closer, but I saw a majestic god on the platform, so Zhang Fei couldn't see it. There is a flag on each side, the font size on the left flag is "there is a grievance to repay the wrong", and the font size on the right flag is "there is revenge".

The cool breeze in the middle of the night in early autumn blew through his head, Fang Yingwu couldn't help but shiver, and he suddenly understood why some candidates were crazy. The examination room facilities of the Ming Dynasty Township Examination are also weird, is this the Tribute Academy or the Senluo Palace?

After following the customs, Xiang Chengxian and Hong Song stepped forward to bow indiscriminately, and the three of them were about to break up and go to their respective rooms.

Hong Song was worried that Fang Yingwu was inexperienced, so he carefully advised: "Brother Fang Xian, don't care about anything when you enter the number room, and go to sleep first." Otherwise, when the exam starts after dawn, the first test will be the whole day, and it will be difficult to have the energy to hold on to it soberly. ”

These are all empirical talks, Fang Yingwu arched his hand and said: "I have been taught." Xiang Chengxian sighed again: "Take care of yourself, you are all in that room?" ”

There are thousands of rooms in this examination room, every fifty or one hundred rooms are in a row, with the prefix of "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Universe Flood Desolation", densely arranged in the tribute courtyard.

Fang Yingwu looked down at the exam ticket, "I'm the forty-fourth room in the four-character row." Xiang Chengxian was stunned, and said in a gloomy tone: "I've heard that there are several rooms that have died and have been haunted, and this one is one of them."

"Shut up!" Fang Yingwu couldn't stand Xiang Gongzi anymore.

However, I remembered that when I was in college in my previous life, it was often rumored that there was a death in the dormitory and a haunted study room, but I didn't expect that the ancients also had this bad habit, which is really an old tradition for hundreds of years. (To be continued......)

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