After registering for the name, I went home and continued to study, and before I knew it, another month had passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was two days before the county exam, that is, August 21.

On this day, Fang Yingwu left Huaxi and set off for the county seat. He must go to the county seat in advance, firstly, so that he can arrive at the examination room in time to be searched in the early morning of the test day, and secondly, he must go to the county seat in advance, and if there are any changes, he can know in time.

Fang Yingwu was accompanied by Li Chang Fang Fengshi and Mr. Wang, a social science teacher, who were the guarantors of Fang Yingwu, and they must be present when they checked at the entrance of the examination room.

On the way, Fang Yingwu carried a basket, which is commonly known as the examination basket, which contained pen, ink, paper, inkstone and a number of food, which were all essential items in the examination room. It is not easy for the poor to take the road of the imperial examination, in order to prepare this inkstone, but Mr. Wang's housekeeping goods are lent out, and there are expenses for living in the county seat for two days.

The last time he went to the county seat to sign up, Fang Yingwu made some preparations in advance, and booked two rooms in the West Temple outside the west gate of the county seat, which were specially designed for these people to live. The first few times he went to the county seat, he stayed here.

However, it was said that the three of them walked for an hour on the mountain road and arrived at the West Temple. Fang Yingwu found the temple blessing of the temple under the statue of Master He Qi, "At the end of last month, I reserved two rooms for the examination period. Please take us to the guest room. ”

The temple was surnamed Song, and said with a puzzled face: "I don't remember this." ”

Fang Yingwu reminded: "In Xiahuaxi, Fang Yingwu, I went to the county middle school to register for the exam last month, and discussed with you in your temple in the afternoon, and chose two houses in the west courtyard, and agreed to live in these ri. ”

Song Miaozhu still said that he didn't think about it, but at this time, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes came in from outside, and shouted to Song Miaozhu as if no one was around: "Song Lao'er! My master said, "I told you to buy some good food and wine and send them to the west courtyard." With the words, he threw a piece of broken silver to Song Miao.

Hearing the boy shouting in the West Courtyard, Fang Yingwu understood that this Song Miaozhu was definitely pretending to be confused, greedy for other people's money, and rented the house to others.

Song Miaozhu promised and was about to go out, Fang Yingwu reached out and pressed Song Miaozhu's shoulder, and said dissatisfiedly: "You are a man of no faith, you originally gave up the houses in the west courtyard as agreed to others, aren't you afraid of the gods punishing you!" ”

Before Song Miaozhu could say anything, the young man who came in behind shouted first: "Where are you from the mountain villager, is this also the place where you spread wild!" Leave quickly, don't disturb my master's purity! ”

Fang Fengshi and Wang Shushi didn't know how to deal with it, so they looked at Fang Yingwu with their eyes.

Fang Yingwu frowned and looked at the clothes on the little boy's body, which were better than what he was wearing, and listened to his tone, as if he was a little scholar in a big family. The master of his family lived in the West Temple at this time, and probably came to the county test.

Looking at this little scholar's domineering and rude face, Fang Yingwu had a lot of hope of slapping him. But thinking about it again, it is a critical time before the county test, and it is not beneficial to provoke a strong enemy.

But if you don't compete with these people, where else can you find a place to live after leaving this temple? Chun'an County is very small, and in the past two days, when the county test is encountered, schoolchildren from all villages in the county will live in the county, and it is not easy to find a place to live temporarily.

Holding back his anger, Fang Yingwu turned around and grabbed Song Miaozhu, sneered a few times and said, "Okay, I am about to visit the county honor, so you and I will go to the Yamen to see the official!" Let the county judge the merits of this. ”

After that, he pulled Song Miaozhu and walked out, and Fang Fengshi pushed Song Miaozhu out of the palace door.

Previously, Fang Yingwu came to the county three times for lawsuits, and each time he lived in the temple, Song Miaozhu of course knew that Fang Yingwu was a good hand in lawsuits. Seeing this, he was frightened, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't be busy, don't be busy!" This little thing is not worth seeing the official! ”

Fang Yingwu reprimanded: "If you don't see the official, how will today's matter be over!" ”

Song Miaozhu said helplessly: "There is a room in the backyard, which used to be used as a firewood room, and it is still possible to move in if the firemen in the temple clean it." ”

It's better than nothing, Fang Yingwu is not entangled, so he has to agree. At the door of the broken firewood house in the backyard, Fang Yingwu asked the fireworker: "Who lives in the west courtyard?" The pomp and circumstance is too big. ”

The fireworker replied: "That's a son of the Yunfeng Wu family, who also came to participate in the county test." I heard that he didn't want to share the courtyard with others, so he gave the temple owner silver and chartered the entire western courtyard. ”

Yunfeng Wu family? Fang Yingwu has heard of it, known as the first family of the county's imperial examination. No wonder even the temple is stammering, no wonder the scholar nostrils look down on people.

After the pyrotechnic finished cleaning, he retreated, and Fang Yingwu looked at the room that was even more dilapidated than his own home, and sighed. You still have to work hard to get ahead, otherwise the humiliation of being driven to the firewood room like this today will always be there!

Seeing Fang Yingwu sighing, Wang Shushi thought that Fang Yingwu was frightened by the name of the Wu family, worried that he would play abnormally because of this, so he hurriedly persuaded: "The old man has been taking the imperial examination for twenty years, although he has achieved nothing, but he has also heard some allusions. Like this Wu family, the reputation is the loudest, but now it is considered a strong outsider. ”

"What do you mean by that?" The word "outside" aroused Fang Yingwu's interest, and he hurriedly asked.

"The Wu family is known as the first in the imperial examination, and there are the most jinshi in and out of the door, but most of them are in the former Song Dynasty. I haven't been out of Jinshi in the past one or two decades, especially in the last three consecutive subjects, and I haven't even won a rookie. Whatever the reason, many people say that the Wu family is now in vain. ”

Fang Yingwu knew that in the imperial examination family, fame was not hereditary, and there were no corresponding results for more than ten years, especially in the last three subjects, not even a show talent, although there may be a factor of bad luck, but it should also be regarded as a decline, so it is understandable that the Wu family is discussed by outsiders. However, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the background is not comparable to that of a poor man in other countries.

Thinking of what happened to him, he replied angrily: "Look at the boy's behavior, and then look at the scholar's behavior." Because of the small and the big, I know that the Wu family weishenme is not good! ”

After a night of silence, Fang Yingwu first went to the gate of the county government to see if there was a new notice for the county examination, and then went to the examination room located in the county school to find out the route and environment. Once everything is ready, you can wait for the exam tomorrow with peace of mind.

The county examination is the first small step on the long road to the imperial examination, and it is also the most relaxed and unregulated step in the examination atmosphere, and the situation varies from place to place and from place to place.

Chun'an County is a county with a small population, and the number of people participating in the county examination is not very large, only more than 100 people, which is different from places like Jiangnan and Jiangxi, where thousands of people often sign up for the county examination. But the quality of knowledge of this group of people is absolutely not inferior to any county in the world, and it is definitely a veritable group of death.

The examination room was set up in the county school, and Fang Yingwu arrived outside the gate early to wait for the exam. At this time, hundreds of people gathered here, crowded and crowded, and there were candidates in the crowd, some sent the exam, and some were guarantors.

Wang Zhixian sat on a makeshift platform behind the gate, and someone else was in charge of roll calls and searches. Candidates whose names are called forward are searched and verified, and the guarantor must also come forward for on-site guarantee and confirmation.

Fang Yingwu stood in the crowd with a basket and waited, talking to the two guarantors from time to time. Suddenly, I heard someone behind me speak: "Childe must be the first to be the case this time." ”

Fang Yingwu sounded familiar, turned his head to look, and the person who spoke was the scholar he met in the West Temple yesterday. Next to him was a young man in brocade clothes, no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, who should be the master of this scholar, Wu Gongzi.

The scholar said that his master must be the head of the case, which is not surprising, who doesn't want to please a good mouthful. But that Wu Gongzi didn't show any modesty and accepted it peacefully, which made Fang Yingwu who noticed them strange. It stands to reason that Wu Gongzi should pretend to reprimand a few words such as "Don't talk nonsense" or something.

Fang Yingwu has long regarded the head of the case as something in the bag, and he is particularly sensitive in this regard. With doubts, half sarcastic and half tentative, he said: "Before entering the venue, I boasted that I was the head of the case, and I just laughed off my big teeth!" ”

The scholar and Wu Gongzi looked at each other, and the scholar recognized Fang Yingwu and hurriedly whispered a few words to his master. Wu Gongzi arched his hand to the other party: "No, Yunfeng Wu Xuan, where is Your Excellency from?" ”

Fang Yingwu replied: "Huaxi Fang Yingwu!" ”

"Huaxi? The Fang family? Wu Gongzi thought about it and replied truthfully: "I haven't heard of it." ”

Then he waved his hand impatiently and said proudly: "You mud legs who don't know where the mountain corners come from, the biggest problem is that there is a lot of sourness, and I don't bother to meet you in general." There's no need to fight a lawsuit here.,Anyway, when I go to zuihou, my ranking must be higher than you.,It's useless to talk more now.,Just put it on the list.。 ”

This noble and cold face made Fang Yingwu angry, he was already a little looking down on the Qinggao of the times, but he didn't expect to be frequently poisoned by this master and servant.

You're all just dust of history! Fang Yingwu was about to sneer at each other, but he heard his name called in front of him, and it was time for him to enter. I had no choice but to hold back my anger and rush forward to accept the search, and no longer continue to entangle with Wu Gongzi and his party.

Half an hour later, Fang Yingwu successfully passed the door inspection and entered the examination room through the dragon gate. At a glance, you can see that the seats in the examination room are temporarily placed on both sides of the corridor, and they are set up in the open air. It is a crisp autumn season, and the weather is neither hot nor cold, so the open-air exam is not uncomfortable, and it is more cost-effective than building an examination booth.

The test paper he received earlier had the test number on it, and Fang Yingwu followed the test number to find his seat, in the middle of the eighth row in the east side of the road.

Putting down the examination basket and putting the test papers and pen and ink inkstones, although Fang Yingwu was a "prepared" candidate, in the examination room that decided the fate of his life, his heartbeat still did not speed up a few points.

Modern people in the 21st century are not here and will never know what it feels like to go to heaven and hell at one step. Although there are also college entrance examinations, the college entrance examinations after the nineties can only be regarded as pediatric compared to the cruelty of the imperial examinations.

The greenhouse flower who learns the middle school textbook will probably only have a mean smile, and take Fan Jinzhong's madness after lifting it as a joke, but it is difficult to appreciate the hardships and glory behind the joke.

Chao is Tian Shelang, Dusk is on the Tianzi Hall, on the list of department names, one step forward is a person, and a step back is a person. You can use eighteen kinds of means, fish have a way to fish, shrimp have a way to fish, and there are no regrets when you enter, this is the fairness in the imperial examination society.

Fang Yingwu took a deep breath, closed his eyes and began to quietly recuperate, he had developed this habit in his previous life.

Thinking of the sound of the three-way drum, Fang Yingwu woke up from his meditation and opened his eyes. There is a county official holding a sign, walking back and forth in the examination room, and the sign is the exam question of this county examination.

When the little official got closer, Fang Yingwu looked fixedly, and the wooden sign was pasted with white paper, and he wrote with a red pen "I have five out of ten and am determined to learn and wait for a chapter" and "Confucius climbed Dongshan and Xiaolu, climbed Mount Tai and the world and other three sections".

That's it! Fang Yingwu was overjoyed and completely relieved! He didn't understand the meaning of the wrong county, and sure enough, he had made sufficient preparations for these two questions!

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