Lin Chengye worked hard to write.

Feng Lin, who was in the back room, couldn't help but laugh secretly twice after getting the question.

Xiao Liulang tutored Lin Chengye, and he also listened to it, Lin Chengye was afraid of Xiao Liulang, and sometimes he would take the exam papers to himself for review, and he felt that there was no problem before he presented them to Xiao Liulang.

After coming and going, he will also memorize the book "The Book of Filial Piety".

If it weren't for the strict discipline in the examination room, Feng Lin wanted to hum a little tune.

Judging from this exam alone, the difficulty of the examiners' questions is completely unable to catch up with Xiao Liulang's devilish difficulty.

The rest of the candidates were not as calm as the three of them, they really didn't expect that this year's exam questions would exceed the syllabus, and they would die!

However, the psychological quality of the candidates who can advance to the township examination is relatively good, and although they roared in their hearts, they wrote down on their faces.

This year's autumn tiger is amazing, and it was very hot when it came in yesterday, but it was not as hot as today.

The examination booth was cramped and not ventilated, and the candidates were sweating profusely after the test started.

Candidates who are brave start to untie their clothes directly, although it is detrimental to their appearance, but the discipline in the examination room has always been that as long as you don't cheat, the examiner will not care about your shit and fart.

By noon, the sun was shining directly from the sky, and the temperature in the examination booth was much higher, and all the candidates felt like they were being roasted on an iron plate.

Finally, a candidate in a provincial city fainted from heat stroke.

This is the son of a large family, he has not suffered much, unlike poor students who often work in the fields, but can withstand high temperatures.

The invigilator was watching him, and it was best for him to wake up on his own, otherwise he would never be able to return to the exam room once he was carried out of the booth.

After waiting for a while, the candidate never responded, and the invigilator had to call the guards to carry him out to see the doctor.

As soon as the guards carried people to the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, he woke up, and he cried and shouted that he wanted to go back to the exam, but the discipline in the examination room would not make an exception for anyone, not even the prince.

Therefore, the imperial examination has extremely high requirements for candidates in all aspects, not only need to have a strong psychological quality, but also a good physical quality, otherwise they will not be able to withstand such a high-intensity examination.

This episode also caused great psychological pressure on the rest of the candidates, and the weather was indeed getting hotter and hotter, and everyone felt that their examination booth had become a big furnace.

The candidates who were reserved at first and refused to wear wide clothes can't take care of anything at this time, and not taking off their pants is the last respect for the examination room!

Xiao Liulang also felt the heat, if it was in the past, he was afraid that he would have fainted from the heat earlier. However, in the past six months, Gu Jiao has dragged him to do a re-examination every day, and he has not fallen behind for a day, even if he goes out for the exam, he will explain that Feng Lin is staring at him.

At first, he thought that everything she had done was in vain, because he couldn't get rid of the shadow in his heart anyway, and he couldn't stand up like a normal person.

It wasn't until now that he realized that her hard work had not been in vain, and that his body had strengthened too much.

After another half an hour, the temperature in the examination booth reached its peak, and two more candidates fainted. All the candidates were upset and irritable, their brains were dizzy, and they could no longer think normally.

Xiao Liulang took off his coat, it was still not enough, and his eyes suddenly fell on the burden at hand.

He opened the baggage, took out the small green bottle that Gu Jiao asked Feng Lin to bring, and wiped a few drops on his temples and forehead, and suddenly a cool breath spread from his head to his whole body, and he was instantly refreshed, deaf and bright.

All the heat subsided at this moment, and he calmed down and continued to write the question.

The weather was not so hot until the sun set, and after the test on this day, the candidates were all paralyzed, and they didn't know whether to let the township test or let the sun roast.

Xiao Liulang, Feng Lin and Lin Chengye were much easier than the rest of the candidates because of the magic medicine given by Gu Jiao.

During the day, everyone had no appetite to eat, but now that it is cold, I finally remember to eat.

However, to the devastation of the candidates, the weather was too hot, and all the dry food they brought in had gone bad!

A faint smell rose in the examination room, and the invigilator couldn't help but pinch his nose.

But soon, a sweet and sour fruity aroma wafted over, and it was orange! When you peel the skin, you can splash your hands full of orange-scented oil, and it is so fresh!

Grunt~

There is a candidate's stomach barking.

Then everyone started drooling, the oranges were so fragrant, sour and sweet......

Xiao Liulang ate an orange, and took out a piece of jerky and a piece of cake, the cake and jerky dried the water, and it was not bad, and the pickles were not bad.

He chewed and ate slowly.

The aroma of meat mixed with pickles filled the entire examination room, and all the candidates collapsed.

It's torture enough to have such difficult exam questions and such bad weather during the day, so why do you eat such delicious things in the exam room?

Are you really here to take the test?

Who would bring such a hearty meal to the exam?

If it weren't for the prohibition of talking to each other in the examination room, the candidates would all want to shout: "Brother, share my bite to eat, where do you go in the future, I will cover it!" ”

Misfortune is not a single line, in such a hot weather, how can there be fewer mosquitoes at night?

Xiao Liulang and the three of them applied wind oil essence and slept comfortably. When the candidates who had been mosquitoed all night walked out of the examination room, the dark circles under their eyes were almost gone.

Fortunately, it rained heavily in the provincial capital on the day of leaving the examination room, and the weather finally turned colder.

On the 11th day, the candidates entered the examination room again.

The second test is an argumentative essay on the Five Classics, and the word count requirement for each article is not high, no less than 300 words. In previous years, most of them mainly discussed people's livelihood and careers, such as the world's industry and commerce, water conservancy, agriculture and mulberry, and the division of responsibilities of the six departments.

This year, it was a "On the Pros and Cons of Cutting the Domain", which directly stunned the candidates.

With such a sharp and sensitive question, which examiner is not afraid of death?

In Zhaoguo, the examination questions of the annual township examination are formulated by the cabinet, and then submitted to the emperor for review, and the emperor will approve before he will be sent to the major provincial capitals.

The exam questions issued by the imperial court are all the same, but some man-made or unexpected situations are not excluded, such as accidents such as leakage and destruction of questions, so the imperial court often prepares eight sets of questions.

During the exam, the examiner randomly selects questions in public, and which set is drawn, and so far there has been no precedent for all provincial cities to draw the same set of questions.

Unfortunately, this year, the examiner in this provincial city drew the most difficult set of questions.

Among this group of candidates, there are people like Xiao Liulang who are taking the township exam for the first time, and there are also those who have taken the exam for most of their lives and their hair is gray.

But anyone who has taken the test many times can see that this year's questions are not simple, and they don't follow the routine......

The examiners over the years have their own preferences, and the candidates will try their best to cater to the examiners' preferences when doing questions, which is why people spend a lot of money every year to inquire about the examiners' origins and life deeds.

But the problem is that the matter of cutting the feudal domain is not an ordinary matter of people's livelihood, it cannot be determined by the preferences of the examiner, it mainly depends on the attitude of the imperial court.

If the imperial court advocates the reduction of the feudal domain, then the examiner will never give a high score to an examination paper opposing the cutting of the feudal domain, otherwise wouldn't the examiner be openly shouting for the imperial court and the emperor?

From the matter of recruiting the An Lin family from the imperial court, the candidates probably still understand the attitude of the imperial court towards the vassal king, and it is impossible to cut the feudal domain in the past ten years.

To be on the safe side, the vast majority of candidates chose to cater to the trend of the imperial court, quoting scriptures and rhetoric gorgeously about the disadvantages of cutting feudal domains, and vigorously advocating the court's current pacification policy.

And in a certain examination shed, Xiao Liulang did not hesitate to write down - it is imperative to cut the feudal domain!

The last one was the entrance on the 14th, and the exam started on the 15th, and the test was eight-strands.

This is Lin Chengye's weakest one, in the children's test, he did not score a high score in Baguwen once, almost all of them relied on the scriptures and essays to make a name for themselves.

However, this time he looked at the questions on the exam paper, and inexplicably felt that there was no tricky question given to him by Xiao Liulang on weekdays.

And Xiao Liulang taught him some skills of Baguwen, and also asked him to memorize a few neat sycophants, what does it mean, but it can make the overall style of the article look high-end and atmospheric!

He wrote it in a flash!

In short, it's hydrology!

Rokuro said, when you don't understand, you can hydrology! Don't be empty!

Lin Chengye felt that he was very good at the water this time (he couldn't understand what he was doing), although he would not get a high score, he should not fail as before.

After the three exams, the candidates lost a lot of weight, and Steward Zhou waited outside the Gongyuan early in the morning.

Watching the candidates come out one by one as emaciated, he was worried that his sixth son would die.

Soon, Xiao Liulang and the three came out.

No matter how crowded there are, Xiao Liulang is always the one who can be noticed at first sight.

Zhou Guan saw him in advance, and then saw Lin Chengye beside him.

Steward Zhou was about to shout, "Son, you have lost weight", and then the words choked in his throat.

Belch...... Why does his son-in-law seem to be fat?

In fact, Lin Chengye is not fat, but the other candidates have lost weight, so it seems that the three of them are fat.

Steward Zhou stepped forward quickly, and asked excitedly and anxiously, "How did you do in the exam, Childe?" You didn't let me come over in the first two games, I was suffocated! Can I get in? Are the questions difficult? I don't think everyone's face is good! ”

Lin Chengye said: "Go back and talk about it." ”

Steward Zhou looked at the candidates on the side, and knew that he was too excited, where is the place to talk?

He smiled and said to Xiao Liulang and Feng Lin: "Finally finished the exam, the two of you have worked hard these days, my lord has set up a banquet in the mansion, please enjoy your face, and follow me to the mansion to talk." ”

The Lin family is the richest man in the provincial capital, Feng Lin really wants to see the world, but Xiao Liulang refused: "No, we have to go back to the county, we understand Master Lin's kindness, and we will meet again in the future." ”

"Ah......h

"Ah......h

Lin Chengye and Steward Zhou were stunned at the same time.

Especially Lin Chengye.

Although he had expected that Xiao Liulang would have to go back after the exam, he was really reluctant at this moment.

The days of tutoring with Xiao Liulang were really the most miserable torture in his life, but when he entered the examination room, he realized that it was his most valuable experience.

"You, later, go. I'll send、You。 Lin Chengye was in a hurry and exposed the problem of stuttering.

His face changed, and a hint of panic flashed in his eyes.

Xiao Liulang's face was not unusual, and his eyes looking at him were as calm and cold as ever: "No need, you should go back and take a look after being away from home for so long." ”

Feng Lin was a little surprised, it was the first time he had heard him say such humane words after reuniting with Xiao Liulang for so long.

If you think about it, he's a big change from a year ago.

Lin Chengye finally failed to persuade Xiao Liulang to go to his house, he could actually feel that the teacher-student relationship between him and Xiao Liulang was very good, Xiao Liulang was cold, but his heart was not cold, but he didn't understand why Xiao Liulang just didn't want to go to his house.

Steward Zhou said with a smile: "Sixth son, Miss Cousin is here, she said that you have worked hard in your hometown, and she wants to take you out for a few days!" ”

Lin Chengye doesn't like that cousin!

Xiao Liulang and Feng Lin returned to the inn.

When he went upstairs, Feng Lin asked, "Are we going to wait for the results to come out before leaving?" ”

It will take half a month for the results to come out.

Xiao Liulang said lightly: "No, the results will be reported to the county government." ”

"Okay." Feng Lin nodded, although he really wanted to know his and Xiao Liulang's results for the first time, but Xiao Liulang's appearance of returning to his heart like an arrow was obviously homesick, right?

I miss the girl.

Hehehe, stinky boy.

The two of them were heading to the guest room when they heard the excited voices of the candidates coming from the lobby.

"Hey, have you heard? The capital is going to reopen the country! ”

"Really? Who told you that? ”

"Do you need to tell this? The royal list has been posted! It's right at the door of the government, don't believe it, go see it for yourself! Students with excellent grades will have the opportunity to enter the Guozijian after being recommended by the government. If you win the first place in the township examination, you don't need to be recommended to move to Guozijian! ”

Students are talents, generally speaking, Xiao Sanyuan can get the opportunity to be recommended, if there is no Xiao Sanyuan, there is also a chance to get the head of the case.

Feng Lin pulled Xiao Liulang's sleeve: "Liulang, you got two heads!" ”

Although the hospital test missed the case for some reason, he is still an excellent student!

Feng Lin patted his thigh and said, "Oh, I knew that you shouldn't have asked for that thousand taels of silver in the first place, so you have to retake the exam again!" If you are admitted to the junior three yuan, you will definitely be able to go to Guozijian! ”

Guozijian is the highest institution of learning in Zhaoguo, and students all over the world are proud to enter Guozijian.

Xiao Liulang's expression was very calm.

He stood on the stairs and listened to the heated discussions of the candidates in the lobby.

"But wasn't the Guozijian closed by His Majesty's personal order? Because he burned the juvenile sacrificial wine in the first place. Why did it suddenly reopen again? ”

"It was Taifu Zhuang who led a number of humerus ministers to kneel outside the Jinluan Palace, and it took three days and three nights to finally move His Majesty."

"Mrs. Zhuang is really a loyal minister of Zhaoguo, when His Majesty ordered the closure of the Guozi Prison, all those who admonished were punished by His Majesty."

"Mrs. Zhuang hasn't been punished, has he?"

is such a good official for the country and the people, and the candidates don't want him to get into trouble.

"How so? If it is punished, it will not be reopened. ”

Candidates, you say a word to me, and the discussion is in full swing.

Xiao Liulang showed a suspicious and thoughtful look.

He soon lost the mood to listen to gossip and returned to the house with a blank face.

Lin Chengye's things have been cleaned up by Steward Zhou, Xiao Liulang only cleaned up his own, and Steward Zhou's food and lodging at the inn have been settled, so there is no need for the two of them to pay any more money.

At night, Feng Lin wanted to eat the famous snacks in the provincial capital.

"I've been here for so long, in order not to spoil my stomach, all I eat is the dishes made in the small kitchen, and I'm suffocated!" Feng Lin said aggrievedly.

When accompanying Xiao Liulang to Fucheng for the exam, Feng Lin was blind and had a stomach trouble halfway, although he had antidiarrheal medicine given by Gu Jiao, he was frightened in the end.

The township test is not trivial, and in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, several of them have always been quite taboo.

Xiao Liulang happened to want to buy something for his family, so he agreed to Feng Lin.

The streets of the provincial capital are wide and long, and the four horse-drawn carriages are not crowded at all, and the shops on both sides are lined up one after another, and the pedestrians are shoulder to shoulder.

Feng Lin looked at the lanterns in the hands of the vendors, and said enviously: "The provincial city is really lively, much more lively than our county, and the capital city is not so lively." ”

Xiao Liulang snorted, which was considered to be a response.

Feng Lin said longingly: "You say, what is the capital like? The provincial capital is so lively, will the capital be even more lively? Will the streets of the capital be wider and longer than that? More carriages? The shop is also bigger? ”

"Hmm." Xiao Liulang hummed again.

Feng Lin said strangely: "What are you? It's like you've been! Alas, I really want to go to the capital, I want to go in my dreams, as long as I can go once, I will die without regrets in this life! ”

Xiao Liulang said lightly: "What's good in the capital? It's just a place of right and wrong. ”

Feng Lin sighed and shook his head: "You didn't pursue, you don't understand!" ”

Guozijian is the holy place of all scholars, if Feng Lin used to be only six points and wanted to go to the capital, now it is ten, if he can enter the Guozijian once in his life, it will not be in vain for him to study hard for more than ten years.

However, he is still self-aware, and with his qualifications, he will not be able to pass the exam at all, and he will not be recommended by the government.

The specialties of the provincial town are hemp candy and donkey meat.

Feng Lin was not very interested in sugar, but the donkey meat was quite greedy, so the two came to a time-honored donkey meat shop and came with two bowls of donkey broth, two donkey meat roasted, and a small bowl of braised donkey meat.

As the saying goes, donkey meat is fragrant and horse meat stinks, don't eat mule meat if you kill it, as long as donkey meat is done, it can smell a whole street.

Feng Lin couldn't wait to taste the braised donkey meat: "Wow, it's delicious!" ”

Xiao Liulang was used to being confused by Gu Jiao's craftsmanship, and at this time he also felt that this donkey meat was not bad.

After eating, the two called Xiao Er to settle the bill, but they were told that someone had already settled it for them.

"Who?" Feng Lin asked, could it be Lin Chengye? No, didn't that kid go home? Slipped out so quickly? And followed them to the donkey butcher shop? Don't eat at the same table with them, only pay in secret?

Xiao Er smiled and said, "It's an old man surnamed Liu." ”

Xiao Liulang's face turned cold.

Feng Lin looked at Xiao Liulang: "Do you know?" ”

Xiao Liulang said lightly: "I don't know." ”

Xiao Er smiled again: "Master Liu said that he set up a small banquet in Zuiyun Mansion to entertain Xiao Gongzi and your friends, and implore Xiao Gongzi to appreciate his face." ”

"Ah, what should I be doing, it turns out that I am another master who wants to get to know you." Xiao Liulang's Mansion test of the eight strands of literature is too good, and there are many people who want to come forward to make friends along the way, Feng Lin naturally thinks that this Master Liu is also one of them.

"Are you going?" Feng Lin asked.

"No, no." Xiao Liulang stood up, "Let's go, go back to the inn." ”

"Oh."

The two went to the inn for one night, and the next day they planned to go to the car dealership to hire a good carriage, and as soon as they arrived at the door, they saw a man dressed as a small servant waiting outside with a smile: "May I ask if it's Xiao Gongzi and Feng Gongzi?" My husband prepared a car and drove the two sons back to the county seat. ”

"Who is your master?" Feng Lin asked.

"My lord's surname is Liu." The little guy replied.

Feng Lin muttered, "It can't be the one from yesterday, right?" ”

Feng Linchao glanced at the other party's carriage, good guy, it is more luxurious than the Lin family's carriage! This old man Liu is not small!

"Don't sit." Xiao Liulang refused without thinking.

Feng Lin: "......"

Good horn!

Talented and capricious!

The two hired the fastest carriage, spent twice as much silver as the others, and went in the direction of the county seat without stopping.

Lin Chengye left the Lin family early in the morning, and he planned to give Xiao Liulang and Feng Lin a ride, but he came up empty.

He sighed, I don't know if I can see each other again in this life?

At the end of the township test, the officials began to read the papers.

There are a total of 12 internal curtain officials, a group of four, an examination paper is jointly reviewed by four internal curtain officials, and the total score is calculated if there is not much difference in opinion, and the one that is too controversial will be presented to the chief examiner and the deputy chief examiner, and the two will decide again.

In the first test, the accuracy and handwriting of the main test were either high in accuracy but not good enough, or there was excellent handwriting but not as good as another candidate.

This year's situation is a bit special, and there are candidates who have turned in a perfect answer sheet!

The question is not bad, and the words are written so that everyone is ashamed of themselves.

A well-deserved first first.

"This year's "Book of Filial Piety" has stumped many candidates." An inner curtain official smiled and sighed, "Except for the one just now, I haven't seen the second one who wrote the "Book of Filial Piety" correctly, eh?" Wait a minute. ”

As soon as his voice fell, he found another very good answer sheet, although it was not a good word, but it was much stronger than the previous review, especially the "Book of Filial Piety", he wrote it all right!

The inner curtain official opposite him said: "Coincidentally, I also have someone here who writes all the "Filial Piety" correctly. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

This year's candidates...... The surprise was amazing.

However, when I read the exam paper of the second session, the atmosphere began to be tense.

The vassal kings have always been the confidants of the imperial court, and they may be strong dragons who have been entrenched in one side, and they were given the title of vassal king by the imperial court; Or a fiefdom prince with royal blood.

The former has military power, and the latter has blood, and he is in great trouble with his henchmen.

As the so-called side of the couch does not allow others to sleep soundly? It's just that the imperial court doesn't have enough strength to kill these vassal kings at present, so most of the officials in the court do not advocate cutting the feudal domains.

The Xuanping Marquis Mansion has always been at odds with Zhuang Taifu, but the opinions of the two families are surprisingly consistent on the matter of cutting the feudal domain.

No one knew that the exam questions this time were actually made by the emperor himself.

The emperor just wanted to listen to the voices of the people and see what kind of vision and mentality the students of Zhaoguo under his governance had, and the result was a lot of rainbow farts!

However, among these rainbow farts, there is a very outstanding literary talent, although he does not advocate cutting the feudal domain, but he is not catering to the direction of the imperial court, but from the actual advantages and disadvantages of the current situation of the entire Zhao Kingdom, he analyzes the possible consequences of cutting the feudal domain in the short term, and how to obtain a win-win situation from the economy and agriculture under the pacification policy.

This is an article that amazes all the insiders.

Not surprisingly, it was the first place in the second game!

However, soon, an examiner found another article advocating cutting the feudal domain, and the words were sharp, and the faces of the inner curtain officials turned white.

Why didn't this guy go directly to the Jinluan Palace to scold the emperor and the civil and military officials?

However, scolding is scolding, but the truth of analysis is not at all faulty.

Originally, when I read that article, I thought that win-win cooperation between the two sides might be a new way out, but after reading this article advocating cutting the domain, I instantly felt that it was seeking skin with the tiger!

If you don't cut the domain, the country will be finished!

"Mother...... the deputy examiner pinched the cold sweat on his forehead, and suddenly felt that Zhaoguo was in danger!

Is Zhaoguo really in danger right now?

Definitely.

It's just that decades later, not necessarily, and this candidate has contained all the crises in a small sermon that makes everyone feel the consequences and fears of not cutting the feudal domain.

The skill of this son can be seen!

From the point of view of literary literacy and pen power, it was this candidate who won, the question is, do they dare to rank this kind of "alarmist" or even rebellious article as the first?

If this is stabbed in front of the emperor and the Son of Heaven is angry, who can stand it?

The emperor just wanted to see the hearts of the candidates, and he didn't really want to listen to anyone to scold him.

The inner curtain officials hesitated.

"Let's put it aside." The examiner said.

This has been put on for a long time, and even after the eight strands of the third scene have been changed, it has not yet been decided who should be the first in the two articles.

------Off topic------

There is a wave of prize quizzes: Will the Liulang Township test be the first?

A: Yes

B: No