Fang Xiancheng was one of the invigilators, and after the exam, he took a few scribes and officials to patrol back and forth in the examination room, patrolling for nearly an hour, before returning to the main house in the front yard and bowing to Zheng County's order: "My lord." ”

He saluted an old man in the house: "Horse Teaching." ”

The Ma Sect is one of the edicts of the Fuxue, and he was ordered to come to the county government to invigilate the examination.

However, Ma Jiaoyu is known for being a good talker, and he also understands his identity and status, and is only responsible for accompanying the invigilator, and will not do anything arrogant.

Ma Jiaoyu was kind and an old pedant, and when he heard this, he nodded, arched his hand, and returned to Fang County.

Zheng Xianling looked at Fang Xiancheng and said with a smile: "Lord Fang has worked hard. ”

Fang Xiancheng shook his head: "It's just an invigilator, it's not hard, it's the group of candidates who are hard." ”

Seeing that he was emotional, Zheng Xianling asked with a smile: "Lord Fang, is this the time when you think of your scientific expedition?" ”

Fang Xiancheng nodded: "It was hard at the time, and now it's scary to think about it, it's one exam after another, and there is no end." ”

The county examination is just the beginning of the imperial examination, and after the county examination, there are also government examinations and hospital examinations. After passing the college examination, you can become a showman, and you can be regarded as a real reader.

And after being admitted to Xiucai, you have to take the examination of people and jinshi, there is really no end, and you can be tired to death.

Zheng Xianling smiled: "Master Fang is already a leader in the road to the imperial examination, and most of them are people who have been admitted to the gray-haired and failed to reach high school. ”

Fang Xiancheng listened to it, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "The adults praise falsely, they are not as good as the adults, and the people who are famous in the clan do not know how many." ”

The Zheng family of Jinling is a big family and has been an official since hundreds of years ago. There is also a clan study in the clan, and the children of the clan can enter the clan study for free when they are old.

Zheng Xian Ling smiled, and did not say much about the affairs of the Zheng clan, but asked Fang Xiancheng: "Lord Fang can see that the Xu family is born?" ”

The Xu family is a big family in Tianfu County, with countless fields in the family and many shops, but the Xu family seems to have no official luck, although the family is rich, but it has been white for generations.

Old man Xu was looking forward to it day and night, and finally looked forward to Xu Zhaoming, the golden grandson, and waited for Xu Zhaoming to go to high school in one fell swoop.

Fang Xiancheng nodded: "The lower officials have seen it, they have a good demeanor and outstanding literary talent, I heard that they are students of Jinling Honghu Academy, and they have been honing for many years, just waiting for this time to end up, win a small three yuan, and become famous in one fell swoop." ”

Ma Jiao didn't say much, and when he heard this, he said: "Honghu Academy is a famous academy in Jinling, and the students who can study in Honghu Academy are all proud sons. ”

"Little Sanyuan?" Zheng Xianling smiled, I am afraid that the Xu family's abacus has been in vain, just because there is a Gu Jinan this year.

He didn't know about the others, but Gu Jinan knew it very well. In the past three years, he has read a lot of Gu Jin'an's strategies and poems, all of which are excellent works, and they are different from the delicate and delicate in Jianghuai and Jiangnan.

Fang Xiancheng listened to it and asked: "Listening to the meaning of the adult, it seems that Xu Jiazi can't pass the Xiao Sanyuan exam?" ”

Zheng Xianling, as the chief examiner of the county exam, naturally didn't talk nonsense, and said with a smile: "I haven't read the paper yet, and I don't know if he can do well in the exam." Besides, this little three-yuan is not something that can be done well in the county examination, and it has to look at the government examination and the hospital examination. ”

After that, Zheng Xianling didn't say anything more, but got up and said to Ma: "Let's go to the examination room." ”

Sect Ma nodded: "Well, it's time to go around." "He's here to proctolate the exam, that's his job.

Zheng County Commander and Ma Jiaoyu took a few scribes and a team of officials to inspect the examination shed for most of the hour under the cold wind in February, and then changed the county to inspect, just like this, and could not break people.

In the afternoon, Zheng County ordered people to beat the drum three times and start lighting incense.

After the scribe finished lighting the incense, he shouted in the examination room: "The incense has been lit, and the paper will be collected when it is burned, and I hope that all students will answer the paper and seal their names as soon as possible!" ”

The candidates were very nervous when they heard this, and two timid candidates who had not finished writing their papers fainted directly.

The county soldiers hurriedly ran to inform Zheng County Order.

Zheng Xianling shook his head when he heard this: "With this determination, can you bear things as a parent official in the future?" Write down the name and fork it out. ”

"Yes." The county soldiers took the order and took the two candidates who had fainted out of the number room, put them in a room in the ceremonial room, and threw them out after the dragon door opened.

The incense used by the yamen was very short, but it burned out in a quarter of an hour.

Knock Knock ~ Knock Knock ~ Knock!

The drums sounded again, and instead of the excitement of the beginning of the exam, there were bursts of dull and slow drum music.

When the drums sounded, Xu Xianling, Fang Xiancheng, and Ma Jiaoyu took the scribes and began to collect the rolls in rows.

All papers are sealed by the candidates themselves, and after the ranking is determined, they are opened by the county order, the county government, and the invigilator to prevent fraud.

After half an hour of busy work, I finished collecting all the papers.

The candidates watched their papers being taken away, as if their souls had been taken away, and they were uneasy.

Fang Xiancheng shouted at the candidates: "After the first test, all the students will leave the field with the county soldiers, and the dragon gate will be opened tomorrow to retake the test!" ”

The candidates followed the county soldiers out of the examination shed, and when they left the dragon gate, it was already dark outside.

Outside the dragon gate, there are still many people, all of whom are family members or servants who have come to pick up the candidates.

Gu Dashan They were sending the exam for the first time, and they were very nervous, after sending Gu Jin'an and the five people into the examination room in the morning, they went to stay at the Luojia Dart Bureau, and they came by mule cart before Youshi, and they waited until now.

"Brother An, Brother An, they came out." Zezi's eyesight is good, and he saw Gu Jinan at a glance.

After listening to Gu Dashan and a few men, he hurriedly ran over, and when he saw his son, the first question was: "How did you do in the exam?" ”

Gu Jinan looked at Gu Dashan and said with a smile: "It's good." "I smiled lightly and obviously did well.

Qi Kangming also looked relaxed, and it seemed that he did not do badly in the exam.

Gu Qingliang and Gu Qingtian came to take the test, and the Gu Damu brothers didn't ask them, they could do well in the test.

Gu Dexing was not so sure, looked at Gu Dafu, then looked at Gu Dagui, and said, "Dad, second uncle, I don't know if I can be admitted." ”

Gu Dafu comforted him: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if you can't pass the exam." ”

Gu Dagui also smiled and said: "Yes, Brother Xing, don't be afraid, if you can't take the exam this time, let's take the exam again next time." ”

"Whew! Why do you speak, shut up if you don't speak auspicious words, what can't you pass the test, I have worshiped the Taoist temples, mountain temples, and land temples in the county, can Brother Xing fail the test? "Chen's can't wait to be a talented aunt for a long time, and he hates others the most for saying that Gu Dexing can't pass the exam.

Gu Dagui was scolded, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I was wrong, don't scold, let's go home quickly, or the city gate will be closed." ”

After hearing this, several families hurriedly beckoned Gu Jinan and their mule cart and ran towards Dafeng Village, Qingfu Town.

Originally, they could live in the county seat, but Gu Jinan said that they still lived at home and were not panicked, and there was a mule cart at home, which ran fast, and it didn't take much time to go back and forth.

……

Gu Jinan and the others returned home, and the next day they continued to go to the county seat to take the retest.

The second test is the second one, and the questions are much more difficult than the first, and the third one is the second one, and the questions are more difficult.

Many candidates directly handed in half of the paper in the third exam, but Gu Jinan was at ease, and after three consecutive exams, he was still in good spirits.

After the third exam, Gu Jinan met Xu Zhaoming.