Qu Xiucai also explained to Qu Wenliang: "Brother Liang, your knowledge is good, if you are stable, you will definitely be able to pass the exam." Remember what Brother An taught you, you have to punch and move every day to sleep peacefully. If you are sleepy or smoked, you will ...... Smell it. ”

Before coming, Gu Jinan sprayed a potion on the inside of the sleeves of several people, which had a very light smell but a strong awakening effect, which could help them.

However, there are a lot of people here, and there are children from all over Jianghuai, so Qu Xiucai is not easy to say.

Qu Wenliang nodded: "Well, don't worry, uncle, my nephew knows." ”

Shang Xiucai said to Gu Jin'an: "Master is the most assured of you, as long as you take the test well, you will definitely be able to pass the test." ”

But Gu Jin'an didn't just want to be admitted to Xiucai this time, he also wanted a little three yuan...... In the past, he thought that it didn't matter if he was small or small, but now he fell in love with a girl from a family, although it was a girl from Mr. Ouyang's own family, but if he didn't have the ability to do it, it would be difficult to climb her.

Shang Xiucai saw He Jinsheng and Gu Dexing looking at them with some envy, and smiled at them: "Your knowledge is good, and you have studied hard with Mr. Ouyang during this time, as long as you don't make mistakes, you have a great chance of being admitted." ”

When Gu Dexing and He Jinsheng heard this, they were relieved a lot, especially He Jinsheng, he did not escape the famine, he was frightened by the robbers, even if he took the tranquilizer pill, he also had nightmares for two days, and he was better a few days ago.

Lu Bai is no different from He Jinsheng, but he also had nightmares for a few days, and he even had to be accompanied by Yao Youqian when he went to the thatched house at night.

"What are you guys doing? If you are not a candidate, hurry up, otherwise you will suspect that you are here to stuff the entrainment! The officials were patrolling back and forth, and when they saw Old Man Xu and so many of them gathered together, they hurriedly scolded them and asked them to stand behind the wooden fence.

"Brother Ming, you take the test well, and grandpa won't accompany you." Old man Xu said to Xu Zhaoming, and as soon as he turned his head, he stuffed a bag of silver into the head of the official team, and the action was so smooth that it was not good.

The head of the official team received it more smoothly, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, we will watch it for you, and we won't let those who don't have long eyes stuff entrapments on your children." ”

The money bag is quite heavy, at least fifty taels, and they are a high roller, so they will naturally do their best.

When Old Man Xu heard this, he nodded with a smile, hurriedly beckoned his subordinates, and took Shang Xiucai and them away.

Bang Bang Bang!

The official was still banging on the gong and shouting: "The auspicious time has come, and the candidates are lining up to enter the dragon gate!" The other idlers should leave as soon as possible, or they will be beaten away! ”

With this shout, a group of officials with knives and sticks came out again, and many of the candidates' families who were still confessing to their children were frightened and hurried away.

"Eh, eh, don't fight, let's go."

After driving people out, the front of the dragon gate of the ceremonial room was finally dredged a lot, which could vacate an open space for the candidates to queue up, and it could also let the officials see clearly which were the black sheep who wanted to take the opportunity to stuff the candidates with entrainment.

Don't even say it, you really let the officials catch two.

These two are poor children who have failed to pass the exam several times, and they know that they will not be able to pass the exam in their lives, so they received a large amount of silver for people to stuff and entrain, and one of the people who was stuffed turned out to be the third young master Tong.

Tong San is the head of the Linhe Mansion and the current Kefu Examination, and someone dares to calculate him, so why not? The boy who was stuffed with the strap-on was dragged out and beaten severely!

And many candidates who questioned that Young Master Tong's knowledge was not as good as Yan Xiaowu's knowledge saw this, because Tong San was filled with righteous indignation, and some people felt that this was done by the Yan family, and began to speak ill of the Yan family.

Even Kong Xuezheng, who came from the capital, also had a little good impression of the third young master Tong, and said: "The head of the Tong case is worthy of being the head of the current science and technology office, this is a talent who is jealous." ”

Shi Zhifu of Linhe Mansion nodded and smiled: "Lord Xuezheng is right, Tong San's knowledge is good, the head of this mansion is real, that is, the fifth young master of Lord Yan's family has a little abnormality, this is ......"

So I'm innocent, I didn't do anything to cheat on the scientific expedition, you have to believe me!

Kong Xuezheng raised his hand, interrupted Governor Shi's words, and said with a smile: "Master Shi, let's not talk about this, burn incense to worship heaven and earth, and prepare for the big exam." ”

"Yes." Shi Zhifu was very smart and didn't say anything more.

……

Knock knock!

Two hours later, all the candidates finished checking, took the signs, and after entering the examination booth, the big drum in the ceremonial room sounded, and after nine consecutive beats, the college examination, which affected the fate of the entire Jianghuai candidates, officially started.

The college examination is divided into two sessions, each one day, poetry and words in the morning, and a discussion in the afternoon.

Today, because of the inspection of the candidates' entry, it has been delayed all morning, so the candidates have to answer the questions tonight, and after the test questions are sent, they are so nervous that they can't do it.

The first policy is just one word, it is loyalty, from the hand of Emperor Chu, the candidates see this word loyalty, that is happy to bloom, isn't it just to show loyalty, it is a personal will, it is to write this policy theory to the sky.

The second strategy is also a word, money, which is also from the hands of Emperor Chu, Emperor Chu has changed his way to hold silver over the years, and no amount of silver is enough. Therefore, this time in the hospital examination, despite the dissuasion of the elders, this test question was produced.

When many candidates saw this test question, they were all stunned, money? They can only read, how do they know how to make money?

Gu Jinan smiled when he saw this test question, and sure enough, he was talking about money...... In the past few years, in addition to Jianghuai and Jiangnan, Dachu has been plagued by disasters in various places for many years, and the imperial court has been crazy due to lack of money, so Gu Jinan has long thought that this question will come up in this hospital examination, and he has written a few strategies on how to make money, and after thinking about it for a while, he began to write.

Other candidates were not as easy as him, scratching their ears and cheeks, some of them fainted directly because they couldn't solve the questions, and the weather was too hot, and in less than an hour, more than a dozen candidates fainted because of the heat and fire and were carried away.

When the other candidates in the examination booth heard the voice, some of them had poor endurance, and even their hands holding the pen were shaking.

But no matter how scared they are and anxious, time will not wait for them, at the beginning of the tenth day of the first month of June, the big drum in the ceremonial room sounds, and Kong Xuezheng immediately ordered: "The time is coming, retract!" ”

Under an order, several teams of officials, led by an adult, rushed to the front of the examination booth in the rows, and said to the candidates: "Lord Xuezheng has an order, the time has come, immediately stop writing and collect the papers, and if you dare to answer the papers, all the results of this subject will be invalid!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the candidates who had not finished writing cried: "It's over, it's over, it's not a good course!" ”

After saying that, I fainted again.

The officials were very helpless, so they could only arrange for people to carry them out.

Gu Jin'an and the others didn't faint, they walked out of the door of the ceremonial room with all their beards and tails, and they were pulled into the mule cart by Shang Xiucai, who had been waiting outside for a long time, and rushed back to the Xu family's house.

The people of the Tong family had been staring at it for a long time, and they sent someone to follow them again, but unfortunately they were stopped by Xiao Sui and them this time, and they failed to track them successfully.

Gu Jin'an was in the ceremonial room for two days and one night, and his body was full of sweat and smell, and after taking a bath, he ate a full meal before he came back to life.

But to their surprise, Mr. Xu didn't ask them how they did in the exam, but only said to them: "Since the exam is over, don't think about it anymore, take a good rest, and wait for the list to be released." ”

Because of this sentence, Xu Zhaoming and the others were very happy, comfortable and relaxed, but they did not go out to find trouble, but stayed in the house honestly until the trial list of the 19th Academy on June 19.