The county test is tomorrow, and Sheng Yunting, who has not seen each other for a long time, has a rare opportunity to go out and relax. He didn't go anywhere else when he was free, so he came to the Su Mansion and complained to Du Bai for a while.

"How's the preparation for the county exam?"

In front of the desk, Du Bai slowly withdrew the pen to practice calligraphy, and looked up at Sheng Yunting, who was lying on the chair like a salted fish, this guy was full of exhaustion at the moment, listless as if his body had been hollowed out.

He chuckled softly, in a hilarious tone.

"Alas...... Brother Du, don't mention it. Sheng Yunting's face was full of bitterness when he heard this, and he sighed, "When my father and my mother took the exam for my homework, I couldn't even memorize an article, so I was so angry that I called my second brother back in the barracks, and he almost didn't beat me to death that night......"

He subconsciously touched his back, the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he still had palpitations.

"Do you think I'm cramming for a while and studying hard for five or six days before I can be admitted to the imperial examination? Isn't that very sorry for those scholars who have been studying hard for more than ten years? ”

He didn't think he was a genius, just an ordinary person.

"Who told you to only know how to play and not to read?" Du Bai smiled and shook his head slightly.

"Whoever loves to read, read it, I don't want to be one of those nerds!"

Sheng Yunting looked very spineless, and snorted: "My brothers and sisters are also promising, can't they still support me?" If you don't want to be a carefree person every day, why bother thinking about what imperial examinations you have. ”

He said this, and he looked very complacent, and it seemed that he was indeed a guy with no ambitions. Du Bai has nothing to say, after all, what this guy said is indeed not wrong, if he doesn't consider ethereal things such as his own ideals, it will definitely not be a problem for a Sheng family to raise him a second ancestor.

At this time, Sheng Yunting suddenly touched a bag tied around his waist when he turned around, but he remembered that this was something that Du Bai gave him before, but he kept forgetting to ask what it was.

He was also curious to open it and look inside, it was just a yellow rune paper, with ghost-like strokes drawn crookedly, but he couldn't recognize what the words were.

It happened that he was by Du Bai's side now, so he picked up the bag and asked curiously, "By the way, Brother Du, what is the purpose of this thing you gave me before?"

Du Bai glanced at it and said the prepared words: "This thing is a precious treasure that I got by chance from a master of the Dao, and it can make the demons and monsters dare not approach you easily. You remember to wear it with you! ”

Of course, these words are just to fool the other party. The rune paper is just a disguise, and what really works is the righteousness instilled in it.

Sheng Yunting didn't know much about the truth of these, but he felt that Du Bai cared about him very much, and he was very moved in his heart, so he hurriedly tied it back to his waist and patted it, and promised: "Don't worry, Brother Du, I will never take it down casually!" Even if you take a bath, you can hold it in your mouth and don't let go! ”

"That's not necessary." Du Bai was a little speechless, the demons and monsters are not so hungry, right......

Before leaving, Sheng Yunting seemed to think of something again, and looked at him expectantly: "By the way, Brother Du, my second brother said that he would take me to the mountains to hunt and play after I finished the exam, will you go?" My second brother and I are always on the same topic, and the road is not very interesting, if you accompany me, it will definitely be much more interesting. ”

Du Bai thought for a while, and was a little puzzled: "Didn't you say that you want to release animals, why do you still like to go hunting?"

Isn't that a contradiction?

Sheng Yunting put on a proud look that you don't know: "That's right, my second brother is hunting, and I am responsible for releasing the animals, there will be no mistakes and omissions, and the efficiency is high!"

Du Bai suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, this kid is also grateful that he can come up with this kind of bad move, if there is really a monster who is caught in front of him and put it on his hind feet, he will definitely not be grateful, he will only feel that you are teasing himself and become more annoyed and angry.

However, he thought about it for a while, and he was not idle in the period after the county exam, and he still had a lot of things to do, so I am afraid that he had no time to mess around with this kid. What's more, hunting is not an outdoor sport for a guy with a loose temperament like him.

Thinking so, he politely refused.

Sheng Yunting secretly regretted it, and instead invited some other friends, as for whether Cheng Du Bai didn't care anymore, at least Su Zhirou gave this guy a closed door, and ignored it.

That's right, she is not a woman from a martial arts family, and she likes some ghosts and gods, so how can she like to go hunting in the mountains?

In short, surrounded by an atmosphere of half joy and half sorrow, time is fleeting, and the day of the county test has finally arrived.

Originally, it should have been none of the Su family's business, but Su Wanmiao insisted on pleasing a good fortune, and two red lanterns were also hung in front of the gate, meaning high school, Du Bai just smiled and didn't stop it, just looking at this lively atmosphere like a festival, he suddenly felt a little regret in his heart.

Although it is said that he has traveled to this ancient time, he has not personally come into contact with the legendary imperial examination, so it is indeed a little unsatisfactory.

But if he really wants to read poetry and books, he doesn't have the hard work, and after thinking about it, he still thinks it's better not to join in the fun.

What's more, in the official career, those who have entered the elite have already lost the road to the imperial examination, and even the talents who were hard worked by their predecessors in the past are now only a false name.

Compared with the jubilant Su family, the atmosphere on the street outside is obviously a little more tense.

Many young people have studied hard for many years, just to wait for this exam, their hearts are full of ambition, looking forward to making a splash in their careers and doing their best for the country and the people - at least at this moment, the original intention of many literati who have read the books of sages is still so simple.

There are also many scholars who have taken the county exam before but have not passed, and the pressure on their shoulders is getting heavier and heavier as they get older, and their hearts are becoming more and more uneasy.

There are also children who have passed the county examination before also come to the county town to prepare early, not only to see if there will be any excellent articles this year, but also to adapt to the atmosphere of the exam to meet the upcoming government exam, so as to exchange experiences with other classmates.

Of course, in fact, the county exam, which is only an examination of basic knowledge, will not have any too good articles, so the key is to look at the wind direction of this year's test questions, and carefully ponder what the questions of the follow-up exams will be.