Chapter 90: The Examination Turmoil
This year's conference will be held in three sessions, one on three days. The first was on the 9th of the first month, the second on the 12th, and the third on the 15th.
This is a tough battle, I heard that there are tens of thousands of students for reference, but only 300 people are admitted, and the competition can be described as quite fierce. And only if you have passed the examination to become a tribute, you can take the palace examination in the next month. If you can't pass the exam, I can only congratulate you on coming back for another three years.
Therefore, on the night of the eighth day of the third lunar month, Jinshu urged Shen Zhizhang to pack up the small bookcase and prepare pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other examination supplies.
Just when Jinshu thought that everything was perfect and was about to go to bed, who expected Wang to come over to send knee pads, and asked a few words at random, only to know how unqualified Jinshu, the candidate's family member, was!
"Knee pads and bedding should be brought! Now it's still cold in March, and it's cold in the exam room, so don't get sick. Rolling cloth, tarpaulin curtains, trumpet tops, candle candlesticks, small stools, footrests, small stoves......" Wang Shi told his subordinates to hurry up and do it, and hurriedly asked Jinshu and Shen Zhizhang: "How did you prepare this?" If you don't bring anything and go to the exam for three days and two nights, how will you spend it? ”
Shen Zhizhang looked confused, and Jinshu was more confused than him: "Ah? And bring so many things? ”
Wang's mind was dizzy at the moment, and he hurriedly supported the maid next to him: "My God! "I knew that she shouldn't have counted on these two, a princess and a son, one has no life experience than the other.
"Let the two of you send things in tomorrow and get everything ready to come out again. Remember to lay out the tablecloth bed, hang the tarpaulin curtain at the door, and have a place to hide in case of wind and rain. The stove is boiling, and the teapot has enough water. As for eating, bring some lotus seed ginseng slices as a nourishment and refreshment. The rest of the cooked food was handed over to the security inspector, and he went back to take the silver and counted it, telling him to remember to send it to the second son on time. Have you written down all of what I said? Wang opened his mouth neatly, twisted his thin brows and ordered the two of them to boil beans.
The two of them nodded again and again, and as soon as the words fell, they hurriedly ran out to pack their things.
Only then did Wang turn around and tell Shen Zhizhang: "Three days of an exam, don't panic, read clearly and think about it before writing, no matter what you write, the volume must be clean and tidy." Take care of yourself, eat and sleep when you get there, don't be in a hurry to finish the rolls, can you understand? ”
Shen Zhizhang nodded hurriedly.
Jin Shu also nodded. It's time to open your eyes! This ancient exam is really different! She was secretly sighing, and Wang reached out and pulled her again, saying, "The exam is going to be taken tomorrow, the princess will let Zhizhang sleep first, and then come out with me to check things carefully." ”
Long insight, long insight.
Jin Shu nodded again and again: "Okay, good." As soon as she responded, the Wang family had already gone out in a hurry.
Jin Shu and Shen Zhizhang looked at the mung bean, and were stunned for a moment before they burst out laughing.
"Laugh! Embarrassed to laugh. Look at you, a lady, you don't even know what to prepare! Fortunately, my sister-in-law came over tonight. Shen Zhizhang raised his hand to poke her head, his face full of smiles.
Jin Shu also raised his hand to poke him in anger: "What are you laughing at?" You're just a jerk, didn't you listen to class? Surely the gentleman told you what to bring, right? ”
"Sir didn't say that." Shen Zhizhang looked innocent.
"Believe you, a ghost! Go to bed, I'll go out and get something for you. Jin Shu turned around and pushed him back: "Hurry up and go to bed." ”
"Go and come back quickly, I'll wait for you to come back." Shen Zhizhang smiled as he walked: "I still have something to say to you, ...... tomorrow"
"What are you waiting for?" Jin Shu pressed him on the bed, raised his hand and pulled the quilt to cover it, and said, "You just need to remember, if you fail the test, you will try to go back and move back to your study to live." Understand? Child? ”
Shen Zhizhang was stunned: "Huh? ”
"Good night then." Jin Shu touched his forehead and smiled: "Come on tomorrow, I believe you." ”
Listening to the door squeak shut, Shen Zhizhang didn't react to the meaning of Jinshu's words, and said to himself: "What's the matter?" Oil? ”
Early in the morning of the second day, Wang urged everyone to leave early to go to the Gongyuan, the examination site.
The people who participated in this year's examination are really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and there are many high-ranking officials and nobles. For example, the princess's younger brother Du Ke, Gan Lin, Hou Zhanfei, Guo Mingli and others. Everyone is a family farewell, that is, their Shen family alone has three carriages, and other families are naturally the same. So when Jinshu and the others rushed there, the carriage on a road at the gate of the Gongyuan was already blocked with water, and it was difficult to move an inch.
In desperation, Jinshu had no choice but to get out of the car and follow Shen Zhizhang into the walk.
Along the way, the children of rich families were accompanied by carriages, and most of those who were dressed in tatters and looked at the dust and dust were poor scholars who came from other places to Beijing to take the exam.
"In such a comparison, our family's conditions are really not bad." Jin Shu sighed as he walked. She just looked at the people walking around her, but she suddenly heard a sound above her head, and before she could react, the whole person was already protected by Shen Zhizhang: "Be careful!" ”
Then something went out of control and smashed down. Although Jinshu was taken aback, at this moment she clearly knew that a lot of things had fallen on Shen Zhizhang. After Shen Zhizhang escorted her and took a few steps back, Jin Shu saw a little guy standing on the roof of the carriage holding a broken rope, looking down at them helplessly: "Your nobleman forgives your sins...... The small one is not intentional...... The rope that tied things to things was broken......"
"Are you alright?" Shen Zhizhang was the first to ask, but Jinshu didn't have time to speak, so he quickly turned his head and looked him up and down: "Where are you knocking?" ”
When the four eyes looked at his head, Jin Shu couldn't help but take a cool breath.
Shen Zhizhang didn't know why, thinking that he had bumped her, he couldn't help frowning and asked, "Where do you hurt?" ”
"Blood!" Seeing that there was blood slowly flowing from the corner of his forehead, she panicked and hurriedly raised her hand to cover his forehead with a handkerchief and said, "You bleed!" ”
"Huh?" Shen Zhizhang raised his hand and touched his forehead after realizing it, and when he saw that his fingers were stained with blood, he was about to speak, but Jinshu had already turned around and yelled at the little guy: "Are you blind?" Don't roll down yet? Check it out! Can you see a flower? ”
The little girl's body trembled, and he quickly jumped down and knelt down and kowtowed to plead guilty: "Noble man spare his life!" Little damn ......"
Jinshu's voice startled Shen Zhizhang too: Is this the Jinshu I know?
There was a lot of movement here, and the Wang family and Shen Zhiyan also came through the crowd to watch. When Wang saw it, he exclaimed in fright: "What's the matter?" Yikes! Zhizhang: Why did your head break? ”
At this time, someone in the crowd recognized them, and everyone was taken aback: "Oh my God, isn't this the sixth princess and the concubine?" ”
"Yes, this is a disaster, whose subordinates are so unruly?"
"Yo, when I encountered this on the first day of the exam, I saw red on my head, I'm afraid it's not a good sign......"
Jin Shu pressed his wound while turning back: "Presumptuous! Hongu to see who is talking nonsense here! When this palace is deaf? ”
The crowd was instantly silenced.
Jin Shu looked down at the trembling little guy again, and reprimanded: "Please come out of your master's house, do you want me to personally hold me accountable?" ”
"Yes, yes, the little ones will go."
I'll go? Can the sixth princess still be so soaring? Wang blinked, not knowing what to say for a while. Shen Zhizhang was also stunned for a moment, raised his hand to press the wound himself, and sighed secretly: It's really unlucky!
"Let's see if the injury matters first." Shen Zhiyan came back to his senses, took the handkerchief and slowly let go of his hand, and looked at his wound carefully.
Shen Zhizhang hurriedly took a step back, raised his hand and touched it carelessly, pretending to be relaxed: "It's just a small injury, it's nothing serious." ”
"It's really just a flesh wound." Shen Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If the bleeding stops, it'll be fine." ”
Jin Shu also tiptoed to take a look, and after confirming that it was only a skin injury, he was also relieved.
"You see it's really fine, just go back and bandage it." Shen Zhizhang waved his hand and said, "Oh, don't worry. ”
Boiled Doudou Qian squeezed through the crowd and said excitedly: "Princess, Grandpa Guo, the things in the examination room have been placed, and the master of the horse can ...... This is...... Childe, what's wrong with your head? ”
Wang's eyes motioned for them to shut up.
Suddenly, a man came through the crowd to make amends: "Sixth princess, master of the horse." Duan Lanting in Xiaping Chau accompanied his younger brother to Beijing to catch the exam. The servant of the house has injured you by mistake by mistake, and I ask you to forgive me. ”
Jin Shu glanced at him sideways and dropped a sentence: "Wait a minute." ”
Saying that, she turned around again, reached directly into her sleeve and pulled a white cloth hard, folded it three times and raised her hand to tie it in front of his forehead, patted him on the shoulder very calmly and said, "What's wrong, this is called a good start." We're sure we'll do well in the exam. Go to the exam, boy! ”
Hearing her say this, Shen Zhizhang couldn't help laughing.
Who knew that when he entered the examination room, Shen Zhizhang happened to meet his former sworn enemy Gan Lin. When Gan Lin saw him, he smiled and leaned back: "Hahaha, what kind of shape are you, it's very chic!" ”
Shen Zhizhang gave him a roll of his eyes: "Lao Tzu, this is a must-have shape." ”
Gan Lin roared: "It's a fart, my brain is stupid, it's better to go home!" ”
"Lao Tzu kowtows smarter than you." Just kidding, has Shen Zhizhang ever lost by lifting the bar?
"Don't fill up the number here, you can't pass the exam, this year's examiner can not take a bribe, and the sixth princess will not be recruited." Gan Lin continued to scold him with a poisonous tongue.
"Yo? So you're a bribe failure? Shen Zhizhang smiled: "It's okay, you should familiarize yourself with the environment of the examination room this time, after all, you will come in the future." ”
"You!" Gan Lin's face turned white, and he chased him and scolded: "You bastard!" You're here to get acquainted with the exam room! ”
"Lao Tzu's examination room has arrived. Fool, what are you doing behind me? Shen Zhizhang sighed: "I can't even find a place, it seems that the environment of the examination room must be familiar at least twice." ”
"You're only twice!" Gan Lin scolded and turned his head to look for his examination room.
"Okay then, you'll get acquainted with it once." Shen Zhizhang teased behind his back.
Gan Lin staggered and died.