On the ninth day of March, today is the first day of the examination.

The examination will be held in three sessions, one on three days, the first on the 9th of the first month, the second on the 12th, and the third on the 15th.

The examination was presided over by the Ministry of Rites, and the two examiners were Deng Chenghong, the imperial history of the left capital, and Song Shujing, the imperial history of the right capital. There are 18 examiners in the same examiner, all of whom are from the Hanlin Academy.

The early morning of early spring was naturally cold, and everyone was wearing several thin layers of single clothes, shivering outside the Gongyuan.

Today's wind was particularly strong, Gu Chengyu straddled the examination basket, held the number plate, and lined up at the gate of the Tribute Academy.

There are more than 4,000 candidates, but only 300 are admitted, which shows the difficulty of the imperial examination and the difficulty of getting into the sky.

To stay in the Gongyuan for nine days before he could appear, Gu Chengyu made all the preparations, and prepared a lot of steamed buns, dim sum and jerky. It's not that I'm reluctant to buy the little money for the meal, but the food in the exam room is really hard to swallow.

Looking at the candidates in front of him who were undressing for inspection, Gu Chengyu's expression was a little unnatural. Soon it was Gu Chengyu's turn, and he first gave the test basket in his hand to the errand officer waiting next to him.

An errand officer took the portrait in his hand and compared it with Gu Chengyu. After looking at it carefully several times, he asked Gu Chengyu to go to the cloth to undress.

Although he was a little uncomfortable, Gu Chengyu quickly took off the clothes on his body completely. After the two officers checked Gu Chengyu's clothes, shoes and socks, Gu Chengyu hurriedly put them on.

Among them, two candidates with cheat sheets were caught and taken out of the examination room by the errands.

Gu Chengyu shook his head when he saw this, he couldn't figure out why he was cheating. is already a lifter, and if you are caught cheating, you will only fall short, and you will have to be exiled for thousands of miles, and your fame will be removed, which is really not worth it. If you are worried that you will not pass the test, then wait for the next time to take the test, so why take chances?

Gu Chengyu led the number plate and looked for his number among the many number houses. When he was looking, he saw Min Feng standing not far from him, and he seemed to have just come out of the team next to him.

Of course, Min Feng saw Gu Chengyu, he straightened his clothes and smiled at Gu Chengyu. It wasn't until Gu Chengyu responded that he went to find his house.

Gu Chengyu remembered that Min Feng's reputation in the capital in the past two years was no less than him. The large and small poetry meetings that Min Feng participated in couldn't be counted with one hand, but Gu Chengyu never participated in poetry meetings.

At that time, he felt that it was better to learn more about the six arts of gentlemen, and the poetry meeting was full of boring people who praised each other.

After Gu Chengyu returned to the capital two years ago, the porter would receive posts from the poetry club every day. Gu Chengyu didn't want these poems to occupy a lot of his time, if he went, others would invite him in the future, and he wouldn't be able to do it.

In this way, some bad rumors spread in the capital, saying that Gu Chengyu was not worthy of his name, or arrogant, and disdained to be in the company of ordinary people like them.

Later, Gu Chengyu asked Mingmo to inquire about the matter, which was nothing more than the rumors released by those Jiangnan candidates, and the purpose of these people was self-evident.

Gu Chengyu didn't pay attention to it, Guozijian has a monthly exam every month, and the rumors will be self-defeating at that time.

However, Gu Chengyu does not know whether these rumors are due to the three great talents in Jiangnan, but he always feels that this matter has nothing to do with Min Feng and Huang Junheng. As for Liu Haonan, that shouldn't be possible.

It's not that Liu Haonan disdains to do this, but because he doesn't have that strength. Who is standing behind Huang Junheng? That has something to do with Xia Qing, the head of the dynasty.

As for Min Feng, I heard that in the past two years, he has been very close to Huang Junheng. However, they were all candidates from Jiangnan, so it was not unusual for them to get closer.

Gu Chengyu took a few steps forward, and saw that his number house was in the fourth row, and Gu Chengyu walked quickly towards the number house with the test basket.

As soon as he arrived at the house, he couldn't help but want to explode into foul language. He seemed to have used the good things in front of him this time, and saw that next to this house was the latrine, which seemed to be stinking.

Gu Chengyu had a bitter face and entered the number house. I checked the room as usual, looked at the table and bed boards, and found that there was no problem. I spread out the quilt on the bed board, smelled it, and found that it was a little clammy and cold.

The quilt can't be taken out to bask in the sun, he can only spread it out a little, anyway, when the door of the house is closed at night, he can take the quilt in the space and stuff it into the cover.

After regulating the things in the examination basket one by one, Gu Chengyu looked at the candidates opposite.

At this time, there were already candidates who entered the opposite row of rooms one after another, and Gu Chengyu paid special attention to the person opposite, and saw that it was a man of about forty.

The candidates who came to refer to this time are generally older, after all, the candidates who can pass the township test and become a lifter are all candidates who have passed many exams, and the candidates who can pass every game are still less after all.

Gu Chengyu thought of Ye Zhiqiu and Sun Xian, Sun Xian had the mentality of focusing on participation in this exam, just to experience it. Gu Chengyu felt that Sun Xian had a solid foundation, but the article lacked some aura and some of his own opinions, which may have to be experienced.

Anyway, if you haven't passed, it's also a lift, and you can take the exam again in three years.

After a while, the candidates should have arrived. At this time, the sky was a little bright, and Gu Chengyu was waiting for the exam papers to be issued.

There were three more candles under the exam paper, and Gu Chengyu put the candles in the exam basket. The number room had been locked, and Gu Chengyu looked at the exam questions in his hand with the light outside.

The first test was history, Gu Chengyu took a look at it and found that it was five questions, and he felt that it was not difficult to read it.

Gu Chengyu stayed in the house for a day, and he was writing energetically, but he was sobered up by the toilet on the side.

At the end of the day, of course, many people went to the toilet, Gu Chengyu smelled the smell getting heavier and heavier, and only felt a burst of nausea in his heart.

As a result, he didn't even eat much dinner that night, and was ready to rest early. In the toilet on the side, there were still candidates coming in and out, and those candidates looked at Gu Chengyu's house with great sympathy.

This candidate is also unlucky, he has to stay in this house for nine days, and while they sympathize, they can't help but rejoice.

Gu Chengyu has already done two historical theories, and they have not yet been copied on the test paper. He planned to rest earlier, and Ming'er would get up early for the exam. Find an air freshener in the space at night, and when you can't stand it, secretly spray it twice.

It soon got dark, and Gu Chengyu saw that the candles had been lit in the opposite building by the light of the lantern above, thinking that he was still writing the exam papers.

He shook his head, the five historical theories, three days is very generous, there is no need to race against time, right?

Gu Chengyu secretly took out the thin quilt in the space, covered it closely, and covered the quilt of the original house on it. Even if someone suddenly looked at him, he couldn't see the quilt inside.

In the middle of the night, Gu Chengyu was woken up by a noisy sound.

"You let me go, I didn't cheat." A man's voice came from the opposite house.