In July of the thirteenth year of Wanli, Li Bokang and Chen Jun and his entourage set off to Fucheng to catch the exam.

It's the year of the lifting exam again, and this year several people are going to take the exam together, which can be regarded as a test of the water. This time, the four of them went all the way, a group of three carriages, except for him, the other three each drove a carriage and each brought a coachman and an escort.

At the beginning, he was a little surprised to see that they brought so many people, but then he also expressed his understanding, after all, this time it was not like he went to Xiucai before, just two people and one ox cart, now they have three more carriages, and the carriage is not ordinary.

In fact, seriously speaking, their carriage this time is ordinary and ordinary, and it is not ordinary and not ordinary. You say it's ordinary, the appearance of their car is indeed very ordinary, you say it's not ordinary, this carriage is indeed a bit big. But it's not very big, it's just a little bigger than the average carriage, and the other three of the four of them are all in good condition at home, and they are all favored at home, and they won't be wronged when they go out.

This time, because it was a carriage, the speed was also much faster, and the last time they drove the ox cart to Fucheng, it took them only three days to arrive this time. Of course, there are reasons why they are familiar with the road, but anyway, they arrived in Fucheng very early.

It was already afternoon when they arrived in Fucheng, and this time they did not live in a guest house but stayed in Zhou Yi's family's courtyard in Fucheng. When he first knew that Zhou Yi's family had another courtyard in Fucheng, except for him, Chen Jun and Huang Sheng were not surprised, but he was only stunned for a moment.

As soon as they arrived in Fucheng, they were picked up by the Zhou family's subordinates, and when they arrived at the other courtyard, they found that the other courtyard was still very large, and the front and back yards were separated. When they went, there was no one living in the other courtyard, and several of them lived in the backyard, which was relatively quiet, suitable for them to buy textbooks to study before the exam.

They rested quickly after dinner that night, and although they had not done anything along the way, the people in the carriage were still very tired after three days. They have come over without danger in the past three days, and I heard that sometimes there will be bandits on this road to Fucheng in the past. So when they set off, Chen Jun and the others would bring the escort servant, although they only brought one, but there were ten people in total with the four of them.

When they arrived in Fucheng, it was July 20, and the examination began on the ninth day of August, and there was still more than half a month to go. During this time, in addition to reviewing their homework at home, they can also go out to communicate and discuss with other students who came to take the exam together.

In the end, they unanimously decided to rest at home for two days, and then go out to communicate with others in the next three or four days, and spend the last time at home to study and meditate and prepare for the next exam.

On July 23, several people came to a teahouse with more students, and many guests in this teahouse during this time were Xiucai who came to take the exam this year, and they all had the same ideas as them. This is still what they asked their subordinates to go out to inquire about in advance, and they also heard that there are several very learned talents here who often come. And I heard that there are a few talents who are among the top few in the first two exams, so they chose this teahouse called 'Yuanlai'.

They first found a table in the lobby and sat down, and after ordering a pot of tea, several people began to discuss and listen to the people around them. Occasionally, I heard some interests and joined in to discuss, and on this day, they were in the teahouse almost all day except for the time to eat.

However, it is a pity that they didn't meet the few talents they heard about today, but the results are not bad, and they still have some different opinions from before. In the evening, a few people went back to the other courtyard, and after going back, they went back to their rooms to rest after eating and talking about today's affairs.

In the next two days, they went to the other two teahouses they had inquired about before, and they also had many different opinions. Originally, they said that they would spend three days going out to communicate, but in the end they still spent an extra day.

But it wasn't without reason, this time they had an extra day because they talked about a relatively new topic, and there were some arguments on all sides. But after that, they have been at home reviewing and digesting what they have learned in the past two days, and have not gone out again.

The time soon came to the day before the exam, and after dinner, several people discussed it together, and the other was to encourage each other. Tonight, everyone went to bed early, and they were all ready to prepare for the exams tomorrow and the next few days.

On the ninth day of August, a few people got up very early in the morning, and the other hospital where they lived was still some distance from the examination institute. Even if they can go by carriage at that time, it is better to get up earlier at this time, and this test is much more every three years than in the previous test.

It's not that there are not many people who take the Xiucai test, and there are many people who take the Xiucai test, but there are not as many people as there are people who take the test. There are many talents in this lifting test, who are people who can't lift people all year round but don't give up, and there are naturally more people who accumulate over time.

Moreover, they are not the only ones who ride in a horse-drawn carriage on the way to the examination center, and many other people also take a horse-drawn carriage. It would not be good if they were unlucky enough to be stuck in traffic jams and delayed by then, and this kind of thing has not happened before.

I heard that there was a Xiucai who was like this before, and his knowledge and insights were very good, but because of the delay on the road, he missed the exam time to enter the examination institute and failed to take the exam again, and then he waited for another three years to be admitted. And I heard that if he had participated, that person would have been able to pass the exam, and he didn't really say that he was too late, so he was only a short delay and missed the exam.

They don't want to miss out on this, and they've been preparing for it for a long time. If they don't pass the test, they can still accept it, but if they don't take the test because they are late because they are late, they will definitely not be able to accept it. And it's not because I'm late for anything else, it's because of the ridiculous reason of being stuck in traffic on the road.

This examination is basically different from the Xiucai test they participated in before, and the same thing is that they have to take the Four Books and Five Classics. In this exam, they not only had to test the four books and five classics, but also the two things of strategy and poetry, and they were divided into three exams, each of which lasted for three days, a total of nine days.

When they arrived at the Tribute Courtyard, it was not yet time to enter, and several people were waiting in the carriage. When it was time to enter, several people got out of the car and followed the students in front of them in.

When they got off the bus, Li Bokang took a general look at the people who took the test this time, and there were really a lot of them. Standing on the car and looking down, there were all crowded heads, and then there were many people and carriages behind them. For this reason, he was a little apprehensive in his heart, but he quickly adjusted his state and followed Chen Jun and the others to get out of the car and enter the Tribute Courtyard.