All the way to the county school, at this time the crowd here has become more and more dense, there is an endless stream of candidates, there are also relatives who send the exam, and naturally there are the chief of each township, the first chief. The officers armed with water and fire sticks guarded the gate of the county school, verified their identities one by one, checked their household registrations, and those security chiefs and chiefs were on standby at any time to provide identity certificates for the candidates.

However, the county test is not formal, and it is naturally impossible to be foolproof, so no one searches the candidates, if it is really the hospital test and the township test, it will be different, and the county test is only a test after all, and it has not done such a humiliating thing.

Xu Shen couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this crowd like mountains and seas, although he was also a chief, but the Xu family belonged to a lowly family, and the children of the Xu family were not qualified for the exam, so this was the first time he sent someone to take the exam, and he felt dizzy as soon as the heat passed.

However, Xu Qian was calm, there was still more than an hour before the start of the exam, and there was no need to rush into the examination room, he squinted his eyes and looked at the many candidates who came to take the exam, and found that he was still young, and even many of them were over forty years old, and they even looked poor and sour to try their luck with Kaolan in their forties.

Xu Qian didn't know whether to laugh or feel sad, in fact, he knew that these people had long lost their fame, and they just wanted to pass the county exam and at least obtain the qualification of a child, so that a lifetime of hard study was at least not a waste.

This is the charm of the imperial examination, anyone has nothing before achieving fame, everyone has spent countless efforts on this road, countless days and nights of lonely lamps as companions, for just this big gamble, victory will change life, since then high, cowards can be commanded, lowly people can be unattainable, poor people can make a fortune, and once they fail, it is a catastrophe, and all the hard work condensed in a lifetime is put into water.

Xu Qian is also a member of the army for the exam, and he feels a lot in his heart, but at this time he has only one mood: "Damn, there are so many people." ”

There are too many people, at least in the notes of Su County Ling, the scene when he took the exam in the county was recorded, and there were only thirty people who took the exam at the same time as him, but here, there were more than two hundred candidates within Xu Qian's eyesight.

This is where Xu Qian is sad, this is Qiantang, not a county in Luoyang, the population here is not only several times that of there, but also the number of scholars is several times higher than that of this population.

It doesn't seem to be a way to go on like this, Xu Qian saw that there were more and more people, and there was only one exam, but don't go on a business trip, so the last bit of calm was gone, and he hurriedly grabbed the test blue, and said to Xu Shen: "Squeeze in." ”

Xu Shen also understands the sophistication of human feelings, and hurriedly said: "You follow me." ”

After all, Xu Qian is the first scholar in the Xu family and the first candidate, if Xu Shen, who is an uncle, is unwilling to do his best, although Xu Chang's father and son have been pointed out by people in the old Xu family, but it is inevitable that someone will poke his backbone, so at this time, he will also work extra hard to open the way for Xu Qian like a wild bull.

Xu Qian was under his cover, trying his best to sprint to the gate of the county school, and at this time, what kind of reserved and nonsense etiquette is damn damn.

Finally rushed to the gate of the county school, there were people cursing everywhere on the side, Xu Qian didn't bother to pay attention to it, the errand officer at the door was the most disgusted with those who rushed forward and pushed forward, they were not polite in the face of this kind of person, the water and fire stick stabbed out directly, but an errand officer recognized Xu Qian, knew that Xu Qian and the county order were often moved, and also knew that Xu Qian was the son of Xu Chang, the former head of the team, and beckoned to him: "Here, here, come here." ”

Blatantly going through the back door usually attracts the contempt of many people, but Xu Qian is very secret, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to the errand officer: "Ah, it's Uncle Liu, and my nephew is polite." ”

The officer surnamed Liu smiled and said: "This is not a polite place, did you bring your household registration?" What about the guarantor? ”

Xu Qian handed over the household registration, and Xu Shen also came out and said, "I'...... I'm the guarantor. ”

The officer surnamed Liu only glanced at Xu Qian's household registration and said to Xu Qian: "You go in first, and I and your guarantor will do the rest." ”

Xu Qian nodded hurriedly and ran in as if flying.

"Sure enough, it's a nest of snakes and rats, isn't he a cheap servant? Can a lowly servant come to the exam? ”

"Not to mention his background, since he is on the right path and reads the book of saints, he is opportunistic, and he is really swept away."

Seeing that the scolding scholars were all poor and sour, they shouted: "Don't make noise, the county has a clear order, and those who make noise will be beaten away directly and will not take the exam." ”

All of a sudden, everyone was at ease.

Xu Qian entered the county school, but it was only the first pass, and then went forward is a number of archways and Yimen, and there was a not too long queue at the end of the Yimen, and there were scribes who recorded the name, place of origin and age of each candidate after the long copywriting.

The one in front of Xu Qian was an old guy in his forties, the whole person was hunched over, carrying a shabby Kaolan, looking very unconfident, he looked around, looked back at Xu Qian, blew his beard and stared, Xu Qian didn't know if he was jealous of his youth.

Thinking that youth is actually capital, Xu Qian couldn't help but be intoxicated.

Seeing the candidates passing one by one, the old students in front of Xu Qian stepped forward, the man asked him his name, he answered them one by one, and asked him his age, he shook his head and said, "There are seven out of twenty students." ”、

Seven out of twenty......

The scribe stared at him suspiciously, and said, "I think you are only afraid of seven out of forty." ”

The old student shook his head and said: "It's really nonsense, the student is a scholar, how can he deceive you?" Seven out of twenty is true. ”

The scribe only smiled coldly at him, but bowed his head but remembered: "The age of the birth is thirty and five." ”

The old student's cunning eyes glanced at him quickly, and then as if he had seen nothing, he went briskly when the scribe had given the number plate.

When it was Xu Qian's turn, he was still the same as the old student, and when he was asked, Xu Qian said sincerely: "The student is nine years old. ”

"Yike...... How big is a nine-year-old? Oh, yes, are you Xu Bantou's son? cough cough ......" The scribe smiled at Xu Qian, but wrote while holding the pen: "The age of the birth is seven years old." ”

Xu Qian was originally twelve years old, but he falsely reported that he was nine years old, but because of his affection, he was directly cut back by two years.

But don't underestimate this age, for example, the eight-foot-thick old student, who obviously looks at least forty years old, dares to open his mouth and report that he has seven out of twenty.

In fact, there is an unspoken rule here, the age of the county school needs to be reported by itself, and after the report, if you win the county examination, many future exams will use this age as the standard, for example, in the first year of Jiajing, you reported that you were a ten-year-old child in the examination, and then five years later, if you are in the middle of the lift, then you are a fifteen-year-old lifter.

And there are many benefits to being young, for example, if Xu Qian can break through three levels in a row this time, I am afraid that the youngest talent in Qiantang County will be him, if he wins the Jinshi in the future, even if the older people have better grades than you, but because of their old age, most of the officials will feel that they have nothing to do, and most of them are sent at will. And if you are young, you will become the object of everyone's attention, and there will be many bigwigs secretly promoting it in the future, that is, when you are old, the emperor sees that you are old, and he can't bear it, and wants to ask you to return to his hometown, but when he looks at your qualifications, damn it, although Xu Moumou is an official in his seventies at first glance, it turns out that he is only fifty years, it seems that he is too diligent in state affairs, how can such a person return to his hometown, and naturally he has to be reused.

After taking the number plate, Xu Qian felt very comfortable, this is a great advantage, as long as he wins the show this time, there are not many children in Jiangsu and Zhejiang like his own age.

He went to the examination booth with the number plate, and saw Su County Lingzheng coming head-on with the county magistrate, the main book and the county school's Xuezheng, many candidates saluted him, he just nodded lightly, a few words of encouragement, Xu Qian also stepped forward and said: "My lord, the student is polite." ”

Su Xianling's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a cold face: "Take the test well, but it's useless to be opportunistic." ”

Xu Qian felt aggrieved in his heart, and before he could reply, Su Xian Ling had already taken a group of people to inspect elsewhere.

Fang Cai's good mood swept away all of a sudden, Xu Qian touched his nose, figured out the intention of Su County's order in his heart, and then shook his head, there seemed to be nothing left to do except take the exam well.