The carriage rushed to the county office, Zhou An, Li Yuxuan and Xu Shilin got out of the carriage, only to see that the water outside the county government was surrounded by water, and the crowd was surging within dozens of meters, Zhou An and they couldn't squeeze in at all, there were too many talents who came to catch the exam.

Zhou An had no choice but to wait outside, waiting for the county Yaji to open the door and start the scientific expedition.

"Look, our three talents from Baiquan County are here, and this year's lifting will try, and the three talents will definitely win the top three again. ”

"Yes, I heard that the three major talents are very talented, especially Gu Mingzhi is a double unique for calligraphy and painting, good at writing and painting, I heard that his words are original, elegant and elegant, and he won the joy of the women in the boudoir, and the paintings he made are also extraordinary, mainly painting women, slender, plump, and gorgeous are all into the wood, deep into the essence, attracting countless people reverie. ”

"Who are the other two talents?"

"Two talented people named Cen Feihong, good at writing poems, especially good at writing tragic poems, causing countless people to be sad, I heard that Cen Feihong once loved a woman, but the woman passed on to others, since then Cen Feihong made a sad poem, to write poems with pain, to break the heart; 。 ”

"Listening to your tone, it seems to look down on this talented woman. ”

"It's not about looking down on her, a woman should honor her parents, serve her husband, and take care of her family, unlike Hong Lingyan who exposed herself in front of the public, causing people to talk about it, regardless of her own image. ”

"I don't think you can eat grapes, say grapes are sour. ”

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Zhou An heard the discussion around him, and also had a trace of interest in the three talents, among which Gu Mingzhi was the most popular, many talents were around him, and he also treated him with gentlemanly courtesy, but this Gu Mingzhi was very interesting, the words he wrote were very good for those women, and the paintings were very attractive to those men, it was simply a combination of men and women, and I don't know if he intended it or not, if it was intentional, then he would be interesting, maybe there would be some lace news.

And Cen Feihong has a more withdrawn personality, his face is full of sadness, as if there is something on his mind that cannot be forgotten, everyone seems to know his character, and no one talks to him, just sitting alone in a corner, sad and sad.

As for Hong Lingyan, she is also quite popular, but most of them are men, and they also have a look of admiration, but Hong Lingyan stands there arrogantly, unmoved by anyone, so that those who want to please her are discouraged.

These three talents all have a lot of personality.

After Zhou An looked at it, he didn't pay attention to it, Zhou An didn't pay attention to these talents or anything, they were all a group of weak scholars, what kind of ability did they have, unless they were admitted to the Jinshi and became officials of one party, Zhou An would look at them squarely, but now they are not.

"How do I look at this person so familiarly, as if I've seen it somewhere. A scholar saw Zhou An and said to himself in confusion.

"What did you say?" asked his companion.

"You see if this man looks familiar. The scholar stretched out his hand and pointed to Zhou An and said.

"You're stupid, you can't recognize him, he's Zhou An. That ancient county town made three epic poems. His companion said.

"It's him, I didn't expect him to be so young, and he has a heroic spirit, but it's a pity that his appearance is too ordinary, not very handsome. A female showwoman next to them said sarcastically.

"Shall we go to him and ask him to write down his poems on paper and sign them? The scholar said.

"No need, we don't know him, besides, we are both scholars, and now the exam is imminent, we are all competitors, maybe he doesn't have a good face for us. ”

"If you don't go, I'll go. The female Xiucai stroked her hair and walked towards Zhou An.

"Zhou Gongzi, the little girl has seen the ceremony. The female Xiucai came to Zhou An's side and said, "The little woman wants to ask Zhou Gongzi to write down the poem Queqiao Immortal and sign her name." After finishing speaking, he took out a piece of paper and a pen from his arms and handed them to Zhou An.

"Okay. Zhou An took the pen and paper, wrote out the poem Queqiao Xian, and signed his name.

"Thank you, Gongzi Zhou. The female show smiled shyly, took the paper and pen and left.

This scene was seen by many people, and the natural identity of Zhou An was also passed out, which attracted the attention of many people, and even a talented man who loved Zhou An's poems, took a paper and pen to find Zhou An, and asked Zhou An to write poems and sign them, Zhou An did not refuse, and wrote the poems one by one and signed them, Zhou An is so close to the people, which has attracted the love of many people, and his good impression of Zhou An has suddenly increased.

Knock knock!

Three bells rang, and the gate of the county government in front of him opened.

A middle-aged man in an official uniform walked out with the official seal in his hand, he was the county magistrate of Baiquan County, Ye Shu.

Ye Shu said: "Let's try!"

Immediately threw the official seal in his hand into the air, and the official seal flew over the county office, emitting a faint golden light, shining on the entire county office.

"What is the Yeshu County Order doing? Zhou An asked Li Yuxuan and Xu Shilin.

"Yeshu County Order is invigilated with the official seal, as long as there is a cheater, the official seal can immediately detect it, notify the Yeshu County Order, so as to catch the cheater. Xu Shilin explained.

After Zhou An threw out the official seal, he returned to the county office, leaving behind an official and two officials, and the official said: "You enter the county government one by one, and when everyone enters, register the address and name where they live." When the official had finished speaking, he sat down, picked up the brush on the table, and prepared to register.

Immediately, those talents who came to the exam lined up and registered one by one in front of the officials, and soon it was Zhou An's turn, Zhou An said his name and the place where he lived in Baiquan County, and after the official recorded it, Zhou An walked into the county office.

The guards inside are very tight, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, Zhou An came to the examination room, it is the kind of house with several rows of lattice rooms, a row of houses has twenty lattice rooms, each lattice room is very small, the width is the size of a bed, and the size of two beds is long.

Zhou An found a number 32 lattice room and walked in, there was a small bed in the innermost part of the lattice room, there was a toilet in the corner of the small bed, there was a one-person aisle in front of the small bed, there was a chair on the top of the aisle, there was a table in front of the chair, these things were in the lattice room, and there were no others.

Zhou An put the suitcase on the table, opened the suitcase, took the pen and inkstone out of the suitcase and put them on the table, then took out the ink and poured it into the inkstone, grinded it, and then took out the paper and paved it flat.

Then Zhou An sat down and looked at the candidates outside, only to see Xu Shilin diagonally opposite him, and Li Yuxuan next door to him.

"The candidates returned to their places, and the first examination began. Zhou An waited for three hours, and the shouts of officials came from outside.

The six officials took the test questions and sent them to each candidate in each cubicle, and after a while, the officials took the test questions and handed them to Zhou An.

Zhou An took the test questions and looked at them, there were a total of twenty questions, all of them were fill-in-the-blank questions, wasn't the first question a paraphrase of the article, how did it become a fill-in-the-blank question, and Zhou An looked at it carefully with questions.

After reading the fill-in-the-blank questions, Zhou An somewhat understood, and it turned out that the method of fill-in-the-blank questions was used to answer the interpretation of the article.

For example, in the third question, things have a beginning and an end, and they know the order, then the interpretation of the shortest way is mentioned from an article in the "University", which is about the three outlines and eight eyes.

There is also the eighth question, the master is gentle and frugal, and the master's request is also different from the sum of people's desires, this sentence is mentioned in an article in the "Analects", which is said to be gentle and frugal.

There is also the twelfth question, the Tao is not good, I know it, the knower is too good, the fool is not enough, the Tao is not clear, I know it, the sage is too good, the unscrupulous is not as good, people do not eat and drink, and few can know the taste, this sentence is mentioned from an article in "The Mean", what is said is to know the taste of food.

Wait a minute.