"Click-"

A deafening thunderbolt pierced the night sky, and the wind blew violently, and crackling raindrops raged wildly. The rain fell like a line along the top of the house, washing the bluestone slab in front of the room.

The quiet Gongyuan seemed to have been pressed by someone, and it was revived in an instant. Several shouts and scolding sounded in the Gong Courtyard, and countless candidates woke up in their sleep, hurriedly cleaning up the exam papers on their desks.

Wei Ziyin was also woken up, he frowned and looked out, feeling faintly uneasy in his heart.

But he was not worried about this exam, but worried about Mu Xiwen, who was far overseas.

In such weather, I wonder what kind of rough seas will be at sea? Arwen: Are they still safe?

Thinking of this, Wei Ziyin couldn't sleep even more. It was like a ball of cotton wool was stuffed into his brain, which made him feel a little swollen and uncomfortable.

Unable to sleep, he simply turned over and sat up, put away the two simple beds that were spliced together, restored them into stools and exam tables, and then lit candles and began to check his test papers.

The township test is divided into three sessions, each of which is three days, because the township test is mostly held in August, so it is also called the autumn test and the autumn test. On the ninth day of the eighth month, the first session was to try the article "Analects", the article "The Mean" or the article "University", the article "Mencius", one poem with five words and eight rhymes, and four poems of scriptures.

On the twelfth day, the second session was to try the Five Classics, and to try the edicts, judgments, tables, and edicts.

On the 15th, the third session was held, and five current affairs policies were tried, that is, discussions or opinions on current affairs and government affairs were expressed in combination with scripture theories.

It's now in the third game, and tomorrow will be the last day of the third game.

Wei Ziyin shook his head, temporarily throwing his chaotic thoughts out of his mind. It's useless to think too much now, so let's concentrate on the township test.

The pouring rain outside the room blew away a few traces of midsummer heat, Wei Ziyin listened to the sound of the rain and the candlelight that kept flickering and jumping, and actually quieted down in his heart.

He threw himself into it, concentrating on copying the papers.

The next day, the sky cleared, and the harsh sun scorched the earth mercilessly.

There are nearly 100 rooms built in this courtyard, each room is about six feet high, and the top can be touched by raising your hand, about four feet deep and three feet wide, and each room is only separated by a brick wall. In the middle of summer, the sun shines directly on the wall, and the heat can be imagined.

Under the dazzling sunlight, Wei Ziyin woke up leisurely. Last night, he barely slept after copying the test papers, and he actually slept until now.

There may be a few coughs around, it should be the heavy rain last night, and some brothers are unlucky to live in the leaky room, and as a result, they have been drenched in rain all night, and they are infected with wind and cold today.

As soon as he unfolded the scroll and was about to continue copying, he heard the sound of well-trained footsteps diagonally in front of him, and soon two officials hurried out of the tribute courtyard with a pale face and trembling student.

Another student fell.

Every year in the township examination and the general examination, there will always be many students who are not in good health and who only read the books of sages and sages fall down in the examination room, and years of hard study in the cold window are burned.

Wei Ziyin didn't feel it in his heart, the road to the imperial examination was already difficult, and this was a relatively fair ordeal.

But he still subconsciously glanced at the direction of Su Ye's room. Among the four of them, Su Ye's health is the worst, and today is the last day, I hope he can hold on.

Just about to retract his gaze, his gaze suddenly met Yi Yuanrui. Seeing his gaze, Yi Yuanrui was stunned for a moment, and then showed a malicious smile.

Wei Ziyin lowered his head expressionlessly. Compared with the conspiracy and framing during the hospital examination, this township examination can be said to have gone smoothly. He made a lot of coping strategies, but the other party didn't do anything.

But he's not in a hurry, the fox will always show its tail.

Looking at the test papers, Wei Ziyin smiled coldly, so confident that he didn't even bother to use these clumsy methods to frame him, was he sure that the fraud case would definitely be successful?

It's a pity -

The time to hand in the papers was coming soon, Wei Ziyin ignored Yi Yuanrui's ill-intentioned smile and went directly out of the Tribute Courtyard.

Soon, the other three also came out of the tribute courtyard, but none of them looked very good.

Su Ye hesitated for a while, but still whispered with some concern: "Brother Ziyin, are you really okay?" ”

As early as before the start of the exam, Wei Ziyin stated to the three of them that the Yi family and the Wang family would forge a fraud case, and asked them to decide whether to continue to participate in the township exam. In the end, all four chose to participate.

Xu Wenlang picked up the fan and fanned it in a chic manner, "Forget it, we've all taken the exam, anyway, we're not afraid of shadows." After speaking, he pushed the shoulders of several people, "Let's go, I finally finished the exam, why are you doing it with a straight face?" Let's go, brother will take you to the Songzhu Pavilion to relax! ”

In the eyes of expectation, worry or joy, it soon came to the beginning of September, and the release day came quietly.

In the township examination, it became the B list, also known as the B branch, and at the same time, because it was the time when the osmanthus was fragrant, it was also called the laurel list.

On this day, Wei Ziyin and the four of them all came to the leisurely residence to wait. Not only them, but also many students who participated in the township examination gathered in the leisurely residence, praying in their hearts that this leisurely residence full of cultural atmosphere could bring them a little good luck.

Tang Qinfeng sat in the "Lanqiu" private room, looking out of the window, just facing the crowded gate of the Tribute Courtyard.

The steady Tang Qinfeng was also a little restless at this time, he turned his head to look at the others, Wei Ziyin was always indifferent, and was quietly holding the little black dog named "Rice Ball", the little black dog was purred in his throat.

Su Ye looked up at the window from time to time, obviously a little anxious like him, but Xu Wenlang, who had always been noisy, was unusually quiet today, he was patiently sipping tea, and occasionally chanting poems and tasting them.

He teased: "Brother Wen Lang, don't you like to join in the fun?" In the past few days, we have been pulling us to ponder the rankings, why are you not in a hurry when it comes to the release day? ”

Xu Wenlang shook his hand, "The master is always the last to appear, you have to know how high the reputation of our four sons of Zhiru is, do people with status like us need to go to the gate of the Gongyuan in person and wait?" That's shameless!

You see, even Liao Zhiliang sent someone to wait there. Besides, after the lift, there will be a newspaper gong to report the good news, what are you anxious about? ”

He glanced at Tang Qinfeng lightly, and his whole body was full of immovable and high-spirited people.

Tang Qinfeng laughed, "Okay, that foolish brother will accompany Brother Wen Lang today and wait for the newspaper to sound the gong to come to report the good news." ”

In this harmonious atmosphere, the gate of the Gongyuan below was finally opened. A large number of officials came out majestically surrounded by the officials who released the list.

The students and people who were waiting leisurely inside and outside suddenly boiled.