The next day, the sky was slightly bright, Zhang Mingyang had finished washing, changed into children's clothes, chest buckle children's badges, long shirt hunting, graceful, faintly visible between the eyebrows of the talent ripples, quite a bit of style. After opening the door, he called Lu Yao and the inn handyman to inquire about the location of the examination room, and rushed to go.

Passing through several streets, straight to the center of the county, you will see a pair of tall and magnificent gatehouse standing on the ground, the four big characters of "Jianghan School Palace" in the center come into view, revealing a strong talent, look at the penmanship and the word "Jiang'an" on the city wall of the county should be from the same person's hand, but I don't know which calligraphy master wrote. Zhang Mingyang exhaled lightly, looked sideways at Lu Yao, and the two of them looked at each other, the stars in Lu Yao's eyes were twinkling, clear and pure, seeing Zhang Mingyang looking over, he smiled slightly and nodded at him to show encouragement, Zhang Mingyang also smiled, turned his head, did not squint, and walked into the school palace with his head held high and firm steps.

"Candidates register to get a number, wait in the examination room, and idle people are not allowed to enter." A middle-aged man shouted at the door. Zhang Mingyang suddenly clenched Lu Yao's right hand, his eyes full of worry. Lu Yao knew his mind and said softly: "Brother Mingyang, don't worry about me, I'll wait for you here, I won't run around, you can go with confidence." ”

Although Zhang Mingyang was still worried after hearing this, he had no choice but to do so, and once again told Lu Yao, "Don't move around at will, just rest here for a while, and I'll come out soon." Seeing Lu Yao nodding again and again, he turned around and went to the registration office and said to the middle-aged man who wrote the book:

"In Xiayuan Puxian Tongsheng, Zhang Mingyang"

The middle-aged man raised his head and glanced at him casually, slanted his mouth and smiled contemptuously, recorded it in the book, and threw him a number plate "Yellow Character Room Qi Pick-up"

Candidates who participate in the autumn examination need to register at the door to get the number, and then enter the examination room to wait, the examiner will call the number according to the batch, and the candidates who are called to the number enter the corresponding examination room for examination certification, and the examination room is divided into four categories of heaven and earth Xuanhuang from good to bad, Zhang Mingyang got the yellow room is the last examination room, set up for the children of the poor family, there are many people in line, the waiting time is long, not to mention, the room is simple, and the supply of Wenbao is also the second. The Tianzi room is specially open for Confucian people, and you can directly enter the examination room without taking a number, and there is a special examiner for individual certification. Zhang Mingyang has neither a prominent family background nor a Confucian teacher, and he comes from Yuanpu County, one of the poorest counties in Jianghan Prefecture, of course, he can only get the yellow house number, he laughed at himself helplessly, and walked into the examination room to wait.

"Hehe, under Chen Kuan, dare to ask what room number is Brother Tai?" At this time, a thin candidate approached Zhang Mingyang and asked.

Zhang Mingyang didn't want to talk to strangers, but Chen Kuan was really nagging, and seeing that he ignored himself, he asked questions again and again, which annoyed him, so he replied impatiently, "Yellow Character Room"

"It's also a yellow room below, dare to ask what is the number of Brother Tai?"

Zhang Mingyang rolled his eyes, nonsense! Most of the people waiting here are yellow houses, do you need to say? was going to ignore him again, but Chen Kuan asked several times in a row, disturbing his ears and not being clean, so he had to answer again, "Qi picks up the number"

"Oops! In the lower yellow character room, Qi Jiu is behind the brother's stage, it is really fate! Chen Kuan's exaggerated exclamation attracted everyone's attention.

"Shangyin Academy, Qiu Nanshu to 。。。。。" As this announcement sounded, everyone's eyes turned from Chen Kuan and looked at the door. Zhang Mingyang frowned and looked at it with a blank expression. I saw a handsome young man at the door, dressed in white, with long hair fluttering, sharp eyes, and no one in his eyes. Chen Kuan saw that Zhang Mingyang was at a loss, obviously he didn't know this person, so he hurriedly approached and enthusiastically introduced:

"Qiu Nanshu is the youngest son of the lord of Jianghan Mansion, and later entered Shangyin Academy, studied under Han Jinshi, don't look at him younger than me, it is said that he has already reached the talent of Xiucai, but the autumn test is held once every three years, and the examination and certification cannot be carried out during the period。。。。。

Chen Kuan was like a few treasures, nagging and revealing the bottom of Qiu Nanshu's life, Zhang Mingyang was suddenly curious, why did Chen Kuan know so much about Qiu Nanshu? But he didn't ask, just glanced sideways. Chen Kuan saw Zhang Mingyang looking at him, and smiled, looking harmless to humans and animals.

"Ye Family Ye Wushuang to 。。。。。" Just when everyone calmed down for a moment as Qiu Nanshu entered the Tianzi room, another announcement suddenly sounded, and the candidates who were waiting for the exam were even more restless when they heard the name of the person who came than when they heard Qiu Nanshu before. I saw a girl in front of the door wearing an ink-colored long skirt and covering her face with a white veil, although she couldn't see her face, but she was tall and had an outstanding temperament, which was enough to attract everyone's attention.

"Hehe, this is even more amazing, compared to Qiu Nanshu, this Ye Wushuang is a female streamer, but since he was a child, he has cultivated calligraphy under the influence of his grandfather, and he is similar to my age, but his calligraphy attainments are indeed quite a bit of a demeanor......" Chen Kuan nagged and made another mistake, and said in a mouthful of words, but this time Zhang Mingyang was not impatient, and finally took the initiative to ask Chen Kuan: "Who is this woman's grandfather?" ”

"Tut-tut...... Brother Tai doesn't even know about the Ye family? Are you from Jianghan Mansion? Chen Kuan looked at him in surprise when he heard Zhang Mingyang ask this, and asked.

"It is the people of Yuanpu County, Jianghan Prefecture"

"Oh...... Yuanpu County is located in a mountainous area, and it is indeed far away from Fucheng, and it is difficult for Brother Tai to travel thousands of miles to come, Chen admires. Chen Kuan arched his hand, and then continued

"The Ye family is a scholarly family in Jianghan Mansion, and this Ye Wushuang's grandfather Ye Mo is a unique calligrapher, and his calligraphy attainments are unfathomable...... By the way, the inscription of the gate tower of Jiang'an County and the inscription of the Jianghan School Palace are all from the hands of Ye family......"

"I see, that's ......" Zhang Mingyang nodded, he had seen these two inscriptions, and he was indeed talented, so he couldn't help but think a little more highly of this Ye Wushuang.

"Candidates from the yellow room one to one hundred enter the examination room." Finally, an examiner came out of the yellow room and shouted to the candidates waiting in the examination room. Because Zhang Mingyang came very early, he was the first to get the number, and naturally he was in the first batch to enter the examination room, he took a deep breath and entered the examination room, and his eyes were a wide hall, and the middle of the hall was separated by a closed screen. There was a chief examiner sitting in the middle hall of the hall, and there were five examiners standing on both sides, and the chief examiner ignored the standing crowd, picked up the teacup in front of the desk, took a sip of fragrant tea, and closed his eyes to taste the fragrance of tea. After a while, he opened his eyes, glanced down, and said aloud: "I, Zhu Houzhang, am the chief examiner of the yellow character room of the autumn test, first explain the examination process to you, candidates need to use their own talent to write a famous Confucian poem after entering the examination room, and then submit it to the desk, and then leave the examination room after I use the talent mirror to measure the talent value, and wait for the results to be released three days later." The examination time is two hours, during which it is forbidden to talk to each other, looking left and right, if the examiner finds out, immediately cancel the candidate's qualifications, have you ever understood? ”

"Understood......," everyone replied in unison.

"Hmm...... Now take out their respective number plates and hand them over to the examiner for inspection, and you can sit down and answer" After the examiner finished speaking, he ignored everyone and bowed his head to taste tea.

"Hehe, brother Tai doesn't have to be too nervous, this autumn test is triennial, this time if you don't win, you will come back next time, ......" Zhang Mingyang clenched his fists with both hands because he had stood for too long, and Chen Kuan, who was one block behind him, thought he was too nervous, so he reached out and patted him.

"Fang has just said that it is forbidden to talk to each other during the exam, and Nian'er and others have not yet taken their seats to warn, and they will be disqualified from the exam next time." At this time, an examiner came from behind, and when he saw Chen Kuan's move, he immediately scolded.

Chen Kuan smiled and arched his hand to the inspector, and after the inspector checked their number plates, he signaled that they could enter to answer, and the two turned around and sat down.

There are all four treasures on the desk, and there is also an hourglass for candidates to time, Zhang Mingyang spread out the rice paper, grinded the pen and prepared the composition. He is now talented and talented, and last night the grammar was recognized by heaven, and he only needed to urge his talent to write an essay casually, and he could pass the exam, but he thought for a moment and put down the pen. If you want to have a high enough status in the Zhang family, so that the family does not dare to despise it, so that A-Niang and Lu Yao can live a good life, Xiucai is far from enough, but his childhood was wasted, and he was enlightened much later than his peers.

"That's right, Shiwen...... Or you can give it a try, although their own knowledge of the sea talent is currently fixed, if you want to grow not a day's work, but the talent value of the article written with talent is different, in the case of the same talent, the talent value of the article written with talent will be assessed according to the talent of calligraphy and the talent of the article, from good to inferior divided into A, B, C, D, and the level of talent value is the embodiment of the person's qualification to promote to the next level, the best first-class qualification, must be promoted to the next talent level within one year, and the second class must be promoted to the next level within five years, Bing Ding is ten years and twenty years and not necessarily promoted, and this poem is extremely mysterious, the words are full of spiritual rhyme, if you write poems on this examination paper, or can increase the talent value is not necessarily, as long as you reach the second class talent value, you can be promoted within five years, and the whole Zhang family is not more than three, in this way, the Zhang family must pay attention to me, and then you can let A-Niang and Xiaoyao live a comfortable life. Zhang Mingyang's eyes lit up, and he suddenly had an idea and decided to write poems in the sea of knowledge.

He has been like this since he was a child, and he will let go of it when he has a decision in his heart, and the same is true at this time, I saw him pick up the pen and ink again, and the pen walked away from the dragon and snake:

After writing the first line of "The Wind is Urgent, the Sky is High, and the Ape Howls", a chill felt on his back, because most of the talent in the sea of knowledge has been consumed. Writing poetry consumes so much talent?!!

Go on! Zhang Mingyang was secretly ruthless in his heart.

"Zhu Qingsha Bai ......" is not good, he found that the talent in Zhihai has bottomed out, and if he writes it again, I am afraid that Zhihai will collapse and become a living dead!

"No, it must be written, for A-Niang! For Xiao Yao! For myself! I must succeed in ......" Zhang Mingyang clenched his teeth, his eyes were red, and he looked like a mad demon.

He desperately urged the talent in the sea of knowledge, and wrote the word "bird, fly".

At this time, the talent in the sea of knowledge was completely exhausted, but he was still unwilling to give up, and he was still missing the last word! He was suffering from the great pain caused by the depletion of Zhihai, dizzy, his eyebrows were like pins and needles, and he was still desperately squeezing Zhihai to squeeze out a trace of talent to complete this last word. "Boom!" A thunderous vibration sounded in his sea of knowledge, and the sea of knowledge was about to collapse.

Scold! Did it fail after all? Zhang Mingyang laughed at himself in his heart, two lines of blood and tears flowed from his eyes, and his consciousness was about to be lost.

At this moment, with a bang, a golden piece of paper appeared in the sea of knowledge, which was the grammar that fell from the sky last night - talking on paper.

I saw that this golden paper instantly turned into a golden light in the sky, stabilizing his collapsing Zhihai, and then the soldiers who jumped out turned into pure talent to repair the scarred Zhihai, and in the blink of an eye, Zhihai was repaired intact.

Zhang Mingyang was surprised, why is this? But he didn't have time to think about it, after the golden grammar was restored, there was a pure talent, which should be enough to write the last word, he dragged his weak body, urging this talent to grit his teeth and write the last word.

"Back"

Then his eyes went black and he fell headlong on the desk.

"Wake up, wake up, this candidate...... Wake up, wake up, wake up, ......" A call sounded in his ears that woke Zhang Mingyang up.

It turned out that Chen Kuan, who was in the back, passed by his door, and when he got up, he stretched out his head to look at him through the gap in the screen, and saw him planted on the desk, his face was covered with blood, and he was startled, and called the inspector to take a look, but when he saw him fainting, he hurriedly shouted.

This made Zhang Mingyang have a good impression of Chen Kuan. "Thank you!" He bowed to the two of them. He glanced at the hourglass, which was about to bottom, wiped the blood at random, picked up the test paper, and quickly presented it to the examiner's desk.

"Yellow Fang Qi picks up the number, Zhang Mingyang."

The chief examiner, Zhu Houzhang, frowned and asked unhappily when he saw the blood on Zhang Mingyang's face that had not been wiped off: "Why is it so embarrassed and insulting?" ”

"I suddenly had a bad illness in the next place, so I lost my temper, I hope you will forgive me" Zhang Mingyang didn't want to waste time explaining, Shicai had already fainted and had been delayed for a long time, Lu Yao was still waiting for him outside, eager to meet her, so he lied casually and replied respectfully.

"Hmm......" Zhu Houzhang didn't dwell on this matter, picked up the talent mirror and faced the test paper presented by Zhang Mingyang, and prepared to test his talent value for him.

"Huh? That's all? Zhu Houzhang realized that there were only pitiful fourteen words on his exam paper, and raised his head and asked.

"Exactly, adults will know when you test it."

Zhu Houzhang pursed his lips disdainfully, but still picked up the talent mirror and scanned it casually at the test paper.

He picked up the talent mirror in his hand and prepared to record, and at this moment, a dazzling golden pillar of light burst out from the talent mirror, straight into the sky, and everyone in the entire Jiang'an County saw it, and they all looked up to watch, discussing what kind of scene this was?

At this time, Zhu Houzhang's hand holding the mirror trembled, his whole body stiffened, and he slurred his speech and spit out four words intermittently:

"Xiucai - A...... Level. ”

Fourteen characters are first-class!