On the eighth day of August, the township test officially began.

Different from the county test, the township test has three tests, each of which lasts for three days, for a total of nine days and six nights. After each test, the candidates will appear and wait until the next day to re-enter the next test, and they will enter and exit the field three times in total, rather than staying in the Gongyuan from beginning to end.

The exam cycle is so long, and there are naturally a lot of things to prepare, but fortunately, the Gu family is a scholarly family, and it is not once or twice to take care of the scientific examination affairs for the children in the family, and all the items are properly arranged, so Gu Yunji does not need to worry about it himself.

Before dawn, the Gu Mansion was busy. Gu Yunji started to get up early to wash, had breakfast with Cheng Yan, and before officially going out, the two went to the Gu Mansion Hall together to listen to Gu Zhengde's teachings.

In the hall, seeing Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan, who were neatly dressed and energetic, Gu Zhengde nodded slightly: "Today is the township test, and I won't say anything more about the side." In short, as soon as you enter the examination room, you should put all your thoughts on the paper, think calmly and deal with it calmly, and carefully consider every stroke. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the neatness of the roll, if you accidentally stain the roll, the results will be invalid. ”

As he spoke, Gu Zhengde moved his gaze to Gu Ming'an in the corner, and his voice sank a little: "Especially An'er, your temperament has always been impatient, and you are the easiest to be negligent and rash. ”

Hearing this, Gu Yunji noticed that Gu Ming'an, who was standing behind Gu Kaili, had not seen him for nearly two months, he had lost a lot of weight, his cheeks were shallowly sunken, and his eyes were faintly blue-gray, with a depressed appearance, which did not look like he had just recovered from a serious illness, but as if he had suffered some blow, and the whole person was a little shrunken.

At this time, Gu Ming'an was no longer as unscrupulous as before, and when he heard Gu Zhengde call his name, his body shook subconsciously, and he swallowed his saliva nervously: "...... Yes, the grandson understands. ”

Isn't it stupid to be locked up in the room for two months? Gu Yunji looked at him strangely, and he was deeply puzzled.

After a few more words, Gu Zhengde glanced at the sky outside, stood up and said: "There are many people in Gongyuan, your fourth uncle is not in good health, and I am an old bone, so I will let your uncle send you today." It's not too early, let's go. ”

The three of them bowed their heads and responded in unison: "Yes." ”

Not long after the light of day, the outside of the Gongyuan in Songjiang Mansion City was already surrounded by water, and the carriages and sedan chairs were lined up a few streets away, and almost every scholar who came to take the examination was followed by relatives and friends, and from a distance there were all black and oppressive heads, not to mention four or five thousand people.

The Gu family's carriage couldn't move when it reached the street, and seeing that it was really impossible to squeeze in front of them, Gu Yunji and the others were not in a hurry, so they simply sat in the carriage and waited, just enough to nourish their spirits to prepare for the exam.

As the sun grew, there were suddenly a few crisp gongs ahead, and then the crowd became agitated - the Gongyuan was about to open.

Gu Yunji's steady heartbeat was chaotic for a moment, feeling the atmosphere of the exam that was getting closer and closer, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of tension in his heart. Jumping out of the carriage and taking a breath of fresh air outside, he settled down, turned around and bowed his hand to Gu Kaili: "Uncle, then we will go." ”

"Well, go ahead." Gu Kaili bowed slightly, and couldn't help but be verbose, "The imperial examination is not only about strength, but also about mentality. This is the township exam, everyone in the examination room has it, anything can happen, you just have to make your own papers at that time, don't worry about anything else. ”

Gu Yunji and the three of them responded to this one by one, and after saying goodbye to Gu Kaili, they walked towards the gate of the tribute courtyard with their luggage.

There were several queues waiting for admission and inspection outside the door, Gu Yunji squinted his eyes and compared them for a long time, selected the one on the far right, and pulled Cheng Yan to stand at the end of the line.

However, unluckily, the team that was still moving quickly suddenly slowed down, moving forward inch by inch like a snail, and was soon overtaken by the team on the left, leaving far behind.

Gu Yunji smiled helplessly: "Compare and compare, but I chose the slowest team, I knew this, it would be better to pick a random team." ”

Cheng Yan smiled and was relieved: "Actually, it's all the same, whether it's fast or slow, anyway, in the end, it can let us enter the market smoothly, there is not much difference." Let's be at the back, just to see how the people in front of us checked, and to prepare in advance. ”

As he spoke, Cheng Yan pointed to a fat man at the front of the team who was so anxious that he couldn't untie his trouser belt: "You see, this look is that I forgot to take off my clothes for the entrance inspection, and I was in a hurry, but the more anxious I was, the more I couldn't untie it." ”

"Maybe the reason why our queue is so slow is because there are many people who can't untie their belts, so they delay the time."

Gu Yunji shook his head and smiled when he heard this, and his mood was also relaxed.

Maybe Cheng Yan said that there was a lesson from the fat man, and the people in the queue behind knew to prepare in advance, and the speed of the team moved faster, and soon they were lined up to Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan.

After the successful inspection, both of them drew their own number tags, Gu Yunji is the seventeenth Xuanzi, Cheng Yan is the third digit, one is in the middle, and the other is at the head of the row, both of which are good positions.

Gu Yunji looked at the number tag in his hand, and was in a trance for a while.

Three years ago, he met Cheng Yan in the county test room, and the other party asked him to introduce himself in exchange, and exchanged his number for him. Neither of them realized at the time that after that brief encounter, there could be such a deep fate between them.

Recalling the past, Cheng Yan's eyebrows rose, and he smiled a little narrowly: "It seems that Gu Gongzi doesn't need to change numbers with me this time." ”

Gu Yunji couldn't help laughing: "Cheng Gongzi is full of talent, he can take the second place in the exam last time he got the toilet number, this time the position is so good, don't you want to take the test to come back?" ”

Cheng Yan lowered his head slightly, and pretended to be modest: "Where is it, it is not as quick as Gu Gongzi's literary thinking, Xie Yuan doesn't dare to think about it, at most it is a sub-yuan." ”

After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Soon, all the candidates had finished their admission, and with the creak of the heavy gate shutting down, the courtyard was so full that only the slight sound of breathing could be heard.

"On the eighth day of August in the fourth year of Jingfeng, the first examination of the imperial examination in Songjiang Prefecture, the content of the examination is Confucian scriptures, and the examination time is a total of three days.

"If a candidate dares to cheat, the results will be invalidated on the spot, and he will be immediately removed from his reputation and sent to prison, and he will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination for the rest of his life!"

After reading out the examination rules, the examiner looked around majestically, and after confirming that the pre-examination affairs were prepared, he slapped the waking wood at hand with a "snap":

"Exams start now!"