The paper was quickly distributed, Gu Yunji browsed the topics from beginning to end, and found no content that exceeded the outline, which was basically within his expectations, and even two of them were very similar to the topics Chen He had talked about, and he was already familiar with them.

With a calculation in mind, Gu Yunji planned the three days according to the amount of questions and the degree of difficulty, and then began to answer the questions.

As time passed, the initial nervousness and apprehension gradually faded, and the candidates were immersed in the exam answers, surrounded by silence, and only the rustle of writing could be heard.

Three days passed in a flash, and by the time the examiner came to collect the papers, Gu Yunji had been curled up in this narrow room for three days and two nights, already sore and stiff. Even if the content of the exam is not difficult for him, after all, he has experienced a "big battle" that consumes his energy and energy, and his mind is dizzy at the moment, his legs are weak, and his whole person is in a trance.

Walking out of the examination room with vague steps, Gu Yunji saw Cheng Yan at the gate of the Gongyuan, the other party's lips were pale, and he also looked weak and tired, and he was weak to speak.

Gu Yunji walked up to him and asked, "How is it?" Are you feeling okay? ”

Cheng Yan tugged at the corners of his lips and barely squeezed out a smile: "It's okay." It's also strange to say, obviously it was also a three-day exam, but I felt that this time it was much more tiring than the county exam, and after the exam, I felt that my essence was drained away, and there was an empty shell left on my body. ”

Gu Yunji sighed: "I'm almost the same, I've been curled up in the room for so long, and the bones on my body are about to fall apart." The township test has a long cycle, and both the amount of questions and the difficulty are not comparable to the county test, and it is the most tormenting. I only took two and a half days to answer the questions in the last county exam, and the rest of the day was spent closing my eyes and recuperating, and I was still answering the questions an hour before I handed in the paper, which was not as easy as last time. ”

While the two were talking, many candidates passing by the side came out, most of them were blind, their steps were heavy, and they couldn't walk steadily. There are also a few with dull lips, blue and black under their eyes, and their bodies are shaky, as if they have not eaten or slept for several days and nights.

"Multi-...... Thanks a lot. ”

"It doesn't matter."

Quickly supporting a candidate who was about to fall, Gu Yunji's eyes were full of sorrow, looking at his stumbling back and saying to Cheng Yan: "Look, we are all in good shape, like him, I don't know if I can last until the end of the township test." ”

Cheng Yan shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, it's better to worry about yourself than to worry about others, let's go back and rest early, there are still two exams ahead." ”

Gu Yunji didn't say much when he heard this, and went back to Gu's mansion with Cheng Yan.

In the early morning of the next day, Gu Yunji, who had finally slept well, felt that his spirit had recovered a lot, and after washing up neatly and having breakfast, he and Cheng Yan went straight to the Gongyuan and waited for the entrance inspection.

The township test came to the second session, the outside of the Gongyuan was a lot empty, basically only some scholars who wanted to take the exam were waiting, at this moment many people were yawning, looking like they hadn't woken up, and they were no longer full of energy three days ago.

A gong sounded, and the entrance began.

When the queue was about to line up for Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan, the two suddenly heard a commotion coming from the door in front of them.

The official who inspected it had a cold face, took out the note in the food box and threw it on the ground, and slammed the table: "Bold!" Dare to bring word paper into the arena with the intention of cheating, come on! ”

The young man in front of the official mission widened his eyes in horror, and his face was full of panic: "No, no, no! I didn't cheat! I, I don't know what's going on! I didn't put it in! ”

"You see, this is written about the content of "University", but the Confucian scriptures and righteousness have been tested yesterday, and today's exam is official writing, so it's useless for me to bring this in."

The young man picked up the note from the ground, unfolded it and showed it to the official, trying to defend himself: "I really didn't put it in myself, even if I wanted to cheat, I couldn't put it in the food box so openly, there must be a misunderstanding in it." Brother Guancha, this is my second time taking the township exam, so you will be accommodating......"

The official impatiently knocked down the note in his hand, and shouted angrily: "The facts are here, and you dare to quibble!" As an inspector of the imperial examination, I should abide by my own duties, and I only recognize the law, not human feelings! I don't care if you misunderstand or not, it's true that you are carrying words and paper, no matter what, you can't enter today! ”

"Someone! Take him down to me! ”

As soon as the words fell, two sturdy officials came up behind him, grabbed the young man's arms one left and one right, and forcibly dragged him away without saying a word.

Suddenly witnessing such a scene, the surrounding candidates were a little unexpected, and it took a while before they came back to their senses and continued to line up to enter the venue.

Listening to the faint cry of the young man in the distance, someone whispered to his companion: "This person has taken the township exam for the second time, don't you even know the rules of the exam?" I even brought paper into the venue. Or is it ...... Does he really want to cheat? ”

"You heard him cry so truly, you should really not know." The companion shook his head disapprovingly, "Most of these scholars who came from other places to take the exam lived in the inn, where there were a lot of fish and dragons, and eighty percent of them had crooked thoughts and deliberately put notes in his food box to frame him. He was negligent in not checking his luggage for a while, isn't this the end of the road? ”

The man looked puzzled: "Wouldn't it?" Is there really such a person? Everyone has been studying hard for ten years, and fame is not easy to come by, so why bother to frame others? ”

The companion snorted disapplauded: "If you are admitted to the exam, you can ascend to the sky in one step, and Songjiang Fuxiang only admits eighty people at a time, and there are so many places, one less opponent will have one more chance of winning the exam, and there are more people with bad intentions." ”

"In addition to framing others for cheating, there are also drugs in food to make others diarrhea, and making noise in the inn in the middle of the night to make others sleep badly...... Wait, only you can't think of it, you can't do it without them, these are called 'off-the-board moves' in the imperial examination. ”

Similar to the game of Go, there are also "off-board moves" in the imperial examination, which are all used to affect the opponent's mentality and state in order to increase their probability of winning.

Hearing him say this, the people around him were immediately alert, and they checked their luggage one after another, for fear that someone would stuff something that shouldn't be there.

Gu Yunji was secretly shocked when he heard this, and only then did he understand the true meaning of Gu Kaili's statement that "anything can happen on the imperial examination field".

Although he and Cheng Yan's luggage were all prepared by the Gu family in advance, and Gu Kaili and others personally watched them, there would be no problems, but he was still a little uneasy and worried about the next exam journey.

was afraid of what would come, and soon after Gu Yunji entered the market, he saw this so-called "off-market move".

(End of chapter)