In my impression, Bai Xingjia is a person with a more shrunken and introverted personality, but he has never heard him say such a thing as "I am indeed somewhat sure", Gu Yunji was surprised when he heard this: "Oh? Can you try, so confident? ”

Bai Xingjia said with a smile: "They are all moves in the same year, but I have taken three more detours than the two, I work hard early and late, and I dare not relax for a day." If I'm like this, and I still say that I'm not sure about the test, wouldn't I be sorry for my hard work in the past three years? ”

Today's Bai Xingjia has lost some weight, his face is a little ruddy, he is no longer the sickly white that was raised before, and his mental state is much better than three years ago. Gu Yunji was a little relieved and asked, "Is there still water and soil this year?" ”

Bai Xingjia smiled and bowed: "I have lived in the capital for three years, and the water and soil have been tamed no matter how much I don't accept it, and everything is normal now, thank you for your concern." ”

Su Qi watched the three of them chatting and talking, but he couldn't interject, so he shook Gu Yunji's shoulder anxiously: "Don't patronize and talk, quickly introduce me." ”

Gu Yunji reacted and hurriedly introduced the two: "This is Bai Xingjia, a fellow villager of me and Cheng Yan, the three of us were in the middle of the move together, and won the top three in the Songjiang Township Examination that year. This is the deputy chief soldier of Xuanfu Town and the Dingguo Gongsu Banner. ”

Su Qi was familiar with him, and immediately talked to Bai Xingjia enthusiastically: "It turned out to be Yun Ji and Cheng Yan's fellow villagers, so you are the third place in the township test?" That's amazing! ”

Bai Xingjia arched his hand towards Su Qi, a little embarrassed: "Grandpa Guo praises falsely." I'm ashamed to say that I was lifted together with Master Gu and Master Cheng, but I couldn't make it to the apricot list with them, which is far worse than the two adults. ”

"What's this? There are many people who take the Zhongxiang test in one fell swoop but fail to pass the test, maybe you are not lucky, and you will definitely be able to win this time. Su Qi patted Bai Xingjia's shoulder, not putting on a show at all, "Also, what kind of grandfather is not a grandfather, it seems to be raw." We are the same age, you are the fellow townsman of Yunji and Cheng Yan, that is, half of my fellow countryman, just call me Su Qi. ”

Bai Xingjia was taken aback, and said incoherently: "It's not proper, Grandpa Guo, this, this is unreasonable, I am a small person, how can I call you by your name...... Or would I call you General Su? ”

The gap between the identities of the two is too big, and Bai Xingjia has not been thick enough to this extent. If Su Qi was older than him, he could still call him "Brother Su", but the reality is that he is the older one, and he doesn't dare to cross the etiquette system no matter what.

Su Qi couldn't resist him, and said casually: "It's okay, it depends on your wishes, I don't pay so much attention to it." ”

Seeing the obvious difference in attitude between Su Qi and the previous one, Ren Yingze next to him was really speechless, and his face was so angry that his face turned the color of pig liver.

His eyes fell on a book in Bai Xingjia's hand, and Gu Yunji said unexpectedly: "You have to hold the book at this time, you are too hard, right?" ”

Bai Xingjia handed him the book casually: "That's not true, just take a look." ”

Gu Yunji took the book and found that it was a "Jingfeng Eighth Year Examination Mock Test Question Collection", the pages of the book were all rolled, obviously turning from time to time, and the title page of the book also had the words "diligent and not slacking off", which should have been written by Bai Xingjia himself.

Seeing that Gu Yunji noticed the four words on the title page, Bai Xingjia explained: "Writing casually is equivalent to a 'motto', and seeing it from time to time can motivate you." ”

Gu Yunji listened to it funny: "People's mottos are all written on the table, what's the matter with you writing them in the book?" What's more, this is just an ordinary set of test questions, which is worth reading over and over again? ”

Bai Xingjia's face was strange when he heard this, he looked at Gu Yunji, then at Cheng Yan, and said suspiciously: "The two adults don't know this book?" ”

Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan were confused: "Should we know?" ”

Bai Xingjia looked around vigilantly, pulled the two aside, and said in a low voice: "This is a book from Rongfa Bookstore. ”

Gu Yunji still didn't know why: "So what?" Is there anything special about Rongfa Bookstore? ”

Bai Xingjia hesitated, but still said, "...... There is a grapevine that the book published by Rongfa Bookstore contains information about the exam questions of this meeting. ”

"Will you test the exam questions?!"

The two of them were taken aback, and subconsciously looked around, and saw that no one was paying attention to this side, so they asked in a low voice, "How is this possible?" The examination questions are closely guarded by the court, and it is impossible to leak out. Where did the gossip come from? Who are you listening to? ”

Bai Xingjia shook his head: "I don't know, I also listened to what others said, I don't know if it's true or not." Anyway, now everyone is spreading it in private, but it hasn't been put on the surface, and it's just tacit. ”

Cheng Yan took the test question book and asked while flipping through it: "Since it is said that there is information about the test questions, what kind of information is it, do you know?" ”

Bai Xingjia shook his head again: "I don't know, maybe the topic is similar, maybe there are similar sentences and points, or maybe there are some code words implied...... Anyway, no one can say for sure, so I can only memorize the book over and over again, and which one will be counted as which. ”

Gu Yunji frowned: "The source is unknown, the information is unknown, the truth is unknown, isn't this just a fabrication out of thin air?" How did you get so convinced of something with such a low level of credibility and rush to buy it? ”

Bai Xingjia said: "Because most of the candidates who participate in the examination are repeatedly unsuccessful, as long as there is a slight chance to win, they will not let it go." What's more, this book is not expensive, only twenty taels of silver, and if the news is fake, it will not be a loss. If the news is true, wouldn't it be a big deal? This is one thing, and as for the other......"

Speaking of this, Bai Xingjia paused, raised his head and glanced at the two, and continued: "The person who sold the book said that the mock test questions and answer examples on this are all written according to the answer sheets of the adults of the Hanlin Academy that year, which represents their inner preferences, and if you learn your essay in this direction, you can increase the probability of being admitted." ”

Saying that, Bai Xingjia opened the book and explained to the two: "For example, Master Gu is good at strategy, and several of the strategies on this are written in imitation of the style you answered back then, and your pattern is copied from the writing habits and answering ideas. Another example is that Master Cheng is good at scriptures, so these explanations of scriptures are imitations of Cheng's style. ”

"There are a total of four or five books in this set of test questions, and I only have one of them, basically the mock articles of the first and third places in the recent years. It's just that the two adults are the Jinshi in the last session, and they are famous, and they will participate in the marking of this examination, and finding out your preferences is equivalent to finding the trick of being admitted, so the imitation of your article style is the most. ”

There are 6,000 or 7,000 candidates who take the examination, and the workload of admitting and determining names is very large, and a large number of people are required from transcribing the examination papers to judging the examination papers, mainly from the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy.

Under normal circumstances, the officials of the Hanlin Academy will not be all withdrawn, but the first and third students admitted in the previous session will often be selected as marking officers because of their excellent ability and special familiarity with the examination.

Gu Yunji and others themselves came up from the imperial examination, and they have their own set of answering routines and methods, and when they sit in the position of the marking officer and see articles with a similar answering style to themselves, they will naturally give affirmation.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, in order to increase the probability of admission, it makes sense to be close to their preferences from the logic and thinking of answering questions.