In the next few days, Du Ling and Xu Guangqi never went out again, and read books in the house every day.

Except for eating and going to the toilet, he basically does not leave his house.

Anyway, when they are hungry, someone will bring them food, and there will be a lot less trouble.

Du Ling also took the opportunity to follow Xu Guangqi to make up for the scriptures, but fortunately, he has a good memory, and now he finally has a little confidence.

More than 10 days passed in a hurry.

In an instant, it was the day before the exam.

According to the usual practice, the examination also requires three consecutive exams, each of which is three days, with the first day entering the venue to receive the papers, and the next day coming out to hand in the papers.

The next morning, both of them woke up early.

After a hurried wash, the two of them opened the door together, and then looked at each other and smiled.

At this time, the outside was covered with fog, and the flowers in the corner of the wall were stained with dewdrops, and there was a hint of coldness in the air.

The two of them checked the things they needed for the exam, and then walked towards the Gongyuan together.

The streets were full of fog, and many people gathered in groups of three or five, meeting to go towards the Gongyuan.

Many people's faces were red from the cold, but they couldn't hide the smiles on their faces, as if they were about to win today.

"Let's hurry up, Brother Zimei, it's not good to wait for more people."

"Hmm." Du Ling agreed, and then quickened his pace.

After crossing two long streets, the two came to the location of the Gongyuan.

The word Gongyuan stands in front of the gate, shining brightly, and the tall buildings embrace everyone like soldiers.

At this time, there were already a lot of people in front of the Gongyuan, but because it was not yet time, the Gongyuan did not open.

The two of them searched for a corner and began to scan the lifts from all over the place.

Most of them have a smile on their faces, especially the younger ones, who look like they are winning, but those who are older still have a trace of sadness on their faces.

"Probably someone who has failed the exam many times." Du Ling said secretly in his heart.

Just when the two hesitated.

"Boom!"

The gate of the tribute courtyard slowly opened, and then I saw a middle-aged man in a crimson official robe slowly walking out.

"You are all the pillars of my future Ming, and I wish you can play at your normal level."

"Also, don't try to be clever, it's not easy for you to win the lift, don't make mistakes." The middle-aged official in a crimson official robe spoke slowly.

In the end, there was a bit of warning in his voice.

Every time I try, there are always one or two unlucky people who don't know whether to live or die, and they want to bring something into it, and it feels ridiculous to think about it.

The lifters nodded again and again, claiming that they didn't dare.

The middle-aged official glanced at it, nodded, and then shouted in a deep voice: "Now let's start entering." ”

After speaking, the originally somewhat scattered team instantly became orderly.

The soldiers carefully checked the belongings they were carrying, and if they didn't check it out, they would not escape punishment if they were brought into the examination room.

Therefore, the soldiers checked extremely carefully, for fear that they would miss a single detail and be exploited by them.

"Well, let's go inside." A soldier whispered to Xu Guangqi after checking his belongings.

Xu Guangqi put away his things, smiled at Du Ling behind him, and then strode into the tribute courtyard.

After entering the tribute courtyard, he followed the instructions of the soldiers to sit down in his place and began to close his eyes and recuperate.

At this time, his mind came to mind his mother, Du Ling, and Zhang Yun Han Cheng and others.

There are too many people for him to repay the favor, so he must succeed this time.

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Guangqi couldn't help but clench his fists.

Then he slowly released his fist and breathed a long sigh of relief to relieve some tension.

The minutes passed, and soon all the candidates had already entered the room, and the examiners began to hand out the test papers.

After a night of silence, the next morning, the candidate woke up from his sleep.

With the examiner's shouting, "Start the exam!" ”

The candidates in the private room began to write hard.

The first test is the four books and three paths, and the scriptures and four paths.

Xu Guangqi opened the test paper and saw that the first question was from "University".

Question 1: "What should be the basis for governing the country?" What is the end? ”

"People-oriented, wealth first."

Later, Xu Guangqi wrote an article of several hundred words around this center.

Question 2: "The predicate of the Mandate of Heaven is sexuality, the predicate of spontaneity is the Tao, and the predicate of cultivation is teaching." ”

Xu Guangqi pondered for a while and began to slowly write down his answer.

Question 3: "Those who can't do anything will turn to themselves, and their bodies will return to the world." ”

Whenever you encounter something unsatisfactory, you should reflect on yourself, find out your own mistakes, and then correct them. Only when you are physically and mentally upright will you win the hearts of people all over the world.

Write down the main idea first, and then sway and then write an essay of a few hundred words, which jumps on the page.

Question 4: "......"

“......”

For each question, Xu Guangqi pondered for a while, and then wrote down his answer freely.

Three days passed in a hurry, and soon the second game was carried out, Xu Guangqi quickly won it easily, and Xu Guangqi was even better at the third game.

"Rustling ......"

At this time, there was silence in the examination room, and everyone held their breath and concentrated, only hearing the sound of the brush writing on the paper.

It was less than half an hour before the end of the test, and those who had not finished answering were sweating on their heads, and their handwriting was a little sloppy.

"Submit the papers!" With the roar of the examiner, the 12th year of Wanli was officially over.

Seeing that he hadn't finished answering, he was still frantically trying to make up for it, and the soldier held him down and forcibly took away the answer sheet in his hand.

"Let go of me, let go of me." The holding down man struggled frantically, trying to grab the test paper.

However, he was a weak scholar and a wolf-like soldier's opponent.

Xu Guangqi finished answering early, got up and quietly waited for the arrival of the rewinders.

After collecting the papers, Xu Guangqi took a long breath, then stretched his hands and feet, and slowly walked towards the outside of the examination shed.

At this moment, the sun was shining outside, and the dazzling sunlight made him unable to open his eyes, and the sun shone on him, only to feel a burst of warmth on his body.

Xu Guangqi had a faint smile on his face, and then strode towards the outside of the Tribute Courtyard.

"Brother Zixian, you are running fast." Due to the distance, Du Ling came out a little late this time.

Xu Guangqi smiled slightly.

Du Ling patted him on the shoulder, and then smiled: "Let's go, I'm finally done with the exam." ”

"By the way, how are you doing?"

Hearing Du Ling ask him about his performance, Xu Guangqi said modestly: "That's it, it is estimated that even if you win, the ranking will not be too high." ”

Du Ling naturally didn't believe his nonsense, and shouted to let Xu Guangqi have a treat.

Xu Guangqi said with a smile: "I'm afraid it won't work today, let's change the day, and on the day the list is released, I will definitely get drunk with you." ”

"Then I'll wish you the title of the gold list first."

The two looked at each other and smiled, then hooked their shoulders and walked towards the residence.

When he arrived at the residence, Du Ling threw himself directly on the bed.

In the past few days, he has been tortured enough, just such a small space, it is difficult to even stretch his arms and legs, plus he eats some cakes every day, he only feels that it is a kind of torture.

Therefore, when he returned to his residence, he ignored it and lay down in bed and fell into a deep sleep.

In his sleep, he dreamed that he was lucky enough to try, and in the end, he played well in the palace test, and he was considered to have entered the top three jinshi, and he was born as a fellow jinshi.

At the thought of this, the corners of Du Ling's mouth went up, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

I don't know how long it took, but Du Ling was woken up by a knock on the door.

He got up slowly, rubbed his eyes, and went to open the door with sleepy eyes.

"It's time to eat, Brother Zimei." What caught my eye was Xu Guangqi, who was carrying a food box.

"Come in, please." Du Ling smiled.

Then, he stuck his head out the door and found that it was already dark.

Xu Guangqi stepped in, opened the food box and took out the food inside.

Suddenly, the whole room was filled with the aroma of food.

"Well, I'm hungry too."

Du Ling took out his wine glass and placed it on the table.

Xu Guangqi got up and filled the wine glass, and then the two raised the wine glass, clinked glasses and drank it all.

"Hahaha... Wine! ”

After a glass of wine, the two of them drank a few more glasses of food in the box.

Time passed in a hurry, and soon the lights outside were on, and the two of them were also slightly drunk, and the table was in a mess.

"Hiccup!" Du Ling blushed and burped.

Then he said drunkly: "Brother Zixian, I will be here first today." ”

"Another day, another day, we must get drunk and rest."

Xu Guangqi smiled, then arched his hand to Du Ling, and walked towards his house in a leisurely manner.

Du Ling Xu Guangqi left with a slight smile, kicked off his shoes and lay directly on the bed, and after a while, there was a sound of snoring.

Zhang Yun's mansion.

It was late at night, but the Zhang family's mansion was still brightly lit, like day.

Zhang Yun was sitting upright in the chair of the study at this time, and Han Cheng stood in front of the table with a respectful face.

"How are the two of them now?"

"After the exam, the two returned to their residence and did not go out."

Zhang Yun nodded, and then asked some details, most of which were life problems.

As for the question of the exam, Zhang Yun believes that Xu Guangqi naturally has no problem.

"You pay more attention to the problems of their lives, they are new to the city, and they are familiar with the capital."

"My subordinates understand."

"By the way, is there any news from Shen Lian?"

Han Cheng heard Zhang Yun mention it, and arched his hand and said, "He just sent someone to send last month's silver taels, a total of 100,000 taels." ”

"Well, that's good."

"In the future, there will be more and more income in Qingdao, and you can send more to start."

"Lest any man be red-eyed and stretch out his claws toward him."

Hearing Zhang Yun's instructions, Han Cheng hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "My subordinates will do it." ”

"Then you go."

Zhang Yun waved his hand and let Han Cheng go down.

Han Cheng bowed to him, turned around and walked towards the door.

"It's finally time for the harvest." Zhang Yun looked at the departing Han Cheng, and a smile appeared on his face.

He invested in Xu Guangqi, and now it's finally time to harvest.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Yun couldn't suppress the joy in his heart.