The scientific examination in Yangzhou City is over, and the students are happy and sad.

Wu Decao lost his eligibility to receive rice after giving Xu He the last time he was bailed.

Xu He's intention for coming yesterday was probably clear in his heart.

It's nothing more than a glove for the prefect's son, and now he has no support, and he can't adapt to a life without food and clothing for a while.

Wu Decao also worked hard in his early years, but unfortunately he was in the middle of the road, and without the supervision of his elders, he no longer had that spirit when he was studying, like a child who went to college in the later world.

And Xu He's appearance just gave him hope to continue to eat and drink.

In the evening, Wu Decao came to mix rice with a sad face, saying that the great master was furious after reading his article, and said on the spot, how can a person write such a bullshit article.

Others didn't do well in the exam, and he was demoted to the first level, and he was directly promoted to the fifth class, and the reason why he was not the sixth class was because he was stained with the title of the student.

"The key is that the great grandmaster has a three-year term, this has just taken office, and now it is still the first year, I was demoted to the fifth rank in the first scientific examination, and it will be over when the year-end exam is over!"

Xie Liangcai also studied at the house, and of course he also participated in this scientific examination.

I saw him sneer and said: "In this scientific examination, the great master can be said to have worked the questions, if he is not familiar with the scriptures and righteousness on weekdays, even if he is like me, he can't do it!" ”

Everyone in the house looked at him, good guy, are you complaining? Or praise yourself?

Xie Liangcai saw that everyone didn't believe it, especially Xu He didn't even raise his head, just drank porridge with a big bowl, so he said indignantly: "This time it's a truncation question, it's really difficult!" ”

Wu Decao said blankly: "Ah, is it a truncation question this time?" ”

it!

Good guy, this guy can't even understand the topic, and there seems to be nothing wrong with the great grandmaster getting angry!

Xie Liangcai said angrily: "Xiaohe, don't be disdainful, let me ask you, how to solve "Towering and Successful, Huan and Article, Shun and the Five Ministers and the World Rule"? ”

When Xu He heard this, he put down the dishes and chopsticks and said lightly: "This is a sentient interception question, and it is a question in the next chapter, from the upper and lower chapters of "The Analects of Taber"!" ”

Xie Liangcai and Wu Decao were taken aback.

Wu Decao didn't know until now that this was a discourse question.

Xie Liangcai, on the other hand, was surprised that Xu He knew the source of the question so quickly.

The meaning of the truncation question, as the name suggests, is to extract two sentences or two words from the meaning of the scriptures, and combine the meaning of the context to make the question.

This kind of question often makes the candidates confused, and they can't figure out what they mean at all.

Like this question just now, it is quite good, he took it from the last sentence and the first sentence of the first and second chapters of "Taber", and he had an impression when he read it.

There is also that kind of ruthless matching, that is, flying all over the sky to find words to match, making people scratch their ears and cheeks.

Xie Liangcai asked tremblingly, "How do you solve this problem?" ”

Xu He said indifferently: "The last chapter of Taber is about the greatness of Yao, and the next chapter is about the talents of Shun, through Yao Shun, the upper and lower sections can be connected in series, and the transition will be easy." ”

"The first sentence of this topic should be cut to the words "success" and "article", and then continue the previous and the next, and use the words "big" and "people" to cater to the word "governance", so that the article can be coherent."

Xie Liangcai shook his head when he heard this, and sighed: "These eight articles have been studied and understood by you!" I guess there aren't many topics that want to stump you! ”

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Early the next morning, Xu He and Ding Ze came to the gate of the government office early, found the team from Hailing County and began to line up.

Chu Yuan came over with the post station official ship, and after seeing Xu He, he was shocked and whispered: "Brother He, how many pens have you prepared?" Lend me an envoy! ”

Xu He asked Ding Ze to open the exam box in surprise, "What's the matter?" Didn't you prepare before you came? ”

Chu Yuan sighed and said: "Don't mention it, the official ship carried too many people and capsized at the bend of the river, although all the people who took the test were rescued, but a lot of things in the test basket were lost." ”

"After coming to Yangzhou, the county school teacher of the team leader took us to purchase pen and ink and other things overnight, but at this juncture, most of the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the city were out of stock, and finally I finally grabbed two bald pens that fell out!"

Xu He was secretly surprised when he heard this, Chen Hua specially sent someone to tell him to hire a ship to go to Yangzhou by himself, it seems that he has also suffered a loss in this matter.

But think about it, there are so many children, all of them are crowded on the official boat, it's no wonder if there is no accident, no wonder the rich people are rushing to take the exam by themselves, and they don't save that little money.

At this time, Ding Ze took out a good lake pen and handed it to Xu He, Xu He thought about it, took out one of the four pens in the examination box, and handed it to Chu Yuan together with the one just now.

Seeing this, Chu Yuan said gratefully: "Brother He'er...... Thank you! ”

Xu He smiled: "What are you polite to me?" Everyone comes from the same village, and they should help each other! ”

The examination process of the college examination is almost the same as the process of the government examination organized by Peng Ruyu last time.

After the county edict ordered all the people, he went to learn the Tao Yamen and submitted the text on his own.

The Xuedao Yamen here refers to the examination room where the great master is temporarily stationed in the place.

The content of the submission is nothing more than the number of candidates in each county and the basic information of the candidates.

When the time comes for the candidates to enter the venue, the four documents of the county, the government, the school, and the candidates themselves must be combined for inspection, and the qualified party will be allowed to enter the venue for inspection.

At this time, Wu Minzhi, who was the guarantor of Xu He, and Wu Decao, the former guarantor of the former Lisheng faction, also followed a group of students to the front of the team.

Wu Decao seemed to have forgotten last night's frustration, found Xu He in the crowd, and waved his hand at Xu He while jumping.

Xu He was a little speechless, bowed his head and read a book, at this time, there was really a sea of people in front of the examination shed and in the dragon gate.

Those who rush to take the exam, those who send the exam, those who sell all kinds of food and snacks, and those who watch the excitement gather together, and it is necessary to be noisy.

All kinds of tall lanterns are as dense as stars.

There were a few candidates who got up late and didn't have breakfast, and they hurried to sit in front of the food stall and eat breakfast.

But as soon as they sat down, a cannon suddenly sounded in the dragon gate.

The first cannon sounded, which means that it is time to enter.

Seeing this, the few people who had just sat down hurriedly ate two bites indiscriminately, wiped their mouths and returned to the team.

After waiting for a while, someone in front of me shouted: "Hailing's, it's in!" ”

Xu He and the others were all in good spirits, Ding Ze immediately put the book in Xu He's hand into his arms, and then followed Xu He towards the dragon gate with the test box.

When passing through the gate of Longmen, Xu He found that there was a large papier-mâché sign at the door, which was rectangular and empty, with a candle lit in the middle, which read "Dianhailing County", and wrote the candidate's name with a red pen on one side.

The names of ten people are written on each row, which are held by people, and under the darkness, they can be seen from afar.

Xu He saw his name written on one of the signs, and immediately left the team, standing behind the card bearer, and after a while, ten people were raised, and everyone followed the card bearer to the roll call at the gate of the examination shed.