Time flies by in a flash, February 16.

Just after the fourth watch, Gu Wenxuan got up at three o'clock in the morning and began to freshen up.

The inner three layers and the outer three layers put on multiple single clothes, and then checked the test basket that was arranged last night to confirm that everything was in order before eating noodles.

Noodles, a symbol of smoothness.

Without exception, all six candidates ate noodles this morning, and there were steamed buns as an add-on.

After the meal, everyone went out with a tight wrap and a test basket.

When I walked out of the gate, I happened to see a family I had recently met with the door wide open, and two candidates walked out accompanied by their families.

When the examination shed is approaching, there are more candidates on the road, accompanying family members or scholars, and everyone has a solemn expression and does not smile.

By then, there was already a sea of people outside the examination booth.

There are also candidates in Zhaojia Village today, the two parties converged, and after a while, the group was very close to the gate of the examination shed.

Fix here and wait for the cannon to fire.

At the end of the day, a cannon rang out, and the examination shed opened.

The soldiers on the left and right were on guard with swords and wooden warehouses, and the two officials in the ceremonial room came out with the roster and other books.

Gu Wenxuan and the other fifteen candidates who were surrounded by the escort and others immediately took off their cotton clothes, took out the floating tickets they had retrieved when they signed up before, and carried the test basket.

With a gong sound, the two officials in the ceremonial room began to shout, and it was time to enter the venue.

The candidates on the periphery poured in one after another, but the soldiers and officials who maintained order were busy, directing the candidates to line up, and shouting not to make noise and not to cut in line.

The candidates in front of the queue took advantage, even if they were in the same batch number, they could still take the lead in crossing the channel to avoid the wind and check the floating tickets, that is, to verify the correct body.

If a candidate is found to be inconsistent with the application materials, he or she will be directly disqualified from taking the test, and the main purpose of this link is to prevent substitute and substitute exams.

The information prepared by the two officials of the county government room is very substantial, and it will not work if they want to cheat in the link.

After the identity is verified, it is a search.

A body search is inevitable and undressing.

I checked the clothes, shoes and socks on the candidates' bodies, and even the hair bundles had to be torn open to prevent cheating, and then the test baskets and the items in the baskets they carried.

The lunch brought by Gu Wenxuan and the six of them was the thinnest dry pancake that Zhou Xiucai repeatedly stated he wanted, as well as slices of meat like pieces of paper.

The official took a look at it and let them in, but they still had to settle the guarantee and sing the guarantee before they could enter the examination house.

According to the regulations, five candidates must guarantee each other.

After the insurance is settled, if any one of the guarantors cheats, everyone will be implicated.

In addition, a top ten Xiucai in the department is also needed, that is, Di Sheng as a guarantor, and Gu Wenxuan is the one Zhou Xiucai found as a guarantor.

"Qinghe County Xiasheng Cheng Qian, Bao Gu Wenxuan...... Five people. ”

The five people who had secured each other's ties with Gu Wenxuan stood on the side of the examiner, and after bowing as a sign of respect, they soon heard the official singing loudly.

"I, Cheng Qian, protect Wenxuan...... Five, if any of them are cheaters, I am willing to be disqualified......"

"I, Gu Wenxuan......"

"I, Zhou Yujiang......"

"My ,......"

The five of them did not hesitate to follow Zhou Xiucai's teachings and deal with them with the right colors.

According to Zhou Xiucai, if the student who was on the guarantee at this time found that there was any problem with the examinee he was protecting, as long as he raised the slightest question, the examinee would be taken out by the officials.

Fortunately, Cheng Qian had no objections throughout the whole process, and after the smooth singing was over, the official led the way and took the five of them into the examination house.

At the same time, Gu Wenxuan also witnessed the so-called "No. House", indeed, as Zhou Xiucai said, the small one is facing north and south.

Aside from the north of the compound is the main gate, which is commonly known as the dragon gate, which means that the candidates who have passed from this point on to leap up, not to mention.

Each room is facing the same direction and separated by obstacles, so it is unknown whether this design can effectively prevent cheating between candidates.

But there was no doubt that the five of them, even if the floats were connected, were all scattered, and he noticed that he was quite far away from the river.

found the number house, and when the official opened a two-foot-high wooden board with the small characters of the floating ticket serial number on the top, Gu Wenxuan didn't care about observing it anymore.

Carrying the examination basket, I hurriedly went in, put the prepared pancakes, meat slices, water, etc. aside, took out the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc. one by one, and began to close my eyes and recuperate after sitting down.

The tent is closed.

Soon after, the official sent a sealed roll and two pieces of white paper for the examinees to use to make drafts.

Before the exam, the county magistrate, as the chief examiner, also as Zhou Xiucai said, came out and said a few words, saying words not to cheat and motivate.

In the first session, the main test begins.

Open the seal and take out the roll to check if there is anything wrong.

Seeing that there were no flaws in the paper, no unclear handwriting, and no need to change the papers, Gu Wenxuan began to read the papers.

In terms of the questions, it is not too difficult, but it can be completed within the allotted time of one day, which is quite a lot of questions.

Among them, the scripture question is equivalent to the fill-in-the-blank question of later generations, and it only needs to complete the blank paragraph, but it has twenty questions.

In addition to these scripture questions, there is also a five-word and six-rhyme test poem, an arithmetic question, and finally "Please have no return, and make it in the court." "A big question.

This big question was said by Mencius, Gu Wenxuan is no stranger, and even has not only memorized and studied many similar model essays, but he has also written several articles, don't be too good at writing.

God feeding is coming.

Immediately, after putting away the volume, Gu Wenxuan spread the scratch paper, dipped the pen in ink, and began to write.

After writing it, I carefully checked it again, and saw that there were no mistakes and mistakes, rubbed my wrist, changed a brush, took out a roll of paper, and carefully copied it.

When the reputation was copied and the ink was dry, it was not yet noon.

Then put away the scroll of the dry ink, and began to challenge the five words and six rhymes to try a poem.

Writing poetry is still a poem with five words and six rhymes, no different from death.

In my previous life, I didn't major in ancient Chinese, so this trial poem is the most annoying.

Fortunately, he has a good daughter-in-law.

According to the poems of the Ming and Qing dynasties printed out by the daughter-in-law, it is still no problem to change and borrow them slightly.

While recalling the poems he had memorized, he ate a lunch of pancakes and sliced meat.

Halfway through, I also met a second-class candidate nearby, and there was a scene where he wanted to ask for another test paper because he made a mistake in writing a word, and he dared to talk back after being scolded by the examiner, but he was taken away by the officials.

I really don't know how thick the sky is.

It has long been stipulated that there is only one copy of each subject examination paper per person, and there is no chance to revise it at all, so what is there to make trouble.

Wiped his mouth and wiped his hands.

Picking up the pen and dipping it in ink, Gu Wenxuan still chose to write it on the scratch paper first, and wrote a poem of five words and six rhymes from memory with slight changes.

After writing it out, one more word was changed.

I looked at it and copied it to the paper seriously.,And then continue to choose to kill the arithmetic problem first.。