On this day, the Jinshi assessment came.

That is, this year, Zhao Xuanqi's age came to twenty-one years old, and a faint beard had grown on his lips, and he looked much more mature and stable.

He woke up from his bed, washed his face, and put everything he needed to prepare into the package.

The Jinshi scientific examination is relatively strict, you only need to bring your own identity certificate, merit certificate, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, food and other things are provided by the imperial court, but it saves some trouble.

North City, Wutong Lane.

Zhao Xuanqi walked out of the house.

I don't have to go to Qingyun Bookstore today.

The scientific expedition has come, and Zhao Xuanqi does not need to go to the library to study anymore.

However, he still came to the bottom of Qingyun Study and stood silently.

It didn't take long for the bamboo pole Wang Shilin and Ouyang Fugui Fat Man to slowly appear here, and the three of them walked together.

Ouyang Fugui snorted his snot and said excitedly: "I have been studying hard for so long, just waiting for this day to come!" ”

"That's right, that day has finally come, and then it's up to us to see how good we are." Wang Shilin replied.

"It's time to take the exam, the exam is in the inner city, and we still have to walk a distance."

The name of the capital is Chang'an City.

Chang'an City is very large, divided into an inner city and an outer city

The outer city is large and the inner city is small.

The outer city was inhabited by ordinary people, and there were some petty officials and officials, and the buildings were relatively ordinary.

The inner city is inhabited by dignitaries, most of them are the courtyards of Nuoda, the Water Pavilion and the Lanting Pavilion, Yonghua atmosphere, and the area occupied is relatively small, after all, the dignitaries are so people.

In the very center of the inner city is the Royal Palace.

Due to the importance of the Jinshi examination, the Jinshi scientific examination was set up in an attic in front of the palace.

"Qu Street above!"

Zhao Xuanqi and the others followed Wenqu Street and walked towards the test center in the inner city.

Wenqu Street is six meters wide and leads straight to the inner city test center, which will not be opened all year round, and will only be opened on the day of the Jinshi assessment.

This is the road that only people who participate in the Jinshi Imperial Examination can walk, and ordinary people who walk on this road will be severely punished by the imperial court.

Therefore, as long as the person walks on Wenqu Street, it symbolizes that he is a reference person, with a noble status, a winding literary atmosphere, and a great luck, and will be respected by everyone around him.

Residents can only stand on both sides of the road.

At this moment, both sides of the road were crowded with residents, enthusiastically cheering for the candidates who went to refer to them.

Some people will take the initiative to take out a pen and paper, shout loudly, plead for thousands of calls, and beg the reference reader to give words.

This kind of character is very meaningful, and it is called Fu Zi.

It can be pasted on the window or on the door curtain, symbolizing the happiness of the year and the blessing of Wenqu Xing.

There are many people who ask for words, and even want to spend money to ask for words.

There are also women who have just given birth to a baby, holding the child and calling loudly, asking the reference candidate to name the child and give the child a name.

As long as the candidate is named, it symbolizes that the child has gained a trace of literacy, and when he grows up, he will be absolutely smart, and he will be blessed in reading.

What's more, he was extremely crazy, dressed in white, kneeling on the ground and crying, begging the candidates to go over and beat him.

This kind of person is generally a person who is full of bad luck, destitute, or has done something wrong and has an unhappy family background.

The day of the Jinshi assessment is sacred, and the candidates on this day have the most vigorous literary energy, and the Wenqu stars covet the candidates, which is the most sacred day of the year.

They believe that being beaten by the scholars on Wenqu Street on this day can drive away or dissipate bad luck and misfortune on their bodies.

The heavier the candidates' hands and the heavier the hits, these people will not only not be unhappy, but will be sincerely grateful.

After being beaten, the beaten person from a bad family would even kneel down and kowtow, knock his head, and solemnly thank the scholars for their help.

Those who are beaten from a slightly better family will prepare a basket full of copper coins, and let the hands-on reader put his hand into the copper coins to wash his hands, which means that if I dirty your hands, you can use copper coins to clean your dirty hands and remove bad luck.

If the money is contaminated with bad luck and bad luck, it can no longer be circulated back into the market, and will be thrown into the merit box of the temple, or simply donated to the government, and the government will re-mint new money for use, or it will be thrown directly into the river and let the bad copper coins dissipate.

Thanks to the fact that the candidates are not ordinary readers, they belong to the scholars who have made a name for themselves, and now they are going to take the Jinshi exam, which belongs to the apex of the readers, if they pass the exam, it is the real green clouds, and it is no wonder that they are sought after by so many people.

Zhao Xuanqi and the three of them walked on Wenqu Street and inevitably encountered these customs.

Many shouted and begged for words, others asked for names, and there were many kneeling unlucky people on the ground who looked at the three men closely.

This situation is deeply ingrained, it has become a custom, it must be done, and the ordinary people around look at the three of them like a pack of hungry wolves staring at the fat meat.

"It's too feudal and superstitious, this habit really doesn't know how to say it..."Zhao Xuanqi sighed a lot.

From these customs, it can be seen that the status of the scholar is really sacred and tall in this era, as if he has been deified.

The word given is called the word of blessing.

Being named is called giving Wenqi.

Being beaten can even be called bad luck like licking a dog, which is really outrageous.

All of them elevated the status of the scholars to a high platform, gave great respect, and welfare, and the common people could not help but be inferior in front of the scholars.

Zhao Xuanqi and the three of them naturally have to follow this custom, otherwise they will inevitably be truthful.

After spending some time, Zhao Xuanqi named a few little children who had just been born, and wrote many blessing words for others.

The same is true for Ouyang Fugui and Wang Shilin, who spent some time on this road, and the three of them finally came to the test center.

The test center is located in an attic in front of the Royal Palace.

This attic is extremely large and large, and there are small rooms with numbers on them, and candidates can find the room they are in by relying on the numbers.

Each room is equivalent to an examination shed, in which pens, ink, paper, inkstones, and food are used to eat during the examination in the past few days, eating, drinking, and Lazar can be solved in the room.

In front of the courtyard stood a group of soldiers, wearing sharp swords and elite armor, to ensure that there would be no accidents during the exam time.

Someone stopped at the door to check the identity of the examinee and whether he had a cheat sheet on him.

"Let's go to the exam!"

"After more than ten years of hard study in the cold window, and another year of retreat and cultivation in the Qingyun Library, now is the time for us to test our knowledge!"

"Ten years of sharpening the sword, it will eventually be used, today is the time for the sword to strike, and see if the sword is sharp enough!"

"I hope that all three of us can be admitted to the Jinshi and get a good reputation!"

The three said goodbye to each other.

They each walked to the door, and after some inspection, they were successfully released, and the three of them separated and went to their respective rooms to take the exam.

"Ziyun County, Shixi County, Zhaojia Village, Zhao Xuanqi, right?"

"Yes!"

"This is your room, for the next three days, you can only stay in this room for the exam, there is food, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, eating, drinking, Lazar can only be solved in it."

"Understood."

"Another point, this is a scientific examination, you must not cheat, the door cannot be closed, there will be people patrolling back and forth at the door for twelve hours, once you find cheating, you will be killed on the spot!"

Zhao Xuanqi's face was awe-inspiring: "Students absolutely abide by the rules!" ”

With that, he walked into the room.