Morning.

A faint mist shrouds the pear blossoms of Shuojing City.

A flock of geese from south to north has begun to travel far away before the morning light rises, soaring over the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

Fang Zhan stood outside the door of the Nomination Inn, looking up at the sky and flying past the herringbone flock of geese.

He watched it for a long time.

The heart moves with the geese, and the thoughts drift into the distance.

Finally, he couldn't see the slightest trace of the geese, and he slowly withdrew his gaze.

He looked down at his shoe, which was a pair of cloth shoes with a fine, imperceptible patch on the big toe.

He smiled.

Father Fang Ping walked over.

"Don't think too much, live up to yourself and do your best. ”

The corners of Fang Zhan's mouth twitched slightly, and he glanced at his father.

"I'm fine, don't worry. ”

Today is the last pass of the triennial and national literary examination of the Gaotang Kingdom - the palace examination.

In the examination held three days ago, 16-year-old Fang Zhan won the first place.

He became the youngest Huiyuan in the history of the Gaotang Kingdom.

In the Yanzhou Township Examination, he was also the first Xie Yuan.

Therefore, after the announcement of the list yesterday, the money shopkeeper of the nomination inn also said to Fang Zhan with a courteous face: "If Fang Gongzi's palace can win the championship again, it will be a real Lianzhong Sanyuan!"

It has been the seventh day since Fang Zhan came to the capital. In the past seven days, I participated in the examination, waited for the results, and immediately faced the palace examination when the results came out.

He and his father live in Zhuli Village, Yanzhou, which is more than 3,000 miles away from the capital, and he has been on the road for more than half a month to enter Beijing.

The father and son, who have always been poor, are frugal and reluctant to spend a little more money.

Fortunately, Li Langzhong and Xun Fuzi, who went to Beijing together, were generous, and they were not too shabby along the way.

Last night, in order to relieve his feelings, Fang Zhan washed his hands in the champion pool by the moat, when the dark clouds were rolling, lightning and thunder were roaring, and Fang Zhan fainted by the moat for some reason. This made my father really worried enough.

It is said that many years ago, a student who entered Beijing to catch the exam was in a hurry to wash his hands there on the eve of the palace examination, and the next day in the palace examination, the student was the first to take the lead, and the high school champion. Since then, there has been a custom of washing hands and praying for good luck.

Fang Ping looked at his son and saw that he was in a good state now, and his mood eased slightly.

As soon as the sky was slightly bright, many people had gathered outside the palace gate.

Fang Ping was sent here, and he couldn't go in again, and it was inevitable that Fang Zhan nodded while listening.

The officials of the routine inspection are carefully checking the hand of each person who participates in the examination, and this hand is only eligible for those who are nominated for the examination, and the winner has his name engraved on the hand, and Fang Zhan is the first person in the examination, of course.

Fang Zhan glanced at his father, smiled, and said, "You don't have to wait for me. ”

Walk up to the official with his hand.

This year's palace examination was held in the "Changyuan Palace", with eight examiners, plus one chief examiner, one deputy chief examiner, and 321 tributes participated. The huge Changyuan Hall is more than enough for a thousand people.

At this time, each person has their own corresponding seat, and the seat only leaves an exit that can be entered and exited and convenient for the examiner's supervision, and is surrounded by screens on three sides, and those who lean against the wall are only enclosed on two sides.

After Fang Zhan's explanation and teaching etiquette by the chief examiner, many tributes finally found their corresponding seats for the exam.

The questions in the palace examination are too few compared to the examination, and the questions are asked.

There is no fixed answer, it is purely based on one's own opinion on the question, but in this way, it can show the level of talent of each person.

Fang Zhan's seat was leaning on the front, closest to the examiner's position, and when the roll paper was handed out to him, Fang Zhan opened it and looked at it carefully.

The first question of the policy is entitled "How to deal with the problem of continuous flooding in the Zhao'er River?"

The title of the second question is "The northeastern border of the Gaotang Kingdom and the Xueling Kingdom have been disturbing each other for many years, how can it be avoided or reduced?"

The title of the third question is: "The west is bordered by a sea of nine thousand miles of sand, and the desert will erode our territory in the dry season.

The title of the fourth question is "Taking the country, the month, and the township as the guide, an improvised poem, no less than five crosses, but no more than 100 words." "Blah blah.

Fang Zhan read the test questions one by one, and in his heart, he actually discussed some questions with his father Fang Ping and Master Xun many years ago, and he always had some ideas of his own, so he should be handy.

The chief examiner was Master Ji Ruqingji, a scholar of the "Situ Pavilion", who looked majestic, he had his own seat, but it was inconvenient to sit all the time, so he stood up and walked to Fang Zhan's side.

Fang Zhan glanced at him and gave him a kind smile, and the examiner also nodded slightly, but did not speak. Then the chief examiner, Ji Ruqing, walked to the back.

There are a total of ten examiners in the examination room, and they keep walking slowly, looking at this and that, and the exam is limited to be handed in before sunset.

Originally, every palace examination was presided over by the emperor himself, but it seems that this year, for some reason, the emperor has never shown up.

Ji Ruqing walked very slowly, but in the end, he finished a circle, and he slowly returned to his seat.

As he passed Fang Zhan, he stopped.

He looked at the test paper in front of Fang Zhan carefully, and after looking at it for a while, his eyes showed disbelief, and then he stared at Fang Zhan's face.

It was like looking at a strange animal that had never been seen before.

Fang Zhan didn't realize it!

Ji Ruqing coughed lightly, and Fang Zhanwu was still answering.

Ji Ruqing seemed to finally couldn't help it, and whispered: "Young man, has your life been wasted so much?"

Fang Zhan is still writing!

"You're Fang Zhan, you're this year's Huiyuan, do you know what you're writing?"

Fang Zhan was unmoved, and didn't seem to hear what he said at all.

After saying these two sentences, Ji Ruqing knew that he had violated the law, but he couldn't bear to see a young man who was about to have a great future ruined like this!

He shook his head, sighed, and finally walked slowly.

He sat back in his place, couldn't help it, and glanced at Fang Zhan again.

Fang Zhan raised his head, and Ji Ruqing let out a soft "ah". Lean back and lean back in your chair.

He saw the heavy pupils in Fang Zhan's eyes!

A young man with heavy eyes in his eyes smiled weirdly at him!

He quickly stood up!

Fang Zhan lowered his head and wrote to himself.

Fang Zhan's writing is neither fast nor slow, but he doesn't seem to have to think and never stops.

Ji Ruqing's eyes narrowed and he shook his head. Sighed again. Didn't look at him again.

Near noon, Fang Zhan got up: "Submit the papers!"

After he said this, all the examiners looked at him, and even many of the tributes who were taking the exam raised their heads and cast envious and jealous glances at him.

The official who received the examination was outside the palace, and it was rumored that there was a tribute who had already handed in the papers, but the official who received the papers was stunned, because there was no such precedent, how could anyone in the palace test hand in the papers so quickly, so he hurriedly came over and put away Fang Zhan's test papers.

According to the system, he will collect all the test papers and hand them over to the sealing officer, who will seal the test papers and then hand them over to the examiner, who will then send them to the examiner of the evaluation cabinet, who will review them uniformly.

After the palace examination, the next day the paper will be marked, and the list will be released the next day. This is the rule of the Gaotang National Palace Examination.

Fang Zhan completed the most important and final exam of his life in this way!