In the early morning, the sunlight pierced the locks of the sky, and the golden sword with the handle smoothly arrived in the world, and the morning mist gradually dissipated, and the sword turned into a golden curtain to warm the world.

As the only gateway to the outside world along the 180-mile coastline, Qingping Town is as clean and peaceful as ever. The early residents go out to meet, draw well water from the old well, the cold street slowly becomes lively, the sound of children playing, the collision of pots and stoves in the kitchen, and the shouting of street vendors, converge into a music of life, not noble, but noble. The cold well water rushed through the bluestone pavement, and the dirt of the night disappeared with the water, and the water flowed into a stream and poured into the cracks of the stone road. The flow of people outside the city also gathered into a stream, pouring into the city gate of Qingping Town, and for a time there was a lot of noise at the city gate, which was not very tall.

The huge bluestone city wall reflected a faint golden light in the sun, as if to welcome the arrival of Mu Chuan and the others, and some simple city gates looked majestic at a glance, at least for Mu Chuan. "It's finally here!" Listening to the hustle and bustle in the town, thinking about himself and his husband sleeping in the open, Mu Chuan couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart, but after thinking about it, his money and property were all robbed, and he couldn't help but feel a little gloomy. Mr. Mo still looked unsmiling, glanced at Mu Chuan, patted his waist lightly, and said lightly: "Let's go, go to sign up first, and then find a hotel to live in, don't think about money, let's talk about it after the exam." ”

Qingping Town should be the largest town within a radius of several hundred miles, otherwise the national examination would not be held here. And because the selection examination will be held, the excitement has doubled.

Mu Chuan grew up in a fishing village since he was a child, although Mr. Mo taught him to be much calmer than his peers, but after all, he was a teenager, and he grew up so much except for the fact that he followed his father to the next village to drink wine and watch the troupe invited back from the town when he was six years old, it was the first time he saw such a lively scene, not to mention that this number of people was not at the same level, the teenager was a little excited, and felt full of strangeness for some new things, looking left and right. Mr. Mo frowned, turned around and urged Mu Chuan, the latter smiled and temporarily put away his curiosity, but the crowd was crowded, and the two were not familiar with the direction, and after several inquiries, they knew the direction, and when they arrived at the place preset by the government, the sun was high, and it was already noon.

The young man looked at the long queue in front of the door, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he understood that this was a triennial talent selection exam, and the students in the surrounding villages and towns must have squeezed up with all their might, and they didn't dare to say that they jumped into the dragon gate, but after passing the preliminary examination, they were also superior in this place. Mr. Mo explained, and Mu Chuan went to line up.

Mu Chuan stood in line and looked around, most of them were teenagers and girls of his age, standing in sagged clothes, and some of the candidates who knew each other were greetings, talking, maintaining feelings, and showing off their literary talents.

"Say, is this exam difficult..."

"It's hard to say, who doesn't want to jump into the dragon gate?"

"Haha, brother, it's not easy to talk about, every time a talent is selected, the township goes to seven or eight, and the town goes to five or six..."

"Hey, I heard that Wang Gongzi is a brilliant person, and several old people in the town are full of praise for him!"

"Head to head, I think the top of this selection list must be in his pocket. ”

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The conversation was very loud and the content was varied, but Mu Chuan's mind was not on these.

Although his parents are not old, Mu Chuan knows the hard work of going to sea every time, and he has a strong desire in his heart, that is, to obtain the ranking of this exam, so that even if there is no follow-up, he can become a teacher in the town with him, so that his parents can follow him out and avoid the pain of the wind and waves.

"Hey..."Thinking of a beautiful vision in his mind, Mu Chuan laughed in a low voice.

"That soil bun, what are you laughing at!?" Mu Chuan woke up from his fantasy with an obviously angry voice, and looked at the sound to see that it was a young man from the team next to him, with a face like a jade, dressed in brocade clothes, obviously a child of a rich and noble family, but his ruthless expression ruined this good skin.

"This brother, dare to ask me what is offensive?" Mu Chuan was confused, looked at the young man opposite, and wondered why he had a conflict with someone because he hadn't done anything. The brocade-clothed young man was surrounded by a few similarly dressed rich kids, who looked like they should be companions or something.

"Hehe, Tu Baozi, you were laughing at Brother Wang's bad sentence just now, why, don't you dare to admit it?" A duck-like voice sounded, and another young man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks stepped forward, glanced at Mu Chuan with triangular eyes and said.

Mu Chuan really can't say it, his own blind thinking can also cause incidents, it's better to go out more than less, Mu Chuan still has to explain: "Brother Tai, you really misunderstood, just ..... it" Before Mu Chuan finished speaking, the young man surnamed Wang interrupted him: "Don't quibble, but Young Master Ben is still very generous, as long as you can kowtow to me and admit your mistake, I may not be able to forgive you, well, how?" Speaking of the back, it was the arrogant laughter of a group of people.

Mu Chuan was secretly annoyed in his heart, this person was too sloppy. looked at each other coldly, and said loudly: "What if I don't?" The young man surnamed Wang narrowed his eyes slightly, and was about to say something cruel when an old cheer broke the situation in the field.

"What's the noise!" the crowd split a path, and the people who came were dressed in cloud-patterned gray shirts, with gray hair and beards, but there was no twilight in sight. The old man's eyes swept over Mu Chuan and the others, and asked, "The old man is the director of this exam, what are you talking about, and there is a lot of noise." The noisy hall was suddenly quiet, and many people had their hands around their chests, obviously gloating.

"Lord Director, I exchanged poems with him, this guy is not as good as me, when I want him to apologize, I show disdain and refuse, not only do I speak disrespectfully, but I also want to beat people!" ”

This young man surnamed Wang has a bad temperament, and the wicked person sues first, so it must make Mu Chuan leave a little impression in the director's heart, of course, it is not good. Mu Chuan frowned slightly, and the anger in his heart rose slightly, it was just a misunderstanding, he didn't take it seriously, but the young man surnamed Wang did this, which would inevitably affect his exam in a few days.

If he Muchuan is considered like this, it will make people who don't know the truth think that he is narrow-minded, and even if he gets a ranking in the exam, I'm afraid he will make others laugh.

Mu Chuan took a deep breath of air, bowed to the old man, and said, "Lord Director, the student has never behaved like this, I believe that the people present can help me testify." However, there were not many echoes in the field, which made Mu Chuan a little surprised, why were people outside the village so indifferent?

But it's really no wonder, because this young man surnamed Wang, everyone who knows knows that he is the only son of the richest man in the town, and people who don't know him know that he is not an ordinary family just by looking at this gorgeous clothes, to put it bluntly, who is not afraid of getting into trouble?

The gray-robed old man looked at the two of them and waved his hand: "It's not a big mistake to be young and vigorous, but it is really not appropriate to be arrogant and arrogant, but if he said, if you have no talent, then you can't blame others." Turning to face the onlookers, he said loudly: "Although the old man is not a talented man, but he has not drunk the ink for decades, I will ask the question for the two of them, if this young man," the old man paused for a moment, and pointed to Mu Chuan, "I can't answer this young man," and the other hand pointed to the young man surnamed Wang, "Then you must apologize, do you two have any objections?" The last sentence asked the two.

Without waiting for the two to respond, the male duck's voice sounded: "Brother Wang, I think you have to add some punishment, so that the native dogs in the countryside will not have a long memory in the future." The young man surnamed Wang laughed loudly when he heard this: "What is said is extremely true, the loser must kowtow and apologize." ”

As soon as the words fell, the onlookers became lively, and the voices of discussion came and went.

"Hehe, it's not a loss to come today..."

"Friend, do you think whoever wins has a better chance? ”

"If you want me to say, this young man in sackcloth will inevitably make a fool of himself. ”

"Why did Brother Tai say this?"

"This prince is the son of the richest man in the town, can the gentleman invited by the family be poor?"

"I don't think so, but the young man in sackcloth seems to be calm..."

"Question me, don't worry about him first, come, my brother will teach you to compose poetry..."

"Afraid of you, come here!"

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"Noise!" the gray-robed old man snorted, and the surroundings returned to calm. Many eyes intertwined and stayed on a handsome young man in a linen shirt in the field.

Mu Chuan looked at the young man surnamed Wang, the latter's arrogant posture made him very unhappy, he was a young man without blood, and he was only fifteen.

After a while, the young man's clear voice echoed in the crowded hall, "I agree!"

"Horses are good at being ridden, and people are good at being bullied. What Mr. said is really right, but, honest people are not all soft persimmons, and if I am not as good as this wicked person, I don't need to take the exam, and the province will ruin Mr.'s reputation!" Mu Chuan's heart ignited a little spark.