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The sky was bright, and the city of Yangzhou was shrouded in a layer of mist, which seemed deserted. In some corner, a rooster crowed, breaking the silence between heaven and earth, and then the second rooster crowed, followed by the third......

As soon as the rooster sang the world white, the entire Yangzhou City was like a giant beast that was awakened, and it became lively all of a sudden. Vendors from all walks of life got up early in the morning, left their homes with their goods, and rushed to the streets to grab a good place to set up a stall.

But today, a group of green-shirted scholars got up earlier than them, and flocked to the trial hall in droves.

Today is a big day for the township examination.

A person's life, decades of spring and autumn, thousands of days, for the people of this world, the day of the township examination is undoubtedly extremely important, and it must not be missed.

At the Dragon Gate Inn, the crowd was buzzing, and one by one the scholars left and went to the trial hospital.

In the room on the third floor, Chen Sanlang had already gotten up, finished washing, and sat quietly in front of the window, looking at the scene outside the window, looking at the scholars and candidates who were walking towards the examination hall like a torrent.

The rosewood sword box was placed on the table, motionless - the township examination inspection was extremely strict, and the candidates could not even bring the examination basket in, and the four treasures of the study room were also placed in the examination room. It can be said that each scholar is not allowed to carry any miscellaneous items except for the clothes and clothes he wears.

The rules of the examination have long been publicly displayed, and the disciplinary requirements have been repeatedly reclaimed, and those who violate the rules will be found in the process of entering the examination room, even if these sundries have nothing to do with cheating, they will be found to be in violation, and then expelled and disqualified from the examination. It will even be blacklisted, and it will be difficult to take the test again in the future.

Therefore, the sword case cannot be carried, and it must be left in the inn.

Without the company of Xiaojian, I am inexplicably a little unaccustomed.

Tuk tuk!

There was a knock on the door, and Lao Zhou shouted outside: "Dao Yuan." Okay, let's go. ”

Chen Sanlang responded: "It's good." ”

Got up and opened the door and walked out.

There are two scholars who are traveling together, one of whom is called "Gu Linchuan", but he is a fellow countryman, also from Nanyang College.

The four of them came to the outside of the test hall. Seeing a large number of people pressed by the black, the square outside the test hall was full.

Outside the square, there were soldiers patrolling to maintain order, shouting: "Idle people, etc., are not allowed to enter the square." ”

The so-called "idle people" are the scholarly attendants who follow the scholars. and family members and others. There are a lot of local scholars in Yangzhou, because the place is close, naturally there are family members to send the exam, and some of the examinees from large families will also be accompanied by scholars, following and waiting.

These people can only be sent outside the square.

I stood in an open space for a while, and the hour came. A gong and drum sounded, and finally the inspection and entry began.

Due to the rigorous and meticulous inspection, which took a lot of time to untie the head and loosen it, it was necessary to enter the venue as soon as possible.

The approach is planned into six corridors and divided into six teams, in this case. It can save a lot of time.

Chen Sanlang lined up, and it was his turn for about half an hour to be inspected, and he was shun. The test number will be put at the time of inspection, and you can take a seat after entering the room.

The test house of the state and county is twice as large as the test house of the prefecture and city, and the test house is built squarely. It is meticulous, and the space inside is relatively large, at least it can make a person lie down and sleep, and both feet can be stretched straight. Joke. For three days in each exam, eating, drinking, and Lazar are all in it, and if it is as narrow as a cage, this person will have to be sick even if he is not sick.

Candidates entered the examination room according to the number, and immediately a deacon in the examination room fastened the wooden gate from the outside, and it looked like they were in prison.

No wonder it is often said: the examination room is like a prison.

I didn't eat breakfast at the inn in the morning, and my stomach was grumbling with hunger -- not eating outside during the township test was an unwritten convention of untraceable origin, mainly to prevent eating the wrong thing, or to prevent people from tampering with it.

Therefore, most of the test takers hold back and wait until they enter the test room before receiving food and drink.

When all the examinees were in place, there was a special person to check and count, and finally the results were obtained, and the loud announcement was made: "Yangzhou Prefecture and County have obtained a total of 368 people who have obtained the qualifications for the township examination, and there are 326 people, and 42 people are absent. ”

Chen Sanlang listened to it, but he didn't think it was strange. There are so many people, and some people are unable to enter the exam due to some irresistible factors, and there will be every township exam. Or they really can't raise it, or they get sick, and some of them suffer misfortune along the way......

As soon as Chen Sanlang arrived in Yangzhou, he took a carriage into the city at the wharf, and he was almost poisoned, and he was replaced by another weak scholar, wouldn't he have died unjustly?

After the inventory was completed and the list was checked, the chief examiner Su Yanran ordered that you can put food and drink, as well as the four treasures of the study.

The morning diet is simple, with meatloaf and water. It is said that it is a meat patty, but in fact, the meat is less and more noodles, and some meat is mixed together, mainly out of nutritional considerations; as for the four treasures of the study, they belong to the standard items, and the things that everyone receives are exactly the same, and the quantity is also the same. However, if the wear and tear is excessive during the examination and there is not enough pen, ink and paper, you can apply for an extra copy.

For each game, you can only take one more at most, and if it's not enough, you don't need to take this test.

Therefore, on top of these uses, we must be very cautious, pick up the pen and ink, and not write casually.

Take the four treasures of the study, carefully set them aside, then grab the meatloaf and water, and eat and drink in a big gulp.

Chen Sanlang seems to have a natural attachment to food, he can not pay attention to fancy, he can not care about the ingredients, he must be full first. Under the condition of conditions, the delicacies of the mountains and seas can be served; without conditions, coarse tea and light rice can also satisfy the stomach.

After eating and drinking, sit quietly and wait for the exam questions to be announced.

Today is the first session of the township test, according to the routine test of four book questions and three questions, five words and eight rhyme poems one, and four scriptures, a total of eight questions, a lot of them. The number of words in each inscription of the four books shall not be less than 300, and the number of words in the scriptures shall not be less than 500, adding up, a total of at least more than 3,000 words, which is quite considerable in the concise and graceful world of ancient literature.

Of course, compared with the attention to the form, the content of the title, the number of words is not worth mentioning.

After another quarter of an hour, a deacon put the test questions, all the questions were printed on paper, and each candidate was given a copy and looked at it in his hand.

After taking the exam questions, Chen Sanlang looked up and saw eight questions, the ways were clear, the four book questions and the scripture questions were put aside first, and he first looked at the poems with five words and eight rhymes. This poem is quite strict about the format and rhyme, and there can be no mistake in every word, and if it is wrong, the score will be greatly reduced.

Seeing this topic, he immediately remembered an extremely famous trial poem: "Farewell to the Ancient Grass"-

"Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered; wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and the spring breeze blows and grows ......"

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