Today, the sun rises in the east and is clear.

It's April, and Chang'an in April is getting warmer.

It's been a while since the exam list was released, and the talk about the topic of the exam has begun to cool down, because in a few days, it will be the day of the palace exam.

The palace test was presided over by the current saint himself, and then the royal pen named the top three jinshi, so that all the tributes could enjoy the supreme glory.

Above the palace examination, only the examination is the current policy question, regardless of other things. The tributes entered the Baohe Hall of the Forbidden City at dawn, and went through ritual procedures such as roll call, scattering, and praising and worshipping, and sat down in the palace. Then the policy question is issued, and only one test is taken. However, the questions are often extremely long, as many as 100 words, or even hundreds of words, mainly to inquire about current affairs, so that the tributes can express their opinions according to the matter and write the answer sheet of the article.

After the examination, eight examiners are responsible for cross-reviewing, attaching the results of the review, and finally selecting the best ten papers to submit to the Holy Lord.

The three first-class jinshi will come from these ten volumes of articles.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the Holy Lord was not satisfied with these ten volumes of articles and asked for a re-screening. It's just that such a situation is relatively rare, anyway, in the history of the Xia Yu Dynasty, it has never appeared.

The temple examination is only one day, the entrance in the morning, the end of the day, and the results in the evening - on that day, the Holy One will not show his face.

The next day, the saint will appear in the temple, see the appearance of the tributes on the spot, and set the top three rankings.

From this point of view, the palace examination is quite a draft.

The draft mainly looks at two aspects, the first is calligraphy: the answer sheet must be in the right style, that is, the so-called "pavilion style". The font should be "square", "light round", "jet black", "large", etc. If the handwriting is not good, it does not meet the requirements. No matter how well the essay is written, the score will be greatly reduced.

Second, look at people.

The facial features should be correct. The body should be slender and can be sven. But it should not be shown to be weak. Those who are defective in appearance or skinny are destined to be in the holy eye.

You must know that the top three jinshi such as "champion", "Bangyan", and "Tanhua" represent the face of the dynasty, and their appearance is unsightly and unseemly, but it is difficult to be selected.

"Judging people by their appearance" is understandable.

After the ranking of the top three jinshi is demarcated, the gold list is announced to the world. The jinshi arranged flowers and rode horses and toured Chang'an Street. Enjoy the honors.

There is also a feast of saints, which is held in the royal garden, called "Qionglin Banquet".

Such as all kinds, it is really a true portrayal of "the dynasty is Tian Shelang, and the twilight is the Tianzi Hall". The poor scholars climbed the ladder, the carp jumped over the dragon gate, and the green clouds went straight up.

Ye Rongtong was born in a scholarly family, and in Yangzhou, it is also considered a family. When I heard my name from the fast horse news. His excitement was no less than that of a poor scholar.

This time, the whole country gathered a lot of people, including many talented people from all walks of life. It was because his expectations of Huiyuan were not high. Just think about getting through.

Sure enough, when the trial list was released, his name appeared in the seventy-eighth place.

That's not a high ranking. It's not low.

In fact, the ranking of the tributes is almost meaningless, even if it is the last 300th. is also a "quasi-jinshi". When you go to the temple test, the saint is named. It's the final arrangement. And this arrangement has little to do with the ranking of the examination.

Even if it is Huiyuan, there may not be extra points in the temple examination.

Therefore, among the weight of "Lianzhong Sanyuan", the champion is the first, the solution is the second, and the Huiyuan can only rank third, which is not unreasonable.

But then again, the first is always the first, and it will be the one that attracts people's attention after all.

On the day of the release, Ye Rongtong stayed outside the inner city inn until the final result was announced, Huiyuan: Chen Yuan, Chen Daoyuan.

He was quite pleasantly surprised by this result, but he really didn't expect Chen Sanlang to win two yuan in a row. As a Yangzhou person, he is free and honored, and his face is bright.

The problem is that on this day, Chen Sanlang, who is Huiyuan, has not appeared.

This simply made Ye Rongtong feel crazy, and he couldn't wait to find Chen Sanlang immediately and spit on him - at such a critical and important moment, how could the protagonist not appear?

After the test results were released, the dust settled, and the candidates were happy, and they could continue to stay in the inner city inn and live until the end of the palace test.

As for passing the palace examination and setting the ranking, of course, the jinshi will return to their hometown.

The jinshi are all officials, and they will arrange their duties immediately. Whether it is a real job, a clear stream, a stay in Beijing, or an external release, they all have a place to go anyway, and they are not as wasteful as lifting people. But before that, the emperor will allow them to go back for a few months before taking office.

Wealth does not return to the hometown, just like a brocade at night. Besides, the relatives at home are all eager to wear it, how can they abandon it?

And those who will try to fail the list can only pack up their baggage and leave the inner city gloomily.

In the past few days, the number of guests at the inn has begun to decrease. Between the exams, the dominant melody is the ten-mile pavilion to bid farewell to friends and friends, and for a while, I don't know how many poems about "parting" have been made.

Ye Rongtong said goodbye to several groups of friends, he has a wide range of contacts, not only with Yangzhou local people, other states and counties also have a large number of a batch, through guò to meet friends in the way of letters, when the temperament is like-minded, then the wine and talk, make friends.

However, among so many friends and friends, what Ye Rongtong wants to see the most is Chen Sanlang. For several days, he inquired in various ways, but never heard from Chen Sanlang, which made him feel surprised and worried at the same time.

As an examiner, when he learned that he would be in high school, how could he disappear without a trace?

Ye Rongtong knows Chen Sanlang's family background, and knows that he should not have many relatives in Chang'an, so where can he go?

Could something be wrong......

Thinking of this possibility, Ye Rongtong couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Life is unpredictable and unpredictable. In the past, it is not without cases of being happy and sad in the exam.

There was a high school entrance examination, but some accidents occurred and the director died.

Ye Rongtong thought a lot, including the entanglement between Chen Sanlang and the local snake Master Cai, as well as the mysterious powerful backers who may have zài behind them, etc.

"If you don't see anyone before the palace test, I'm afraid you will have to go to the yamen to beat the drum and sound the trumpet, and ask the government to find someone......

There is no news about the mud cow entering the sea, which is not a small matter. Even in the vast and deep Chang'an, it can set off a wave of waves, which is enough to attract the attention of the official.

Ye Rongtong sighed, feeling that this kind of thing was a bit weird, very unreasonable, and incomprehensible......

"It's not scientific!"

Xiguo, Chang'an, is the most complex and relatively remote and backward place in the capital area.

In a remote dwelling.

There is a locust tree planted in the courtyard, and the locust tree casts a green shade, and under the green shade sits a person.

The delicate Sven looks, but his cheeks look a little sallow and sickly.

Chen Sanlang was indeed sick, frowning, and said to himself in distress: "How is it possible? It's been so many days, and I haven't recovered much, what is the problem?"

He felt sad and couldn't help coughing violently again.

Soon there will be a palace test, if he looks like this, like a sick man, maybe he, Huiyuan, will be directly beaten to the third class in the palace test, and stoop down to be a "fellow jinshi".

"No, until then, this must be solved!" (To be continued......)