In a peaceful and prosperous era, the style of study flourished, especially in the land south of the Yangtze River, where talented people gathered. There are countless academies of all kinds, but they are divided into official and private schools.

Private schools are academies funded and built by celebrities and gentry from all over the world. The official school was built by the imperial court. Wang Xuezheng said that letting Xu Xian study in his house was just a saying, but in fact, he was arranging for him to study in a good academy with peace of mind.

Xu Xian understood that although Xiu had only entered the academy in the examination, he had just entered the door after the imperial examination. There is a long road ahead, and every step is difficult and dangerous. Even if there is a teacher to take care of him, he still doesn't know how far he can go? But he is at peace with what happens, and he doesn't worry much about the future.

What he is most worried about now is when the White Lady will come, the original plot does not show a specific time, only a specific location. At that time, Xu Xian seemed to be very down, just a helper's buddy, but his age was completely indistinguishable.

"Are you going to get on the West Lake?" Xu Xian shook his head and smiled bitterly. Although with his current situation, marrying a beautiful daughter-in-law is not a problem. If you win again, it is not a problem to take a concubine.

Even now, there are many matchmakers who come to the door, but they are all pushed away by Xu Xian in the name of peace of mind. Wang Xuezheng also sent a special letter to express his approval on this matter, saying a lot of things like 'why is a big husband without a wife' and 'don't indulge in women'.

Xu Xian could only smile bitterly in his heart, his obsession with the White Lady was very deep, if Bai Suzhen appeared on the broken bridge tomorrow, I am afraid that Xu Xian would have the possible surname of flash marriage, and at that time, I don't know what Wang Xuezheng's expression was.

But maybe it's a good thing, the woman in the dream has never come. Xu Xian packed his bags and went to Hangzhou City, and the door of Hangzhou Hajj Academy had been opened to him.

The Hajj Academy can be regarded as the most prestigious academy in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and only young talents are admitted to study here. It can be said that there are many talents, and the talents who have gone out from here do not know how many people are there, even the champions have also produced two.

Preaching in the market and entering the Hajj Academy is equivalent to stepping into the official gate with one foot, as long as the other foot is taken in. Although it is not as light as rumored, the College is also very special. The most important thing is that the capital of the academy is the academic administration of the state capital, so it will be convenient to be able to establish a good relationship first, and it will naturally be convenient in the future.

In the Hajj Academy, there is a clearing paved with bluestone. Dozens of young people gathered together, all of them young talents from various counties. Naturally, it is inevitable to talk about the past and the present, and talk about the world and the earth. or fellow villagers, or like-minded people, gathered together in groups of three or five, and talked endlessly.

But there are also those who stand alone, and Xu Xian is one of them. He has traveled to this day, living in a small county town, and is used to seeing small bridges and flowing water. When I saw these big families today, I felt that it was another scenery. Walk around like a tourist. Some people laughed at him as a hillbilly.

"Xu Xian, Xu Xian. A voice came from behind Xu Xian.

Xu Xianzheng looked at a pair of couplets on the door, and looked back: "Oh, Wang An, what's the matter?"

Wang An hurriedly glanced at him, and Xu Xian was stunned before he realized those vague eyes, and couldn't help laughing: "No matter what they do, you look at this couplet, it's really a bit interesting." ”

The man named Wang An was a thin young man, who was the same villager as Xu Xian, but he was from the villages and towns below, and his family was poorer than Xu Xian. In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and the local concept was particularly important. The two naturally got together. Wang An saw that Xu Xian's actions were ridiculed, and his face was gloomy, so he hurriedly reminded him, but he didn't want Xu Xian to care about these at all.

They laughed at Xu Xian for not seeing the world, but they didn't know that Xu Xian had seen the world that they couldn't imagine at all, and where would Xu Xian's surname care about other people's eyes.

Wang An was dragged by Xu Xian, so he had to sigh secretly and watch the couplet.

In the crowd, a finger pointed at Xu Xian and they smiled: "Pan Gongzi, look at the poor and sour appearance of those two people, I probably haven't seen such a big door!"

A person next to him said: "Brother Tian, don't make fun of it, the local people have never seen the world, how can it be like Brother Pan who just came back from Jiangbei Province, in comparison, we are also frogs in the well." These words are very hot, and they are also touted, but they are not obvious, and they do not let people underestimate themselves.

But to the disappointment of the two people, Pan Gongzi just smiled silently, and his handsome face was as handsome as jade with a little thought. looked at Xu Xian, but was thinking in his heart about when to befriend Xu Xian.

He is the nephew of the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, well-informed, and he has long known that Xu Xian has been accepted as a protégé by Xuezheng and has a bright future, but he is not comparable to the two people in front of him. However, he has never dismissed anyone's face, but gently lifted the topic away, and said some interesting things about his relatives with a smile. After a while, there was a large crowd of people around him

After a while, a gong sounded, and the talents consciously stood in place. The leader, dressed in official robes, stood on the steps and said words of encouragement and vigilance.

Immediately afterwards, there was a small trial, a quiet room, dozens of low tables, and the four treasures of the study.

Xu Xian vaguely found some of the feelings when he was in school, taking exams again and again, but although exams were important at that time, they could not completely determine a person's fate. And now this road of imperial examinations, whether it is successful or not, is really a difference between cloud and mud. No matter how arrogant a person is, he must be careful when he sits here, and he does not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

has followed the thousand-year-old imperial examination system, but there are few crazy students like Jin Shengsi. Unlike the real college entrance examination, there are still some pretentious and chic people every year. But if these people are allowed to come to this examination room, I am afraid that no one will be able to be chic.

In the examination room, there was only the sound of a pen slashing across the paper, and the candidates all lowered their heads and worked hard to write, and Xu Xian was only one of the most inconspicuous among these many people.

At the end of the exam, Xu Xian put down his pen, and the exam paper was collected, first the gentleman in the prison room glanced at it, then circulated it layer by layer, and finally handed it to the head of the hospital.

In the elegant courtyard, a middle-aged man with long hair held a scroll and looked at it carefully, on which was inscribed the name of Xu Xian. After reading it, he gently put it on the table and smiled at the person next to him: "Wen Rui, although your protégé's article is good, there is nothing surprising about it." ”

That Wenrui was Xu Xian's teacher Wang Xuezheng, and at this time he also smiled and put down a scroll in his hand: "Your nephew has written a splendid article." The inscription on the volume is the word Pan Yu.

One of the two is the governor and the other is a scholar, and their positions are very different, if it weren't for the two of them in the past, and the Wang family's family is quite large, I am afraid they would not be able to get along so equally. However, it is a rare fate that the ups and downs of Huan Hai can meet again. Originally, it was not their turn to come to see this kind of small test, but it happened that there were two juniors in this exam, so they took out the papers and evaluated each other, and they also had the idea of winning or losing.

Wang Xuezheng changed his words and said: "But have you forgotten the method that the teacher taught us back then? ”

Governor Pan smiled: "Although this Xu Xian's handwriting is good, it's not that I'm biased, but it's my nephew's handwriting that is more beautiful." ”

Wang Xuezheng shook his head again and again: "Wrong, wrong, what the teacher said about looking at characters is not looking at calligraphy, but looking at the surname." Although your nephew's handwriting is beautiful, the penmanship is tortuous, and the feminine atmosphere is too heavy, and the city government is afraid that it is too deep. It is still Xu Xian's words that are sparse and free, and he is more thoughtful. ”

Governor Pan scolded with a smile: "Okay, you are Wang Wenrui, and you are still a surname who does not admit defeat." You have forgotten how the teacher commented on your words back then, 'rigidity is extremely easy to break, and the edge is extremely easy to frustrate'. Besides, among the people of my generation, is it a bad thing that the city government is deeper? After speaking, he also had some feelings, reading the books of sages, a few of them did not have the ambition of helping the world and the people, but the world was difficult, and in the end, only the city government was getting deeper and deeper.

Wang Xuezheng also smiled and said: "It turns out that you still remember that the affairs of the children should be handled by them! ”

"I can't ask for it, I can't ask for it. You have a good rest with me, and you Lingyun will come and say."

But not to mention that the two acquaintances talked about wine.

In the academy, Wang An used the wrong dictionary in the exam and is regretting it.

Xu Xian persuaded him on the side, and Wang Anwu was unhappy.

"If a person is not a sage, he can do no wrong. Presumably, the examiner can also be considerate, so Brother Wang should not worry too much. ”

Xu Xian and Wang An were both stunned, and when they looked back, a very handsome young man was smiling and saluting him, it was Pan Yu.