This time, the talent test near Caozhou was arranged to be held in Yongzhou, which is not too far from Caozhou.

In order to familiarize himself with the environment, Wang Han arrived at Yongzhou Mansion early after the New Year, and rented a dilapidated courtyard in Yongzhou Mansion, which is far away from the hustle and bustle, very quiet, and is a good place to study.

These days, in addition to buying some food and going out, Wang Han spends the rest of his time in the courtyard quietly reading, and occasionally, he will also hand the articles he wrote to some of today's celebrities, but unfortunately they are all rejected, and he is disheartened, so he concentrates on reading and no longer delivers his articles to celebrities.

When he went out to buy some food one day, Wang Han saw a person walking around the neighborhood with a bag on his back and a patch on his shirt, like a down-and-out talent who had not found a place to live.

Wang Han stepped forward and accosted him, and the man also put down his bags and started talking, and while talking, Wang Han saw that the man was very famous and gentlemanly, and he was very happy, so he invited her to live in the same courtyard with him.

The man also agreed, so they lived in the courtyard together, and after living in, the man introduced himself and said, "I am from Shuntianfu, my surname is Yu, and the word goes evil." ”

Wang Han's age is slightly older than Yu Quevil, and Yu Quevil calls Wang Han his brother.

Yu Qu malignant Ge Xi Jing does not like to move, often alone, sitting in the courtyard, when Wang Han does not talk to him, he just sits there quietly, rarely takes the initiative to speak.

Moreover, Yu Quevil rarely reads, and after living for a few days, Wang Han has not seen him read, and he is very strange in his heart, so he went to see what was in the bookbox, except for pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, there were no books.

Wang Han felt very strange. So he went to ask Yu Quevil, and Yu Qu smiled evilly: "We are scholars." It's all about the usual bit by bit accumulation, how can you be cramming temporarily. ”

One day. Yu Quevil borrowed a book from Wang Han, closed the door and copied it, copying it very quickly, copying more than 50 pages in one day, and after copying, he was not seen binding it into a book.

Wang Han was very puzzled, so he went to look at him secretly, and saw that every page he copied was missing a page, and the burned ashes were all put in his mouth and eaten. Wang Han was even more strange in his heart, even a little frightened.

So he asked him, and Yu Qu said evilly: "I'm just eating instead of reading." Then he memorized the books he had copied, and in a moment he memorized several of them, word for word. ”

Wang Han was very happy and asked Yu to teach this method to evil, but Yu said no. Tao Sheng thought that Yu was too conservative and not enough friends, so he stabbed him.

Yu Quevil said: "Brother, you don't understand me too much. There are some things I want to say to you, and I can't explain them clearly, but when I suddenly tell you, I'm afraid of scaring you. What should I do?"

Wang Han begged again and again: "You can say it! Then he said, "I am not a human, but a ghost." Now the officials are appointed by examination, and on the 16th day of the first month, they are ordered to examine the examiners, and on the 18th day the scholars who should take the examination are admitted. At the end of the month, the list will be announced. ”

Tao Sheng asked again: "What does the examiner do?"

Yu said: "For the sake of prudence, God deals with all kinds of officials. You have to take an exam. Those who are good at writing will be hired as examiners, and those who are not familiar with literature and science will not be hired. Because there are also all kinds of gods in the underworld. It's like there are Taishou and county orders in the world. Those who have attained ambition no longer read ancient books and history, they just use ancient books as stepping stones to gain fame. If you are in charge of clerical work for more than 10 years, you will be able to become a bachelor of arts, and how can you still leave a few words in your chest! The reason why people who are not talented in the world can become officials, but talented people who cannot become officials, is because there are few such examinations. ”

Wang Han listened to it and felt that this was indeed the case, he had been unable to pass the exam several times, so there was no such reason.

One day, Yu Quevil came back from outside, with a sad face, sighed and said: "I was poor when I was alive, and I thought that I would be free from poverty after death, but unexpectedly, Mr. Unlucky followed me to the underworld. ”

Tao Sheng asked him what was going on, and Yu Quevil said: "Wen Changxing was ordered to go to Duluo Kingdom to be crowned king, and he will not participate in the examiner's exam for the time being." Decades of wandering spirits and consuming ghosts are mixed in with the examiners, what hope do we have?"

Wang Han asked, "What kind of people are those people?"

Yu said: "Even if you say it, you don't know it." Just say one or two people, and you may know the way. For example, Le Zhengguan Shi Kuang, Treasurer and Qiao are such people. I thought to myself: first, we can't be at the mercy of fate, and second, we can't rely on literature to forge ahead, and there is no discrepancy, so it's better to leave it at that. ”

Wang Han left several persuasions, but could not persuade him, and when he left, Yu Quevil said: "Brother Wang, your is not good, you were born at the wrong time, and the probability of this subject examination is only one-tenth; ”

After hearing this, Wang Han felt that there was no hope for this subject, so he wanted to simply not take the test.

Yu Quevil said: "This is not good, this is the number of days, even if you know that you can't pass the exam, you have to go through this destined hardship." ”

After finishing speaking, he packed his bags, shook his body, and turned into a light smoke.

Wang Han saw that he was going to the place where the evil disappeared, and he was a little lost in his heart, so he stayed alone in the study, and no longer had the intention of reading, so he sat alone in the courtyard and watched the clouds rolling in the sky.

On the street outside the courtyard, firecrackers are ringing and rumbling, tomorrow is the eighteenth day of the first month, the annual big exam is coming, Wang Han predicted his fate, and he was very calm.

I went to the examination room, took three exams, stayed for a few days, and sure enough, I didn't pass the exam, so I packed my luggage and went home.

And when Wang Han was taking the exam, Wang Ziteng also went to Hongyi School to prepare for the entrance exam, and there were many ways for Bai Ding to enter the school.

One is that a famous person introduces you to it, one is to take out a large amount of money and pay the tuition fee to enter, and the third is to have real talent and learning, and enter with your own talent.

Wang Ziteng didn't know any famous people, and he didn't want to buy it with money, so he took the entrance exam for the annual Hongyi Academy.

The person who invigilated the exam this time was Mr. Zhu Fuzi, the teacher of Hongyi School.

"That person should be Wang Ziteng. ”

When Wang Ziteng just entered, Zhu Fuzi noticed Wang Ziteng, smiled coldly in his heart, and touched the white scroll in his sleeve: "No matter how well you do in the exam, it will be this blank paper when you hand it in." ”

Since it is an entrance exam, the questions on the paper are not difficult, and they are basically filled in some common sage sentences, but the last question is for students to write a simple essay.

Wang Ziteng remembered a lot of things in the books, and the fill-in-the-blank questions were like flowing water, and there was no hindrance, but the articles that should be made were not much, and it was a little difficult to write, but they were finally completed.

"Although I didn't do very well, it shouldn't be too difficult to get into this Hongyi Academy, right?"

After checking the paper and seeing that there were no mistakes, I planned to hand it in and go out. (To be continued......)