Chapter 310 Autumn begins

This township exam is different from the previous county exam and government exam. This time, there are three exams, three days for each exam, the eighth, eleventh, and fourteenth days of the first day of the new year. The "numbered rooms" are one by one, which is similar to the previous one, but more strict.

Wen Yuanliang has been practicing martial arts, and being detained for three days is nothing to him. Wen Yuanhong and Qi Zixi were stimulated by Chen Ningya drinking Wen Yuanliang. Passing the hometown exam should not be a problem, only Xue Zheng and Feng Hongyu frowned, obviously these nine days were extremely stressful for them.

Especially Feng Hongyu, he was already depressed, and he didn't know if he could hold it. He thought of Wen Youshan's advice before going out.

Wen Yuanliang handed a bottle of pills to Feng Hongyu and Xue Zheng, and exhorted: "My father gave it. He has traveled around the world these years, and he always has some medicine on him. I heard that this medicine works very well. It's like dog skin plaster. What? Symptoms can be used, it is amazing, I have never used it anyway, you take it and be prepared."

Feng Hongyu was grateful, clutching the medicine bottle tightly, nodding his head, "Don't worry, I won't have any problems this autumn."

Xue Zheng also bowed heavily to Wen Yuanliang, "I don't say thank you for your kindness. After the autumn season, I will invite you to drink again."

Wen Yuanliang grinned, "Then I'll be waiting for the celebration banquet!"

Everyone looked at each other, tacitly knowing.

On the day of the exam, the cook prepared food for them according to the usual practice. Shu Yan and others checked the exam basket several times, and set off after confirming that there were no problems.

When the carriage arrived at Gongyuan, there were already many candidates queuing up, and Wuyangyang was full of people.

Wen Yuanliang was about to go, but Xue Zheng grabbed him, "Wait and go, it's in a mess right now, and it's easy to be tricked."

Wen Yuanliang remembered Mr. Xu's previous advice, so he obediently continued to sit in the carriage and chat with them.

After a while, there were several shouts and struggles from outside.

Qi Zixi frowned and asked Jinyin to go out to inquire, Jinyin went and returned, his face was a little ugly, "Several young masters, something really happened outside, a candidate was caught with him, and he kept shouting that he was framed by another candidate. , Now both of them have been taken away, and one of them was doing cheat sheets in the mezzanine of the clothes, and was also caught. This is a hundred words. Now everyone is like a thief outside. Everyone consciously spaced a distance and checked again. As for your own test basket, Young Master Xue is right, it would be good for us to go there later."

Wen Yuanliang nodded in fear, this time he really couldn't pretend to be relaxed.

After everyone got in, they got out of the carriage. After a strict inspection, they entered their own rooms.

Wen Yuanliang looked at this numbered room, his face was a little dark, although this is not the toilet number, but the toilet number is not far away, if the movement is louder, you can still hear it, the most important thing is the smell. It is impossible to describe, especially when eating .

Fortunately, he was not assigned a toilet number, otherwise he would really cry, and he didn't know who the man with the toilet number was.

But these are not the key points. As soon as the papers were sent out, he took his heart away and reviewed the papers attentively. The first test was the essay "The Analects of Confucius", the essay "The Doctrine of the Mean" or the essay "The Great Learning", the essay "Mencius", and a poem with five characters and eight rhymes. , The four classics and the four books, each question should have more than 200 words, and the four questions of the classics and meanings need to write more than 300 words, and the number of answers is quite large.

Thinking of this, Wen Yuanliang calmed down a lot and began to answer on the scratch paper.

Wen Yuanhong, who was not far from him, was faster than him. Not long after the test started, he had already finished the Analects of Confucius.

Even the chief examiner was alarmed by his speed. When he came down to patrol, he stood in front of him for a while. He read the words first, then the content, and then the people. With such a foundation, there must be a fortune in the future.

After seeing Wen Yuanhong, the group walked for a while before arriving in front of Wen Yuanliang. Because it was close to the latrine, the examiner didn't stay long. He only glanced at Wen Yuanliang's words and nodded again. This time, the candidates' words were all good. I just don't know how the content is written.

Thinking like this, the examiner left with him.

Wen Yuanliang didn't think much about it. On the first day, he only answered four books and three questions. He didn't finish the fourth question until it was almost dark. At this time, the lights in the test room had been turned off.

He rubbed his eyes wearily, went through his answer again, and made sure there was no problem before carefully air-drying the answer sheet and putting it in the box.

The room is very narrow, with only two wooden boards at the top and bottom. The top wooden board is used as a desk for writing the answer sheet, and the bottom one is used as a chair. At night, the two boards are put together as a bed. Apart from these, there is nothing, especially the quilt. No need for Xiao to think about it. Fortunately, there is a pot of charcoal fire and a candle for the examinee in the examination room. The charcoal fire can be used for heating and cooking. Eating something cold in this weather will definitely cause diarrhea.

Now it's time to go to bed, and Wen Yuanliang is worried. It's already August. Without the sun, the night is so cold that white smoke will come out. How do they want to sleep? If someone dies, he might catch a cold the next day, and since the charcoal fire is limited, it cannot be used indefinitely.

After thinking about it, he still took off two pieces of his coat to use as a quilt, then took off the cloth cover of the test basket and used it as a pillow, and then took four more pills from Wen Youshan. It is not as big as a baby's fingernail, and I don't know if it is the best, but eating it can give some psychological comfort and make it easier to sleep.

Not to mention, it didn't take long for this thing to be eaten, and a hot air burned from the lower abdomen, extending to the limbs, the body suddenly warmed a lot, and the sleepiness hit, under such harsh conditions, he actually really He fell asleep and snored.

The two candidates next to him were stunned. They really didn't understand why the next door was so big-hearted. In such weather, he could sleep like a dead pig. When he woke up tomorrow, he would definitely be sick.

Thinking like this, the two of them secretly rejoiced again. If they can get one to the other, they will have a better chance of being admitted.

Wen Yuanliang didn't even know that he had been labeled as sick by two "neighbors". He slept very peacefully this night. If it weren't for the dazzling light in the morning, he would have continued to sleep soundly.

After waking up, he realized that the charcoal fire had been extinguished at some point, so he had to start it again, heated the cold water, cooked a pot of white porridge for himself, put some dried meat and vegetables in it, and the breakfast was ready.

(end of this chapter)