I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

After Tachibana exited the room, Matsudaira Sadanobu moved the stack of examination papers closest to him to his side, and then spread the top examination papers one by one on the table in front of him.

What Matsudaira Sadanobu said to Tachibana just now, "I can read words very fast" is not bragging.

He couldn't put down the book since he was a child, so he unconsciously developed the ability to accurately understand the main content of the article even if he glanced at ten lines.

Matsudaira Sadako quickly read one letter after another.

The movements of his hands were fast, but the expression on Matsudaira Sadanobu's face never changed much.

Just like this, he looked at the test papers one after another blankly.

The moon outside the window is constantly changing its position as time goes by.

The oil lamp in the room was also replaced once.

The expression on Matsudaira Sadanobu's face finally changed.

But a bad change.

The face that was originally expressionless now frowned slightly.

There was also a faint displeasure on his face.

"One or two are all just following the script."

After reading another exam paper, and then placing it on top of the "hill" piled up with the exam papers that have already been read, Matsudaira said in an impatient tone.

Matsudaira Sadanobu rubbed his already sore eyes.

Because of concentrating on grading papers, Matsudaira Sadanobu didn't know how much time had passed since Tachibana left.

I can only instinctively feel that it should be late at night now, and it's getting late.

Matsudaira Sadanobu opened his sore eyes, glanced at the "hill" piled up with the exam papers that had been read, and said in his heart:

Have you read more than 50 exam papers?

As far as the results are concerned, tonight's results are quite fruitful.

After hesitating for a while between the two options of "go to bed" and "correct the paper for a while", Matsudaira chose the latter.

Rubbing his eyes for a while, until the eyes seeped tears, Matsudaira Sadanobu felt that the sore eyes felt better.

After regaining his energy, Matsudaira Sadanobu took another exam paper from the side that he hadn't read yet.

Compared with all the previous exam papers, this exam paper has nothing to be noticed.

The handwriting can only be considered neat, not good-looking, and one can tell at a glance that it is the kind of person who has not specially practiced calligraphy.

Judging from the choice of words and sentences, the person who wrote this examination paper is not very talented.

Matsudaira Sadanomoto held the mentality of "it should be another boring exam paper".

However, after his eyes quickly passed over the lines of words, Matsudaira Sadanobu's originally calm expression and expression gradually began to change.

More and more emotions began to surface on Matsudaira Sadanobu's face.

After reading at a speed of ten lines at a glance, Matsudaira Sadanobu quickly turned his gaze back to the very beginning of the article, and began to read again.

This time, Matsudaira Sadanobu read it very carefully.

It is almost a word, a word to read.

After spending many times longer than the first time reading the article on the exam paper, Matsudaira Sadanobu hurriedly turned back to the first side of the exam paper to see who the owner of the exam paper was.

In order to make it easier to identify whose ownership each test paper belongs to, the owner's name is written on the first side of each test paper.

After quickly returning to the first page of the examination paper, Matsudaira Sadanobu impatiently looked at the names written on the examination paper.

"Goro Mashima"

Then, with a deep voice, he whispered the name again.

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Chapter 396 The head of the essay test is actually myself! [Explode 8200 characters! 】

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3 days later

Edo, Yoshihara.

"Mashima-kun, it's almost time for the essay test to be released." Guasheng said to Ogata who was standing beside her.

"Yeah." Ogata looked up at the position of the moon above his head, and nodded, "It's indeed almost time. I'm about to leave to see if I have passed the essay test."

It was already 3 days ago to take part in the "Imperial Examination" essay test.

Long before the literary examination started, the government announced that the results of the literary examination would be released at 3 o'clock three days after the end of the literary examination.

At that time, the list of those who have passed the written examination will be posted on a large wooden board.

In addition to the names of the passers, the list will also list the names of the top 10 winners in this literary test.

And the place where the list was released happened to be very close to Yoshiwara, on the embankment of Japan.

The government probably considered that there would be a large number of people who would come to see if they had passed the essay test or just join in the fun when the rankings were released. In order to avoid crowding, the government set up the release location on a relatively open Japanese embankment.

Early this morning, the people from the government had already erected a large wooden sign in the open space not far from Yoshihara.

It's almost time for the rankings.There were already quite a few participants of the "Imperial Trial", or those who simply wanted to join in the fun gathered in front of the big wooden sign.

They're all there waiting for the list to be posted with the names of those who passed and the names of the top 10.

Ogata had already approached Shirobei in advance, asked Shirobei for leave and asked Shirobei to allow him to leave Yoshiwara temporarily, and went to the place where the list was released to see if his name was on the list.

For this little request from Ogata, who had made great contributions to Yoshihara before, Shirobei naturally agreed very readily.

Because the place where the list was released was relatively close to Yoshiwara, Ogata was still not in a hurry to set off, and still carried out his task for tonight: standing guard in the first half of Nakanomachi.

Gua Sheng just led a few colleagues to patrol around Yoshihara as usual.

After returning to the first half of Nakata Town, I saw Ogata who hadn’t set off yet, so I came to chat and chat with Ogata, and by the way, I also relaxed my sore feet after patrolling Yoshihara several times.

"I don't know if it's because everyone went to watch the rankings or join in the fun, but I feel that there are a lot fewer people coming to Yoshiwara tonight." Guasheng said with a wry smile.

"Isn't this just right?" Ogata shrugged, and said in a half-joking tone, "Fewer people come to Yoshiwara, and the pressure on us to patrol and stand guard will also be less."

After saying that, Ogata looked up again at the moon above his head.

"It's about time, Gua Sheng, then I'll go first. I'll go back as soon as I go."

"Yeah." Guasheng nodded vigorously, "I'll see you later, and I will continue to patrol in Yoshiwara. Don't be nervous! I think you can pass the essay test!"

"I'm not nervous." Ogata waved at Guasheng with a wry smile, bid farewell to Guasheng, and then strode towards Yoshihara.

As he gradually moved away from Yoshihara, Ooyoung felt his heartbeat speed up due to a little nervousness.

What Ogata said to Guasheng just now, "he is not nervous" is actually a lie.

Although he was confident that he would pass the essay test, Ogata was still a little nervous.

Worried about "What if I fail the essay test?"

If you fail the essay test, not only will you lose face, but it will also be difficult to explain to Hasegawa.

With a little anxiety, Ogata finally arrived at the place where the list was released.

At the end of the field of vision, there is a large stand made up of 3 stands.

At this time, there are several large pieces of paper pasted on this big standing card.

Because the distance was a bit far, Ogata couldn't see what was written on this big paper at all, only dense black dots.

Perhaps it was because Ogata came relatively early, so there were not many people gathered in front of the list at this time.

Aiming at the most "weak" spot in the crowd, Ogata walked straight towards it.

After approaching the crowd gathered in front of the list, Ogata also gradually heard the voices of these people talking.

"Good! There's my name!"

“Great”

"Fortunately, I have never forgotten to study Sinology."

There are people who are thankful that they passed the essay test, and naturally there are also people who wailed or roared because they didn't see their names on the list.

"Hey! Why isn't my name on it!"

"Give me an explanation! Why didn't I see my name!"

Nearly 20 heavily armed officials stood around the signboard.

There are thorns, ten hands, and lanterns for lighting.

In addition to protecting the stand that posted the list of passers of the essay test from being destroyed, these officials were also responsible for dealing with the gang of troublemakers who caused trouble because they didn't see their names on the list.

When they came to ask "why is my name not on the list", they all answered "this list is judged by the examiners".

If someone is dissatisfied and tends to make trouble, use a polite tone to "remind" them not to make trouble.

After hearing the "reminder" from the official post, basically all emotional people will calm down.

After all, only a very few people have the courage and ability to provoke officials in the ruling center of the shogunate.

In addition to the cheers from the crowd who were glad that they had passed the essay test, and the growls of dissatisfaction and anger that their name did not appear on the list, there were also other voices.

"Hey, who is the first name in the literary test? Have you heard of it?"

"never heard of that."

"Is it a stranger? I have lived in Edo for so many years, and I have never heard of such a person."

"If it's a rogue from a foreign country, it will be a lot of fun. I heard that many banners and royal family members have participated in this imperial trial. As a majestic banner and royal family, they can't even compare with foreign vagrants. whee."

"I'm so envious. The guy who gets the first place can get 100 taels of gold. Such a large amount of money is enough for me to live a life without worrying about food and clothing for several years."

There were quite a few people there discussing the first place in the essay test.

After getting close to the distance where the eyes could clearly see the words on the list, Xu stopped in his tracks.

Ogata's height, which was far above average, came in handy again at this moment.

You don't even need to tiptoe, just look up normally.

Ogata couldn't help being a little curious about the mysterious head name of the text test because he heard many people discussing the first name of the text test.

The list is made up of several large white papers, with 10 names listed on the far left.

On the far left of the 10 names, the 10 numbers from one to ten are marked from top to bottom.

On the right side of these 10 names are densely packed hundreds of names.

Even if it is not introduced by others, Ogata can see at a glance that the 10 names listed on the far left on the list are the top 10 names in this essay test.

The other hundreds of names listed to the right of these 10 names are those who have passed the literary test and can take the following military test except for the top 10.

It would take a lot of time to find out the name "Mashima Goro" from these hundreds of names, so Ogata decided to take a look at who the head name of the text test that was hotly discussed by everyone was.

Ogata slowly moved his gaze to the top 10 list on the far left of the list.

Subsequently

Ogata's expression froze immediately.

Because after turning his eyes to the list of the top 10, Ogata suddenly saw next to the number "one" written a name that was extremely familiar to Ogata during this period of time.

Goro Mashima.

Next to the number "one" representing the first name of the text examination, the name indicated is "Mashima Goro".

Three days ago, when the essay test officially started, Takigawa was flustered for a while because of a strange question on the test paper, but after regaining his composure, Takikawa wrote an essay about himself like a god. The most satisfying article in my life.

After the essay test was over, Takigawa impatiently wrote down the articles he had written at that time, and then handed them over to his friends who had a good relationship and were quite talented.

Everyone who read Takikawa's article couldn't help but express their admiration and admiration.

In addition to passing it on to his friends, Takigawa also specially showed it to his master Aioi Shusui to watch.

As a well-known master of Sinology in Edo, Aioi Harusui is 58 years old this year.

Due to his advanced age and lack of energy, he also suffered from a serious illness some time ago, which caused him to stay at home during this period of time.

While concentrating on studying Sinology, he is also taking care of his recovering body from a serious illness.