Aoyama Chronicle

"Master, Master Wu, hurry up, I saw the official's carriage coming!" Ah Qi stood at the gate and urged urgently.

Their family was even more nervous than Zhong Yiwen and Wu Yuanan who were going to take the exam.I heard that there will be a special carriage to pick you up for the test. Qin Fei asked Steward Chen to arrange someone to wait at the door early in the morning. You can't miss it. The one who got this task in the end was Aqi who jumped up and down. .

Zhong Yiwen and Wu Yuan'an looked at each other and smiled, and they got up and walked out the door, while Ah Mo and the servants of Wu Yuan'an's family followed behind them to help carry the bookcases that had been prepared earlier.After their identities were confirmed, the two got into the carriage one after the other, Ah Mo and the others helped put the bookcases on the carriage, and the exam, which was held every day for three consecutive days, was about to begin.

The general examination is worthy of being a high-standard examination, and the layout of the examination room is many times higher than that of the rural examination.Although it was still a small single room of about the same size, the things inside were obviously much more refined.Even if there are no other practical improvements, it can make people feel a lot more comfortable just looking at it.After Zhong Yiwen found his examination room, he immediately began to slowly take things out, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, unlike the previous rural examinations where he deliberately looked at the surrounding environment and other candidates.Here, all the candidates look similar, and none of them are curious or looking around.

The chief examiner for this year's examination is the present prince, and many officials from the six ministries of the other three provinces were also appointed by the Holy One to assist the prince who was the chief examiner for the first time.

The current crown prince is the third son of the Holy Majesty, born to the previous empress, and raised by the present empress who has no princes.It is rumored that the former Empress Lin is the most beloved brother of the Holy Majesty today, but after the Holy Majesty ascended the throne, she was assassinated and killed by an assassin paid by the former prince, leaving only the newly born prince.The Holy Majesty was distraught, on the one hand he sent people to encircle and suppress the assassins, on the other hand he made the Lin family a queen, and entrusted the prince to the current queen Yu's side.The prince was able to read at the age of five and showed his extraordinary talent. His Majesty Joy immediately canonized him as a prince and Yu Shi as a queen.Now that the prince is 20 years old, although he has no advantage compared with the other princes, the Holy One still has great favor.Compared with the second prince who was able to lead the army at the age of 16, the fourth prince who was admired by Lu Bonian's Qingliu at the age of 15, and the seventh prince who went to Yanzhou for disaster relief just after this year, the prince really didn't have much performance.

This time the Holy Majesty specially asked the Prince to preside over the test, which inevitably made the ministers wonder whether the Holy Majesty did it to earn credit for the Prince.If this is the case, the weathervane of the ministers will change again. It doesn't matter if the prince is incompetent, as long as he is favored by the Holy One.Now that the Holy One has just turned forty, he is in the prime of life, and it is really hard to say what will happen in the future.

In addition, apart from the four princes, there is another person who needs the attention and fawning of the ministers of the court, that is the sixth younger brother of the Holy One, King An Le.Anle King and Shengshang are siblings. They are two years younger than Shengshang, but they are less than one person and more than ten thousand. They are more honorable than the prince and other princes.Today's sage was able to ascend the throne in the first place, which is inseparable from the full support of King Anle.In addition, one person I have to mention is Princess Anle, who is the twin brother of the former empress Lin.The two brothers of them are beauties who are overwhelmed by the country and the city. They were famous in Kyoto at that time, and they were called Dalin Xiaolin.Although both of them were sons of concubines, they married into the royal family one after another.Especially Princess Anle, who is extremely favored by King Anle, and she is the only husband so far. Compared with his brother Dalin, she is more beautiful and legendary.

The arrangement of the general examination is still the same as that of the rural examination. The first two are literature and comprehensive theory, and the last one is science and mathematics.The comprehensive policy theory of the essay is closer to the current situation, and it does not need to be copied from the book like the rural examination, so that the candidates have more room to play, but this gap will also be widened.

Zhong Yiwen was a little exhausted after taking the strategy test for two consecutive days.There are too many places that can be played. If you want to complete the policy theory reasonably and comprehensively, the actual mental work is incalculable.Zhong Yiwen had a feeling that he might not be able to finish writing those policy topics even if he was given ten days and half a month, not to mention the two-day exam.In the end, he summarized and summarized, concise and concise, and then eliminated all the remarks that did not conform to the actual situation. The final integrated answer was still a large essay, and he almost didn't catch up with the time to complete the transcription.

For most of the exams, the last round of arithmetic is probably the most difficult, but for Zhong Yiwen, it gave him time to rest.The difficulty of the arithmetic questions was slightly higher than that of the provincial examination, but it was still within the range that Zhong Yiwen could easily answer.Just like the last homecoming examination, Zhong Yiwen also chose to convert the questions into Arabic numerals first, and after answering the answers, check the calculations, and then convert them back and transcribe them on the examination paper.

On the third day of the test, Zhong Yiwen completed the arithmetic in only two hours, and spent the rest of the time lying there with a listless face, and only one word radiated from his whole body: Tired.

The invigilator passed by Zhong Yiwen's side several times, and they all found the strangeness of this exam. The other exams were busy racing against time to answer the questions, but he was the only one lying there lazily and motionless.The invigilator already suspected that Zhong Yiwen had given up the exam because the math questions were too difficult.

In fact, the situation of many exams was similar to that of Zhong Yiwen. Although there were no more than ten people who were directly lifted out of the examination room this time, if they were to say that their spirits were better than Zhong Yiwen's, there were really not many of them.It's just that other people are still trying to persevere, but Zhong Yiwen just got down on the ground.

Qin Fei and Wu's Fulang took several children and the servants of Zhong's family, and they had already waited outside the examination room early, waiting for the end of the examination.This time, besides Aqi and the servants of the Wu family who were waiting outside the examination room for three consecutive days.However, this time they were much more relaxed than last time. It was almost quiet outside the examination room, and there was no such thing as the last homecoming examination.Even the people who fainted in the examination room were not carried out directly. They were all handed over to the doctor for diagnosis and treatment, and then came out after they had almost recovered, so it looked really peaceful outside.

"Master, I went to investigate, and it should be over in half an hour. You guys rest here for a while, and I will wait at the door. When I see Master and Master Wu, I will lead them over!" Ah Qi Run outside after speaking.

"Wait, A-Qi, I'll go with you!" Da Fang yelled and went with A-Qi.

The servants of Wu Yuan'an's family bowed to Mr. Wu's husband: "Master, I'll go over there and wait for the young master!"

Waiting for them to go to pick them up, Chen Jiafulang directly took a few wooden chairs from the carriage and asked Qin Fei, Wu Jiafulang and a few children to sit down and wait.In fact, he specially prepared this for Qin Fei, who had been there for more than seven months, but he thought that Qin Fei would definitely not want it, so he brought a few more and asked the others to accompany him.

I don't know if it's because the month is getting bigger and bigger. Qin Fei also feels that his physical strength is getting weaker and weaker, and he feels weak all over after standing for a while.Seeing that Mrs. Chen had prepared a lot of wooden chairs, Xiaochen and the others had already sat on them, and Qin Fei sat down without any hesitation.In fact, there are quite a few people like them in the surrounding area. As long as they are decent people, they will ask their servants to bring benches or something. After all, the waiting time is uncertain, and few brothers can bear it after standing for a long time. of.

The family closest to Qin Fei and the others seemed to be from an ordinary family, but the husband of the family came with two teenage boys. The husband seemed to be about the same age as Chen's husband. People started chatting.

"My family lives not far from the capital. This time the head of the family is going to come to catch the exam, so our whole family will come here! Are you here to wait for your master?"

Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen murmured a few words.

The husband suddenly realized: "I said, so you are from Yangzhou, hey, I think the younger master of your family seems to have a body, doesn't he?"

Chen Jiafulang nodded, with a look on his face that you can't tell.

The husband laughed: "My eyesight is poisonous. I have learned such a trick from my mother-in-law. To tell you the truth, my mother-in-law used to be a midwife, and many big families in the capital came to my mother-in-law. Did you ever deliver a baby? It is said that when he was young, he also entered the palace and delivered a baby to Princess Anle."

Chen Jiafulang laughed: "Why did Princess Anle give birth in the palace?"

The husband also laughed: "Hahaha, that's what I said, who knows if it's true or not? My mother-in-law is so old, she likes to talk about his youthful scenery all day long, but no one believes it at all. I The surname of the head of the family is Wang, and he is also well-known in the west of the capital, remember to go to play next time, and find Wang Momo's house."

Mrs. Chen Jiafu nodded.The two of them began to chatter again, basically it was something short-lived by the parents, listening to their chatter, the time passed quickly.

The gong of "Kang Bang Bang" sounded, and the examination was finally over!

Chen Jiafulang and Wang Jiafulang stopped communicating immediately.Wang Jiafulang quickly put away the small bench, pulled the two boys from their family and squeezed towards the gate. ah!"

Qin Fei and the others couldn't sit still any longer, and they all stood up.The younger children were directly guarded by servants and stood on wooden chairs looking at the entrance of the examination room not far away, waiting for a familiar figure to appear.

The last time Zhong Yiwen participated in the township examination for three days, but Qin Fei didn't miss it like this time.If it weren't for the little bun in his belly, Qin Fei really wanted to squeeze to the front to wait for others like Aqi and the others.Seeing Zhong Yiwen's figure appearing and walking towards them step by step, Qin Fei only felt his eyes sour and felt like crying.