dressed as a scholar

Sheng Jia studied hard, and the learning atmosphere in the folk courtyard was also brought up. Except for having a cup of tea with Li Yunji Yunlu that day, Fang Yu never went out for fun when he lived in the courtyard of the folk house, and he was down-to-earth Follow Sheng Jia to study together until the exam starts.

On the ninth day of August, the triennial Autumn Festival kicked off, and Sheng Jia called Fang Yu before dawn.

"Let's queue up for the physical examination earlier, and then we can enter the examination room earlier to clean up and settle down, so there is no need to rush."

Fang Yu also agreed, the two packed their things and hurried out the door. It was still dark outside, and the clapper knocker wandered past the street.

At this time, Fucheng is not as noisy as in the daytime, nor is it as lively as the night market at night. It is quiet and the wind is exceptionally cool. The only avenue leading to the examination room in the market is lit with red lanterns. If you look at it from a tall building, There was a kind of grandeur that illuminated the way forward. Scholars rushed towards the examination room in groups of three or four, carrying things on their backs or carrying things without saying a word.

Walking is only a stick of incense, and driving is even faster. At this time, the streets are empty, and the two of them arrived outside the examination room in a quarter of an hour. Fortunately, they came early. Although there was already a queue at the front, the queue was still not long.

The two carried all the luggage on their backs and lined up to check and close their bodies together. The process was very slow, and everyone was a little anxious.

"What are you doing so close, don't stick close to it in hot weather, it's uncomfortable."

Fang Yu was stretching his neck to count how many people were left in front of him before it was his turn, when suddenly Sheng Jia who was behind him pushed him away, knocking away a scholar with a mustache who stepped back to cling to him .

"It was squeezed down by the one in front. Why are you so fierce? Besides, it's not crowded on top of you. Mind your own business!"

The mustache scholar was scolded by Sheng Jia with his eyes wide open, and he became arrogant not to be outdone.

"The one in front is my brother, if you squeeze him, you're squeezing me!"

Sheng Jia cursed and said: "Go and go, stand farther away, I'm sweating, and there is no water in the examination room to take a shower."

Fang Yu was about to call Sheng Jia, but the inspectors in front of him spoke first: "What are you making a noise about, what are you making a noise about! The examination room must be quiet! This is not a place for leisure and fun. If you want to talk, go outside and say something." happy!"

Xun Ji held an iron rod, his voice was very rough, and he looked very majestic among the white-faced scholars. Hearing this reprimand, no one dared to speak loudly.

Fang Yu glanced at Sheng Jia, he was a little surprised why this person is so irritable today, although Xun Ri is also a talkative person, but his temper is very gentle, how can he be so angry when he is squeezed now.

Sheng Jia also seemed to see his doubts, and leaned forward and whispered: "Brother Fang, look at the cuff of the man in front."

Fang Yu heard the sound and looked, and saw that there seemed to be some notes in the man's cuffs. He frowned, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, and suddenly he heard a sharp voice from the front: "You actually carried it! How dare you take out the official seal , old man, let's see where the candidates are so shameless, openly corrupting the fairness of the examination room!"

"Injustice, injustice, my lord, Xiaosheng never brought it with me."

"What's the matter with not bringing this note with you! You got the stolen goods! Someone, suppress this candidate."

Fang Yu turned his head and saw a thin scholar who was detained by Xun Ji and went to the side door, crying out for grievances.He was terrified, and his pupils shrank when he looked at the examinee standing in front of him again.

"It's better to make people feel that we are arrogant and rude than let these unclean hands and feet get close to us, otherwise we will be covered in mouths and can't speak clearly."

Fang Yuchang took a deep breath, and took a few steps back. On the way here, he heard Sheng Jia say that Fucheng was a bush of thorns, so he took it as an interesting story, and he stayed in the alleys and never went out a few days ago. I have avoided a lot of incidents, and now I am approaching the examination room, I didn't expect to see it.

Fortunately, I met Sheng Jia, who has rich experience in the township examination, and he avoided a lot of these unhealthy spirits. He cast a thankful look in the past.

Sheng Jia waved his hand.

After about an incense stick of time, both of them went through the examination successfully and entered the examination room with their number boards.

Fang Yu said: "I don't know how the person in front hid the note, but he didn't find it."

"It was originally planned to frame and harm people, but I didn't expect to bring it in. I guess I swallowed it while queuing up. I watched him drink water."

Fang Yu shook his head: "Things that harm others and do not benefit oneself."

Sheng Jia nodded and said: "Brother Fang, we are not together, and we may not be able to take care of each other in the next three exams. Remember to be careful in everything. Brother Fang is kind and righteous, and I wish you a high school!"

Xu Shi met too many unkind people, Sheng Jia wished Fang Yu from the bottom of his heart.

Fang Yu also congratulated back: "Brother Sheng is so precious, he will definitely be named on the gold list!"

The two bowed to each other at the gate.

"Don't stay here, hurry up and find the numbered room!"

Xun Ji reprimanded, Fang Yu and Sheng Jia shrugged their shoulders and looked at each other with a smile, and each took their things and went south and north in two directions.

Fang Yu walked through rows of cramped rooms. He knew that the rooms in the examination room were small, but he never expected that they would be so simple and small. There was a long stone table and a stool next to the window. There is a wooden bed behind him, and there is no extra space.

He had just put the quilt on the bed when he heard a bang, and the door of No. [-] room was locked by Xun Ji.

After making the bed, he had to bend his legs slightly when lying on it. Fortunately, he was not particularly tall. If he was like those 1.9-meter-strong men, he would not even be able to lie down on his head.I am used to the comfortable life at home, and there is a sweet and soft little Qiao to hug. To be honest, he misses his little husband very much.

Fortunately, we have already entered the examination room. The exam is one session from the afternoon of the ninth day to the afternoon of the tenth day. The second session is from the afternoon of the [-]th to the afternoon of the [-]th. The third session is from the afternoon of the [-]th to the afternoon of the [-]th. .The first test is poetry, Fu and classics, the second test is theory, and the third test strategy.

Today's first test is just an appetizer. Mr. Zhang also said that as long as you read and memorize the things in the test, as long as you read them carefully and memorize them, you should be fine. It's not a place to lose points. The strategy behind is the highlight.

At a quarter to three in the afternoon, the exam papers were handed out on time, and Fang Yu smiled when he looked at the papers.He has also done the test questions of the township examinations over the years before. Like this first round of classics and poems, the titles directly asked which poems or passages to write out silently, but this year he played a trick on the titles, no longer straight To put it bluntly, I asked you to write the poem, but first gave a situation, from which you need to extract key words and then answer according to the meaning.

The meaning of the scriptures has also changed. In the past, the first half or the second half was given, and the remaining part was supplemented after the exam. This year, citing famous allusions also played a trap in the topic.

Fang Yu first simulated the answer in his mind, and then silently answered with a pen.

When he had tea with Li Yun earlier, he heard him say that there are more candidates this year than in previous years, and that the number of rooms is not enough and a lot has been temporarily built. According to the information obtained by his father's contacts, there are more candidates this year, but the admission rate is still low. If it is lowered, the exam questions will be more difficult than in previous years.

At that time, Ji Yunlu was worried, Li Yun comforted him and changed the topic. Now that he got the test papers, it seems that the news is true. At the beginning, he gave the examinees a blow, and Fang Yu believed that the rest was not so simple.

The amount of questions is not too much. Fang Yu wrote most of it when the light was good in the afternoon, and the rest was going to be written tomorrow morning. He didn’t want to light candles at night. It would be troublesome if you accidentally burned the test paper.

So when it got dark, he packed up the examination papers, fearing that it would be inconvenient to go to the toilet if he ate too much, he simply ate a few mouthfuls of dry food, drank a little water, and lay down on the wooden bed to rest.

There was an exclamation in the middle of the night, followed by another commotion. He opened his eyes uncomfortably and stood up. He opened the window and saw that the number room opposite was filled with flames. Someone really wrote an article in the middle of the night and set the test paper on fire. , Hearing the noise, the inspection tour came, and severely reprimanded the candidates: "What are you looking at, take care of yourself, and close the windows!"

The students shivering and closing the windows, not knowing how the scholar who burned the exam papers dealt with it, Fang Yu heard nothing at the other end after a long time, went back to sleep, and got up the next day to continue writing When writing the article, he saw that the window of the opposite room had never been opened again, presumably the exam was voided, so he couldn't help but sigh...

Fang Yu's life in the examination room was not comfortable, and Qiao Hezhi, who was at home in Yuncheng at this time, was even more unhappy.

After Qiao Hezhi took care of the autumn harvest, he heard that Mrs. Chen, who had gone to Lingxuandong Mountain to pray for blessings, returned to the house.

"If my son is going to take the exam until the afternoon of the [-]th, I thought that my mother-in-law will not come back until that day. Is she going to come back after donating the sesame oil money?" The female envoy said: "But mother-in-law wants me to meet you?"

The maid looked embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "The old lady never said that she would welcome you, it's just...just..."

Qiao Hezhi raised his eyebrows: "Just say what you want, why are you hesitating?"

"The old lady brought a woman and a younger brother to the house from nowhere, and she said yes, she told the husband to go back to the house to meet the man, so that they could serve tea."

"Tea?"

Qiao Hezhi's eyes froze, he suppressed the anger that surged up in his heart, he thought she was sincerely going to the temple to burn incense and pray for Fang Yu, he had a few days of peace, but he didn't expect to wait for him with a big move in his mind.

"My lord, what, what should I do? The lord is not at home now, if the old lady insists on taking this opportunity to take two concubines for the lord..."

Qiao Hezhi calmed down: "Even if she bears the stigma of jealousy, this matter cannot go according to her wish. Even if she wants to take a concubine, she must at least get the master's nod."

"Go, let's go back."