Chapter 150 The provincial examination begins

Author: Emei Swordsman

On the eighth day of the eighth month, the provincial examination officially began.

What is different from the county exam is that there are three tests in the provincial exam, each test for three days, totaling nine days and six nights. The candidates will appear after each test and wait until the next day to re-enter for the next exam. There will be three tests in total, not in the tribute court.

The examination cycle is so long that there are naturally many things to prepare. Fortunately, the Gu family is a scholarly family and has not been given to the family's cooking and science exams. They have made all the items properly, so there is no need for Gu Yunji to worry about it himself.

Before dawn, the Gu Mansion became busy. Gu Yunji started to get up early to wash and had breakfast with Cheng Yan. Before going out, the two went to the Gu Mansion Hall together to listen to Gu Zhengde's instructions.

In the hall, when Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan were dressed neatly and energetic, Gu Zhengde nodded slightly: "Today is the provincial examination, I won't say much about it. In short, as long as you enter the examination room, you will put your mind on the paper, think calmly and respond calmly, and carefully consider every stroke. At the same time, you should also pay attention to the neatness of the paper. If you accidentally defile the paper, your grades will be invalid."

As he said that, Gu Zhengde turned his gaze to Gu Mingan in the corner, and his voice sank a little: "Especially An'er, you have always been impatient and are most likely to be careless. The first two provincial examinations were all because of carelessness. This time you must be careful."

Hearing this, Gu Yunji noticed that Gu Mingan, who was standing behind Gu Kaili, had not seen him for nearly two months. He had lost a lot of weight, his cheeks were slightly sunken, and his eyes were faintly blue-gray, looking decadent. He didn't look like he had recovered from a serious illness, but he was hit by some blow, and he was a little shivering and dull.

At this time, Gu Mingan no longer had the same simplicity as before. When he heard Gu Zhengde pointing his name, his body shook subconsciously and swallowed nervously: "...Yes, grandson understands."

Could it be that I have been locked up in the room for two months and was stupid? Gu Yunji looked at him strangely, with deep doubts in his heart.

After giving a few more instructions, Gu Zhengde looked at the sky outside, stood up and said, "There are many people in the Gongyuan area, your fourth uncle is in bad health. I am another old bone. Today, I will ask your uncle to send you it. It's not too early, let's go."

The three of them bowed their heads and responded: "Yes."

Shortly after the sky was shining, the tribute courtyard in Songjiang Prefecture City was already surrounded by water. Carriages and sedan chairs were lined up several streets away. Almost every scholar who came to take the exam was followed by relatives and friends. From a distance, they were all over the place, with at least four or five thousand people.

The Gu family's carriage could not move when they reached the intersection of the street. Seeing that they could not squeeze in in front of them, Gu Yunji and others were not in a hurry, so they simply sat in the carriage and waited, just so they could keep their energy in preparation for the exam.

The sun was getting higher and suddenly a few crisp gongs came from the front, and then the crowd became restless - the tribute court was about to open.

Gu Yunji's calm heartbeat for a moment. Feeling the increasingly approaching test atmosphere, a sense of tension arose in his heart. He jumped out of the carriage and took a breath of fresh air outside. He calmed down and turned to Gu Kaili and bowed: "Uncle, then we'll go now."

"Well, go." Gu Kaili nodded slightly, and couldn't help but say a few words, "The imperial examination is not only about strength, but also about mentality. This is a provincial examination. There are everyone in the examination room, and everything may happen. You just need to do your own papers at that time, and nothing else."

Gu Yunji and the other two responded to this one by one. After saying goodbye to Gu Kaili, they walked towards the gate of the tribute courtyard with their luggage.

There were several teams waiting for entry and inspection outside the door. Gu Yunji narrowed his eyes and compared for a long time, selected the one on the far right, and pulled Cheng Yan to the end of the team.

However, the team that was not lucky and that the team that had moved quickly suddenly slowed down. They moved forward inch by inch like a snail, and were soon overtaken by the team on the left and left far behind.

Gu Yunji smiled helplessly: "I have compared it over and over again, but I chose the slowest team. If I had known this, I would rather just pick a lineup."

Cheng Yan smiled and comforted: "Actually, it's the same. It's both fast or slow. Anyway, we can get into the market smoothly in the end, and there's not much difference. We're in the back, so we can see how the people in front checked it and prepare in advance."

As he said that, Cheng Yan pointed to a fat man in the front line of the team who was blushing with anxiety because he couldn't untie his belt: "Look, you see, I forgot to go to the venue to check and take off my clothes. When I was in a hurry, I was in a hurry, but the more I was anxious, the more I couldn't untie it."

"I can't say that the reason why our team lined up so slowly is because there are many people who can't untie their belts, so they delayed their time."

Gu Yunji shook his head and laughed when he heard this, and felt relieved.

Perhaps Cheng Yan was told that there was a fat man's past. Everyone in the queue knew to prepare in advance. The team moved faster and soon they lined up Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan.

After the successful inspection, both of them drew their own number tags. Gu Yunji is the No. 17 of Xuan and Cheng Yan is the No. 3 of Di. One is in the middle and the other is in the front, which are both good positions.

Gu Yunji looked at the number sign in his hand and was a little dazed for a moment.

Three years ago, he met Cheng Yan in the county trial venue. The other party exchanged the number sign with him by asking him to recommend him. Neither of them realized at the time that after that brief encounter, they could have such a deep fate.

Recalling the past, Cheng Yan raised his eyebrows and smiled a little bit narrowly: "It seems that Mr. Gu doesn't need to change numbers with me this time."

Gu Yunji couldn't help laughing: "Young Master Cheng is full of talent. He can get second place in the toilet last time he got the toilet number. This time he is so good. Wouldn't he have to get Jie Yuan back?"

Cheng Yan lowered his head slightly and pretended to be modest, saying, "Where is there, it is not as quick as Mr. Gu Wensi. Jie Yuan dare not think about it. At most, it is just a Asian Yuan."

After talking, the two looked at each other and laughed.

Soon, all the candidates entered the venue. With the creaking sound of the heavy door closing, the gong yard was full of sitting, so quiet that only a slight breath could be heard.

"On the eighth day of the eighth month of the fourth year of Jingfeng, the first imperial examination in Songjiang Prefecture. The examination content was Confucian classics. The examination time was three days in total. During this period, candidates were not allowed to leave, make noise, and whisper. Unless the examination was over, no one could leave the examination room early."

"If any candidate dares to cheat and his grades are invalid on the spot, he will immediately get rid of his fame and fortune and be imprisoned in prison, and he will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examinations in his life!"

After reading the test rules, the examiner looked around majesticly and confirmed that the pre-exam affairs were prepared, he slapped the awakening wood at hand with a "splash":
Chapter completed!