"Hey, this beast can also sigh. It's really rare. Why doesn't he want to go back now?"

When Lao Ma heard this, his whole body suddenly became excited. Looking at the figure in front of him, he immediately knelt down and said in human words: "Master, let me live for a few years, okay? Just a few years, so that I can experience it again."

Can it be a little deeper?"

"Okay, it's good that you have this awareness. The master will naturally not refuse. It's just for the boy who was just here. OK, I guess you have been in contact for a long time and have some feelings to some extent, but don't forget, always

It's the difference between immortals and immortals. If you don't embark on the path of cultivation, you can only be a mortal. This cannot be changed. It doesn't matter, it's up to you. I hope you can understand it more."

The old horse bowed gratefully. After a while, he found that his master was gone. He finally didn't have to be nervous. A few more years would be a good thing. Watching Ma Lang live a happy life was also the greatest joy, so he no longer bothered with anything.

Reading with Ma Lang while feeling the warmth of this land, it feels really good. It cannot be described in any words, nor can it be changed.

Whenever Ma Lang had almost realized it, after reading a book, the next book would appear. Although Ma Lang felt it was very magical, he didn't notice any movement and didn't know what was going on. But then

He would be able to feel the great righteousness in the book, indulge in it, and silently feel the meaning. The scholarly temperament gradually began to emerge in him.

On this day, Ma Lang led the old horse out of the house, but he was not timid, because he had already applied for the annual scholar examination. As long as he passed, he could obtain the status of a scholar, and he would be rewarded by the court even if he did not work.

This is the regulation of the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, as long as you reach the age of twelve, you can take a free exam. However, these are child-level exams. It is not easy to pass. After all, you need a solid foundation, and it is even more difficult to cheat. Don’t forget

This is the world of cultivators. In the earthly and immortal world, where can people cheat casually? If caught once, the consequences will be very serious.

This year is Ma Lang's twelfth year, so naturally he has to take the exam. As long as he passes this level, he can reach the first level of scholar, and then to the level of Juren, Gongshi and Jinshi. Each level is higher than the first level. Of course

Well, if you have deep knowledge, you can take the leapfrog exam, but you need someone to recommend it, otherwise the officials won't buy it very much, so most of them have to be first in order to succeed.

This time, his goal is to be number one, and he wants to try jumping up a level, because he has experienced a lot of things during this year, and knows that his level is pretty good, so it shouldn't be a problem, but he lacks the recommendation.

Character, but if you can get first place, you will have the opportunity to take part in this scholar examination. If you succeed, you will be promoted directly. If you fail, you will come back three years later.

You can only skip a level once. You can't skip them all at once, so this opportunity is very important.

In fact, it means free. Yes, this time it is open to the entire Tang Dynasty. Anyone who is 12 years old or older can basically participate. Some people in their 70s and 80s are taking the exam, which shows that the status of literati in it is

Very important.

"Lao Ma, I will work hard. I will definitely succeed. I will get the first place this time. Then I will take the provincial examination. I will definitely pass. Let's go." Ma Lang seemed to comfort Lao Ma, but also seemed to comfort himself.

, in short, I am extremely excited.

Lao Ma lowered his head and stuck out his tongue to lick it, saying that there was no need to be nervous, as long as he worked hard, he would succeed.

This made Ma Lang very happy, so he led the horse to the location of the annual examination, which was in front of a college in a small county town.

Many people saw Ma Lang, and since the distance was not far, many people had seen him, and some had seen him outside the private school. Whether intentionally or not, they were all laughing, as if to say, look at this guy.

They are here, but they cannot be too blunt. After all, this is the rule of the court and cannot be broken. Otherwise, they will be severely punished by the court, especially their college and parents.

This is naturally done to protect some self-taught people, which are not uncommon, so no matter how humble a person is, as long as he comes to take the exam, he cannot be insulted at will, otherwise he will be dissatisfied with the court, and the result can be imagined.

The policeman in front of the college walked over directly, glared at these people, and then said to him immediately: "Who are you, kid? You are here to take the annual exam. If you are not old enough, forget it, wait until you are old enough."

Come again?"

Although he knew this was a good thing, Ma Lang still told his age and place of origin in a logical and orderly manner without any cowardice, which shocked the few detectives. It seemed that he really came to participate in the New Year celebrations.

I tried it, but didn’t refuse it afterwards.

"In that case, sir, please come in, your horse?" He stretched out his hand to signal him to come in, but this horse couldn't go in.

"Uncle, look at my horse, can you put it here?" Ma Lang was still a little worried about his old horse.

"No problem, sir, don't worry, we will take care of it for you. You go in first, there is everything inside, you don't need to take it with you." The policeman said casually, took the reins, and signaled that he could go in, and looked at it.

He was in clean clothes and didn't take anything at all. He felt that he had talked too much, which was not good. Who knows if he was really capable, so he immediately walked aside.

Ma Lang looked at Lao Ma and then walked into the examination venue. Although he was still a little nervous, thinking of the blessings of the villagers and the sarcasm of his sister-in-law, it was the worst to have a scholar come out no matter what.

Of course, it is best to go directly to take the scholar examination. This is the real foundation of the Tang Dynasty and the foundation of civil service. The next step is to recruit people, and then you can become an official.

With great confidence in his heart, he came to his examination table, and then someone handed him pens, inks, paper and inkstones. These were quite complete. Although they were all ordinary things, for him, they were extremely exciting.

, this is his first contact, his first hands-on experience. He used to use tree branches to learn on the ground. He must succeed and there must be no sloppiness.

As the candidates came in one after another, it opened his eyes. There are all kinds of people, all kinds of people, and the age is also eclectic. But one thing is for sure, that is, they are very serious.

The emphasis on exams is just an opportunity.

"Everyone, the exam will start soon. Let me reiterate here. You must not cheat. Otherwise, if you are caught, you will be lucky for the first time, but you will not be able to take the exam for the next three years. If you do it for the second time or even the third time, you will be lucky."

Three times or more, I believe some of you must have tasted it, so I won’t go into details. For newcomers, you must remember that you must not cheat."

"Yes, teacher, we will never cheat." A group of candidates shouted in unison, but I don't know how serious they were.

After reading out the ideas and regulations, people immediately began to hand out test papers. After all, it was just an annual test. It was not difficult, but some people just couldn't grasp the key points, or they just came to try their luck, thinking they knew a few words.

Just pass it. Even the annual examination will not be so simple. Otherwise, how can we select talents casually? This is inevitable.

Ma Lang saw his test paper. At first glance, he found that it was quite simple. They were just some small knowledge points. He had studied many famous masterpieces and initially understood them. It was really a bit childish, but he was still extremely cautious.

The first time I used a pen, I tried it carefully, then I felt the difference between it and the branches, and finally wrote the answer quickly.

The teacher who supervised the exam was very happy when he saw all the students answering. As for the older ones, they were really helpless, but they couldn’t say anything. If they were allowed to go back, they would definitely suffer serious consequences.

of punishment.

Tianma County has not produced a genius in many years, and was suppressed by other counties. I felt very unhappy, but the academy did not have the ability to force others to become geniuses. After failing again and again, I can only say that they really cannot become geniuses.

Just a genius.

Looking at this batch of candidates, I didn’t know what the results would be. I glanced back inadvertently, suddenly my eyes paused, then I stood up slowly, walked around casually, and then went to another candidate to take a general look.

, the handwriting is still good, although it is a bit awkward, but it is not easy to force it. Then I looked at the answer, and I was shocked, how could this little guy answer it so quickly.

As the examinee answered quickly, as the supervisor, he naturally nodded knowingly, yes, really not bad, such a candidate is a candidate, and then wanted to see which college he was from, but looking at this person, how could he

I've never seen him before. His clothes clearly don't belong to a wealthy family, nor do they belong to a college. Could it be that he's a self-taught person? He's really, really awesome.

I quickly took note of this little guy, and then happily returned to my seat. I felt very comfortable. I finally had a little guy. Although I only took a quick look, I could feel that this guy was very knowledgeable, even though he didn't know how to write well.

It's like this, but it can be seen that it's unfamiliar. It's obvious that I don't practice writing very often, or it's the first time, so I can't say, it's not simple, it's not simple.

After finishing the last question, I looked at it and saw that my name and place of birth were all written, and everything else was written. I was very satisfied with it. Then I looked at the others, who seemed to be still immersed in writing.

Is it so difficult?
Chapter completed!