The candidates were all afraid that they would miss the examination because they were late, so they all rushed to Gongyuan early.

However, Gongyuan will not open its doors until the exams start, so a lot of people gathered in front of Gongyuan at this time, completely surrounding Gongyuan.

With Jiang Zhao's height, even if he stood on tiptoe, he wouldn't be able to see what Dean Gong looked like.

Among the crowd of candidates, someone obviously knew Jiang Zhao and Si Mubai. When they saw the two coming, they walked up to say hello.

"Brother Mubai is here."

"Brother Jiang Zhao is here too."

These are all talented people who I met when they took the provincial examination together before. We all passed the examination together and can be regarded as classmates.

Jiang Zhao is only sixteen years old this year. Among this group of candidates who have studied hard for more than ten years, he is extremely young, so everyone calls him "Xiandi".

Jiang Zhao and Simubai also greeted each other.

After saying hello, acquaintances gathered together to chat, naturally about the topic of the exam.

"The demons on the border have just been calmed down. The questions in this rural examination are likely to be about demons or the border." One of them said the question he was betting on.

But someone soon refuted: "My teacher gave me a question, saying that the question in this examination is likely to be related to the feudal king."

There are too many vassal kings in the Tianyu Dynasty. This can be seen from the behavior of King Na Rui. It is indeed very likely that this examination will be titled with vassal kings.

"Brother Mubai, I wonder what question you asked?" one person asked.

Si Mubai replied: "My topic is the same as Brother Peng's."

The Brother Peng he was talking about was the scholar who just wrote the title "Border and Demons".

Everyone said their questions, but Jiang Zhao was left without one. Everyone looked at her and said.

"Brother Jiang Zhao, you were Jieyuan in the last provincial examination. What questions did you test?"

Jiang Zhao once again told everyone the topic of persuading students that he had discussed with Simubai in the morning. Their reactions were the same as Simubai's first reaction, and they did not think that this exam would be about persuading students.

But Jiang Zhao then said another question of his.

"There is another thing. I think this exam will probably be about aristocratic families."

If there are too many vassal kings in the Tianyu Dynasty, then there are too many aristocratic families.

This time Jiang Zhao's topic aroused everyone's interest, and everyone's topic shifted from the border to the aristocratic family.

About two-quarters of an hour later, the gate of Gongyuan slowly opened.

As soon as the gate of Gongyuan opened, the crowd began to get excited.

"The gate to Gongyuan is finally open!"

"The test session is about to start. I don't know why, but I suddenly feel inexplicably nervous."

"Nervousness is human nature. After ten years of studying hard in a cold window, I will try my best today!"

"Yes, I wonder if we can get the Zhonghui Yuan. If not, what will happen in the future?"

"No matter what happens in the future, I have to give it a try today so that I can live up to the ten years of waiting!"

…

While everyone was discussing, several policemen walked out of the Gongyuan with sharp eyes and stood on both sides holding swords. One of them stood aside holding a stick of incense.

Inside the gate of Gongyuan, three old men with white hair stood in the center of the courtyard, watching the commotion outside the door.

"I heard that there are a few more talented people this year than in previous years."

"Jiang Wenyu from the Jiang family of the Tutor, Du Yuebin from the Prime Minister Du family, Zhao Ruida from the Zhao family of the Imperial Academy, and even the Jing family of the Duke of Zhenguo have produced a talented person this year."

"Oh! The Jing family also has a scholar this year? It's really strange."

"Yes, that Jing Huarong has not loved martial arts since he was a child. He only likes to study. He passed the exam all the way and is also a talented person."

"Then the Duke of the town can't offer him up as an offering."

…

The other two old men who said the last sentence couldn't help laughing.

The Duke of this town was of the Jinghuai lineage who traveled east and west with the founding emperor Li Hao and made unparalleled achievements.

But the Jing family doesn't know why. Since Jinghuai, all the members of the family are military generals, but no one has the material to study.

But in troubled times, military generals are popular, and in prosperous times, it is natural that literati are popular.

Therefore, the current Duke Jing Xiang hopes every day that a talented person from his family can enter the court and stabilize the status of the Jing family.

After talking about it for so many years, Jing Huarong finally appeared, but the Duke of Zhen was not allowed to offer him up.

Whether inside or outside the door, everyone was discussing individually.

The time for a stick of incense soon came, and the stick of incense held in the catcher's hand quickly burned to the roots.

A high-pitched voice sounded along with a burst of bells.

"It's time for all the candidates to come in——!"

As the high-pitched voice sounded, the candidates automatically arranged themselves into three rows and entered in an orderly manner.

Wei Xiang handed Jiang Zhao the small bundle she had packed early and told her to take the exam well and not to be nervous. He would wait outside for her to come out.

Jiang Zhao took the small bundle in his hand, nodded and went in.

The police officers outside checked their directions and their entrance certificates for the general examination. In addition, the baggage they carried also had to be checked to prevent anyone from bringing cheating materials.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner and quickly, and soon it was Jiang Zhao's turn.

She handed the road guide and entrance examination certificate in her hand, and the small baggage Wei Xiang prepared for her to the policeman who checked at the door.

The police officer confirmed that the route and admission certificate were correct, and that there was nothing else in the small bag except some pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and then let him go.

Jiang Zhao took the number plate given to her by the police officer and found her room.

This room is also extremely simple. The entire room does not exceed five square meters, and there are only two wooden boards and a bucket inside.

That bucket is used to give gifts to candidates.

Candidates are not allowed to leave the room or have contact with anyone during the exam, otherwise it will be cheating.

Jiang Zhao approached the room. Fortunately, she was not tall, otherwise she would have to bend down to enter.

This reminded Jiang Zhao of Si Mubai. Although Si Mubai was just a scholar, he was eight feet tall. He had to bend down and lower his head when entering the room.

Two wooden boards were placed one above the other to form a table and chairs. The upper and lower parts were hollowed out, and there was nothing to cover them. People often came to patrol, so there was really not even the slightest chance of cheating.

Jiang Zhao took out everything from the small bag and placed pens, inks, paper and inkstones one by one.

It's not yet Chen time and the test questions haven't been told yet, so she started grinding.

Imperial examinations usually involve writing articles. You must know that writing articles is the most wasteful of ink.

While she was studying ink, an invigilator kept hovering in front of her.

All the candidates were sitting in the room, looking eagerly at the invigilators, hoping that they would announce the test questions quickly.

If they win the question, they will have another wave of bragging rights after the exam.

Just when everyone was nervous, another bell rang, and all the candidates quickly sat upright.

The examiner's sonorous voice sounded.

"The trial begins!"

"The question for this examination is..."

"Encouraging Learning--!"


Chapter completed!