After waiting in line, more than 300 candidates were waiting in the courtyard after passing the Longmen, the sky was already slightly bright, and a yamen runner came over to sing the name, and Zhan Feiyu received the paper for the test paper.
The little official standing beside him naturally knew Zhan Feiyu and whispered: "There is a seat number on the paper. Zhan Xiao Mengtong takes the seat according to the seat number, and the number is in the third room to the east."
"Thank you." After thanking him, Zhan Feiyu glanced at the number, thinking that he would be taken care of by County Magistrate Chen, at least he would not be given a bad or leaky number.
Others also began to look for the number house corresponding to their seat numbers. A young boy, who was young, took the county examination for the first time, looked at the narrow and cramped number house that looked like a thatched house.
What caught my eye was two four-foot-long wooden boards, with brick brackets on both sides of the walls, up and down. During the exam, the two wooden boards were placed on the upper and lower brackets, and a simple table and stool were built.
"Don't make noise!" The yamen runners not far away shouted loudly, and the few candidates who had just complained never dared to speak again.
Zhan Feiyu took out the rag in the test basket, wiped the wooden table and stool quickly, took out the things in the test basket one by one, and placed the test paper on the far right side, away from the food and
water.
"Silent!" The yamen runner shouted three times. As all the candidates entered the number house, the door of the examination room had been closed, and the whole audience was quiet, and there was a little nervousness for no reason.
There are five county examinations, the first one is the main one, and the number of people admitted is the largest. Those who are smooth in literature can be admitted, while those who fail the first one cannot pass the exam.
Zhan Feiyu looked at the test paper spread flat on the table. The paper had red lines and horizontal dots, twelve lines per page, twenty lines per line, and two pieces of plain paper were sent as draft paper.
When answering questions, candidates are not allowed to write the answer outside the sealing line.
After a while, the iron cloud board was knocked three times, and the county examination officially began. A yamen runner held high a sign light to patrol the field, and the test board was displayed on the tour.
In addition to a total of five papers, the first two papers test the Postscript and Mo Yi. Anyone who is a little Mengtong who is studying can basically write it out.
The last three questions are all on the test question board, and candidates need to copy the questions themselves.
Picking up the pen, Zhan Feiyu quickly copied the test questions on the manuscript paper. The first one was the four books: Shun Yu Ren and become a minister.
Not to mention the other candidates' mouths twitched straight, Zhan Feiyu also realized the difficulty of the county test questions. The first question was a short question.
The candidates are not allowed to complain, and the minor official has come over with the test board. The second question is selected from the Five Classics, one of the "Book of Changes", "Spring and Autumn", "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", and "Shangshu". Candidates can choose
One of the questions is answered.
The third question is the five-character and six-rhyme test poem: The bright moon is in the water.
After confirming the name and seat number, Zhan Feiyu started writing the title of the post and the ink meaning of the first two papers.
The questions in these two papers are not large, including thirty chapters of the postscript and ten ink-meaning questions. Basically, all the candidates have finished writing within half an hour.
Half an hour later, Zhan Feiyu was ready to answer the most difficult and important first four book questions.
This sentence comes from the Great, "As a king, you must stop benevolence; a minister, you must stop be respectful; a son, you must stop be filial; a father, you must stop be kind; a friend with the people of the country, you must stop be faithful."
The general meaning is: As a monarch, one must achieve benevolence; as a subject, one must achieve respect; as a son, one must achieve filial piety; as a father, one must achieve mercy; and intimacy is achieved when interacting with the people.
The first half of the first sentence of this question is cut off, and the second half of the next sentence is cut off. In the question, "benevolence" refers to what "jun" means, but the question links "benevolence" and "official", so you have to stick to it when answering the question.
When writing articles with "benevolence" and "officials", the key point is that "benevolence" is "being a minister".
Not only Zhan Feiyu is thinking, but other candidates are the same. They have plenty of time to answer three major questions. They need to consider how to write the article well.
If you answer this Four Books well, you might be given a "home number". You can answer the test paper in front of the chief examiners such as Chen County Magistrate and Zhao Zhiyu during the second exam.
Although the surveillance is stricter and there may even be questions on the spot, those with excellent performance must be ranked first when the case occurs.
As long as the top few people in the county examination are really good at learning, the prefect will generally take care of the face of the county magistrates during the prefecture examination. The top few candidates can basically pass the prefecture examination. In this way, Tong Sheng’s name is
Stay stable.
Time passed by little by little, and the weather in February was still bit cold. More than an hour had passed since dawn and now, and his hands and feet had already become cold.
"Cough cough..." The candidate in the number house diagonally opposite him shivered and coughed twice from time to time.
Zhan Feiyu, who was writing on the manuscript paper, looked up and saw a fierce look flashing in his eyes. It turned out to be Qian Pingchao!
Thinking of the beggars who came out of the official road in the morning, Zhan Feiyu couldn't help but sneer. It was such a coincidence!
Qian Pingchao was trembling by the cold wind. He was not short of money, but he was still white. In front of others, he had to maintain the poverty of poor children, so he only wore a few single clothes and the cold wind poured into the house. Qian Pingchao was frozen.
The back of the hand is purple.
At this moment, looking at Zhan Feiyu wrapped in a fox fur, Qian Pingchao suppressed the jealousy in his heart. He didn't know what he thought of, Qian Pingchao's sneering, lowered his head and grinded it, and was extremely vicious.
After a while, Qian Pingchao, who had calmed down his emotions, looked up and saw Zhan Feiyu had already picked up his pen and started writing. He looked focused and serious, and his writing was as smooth as flowing water. Even if he couldn't see the content, he knew Zhan Feiyu.
It must be like a spring of thought.
Qian Pingchao, who didn't know how to solve the problem, once again distorted his face in jealousy. Why are they all born in a farm family? They have to endure hardships and get hungry and freezing!
But Zhan Feiyu, the dead girl, became a disciple of Grand Secretary Gu, and County Magistrate Chen took care of her. She wrote so smoothly, maybe County Magistrate Chen had read the title before! But no matter how much hated her heart, Qian Pingchao could only calm down and start to calm down.
Answer questions.
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At noon, the weather was not good, there was no snow, but the wind was blowing.
The cold wind carried unmelted snow particles and blew into the trumpet house. Especially the trumpet house with different luck and air leakage on the roof, the candidates could only stop writing and rub their frozen hands.
Zhan Feiyu pressed the test paper with paperweight and placed the test basket horizontally in front of the table to block the snow particles mixed in the wind. If the snowflakes melted on the test paper, the test paper would be dirty.
Although I was not very hungry, I still needed to write a five classics title in the afternoon and a test poem. Zhan Feiyu took out a jerky meat to mat his stomach.
The freshly made jerky meat is not too hard, cut into long strips, wrapped in white sesame seeds, and made for the exam, so it tastes slightly salty.
The candidate who was gnawing hard cakes in the opposite house looked at Zhan Feiyu who was eating jerky enviously. He ate a bite of the cake and looked at the jerky in Zhan Feiyu's hand, which was very hopeful that the plums would quench their thirst.
The taste of food dissipated with the wind. Qian Pingchao chewed hard cakes like earth lumps, and his teeth were gritting his teeth as if he was eating the flesh and blood of Zhanfei fish.
Zhan Feiyu grinned, with a bit of provocation in his eyes. After eating a few pieces of jerky meat, he took out the rice cake from the test basket. The rice cake was cut as thin as cloud cake, with a hint of sweetness.
The taste just relieves the greasiness of the jerky meat.
When my stomach was full, Zhan Feiyu wiped his hands, but took out a small bowl from the test basket, and put the peeled oranges in it.
Under this temperature of ice, if you drink a sip of cold water, your stomach and intestines will probably be frozen, and the oranges will just quench your thirst. A group of candidates' eyes were straightened. Why are they the same candidates so different?
Nanxuan Prefecture and several surrounding prefectures cannot grow oranges due to the climate, and even if they bear fruit, the taste will be sour and astringent. You don’t have to think about it and know that the oranges eaten by Zhanfeiyu were transported from other places and stored in an ice cellar.
Zhan Feiyu, who had eaten and drunk enough, moved his stiff body in the kao shed, and thought about how to write this test poem.
County Magistrate Chen is good at poetry, and the title of "The Moon in the Water" is not difficult, but it is not easy to write well. In addition to literary talent, what is more important is the idea.
This water can be a pond, a lake, a river, or a sea, whether it is a spring moon or a autumn moon...
Zhan Feiyu doesn’t want to write a lot of excellent poems in the test, as long as it is easy to do. Even if it is a county test, the most important thing is to make art and literature. Testing poems is just the icing on the cake.
Sudden.
"I didn't cheat..." A sharp voice broke the tranquility of the examination room, and all the candidates were shocked.
Two candidates who were copying articles shook their hands, and the tip of their pen was wrong, and their faces were immediately bloodless.
The two yamen runners directly blocked the candidate's mouth, and rudely arrested the person and dragged him out. They went to the toilet soon. When they came back, they got a cheat sheet. They dared to cheat on the county trial, and they were tired of living!
Zhan Feiyu was not affected and confirmed that the format of the test post was correct and the rhyme was not wrong, so he began to copy the test papers one by one.
In this way, she had only the second Five Classics title left.
There was another noise not far away, but a candidate was froze and accidentally knocked over the inkstone and the ink stained the paper.
"Sir, please be kind to me and give me another paper..." The candidate looked at him in his thirties and cried like a child, "Sir..."
Qian Pingchao looked at Zhan Feiyu, who was still as motionless as a mountain. The dead girl was only nine years old after the New Year, and she was so calm!
The middle-aged candidate who was betrayed her parents looked at the papers confiscated by the yamen runners, and suddenly rushed forward like crazy. The yamen runners did not catch them, but he broke free and ran away.
"What are you doing?" An angry shout sounded, but the middle-aged candidate knocked over the inkstones of the two candidates in the number room.
A hideous and crazy smile appeared on his face, covered in tears. The middle-aged candidate slapped the inkstone with his right hand, and then slapped the candidate next door on the paper.
The youngest candidate who was answering the questions was the youngest this year, only seven years old. He was stunned and could not react after a while.
"Damn!" Zhan Feiyu was stunned. Seeing that the middle-aged candidate was running towards him like a madman, he immediately stood up and put the papers on the table on the stool behind him. The test basket in his hand was like an iron discus
Swipe it over.
Bang! There was not much in other people's test baskets, but Zhan Feiyu's test basket was prepared by Yin Wuyan. There was still a lot of food left in a small bowl, and Zhan Feiyu used 100%
The power of
The middle-aged man was smashed and let out a whistle, and two yamen runners arrived, twisting his arm and pressing the person to the ground, "Don't move!"
County Magistrate Chen walked over with a pale face. The hospital examination took twice in three years. Each county examination would have some problems, but this year it was the worst. His test was dirty and he was so crazy that he destroyed three people.
Exam paper.
"Sir." The two yamen runners looked ugly. They did not stop the middle-aged candidates. This was their loss.
The first two candidates who were tainted with the paper were sitting in the vocational hall with anger. If they hadn't known the rules, they would have wanted to rush over and beat the culprit to death.
The youngest candidate finally reacted and burst into tears, "My paper...my paper was ruined..."
Zhan Feiyu looked back at the test paper placed on the stool, and after saluting, he couldn't help asking: "Sir, the student just now had no choice. Please forgive me for any violations."
"It's okay, it's not your fault." County Magistrate Chen naturally wouldn't blame Zhan Feiyu. If she hadn't reacted and smashed the candidate with the exam basket, she would have been afraid that her exam paper would not be able to be saved.
If it is a general problem, at most he will be kicked out of the examination room. However, the middle-aged candidate is too harsh and the majestic county magistrate Chen said coldly: "Please take the person to jail! Let the county examination be settled until the county examination is over."
As for the innocent three people who were tainted by the papers, Zhao Jiayu wanted to plead, "Sir, the papers of these three people have been destroyed and there are extra test papers. Can you change them to the three people?"
The three candidates Qi Yi looked at County Magistrate Chen, and they were also harmed by this lunatic candidate.
"No." County Magistrate Chen refused firmly.
Hope was shattered all of a sudden, and the three of them stood in the hall with dull expressions.
Although Zhan Feiyu also sympathized with the experience of the three, he could understand the practice of County Magistrate Chen. Although the three were innocent, they could not make a square basis without rules. Can other candidates in the future ask for new test papers for other reasons?
"Sir, I want to sue..." The middle-aged candidate who was detained by the yamen runners suddenly struggled, howled at the top of his throat, and his red eyes stared at Zhan Feiyu, "She cheated! There is a copy in her account house.
!I just saw it!"
A stone shocked a thousand waves! Not to mention the magistrate Chen, the chief clerk, Zhao Zhiyu and the examiners were stunned, even the other candidates in the examination room were stunned.
Cheating? More than 300 people participated in the county exam today, but few people believed that Zhan Feiyu cheated! The circle of scholars is so big, and Zhan Feiyu is also well-known.
Although she was called a child prodigy when she was in the Lin Family Private School, the scholars in Shangsi County did not recognize it. The girl aged seven or eight, who had less than a year of study, was probably an exaggeration to her name.
But after the Winter Solstice Cultural Conference, Zhan Feiyu's talent was recognized. After that, she went to the county school to study. Not only was the master of the county school, but all the people praised Zhan Feiyu.
The case of Wan Juren being poisoned has pushed Zhan Feiyu's reputation to the top. The test papers pasted outside the county government are obvious to everyone. Whether it is her words or her questions, they are all amazing.
Today is just the first county examination. With Zhan Feiyu's talent, she really doesn't need to cheat.