The crowd slowly passed through three doors. Soldiers searched each door repeatedly to ensure that any cheating items were contained. The soldiers who checked were so meticulous that they even used knives to break open the slightly larger pastries brought in to prevent anything from being caught inside.
The last gate is the tallest, and a huge plaque on the gate has the word "Dragon Gate" written on it. Su Jin suddenly realized that the Dragon Gate that later generations called it was derived from the third gate of Gongyuan; indeed, if you can enter this gate, as long as you can
If you pass the imperial examination, you will be able to leap over the dragon gate and soar into the clouds. But I don’t know how many people can jump over this dragon gate.
After entering the Dragon Gate, you officially entered the Gongyuan. In the huge Gongyuan, there are rows of densely packed examination sheds with green bricks and small tiles, all facing south in rows. Each shed has ten rooms.
A long alley about four feet wide is left in between, equipped with lights and water tanks, so that candidates can walk at night and drink water during the day.
The examination booths were numbered, and the dormitories were also numbered. Su Jin found his dormitory one after another according to the number plate. When he opened the wooden door of the dormitory, a musty and damp smell assaulted his nostrils, making him want to vomit. Su Jin covered his mouth and nose and stared closely.
Look, I slowly adapted to the dim light and saw this
The house is small and cramped, with an area of no more than five square meters, a length of no more than two meters, and a width of no more than one and a half meters. The two brick walls are built with two brick supports one or two feet above the ground, with the tops staggered.
There are two layers of wooden boards on top and bottom, but I don't know what they are used for.
Su Jin turned around and heard the student in the dormitory next door, who was about twenty-seven or eight years old, busy coming in and out and not knowing what he was doing. Since he couldn't talk inside, Su Jin had to walk over and observe secretly.[
Seeing Su Jin's confused look, the student knew that it was his first time to take the exam, so when the patrolling soldiers were not paying attention, he quietly said to Su Jin: "Brother, don't you know how to use this dormitory?"
Su Jin nodded and pointed to the two wooden boards and said softly: "Where's the desk? Where's the bed? How can we live in such a small place?"
The student pointed to the two layers of wooden boards and said: "During the exam, the upper wooden board will replace the desk, and the lower wooden board will be used as a stool, so you can sit and answer questions. At night, you can take out the upper wooden board and merge it into the lower layer to use it as a bed for sleeping."
Su Jin said in astonishment: "It's less than five feet long, how can you sleep on it?"
The student spread his hands and said: "I have no choice but to make do with it, brother! There is a small niche on the opposite wall where you can place a small stove to heat tea. If you bring any dry food, you can heat it on the small stove.
"There are unified times for going to the toilet, usually once in the morning, noon and evening. The door of the dormitory will be locked after the exam starts during the rest of the time. If you are in a hurry, you can only solve it in the dormitory first."
Su Jin almost stared out of his eyes. What kind of exam is this paralysis? This is simply torture. I didn't expect that the solemn and sacred imperial examination would be so awkward, which Su Jin couldn't accept.
"One more thing, brother, please note that there are often centipedes and venomous snakes in this dormitory. Someone was bitten by a poisonous snake in the previous department. When we opened the dormitory, we found that the person was already dead, so you must check before going to bed..."
Before the man finished speaking, a soldier patrolled the passage ahead and shouted loudly: "Don't whisper to each other. If you continue to talk to each other, you will leave."
The man quickly stopped talking, cupped his hands, turned around and went about his business.
Su Jin was about to cry. He had never lived in a place like a pigsty in his entire life. This was a lesson. After all, since he was here, there was no use regretting. Su Jin had to open the test basket and put everything in it.
Take it out and sort it out. It’s okay if you don’t sort it out, but you’ll be scared when you sort it out.
It was a big surprise that there was everything inside. Su Jin was delighted to find a box of sandalwood slices and a small incense burner. It was Huan Niang's handiwork. Huan Niang spent the most time waiting for her to study, and she knew that she liked to read when she was reading.
Light a pot of incense tablets.
Su Jin quickly picked up a piece of incense and put it under his nose to smell it. It turned out to be his favorite rose scent, so he lit a piece and put it into the stove. After a while, the aroma filled his nose, removing the stench of mildew in the small dormitory.
Rinse cleanly.
Su Jin was in a good mood, so he swept the inside and outside with a broom, went to the water tank at the end of the dormitory, scooped up a few basins of water, and flushed the dormitory clean; he also took a piece of cloth to block the door curtain.
He wiped the green brick wall randomly to wipe away the cobwebs, and then tore up the strips of cloth to block the big gaps so that poisonous snakes and centipedes would not have a place to hide.
After some tidying up and cleaning, the dormitory looked completely new again. The scent of rose incense drifted in the air, and it looked like a small new house.
Just when Su Jin was busy organizing the dormitory, the disciples in the dormitory on the left and right had already started to heat up the small stoves to heat up the dry food and began to eat lunch. When he smelled the fragrance of the food, Su Jin felt hungry.
The discomfort, looking at the sky, it is at least the end of time.
Su Jin quickly took out the food box and opened it. The huge mahogany food box was divided into five layers. The top layer was pastry, and the lower layers were all sealed, with the words 1, 2, and 3 on it. This was the meal Yan Biyun prepared for Su Jin.
The piece of sealed food box marked with one is eaten on the first day, the one marked with two is eaten on the second day, and the third box is eaten on the last day; the pastries are used as snacks.
Su Jin guessed that Yan Biyun set it based on the quality of the food. When they were checking outside just now, the soldiers had already opened it and looked at it, but Su Jin didn't look at it; today was the first day, so naturally he wanted to eat the first box.
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Opening the food box with "1" written on it, there were three things in the food box, a bowl of longan and lotus seed soup, a plate of fried meat slices with cucumber, and a small bowl of dozens of candied dates; the dishes were not rich at all, but Su Jin suddenly
Then he understood what Yan Biyun meant: This
Several dishes have the effect of reassuring and calming the mind. Yan Biyun knew that Su Jin would be very uncomfortable when he first entered the Gongyuan examination, and he might be upset, so he carefully selected these reassuring and calming dishes to let Su Jin calm down after eating.
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Su Jin understood Yan Biyun's intention, but couldn't calm down anymore. This woman had a goddess-like appearance and a delicate and clear heart. She did every little thing with great care, especially for herself. She had never seen him treat her so well.
Perfunctory; in the past
He didn't feel anything yet, but in this small world isolated from the world, Su Jin's feelings suddenly became more sensitive and intense. Su Jin asked himself: Have I missed some of the most beautiful things because I have been busy recently? I hope I can still do it.
Not completely missed.
At the application time in the afternoon, all the sealed sets of questions were handed out. Someone was walking around between the booths with gongs, beating them, and loudly announced: "At the application time, the examination booth will be locked and the examination will officially begin. During the examination, no loud talking is allowed! No random words are allowed.
What a joke! Don’t cross the dormitory!
Plagiarism and cheating are not allowed! If there is any violation, you will be expelled immediately and sent to the official for investigation! There are two invigilators and ten soldiers in each shed to supervise the examination. The locks of the dormitory will be opened at midnight tomorrow. Before that, no one is allowed to open the dormitory privately. All important matters must be
The report must be approved by the examiner!"[
At the eleventh hour, ten soldiers in the examination room stood in front of the dormitory door holding big locks. The invigilator gave an order, and all the wooden doors of the dormitory were closed and locked. The dormitory suddenly became dark, and all the students rushed
I lit the oil lamp or candle I brought with me, and with the sound of tearing open the envelope, I took out the test questions and began to meditate hard.
The first test question is poetry and fu, which is actually a propositional composition. You write a poem (or words) based on a specific proposition, and one poem for each. It is naturally difficult if it is original. Not only do you need to carefully consider the words and sentences, but you also need to consider the rhyme and rhyme.
; For Su Jin, a time traveler, the pronunciation of words in later generations is very different from those in ancient times, and it is really difficult for him to rhyme well.
But fortunately, Su Jin was all pirated. Once he saw that the scope of poems specified was endless, and the only requirement was to "write about old scenes and express ancient feelings," he immediately became confident.
Although the memory of this skin is useless, because what he memorizes are poems and poems written by his predecessors, copying them will definitely lead to fraud, but Su Jin is a later generation Chinese college student, and he has memorized dozens of ancient poems.
I have memorized hundreds of ancient poems, no more than no less. Isn't it true that I just stick to the memorization now? The only thing I have to consider is not to mess up the time. Just copy the poems before Qingli.
Su Jin thought about it for a while, slowly studied the ink under the candlelight, and wrote the title "Niannujiao Chibi Nostalgia".
The great river goes eastward, and all the waves are washed away,
A man of the ages.
Therefore, on the west side of the fortress, the way of humanity is,
Three Kingdoms Zhoulang Red Cliff.
Rocks pierce through the sky, stormy waves crash onto the shore,
Rolling up thousands of piles of snow.
The country is picturesque and there are so many heroes at one time!
Thinking back to Gong Jin’s time,
Xiao Qiao is married for the first time and is handsome and handsome.
Feather fan scarf, talking and laughing,
The boats and oars disappeared into ashes and smoke.
My motherland wanders in my mind, my passion should laugh at me,
Early hair growth.
Life is like a dream, a bottle of wine brings back the moon.
Su Jin has no psychological burden for stealing Su Shi's version. Who asked him to still wear crotchless pants? Calculating the age, this guy must be four or five years old at most. As for whose poem will belong to him in the future, he can't control this confusing matter.
, can’t wait to look at the present.
"Su Shi has pirated his poems, so why not pirate his poems as well? If you want to trick him, just trick him alone." Su Jin thought, and wrote the words "Red Cliff Fu" in his pen.
"In the autumn of Renxu, in the seventh month, Su Zi and his guests went boating under the Red Cliff. A gentle breeze came slowly, and the water was calm. He drank wine with the guests, recited poems about the bright moon, and sang graceful chapters. After a while, the moon came out.
above the east mountain, wandering
Wandering among the bullfights. The white dew stretches across the river, and the water reaches the sky. A single reed is like this, and the vast expanse of land is in a state of confusion. It is as vast as a wind flying in the air, but does not know where it stops; it floats as if it is left alone in the world and becomes a feather.
And ascend to immortality."[
Su Jin proudly silently wrote the beginning of Chibi Fu, read it through and said to himself: "No, the year of Renxu Autumn is definitely wrong and needs to be changed; the self-titled 'Su Zi' does not need to be changed. Su Shi believes in Su, I
My surname is Su, is this God’s will?”
"So I had a great time drinking and singing. The song goes like this: "The orchid oars are flying on the osmanthus, and the light is shining in the sky. I feel the mist in my heart, and I look forward to the beauty in the sky." There is a guest who plays the cave flute, and he sings while listening to the song.
Harmony. Her voice is like a whine, like resentment, admiration, weeping, complaining, and the lingering sound is like a wisp. She dances like a dragon lurking in a secluded ravine, and weeps like a concubine in a lonely boat."
"Su Zi was stunned, sitting upright, and asked the guest: "Why is this so?" The guest said: "'The moon and stars are sparse, and the black magpie flies south.' Isn't this a poem by Cao Mengde? Looking west to Xiakou, east to east
Look at Wuchang. The mountains and rivers are close to each other, and the sky is green. Is this not what Meng De trapped in Zhou Lang? He broke through Jingzhou, went down to Jiangling, and followed the river to the east. The boat was thousands of miles away, the flags covered the sky, and the wine came.
I wrote poems across the river, and I was a hero for a lifetime. How is he safe now? Kuangwu and his son were fishing and woodcutting on the river, living with fish and shrimps and making friends with elk. They drove a small boat with a leaf, and raised a bottle to express their friendship.
Mayflies are flying in the sky and the earth, a drop in the vast sea. I mourn the short period of my life, and envy the poverty of the Yangtze River. I carry flying immortals to fly around, and hold the bright moon until the end of my life. I don’t know how unexpected it is, but I leave it in the sad wind."
"..."
A eloquent Chibi poem appeared on the paper. Su Jin returned to see if there were any flaws. He finally felt relieved. He spread the paper on the board to dry and put it away. He made a cup of hot tea with a thermos and drank it carefully.
Then I laid the planks, unfolded the quilt, curled up in the quilt and gradually fell asleep.