On a February day, the light rain was pouring down.

The Qingyun street is in a hurry, the restaurant that has been eroded by the years looks depressed in the rain, and the broken window on the second floor has not had time to be repaired, and the wind carries the rain into it.

It's just that inside the restaurant, it's a different scene, the fragrance of tea fills the air, and the voices of people are noisy and lively. Some scholars are talking about the Four Books and the Five Classics, some are reciting poems, and some are denouncing the scourge of the Japanese Invaders.

At the time of the excitement, the sound suddenly dropped to a lower level, and many scholars couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the stairs. But I saw a beautiful woman holding refreshments and walking towards this side.

Hormones are undoubtedly a mysterious force that is greater than gravity.

After seeing that the shopkeeper turned out to be a beautiful beauty, the hormones of these scholars soared, and when the restaurant began to welcome customers and provide snacks, even if it was raining outside, it still attracted a group of scholars.

These scholars are all like peacocks on the screen, competing with each other, talking about poetry and songs, trying to attract Nie Yunzhu's attention, hoping to be attracted by their talents.

As a veteran of the love field, Lin Haoran naturally saw the careful thinking of these well-dressed beasts, so he satisfied these scholars who thought they were talented and learned, and the restaurant held a unique poetry contest.

Writing poems with "bamboo", all scholars who participate in this selection activity can get a plate of exquisite dim sum.

This topic is not difficult, this four gentlemen, Meilan Zhuju, is a compulsory course for everyone. Many students were immediately eager to try, wrote their own masterpieces, and then hypocritically humbled others.

Since the voting tool for the selection of the event is a bamboo stick, this gives the dustpan cooking an added value, so that the dustpan cooking is invisibly a small fire. In order to argue for a good ranking, scholars secretly began to canvass for votes, which naturally inevitably burned the hearts of some scholars.

It's just that when the battle was about to be vigorously fought, the atmosphere of the struggle suddenly came to an abrupt end, not because he suddenly realized the truth of "friendship first, competition second", but because the county test had come.

Compared with this kind of poetry fight, the battle for the imperial examination is the big pattern, which can allow you to truly realize the life leap of "Chao for Tian Shelang and Twilight for Tianzi Hall".

On 14 February, there was only one day left before the county exam began.

Under the warm invitation of Gu Qingfeng and others, Lin Haoran went to Dongshi to familiarize himself with the examination room. The examination room is a large temporary examination booth, but it can only be viewed from a distance, and everyone is not allowed to get closer.

In fact, there is nothing to see, that is, a large area was carved out in Dongshi, a large examination shed was built, and then tables and chairs were placed in it. Since no one knows where it will be arranged, even if you sneak inside, you still can't cheat in advance.

Zheng Guozhi suddenly walked up to Lin Haoran, looked at him with a smile and said, "Brother Lin, I heard bad news, I'm afraid you have to be mentally prepared!" ”

"Please!" Lin Haoran frowned slightly, and he could see the schadenfreude from the fat man's smiling face.

The others who were whispering couldn't help but stop, and they all looked over here, as if they wanted to know what kind of news it would be.

Zheng Guozhi found that everyone was looking at him, arched his hand and said: "Last year, the county respected and the newly appointed Master Song had a drink in the Guanhai Pavilion, and he once denounced that most of the current students were quoting the names of their predecessors, and there was nothing new. ”

Lin Haoran was confused, not to mention the reliability of this news, this seems to be just an ordinary conversation, and it has something to do with him? What psychological preparation do you want Lao Tzu to make?

Zhao Dongcheng on the side pondered for a moment, raised his head and whispered: "Brother Chen means that this county is very likely to have a tie question?" ”

As soon as the words came out, all of them were stunned, and they couldn't help but glance at Zhao Dongcheng.

The so-called interception topic is to select two sentences from the Four Books and Five Classics that are not in the horse's mouth, and take half of them to form a new sentence to propose.

This is actually a helpless move by the examiner. After so many years of exploration, the Four Books and Five Classics, which are only tens of thousands of words, have already been used, and they have also formed "classic model models".

As long as you study it wholeheartedly and memorize all these classic model texts, you will almost be invincible!

In this era, there is no such thing as plagiarism, and no examiner dares to veto the low score of plagiarism for plagiarizing the orthodox "words of the sage" of these model essays, and in the end he can only pinch his nose and let this "plagiarism candidate" pass.

It's just that in this way, the ones who are selected are either "lucky ones" or nerds who are dead readers.

If Xiao Zhixian really said that to Master Song, it would prove that he didn't want to pick out a bunch of nerds in Shicheng County, so the possibility of the county trying to cut the question would be greatly increased.

Everyone is a smart person, and they immediately understood the meaning of Zheng Guozhi's words, and couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Lin Haoran. This orthodox Four Books and Five Classics question is naturally difficult for this nerd, but if there is a truncation question, how can a nerd like Lin Haoran deal with it?

Even if you suffer for ten years in the cold window, even if you have thousands of Chinese chapters in your belly, this county test will have to be defeated.

Everyone was originally a little jealous of Lin Haoran's sluggishness, but when they heard that the county exam might be a cut-off question, they couldn't help but gloat.

Zheng Guozhi glanced at Lin Haoran with a smile, and then nodded slightly at Zhao Dongcheng and said, "Not bad!" The possibility of the county being able to take the question is very great, and it will even definitely come out! ”

"If the county is really out of the question, then the difficulty of this county exam is not small!" Gu Qingfeng sighed slightly, and at the same time glanced at Lin Haoran with understanding.

Rub, I'm being treated as a fool again!

Lin Haoran looked at everyone's eyes and immediately couldn't help but smile bitterly. The original owner of this body was much more unpopular, and he felt that last time he was not with the Jiang family's maid Huanye, but with their beautiful sister.

Load, keep loading!

Zheng Guozhi looked at Lin Haoran's mediocre reaction, thinking that he was pretending to be calm, and his eyes couldn't help but be full of contempt. If there is really a truncation problem, then how can this nerd deal with it, and he will not have to cry and shout at that time.

Thinking that this was once as famous as Jiang Yuebai in Qingshan Academy, he was in a very positive mood, looking forward to the county honorable question, and looking forward to the expression of this nerd when he fell off the list.

It's just a pity that such a powerful person would look away like this and compare such a nerd with Jiang Yuebai.

February 15, the day of the county exam.

Lin Haoran felt that he had just closed his eyes, and Xiao Er came to knock on the door, and there was the sound of some people walking outside the corridor, presumably someone had already gotten up and was ready to go out.

According to the regulations of the county examination, candidates should enter the venue at the end of the fourth watch in the second half of the night to ensure that the examination can be held on time. Pulling open the quilt, the cold of the midnight of February hit, perhaps because of the nervousness before the exam, I didn't pay much attention to this cold snap.

Although there are hundreds of famous articles in his mind, he still recalled and remembered them one by one last night, but at this time, he still had no bottom in his heart. I'm always worried that I'm going to miss something, or if it's not firm now, I'll forget it all by the time I take the exam.

Lin Haoran finished washing, and as soon as he pushed the door, he saw that Xiao Liu was already waiting for him at the door, but he didn't know if he had just arrived or had been here for a long time. He was carrying a food box containing rice balls, cooked meat, and pastries, which Nie Yunzhu had prepared.

Due to the long duration of the examination, candidates will bring lunch, and almost everyone has a bamboo basket or food box.

Xiao Liu followed Nie Yunzhu's instructions and insisted on sending him to the examination room, there were a lot of carriages along the way, and the more people went to the exam, almost everyone rushed in one direction.

Outside the examination room, the yamen almost lit lanterns to maintain order, stopped the candidates' families outside, and let the candidates line up to enter through the east and west gates.

There are only more than 300 candidates in Shicheng County who take the exam, and they are divided into six teams, each team is about 50 or so.

They checked very seriously and responsibly, like the rice balls planned by Lin Haoran before, the entrainment of rice balls did not work at all, and the rice balls were crushed by them one by one like bird eggs, which was really painful.

When it was Lin Haoran's turn, he was startled, and there was a sudden commotion next to him. It turned out that the yacha found out that someone had hidden the cheat sheet in the pen holder, and he was arrested immediately, and the four scholars behind him were like mourners, and they were implicated.

Cheating in this era is a crime, in addition to leaving a black file, you also have to be beaten and popped, and this life is ruined. For example, Tang Bohu, who is talented, was burdened by fraud cases, and as a result, he was not allowed to enter the office for life.

It didn't take long for all the candidates to enter smoothly, and the examination room was actually a huge examination booth, which was full of tables and chairs for the candidates to answer the papers, but everyone could only wait on one side.

Then there was a tremor outside the door, and the big people entered one after another, and Xiao Lidao, the magistrate of the county, and the teacher of the school department arrived.

Xiao Lidao was wearing a seven-grade official uniform, in his forties, with fair skin, a Chinese face, and a beautiful goatee, first glanced at the candidates, and then walked straight to the main hall and sat down.

The county examination is presided over by the magistrate, and the candidate who directly selects him as suitable has absolute decision-making power.

When the student who is the guarantor of the candidate enters the venue, the identity of the candidate will be verified. Whenever the name of the person is read, the candidate will go to the main hall to verify the identity, and after the insured student confirms that it is correct, Xiao Lidao will personally write the name.

When it was Ye Wuhen's turn, it seemed that there was some kind of connection between the fate.

After Xiao Lidao checked his confession and confirmed that the showman was correct, Lin Haoran got the file and took the opportunity to take a closer look at him, and found that he was also examining himself.

The volume and a stack of drafts were as thick as a stack of papers, and Lin Haoran pressed the volume number "Ding Si" to find his seat. The number is very coincidental, this year is the year of Ding Si.

At this time, the sky outside has gradually brightened, the gate has been closed, and the first test of the county examination has officially begun.

All Lin Haoran got was paper, and there were no exam questions on it, which was slightly different from later generations.

The first session of the county test is called the main field, with two questions in four books, one question in the Five Classics, and one poem in the trial post.

A gong sounded, and the two yacha held a wooden board with the inscription: "Learn and learn, there are bandit gentlemen!" ”

Interception questions?

The students of Qingshan Academy were happy when they saw this topic, and they couldn't help but look for Lin Haoran's figure!

I see how you pretend!

The happiest is Zheng Guozhi, who is sitting in front of Lin Hao, and at this time, he looks at Lin Haoran with a smile, and has already begun to anticipate how pitiful Lin Haoran will look when he falls off the list.