The atmosphere in the examination room was extremely tense, and the 1,000 tiger warriors who had just appeared brought huge pressure to the candidates invisibly.

Today, the sky is beautiful, the sun is shining, shining on the square in front of the Yanwang Mansion, which makes people feel warm.

Sima Yi sat in a corner of the Zuihou row in the examination room, facing everything that was about to happen, acting calmly, as if he could not feel the pressure brought by the periphery, and a wolf brush was still spinning between his fingers.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

Three gongs sounded, and five examiners with test questions in their hands came out of the Yan Wang's mansion one after another, each of them holding at least a hundred test questions in their hands, and then distributed them to the candidates' desktops one by one.

When the Zuihou one-point exam questions were distributed to Sima Yi's hands, the five examiners walked directly in front of all the candidates again, and then one of the examiners took two steps forward and announced loudly: "The hour has come, the palace exam has begun!" ”

"Knock knock ......"

The dull sound of war drums was immediately beaten, the drum beat changed from slow to fast, zuihou dense as if raindrops had fallen on the drum surface, and after a while, the drum beat stopped abruptly, and the entire square in front of the house was silent.

The sound of the war drums just now made many candidates confused, and they couldn't help but wonder, why are the drums still beating in this exam?

When the drumming stopped, the candidates reacted, and only then did they begin to open the test papers, start to pick up the pen, and start answering the questions.

But just a quarter of an hour later, the sound of the war drums sounded again: "Knock knock knock......"

This time, the drums of war were playing a little longer than before. When the drums of war beat. Many of the candidates had some anger on their faces. I guess I am thinking in my heart, this is not allowed to answer the questions, and this noise pollution makes the candidates feel very bad.

In the next three times, the drums of war rang out very regularly, and then stopped very regularly, and after repeating the drums five times, the candidates had a headache. The pain is unbearable, and some simply don't have the patience to continue answering the questions.

However, in the entire examination room, there was only one person who didn't hear anything outside the window, he held the brush in his hand, and answered the questions on the test paper with enthusiasm, as if he didn't hear the drums from the outside world at all, this person was none other than Sima Yi.

Sima Yi was thunderous. After answering a large number of test questions, he stood up directly. Raising his hand, he shouted, "I want to hand in the papers!" ”

As soon as these words came out, all eyes were focused on Sima Yi's body, Sima Yi did not feel a little embarrassed, nor was he a little uncomfortable, when the inspector came to take away the papers, he swaggered away from the examination room.

After Sima Yi left, it immediately caused an uproar, and many candidates were also anxious, and hurriedly put aside distracting thoughts and began to actively answer questions.

Half an hour later, a gong sounded, and the exam ended, and all candidates, whether they had finished answering or not answering, must put down the pen and paper in their hands, stand up, and walk out of the examination room in turn.

After that, the inspectors began to collect the examination papers, and Gu Yong arranged for all the candidates to return to the Literature Museum, quietly waiting for the results of the palace examination.

This time in the palace examination, Sima Yi, who was the first to hand in the papers, suddenly became a hot person, and many people began to discuss, some said that Sima Yi was so good that he would hand in the papers so quickly, and some were opposed, saying that Sima Yi was because he couldn't, so he handed in the papers in advance.

But in any case, this is all gossip, and as for the results of the palace examination, everyone wants to know.

After the palace examination was over, all the test questions were collected, and then brought into the Yanwang Mansion by the examiner and handed over to Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, who was the chief examiner.

Zhang Yan invited Yang Biao, Zhang Zhao, and Chen Qun, the three deputy examiners, as well as the rest of the examiners, to read the papers separately and correct the test questions.

Half an hour later, all the 521 test questions were corrected, and after comparing the scores set by Zhang Yan, there were 238 candidates who met the standard, and the rest did not meet the standard, which means that the test was in vain.

After high and low scores, Zuihou selected three people with excellent results, namely Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan.

Sima Yi naturally does not need to be introduced, this Gao Tanglong is a family of scholars, born in the scholar family, his family is very famous in the Taishan area, and the first place in the Yanzhou State Examination.

Fu Gan is the son of Fu Xie, a famous minister of the Han Dynasty, and has been deeply influenced by his father's culture since childhood. The local people took pity on Fu Gan and hid it, Fu Gan returned to his hometown in Niyang, Beidi County, in order to inherit his father's legacy, he studied hard in the cold window, and happened to meet Zhang Yan to open the imperial examination, so he rushed into Guanzhong from his hometown in Niyang, participated in the imperial examination in Yongzhou, and won the first place three times in succession.

After some deliberation, it was unanimously decided to take Sima Yi as the champion, Gao Tanglong as the leader, and Fu Gan as the tanhua, and officially ended the imperial examination.

Subsequently, Zhang Yan asked people to promulgate the imperial list, except for Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan, the rest of them were given the title of bachelor, and they could all be directly officials.

Not long after the release of the imperial list, the entire literature museum was a sensation, Sima Yi was the champion of the current department, Gao Tanglong was the leader, and Fu Gan was the flower, which made people somewhat envious.

The other more than 200 people who have become bachelors are also secretly glad that they have studied hard for many years and finally got the result.

But there are still more than 200 people who are annoyed, and they have to wait for another nine years to take the exam again. However, according to the system promulgated by the imperial examination, these candidates who passed the state examination can still return to their own state to become small officials.

In the afternoon of the same day, under the leadership of Gu Yong, a hundred tiger warriors came to the Literature Museum, and the regent Yan Wang Zhang Yan wanted to personally summon the top three of the Jinke, so Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan all followed Gu Yong to the Yan Palace.

In the hall of King Yan's mansion, Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan sat there quietly waiting for King Yan's arrival, and the family in the mansion served haode tea for the three of them to enjoy.

After a while, a man in a strong suit walked in from outside the hall, glanced at Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan in the hall, and asked directly: "Presumably you are the champions, top eyes, and tanhua of this department, right?" ”

The three of them all nodded at the same time, seeing that this middle-aged man in his thirties was dressed ordinarily, so he didn't say anything, and took a sip of the hot tea in his hand.

Who knows, the middle-aged man walked straight to the top position in front of him, and sat down with a swagger, which surprised Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan present.

"Bold fanatic! How dare you sit in the position of King Yan? Gao Tang Long saw this middle-aged man's behavior, and immediately became furious, pointing at the middle-aged man and scolding sharply.

Gao Tang was about twenty-five years old, the oldest of the top three in the current department, and after he shouted this, he saw the middle-aged man grinning.

This faint smile made Gao Tanglong's heart feel a little suspicious, and he turned his face to look at the guards of the Yanwang Mansion outside the hall, standing there motionless, as if he didn't care about everything in the hall.

The Yanwang Mansion was heavily guarded, how could there be fanatics mixed in, and the guards did not squint, and seemed to be indifferent to this middle-aged man.

Thinking of all this, Gao Tanglong's heart suddenly gave birth to a conclusion, that is, this middle-aged man is very likely to be the regent Yan Wang Zhang Yan.

In the midst of the lightning, the middle-aged man sitting at the top suddenly laughed, took out a golden waist card from his waist, lit it up directly in front of everyone, and said slowly: "I am King Yan!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Gao Tanglong immediately knelt on the ground, hurriedly kowtowed, and blamed himself: "The student has no eyes and has no beads, and he can't recognize King Yan, so that he can only ...... Please also ask King Yan to forgive your sins! ”

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "Those who don't know are not guilty!" Hurry up! ”

Gao Tanglong hadn't stood up yet, but he saw Sima Yi and Fu Gan fighting together, and then knelt directly on the ground and bowed to Zhang Yan: "Student knock to see His Royal Highness King Yan." ”

Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan have never seen Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, this is the first time they have met, in their impression, Zhang Yan is already the king of Yan, and he should be dressed in luxurious clothes and be high. But when I saw it today, I realized that Zhang Yanping didn't care about dressing up, he was dressed in a strong suit, which showed that this was a casual person, not on a high shelf, but gave people a very easy-going and approachable feeling.

"Get up!" Zhang Yan said loudly.

"His Royal Highness King Xie Yan!" Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan said in unison.

The three of them stood up and did not sit down again, looking very restrained and serious.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan said: "Don't be too nervous, I'm not a man-eating monster, why are you so scared?" Sit down! ”

The three of them slowly sat down, but none of them spoke, the hall was silent, and no one dared to look directly at Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan said: "You are the top three in this department, they are the champion, the top eye, and the tanhua, and I plan to give you an official position." However, I don't know much about you, so tell me for yourselves what kind of official position is suitable for you! ”

Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan all looked at each other, and they all felt that this King Yan was too incredible, sealed the official, and asked what official he wanted.

The three of them were silent for a moment, but none of them dared to speak.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan said: "Since you don't say it, then the king will speak, Sima Yi, the champion of today's department." ”

"The students are here!" Sima Yi hurriedly stood up and said very humbly.

"You are still young, your mind is not very mature, and you are not suitable to be an official, so let's enter Taixue and study for another three years!"

As soon as these words came out, Sima Yi was shocked, and Gao Tanglong and Fu Gan also chuckled in their hearts, the champion has entered Taixue, so what hope do they have for the example and Tanhua? (To be continued......)