Xu Qian looked at the number plate and found his examination shed, which was smaller than a pigsty, with a wooden structure, and a layer of paint on the outside had peeled off in many places, and people were cramped to even stretch their waists when they sat inside.

It's ridiculous to say, the splendid future in the world seems to have to go through countless tribulations, and the same is true for the imperial examination, Xu Qian is not afraid of this hardship, he entered the examination shed, and he was in his own small world, and he didn't feel anything in his heart, so he hurriedly took out the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone from the blue, and concentrated on grinding ink.

Regardless of how well you do your essay, the prerequisite must be that your handwriting is good, so that it can be pleasing to the eye and make people more interested in reading your essay. In this era, writing must not ignore the role of ink, if the ink is full, it will have the effect of twice the result with half the effort.

Xu Qian not only inherited the nerd's calligraphy, but also the memories of his previous life, when he was in the museum, he often had to copy and transcribe some of the Dharma for propaganda purposes, so Xu Qian's words were still handy, and the way of grinding ink was also an advantage for people like him who were born poor.

Anyway, the question hasn't come out yet, Xu Qian is not in a hurry, he tries to relax himself, while grinding the ink slowly, at this moment, there are also people coming in the examination shed on the opposite side of the first noon, the examination shed and Xu Qian are only one zhang apart, and every move can be seen clearly.

"So stinky?"

The examiner was obviously a son, and as soon as he found his own examination booth, he couldn't help pinching his nose and making a big discussion.

And this person turned out to be Xu Qian's acquaintance, Zhang Shusheng, the young master of the Zhang family.

Zhang Shusheng was flailed for three days, after so much time, and now he is alive again, he entered the examination booth, cursed a few more words, and after sitting down, he saw Xu Qian opposite.

Xu Qian just glanced at him lightly, and continued to bow his head to polish the ink, as if he didn't take him to heart. This little son of the Zhang family has not yet obtained the qualification of a child, and he will continue to take the exam this year, which is a matter of course, the gentry, if you don't succeed once, you can do it twice or three times, anyway, there is no pressure.

It's just that Xu Qian obviously felt that Zhang Shusheng's gaze was hot when he looked at him, of course, this was not the kind of hot passion between men and women, but the kind of enemies who were very red when they met.

Zhang Shusheng sneered at him, and then said with a smile: "Can a lowly servant come to the exam?" This Qiantang County is really getting more and more smoky. ”

Xu Qian didn't pay attention to him at all, and continued to grind ink.

After waiting for half an hour, the sound of bells and drums finally came out, which was the official start of the exam, and then there was a messenger passing by with a gong, shouting, and said: "Wait for the question, the eight strands are entitled: Lao Wu is old, and he is ...... in the palm of his hand."

Immediately after that, another errand officer with a sign carrying the title passed by...... It's just that at this time, Xu Qian was stunned.

A burst of ecstasy ensued.

He suddenly realized that Su Xianling seemed to have helped him a lot.

This topic was once examined by Su County, and then Su County gave him reading notes, Xu Qian pondered day and night, and also wrote a similar article to go to Su County Order for advice, and Su County Order also helped him revise one or two.

It can be said that if it is other topics, with Xu Qian's current ability, he may be able to compete for the top. But if he takes this as the topic, Xu Qian has a firm grasp of it, and he doesn't even need to think about it, he already has a way to solve the problem and inherit the problem in his mind.

"Okay, Su Xianling has been so cold to me these days, always putting on a stinky face, and I don't even see him, it turns out that he wants to avoid suspicion." Xu Qian immediately had a feeling of epiphany, he couldn't imagine that he cheated people every day, but today he was tricked by others, how could a person like Su Xianling put it on his face even if he likes or dislikes someone, for example, under his own 'guidance', Su Xianling has a very bad impression of the gentry, but even if people want to pit some gentry, will they still say so-and-so, do I want to fix you? The more you want to rectify people, the more you have to show kindness and justice, which makes people feel like a spring breeze, as if there is grace and rain.

In the same way, even if Su Xianling wants to help Xu Qian, he must be quiet, do you want everyone in the county to know that the two have a great relationship?

After figuring out this joint, Xu Qian had a feeling of sudden enlightenment, and couldn't help but cheer and shout in his heart: "Su County Ling is mighty, Su County Ling is wise." ”

Although he was ecstatic in his heart, Xu Qian's face was pretending to be impassive, and he glanced at the several examination booths opposite, and saw that many people were very sad, and that Shusheng was no exception, his brows were furrowed like earthworms.

Xu Qian's heart was very happy, the questions in the county exam were not too difficult, and there were few cut-offs, but this year's county exam had such a question, which was enough to make people feel desperate.

Xu Qian polished the ink, and then wrote on the test paper: "The truth is the reason of the king's world, but the judge and the person are only." ”

This is a broken topic, and this broken topic, I have discussed with Su County Ling, very innovative, but also just right, the difficulty of this topic is in two places, one is the truncation of the topic, so that people who are not familiar with the four books and five classics are inevitably difficult to find the source, and the other is that the old I am old...... Yu Zhang's words are actually empty words, and empty words mean that what is said is equal to not being said.

And Xu Qian's method of solving the problem is to use air to air, you have a big reason, and I have a big reason, but this big truth naturally cannot leave Cheng Zhu Ji's understanding of these words, Xu Qian's general meaning of breaking the problem is: To be honest, the truth of serving the world with virtue needs to examine how to push oneself and others on the issue of the old and the young.

Wonderful, wonderful!

directly transferred an empty sentence to the supreme morality of feudal society, that is to say, whether a person is virtuous or not depends on whether he respects the old and loves the young.

Solving the questions is not only innovative, but also especially in line with the most important values of today's world.

Xu Qian had entered the realm of selflessness at this time, and he couldn't take care of it much, so he took the pen and integrated the articles he had made on this topic, and combined with the teachings in the notes of Su County's order, he wrote like a dragon and a snake, and he wrote hundreds of words without much effort.

After finishing the eight-strand essay, Xu Qian did not show his ease, and then there were subjects such as trial poems, scriptures, and legal endowments, a total of four, but the imperial examination was the heaviest eight-strand, and if the eight-strand was done well, it was almost possible to set the ranking.

Four in a row, the clock passed quickly. During this period, Xu Qian took a few oil cakes from Kaolan to fill his hunger, although he filled his stomach, but he couldn't quench his thirst, so he asked the past officer to bring some water, and the officer recognized Xu Qian, but he was willing to help with this little favor, but it caused Zhang Shusheng on the other side to be very dissatisfied.

In the four exams, Xu Qian had already completed all the questions, but he didn't dare to hand in the papers in advance, although the county exam was not a formal exam, but Xu Qian didn't want to be the first bird, and Su County Ling probably didn't want him to come out of this, so he pretended to be immersed in the sea of questions as usual, holding a pen and staring in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, someone finally started to hand in the papers, Su County Ling and several adults were sitting in a shed, someone went to hand in the papers, so they took the opportunity to comment, if they felt that the article had merit, they would not hint at it, but if the article was not done well, it would naturally not give a good face.

However, although the papers are handed in in advance, they cannot leave the examination room in advance, in case someone leaks the inside information outside, which is also a means to prevent cheating.

Zhang Shusheng on the opposite side finally finished all the questions, it seemed that the difficulty of the exam this time exceeded his expectations, so his face was not very good, but he glanced at Xu Qian, who did not move, and sneered in his heart, just as Xu Qian couldn't solve the question, he picked up his article and went to Su County's order.

Xu Qian saw that the time was about the same, anyway, there were already a lot of people who submitted the papers in advance, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he also followed.

Zhang Shusheng saw Xu Qian coming, and suddenly the enemy was very red-eyed when he saw him, and glared at him coldly, not only with a disdain for the poor boy by the rich boy, but also mixed with resentment towards Xu Qian, if it weren't for the fact that this was the examination room, I was afraid that I would have to speak my tongue as fast as possible.