Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

On the eighth day of August, the township examination officially began.

The difference from the county exam is that the township exam has three exams, each for three days, totaling nine days and six nights.Candidates leave after each test, and re-enter the next day for the next test. They have to enter and exit three times in total, instead of staying in the tribute courtyard from beginning to end.

The exam period is so long, so there are naturally many things to prepare, but fortunately, the Gu family is a scholarly family, and it is not once or twice to take care of the scientific exam affairs for the children in the family. All the things are properly arranged, and there is no need for Gu Yunji Worry about yourself.

Before dawn, the entire Gu residence was busy.Gu Yunji started to get up early to wash up, and had breakfast with Cheng Yan. Before going out formally, the two went to the hall of Gu Mansion together to listen to Gu Zhengde's instructions.

In the hall, seeing Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan, who were neatly dressed and energetic, Gu Zhengde nodded slightly: "Today is the rural examination, so I won't say anything else. In short, as soon as you enter the examination room, you put all your thoughts on the paper. Think calmly and deal with it calmly, and carefully consider every stroke. At the same time, you must also pay attention to the cleanliness of the paper, if you accidentally stain the paper, the grade will be invalidated."

As he said that, Gu Zhengde shifted his gaze to Gu Mingan who was in the corner, and his voice sank a bit: "Especially An'er, you have always been impatient, and you are the easiest to be careless and aggressive. You suffered from carelessness in the previous two township examinations. Be more careful this time."

Hearing this, Gu Yunji noticed that Gu Mingan was standing behind Gu Kaili. He hadn't seen him in the past two months. He lost a lot of weight, his cheeks were slightly sunken, and there was a faint bluish gray under his eyes. He just recovered from a serious illness, but he seemed to have been hit by something, and his whole body was a little shy and dull.

At this time, Gu Ming'an was no longer as flamboyant as before. Hearing Gu Zhengde's name, he subconsciously shook his body and swallowed nervously: "...Yes, my grandson understands."

Could it be that he was locked up in the room for two months, was he stupid?Gu Yunji looked at him strangely, with deep doubts in his heart.

After a few more instructions, Gu Zhengde looked at the sky outside, stood up and said: "There are many people in the Gongyuan, your fourth uncle is not in good health, and I am an old bone, so I will let your uncle see you off today. It's getting late, let's go."

The three of them bowed their heads in unison: "Yes."

Not long after the daylight broke, the Gong Yuan in Songjiang Prefecture City was already completely surrounded. Carriages and sedan chairs were lined up several streets away. Almost every scholar who came to take the exam was followed by relatives and friends. From a distance, it was dark and crowded. Heads, at least four to five thousand people.

The carriage of the Gu family couldn't move when it reached the intersection. Seeing that there was really no way to squeeze in, Gu Yunji and the others were not in a hurry, and simply sat in the carriage and waited, just to recharge their energy for the exam.

The sun was getting higher and higher, and suddenly there were a few clear and crisp gongs in front of it, and then the crowd became restless-the Gongyuan was about to open.

Gu Yunji's steady heartbeat fluctuated for a moment. Feeling the atmosphere of the exam that was getting closer and closer, he couldn't help feeling a sense of tension in his heart.Jumping off the carriage and taking a breath of fresh air outside, he settled his mind, turned around and cupped his hands at Gu Kaili: "Uncle, then we'll go now."

"Well, let's go." Gu Kaili nodded slightly, and couldn't help but say a few words, "The imperial examination is not only about strength, but also about mentality. This is a rural examination. There are everyone in the examination room, and anything can happen. You guys At that time, just do your own papers and don't worry about anything else."

The three of Gu Yunji responded to this one by one, and after saying goodbye to Gu Kaili, they took their luggage and walked towards the gate of the Gongyuan.

There were several lines waiting for the entrance inspection outside the door, Gu Yunji squinted his eyes and compared for a long time, chose the one on the far right, and pulled Cheng Yan to stand at the end of the line.

However, due to bad luck, the team that was moving quickly just now suddenly slowed down, moving forward inch by inch like a snail, and was soon overtaken by the team on the left, leaving them far behind.

Gu Yunji gave a wry smile helplessly: "After comparing and comparing, I ended up choosing the slowest team. If I had known this, I might as well just pick a random team."

Cheng Yan smiled and comforted: "Actually, it's all the same, whether it's half a moment fast or half a moment slow, it doesn't make much difference in the end anyway. We will be at the back, so we can see how the people in front are. How to check, it is better to prepare in advance."

As he said that, Cheng Yan pointed to a fat man in the front of the line who was blushing because he couldn't untie his belt: "Look, it looks like he forgot to take off his clothes for the entrance inspection, and when he was in a hurry, he became more anxious The more inextricable it is."

"Perhaps the reason why our team lined up so slowly was because there were a lot of people who couldn't untie their belts, which delayed the time."

Gu Yunji shook his head and laughed when he heard the words, and felt a little more relaxed.

Maybe Cheng Yan was right, there was a lesson learned from that fat man, the people behind the line knew to prepare in advance, the speed of the line moved faster, and Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan were soon lined up.

After the inspection was successfully completed, both of them got their own lottery numbers. Gu Yunji was No. 17 in Xuanzi, Cheng Yan was No. [-] in Dizi, one was in the middle and the other was at the top, both of which were good positions.

Gu Yunji looked at the lottery in his hand, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

Three years ago, he met Cheng Yan in the county examination center, and the other party asked him to introduce him in exchange, and exchanged numbers with him.Neither of them realized at the time that after that brief encounter, they could still have such a deep bond with each other.

Recalling the past, Cheng Yan raised his eyebrows, and smiled a bit narrowly: "It seems that Mr. Gu doesn't need to change numbers with me this time."

Gu Yunji couldn't help but laugh: "Mr. Cheng is full of talent. Last time he got the toilet number, he was able to take the No. 2 exam. This time the position is so good, don't you want to come back with a Jieyuan exam?"

Cheng Yan lowered his head slightly, pretending to be modest and said: "Where is it, it can't compare to Mr. Gu's writing and thinking, Xie Yuan dare not think, at most he is just a sub-yuan."

After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Soon, all the candidates had entered the arena. With the creaking sound of the heavy door closing, the courtyard was full of people, and it was so quiet that only the slight sound of breathing could be heard.

"On the eighth day of August in the fourth year of Jingfeng, the first provincial examination of the Songjiang prefectural imperial examination. The content of the examination is Confucian classics. The examination lasts for three days. Leave the exam room early."

"If an examinee dares to cheat, his grades will be invalidated on the spot, he will be immediately dismissed and sent to jail, and he will not be allowed to take the imperial examination for life!"

After announcing the exam rules, the chief examiner looked around majestically, and after confirming that preparations for the pre-exam affairs were completed, he slapped Xingmu next to him with a "snap":
"The exam begins now!"