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

Chapter 151

The papers were handed out quickly, and Gu Yunji went through the questions from beginning to end, and found nothing beyond the outline, which was basically within his expectations, and there were even two questions that were very similar to Chen He's, and he was already familiar with them. in the heart.

With a plan in mind, Gu Yunji carefully planned the three days according to the amount and difficulty of the questions, and then began to answer the questions.

With the passage of time, the initial tension and apprehension gradually faded away, and the candidates were immersed in answering the exam questions, and the surroundings were quiet, only the rustling of writing could be heard.

Three days passed in a flash, and when the examiner came to collect the papers, Gu Yunji curled up in this narrow room for three days and two nights, his whole body was sore and his limbs were already stiff.Even though the content of the exam was not difficult for him, it was after all an exhausting "battle". At the moment, his mind was dizzy, his legs were weak, and he was in a daze.

Walking out of the examination room with vain footsteps, Gu Yunji saw Cheng Yan at the gate of the Gongyuan. The other party's lips were white, and he also looked weak and tired, and his speech was weak.

Gu Yunji propped himself up and walked in front of him, and asked, "How is it? Do you feel okay?"

Cheng Yan twitched the corners of his lips and forced a smile: "It's okay. It's strange to say that it's also a three-day exam, but I feel that this time I'm much more tired than the county exam. After the exam, I feel that my energy has been exhausted." Take it away, and there is only an empty shell left all over."

Gu Yunji sighed: "I am also similar. After being curled up in the numbered room for so long, the bones in my body are about to fall apart. The rural examination period is long, and neither the number of questions nor the difficulty can be compared with the county examination. It is the most frustrating. It took me only two and a half days to finish answering the questions in the county test last time, and I closed my eyes for the rest of the day, but this time I was still answering the questions an hour before handing in the paper, which was not as easy as last time."

While the two of them were talking, many examinees who came out of the field passed by, most of them had dull eyes and heavy steps, and their walking was not stable.There are also some with dark lips, black eyes, and a shaky figure, as if they haven't eaten or slept for days and nights.

"Thank you so much."

"It's okay."

With quick eyesight and quick hands, he stabilized a candidate who was about to fall. Gu Yunji's eyes were filled with sorrow, and he looked at his staggering back and said to Cheng Yan: "Look, we are all in good condition. People like him don't know how to be able to do so." We can’t last until the end of the rural examination.”

Cheng Yan shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, it's better to worry about yourself than worrying about others. Let's go back to rest early, and there are two exams to come."

Gu Yunji didn't say any more when he heard the words, and went back to the Gu Mansion with Cheng Yan.

In the early morning of the next day, Gu Yunji, who finally had a good night's sleep, felt refreshed a lot. After washing up neatly and having breakfast, he and Cheng Yan went straight to the Gongyuan, waiting for the inspection.

The township examination came to the second round, and the tribute courtyard was very empty, basically only some scholars who were about to take the exam were waiting. At this moment, many people were yawning, looking like they were not awake, and they were no longer full of energy as they were three days ago.

A gong sounded, and the entrance began.

When the entering line was about to reach Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan, they suddenly heard a commotion coming from the door ahead.

With a cold face, the inspector took out the note from the food box and threw it on the ground, and slammed the table: "You are so bold! How dare you bring paper into the venue to cheat, come on!"

The young man in front of the officer widened his eyes in horror, his face full of panic: "No, no, no! I didn't cheat! I, I don't know what's going on! I didn't put it in!"

"Look, it's written about the contents of "Great Learning", but the Confucian classics were finished yesterday, and today's test is official document writing. It's useless for me to bring this in."

The young man picked up the note from the ground, unfolded it to the officer, and tried to defend himself: "I really didn't put it in by myself. Even if I wanted to cheat, I couldn't put it in the food box so brightly. There must be a misunderstanding in it." "Brother Guancha, this is the second time I have taken the provincial examination, so please be accommodating..."

The official officer knocked down the note in his hand impatiently, and scolded angrily: "This is the fact, how dare you argue! As an imperial examination inspector, I should stick to my job and only recognize legal principles, not human feelings! I don't care what your mistakes are." Don't misunderstand, it is true that you are carrying writing paper, no matter what, you will not be allowed to enter today!"

"Come on! Take him down!"

As soon as the words were finished, two burly officials walked up from behind, and took the young man's arms from left to right, and dragged him away forcibly without any explanation.

Witnessing such a scene all of a sudden, the candidates around were a little bit unexpected, and it took a while before they came back to their senses and continued to line up to enter the arena.

Hearing the indistinct cry of the young man in the distance, someone whispered to his companion: "This person is taking the provincial examination for the second time, doesn't he even know the rules of the examination? He even entered the venue with writing paper. Or... ...does he really want to cheat?"

"You heard him crying so vividly, you probably really don't know about it." The companion shook his head disapprovingly, "Most of these scholars who come from other places to take the exam live in the inn, where fish and dragons are mixed, and it's likely who moved crookedly. He deliberately put a note in his food box to frame him. If he was negligent and didn't check his luggage for a while, wouldn't that be a crime?"

The man looked suspicious: "Isn't it? There really are such people? Everyone has studied hard for ten years, and fame is hard to come by. Why bother to frame others?"

The companion snorted disapprovingly: "If you are admitted to Juren, you will be able to reach the sky in one step, but Songjiang Prefecture only admits 80 people at a time, and there are only so many places. If there is one less opponent, you will have a better chance of passing the exam. There are too many people with bad intentions." gone."

"In addition to framing others to cheat, there are also drugs in the food to make others have diarrhea, making noise in the inn in the middle of the night to make others sleep badly... Wait, only you can't think of it, without them can't do it, these are called imperial examinations. The 'off-the-board move'."

Similar to the game of Go, there are also "outside tricks" in the imperial examinations, which use some unappealable means to affect the opponent's mentality and state, so as to increase the probability of winning.

Hearing what he said, the people around were immediately vigilant, and checked their luggage one after another, for fear that someone would stuff something that shouldn't be there.

Gu Yunji was secretly shocked when he heard the words, and only then did he understand the true meaning of Gu Kaili's words "Anything can happen in the imperial examination field".

Although his and Cheng Yan's luggage had been prepared by the Gu family in advance, and Gu Kaili and others had watched over it personally, so there would be no problem, but he was still a little uneasy and worried about the upcoming exam journey.

Just because he was afraid of something coming, Gu Yunji saw this so-called "outside trick" not long after he entered the arena.

(End of this chapter)