Volume 1, Chapter 67
The cool morning breeze blew slightly on my face, and the sky in the distance slowly revealed dawn. Yang Cong sat in the carriage, staring blankly outside the window, unable to stop thinking in his mind.
The mansion examination finally began, but he was not considering the question, because he could easily deal with the eight-legged essay, and he prepared a lot of poems for the trial. The mansion examination itself was basically not difficult for him, and he was considering the matter after the mansion examination.
The carriage slowly moved forward under the guidance of Peng Fu, and soon arrived outside the gate of the Mansion School.
The scene here is different from the county examination, because there is a large archway outside the gate of the Mansion School, which is surrounded by a small square. Moreover, it is strictly forbidden to wait for people to approach the Mansion School gate. Therefore, although there are many people gathering outside the Mansion School at this time, it is not difficult for candidates to go there.
Yang Cong skillfully picked up the exam supplies, waved his hand to Yu Dayou and others to tell someone else, and then walked towards the gate of the Fuxue School calmly.
His appearance did not cause any disturbance, because few people in the city knew him, and there were already yamen runners on duty near the gate of the Fuxue School. Anyone who dared to make a loud noise would probably be dragged aside and beaten the board immediately.
He walked to the gate of the prefecture school in a hurry, calmly took out the official documents that had passed the county to check for the yamen on duty, and then walked into the gate calmly.
This is not the entrance to the examination room of the palace. These yamen runners are not checking the items they carry by candidates, but preventing idle people from entering the imperial examination room. The real examination room is in the backyard of the palace school, and after entering the gate, they have to walk in. Yang Cong had already found out clearly.
Although it was only about the Yin hour, many candidates came. However, the candidates who entered the palace did not wander around because they had to find the entrance to the examination room.
There is not one entrance to the examination room for the government examination, but eight, and there are not thirty or forty candidates participating in the examination, but thirty or forty candidates. If you squeeze together, even if you click on the name, you will probably have to squeeze in for a long time before you can squeeze in.
The officials responsible for the exam naturally thought of this kind of thing, so there was a sign at each entrance, and the words "Some County Candidates" were marked with palm-sized words, so that everyone knew that they should enter the exam room from where they should, and naturally they would not crowd together and wait foolishly.
Yang Cong quickly found the sign of "Hui'an County Candidates", but he couldn't recognize a few of the people gathered below, because most of them were not candidates this year, but candidates who passed the county examination but did not pass the government examination in previous years.
When they arrived at the place where the candidates in Hui'an gathered, more people knew him. He was a famous person in Hui'an. There were not many candidates in Hui'an who didn't know him. When everyone saw him coming, they took the initiative to retreat to the side.
He was not polite either, and directly crossed the crowd and stood at the front of the team.
This is not that he is crazy, because the front position is his. According to the rules of the examination room, the first point in each county is the first place in the county examination this year. If he doesn’t stand at the front, who will stand at the front?
When we arrived outside the examination room, the candidates seemed to have stopped communicating. Everyone stood there silently waiting, waiting until the third hour of the Yin hour, when the examiner came over with the yamen runners, and no one whispered to each other.
He was the first one to click at the entrance of Hui'an candidates. The process of checking personal belongings was similar to that of the county examination. Soon, he got the license plate and entered the examination room.
However, this time the number of the brand in his hand was not "Tianyijiazi", but "Xuanyi Gengchen".
This position seems a bit bad. He felt a little worried when he got the sign. When he found the sign, he found the number house in front of the sign, and he wanted to curse people.
Damn it, it’s indeed the middle of the examination room. There are at least hundreds of people who can’t hold it in. You can’t sit in the middle and you won’t be so angry!
He cursed in his heart for a while, and then he began to skillfully place things. After he finished, he just sat down to rest. When he looked up, he froze.
Damn, it was Wu Tang, right across from him, sitting in the hut house less than five steps away!
Moreover, Wu Tang was smiling proudly at him. This guy probably thought he didn't know him.
Yang Cong was stunned for a moment and soon realized. He pretended to glance at Wu Tang for no reason, then picked up the fan and sang the wind, completely as if he didn't know this guy.
At this time, he had no reaction on the surface, but he was muttering in his heart.
Wu Tang sat directly opposite him, and this must have been deliberately arranged by Chen Wenjie and Song Yingkui.
It seems that they want Wu Tang to expose his cheating directly!
How did this guy expose himself?
He secretly glanced at the opposite side again. At this distance, he couldn't see clearly what others were writing. Why should this guy expose himself?
He thought for a while, and time passed without realizing it. The chief examiner Gu Kejiu gave the order and the mansion examination officially began.
There is still a certain difference between this prefecture and county examination. For example, the examiner does not sit in the lobby, but sits directly at the entrance of the two rows of houses. Moreover, there are four yamen runners behind each examiner. I guess if someone cheats, he will immediately drag the person out.
The test paper was sent out quickly, and the test questions were quite normal. Yang Cong just thought for a while and then started to write a essay.
After the past two months of training, his writing skills have improved a lot. In less than two hours, he finished his writing. In other words, he was about to finish the exam before the 19th hour.
It's not very hot now, so he is not in a hurry to copy the finished articles on the test papers, because when the weather gets hot, many people should get diarrhea. He is going to drink some water, eat something, and keep his stomach away from being disgusting.
After all, it takes courage to squat in the cottage to eat. Who can go to the pain of suffering if you have nothing to do?
However, he just picked up the small teapot and froze again.
This guy Wu Tang was still smiling proudly at him!
Damn, why did you forget this guy?
He knew that this guy had obtained the test questions in advance and hired a relatively powerful scholar to finish all the articles. At this moment, this guy probably had already written down the finished articles.
It's okay, I feel so tired, I'm here to find me, right?
Yang Cong drank some water calmly, ate some more, and then picked up the pen and gestured slowly.
In order not to let Wu Tang catch any handle, he did not stop and fan the air leisurely. From beginning to end, he kept writing and writing like other candidates next to him, without relaxing for a moment. However, Wu Tang seemed to have finished the test paper in less than half an hour, and then kept staring at Yang Cong, showing a proud smile from time to time, just like a lunatic.
Sometimes pretending to behave is actually quite tiring. Yang Cong pretended for a while and felt it was hard to bear it. However, he did not stop and rest because he knew that there would be a fierce confrontation after the exam. He didn't want to leave any handle for Wu Tang to cool off for the sake of a while.
Fortunately, all the candidates in the government examination have passed the test of the county examination, and those with poor health have basically been eliminated. Although the weather is hot, there are not many people with diarrhea. Although there are many people in the examination room, it is not so stinking that it is so stinking.
Yang Cong just stayed like this for most of the day, and the hour of You finally came.
The end of this prefecture test is different from the county test. The county test directly allows the candidates to leave the exam, but the prefecture test asks to hand the exam papers to their respective supervisors and examiners, and then watch the yamen runners paste their names on white paper to leave.
Yang Cong and Wu Tang were in opposite positions, and they were handing in the paper at the same time. Wu Tang was still as usual. After handing in the paper, he did not forget to smile proudly at Yang Cong.
Yang Cong just pretended that he didn't see it, and turned around and left.
Chapter completed!