There was more than one famous literary gathering yesterday. Many celebrities held poetry gatherings in order to inspire their younger generations. There were also many families who sent scholars and even scholars to give lectures. They went to these literary gatherings for pure purposes.

As for the Tingshan Poetry Festival held by Qi Hua, it would be difficult to invite talented and learned people, but Mr. Qi was rich and generous.

Anyway, if you go to a celebrity poetry gathering, you may not be able to use it in the county examination, so you might as well earn some extra money and make friends with Qi Hua, the county's most important young master.

Originally, those who participated in the Tingshan Poetry Meeting thought they would be ridiculed, but unexpectedly, Zhou Bai, a big boss, suddenly appeared.

It is said that praise for Langtaosha spread throughout the county, and many literati followed the trend of Ci Pai.

In the future, the Tingshan Poetry Society, which flourished for 46 years, will not only be famous in history, but will at least be recorded in the county annals of Bei'an County. How honored they are!

At first, they were just cold spectators in the poetry meeting, but now they have become Zhou Bai's strong supporters. They memorize Zhou Bai's recent poems and madly criticize people in the city.

Who says Zhou Bai's poems are not good? Then give me an original one.

"Zhou Bai is back in the city!" As soon as he returned to the city, an interested person recognized the carriage. There was no way it was a carriage produced by the family, and the markings on the carriage were very obvious.

Immediately, countless eyes gathered on the street, and many people who liked Zhou Bai's poems swarmed over.

The stronger ones even squeezed to the front of the car and shouted towards the car curtain: "Brother Zhou, do you have any new works?!"

The men were just asking for poems, and at most they were asking where the inspiration came from.

But some girls who are about to be married inherit some of the rugged styles from the north and get straight to the point.

"Zhou Bai, if you become a scholar, I will agree to marry you!" He was from a businessman family.

"Young Master Zhou is at the top of the county list. Scholars must win, and those who are arrogant should stay away." He came from a small scholar family.

There are also some ladies from powerful families who ask servants to deliver letters, just to wait for you to win the election, and are willing to accompany you...

They are very realistic, but also very courageous.

Crazy star-chasers, this is Zhou Bai's lament. No matter where in the world, there seems to be such a group of people.

Originally, Zhou Bai would be very happy to face this kind of situation, because becoming famous means that he can gather some foreign luck.

This was also his original plan, to use his name to bring luck. Although it was not much, it could make up for his lack of background.

But now he can't be happy. He can't smile without eating.

In the end, Zhou Bai could only whisper and tell the boss to go straight to the inn, get into the room and stay behind closed doors.

Taking into account the soldiers patrolling the city, the "star-chasers" did not dare to gather a crowd to attack the inn. They just wandered outside and tried to talk to Zhou Bai.

Zhou Bai didn't go out for the whole day. He only ate some simple meals cooked by the inn cook.

During this period, people with ulterior motives also came to provoke him. An old scholar handed Zhou Bai a letter at the door of the inn, asking Zhou Bai to come out and compete with him on the meaning of the scriptures.

Classical meaning is a common subject in the imperial examination, which requires candidates to write essays to explain the meaning of classic passages.

This is completely different from the dictation of sage classics in the county examination. It is a subject that was only added in the county examination.

The innkeeper told Zhou Bai that the old scholar became famous at a young age, but later failed the exam for a long time, so he felt resentful.

In recent years, he has become old and frail, and his resentment has deepened, and he often takes pleasure in suppressing geniuses.

This time, maybe the old scholar heard about Zhou Bai's reputation and deliberately came to challenge him for a competition. He was not "good" at poetry than Zhou Bai.

Not to mention that Zhou Bai was already proficient in his studies. In his previous life, he would not have paid attention to such a slanderous person. He immediately asked Lao Shi to drag the old scholar to the county government office and accuse him of destroying the fairness of the county examination.

I wondered if there was someone behind the scenes, specifically asking him to target Zhou Bai.

Although the old style has been out of use for a long time, it is certainly not a problem to deal with a helpless old man.

As a result, cries of "disgraceful to politeness" could be heard all over the street, and many people gathered in front of the county government office to watch.

At first, he found a random reason to sue the official. Unexpectedly, the old scholar thought that Zhou Bai knew the inside story, but he actually failed to hold back under the questioning of the county magistrate.

After all, if you resist, you should be strict and if you give an explanation, you should be lenient.

Someone really arranged it, and according to his account, a boy came to his door and gave him twenty taels, and another thirty taels when the deal was done.

This time, the old scholar really put himself in jail. The county magistrate had to review his meritorious service. He violated the laws of the court and his character was extremely poor.

With the old scholar as an example, the inn was finally quiet for a long time without being disturbed.

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On the second day, before leaving for the examination room, Zhou Bai decided to light both luck string incense sticks.

Even if he has good luck today and there are threads of red luck surrounding him, the grade of these good fortunes is not high and they are just county luck.

Through inquiring, it was found that in this county examination, the descendants of the commander-in-chief families in Bei'an County all ended up as legitimate concubines.

They have a lot of bad luck to protect them. Even if their academic performance is different from his, their luck is enough to crush them.

It is not difficult for Zhou Bai to get into the top ten with his scattered luck, but he is probably close to the first case. For insurance, the luck thread is very good.

The missing entry in his life kept reminding him that the will of the world was about to find him, an outsider.

From now on, everything will be as usual, waiting in line for the exam, and continuing with the four subjects of dictation, poetry, classic meaning, and policy theory one by one.

What Zhou Bai felt was that the county examination hall was bigger, the invigilation was stricter, and the luck suppression was more severe.

Compared with the county examination, which lasts three subjects in one day, the county examination lasts four subjects in two days, and you sleep in the examination booth at night.

The county examination is carried out by the seventh-level official seal of the county magistrate, while the county examination is carried out by the fifth-level official seal of the county governor. It is even more difficult for candidates to write an extraordinary phenomenon with overflowing literary spirit.

The gold and red articles in the Zhoubai County test are not qualified. Of course, gold and red articles are enough.

In terms of poetry and strategy, Zhou Bai wrote gold-grade articles twice. The golden style of writing overflowed from the page and attracted the attention of the county invigilator.

In order to prevent the vision from disturbing other people, in addition to the fifth-grade seal, the county guard actually asked for the Emperor Zhu's official document, which was the official document that the current emperor replied to Bei'an County.

That thin slip of paper, placed next to the big seal, was like a thousand catties of weight, suppressing the fluctuating fortunes of the entire audience.

Including Zhou Bai's bronze inscriptions, they failed to stir up the slightest illusion.

However, after this battle, Zhou Bai really made several high-ranking officials remember that there was a scholar under their rule.

The top three Jinshi in each class are all outstanding people, and they all have a common characteristic on the road to the imperial examination.

That is the lowest red inscription, there are often bronze inscriptions, and there are also one or two indescribably precious green inscriptions.

The two-day exam passed quickly, but the results would not be announced until three days.

First, there are many reference students, one county and seven counties. This is more than just one reference for this year, and the number of examination papers is much larger than that of the county examination.

The second is that there are procedures to be followed in approving and issuing academic titles. Every scholar is a scholar recognized by the imperial court and needs to be approved by the state government and then reported to the Ministry of Officials in Shenjing.
Chapter completed!