When everyone arrived, they brought good news. Sun Xian was in the 21st place, Ye Zhiqiu was in the 8th place, He Shunian was in the 48th place, and Gu Wanhua was lucky enough to get the last place, and so did everyone else.
Everyone praised his good luck. Even he himself found it incredible. He thought he would not be able to survive this time.
No matter what, everyone passed. Dad Gu was especially happy. He didn't expect Xiaobao to be so ambitious and even come first in the exam. This was something he never dared to think about. He always thought Xiaobao was smart and not bad at all.
But he didn't expect Xiaobao to be able to do this. Before he came, he thought that if he failed, he would just come here to gain experience. Now it seems that it is very possible to be admitted as a scholar. His old Gu family can
I really need to change my family.
Moreover, Brother Hua has also passed. Although I don’t know how the next exam will be, I am still happy for now.
After returning to the inn and having dinner, Mr. Gu returned to the house and looked at Gu Chengyu, still smiling happily.
Gu Chengyi and the others had already left in the morning.
"Xiaobao! Dad already knew you were smart, but I didn't expect you to come back first for me."
"Dad! This is just a quiz. It's nothing unusual to get first place. There will be many more exams in the future! We can't be complacent now! Lest we be called arrogant. Besides, Erlang didn't pass, so let people see him.
You said you don't care about Erlang!" Gu Chengyu saw that Father Gu was really smiling a lot today, so he tried to persuade him.
Today is over, everyone is happy, and they don't care about anything. But the grandson just failed the test, the son passed, and the father is so happy, that is enough for people to talk about.
When Erlang was mentioned, Father Gu came back to his senses. He sighed leisurely. It was a pity for Erlang. Originally, their Niu Master did not agree with him taking the exam, but Erlang insisted on ending up and Niu Master was so angry that he didn't want to care anymore.
. Later, he also persuaded him to study hard for three more years and take the exam next time, so that he would be more confident. But who knew that Gu Wanjiang was determined to go.
Master Niu had a stubborn temper, which made him a little unhappy, but in the end he still couldn't let go and wanted to ask a familiar disciple to be Gu Wanjiang's guarantor. But at this time, the Gu family had already asked Master Wen to be Gu Wanjiang's guarantor, and this was Gu's father
He went to the private school to ask, he just wanted to ask Erlang if he had a chance, but the answer he got was that he couldn't.
Master Niu once said that although it doesn't matter if he plays one more time, young people are impetuous, love to compare, and think highly of themselves. This is a big shortcoming. Even if you really get a Jinshi and become an official in the future, how will you be able to succeed in the officialdom?
walk?
Dad Gu took out the cigarette stick he brought with him and lit it. Erlang had carried it crookedly for his second son. He knew that his son was a bit narrow-minded, but everyone had their own little thoughts. In the past, he
It doesn't look like anything serious.
But since the past two years, the second child has become more and more paranoid, and he has become more and more dissatisfied with Xiaobao, who only cares about his family. Since they hate each other, it is better to separate the family as soon as possible, and they will not be short of money.
Well, he's getting old and can't take care of it for a few more years.
After Ye Zhiqiu finished washing up in the cubicle, Gu Chengyu entered the cubicle. Looking at the bathtub in the cubicle, Gu Chengyu stepped into the space, took a bath in the space, and then lit an extra candle with Ye Zhiqiu.
Get up and read.
Gu Chengyu walked into his examination booth with his seat number. He was very lucky and had never been assigned a bad number once.
Put down the test basket in your hand, spread out the pen and ink, and wait for the test papers to be handed out. This fourth test is called continuous repetition, and the test questions are the policy questions and scriptures that have been tested before, but with the addition of test poems.
Gu Chengyu stared at the sky above his head and found that it was already bright, but it didn't look like a sunny day. He glanced at the umbrella placed next to the examination basket. The eaves of the examination shed were short, so if it really rained, it would not be able to withstand it.
The intrusion of rainwater seems to have to be done quickly.
When the test paper was handed out, Gu Chengyu copied the scriptures and policy questions on the draft paper. This kind of questions was his best. He filled in the answers and read the test poem below.
The format of the test poem is five characters, six rhymes, and twelve sentences, with a total of six characters.
The title of the poem is Bichi Looking at the Autumn Moon, with the word "璧" written next to it. This requires quoting allusions and then composing a poem. In fact, the imperial examination model of the Dayan Dynasty was already approaching the system of four books and essays. This test poem
Although it is not as strict as the eight-part essay in the previous Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is still the prototype of the eight-part essay.
Seeing the word "bi", Gu Chengyu first thought of the He family chapter in Han Feizi, which contains the sentence "If you are timid, you will cast it again, and if you are sad, you will offer it three times." This can be used as an allusion.
Until now, Gu Chengyu felt that this poem was the most difficult part of the imperial examination. The test poems did not account for a lot of points in the imperial examination. As long as you stick closely to the keywords, quote the source, and fill in the required format, even if the poem is not outstanding, it will not be outstanding.
It’s also possible, but the ranking cannot be higher!
Gu Chengyu closed his eyes, thought for a while, and wrote down what he thought on the draft paper, and then revised it twice before he felt it was done.
This test poem took him some energy, and as soon as he stopped writing, he felt that a song was already singing in his heart. So far, all the questions have been completed, and he only needs to copy them.
Gu Chengyu carefully rolled up the draft paper and test paper, put them in the test basket, and took out the steamed buns he bought this morning, as well as some donkey meat in sauce. His father stuffed it with him before he entered the examination room. The meat slices were all thinly sliced.
It's so thin that once you open the paper package containing the donkey meat, you can feel the aroma of the soy meat filling the air.
Donkey meat has the functions of nourishing blood and qi, nourishing the kidneys and liver, calming the wind and calming the nerves. This should have been done until his father died before dawn, at least he had never seen it before.
Gu Chengyu ate the steamed buns with donkey meat with relish, but it made the examinee opposite him bitter. Originally, he was also eating steamed buns, but when he looked up, he found that the junior examinee opposite was eating cooked meat, and the aroma had wafted to it.
When he came here, the smell made him drool.
Looking at the candidates on both sides, they all seemed to be hungry, and they all picked up the food in the examination basket and started eating.
In fact, it was already the end of noon, and Magistrate Lu had already had lunch. He was going to go downstairs for inspection, but as soon as he came down from the top, he found that most of the candidates had just started eating lunch, especially the little kid.
The most fragrant. Eh? Miao Kee’s sauced donkey meat? No wonder it’s so fragrant.
Gu Chengyu didn't care what other candidates thought. After eating and drinking, he started writing the exam paper.
He stroked his belly. It seemed that he had eaten too much. Next time he would only be able to eat seven percent full. Maybe he was able to eat a little during the growth stage and also liked to eat meat.
After drinking some water and calming down, Gu Chengyu devoted himself to the exam paper. He wrote a little fast this time. The weather looked very bad. Gu Chengyu was afraid that it would rain today. If the exam paper got wet, he would not cry.
The place cried.
Lu Zhixian walked up to Gu Chengyu and saw that Gu Chengyu had already started writing the test paper. He took a rough look at his draft and found that the test poem had been completed. The sky was a little dark and Lu Zhixian couldn't see clearly what the poem was about, so he could only wait.
You won't know until you finish marking the papers.