There was plenty of time for the county examination. The school officials had sung relevant precautions and arranged the four treasures of the study. Su Ziji just sat down and closed his eyes to meditate.
When the seats in front, back, left, and right are filled with people, the government officials will patrol the venue with sign lights, which means that the exam has officially begun.
Since there was only one test in the county examination this time, Su Ziji was not in a hurry and slowly thought about answering the questions.
The first volume is about pasting scriptures and Mo Yi. Pasting scriptures means pasting a few words from the scriptures and asking them to fill them in. Mo Yi means asking questions about the upper and lower sentences of the scriptures, or commenting on the Chinese language, and asking them to answer them in regular script.
"It turns out it's a scripture in the Analects of Confucius. The first volume seems to be for assessing students' basics? It doesn't look difficult." After carefully writing the blank content, Su Ziji looked at Mo Yi's assessment again.
"A benevolent person uses what he loves and what he doesn't love; an unkind person uses what he doesn't love and what he doesn't love."
"It's just as I thought, the first paper tests all the basics."
Basically, Su Ziji did not need to think too much about these contents. They were all basic contents. They were quickly written in a draft and carefully copied into the volume.
The second volume is the teachings of the Holy Oracle, and the designated paragraphs need to be memorized.
The Holy Edict is actually the ideological education of students promulgated in the form of an imperial decree. It has five thousand words. This is not easy for people who have a bad memory and are not diligent in studying. After all, there are a lot of words.
But for Su Ziji, it was extremely easy and effortless to learn such content that needed to be written down.
He wrote it on the draft and copied it on the paper. Since the final question was not on the examination paper and had to be sung by the students, Su Ziji had time to check it again. He couldn't help but think about what the wild Taoist priest had mentioned to the girl he met by chance.
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"I'm already at Level 5, so the county exam should be fine. I just don't know if there will be any setbacks if the feng shui is destroyed."
Thinking of the strange things he encountered in the temple, and having a new understanding of ghosts and gods, Su Ziji couldn't help but recall what happened to him when he came to this world.
"It's unlikely that I can return to my own world. I need to live well in this world."
"Since there are indeed theories about ghosts and gods, we need to pay more attention to them in the future."
"Hey, it's really difficult to be on guard against evil people and respect ghosts and gods at the same time."
"However, I have a clear conscience in everything. If I have righteousness in my heart, I don't have to be afraid even if there are ghosts and gods."
Thinking like this, the student came over and started to sing: "For the first question, look at the paper, and for the last question, look at the poster."
The test question boards were on tour. The content displayed at this time was the content of the final exam. Su Ziji had a good eye, so he read it carefully twice, recorded it on the scratch paper, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Two chapters on the meaning of the classics and one poem on the five-character poem."
"Commenting on the classics and its meanings are only found in the county examination, and the meaning of the classics is actually the focus of the government examination, provincial examination, and even the general examination. This is the most important question."
"Previously, there were descriptions of the scriptures and meanings in Juzi's notes."
"If such notes are more helpful for the exam, the two chapters of Jingyi and Guanxian Magistrate Zhang should not be pedantic, so there is no need to force yourself."
"Fortunately, the county examinations in this dynasty did not have so many draft requirements. If it was like that in the previous dynasty, it would be even more stringent."
At the same time, Su Ziji was glad that he was not short-sighted. Being short-sighted in this era would be really miserable. Not to mention anything else, it was difficult to even read the exam question board, let alone take the exam.
"It seems that protecting your eyes cannot be ignored."
The snow and rain gradually stopped, but the snow melted, making it even colder. The howling of wolves in the distant mountains and forests was heart-rending, but everyone in the group was sweating.
In front of everyone, there were two floating corpses. A little further away, a few people hurriedly arrived. They seemed to have some authority. The group became quiet and just said: "Brother Zhang is here."
Boss Zhang was wearing a cloak and a fur hat, with no expression on his red face. When he saw the corpse, the muscles on his cheeks twitched obviously, showing a ferocious expression.
Looking at the dead expression of the corpse and the obvious wounds on the corpse, Boss Zhang didn't say a word for half a pack of cigarettes. After a long time, he asked: "How did you find out?"
"Boss, it's me!" It was Lao Zhuang who came up to him.
This person's nickname is "Bao Dawei". Others are "turning big things into trivial matters and trivial matters into nothing". On the contrary, he specializes in "making trouble out of nothing", but he does have a way of getting information.
At this time, Lao Zhuang didn't smile at all, and said seriously: "Boss, you asked me to check on Brother Yan, why he didn't come back yesterday, so I sent someone to check."
"It snowed and rained all night yesterday, and I couldn't find any trace. So I sent people to search nearby gambling stalls, hotels, and yachts, but there was nothing there."
"When I had no choice but to catch fish, someone suddenly caught the fish. The fish was not caught, but a person was caught. The person was so frightened that he ran away quickly and did not dare to report it to the official."
"I heard the news and immediately salvaged and found the bodies of Yan Erge and Yan Liushu."
"I checked, they were all stabbed with spears or swords, not falling into the water."
"What a pitiful thing it is. If it weren't for the fish nets, when the weather warms up, all the bodies will be eaten by the fish, and no matter how hard you look for them, you won't be able to find them."
After hearing this, Boss Zhang nodded heavily after a long time: "Who did it?"
Lao Zhuang said in a low voice: "Boss, things are different now. Even if we are fighting for territory, we won't kill people."
"I've asked the Raft Gang and Zengcai Society, and no one has conflicted with us."
Boss Zhang was stunned for a long time, and then said slowly: "Please go back and bury the two brothers first. I will dig three feet into the ground to avenge the brothers."
Having said this, he frowned again and asked, "Is the county exam taking place?"
"Yes, the exam is almost over."
"Then let's go back and make trouble for this kid first." Boss Zhang said coldly: "No matter what, the second brother Zhang died because of this kid, so let's use him as interest first!"
"Yes!" This was obviously an expression of anger, but the group showed no objection. They carried the body to the ox cart and rolled away to the county town together.
County Government Examination Shed
"When the time is up, students are allowed to leave the examination room and no noise is allowed." The school official shouted loudly: "Students who have not finished writing can light a stick of wax."
Su Zi was reserved, but actually had a proud character. Even if he was tactful in his studies, it would occasionally show up when he was writing.
The meaning of the two classics is the simplest introductory subject. It is not difficult for Su Ziji who has reached level 5.
As for the five-character test poems, due to the skills learned, one can also produce a poem of intermediate level, which may be enough to cope with not only the county examination, but also the prefectural examination.
No matter how much time he had, by the time Su Ziji checked for the third time, it was already time.
The yamen clerk collected the papers, and Su Ziji handed them in. He was really relieved. The inspection was not strict when he went out. He put the four treasures of the study and the drafts into the basket, and then walked out of the corridor. He slapped them with one hand.
on the shoulders.
"Zi Ji, do you think you are sure this time?" The owner of the hand was Zhang Sheng, and asked in a low voice.