The carriage had been waiting for a long time in front of the Nian Mansion.

Nanny Yang put the snacks and fruits into a food box and put the food box in the carriage. As soon as she turned her head, Yun Zhou and Xie Nanyan came out side by side.

Today's Yunzhou is wearing a tea-white t-shirt, his hair is tied up high and meticulously, and is tied up with a tooth-colored scarf. From a distance, there is a faint bookish atmosphere in his delicate beauty.

The girl is indeed a person with vision.

The more Grandma Yang looked at Yun Zhou, the more pleasing she was to her eyes. She was a little thinner, but the young master was really handsome.

Especially when she stood side by side with Xie Nanyan, who was wearing a snow-colored official robe, no matter how you looked at them, they were a perfect couple of gods and immortals.

Xie Nanyan sent Yun Zhou to the side of the carriage, and handed the document to her, "The Tribute Court is all ready, you can take the exam in three days with peace of mind."

Yun Zhou nodded, "Yanyan, wait for my good news."

Xie Nanyan suppressed a smile and said, "So confident?"

Yun Zhou nodded heavily, "Yes!"

She endured what she wanted to say, and smiled firmly at Xie Nanyan, "I'm leaving."

"Yeah." Xie Nanyan also held back what he wanted to say, and watched Yun Zhou get into the carriage and drive away slowly.

Nanny Yang came over and said with a smile: "I see that you are so confident, you will definitely get a good reputation."

"Auspicious words from the mother." Xie Nanyan smiled lightly, and suddenly thought of something, "Ah Zhou's dim sum..."

"It's all done as the girl told you." Nanny Yang gave her a wink.

She smiled comfortably, and stretched lazily, "I've been a little tired in the mansion for the past three days, Mammy, follow me to the military camp today."

Grandma Yang was taken aback.

Xie Nanyan smiled and said, "Bring Ah Huang."

"Mo'er, she..." Yang Nanny hesitated.

Xie Nanyan smiled and said: "Don't worry, I won't say a word." After a pause, she turned her head to look at the deep house in the Nianfu, and reminded: "Master's mind is impermanent, you ran out with me back then, it was already a crime." It’s not safe for you to stay here because of military regulations.”

Nanny Yang said gratefully: "Thank you girl, I'll go and get Ah Huang out right now."

"Ah."

Xie Nanyan responded briefly, and waited at the door for Nanny Yang to lead Ah Huang out.

The past three days without seeing Yunzhou, the days are really boring, going to the military camp for half a day is more comfortable than being stuck here.

The autumn imperial examination held every three years is a grand event in Daling every three years.

At three quarters of Yin time, the gate of the Gongyuan has not yet opened, and many students are already standing outside the gate, reading books intently by the dim light of the lanterns, making final preparations.

After finally making it to the hour of Mao, the gate of the Gongyuan slowly opened, and the students dressed up solemnly one by one, lined up and entered the examination room, and entered the room one by one to wait for the examination according to the order of the documents.

"Isn't that the carriage of the General's Mansion?"

The sharp-eyed disciples of the capital recognized the emblems on the carriages, and all looked at the carriages parked in front of the tribute courtyard.

When Yun Zhou slowly got off the carriage, many people thought she was very unfamiliar.

"Could it be that he is the young lady who entered Beijing with General Xie three days ago?"

Yun Zhou was a little thin, thanks to the new light armor on her body that gave her three points of strength. She heard the whispers of these people, just glanced back, and walked up the stone steps with the food box.

"This son is..." The steward at the gate of the tribute courtyard greeted him, and Yun Zhou handed over the documents.

The steward hurriedly bowed his waist and said, "So it's Mr. Yun, this way please."

Yun Zhou nodded, and followed the steward into the gate of the Gong Yuan.

When she was in the fishing village, she often listened to operas and performances of some Zhongju events, but she didn't expect that there would be a day like this where she would personally participate in it.

It is a lie to say that I am not excited.

As usual, every student who enters the examination room must take off his clothes for inspection, so as not to mix in the cheat sheet.

The steward led Yun Zhou to the inspection place, and the inspector only checked the pen and ink Yun Zhou was carrying, and casually checked the food box in her hand, then hurriedly put her into the examination room.

Yun Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, the level she was most worried about was so easy to pass.

"The general said that Mr. Yun likes to be quiet, so I arranged this examination room for you." After the steward bowed, Yun Zhou looked over.

This is a separate and secluded examination room. There are no adjacent rooms in the front, back, left, and right, and even bamboo curtains are specially prepared.

Yun Zhou smiled and said, "My lord, please worry about it."

The steward quickly waved his hand and said, "It's a blessing to be a subordinate to be able to help the general once or twice, so you don't have to be polite, my lord, please."

"Ah."

Yun Zhou walked into the examination room, and saw three wooden barrels in the examination room, all filled with clear well water.

"My lord, take the exam with peace of mind. You can drink the well water in this bucket with peace of mind, and you can also use it to grind ink." The steward bowed respectfully, "I will come to visit once a day. If you need more water, you can tell the next official That's right."

"Thank you." Yun Zhou really didn't expect that the general would be so thoughtful in arranging these things.

The steward bowed again and then retreated.

Yun Zhou put down half of the bamboo curtain, and said with relief: "In this way, I won't be afraid of urination or anything."

At three quarters of the hour, the chief examiner opened the imperial papers and handed out this year's papers to the examinees one by one.

After finally waiting for this moment, Yun Zhou calmed down and unfolded the four examination papers.

The exam paper for this first subject is called [Mo Yi].

In short, it is to extract the words and sentences or annotations in the Four Books and Five Classics, and answer questions one by one.

Yunzhou used to wonder why it took three days and three nights to take an exam. Now that she saw the first subject, she couldn't help muttering, "It's almost enough to test ten sentences, why is it like copying a penalty? Answer fifty sentences?!"

"Cough cough! Be quiet!" The chief examiner passed by and coughed twice as a reminder.

Yun Zhou reluctantly took out the pen and ink, scooped up some water to grind the ink well, and dipped the pen.

"Hands, hands, you have to hold on." Yun Zhou sighed and began to answer the questions sentence by sentence.

The morning sun gradually illuminated the entire tribute courtyard, and the warm sunlight shone on the bamboo curtains, casting half a shadow, half covering Yun Zhou's eyebrows and eyes.

A young man in Chinese clothes stood with his hands behind his back, watching her quietly from a distance.

The chief examiner bowed respectfully to this person, and the young man in Huafu nodded slightly.

He is plump and handsome, with a pair of clear phoenix eyes under his slightly raised thick eyebrows, he smiled thoughtfully and said: "It is rare to be able to answer questions like this in just a few months."

The chief examiner shook his head and said, "What if... it's just a random answer..."

"The general loves to surprise me the most. I must take a good look this time. What grades can she get in the exam?" Mr. Huafu said with a smile, and looked at the examiner, "I'm not in a hurry to replace her answer sheet , I’ll talk about it after I’ve read it.”

"Follow the order." The examiner received the order.

Mr. Huafu looked at Yun Zhou again, "Yun Zhou... the name is a good name, but it's a pity..." His words stopped abruptly, and he left the palace silently, refusing to say another word.

The sun was gradually setting to the west, and Yunzhou finally finished the examination paper of the first subject.

She put down the brush, and there were red marks between her fingers.She blew, frowned and sighed: "I must answer the next question well! Come back in three years, why not give me a knife."

At this time, she was hungry and tired, and her mind was "buzzing". This subject was considered "shit luck", and most of them were memorized by her, but now she couldn't think of a sentence after answering the questions. Woke up.

She rubbed her head, took the food box prepared by Nanny Yang, opened the first layer, and took out the snacks and fruits inside.

"There's no grilled chicken, so it's good to have something delicious." She took a long breath of relief, picked up a pear, and took a big bite. The sweetness came to her tongue, and she felt the sense of burnout go away by three points in an instant.

"Huh?" Yun Zhou picked up a piece of snack, but couldn't help laughing.

Two dots of sesame seeds are placed on this piece of dim sum, and with the outline of the dim sum, it looks more and more like a squashed pig's head.

Nanny Yang would not have such thoughts.

Naturally, Yanyan was afraid that she would be bored answering the questions, so she asked Nanny Yang to do it on purpose.

She looked at the remaining four pieces of dim sum on the plate, each piece was exactly the same, at this moment, it really looked like four pig heads lying flat on the plate.

"Heh..." Yun Zhou's smile gradually deepened, where is he still a little tired?

She poked her head and took a bite of the dim sum. It was crispy and delicious.

Do not slack off, and do not let Yanyan down.

This thought came to Yunzhou very quickly, she quickly finished her snacks, took the half-eaten pear in her mouth, carefully moved the finished first test paper behind her, and unfolded the second test paper.

This second subject is called [Tie Jing].

The test paper was very short, and I just wrote a sentence-confrontation: In the past, the Tai Wang was lustful and loved Jue Concubine.Yuan and Jiang Nu, Yu came to Xu Yu.

As usual, it is necessary to complete the context of the classic sentence written.

"That's the original sentence..."

Yun Zhou held the pear in one hand, and laughed dumbly while chewing. How could she forget this sentence?

"The king said: The widow has a disease, and the widow is lustful."

Recalling the days when she and Xie Nanyan were in Qingning Village, she almost finished writing this sentence with a smirk.

I remember the last sentence clearly, but this last sentence...

The world seemed to be silent for an instant.

Except for the image of Xie Nanyan reading the last sentence, there is nothing left in his mind.

"It's over... it's over..."

Yun Zhou shook her head quickly, she wanted to calm herself down quickly.

She must have memorized it, she must be able to remember it.

"It's okay to be stupid on weekdays, but you must not be stupid now!" Yun Zhou put down the pear, put down the pen, hugged his head, and carefully thought about what the next sentence would be?

As the dusk deepened, the students in the other examination rooms lit candles.

Yun Zhou was stuck in the dark, thinking about the sentence she had forgotten.

A black shadow quietly skimmed over the top of the wall of the tribute courtyard, leaned quietly on the wall, and looked at the place where Yunzhou was from a distance—thousand candles were lit one after another, but Yunzhou was the only place where the lights were still dark.

"Ok?"

The black shadow on the wall made a suspicious sound, and just about to fly down, it became aware of the cool wind coming from behind.

The black shadow suddenly turned around, turned over and landed outside the wall of the tribute courtyard, raised his eyebrows and stared at the young man in white behind him, and lowered his voice, "Are you following me?"

"Sister Nanyan, it's very dangerous for you to do this." The person who spoke was none other than Ming Jibei. He took Xie Nanyan to hide in a dark place, and whispered: "Sneaking into the Gongyuan is a serious crime! The old man in Tingwei's Mansion found out. , I must take the opportunity to play and embarrass Master."

volume five

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