Accompany the prince to study

After the body search, each examinee was assigned a wooden plaque with lettering about the size of a palm.

With this test card, you can enter the Gongyuan, and then start to wait in line.

The tribute courtyard is very large and there are a lot of candidates. In order to avoid crowding and trampling, the time for candidates to enter the dormitory is different.The test card determines which entry time period they belong to, and also marks which house they belong to.

The dormitory is the place where candidates will take exams, board and lodging next.

Gu Qiao, Wen Zhuan and the others came not too early or too late. After waiting for a while under the three-storey invigilator building, they were informed that they could enter the eastern dormitory behind the invigilator building through Jiajiao Gate.

These wooden dormitories built uniformly by the imperial court have very small space, just like a boxy grid room. The width is only one or two feet wide, which is only enough for an adult man to sit in the middle. If you want to lie down, you have to curl your legs. .The inside of the dormitory was dark and cramped, extremely depressing.It is said that if you are unlucky, you will encounter snakes, insects, rats and ants as roommates in the dormitory.

Before the invigilator comes down from the invigilator building to distribute the test papers, it is the last free time for the candidates.Many candidates were not in a hurry to enter the dormitory, and just stood nearby, whispering and communicating with the adjacent candidates.

Naturally, the most discussed topic today is Gu Shizi, Gu Qiao, who is completely different from the rumors.

With Gu Qiao's body full of fat, continuing to believe that he smoked Hanshisan secretly is like insulting his IQ.And, besides, Gu Qiao looks a little too good-looking, right?

The previous dynasty has always had a tradition of admiring beauty and beauty, but in this dynasty, although it has gradually changed towards admiration for strength and martial arts, the public still has a natural appreciation for beautiful people or things.It won't be as crazy as in the previous dynasty that "you are beautiful and you are right in everything", but at least you will subconsciously feel that such a good-looking person is unlikely to be a villain.

To put it simply, Gu Qiao has attracted a wave of beauty fans among the candidates with only one face.

"The rumors misled me—!" Some candidates beat their chests and stamped their feet.For such a good-looking person, even if it is just a word or two, it is a very refreshing and elegant thing.But I was messed up by myself at the beginning, can I not be annoyed.

There are also people who are stubborn and unwilling to admit their misbelief: "He didn't take Hanshisan, and it doesn't mean that other rumors are false!"

The candidates at the beginning looked back strangely, and felt that their classmate was really a savage with not enough brains: "There are also rumors that Gu Shizi is going to replace Mr. Wen. I hate each other. If that's the case, why would Mr. Wen come to the Gongyuan in the same car with Gu Shizi? How could he personally help him down? How could he be talking and laughing?"

"This, this, this..." Asked three times in a row, turning the barman into a gourd with a sawed mouth, completely unexplainable.

This is really unreasonable. Although Wen Zhuan briefly called Gu Qiao together as "Yongji Shuangtong", the two should not have met at that time. After Gu Qiao became silent, it is even more impossible for them to know each other. .It shouldn't have come with such a high profile.

When Wen Zhuan approached Gu Qiao before the exam, Gu Qiao was actually so strange. He didn't remember any interaction between him and Wen Zhuan.

But the post that Wen Zhuan wanted to visit was clearly placed on the table in front of him.

In the end, Gu Qiao nodded and agreed. After all, one of the things he wanted to do most when he was a child was to find a chance to get to know the son Zhuan of the Wen family.

Wen Zhuan is only fifteen years old, and he has come out very well.He has many similarities with his grandfather who was a minister. They both have slender eyes and long eyebrows, and the corners of their lips are raised, like an old fox with long sleeves and good at dancing.

"I know you, but we have never met before." Mr. Wen was very considerate, and immediately explained Gu Qiao's confusion straight to the point, lest Gu Qiao continue to think about it.Unhurriedly, he lowered his head and took a sip of the scented tea that the Duke's Mansion used to entertain guests. He squinted his eyes slightly to make sure what he was thinking, and then he said, "I'm here just to explain something to the Crown Prince."

"What's the matter?"

Wen Zhuan was not in a hurry to give an answer, but asked a question first: "I don't know if your son has heard of the rumors that have been raging in the Chinese circle in Beijing recently?"

Gu Qiao really didn't know.No matter whether he was dressed as a prince or on his own body, he hadn't had much contact with the outside world, and he was all focused on receiving new knowledge. Although he wanted to expand to the outside world, he hadn't had time to find the time.But Wen Zhuan won't bring it up for no reason, so Gu Qiao's answer is: "I can find out now."

Then, Wen Zhuan roughly told Gu Qiao the rumors he had heard from Zhao Guang.

"I know the rumors can't be true..."

Based on Wen Zhuan's understanding of the prince, Gu Qiao's filling in the vacancy is already a certainty, and it is not "possible" at all.Take the scented tea he drank in the Duke's Mansion as an example. This is a rare tribute tea that ordinary dignitaries rarely drink.It can be seen that Gu Qiao is really important to the prince.Although Wen Zhuan didn't know why, nor did he know how these two people who shouldn't have intersected each other established a connection, but Wen Zhuan was not a person with a lot of curiosity.

He doesn't care about the process, only pays attention to the result.

Now the result is: "Someone wants to turn against you—"

"—But why should I do what he wants?" Mr. Wen, who looks as gentle as jade, is actually a rebellious boy, otherwise he would not have caught the eyes of the hot-tempered prince.Under Gu Qiao's surprised expression, Wen Zhuan made the final addition word by word: "Do I look like an idiot?"

Gu Qiao couldn't hold back her laughter in the end, and shook her head while laughing.It seems that Mr. Wen is also a tempered person, he thought.Although Wen Zhuan was different from the jade-like young master Pian Pianjia he had imagined in the past, he liked this kind of Wen Zhuan even more.

Coincidentally, Wen Zhuan has always had a good impression of Gu Qiao: "It's a pity that we didn't get to know each other in time, but it shouldn't be too late now. Let me introduce again, my name is Wen Zhuan, and I don't have any words yet. I studied in Shizi when I was young." The little poems I wrote are full of childlike interest, clear and elegant. I have been in love with the son for a long time, I wonder if the son will give me a face?"

If Wen Zhuan wants someone to like him, he can really do it without leakage, making people feel like a spring breeze, and soon he and Gu Qiao will have everything to talk about.

As the two talked, they inevitably talked about the upcoming companion exams. Naturally, Wen Zhuan invited Gu Qiao to tie the knot.

Gu Qiao is also worrying about this, although His Royal Highness said not to worry, he will take care of it, but Gu Qiao still thinks that if he can do it himself, he doesn't need to bother the prince to run around for him.

Then, there was the jaw-dropping scene at the gate of the Gongyuan today.

It's hard to say the position of the other companions, but at least for now they are on the same line, they are the prince's face to the outside world, and people with ulterior motives can't let the joke go.

As soon as the bell rang, the system examination officially began.

The guard first handed out a round of draft paper, then the test papers, and finally supervised the candidates to fill in the names and places of origin, making sure that they corresponded with the candidates' own information one by one, and no one would replace them, so they gave up.

Exams are really tough.

The examinees who were still in the mood to discuss gossip just now looked nervous, as if they were facing a big enemy, and had no other distractions in their hearts, so they just took the time to read the exam papers.

It took only a few minutes to read the paper, some people were overjoyed, while others were disappointed.

There are many types of exams, reaching more than [-] kinds, and they are all named according to the needs of the court anytime and anywhere, and there is no fixed name.For example, if the imperial court needs talents for governing the country, it will open a "Wen Yi Jing Guo"; if it needs talents for war, it will open a "Wu Zu An Bian".In short, very casual.

Because it is a very targeted exam, it is mainly pragmatic, and the examiners are also unconstrained when they produce the papers.Although the scope of the questions is said to be mainly based on the Nine Classics and official history, it is actually almost equal to all recorded sage books.

Candidates read through the examination papers in order to have a rough idea in mind first, and to confirm whether they have read it or not.

There are a total of six major questions on the scroll, three classics and three histories.

At first glance, the questions presented this time are all from common classics and histories, including "Spring and Autumn Gongyang Biography", "The Analects of Confucius", "Han Shu" and "Book of Songs", and no one is unaware of them.But if you study carefully, you will find that once the answer needs to be accurate to which section of the book it comes from, it will be fatal.

But this is the rule of answering questions. At the beginning, you must first write the source of the question.

This is also the reason why many people are frustrated. This time, the examination of the system is a bit unpopular.

Gu Qiao felt that he was lucky, because he happened to have read all the exams, and because of his special experience, he had the ability to remember the memory, almost without thinking, he was able to write well. source of each question.

The first title is "The King Does Not Rule the Barbarians" in "The Legend of Gongyang in the Spring and Autumn Period", which was annotated by He Xiu.

The second topic is "Etiquette and Faith Enough to Make Virtue" in "The Analects of Confucius Zilu Pian", annotated by Bao Xian.

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When the examiner passed by with his hands behind his back, he saw that Gu Qiao hadn't even typed out the draft, and started answering the questions.He was still a little dissatisfied with the candidate's sloppy and frivolous, but when he stood aside and read Gu Qiao's answer carefully, he realized that the other party knew everything, and he was extremely confident in himself, so he didn't need to make any corrections.

The speed of answering the questions was so fast that the examiner once thought that this kid already knew the answer in advance, right?

Among the three classics and three histories, only three passages come from the main text of the book, and the other three are commentaries. One of them is very, very biased and ambiguous, and even the examiner himself cannot be sure without turning the book. Which one is it.But Gu Qiao didn't even hesitate.

The next step in answering the source is to write out the upper and lower sentences silently.This test is the "communication" in reading the classics and history.

Gu Qiao still used the same routine, without blinking, she quickly finished writing silently.

Fortunately, answering the source of the question and dictating the context is only the beginning of answering the question, otherwise the inspector who was watching Gu Qiao from the sidelines would have fallen into deep self-doubt.

Gu Qiao's next step is to start combining the subject and context to carry out the six "discussions".

Each question must be written at least [-] words, which is long and cumbersome, even smaller than a small composition.At this point, Gu Qiao switched from the answer sheet to the draft paper, and the writing speed finally slowed down.This made the examiner reluctantly believe that the young examinee was still in the category of normal people, and he didn't know the answer.

The entire exam takes a day and a night, and almost no one can sleep. After all, one question requires [-] words, and six questions are [-] words.After thinking and pondering, there is not much time left for candidates to answer the papers, and it can even be said to be very nervous.

They have to start drafts, drafts, and then make a second copy, which is really not easy for ordinary people to do.

Especially for a child like Gu Qiao, who is only twelve, after he finally finished writing the draft of the six thesis, before he had time to read and revise it again, he was already so tired that his eyelids were closed.Outside the dormitory illuminated by the faint lights, it was a moonless night, and in the other dormitories, lamps were lit to cook oil and candles were burning endlessly. Everyone was writing and writing, not wanting to miss the last-minute examination.

Gu Qiao also wanted to continue, but she still couldn't bear the physiological reaction and fell asleep directly.

Open your eyes again...

Gu Qiao looked at His Highness the crown prince's alone, luxurious hall examination room, and fell into deep thought.His mind even went completely blank for a while, what the hell happened, what? ! !

Fulai also thoughtfully stood aside and said, "Your Highness is tired? Do you want to take a break? Do you want to drink some goat's milk wine? This kind of examination environment is really too difficult, and it is too embarrassing for our Highness!"

Gu Qiao: "???"

In a blink of an eye, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found himself in the aggrieved dormitory, and felt that what he was facing now was a really difficult environment.His face was so dark that he was about to kill someone, but the neighbors in the left and right houses still refused to live in peace.

First, there was a tinkling sound from the left, and then the smell of rice soon came.In the middle of the night, he used the most simple and crude ingredients, and it seemed that he had made the specifications of the burning tail banquet.The scent filled most of the examination room. Although no one could be seen, the sound of sucking saliva could be heard inexplicably in the darkness.

The one on the right quit, and immediately took out his stuff without admitting defeat, and started cooking late at night.I'm afraid he's not a professional chef, from Sichuan and Sichuan, because in this cramped condition, he's even made a fuss!

His Royal Highness felt that in his limited 14-year life, he probably encountered a real crisis.

Knockin' mom, did you hear that Knockin' mom!

The author has something to say: Little Theater, Prince: Spicy Chicken Gongyuan, pills sooner or later!

PS: The layout of the Gongyuan in the article is combined with reference to the Beijing Gongyuan and Jiangnan Gongyuan.

And ps: The content of the system exam in the article refers to the test paper of Su Shida’s first exam. By the way, I, Su Shida, are really miserable. For various reasons, I was only given the third class in the two exams , but also to be studied by later generations to analyze the reasons 233333.