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 sat down with his eyes closed 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 in regular script based on the upper and lower sentences of the scriptures, or commenting on them in Chinese, 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.
"The benevolent will be judged by what they love and what they don't love; the unkind will be judged by what they don't love and what they will love."
"As I expected, the first volume tests all the basics."
Basically, Su Ziji did not need to think too much about these contents. They were all basic contents. They were written in a draft quickly and carefully copied into the volume.
The second volume is the teachings of the oracles, and the designated paragraphs need to be written silently.
The Holy Edict is actually the ideological education of students promulgated in the form of an imperial edict. It has 5,000 words. This is certainly 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, the content that he had learned but needed to write down was extremely easy and effortless.
He wrote it on the draft and copied it on the paper. Since the final question was not on the exam paper and had to be sung by a student, 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. .
"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 my 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 rumors 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 to 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: "Look at the paper for the first question, and look at the poster for the final question."
The test question board was on tour, and 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 classics and its meaning, and one poem on the five-character poem."
"Commenting on classics and meanings are only found in county examinations, and the meaning of classics is actually the focus of government examinations, provincial examinations, and even general examinations. This is the most important question."
"In the previous notes of Juzi, there were narrations of scriptures and meanings."
"If such notes are more helpful for the exam, the two chapters of Jingyi and Guan County 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. If nothing 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 leather hat, with no expression on his red face. When he saw the corpse, the muscles on his cheeks twitched obviously, showing a ferocious look.
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.
This person's nickname is "Bao Dawei". Others "turn big things into trivial matters and trivial matters into nothingness". 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 why Brother Yan 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 boathouses, but there was nothing there."
"When we 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 Brother Yan and Yan Liushu."
"I checked, they were all stabbed with spears or swords, not falling into the water."
"What a pitiful thing. If it weren't for the fish traps, 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, let's use him as interest first!"
"Yes!" This was obviously a sign 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 he was actually very proud. 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 skill acquisition, one can also produce a poem of intermediate level, which may be enough to cope with the county examination or even 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 patted 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.
