Li Shiming was riding in an ordinary carriage. The driver and the boy Mo Yan were sitting in the carriage's shaft. Si Qin in the carriage was constantly checking the items in the examination basket for fear that something was missing.
He didn't want to bring Siqin with him, but Siqin had to come anyway.
Considering that Si Qin had been preparing things for Qiuwei for many days, he still took her with him.
Not far behind the carriage were a number of guards from the mansion, which was a must for Li Shiming when he went out.
Several major events happened in Nanling Mansion, but they did not affect the excitement today.
There were people everywhere on the road. In addition to the candidates and their families taking part in Qiuwei, there were also many onlookers.
There are also a lot more government officials and soldiers on the streets to prevent accidents.
"Master, Gongyuan is here!" Mo Yan reminded outside the carriage.
"Siqin, stay in the car and don't get out!" Li Shiming held down Siqin who was about to get out of the car and ordered.
At this time, there was a sea of people outside the Gongyuan, and there were even children on the low walls and trees.
Many people bring their children here just to get some culture, so that their children can have the opportunity to participate in Qiuwei like these scholars.
In the eyes of ordinary people, scholars who can participate in Qiuwei are equal to literary stars descending to earth.
This is normal, every scholar here is one of the top few in each place, and is placed in the local literary star.
And if you pass the Qiu period, you can no longer be called a scholar. You need to be called a scholar and have the qualifications to be an official.
Li Shiming walked towards the gate of Gongyuan with the examination basket. Several scholars he knew looked at each other but did not say hello.
The soldiers searching at the gate of Gongyuan were not soldiers from Nanling Mansion, but soldiers transferred from other places.
The soldiers did not know Li Shiming, so the body search was the same as for other candidates.
Daxia attaches great importance to scientific examinations. Anyone who dares to cheat in the scientific examinations is a capital offense. Due to the importance of scientific examinations, Daxia has adopted a variety of methods to prevent cheating.
Even in Qiu Wei of Nanling Prefecture, Li Shiming could not enjoy the preferential treatment of the prefect.
Li Shiming watched the snacks carefully prepared by Si Qin being crushed by the soldiers. Fortunately, Si Qin couldn't see it, otherwise he would be sad again.
After the body search, soldiers took him into the Gongyuan. He was lucky enough to be in a row of dormitories. Although it was not the best location, it was not bad enough to be next to the toilet.
He took out the pen and ink, inkstone, paperweight from the examination basket, and took some water to mix the ink.
Due to the existence of organic room space, he has all the books in Fuzhong's study in his mind, and he has the computing and analysis capabilities of the large server IBMz15, as well as many excellent articles in the history of previous lives as a foundation.
What's more, because his strength has reached the first level of Qi refining, and the nourishment of spiritual energy has greatly improved his memory, analysis, calculation and other abilities, he doesn't worry about Qiu Wei at all.
The questions were handed out on the first day, and the test was on Tie Jing.
Although he studied the Four Books and Five Classics, he still observed the ancient examinations with the feeling of a bystander.
Only when he actually took the autumn exam did he realize how difficult it was.
Of course, this difficulty is not for him now, but for the students in his previous life.
The simplest way of translating scriptures is to extract any paragraph from the 170,000 words in the Four Books and Five Classics and fill in the blanks.
This requires memorizing the Four Books and Five Classics completely in order to be able to cope with the examination of Tie Jing Mo Yi.
Li Shiming scanned the question and the answer appeared in his mind, without even using the large server IBMz15.
He just needs to be careful to write the words clearly and not to stain the test paper.
It took more than half an hour to finish writing the title one stroke at a time.
He found that he answered too quickly. The entire fill-in-the-blank question paper was the content of one day's examination.
The wailing sounds of the candidates were heard in the ears, and then the warning sounds of the soldiers were heard.
At night, lanterns were hung up one by one, and the candidates in the dormitory also lit oil lamps.
Li Shiming sat on the simple wooden bed, took out the Soul Gathering Plate from the computer room, sat under him, and started practicing the 'Five Elements of Qi Receiving Technique'.
Not even Qiu Wei could interrupt his practice.
There is nothing that can be done about it. The four luminous stones on the Soul Gathering Plate are already very dim and cannot last much longer.
Wasting any opportunity to practice is a huge waste.
Besides, no one will disturb the candidates in the dormitory, unless they find that the candidates are obviously cheating.
The spiritual energy flows into the body and enters the spiritual energy vortex along the opened spiritual veins.
It seemed that it had reached a limit, and the spiritual energy vortex shrank for a moment, and then grew in size.
There was an inexplicable wind in the entire Gongyuan, causing the lanterns to sway constantly. The soldiers quickly checked the situation.
After some inspection, the soldiers found nothing unusual and regarded it as an accident caused by weather.
Li Shiming opened his eyes, and a light flashed in his eyes, and then disappeared.
"Finally reached the second level of Qi refining!" He secretly said with joy.
After reaching the second level of Qi Refining, he can try to learn spells, which can be regarded as truly stepping into the threshold of cultivating immortals.
He put the Soul Gathering Plate into the computer room without wasting any time.
He could tell that if the Soul Gathering Plate could last for three more days at most, he would not have such good training conditions after that.
As for the luminous stones in the Soul Gathering Pan, he didn't find out where they were in Nanling Mansion.
Besides, even with the luminous stone, he had no way to activate the Soul Gathering Plate.
He spent his first night in the dormitory lying on a wooden bed.
The second day was about classics and meaning, and the questions were relatively biased. Just from the sighs coming from other dormitories from time to time, we knew how difficult the questions this time were.
However, no matter how you deviate, you can't escape from the Li family's selection of classics and meanings. The Four Books and Five Classics of 170,000 words. After so many years, the Li family has expanded its classics and meanings to more than 6 million words, which shows the depth of the study of the classics and meanings.
Almost every paragraph has a corresponding scripture meaning. No matter how you examine it, it cannot go beyond the scope of the Four Books and Five Classics.
On the third day, the test was policy theory, which looked at literary level and practical research on the meaning of classics.
Li Shiming did not write it himself. Based on his understanding of the examiner and the historical database of the large server IBMz15, he selected excellent policy articles that fit the examiner's taste.
This time he did not start writing immediately, but waited for an hour before writing.
At midnight in the afternoon, the three days of autumn finally came to an end.
Siqin stood on the carriage, staring at the gate of Gongyuan.
Exhausted candidates walked out of the door one after another. The three-day exam had consumed almost every ounce of their energy.
Some candidates were even able to walk out of Gongyuan with the help of soldiers.
At the end of autumn in previous years, some candidates would fall seriously ill, and some would even become ill.
"The young master is out!" Mo Yan shouted in surprise.
Needless to say, he looked at the youngest candidate who came out of the gate and was the only energetic candidate. He could be recognized at a glance among the candidates.
Siqin stood on the carriage and waved vigorously, indicating that she was here.
