Queen Flower

Jiang Lan's head grew big when she thought of going to take part in the exam. According to the algorithm of one township exam every three years, and the next year's exam, at her age, it will be the third time she has participated in the exam. As the saying goes, one or two is no more than three, but unfortunately, she is an impostor who is even more incompetent. Even if she cheats and passes the exam, she has to face those high officials and emperors. She is afraid when she thinks about it. She still knows what kind of stuff she is, and even if her face is swollen, she can't be a fat man. This time Xiaoxi's rushing ducks on the shelves is too much.

There are still a few days before the exam, and she began to prepare the equipment for the exam. It is said that the requirements of the imperial examination are very strict. Before the exam, you must take a bath. In order to prevent cheating, the hoodies and robes must be single-layered, the trousers and socks must also be single-layered, and the shoes must be thin-soled. As for the test tools, there are also requirements. The inkstone should not be too thick, the barrel of the brush must be hollow, the water container should be made of ceramics, the charcoal should only be two inches long, and the candlestick should be made of tin and can only be a single plate. The pillars must be hollow through the bottom, and even the pastry that goes in must be cut. (Refer to the aspects of anti-fraud measures in ancient Chinese imperial examinations)

She was busy for a while and then began to worry. Anyway, this was the last thing she was looking for. Maybe she could go home after finding it. According to common sense, the last thing is always the most difficult. It is difficult to find a needle in a haystack in the huge capital, but Xiaoxi's arrangement must be the most reasonable, so no matter how terrible it is, you have to bite the bullet.

Alas, after much thought and carelessness, she forgot all these annoying things, and she opened the door and went out to breathe.

Sure enough, it was the cold and windy north. Fortunately, there was no snow. Even if it was spring, it was still very cold. When she walked out of the room, she saw the daughter of the neighbor, Aunt Ma’s, peeking out from the next room. Jiang Lan in here. Very happy, walked straight to her.

"Brother Jiang." She stood in front of Jiang Lan with her head lowered, looked up at her after speaking, then maintained a strange posture, opened her eyes and opened her mouth to see her speechless.

Even though his clothes were outdated, Jiang Lan who was standing there was still a beautiful man, and it dazzled her. She was so nervous that she couldn't speak, "I..., I..." How could she never find out that there was such a handsome young man living next to her house, even if it was her secret favorite. It's just because this is a rare scholar, and although he is poor, he always gives people hope. Every time I see him with his head down, he returns to the house in despair and despair. She sighed secretly. Even though the family had watched him pitifully and helped him many times in the past few days, she had never looked at that face carefully, she never imagined that he was so graceful when he raised his chest.

Jiang Lan looked at the shy and obsessed girl in front of her, trembling in her heart, and she had the urge to scratch her face. It can be predicted that the days she will face in the future will be absolutely wonderful. But for now, this face is still useful, very useful.

The girl shoved a bag of things in Jiang Lan's hand, "Brother Jiang, the exam is about to take place, you should pay attention to your body." She turned her head and glanced at Jiang Lan's face. Then one step three turned back and went home reluctantly.

Jiang Lan smelled the aroma of meat, opened it and saw that it was actually a packet of braised beef. In this impoverished day, she had a first meal but not a second meal, and now she has to rely on this face to betray her beauty and persist until the end of the exam.

Jiang Lan took a piece of meat and threw it into his mouth, and his eyes seemed to have a lot of people suddenly appearing around, staring at him secretly. It felt like I saw a monster.

Jiang Lan felt very uncomfortable, and she immediately went home. As soon as I got home, there was a knock on the door.

She opened the door and saw a bunch of people standing at the door, men and women, old and young, holding various things in their hands.

"Jiang Juren is young and promising, and he will definitely go to high school."

"Yes, yes, it depends on your character, appearance, and extraordinary bearing. It must not be a thing in the pool."

"Don't forget everyone when Jiang Juren is named on the Golden List."

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Men's words always revolve around not forgetting their roots once they become famous, and women's words are much more interesting.

"Jiang Juren is honored this year? Does my hometown have a wife? My daughter is fifteen years old, and she is good at cooking..."

"Yes, yes, my niece is sixteen this year, and she has a first-class appearance in her boudoir..."

Balabala, but the same thing remains the same, that is, there is a woman to be married. I hope she can contact her after the list to see the feasibility of marriage, but the premise is very important, that is, after she has passed the exam.

Thinking about personality and appearance is very important, for ordinary people, the basic material of life is the most important.

Jiang Lan laughed and laughed, "Thank you for your kindness. After high school, I will never forget your kindness." It's not easy to give money in the snow, and now that he is poor and worthless, whether it is for the expected investment or not, it is good to be able to help.

After they left, Jiang Lan looked at the materials left behind. Most of them were rice and grain, and there was a little copper coins. Finally, they could last until the end of the exam.

Early in the morning a few days later, Jiang Lan was ready to go, packed everything in a basket, and was ready to report to the Gongyuan. The imperial examination system in ancient China was started by Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty, and was gradually improved in various dynasties, and was finally abolished by Cixi. Every dynasty has some rules for the exam, and I don't know what it is like here. Anyway, she has neither submitted the paper, nor does she know who the examiner is, and it is impossible for her to be a student. Thinking about it, she laughed again, she was out of her mind, and she didn't really go to the exam.

Before leaving, the girl next door stood in front of her again, she looked at him shyly, and then handed her a thick coat, "I removed the lining, so I can wear it, although it's not new clothes. , but the weather is cold, you..."

She looked at Jiang Lan expectantly, her face flushed slightly, seeing that Jiang Lan didn't respond for a while, she shoved the clothes into her hands, turned around and ran away.

Jiang Lan was holding the heavy heavy clothes, and her heart was also very heavy. She didn't want to be a heartless person. In fact, she had no choice but to have a heart. Alas, poor girl, infatuated with the wrong payment.

Jiang Lan walked to the Gongyuan, with Xiaoxi's guide, she should be smooth until the end of the palace exam, as long as she can successfully mix until that time.

After walking for a long time, we finally arrived at Gongyuan.

The meeting will be held in three sessions, one every three days, the first session is on the ninth day, the second session is on the 12th, and the third session is on the 15th.

When she got here, Jiang Lan found out that the exam was very strict, even worse than her college entrance examination. Before entering the Gongyuan, candidates must go through a roll call and a search. These two procedures are an important part of the regulations of the imperial examination, in order to prevent impostors and cheating. In ancient times, there were no fingerprints and no photos, so even if it was to be identified by name, Jiang Lan, a counterfeit, passed the test smoothly after showing the official seal of identification.

Next was a search. Jiang Lan's belongings were checked, and then he began to search. Jiang Lan was asked to untangle his clothes and pants. Only his trousers were left untouched, and the rest, including his clothes and socks, were unbuttoned. Jiang Lan was sweating. If she didn't take medicine and transformed herself, she wouldn't be able to sneak in to take the exam anyway, and her identity as a woman would be revealed as soon as she took off her clothes. It is said that the examination of Xiucai is more stringent when recruiting people, so how did those ancient women who pretended to be men to test for the champion did it? Comrade Meng Lijun is really amazing.

After the inspection, Jiang Lan took his test paper and entered the single room in the examination room. This single room was called a hao in ancient times. It was very narrow, about five feet long, four feet wide, and eight feet high. After three candles, the door to the room was blocked immediately after entering. Candidates could only eat, drink, rest and sleep in this room for three days.

Jiang Lan sighed that it was not easy to be an official in the feudal dynasty. In a place like this, the weather was so cold, it took three days to toss, and it took half life to survive. It was not only mental but also physical.

Forget it, let's take the test. She was very curious about how Xiaoxi was going to give her a plug-in this time. She didn't know anything, and even the calligraphy was at the level of a primary school student.

She rolled out the test paper, sharpened the ink, and prepared to cheat.

Sure enough, when she was all ready, an article appeared in her mind. Of course, Jiang Lan couldn't read it. Who knew what she was talking about? Her task was to copy it down. She held the brush and started The handwriting turned out to be not hers. The hands seemed like miracles. The handwriting was beautiful, clean, round, and the standard pavilion.

Jiang Lan hurriedly stopped, if she finished it in such a short time, it would be too appalling. Be honest and low-key when cheating, so as not to be discovered. She put down the pen, covered the papers, sat down and started pretending to be meditating, but in reality she was meditating, and the time was not going to last.

So Jiang Lan's exam life officially began. When it was almost the third day, Jiang Lan completed the exam paper in one breath, and then turned in the paper and left.

The faces of those people were languid, their faces were pale, like eggplants beaten by frost, they were very haggard, and it was hard to live after being tortured for three days. Extraordinary, he looks like a fairy when he is surrounded by a group of ghosts. She slept comfortably under her coat for two nights, and practiced internal skills for a long time. She didn't move her mind at all, and she didn't suffer the slightest guilt. What's really bad is that she ate cold food for a few days, and her stomach was a little bit weak. Hurt.

In this way, Jiang Lan participated in three exams, and he was considered to have completed the entire exam, and the rest was to wait for the results. Jiang Lan's heart is very calm, if Xiaoxi can't even do this thing well, he will be a god, but he just doesn't know where he got his masterpiece. If he wrote it himself, then Jiang Lan is one hundred. Do not believe.