I slay demons and demons with poetry

Chapter 381

More than 20 days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was February 30th in a blink of an eye. The [-]-year examination of Chongwen finally came.

These days, the students in Chang'an have become agitated, and most of the people in the city are talking about the examination.

In every guild hall, you can see students studying hard, and in every book shop, the volumes about solving problems have been sold out.

February [-]th is the day when candidates enter the examination room, and the examination will officially start at [-]:[-]pm in the evening. Unlike the three-day provincial examination, the general examination lasts three examinations and nine days, and they are not allowed to leave the examination room from the beginning to the end.

This is not a big problem for the students in Juzi Realm, but the sky has been overcast and cloudy these days, and occasionally light snow falls at night, so the weather is still too cold.

Many students are preparing things, especially some cooking utensils, food, and what's more, they even bring thick bedding, preparing to face the cold nine days comfortably.

Naturally, Song Mu did not fall behind. Taking advantage of the gap between his studies in the past few days, he also prepared these things. However, he was not allowed to bring any utensils into the examination room. Nowadays, most of these things have to be carried into the examination room by himself.

"Brother Song, how are you preparing?"

Song Mu was doing the final tidying in the room, when a rough voice came from outside, Song Mu got up immediately, and a stout figure walked by the door.

"Brother Liu, I'm ready, let's go now."

The candidate standing at the door was named Liu Kaidong, who had been in Chongwen for 25 years, and was also Xie Yuan from Jiangnan West Road. He had also dealt with Song Muduo in the past few days and was quite familiar with him.

The other party nodded, bluntly said to wait for Song Mu downstairs, Song Mu put down the packed things in front of him, and turned to look at Tao Fengming at this moment.

Tao Fengming seemed to be getting older, and he still coughed from time to time, which made Song Mu a little worried.

"Master, come with me. I told brother Teng that you should rest in the shop over there."

Song Mu said with concern at the moment.

Song Mu wanted to bring Tao Fengming to the side of the tribute courtyard. If someone triggers the vision at that time, Tao Fengming's condition might be relieved.

But Tao Fengming just shook his head slightly, and said somewhat panting.

"No, even top-level visions are useless to me, Jing Zhao, and rest assured, after the exam, I will pick you up at the gate of the Gong Yuan."

Song Mu was about to say more, but Tao Fengming coughed violently again, and Song Mu hurried forward.

After Tao Fengming seemed to feel better, Song Mu sighed slightly. At this moment, he could only tell Tao Fengming to take care of himself and go out with his things.

But before stepping out of the door, Song Mu stopped suddenly, put down his things at this moment, turned around, looked at Tao Fengming solemnly, and suddenly lifted up his robe.

"Jing Zhao, what are you doing?"

Tao Fengming raised his eyes, and saw Song Mu suddenly knelt down on his knees, kowtowing heavily towards him at this moment.

"Master, Jingzhao will definitely live up to his mission this time, and work hard to obtain fame!"

"The agreement with Master, Jing Zhao will always remember it in his heart."

Tao Fengming straightened up slightly. Hearing Song Mu's deep voice, there was a bit of emotion on his old face, and he closed his eyes and nodded.

"Okay, okay, get up, Jingzhao, my teacher is right here, waiting for your good news."

Song Mu got up slowly, took another look at Tao Fengming, and then went out.

At the door, Liu Kaidong was waiting for Song Mu with two officials from the Jizhou government. Seeing Song Mu go downstairs, he said something to shopkeeper Zhu before coming here.

"Please wait, everyone, let's go now."

Song Mu sorted out his mood, and said to the three of them at this moment, everyone was carrying big and small bags, but at this time, the servant of the guild hall had already led the carriage to the door.

The three of Liu Kaidong also hurriedly cupped their hands, with smiles on their faces at the moment.

"Thank you Brother Song, if it wasn't for Brother Song's carriage, it would be hard to find a carriage in this city today, but we have to think of ways to get to the examination room."

As Liu Kaidong said this, the other two also nodded.

As soon as the four of them stepped out of the gate of the guild hall, they saw carriages passing by on the street outside, and each of them was packed to the brim.

Many students sitting in the carriage were still yawning, and then continued to read the books in their hands.

Song Mu and the others stuffed their luggage into the carriage, and immediately drove towards the Gongyuan.

It was the first time for several of them to take part in the examination, and they were inevitably a little nervous along the way, so they couldn't help but chatted immediately.

"I asked Brother Zuo yesterday, and he said that apart from staying in the examination room for nine days, it's actually not a bad thing."

"He also said that it's not too cold in the test field. If it's snowing heavily, the formation will be deployed, at least there will be no wind."

Talking with Wu Yong from Jizhou Prefecture at this moment, the brother Zuo mentioned is an experienced exam candidate in Jiangnan West Road. That is some common sense.

Whenever the other party mentioned the strategy of solving the problem, everyone in the guild hall inevitably showed embarrassment.

Song Mu also remembered this person. It wasn't that the other party was not knowledgeable enough, but he always acted recklessly during the exams, and he didn't shy away from it. Song Mu also wondered how he was able to pass the provincial exam once and became an examinee.

"How ingenious this tribute courtyard is. I have heard it for a long time. It is said that in the examination room in the tribute courtyard, the Wenxing Altar is extremely grand and spectacular."

"It's just that the wall of the Nagong courtyard is too high, so I can't take a peek in advance."

"At that time, I want to take a good look at the Wenxing Altar. The altar was only two floors in the courtyard examination, and it was only three floors in the rural examination. I heard that it is six floors."

"Hey, I think the palace test is the most beautiful. I heard that Wenxing is in the very center of the imperial city, and the nine-story tower is piled up, which is very spectacular."

Several people immediately started talking, and Song Mu listened while driving the carriage.

"Then everyone has to work harder. As long as we successfully become tributes, we can also go to the palace examination and see the brilliance of that literary star."

When Liu Kaidong said that, both of them nodded their heads one after another, but at this moment they all turned their eyes to Song Mu, among them, Wu Yong said to Song Mu with a smile.

"Brother Song, how about I wait for this proposal?"

"Excellent, Mr. Song is also curious about that literary star, I will go and have a look when the time comes!"

Song Mu replied with a smile, and several people laughed one after another, and the tension on their faces was relieved immediately.

The wheels of the carriage continued to move forward, passing through the streets, and the street where the Gongyuan was located was already in sight.

It's just that there are more carriages here, even on the wide streets, causing bursts of congestion. During the period, many people shouted and shouted, but the team remained motionless, and there were officials who were sweating profusely.

"Look, that's the Gong Yuan."

The carriage moved forward slowly for a while, Wu Yong suddenly spoke, and Song Mu also looked forward. Under the daylight, the tall red wall of the Gongyuan brought a different feeling.

Song Mu's heart throbbed uncontrollably, and the familiar exam memories from the past flooded his heart.

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(End of this chapter)