I slay demons and demons with poetry

Chapter 62 The College Exam Begins!
On August 22, the college examination started.

After the reunion festival, the most important test in the life of the children has officially arrived.

Song Mu got up early and read articles together with Kong Zong by the small river behind the house. When the sun once again shrouded the light and shadow around the small river, the two returned to the house, had breakfast, and packed up their things. With the test basket on his shoulders, he went to the test room in a carriage.

The Examination Institute is located on the side of the government office. It is an area that covers a wide area, and there are thousands of examination houses erected in various places.

When Song Mu arrived, there were already many students waiting to enter.

The candidates who came to take the college examination came from more than a dozen counties in Jizhou Prefecture. The number of candidates was nearly 800. Everyone gathered here, which seemed extremely huge.

Song Mu got off the carriage and looked around. Master Xun was already standing outside the examination institute, and a group of scholars were also watching here.

Most of them came to prove the childbirth of the guarantors, and at the same time to cheer for the juniors.

Rao is the side of the street of restaurants and shops opposite the examination room, and a lot of people have gathered around it at this moment.

The imperial examinations in the Wen Dynasty were not as boring and difficult as Song Mu knew in the past. The imperial examinations here are very enjoyable because of the emergence of literary strength.

Because in this dynasty, literati need to gather literary power, and every exam is like reborn, breaking through the realm. Under such circumstances, when literati gather literary power, with the fluctuation of literary stars, they can move the literary energy between heaven and earth for a long time , bringing up various visions.

The vision was so radiant that it was not surprising that it was so fresh and wise.

Sometimes when someone breaks through, there will be a strange fragrance soaring thousands of miles into the sky, and they will stay together for a long time, and there may even be poems flying into the sky, which are deafening and cause a hundred birds to contend.

The higher the level of the exam, the more various anomalies there are, and it can be described as an earth-shattering show.

It is rumored that in the examination room of the provincial examination and the general examination, there are even crowds of people watching. The outside of the examination room is often blocked.

And these visions are not only so gorgeous, they may also be quite beneficial. During the Chang'an General Examination 200 years ago, a scholar wrote a poem about seven buckets of longevity. Longevity.

It is precisely because of this that it has attracted countless people to flock to it. They not only want to see this vision, but also want to leave some discussion material for later, and they also want to benefit from this vision of literati.

The college examination started today, and the city of Jizhou was already full of excitement. Countless people chose to have banquets on these two days, also in order to be able to enjoy the literary spirit of the literati.

So these days, it can be said that the city is full of joy and blessings for the world.

Song Mu looked at the scene of hawkers gathering on the street opposite the examination institute, and the sight of many soldiers in Fucheng standing in formation, and he was quite speechless at the moment.

The examinees around him cast surprised glances from time to time, but immediately straightened their backs and walked towards the entrance of the examination hall with a satisfied look.

After all, what those common people are looking at deeply is themselves and others, isn't it?

Today, everyone feels that they are the protagonists of the world.

Countless children are full of pride, and even start to recite poems and fight against each other in front of their friends.

Song Mu and Kong Zong came in front of Master Xun with their test baskets. Many children from Shiyang County were also gathered here at the moment, and they were checking themselves at the request of Master Xun to make sure that they had brought everything properly and that they hadn’t carried anything with them.

Song Mu stepped forward to salute, Master Xun nodded and asked Song Mu as well.

"Have you brought your insurance?"

"It's ready." Song Mu said respectfully.

"Have you prepared food, clothing and rain cloth?"

"It's ready."

"Can you go to bed early last night?"

"As soon as the disciple wakes up to dawn." Song Mu said respectfully, Master Xun nodded with a smile.

"Okay, now that you have recharged your batteries, get ready to enter the examination room. Remember what I said, and concentrate on it so that you can answer calmly."

Song Mu and the others answered yes repeatedly, and at this moment the door of the examination hall was slowly pushed open by several soldiers. Two teams of soldiers stood on both sides of the door holding their weapons. After saluting, he slowly stood up.

An official opened the document in his hand and read it immediately.

"Following the will of the heavens...today, the academy examination starts. Candidates should answer the questions impartially and concentrate on concentrating their writing skills so as to help the literati and martial arts prosper in the world of literature and peace forever!"

The official's voice was deafening, obviously using literary power to help the voice, everyone could hear it clearly, and the people watching from a distance also silenced their voices, watching all this carefully.

The imperial examination was a major event in the Wen Dynasty, and the important place of the examination hall was even more sacred and undefiled. The common people could observe it from a distance, but they were not allowed to make loud noises, attack or slander the examination hall, otherwise they would be punished as a death penalty.

Song Mu and other students also listened carefully to the official's words, and when he finished, they immediately turned to the north and saluted respectfully.

After doing all this, the students began to line up to enter the examination institute.

"Junior Brother Song, just let go of your thoughts and write, you are good enough."

At this time, Sun Xiucai also spoke beside him. Song Mu saluted again and again, and other scholars also said this to the crowd, and everyone went to the entrance of the examination institute amidst the sound of thanks.

Two teams of soldiers carefully searched the candidates at the entrance of the examination hall. All candidates were required to take an oath before entering the examination hall that they would never bring anything cheating.

Today's imperial examinations are not just as simple as writing articles. If you want to gather literary power, you must have some internal strength. easy.

So there will be people who are lucky and want to make that fraudulent means.

But until Song Mu was in the queue, no one with a problem had been found.

After all, this law is too strict, because one's own selfishness will lead to three generations of infamy, and will not be able to set foot in the imperial examination room for a lifetime, so everyone naturally dare not have random ideas.

When it was Song Mu's turn, Song Mu put his test basket on the table, and the soldiers next to him immediately divided up their duties and started searching. Someone took Song Mu's security guard, carefully checked the appearance on it, and checked Song Mu's identity.

Someone began to search Song Mu's body carefully, and searched carefully at any joints of clothes.

Others rummaged through the test basket, chopped up all the dim sum food inside, and then carefully inspected it from the inside to the outside.

Song Mu had already prepared for such a situation, but even so, he also felt that he had been ripped off completely.

After finishing these, the soldier returned the security to Song Mu, and then a soldier next to him made a registration on the booklet, and handed Song Mu a bamboo plaque.

"Room 33, Dingquan."

Song Mu took the bamboo card, tidied his clothes a little, and walked in with a basket.

Soon after Kong Zong finished his search, he walked in and greeted Song Mu.

"Brother Song, from now on we will each rely on our own abilities."

"It's up to each other according to their abilities, brother Kong, and we look forward to becoming scholars together." Song Mu said with a smile, and Kong Zong also showed a calm smile.

"That's not enough, how about we work together and fight for the top spot?"

"Okay." Song Mu smiled, and the two of them clasped their hands together, holding the bamboo cards to look for their test houses.

The examination room of the Wen Dynasty is also a little different. It is no longer lined up horizontally and vertically. Instead, there is a high altar in the examination room, and the examination rooms are built around the altar in circles, like A huge disc spread out.

Song Mu walked towards the examination room for a while before finally finding his own test room. It was not conspicuous. To the north of the test room, the test room was made of wood and stone. The roof tiles seemed to be falling off, but overall it looked complete.

These exam rooms have been used for a long time. Although they are repaired every year, after all, there are too many exams, and there will always be some mistakes.

Fortunately, the past few days seem to be sunny days. Although it is a bit dry and hot, it is better than raining.

Song Mu walked into his test room, opened the upper and lower table boards, and placed his things in them.

At this moment, candidates were already coming towards it one after another, and the entire examination room was full of people. Teams of soldiers were also stationed in the field at this moment, and began to supervise the actions of each candidate.

Song Mu cleaned the test house briefly, and after confirming that there would be no problem with the top of his head, he sat on the middle board, took out some snacks and ate a few mouthfuls.

It's still in the morning, and the exam will last until [-]:[-] in the afternoon. During this period, apart from being able to go to the toilet, they can only stay here.

The amount of questions in Jingyi's exam is huge, and there is a big question at the end, which requires a lot of effort, so Song Mu also seized the time to replenish his energy.

At the same time, he began to recite the ancient books he had memorized before in his mind.

When the sun had risen quite high, waves of drums came from the tall buildings on the north side of the examination institute.

"The first exam of the 27th year of Chongwen in Jizhou Prefecture, the exam is open! Please Wen Xing! Congratulations to Confucius and Zhang Sheng!"

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