Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

In my impression, Bai Xingjia was a shy and introverted person, but I had never heard him say "I'm sure." Gu Yunji was surprised when he heard the words, "Oh? You know how to try, so confident?"

Bai Xingjia laughed and said: "They were all held in the same year, but I took three years more detours than the two. I worked hard early and late, and I dare not let it go for a day. If I am like this, I will say yes If you’re not sure, aren’t you sorry for my three years of hard work?”

Today's Bai Xingjia is thinner, his face is a little ruddy, he is no longer the sickly pale that was raised in the past, and his mental state is much better than three years ago.Gu Yunji was relieved a little, and asked, "Are you still unacceptable this year?"

Bai Xingjia nodded with a smile: "I have lived in the capital for three years, and the water and soil have been tamed no matter how difficult it is. Now I am in normal health. Thank you two adults for your concern."

Su Qi watched the three of them exchange pleasantries, but couldn't get in the way, so he shook Gu Yunji's shoulder anxiously: "Don't just talk, introduce me quickly."

Gu Yunji came to his senses, and quickly introduced to the two of them: "This is Bai Xingjia, a fellow of Cheng Yan and me. The three of us won the exam together and won the top three places in the Songjiang Prefecture Examination that year. This is Xuan Fuzhen Deputy Commander, Dingguogong Suqi."

Su Qi was acquainted with each other, and immediately chatted with Bai Xingjia enthusiastically: "So you are from the same hometown as Yunji and Cheng Yan. So, you are No.3 in the local examination? That's amazing!"

Bai Xingjia cupped his hands towards Su Qi, a bit embarrassed: "The Lord of the State is absurd. I am ashamed to say that I was elected together with Master Gu and Master Cheng, but I failed to enter the apricot list with them. An adult is far behind."

"What's the matter? There are many people who passed the provincial examination but failed the general examination. Maybe it's because of your bad luck. You will definitely pass this time." Su Qi patted Bai Xingjia's shoulder without putting on airs at all, "Still Yes, what kind of father-in-law is different from the father-in-law, it seems to be different. We are the same age, you are Yun Ji and Cheng Yan's fellow countryman, that is, half of my fellow countryman, so you can call me Su Qi."

Bai Xingjia was startled, and said incoherently: "That's not right, my lord, this, this is unreasonable, I am a small person, how can I call you by your first name...or, I will call you General Su?"

The difference in status between the two is too big, Bai Xingjia is not so cheeky yet.If Su Qi was older than him, he could still call him "Brother Su", but the reality is that he is the older one, and no matter what, he dare not go beyond the rules of etiquette.

Su Qi couldn't resist him, and said easy-goingly: "It's fine, it depends on your wishes, I don't care too much."

Seeing Su Qi's obvious difference in attitude, Ren Yingze next to him was really speechless, and his face turned into a pig's liver with anger.

His gaze fell on a book in Bai Xingjia's hands, Gu Yunji said unexpectedly: "You have to hold the book in your hand right now, aren't you working too hard?"

Bai Xingjia handed the book to him: "That's not true, just read it casually."

Gu Yunji took the book and found that it was a set of "Jingfeng Eight-Year Examination Simulation Test Questions". I wrote it myself.

Seeing that Gu Yunji noticed the four words on the title page, Bai Xingjia explained: "Written by hand, it is equivalent to a 'motto', and it can motivate yourself when you see it every now and then."

Gu Yunji heard it amused: "Everyone's motto is written on the table, what's the matter with you writing it in a book? Besides, this is just a collection of ordinary test questions, worth reading over and over again?"

Bai Xingjia's face was weird when he heard the words, he glanced at Gu Yunji, then at Cheng Yan, and asked suspiciously, "Don't you two know about this book?"

Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan were at a loss: "Should we know?"

Bai Xingjia looked around vigilantly, pulled the two of them aside, and said in a low voice, "This is a book from Rongfa Bookstore."

Gu Yunji still didn't understand, so: "So what? Is there anything special about Rongfa Bookstore?"

Bai Xingjia hesitated again and again, but still said: "... There is a rumor that the book published by Rongfa Bookstore contains information about the exam questions for this conference."

"Exam questions?!"

The two were startled, and looked around subconsciously. Seeing that no one was paying attention, they asked urgently in a low voice: "How is this possible? The exam questions are strictly guarded by the court, and there is no way they will be leaked." Get out. Where did the gossip come from? Who did you hear it from?"

Bai Xingjia shook his head: "I don't know, I also heard it from others, and I don't know if it's true or not. Anyway, everyone is spreading it in private now, but it's just that they don't make it public, it's just tacit understanding."

Cheng Yan took the test question book, flipped through it and asked, "Since it is said that there is information about the exam questions, do you know what kind of information it is?"

Bai Xingjia shook his head again: "I'm not sure, maybe the titles are similar, maybe there are similar sentences and points, or there may be some code words hidden... Anyway, no one can say for sure, I can only recite this book over and over again. Familiar, whichever one hits counts."

Gu Yunji frowned: "The source is unknown, the information is unknown, and the truth is unknown. Isn't this just making up out of thin air? How did you buy something with such low credibility so that you are so convinced?"

Bai Xingjia said: "Because most of the candidates who participated in the general examination failed repeatedly, as long as they had a slight chance to win, they would not let it go. What's more, this book is not expensive, only 20 taels of silver. If you buy it, if the news is false, you won’t lose much. If the news is true, wouldn’t you make a lot of money? This is one aspect, as for the other aspect..."

Speaking of this, Bai Xingjia paused, looked up at the two of them, and continued: "The book seller said that the mock test questions and answer examples above are all based on the answer sheets of the exams of the masters of the Imperial Academy. , representing their inner preferences, if you study your articles in this direction, you can increase the probability of being admitted.”

With that said, Bai Xingjia opened the book and explained to the two of them: "For example, Mr. Gu is good at strategizing, and several of the strategizing above are written in imitation of your style of answering questions back then. From the writing habits and thinking of answering questions, they are all imitating yours. Another example is that Mr. Cheng is good at the scriptures, so these explanations of the scriptures imitate Mr. Cheng's style."

"There are a total of four or five books in this set of test questions, and the one I have is just one of them. Basically, there are simulation articles for the top three in recent sessions. It's just that the two adults were Jinshi in the previous session. You are well-known, and you will participate in the marking of this exam, and knowing your preferences is equivalent to knowing the tricks of being admitted, so the most people imitate your writing style."

There are at least 7000 to [-] candidates for the general examination, and the workload of admission and naming is very heavy. From transcribing the test papers to judging the test papers, a lot of manpower is required, mainly from the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy.

Under normal circumstances, all the officials of the Imperial Academy would not be taken away, but because of their excellent ability and familiarity with the examination, the top three admitted in the previous session would definitely be selected as the examiners.

Gu Yunji and the others had passed the imperial examination and had their own set of answering routines and methods. When they sat in the position of the examiner and saw an article with a similar style of answering to their own, they would naturally affirm it.

So in theory, in order to increase the probability of admission, it makes sense to approach their preferences in terms of the logic and thinking of answering questions.