Bachelor

Chapter 352 The First Scene ([-])
Seeing Zhang Cong's distraught appearance, Sun Dan was amused.

It seems that, as recorded in history, Zhang Cong's state of the imperial examination was very bad, and his final results should be very unsatisfactory.

As everyone has said, imperial examinations are very contingent. No matter how deep your knowledge is on weekdays, you really let the examination room down. Affected by factors such as examination questions, personal status, and the personal preferences of the examiners, the final results may not be as good as yours. As expected.

Not only a great talent like Tang Bohu, but only one Xie Yuan ended his life.

Sun Dan smiled at Zhang Cong, Zhang Cong probably didn't want Sun Dan to see his embarrassed appearance, so his hand trembled, and he started to write quickly.

As soon as the pen fell on the paper, no words could be written.

Zhang Cong was overwhelmed, and when he exerted force on his hand, the tip of the brush spread out, and a large black spot in the shape of a snowflake was stamped on the paper.

Only then did he realize that the ink on the tip of his brush had congealed into a ball because it had not been used for a long time.

Panicked, he quickly put the brush into his mouth, sucked a few mouthfuls, and let the saliva dissolve the ink.

Although in the dark night, Sun Dan still saw black juice flowing from the corner of Zhang Cong's mouth.

Didn't he feel that he shook his head secretly, this Zhang Cong is also a celebrity after all, does he still have a bit of grace and style in his current appearance?
Zhang Cong melted the condensed ink with his saliva and began to write.But just after writing a line, the ink on the nib has been used up, and the color has become faint and invisible.

He hurriedly looked towards the inkstone, the ink inside had dried up.

I had no choice but to add water, roll up my sleeves, and grind it quickly.

He used great strength, and the sound of grinding ink was very loud. By candlelight, Sun Dan saw that there were blue veins on Zhang Cong's forehead, and his face became hideous.

Sun Dan also felt strange, what is this Zhang Cong fighting for?
After thinking for a long time, Sun Dan finally understood that Zhang Cong had a fire hidden in his stomach because he heard himself saying that he could not win the Jinshi and Jinshi when he entered the field, and he held his breath and wanted to beat himself in the examination room.

Hey, caring makes chaos, this Zhang Cong is in a mess, I'm afraid the exam status will be even worse.

When the results come out, don't be sad because you are afraid of the truth.

Zhang Cong polished the ink in a hurry, picked up the pen and wanted to continue answering the questions, but looking at the words on the paper, he only felt that his writing was not smooth, and he couldn't continue.Even the text he wrote just now looks extremely unpleasant.

Just now he was grinding ink again, and he was fighting with Sun Dan again, and his literary thinking has been cut off.

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Zhang Cong's embarrassment has nothing to do with Sun Dan's penny. If Zhang Cong writes with spirit and is in excellent condition, Sun Dan is still a little worried that history has made a mistake and that this guy has won a Jinshi. Some disadvantages.

For now, the more unlucky Zhang Cong is, the better it is for him.

Sun Dan also has things to worry about now.After only one day of the nine-day and eight-night exam period, he felt a bit unbearable. There were still eight days to come, and he really didn't know how to get on with it.

Let's just talk about the five questions in the first round. He has already done two of them, so he's doing it while he's having fun.If everything goes well, you can finish the remaining three questions together tomorrow.Then, on the last day of the first game, he could only look at Zhang Cong who was opposite him in a daze.

It's a pity, Zhang Cong is already a 47-year-old bad old man, and there is nothing to see.Both are tired of looking at each other, so I can only go in a daze.

Depressed, Sun Dan could only wrap his body in the cloak and lay down on the bed to sleep again.

It wasn't too cold that night, but Sun Dan slept restlessly.

First of all, there are lights everywhere in the examination room, as bright as daytime.Even a modern person is still a bit overwhelmed by this kind of strong light pollution. Even in his dreams, he dreams of a sunny sky.

It's really good. At the most annoying time, there are still many candidates in the examination room burning lights and answering questions overnight.Sun Dan didn't understand it. Isn't it just the Five Ways of History? It's not too difficult.

During the day, the nerves of the candidates are extremely tense.Now many candidates have answered at least one question and know the difficulty of this exam.Everything went well and I was mentally relaxed.What he couldn't answer was extremely frustrating. When it got dark, his spirit collapsed.

Indistinctly, someone let out a sad laugh: "Hahahaha, after 30 years of suffering, my hair has turned white. I planned to take the final exam. It doesn't matter whether I am an official or not, as long as I can have an account with my ancestors. But, but , What kind of question is this...Let me die!"

Then there was the examiner's angry cry: "Who is making such noise? The National Talent Rotation Ceremony is not allowed to make trouble. Someone is here, throw him out of the examination room!"

"Ahhh." The mentally disturbed candidate was still shouting.

Then there was the whip of the yamen servant and the miserable cry of the examinee.

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"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" there was a suppressed cry wandering in the dark night, quite a ghostly atmosphere.

The rabbit died and the fox was sad, another low cry came up.

A crazy candidate has been driven out of the examination room just now.The examiners are also from the imperial examination background and know the sufferings of the candidates.It's not easy to be cruel to this piece of crying, and after a few shouts, it doesn't matter.

Such a long exam period, so many people, so much pressure.If you are driven out of the examination room as soon as you encounter something wrong, you don't know how many people will stay.

The cry was still faint and unstoppable.

Because they had to stay up late, many candidates kept drinking tea to refresh themselves.

At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, the evil results came out.Candidates keep coming out.

Candidates are not allowed to leave the barn. A large wooden barrel has already been prepared inside. No matter whether it is yellow or white, just close your eyes and pull it into it.

Thousands of people relieved their hands one after another, pattering and eloquent, like spring rain.

In the dream, the sunny day that Sun Dan saw also turned into Xinghua Village during the Qingming Festival, and a shepherd boy rode a yellow ox through the hazy spring.

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Sun Dan's body hurts from sleeping, the damn test house is like a cage for animals, only more than one meter long and wide, just like a capsule apartment.Lying on the bed, I can't even straighten my feet.You can only change your body shape constantly, and this kind of sleep naturally has no quality.

By dawn, those muffled cries finally died down.

Sun Dan let out a long sigh of relief: I can finally sleep peacefully.

But at this moment, Zhang Cong's sighs came from the opposite side one after another, and the sigh lasted for half an hour.

Sun Dan finally couldn't take it anymore, he got up and was about to get angry.Only then did I realize that the sky had already brightened.

The first day is finally over.

Looking intently, there were still those few words on the test paper in front of Zhang Cong.

This guy, has he been sitting there all night in a daze?

Looking at his face again, there seemed to be a trace of crow's feet at the corners of his eyes.

Sun Dan suddenly felt sympathetic to him.

(End of this chapter)