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Chapter 209 Provincial Examination No.2

Gao Yanei was shot through the chest with an arrow.

The people in the temple ran away in fright.

Lin Chong was also shocked.

Looking at the arrow in surprise.

He could not have imagined,

At this moment, someone unexpectedly killed Gao Yanei with a cold arrow. He immediately thought that if Gao Yanei died, he might be implicated as well.

Seeing that Gao Yanei was dying of blood spurting from his chest, several of Gao Yanei's dog legs ran away with him, planning to seek medical treatment.

Come to the hospital.

The doctor just glanced at it and said, "It's hopeless, it's already cold."

Gao Yanei was shot and killed, which shocked the whole Bianjing. Although everyone knew that Gao Yanei was a dude and did a lot of evil, but he was Gao Taiwei's son after all, and being killed now was a big event.

However, many people applauded secretly.

That scourge is good to die.

Very happy.

Taiwei's House.

Gao Qiu looked at Gao Yanei who was lying on the board, already completely cold, his face was full of anger.

No distress.

He himself can't have children, and he only recognizes this son so that he can have a queen. Of course, he knows this guy's usual behavior and ruined his reputation a lot, but since he has already recognized him, he can only let him go.

Although he also looked down on this godson, he would never allow anyone to kill him. This was a serious provocation to himself as a captain.

I picked up the arrow next to it and looked at it, but I couldn't see any problems. It was just an ordinary folk arrow without any marks.

"Is the governor of Bianjing here?"

"Here comes the master."

"Tell him, thoroughly investigate this matter, and find the murderer for me."

"There is also that Lin Chong. My son was shot and killed during a conflict with him. He cannot escape responsibility. Let the Bianjing Yamen strictly interrogate to see if his accomplice did it."

"Also, send our people to investigate who did this."

"There are future generations, you can look at the arrangements."

He issued several orders in a row.

Gao Qiu dropped the arrow and turned to leave. As for Yin Gaoqiu of the Bianjing Mansion, he did not see him, and he would not attend Gao Yanei's funeral. The living Gao Yanei can pass on his family to him, and the dead Gao Yanei is just a useless corpse .

It would be nice to find a way to adopt another son in the future.

But Lin Chong was unlucky, he was interrogated by the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, Lin Chong felt very wronged, his wife was molested, and he had never hit that Gao Yamen in the past, and was going to settle the matter, who would have thought that an arrow would fly over at this time , shot this Gao Yanei to death, and implicated himself in it.

Regarding Lin Chong's rhetoric, the Yamen of Jingzhao Prefecture also agreed, but they still put Lin Chong in prison.

An in-depth investigation was then carried out, including some tourists who were in Daxiangguo Temple that day, but nothing was found.

This thing is too strange.

No one saw anyone carrying any weapons, and no one fled in a panic afterwards. The arrow seemed to appear out of thin air. In the end, even the investigators wondered whether the arrow flew from somewhere else and just happened to hit it. The unlucky one in Zhonggao Yanei.

The murderer cannot be found.

This matter has become an unsolved case.

However, Lin Chong has always been held in a big prison as a suspect and accomplice, and being in prison is nothing more than that. What made Lin Chong even more uncomfortable was that Lin's family came to visit and told Lin Chong that he had been expelled from the front of the temple and was no longer the instructor of the Imperial Army.

And without Gao Qiu's words, the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion would not let him go easily, and it is nowhere in sight for him to go to jail now.

Lin Chong's heart was ashamed.

After Lin Yi killed Gao Yanei, he met his classmates and went back to the inn together. As for Gao Yanei, they also heard about it, and they kept talking about it on the way, but no one suspected Lin Yi.

Or,

No one in Bianjing doubted Lin Yi, because he and that Gao Yanei had nothing to do with each other.

Who knew that Lin Yi, a traveler, killed Gao Yanei just because he hated him, and he also had the ability to hide bows and arrows.

Fast forward to February.

During this period of time, the hustle and bustle of the capital has become much less. Originally, there were still many candidates walking around, visiting brothels and attending poetry fairs. Now that the exam is approaching, everyone is nervous again. Many people return to the inn to read books all day.

Lin Yi is similar.

Apart from going to Cui Niannu every now and then, most of the time he spends his time reading at the inn. Cui Niannu also helped Lin Yi get a set of "Responses for Scholars in the Imperial Examinations Over the Years". This thing is very precious, and many people buy it if they have money. No, Lin Yi benefited a lot from reading it.

During this period,

Xia Tingzhi, Zhao Yuanbi and the others relied on their connections and found relatives who were officials in the capital. These people were born as Jinshi and had participated in the imperial examination. His eyes were darkened.

February twelve.

The day of the provincial exam has arrived.

It was very cold this morning, and the frost was pervasive. The branches on the side of the road were covered with frost flowers. The candidates who were rushing for the exam got dark, set off with food boxes and stationery, and arrived outside the exam hall early.

Outside the tribute courtyard,
It is densely packed with people.

One by one couldn't help stamping their feet and rubbing their hands.

Groups of three or four gathered together, whispering about what the exam questions would be this time.

Lin Yixin said that luckily it was the Song Dynasty, not the Ming Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was easy going in and out, and would not sleep in the Gongyuan. If it was the Ming Dynasty, they would lock you in the hut for three days, eating, drinking, and messing with each other. A great torment.

"Dangdangdang~~!"

The sound of bells and drums sounded.

The gate of the Tribute Court opened, and all the people who were squatting, standing, talking or chatting just now stopped, and two teams of forbidden soldiers came out. An official stood on the high platform and shouted "Candidates enter the arena", and the candidates began to enter the Tribute Court one after another.

The chief examiner of this exam is the Minister of Rites, the deputy chief examiner is the Bachelor of Xuanhe Temple, and there are more than a dozen other officials to cooperate.

The officials took the lead and led the examinees to pay homage to Master Kong Sheng together. After that, they began to search and formally entered the examination seat. Lin Yi got his examination card and looked at the seat number, Bingding 68. Lin Yi looked at the seat and looked for it.

Sit down.

Knock on the cloud board.

Curls,

After getting the test paper, Lin Yi glanced at the questions. The types of the provincial test and the state test were similar, including classics and righteousness, poetry and prose, policy theory, and current affairs policy.

Today's first session is the classics, meanings and poems, which belong to the category of basic questions.

Afterwards, one day of policy discussion and one day of current affairs policy.

Although Lin Yi is confident, he still answers the questions seriously, not daring to slack off in the slightest. Isn't it just for this moment that he has been preparing for many days.

suddenly,

There was a commotion in the distance.

A lot of people looked up.

At this time, the tour guide came over and shouted to everyone: "Answer the questions carefully. Someone cheated and got kicked out just now. Don't make mistakes."

No matter how strict the supervision field is, there will be people who will take risks and use various methods. However, once they are caught, the consequences can be very serious, ranging from suspending the exam for a few times to being banned from the imperial examination for life.

Lin Yi didn't care about this, and continued to answer the question with his head down.

There are a total of five questions in Jingyi, but the amount of questions is very large. In previous years, there were always many people who couldn't finish answering the questions, and finally begged the examiner for more time and were forked out.

After answering the five scripture questions, Lin Yi checked the time, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

He took out the food box, took a bite out of a box of pastries inside, took out a bamboo thermos, poured himself a cup of tea, and stuffed his stomach. The examiner and the inspector went over and saw that Lin Yi didn't respond to his food. This is allowed in the examination room.

After the examiner left, Lin Yi had a warm chicken leg in his hand, and he took a big bite. An examinee opposite Lin Yi looked at Lin Yi in surprise, thinking that this guy really brought everything, and he used it as a picnic.

Lin Yi felt much better after eating.

Start answering the poem.

After the reform of Wang Anshi's imperial examination, the imperial examination no longer pays much attention to poetry. Poetry was very important in the past, but now it is only one of the minor items in the examination questions.

Lin Yi couldn't help but wrote another flattering poem. The examiners would never dare to give a low score to this kind of poem.

The rhyme of his words is fine, and he praises the emperor. If the examiner gives a low score, if someone says that he has disrespect to the emperor in his heart, he has no place to cry, so the poems written by Lin Yi , the score is the most stable.

If the poetry is 85 points, his score is definitely above [-] points.

evening.

The cloud board rang.

It indicates that the exam is over for the day.

Start winding.

The examination room became lively again.

Someone asked for a moment of grace before finishing the answer, but the examiner didn't give it a chance at all.

Lin Yi and others walked out of the examination room.

When walking to the inn, I met a few classmates and chatted about the exam questions while walking on the road.

After returning to the inn for dinner, Lin Yi fell asleep directly, and many people were still reading with books that night, sharpening their guns before the battle.

The next day,

Policy theory.

There are three courses in total.

The amount of questions is not small.

And it is very difficult to write each article well.

The number of people who did not finish answering the papers was much more than the previous day.

The last day.

Examination time affairs policy.

Current affairs policy involves research on current affairs, such as water conservancy and farmland, domestic and foreign affairs, officialdom, finance, taxation, and treasury, etc.

This content is a test of students’ knowledge of current affairs. It is not enough to read a few books and five classics to answer well. In previous years, there were two or three questions about current affairs policies. This year, three questions were asked. After reading this, many candidates lamented their bad luck.

The greater the amount of questions, the higher the requirements for students. To solve the questions, write arguments, and write each topic well, there must be no less than seven or eight hundred words. These must be completed within one day. Many candidates It is in this one that the halberd falls into the sand.

Even though Lin Yi has the ability of photographic memory and the skills of a calligraphy master, he felt very nervous to finish these three current affairs policies, and he didn't finish until the end.

When rewinding.

There was a lot of mourning in the examination room.

After going out, Xia Tingzhi, Zhao Yuanbi and others saw Lin Yi, "Brother Dongyang, how is the current affairs policy?"

"Anyway, it's all finished. As for whether it's good or bad, it depends on how the examiner evaluates it. How about you?" Lin Yi asked a few people.

Xia Tingzhi spread his hands and said helplessly: "I only finished two questions, and I didn't have time to write the last one. It seems that we have to fight again in three years."

"I didn't do very well in the exam. The third question was barely finished, but I didn't have time to finish it. I just forced it. I'm afraid it will be difficult to pass." Zhao Yuanbi said.

Lin Yi smiled softly, "Since the exam is over, don't think so much, and wait for the results to be released in a few days."

Several people also knew that it was useless to think too much now, so they simply stopped thinking about it.

These days are very tiring,

Back at the inn, a few people ate something, washed up, and fell asleep.

Lin Yi didn't go back to the inn, but ran to Cui Niannu's place. He missed him so much after seeing her for a few days. After bathing and changing here, the beautiful woman waited on her, and then fell asleep with her arms around her.

Exam is over.

The examiners are busy.

vague name,

initial screening.

Copy paper.

Select the good ones and hand them over to the examiner.

This process has removed 90.00% of the people.

The main examiner and the assistant examiner will select the best among the best.

Finally, the roster is determined and the candidates for this pilot test are selected. Of course, these have to be handed over to the emperor, especially the top ten exam papers selected by them.

Lin Yi's paper is among the ten papers.

But it is not the No.1 set by the examiner.

In this exam, Lin Yi was still looking for a word of stability. Whether it was policy theory or current affairs policy, his answers were well-regulated, without any extreme words, and occasionally boasted about today's prosperous times. Of course, his proportions were just right.

Without brilliant talent,

But also full of flowers.

This kind of examination paper has a very high chance of being selected, and it has a better chance than those who take the lead. After all, the examiners also take great risks in selecting those extreme articles.

You choose such an article,

It shows that this is what you stand for, otherwise you would choose him.

And if the extreme article is read by the emperor, what will the emperor think of you? Isn't this making yourself uncomfortable?

And Lin Yi's article is just right.

Although the ten examination papers given to Zhao Ji were all blurred, they were all original papers, so there was no need to copy the papers for the emperor to read.

Although Zhao Ji was stupid, he also paid attention to the imperial examination. After all, it only happened once every three years, and he was the emperor of literature. His ignorance was in state governance.

Read one article after another.

Zhao Ji is quite satisfied with the essays of this year's candidates.

But when he saw one of them, his eyes lit up.

Very beautiful regular script.

The font is handsome and beautiful, with a radiant spirit, and the law is rigorous, not exceeding the rules, and it shows a chic and innocent charm when it is dignified and solemn.

He fell in love with these words at a glance.

And he also saw that these characters should have been written by the examinee named Lin Yi. Although most of the characters Lin Yi gave Li Shishi were cursive scripts, there was no distinction between the script and regular script, and the veins were completely unified. Zhao Ji's calligraphy could be recognized at a glance.

Look at the article again.

There is nothing unusual about being correct, but it can also be seen that Lin Yi is a steady person. Song Huizong was very satisfied with Lin Yi's answers.

Why are you satisfied?

Because people with talent and learning are the easiest to be proud of their talents. Lin Yi's poems, calligraphy, paintings, and rhythms are all recognized by him. Song Huizong is a person with high eyesight, and it is rare in the world to be recognized by him. Lin Yi is One of them is the greatest affirmation of Lin Yi.

If Lin Yi writes some crazy articles, he will not be surprised at all, but he will be pleasantly surprised if he writes correct articles.

This kind of people.

He is prudent, talented and knowledgeable, and he is so exquisite in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and Lin Yi has also been investigated by others, and he has no connection with any forces he dislikes, so he is just the person he can use.

"This one, put it in No.2."

Zhao Ji said to the chief examiner, Minister of Rites.

"Yes, official."

Minister of the Ministry of Rites quickly took the paper and glanced at Lin Yi's paper. He was also very impressed by this paper.

Good word,

At that time, when he saw the paper, he was also deeply attracted by the candidate's words.

As for the article?
Upright and peaceful.

There are upper middle schools.

So when he submitted the ranking, this paper ranked fifth, and now the official roll call is second, maybe this word is right for the official's mind.

But no matter what.

He must obediently listen to the emperor.

Five days later.

The Gongyuan releases the list.

Countless candidates crowded here, as well as their servants and servants. There were 2 people outside the Gongyuan Square, which was very lively.

Several of Lin Yi's classmates couldn't see Lin Yi, and talked one after another:
"Have you seen brother Dongyang?"

"I didn't see it, he didn't seem to come."

"Since the exam is over, Brother Dongyang has moved to live with Miss Niannu, so happy and envious of us."

"He won't just wait for news from Miss Niannu?"

It really made them guess right, Lin Yi really didn't come, he knew how messy it was here, anyway, the result was already doomed, and it couldn't be worse if it was sooner or later.

Finally open the list.

When the huge imperial list was pasted on the wall of the tribute courtyard, people crowded forward even more. If it wasn't for the imperial guards blocking it, a stampede might have happened.

"No.1, Bingzhou Gaodong."

"No.2, Lin Yi in Enzhou."

"Ah, brother Lin Yi got No.2 in the exam, it's really amazing."

Cui Niannu had already sent servants to watch here. When the servants saw that Mr. Lin Yilin's name was on the list, and he was No.2, he jumped up happily and ran back screaming, because he knew , this time my bounty must be indispensable.

The servant is still at the street corner,

Just shouted loudly.

"Master Lin Yilin, No. 2 in this subject in high school."

"Master Lin Yilin, No. 2 in this subject in high school."

Just shouting all the way into Huaju Yashe, the voice was three floors higher, shouting all the way and running to Cui Niannu's small courtyard.

His shout attracted many people, especially the girls in the courtyard. When they heard that Mr. Lin Yilin passed the No.2 exam, they all chased after him.

This time, Huaju Yashe was completely lively.

(End of this chapter)