The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 373 Chapter 372
The atmosphere in the examination room was extremely tense, and the [-] Tigers who had just appeared brought tremendous pressure to the candidates. Many candidates seemed to be on pins and needles, fidgeting, and some were even at a loss.

The weather is beautiful today, the sun is shining brightly, shining on the square in front of Yanwang Mansion, making people feel warm.

Sima Yi was sitting in a corner of the last row in the examination room. Facing everything that was about to happen, he behaved calmly, as if he could not feel the pressure brought by the surrounding area. A wolf hair brush was still spinning between his fingers.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Three gongs sounded, and five inspectors came out of Yanwang's mansion one after another holding test questions. Each of them held at least one hundred test questions in their hands, and distributed them to the candidates' desktops one by one.

When the last test question was handed out to Sima Yi, the five inspectors went back to the front of all the examinees, and then one of the inspectors took two steps forward and announced loudly: "The moment of the hour has arrived, The imperial examination begins!"

"Dong dong dong dong..."

Immediately, the dull sound of war drums was sounded. The drum beats changed from slow to fast, and finally became dense like raindrops falling on the drum surface. After a while, the drum sound stopped abruptly, and the entire square in front of the mansion was completely silent.

The sound of the battle drum just now made many candidates feel confused for a while, and they couldn't help thinking, why is the drum still beating in this exam?
When the drums stopped, the candidates came to their senses, opened the test papers, picked up the pens, and started answering the questions.

But just a quarter of an hour later, the sound of war drums sounded again: "Boom, boom, boom..."

This time, the sound of the war drum sounded a little longer than before. When the sound of the war drum sounded, many candidates showed some anger on their faces. The noise pollution made the candidates feel very bad.

In the following three times, the sound of the war drums sounded very regularly, and then stopped very regularly. After repeating the drum beating for five times, the examinees all had a splitting headache and were in pain. patience.

However, in the entire examination room, there was only one person who didn’t hear what was going on outside the window. He held the brush in his hand and answered the questions on the test paper eloquently. He seemed to have not heard the drums outside. It was Sima Yi.

Sima Yi finished answering a large number of test questions with lightning speed, then stood up, raised his hand as a signal, and shouted loudly: "I want to hand in the paper!"

As soon as these words came out, all eyes focused on Sima Yi. Sima Yi didn't feel embarrassed or uncomfortable at all. When the examiner came to collect the papers, he left the examination room in a big way.

Immediately after Sima Yi left, there was an uproar. Many candidates were also anxious, and quickly put aside their distracting thoughts and began to actively answer the questions.

Half an hour later, there was a "bang" sound, and the exam was over. All candidates, whether they had finished their answers or not, had to put down the pens and paper in their hands, stand up, and walk out of the exam room one by one.

Afterwards, the examiners began to collect the examination papers, and Gu Yong arranged for all the examinees to return to the literature hall, quietly waiting for the results of the palace examination.

This time in the palace examination, Sima Yi, who was the first to hand in the paper, suddenly became a hot topic, and many people began to discuss it. Some said that Sima Yi was so good that he handed in the paper so soon, while others held objections, saying that Sima Yi was because he didn’t like it. Yes, so I handed in the paper early.

But in any case, these are gossip. As for the results of the palace examination, everyone wants to know.

After the palace examination was over, all the test questions were collected, and then the inspectors brought them into Yan Wang's mansion and handed them over to Yan Wang Zhang Yan, who was in charge of the examination.

Zhang Yan invited Yang Biao, Zhang Zhao, and Chen Qun, the three deputy chief examiners, and the rest of the examiners, to mark the papers separately and correct the test questions.

Half an hour later, all 520 test questions were corrected. After comparing the scores set by Zhang Yan, there were 230 eight candidates who met the standard, and the rest did not meet the standard, which means that the test was a waste of time. .

Finally, after the scores were high and low, three people with excellent grades were selected, namely Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan.

Sima Yi naturally needs no introduction. This Gao Tanglong is from a family of Confucian classics. He was born in a noble family.

Fu Gan was the son of Fu Xie, a famous minister of the Han Dynasty, who was deeply influenced by his father's culture since he was a child. When he was 13 years old, Han Sui and others in Liangzhou rebelled, and Fu Xie died for the country while resisting the rebellion.The local people took pity on Fu Gan and hid him. Fu Gan went back to his hometown in Niyang, Beidi County. , took the imperial examination in Yongzhou, and won No.1 three times in a row.

After some discussions, everyone unanimously decided to choose Sima Yi as the number one scholar, Gao Tanglong as the second place, and Fu Gan as Tanhua, officially ending the imperial examination.

Afterwards, Zhang Yan asked someone to promulgate the imperial list. Except for Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan, all the others were given the title of bachelor and could directly become officials.

Not long after the imperial list was released, the entire literary museum was sensationalized. Sima Yi was the number one scholar in the current subject, Gao Tanglong was the second in the list, and Fu Gan was the Tanhua, which made people somewhat envious.

In addition, more than 200 people who have become bachelors are also secretly glad that they have studied hard for many years and finally got the results.

But there are still more than 200 people who are very annoyed. They failed the palace exam this time and can only wait another nine years to take the exam again.However, according to the system promulgated by the imperial examination, these candidates who passed the state examination can still return to the state to serve as petty officials.

That afternoon, under the leadership of Gu Yong, a hundred soldiers from Tiger Ben came to the Literature Museum. Regent Yan Wang Zhang Yan wanted to personally summon the top three of the current discipline, so Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan all followed Gu Yong. Yan Wangfu.

In the hall of King Yan's Mansion, Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan sat there quietly waiting for King Yan's arrival. The servants in the mansion served brewed tea for the three of them to enjoy.

After a while, a man in strong clothes came in from outside the hall, glanced at Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan in the hall, and asked directly: "I think you are the number one scholar, second place, and Tanhua in this department, right?" ?”

The three of them nodded at the same time. Seeing that the middle-aged man in his thirties was dressed in plain clothes, they didn't say much. They all picked up the hot tea in their hands and took a sip.

Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man went straight to the upper seat directly in front of him, and sat down on his buttocks swaggeringly, which surprised Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan who were present.

"Brave maniac! How dare you sit in the seat of King Yan?" Gao Tanglong became furious when he saw the behavior of the middle-aged man, pointing at the middle-aged man and yelling sharply.

Gao Tanglong was about 25 years old, and he was the oldest among the top three in the current discipline. After he yelled, the middle-aged man grinned.

This faint smile made Gao Tanglong feel a little suspicious in his heart, he turned his face and looked at the guards of King Yan's Mansion outside the hall, standing there motionless, as if he didn't care about everything in the hall.

The Palace of King Yan was heavily guarded, how could there be a lunatic sneaking in, and the guards did not look sideways, as if they were indifferent to this middle-aged man.

Thinking of all kinds of things, Gao Tanglong suddenly came to a conclusion in his heart, that is, this middle-aged man is very likely to be the regent Yan Wang Zhang Yan.

In a blink of an eye, the middle-aged man sitting at the top suddenly burst out laughing, took out a gleaming gold badge from his waist, and pointed it directly in front of everyone, saying slowly: "I am King Yan! "

As soon as these words came out, Gao Tanglong immediately knelt on the ground, quickly kowtowed, and blamed himself: "The student has blind eyes and failed to recognize King Yan, so that... I ask King Yan to forgive me!"

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "Those who don't know are not guilty! Get up!"

Gao Tanglong hadn't stood up yet, but seeing Sima Yi and Fu Gan fighting at the same time, he knelt down on the ground and paid homage to Zhang Yan: "Student kowtows to His Royal Highness King Yan."

Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan had never met the King of Yan, Zhang Yan, and this was the first time they had met each other. In their impression, Zhang Yan was already the King of Yan, and he should be dressed in luxurious clothes, standing aloft.But when I saw him today, I realized that Zhang Yan usually didn't care about the way he dressed. He was dressed in a strong outfit, which showed that he was a casual person, without any pretensions.

"Get up!" Zhang Yan said loudly.

"Thank you, Your Highness King Yan!" Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan said in unison.

The three stood up and did not sit down again, looking very stiff and serious.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan said, "Don't be too nervous. I'm not a man-eating monster. Why are you so afraid? Sit down!"

The three of them slowly sat down, but no one spoke, the hall was silent, and no one dared to look directly at Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yandao: "You are the top three in this subject, namely No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], and Tanhua. I plan to give you official positions. However, I know very little about you, so you can tell yourself what kind of official positions are suitable for you!"

Sima Yi, Gao Tanglong, and Fu Gan all looked at each other in blank dismay. They all felt that King Yan was too unbelievable. They appointed him an official and asked what official he wanted.

The three were silent for a moment, but none of them dared to speak.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan said, "Since you don't say anything, then I will speak up, Sima Yi, the number one scholar in this discipline."

"The students are here!" Sima Yi quickly stood up and said very humbly.

"You are still young and immature, so you are not suitable to be an official. Let's enter the Imperial Academy and study for another three years!"

As soon as these words came out, Sima Yi was very shocked. Gao Tanglong and Fu Gan felt a little bit in their hearts. The number one scholar has entered the Taixue, so what hope do they have for the second place and the third place?
(End of this chapter)