Do you know that it starts with Meng Tong?

Of course, when Wei Chen acted as guarantee for those candidates from poor families, he took no money from them.

When these people come to the county town, it costs a lot of money just to stay in an inn, plus the cost of pens, ink, and paper. Taking part in a boy's examination will cost them more than half a year's savings.

Wei Chen himself also came from a poor background and knew how difficult it was for these candidates. Anyway, he didn't care about these three melons and two dates, so he just regarded it as doing some good deeds to give back to his hometown.

Although Wei Chen just did it casually, in the eyes of the recipients, it was a real act of kindness. All the poor candidates in Youyang were extremely grateful to Wei Chen.

Although they have it in their pocket

He was shy, but he still brought some gifts to express his gratitude to Wei Chen. They were all local products from the countryside. They were not worth a few bucks, but they were quite generous. The large and small bags were piled high in the concierge.

Sheng Changbai was secretly stunned when he saw this small mountain of gifts. Although he didn't care about these gifts, he understood the meaning behind them.

This is what people hope for!

Last year, there was only one place for junior students in the government school, and it was taken by Wei Chen. In order to enter the government school, Sheng Changbai was just a freshman, so naturally he couldn't be a guarantor. Even Sheng Changfeng asked Wei Chen to be his guarantor for this county examination. .

Originally, Sheng Changbai didn't care whether he was a junior student or not, he just wanted to go to school. Now seeing Wei Chen's treatment as a junior student, he was really a little envious.

Soon the day of the county examination came in February.

Sheng Changfeng got up at the fourth watch, and Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai also got up. Wei Chen was the Linbao and had to accompany him to the examination room. As the elder brother, Sheng Changbai felt it was his obligation to take the examination.

After getting up, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai saw the panda eyes on Sheng Changfeng's face and couldn't help but smile at each other. They were both experienced and naturally knew that Sheng Changfeng was nervous before the exam and didn't sleep well last night.

Soon, Wei Ruyi brought them a large plate of food, and specially cooked a soft-boiled egg and mixed it with the other eggs.

Sheng Changfeng picked one up casually, peeled off the egg shell and looked at it. He suddenly raised his head and laughed proudly: "Haha, it's so refreshing!"

Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai smiled and congratulated: "Such a good sign, it seems you are lucky this time!"

After breakfast, the three of them took a carriage to the county government office. The sky was filled with stars and the ground was busy with traffic. Seeing this scene and recalling themselves last year, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai felt a little emotional.

When Sheng Changfeng arrived at the county government office, he completely lost the confidence he had when he ate the soft-boiled eggs. He stood there so anxious that his calves could not help but tremble.

Sheng Changbai patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him: "You have studied hard these past few months and have studied hard. Today, as long as you take the exam normally and do the eight common questions, I guarantee you will win!"

"understood."

Sheng Changfeng took a deep breath, nodded vigorously, then mustered up the courage and stepped into the examination room without hesitation.

Watching Sheng Changfeng's figure disappear behind the dragon gate, Sheng Changbai stood outside the examination room for a long time, until all the candidates had entered, and then returned home at the urging of Wei Chen.

In the blink of an eye, the day of writing came, and Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai were sitting in the attic, correcting each other's newly completed essays.

"I hit it, I hit it, I hit it!"

As soon as the door was pushed open, Sheng Changfeng stumbled in and said with joy on his face: "Brothers, I won!"

Sheng Changbai kept his hands on his hands, raised his head and asked, "Where did you get in the exam?"

Sheng Changfeng looked excited: "No. 30 and five in the county examination. I didn't expect that I could do so well!"

Wei Chen laughed and said, "Hey, 35? That's incredible!"

Sheng Changbai said softly: "What's the big deal? Last year I was third and you were first. Who is No. 30? Xingyun, do you remember?"

"Uh..." Wei Chen was speechless for a moment.

As for Sheng Changfeng, all the excitement he had just felt was like a punctured pig urine bubble. He sat on the chair and said feebly: "Second brother, I don't want you to hit people like this!"

Sheng Changbai shook his head and said seriously: "Chang Feng, do you know that Xingyun is actually correcting your papers these days because he guessed the preferences of Youyang County Lord and specially corrected them for you?"

"what?"

Sheng Changfeng suddenly opened his mouth.

First, he was surprised by Wei Chen's vast magical powers, he could even figure out the preferences of the county magistrate.

Second, he was annoyed at his own uselessness. Even though Wei Chen had gone to this extent for him, he actually only got 35th place in the exam.

Seeing the frustration on Sheng Changfeng's face, Wei Chen gave Sheng Changbai a helpless look.

Before Sheng Changfeng took the exam, seeing Sheng Changbai's concerned look, Wei Chen doubted whether he wanted to enter the exam room for Sheng Changfeng.

When Sheng Changfeng got his results, Sheng Changbai was obviously very happy, but he still pretended to be dissatisfied with a straight face.

This isn't a close brother, it's just a close relationship with me!

Chapter 110 A small accident in the examination room

On the day of the New Year's Examination, a steady spring rain fell as usual in Jiangning City, and candidates holding various oil-paper umbrellas entered the hall of the Fuxue School one after another.

Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai walked to the eaves of the academy, drained the water from their umbrellas, and checked their book bags.

There is no government funding for the annual examination, so candidates have to bring their own answer sheets. If the paper gets wet by rain, it will be very bad.

Fortunately, their book bags were both valuable and waterproof, and the pens, inks, and papers inside were not wet by the rain.

This year's annual examination was conducted by students from Jiangning Prefectural School and the ten subordinate county schools. The academic administration set the examination directly in the Prefecture School. The Prefectural School and the county school each occupied a large room as the examination room.

Although it is an exam that determines the rank of students, the discipline in the exam room is not as strict as that of the boy exam.

There was no seat numbering or body search, only two tutors from the government school were sitting there to supervise the exam.

Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai walked into the room, each found a place to sit down, and then put pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table and spread them out.

There was light rain outside the window, and Wei Chen moved the paper inside to prevent the raindrops hitting the window edge from splashing in.

After Wei Chen sat down, a middle-aged student came over. He seemed to recognize Wei Chen and smiled flatteringly at Wei Chen, then sat down behind Wei Chen.

It was still some time before the exam started, and there were many empty seats around, but this person chose the seat next to Wei Chen, which made Wei Chen a little strange, but after all, he was in the examination room, so Wei Chen didn't ask any questions.

After waiting for a short time, the two instructors began to distribute the test papers for the annual examination. Wei Chen took the paper and took a look and found that the questions were very different from the children's test.

The children's examinations are all big questions, such as questions on the Four Books, questions on the Five Classics, expressions of judgment, policy questions, etc.

But when it comes to the annual examination, most of the questions are about Tie Jing and Mo Yi, and only the last two questions are current questions.

When Wei Chen saw the title, he couldn't help but burst out laughing. When he was teaching Sheng Changfeng during this period, he had given him so many scriptures and meanings. He didn't expect that these would be the test for his annual exam.

Tie Jing and Mo Yi are both memorization questions with standard answers. I think Walrus did these questions to test the basic skills of the students, lest they lose their basic knowledge of the Four Books and Five Classics after entering the academy. .

However, for Wei Chen, who has a photographic memory, these basic questions that test his recitation skills are simply scoring questions, and he can do them with his eyes closed.

The exam lasted three hours. Wei Chen finished writing the previous Tie Jing and Mo Yi in less than one-tenth of the time, leaving a lot of time to write the next two Shi Wen questions.

A question from the Four Books and a question from the Five Classics were all ordinary big questions. They were not difficult for Wei Chen, but Wei Chen did not take them lightly.

Compared with the previous basic questions, these two questions are push-pull questions. If you answer them well, your score will be ranked first or second.

The three hundred members of the Jiangning Mansion are either old scholars or outstanding talents. If Wei Chen wants to stand out among them and get the first class, the difficulty will definitely not be any easier than getting in the top ten in the government examination or the college examination.

Wei Chen wrote with great concentration. The tip of his pen flicked and stroked, and neat lines of regular characters emerged, occupying a large area of ​​the paper in a short time.

Since Wei Chen started studying, he has been writing for half an hour every day

Chen's calligraphy has never stopped. Now his handwriting cannot be said to be in the style of everyone, but at least it can be neat and beautiful.

In the examination room, two instructors walked around, their sharp eyes roving around. There were only 80 people in this examination room, and every move of the candidates could not escape the eyes of the two instructors.

The exam time continued to pass, and when Wei Chen finished writing the last question on the Five Classics, some students had already begun to hand in their papers.

Wei Chen checked it several times leisurely and began to copy the articles on the manuscript paper into the main volume.

Half an hour before the deadline for handing in papers, there was the sound of chairs moving behind Wei Chen, and the middle-aged student sitting behind Wei Chen walked past Wei Chen.

Suddenly, his body tilted, the inkstone in his hand slipped, and the wet ink inside spilled out. Several papers on Wei Chen's desk were not spared.

"Snapped!"

The inkstone fell to the ground, making a crisp sound, and immediately fell into pieces. The students in the examination room couldn't help but stop their pens and look here.

The middle-aged student who had soiled Wei Chen's paper was shocked: "Brother Xingyun, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it."

Seeing the commotion in the examination room, one instructor came over to check the situation, and another instructor shouted: "What are you looking at? Continue taking exams!"

Under the stern gaze of the instructor, the candidates who were watching the excitement did not dare to look around anymore, but they kept paying attention to Wei Chen from the corner of their eyes.

When the discipline instructor came over, the middle-aged student named Guo Lei was still apologizing to Wei Chen. The discipline instructor frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

The expression on Guo Lei's face almost made him cry: "Replying to the instructor, when the student just handed in the paper, the inkstone in his hand accidentally slipped, which disturbed the examination room."

The instructor scolded Guo Lei with a straight face: "How could you be so careless in the examination room!"

Guo Lei bowed repeatedly, his face full of fear: "It's all the students' fault, and the students are willing to be punished."

Hearing Guo Lei blaming himself so much, the instructor also believed that it was just an unintentional mistake, and his stern face softened a bit.

The instructor turned to look at the victimized Wei Chen and saw the ink-spattered paper on his desk. He sighed and said, "There is not much time left for the exam, so hurry up and re-record it. What happened today was also an accident. I will be studying political science." I’ll explain it to you in front of the adults.”

Hearing what the instructor said, all the students present felt sorry for Wei Chen.

It was now less than half a quarter of an hour before the exam ended, and it was definitely too late for Wei Chen to rewrite it, so he could only hand in the paper that was stained by ink.

According to the rules, in the imperial examination, those with dirty papers will be dismissed directly. Even if there is a supervisor to intercede for Wei Chen, he will definitely not be able to escape if the paper is unclean. Being able to get the lowest rank is considered an extrajudicial favor.

If he only gets the lowest grade in the annual examination, Wei Chen's status as a senior student will not be preserved, and he will probably be reduced to one grade and become an overweight.

Including the instructor, almost everyone in the examination room thought that this was just an accident. After all, Guo Lei was known as an honest person in the academy, and the look of self-blame and guilt just now did not look like he was pretending.

However, several old students who have been in the academy for more than ten to twenty years feel that there seems to be something fishy in this.

In the past, there were old men in the academy who had punished disobedient newcomers like this. They secretly speculated that maybe Wei Chen, the little Sanyuan, was too popular and attracted the plot from the envious people.

In any case, if Wei Chen is really downgraded to a junior student because of his poor grades, it means that one of the junior students' quota will be vacant, and then the chances of the senior students to fill in for junior students will be even greater.

Therefore, when they saw Wei Chen's misfortune, many of them were happy to see it, and even took pleasure in it.

However, Wei Chen, the victim of this accident, was not as angry as everyone expected, but instead behaved very calmly.

Hearing that Discipline said that he would speak up for himself in front of the Academic Affairs Bureau, Wei Chen just smiled and waved his hand: "Thank you very much, Discipline. I won't trouble Academic Affairs Master for a small matter."

The instructor was a little surprised when he heard this, but he didn't say anything more and just nodded towards Wei Chen.

Guo Lei on the side said guiltily: "Xingyun, it's me who has caused you trouble. If you want to beat or scold me, Guo Lei will admit it."

Wei Chen chuckled lightly and looked at Guo Lei thoughtfully: "Brother Guo, you made an unintentional mistake, don't blame yourself."

Chapter 111 Old Acquaintances

Seeing Wei Chen's magnanimity, some people in the examination room sneered secretly, thinking that this was the end of it, and it was really ridiculous that Wei Chen was still pretending, knocking out his teeth and swallowing it.

However, the instructor admired Wei Chen's self-restraint very much: "Okay, in that case, you can quickly re-record it. I will collect your paper at the end, so hurry up!"