Chapter 10: Beating (1/2)

Chapter 10 Beating People

After Xiao Liulang entered the examination room, Gu Jiao left with a basket on his back.

She is going to the market to sell the wild mushrooms in the basket and the dried fungus, and do something else along the way.

Tianxiang Academy is well-known, and there are many people who come to take the exam, some are local, and some have foreign household registrations like Xiao Liulang.

Each reference person holds a recommendation letter from village school, county school or government school in his hand, and enters the corresponding examination room.

Due to different levels, Xiao Liulang and Gu Dashun were put into different examination rooms.

Xiao Liulang is in the last row.

Tianxiang Academy has a high level of steps. Generally, the students who come to study are at least scholars. It is not easy to test for scholars these years. It is very precious for Gu Dashun to pass the entrance examination in less than 20 years.

Xiao Liulang is only seventeen, the youngest among all the candidates.

is also the most handsome in appearance.

Unfortunately, I am a cripple.

All the examinees cast strange eyes, but it didn't last long before they started filling out the examination papers.

Study Poems in the morning, and Scriptures in the afternoon.

Most of the candidates who can come here have ink in their stomachs. It is not difficult for them to write poems on the spot, but the difficulty is the meaning of the afternoon.

The topics of the Scriptures are all from the original texts of the Four Books and Five Classics, and candidates must strictly use eight-part essays.

The eight-part essay consists of eight parts: breaking the topic, undertaking the topic, starting the lecture, starting, starting the stock, middle stock, back stock, and bundled stock. Metaphors are not allowed. The voice of a sage must be used. The annotations can only come from the Cheng Zhu school. Restrictions on candidates Very big.

In addition, the question was difficult to come up with this time. After one day of the test, almost all the faces of the candidates became vegetable green.

When Xiao Liulang came out, his classmates had been waiting outside the examination room for a little half an hour.

”Rokuro! Here!” He waved at Xiao Liulang.

Xiao Liulang walked over with his cane.

The classmate said: ”I just heard a lot of people complain about the tricky topic of Scripture. Alas, it's your bad luck. This time the topic was given by the dean himself. If you had nothing wrong with me, it wouldn't be so difficult. …Blame that wicked woman!”

Xiao Liulang glanced at him, frowning his eyebrows.

The classmate continued: ”By the way, she didn't bully you these days, right? I'm so worried that you won't be able to come again today.”

Indeed... almost impossible to come.

Xiao Liulang paused.

Suddenly, without knowing what he felt, he raised his head and looked forward.

I just finished the exam right now, and there was a constant stream of people coming and going on the street in front of the academy.

A slender little figure, carrying a small back basket, holding his arms in his arms, standing against the wall, a little careless.

People passed by from time to time, because her face cast all kinds of eyes at her, but she didn't care at all, not angry, not annoyed, not ashamed, not embarrassed.

Soon, the classmate also saw Gu Jiao, frowning: ”Ah! Why did she come? It won't be trouble for you! Honestly, did you escape from home today?”

Actually, Xiao Liulang wasn’t sure if Gu Jiao came to him, he only knew that she was leaning there, clearly looking like waiting for someone...

Probably more candidates came out, which finally attracted Gu Jiao's attention.

Gu Jiao turned her head and looked over here. In the crowd of people, she saw the young man with outstanding posture at a glance.

She smiled slightly and walked towards Xiao Liulang.

”The exam is over,” she said.

”Hmm.” Xiao Liulang nodded, ”Have you waited for a long time?”

”Neither.” Gu Jiao pulled her little ear and said.

”Didn't you go to the market? Why didn't you go home?” Xiao Liulang saw that she had fungus and wild mushrooms in her back basket, and knew that she would go to the market. But the market is closed at noon at most.

”Something happened nearby.” Gu Jiao said.