Cannon fodder Gong Just Wants To Take The Imperial Examination [MTL]

Chapter 53

While Shen Chenyu was writing hard, something happened to the candidates in the room next to him. Although Shen Chenyu was concentrating on answering the questions, she still heard something.

It turned out that the examinee in the room next door accidentally knocked over the inkstone and soiled his own test paper. The other party asked the yamen servant to help change the test paper. After the yamen servant took away his dirty test paper, the examinee became anxious all of a sudden, and kept making all kinds of small movements in his room.

After all, this is the first round of the government exam, and he encountered this kind of situation during the exam, which will definitely affect his mentality to some extent. But it's fine if his mentality explodes. He keeps making all kinds of small movements like this. Doesn't he know that there are other people taking the exam?

Before Shen Chenyu could react, the candidates in the room on the other side exploded. The other party didn't know whether it was because he was too nervous or because he had a hot temper, so he reflected it to the officials in the examination room without saying a word.

Each row of numbered rooms has two yamen servants patrolling, even if one of the yamen servants in their row leaves, a new yamen servant will be replaced immediately.

So when there was some movement here, a yamen servant came over with a dark face, and the other party warned the candidate very severely.

It is very serious to be warned by the government officials in the imperial examination room. Usually, the other party will be dragged out by the government officials the second time. If the other party affects other examinees, it may cancel the opportunity to take the imperial examination in the future, and may even be punished by being punished in public.

Seeing that the neighbors were quiet, Shen Chenyu couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. No matter how good his own state of mind is, during such a stressful exam, he will still feel uneasy because of other people's movements.

By noon, Shen Chenyu had almost answered the test paper. Meals at noon will be provided in the examination room, usually a bowl of hot water and two white flour steamed buns. No matter whether the candidates eat or not, they have to pay for this, and the price is more than twice as expensive as the steamed buns outside.

There are two Zamian steamed buns for one penny, and one white flour steamed bun for one penny, and they are all big and solid. For a thin body like Shen Chenyu, a big white steamed bun is usually enough.

However, the steamed buns in the examination room were not big, but they seemed to smell pretty good. But because of the poisoning before, Shen Chenyu didn't dare to eat outside food, but swapped the steamed buns here with the ones in the space. Anyway, the steamed buns are about the same size, even if there are inspectors guarding him, there is no way to enter the numbered room and stare at his steamed buns for research.

This time, Shen Chenyu handed in the paper very slowly, and she didn't leave the examination room until dusk. When he returned to the small courtyard, Chen Youli and the others had already returned. Everyone looked relaxed, and it seemed that they did well in the first round of the government examination.

When several people were taking the exam, Master Liu took care of the matter in the yard next door. The owner of the house waited for the news early in the morning, until the people in the next yard came back, and then he said that their noise at night would affect others.

Although He Yue has a weird personality, he is not as shameless as Feng Dahan. When He Yue heard that he had disturbed others' rest, he immediately ran to Shen Chenyu and the others to apologize, and then discussed with Feng Dahan, who liked to find fault, and planned to put aside the grievances between the two for the time being.

However, Feng Dahan completely ignored him, anyway, he didn't have to take part in this government examination. In addition, among the people next door whose rest was delayed, there was another Shen Chenyu whom he hated very much, so he didn't take He Yue's words of "truce" at all.

Feng Dahan looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, which not only made the landlord who rented out the yard unhappy, but also finally completely angered He Yue and his party.

He Yue's family background was the best among the three of them. After learning that Feng Dahan didn't listen to his advice at all, he took out fifty taels of silver and rented out the entire courtyard where they lived.

He Yue didn't rent the entire yard before, firstly because there were only four of them in his party, and he couldn't use such a big yard at all; secondly, he knew that it was not easy for candidates to find a house at this time, and he didn't want to occupy it just because he had money. empty house.

Now being disgusted by Feng Dahan, He Yue rented out the whole yard in one go. In addition, the owner of the house was also very displeased with Feng Dahan, so he made a favor and drove him away.

Now the few people who followed Feng Dahan were dumbfounded, now is the critical moment for them to take part in the government examination, it will be difficult for them to find another satisfactory place.

When Feng Dahan clashed with He Yue and the others because of a woman, they were still watching the show. Now because Feng Dahan has no place to live, all of them immediately turned their faces and the relationship with Feng Dahan became stagnant.

These few people are also very funny. After they got into a stalemate with Feng Dahan, they had the cheek to want to continue to live. It's a pity that they had been watching coldly before, not only holding Feng Dahan who was making troubles, but also commenting on He Yue's new girl. Today's He Yue is disgusting to them, so he doesn't want them to live in at all.

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. These people used to have a good relationship with Feng Dahan, apart from Feng Dahan being their senior brother, the main reason is that they share similar tastes.

Feng Dahan is shameless, and they are even more shameless than Feng Dahan in their bones. They couldn't find a place to live, so they stayed outside the yard, unwilling to leave.

It is said that scholars care about face and pay attention to reputation, but these few people don't pay attention to these things at all. It seems that they are now reduced to no place to live, all because of the bullying of He Yue and others.

At this time, He Yue didn't want to fight with them, and in the end it was the woman next to He Yue who shouted to report to the police, and then drove these scoundrels away.

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When the rankings were released the next day, Shen Chenyu, five senior brothers, three people from He Yue's side, and Feng Dahan and the others, unfortunately all got together.

I don't know what happened again, Feng Dahan's juniors reconciled with Feng Dahan again. The few of them walked together talking and laughing, those who didn't know would definitely think how good their relationship is.

Shen Chenyu is unwilling to break up with them, let alone ruin her future for these people. The best way to deal with those who can't get on the stage is to prove their strength through the imperial examination.

Chen Youli pulled a senior brother, and the two of them squeezed to the front together. There were a lot of candidates in the first government exam, so there were also a lot of people who came to see the rankings today.

To become a Tongsheng, one must pass the county and government examinations. If you passed the county test before, but failed because of the government test, and want to take the test again later, you must start from the beginning of the county test.

If you pass both the county examination and the government examination, but you do not pass the examination when you wait for the entrance examination, then the candidate is already a child student, and you only need to take the entrance examination next time.

Therefore, the government examination is very important. If you make a mistake in one step, you have to go back and start over. For candidates from poor families, this not only wastes a year but also wastes a lot of money.

Therefore, the candidates who are looking at the list now have a greater reaction than the candidates in the previous county test. Some people who found that they failed the exam, some lay down directly on the ground, and some lost their composure and ran back and forth on the road... There were also some candidates who announced that they were on the list, and their emotions seemed very excited, anyway. It can be said that in a short time, I have seen all kinds of life.

This time there were nearly 2,000 candidates, and two-thirds were eliminated in the first round. To be honest, seeing so many people fail the ranking at once, it is inevitable that there will be some emotional people around.

At this time, it was the turn of the yamen servants to handle affairs. They not only had to maintain order beside the red list, but also caught those who tried to hurt people.

Shen Chenyu is a life-saving character. When he sees someone very emotional, he subconsciously pulls a senior brother away.

Fortunately, Chen Youli and Chen Youli came back soon, and they didn't let Shen Chenyu and the others wait here for too long. As soon as Shen Chenyu saw Chen Youli's excited look, she guessed that everyone should have done well in the exam this time, otherwise Chen Youli's character would not be so happy.

Sure enough, as soon as Chen Youli opened his mouth, he said, "Hahaha, good news, good news! Everyone passed the first game!"

Shen Chenyu and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words, and then they couldn't help asking about their rankings.

"This time it is still the younger brother who did the best in the exam. This time, the younger brother ranked sixth. That He Yue, who was at the head of the younger brother, suddenly fell to the top ten this time."

Another senior brother also said. Said: "Junior brother wrote such beautiful and good handwriting, and the difficulty of posting scriptures in the first round of the government examination is not too difficult. It is not surprising that junior brother can get in the top ten. As for that He Yue... the key of the government examination He still has time to be poetic with women, and by the time of the second or even third round, his ranking may suddenly drop to the bottom."

Shen Chenyu did not discuss He Yue when he heard the words, he would I slander others in my heart, but I don't like to talk about others behind their backs.

A group of people didn't stay in such a chaotic place after learning their rankings, but wandered around Fucheng together. After the group of five went back, they began to prepare for the second government test tomorrow.

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What Shen Chenyu didn't know was that although Shen Mingxian didn't have time to deal with him, he made people pay attention to the matter of the government examination. Because he did well in the test this time, the people who watched the list passed the news to Shen Mingxian.

At first Shen Minglian didn't care about this, he felt that even if Shen Chenyu was lucky enough to become a child, he still had a way to hold the other's lifeline.

But things always have accidents, when Shen Chenyu and the others participated in the second government examination. Accidentally learned that Shen Chenyu was the protagonist who participated in the government examination, so he asked his confidant to secretly give Shen Chenyu a hundred taels of silver.

The other party hadn't heard from Shen Chenyu for a long time, so he thought that Shen Chenyu was still the original owner who couldn't even support himself, so he wanted to secretly help Shen Chenyu while Shen Mingxian didn't know.

Regardless of whether the protagonist's intentions are genuine or fake, anyway, Shen Ming, who knew about it, almost went mad. Shen Ming, as the protagonist Gong in the novel, has always had a perverted possessive desire for his husband, and there is no way that his husband's eyes will fall on other men.

Such a protagonist is very popular among readers in ancient Chinese novels. Everyone likes to have a tyrannical, cool and evil smile, loves the protagonist to be attacked by a mad dog who loves madly, and likes to watch the plot where the protagonist Gong kills everyone because of jealousy.

Shen Ming, who was made up like this, knew the consequences of this incident, that is, he pretended not to know what his husband had done, and planned to make Shen Chenyu disappear from the world silently.

Shen Chenyu, who had passively disappeared in Shen Mingxian's heart, was writing furiously for the second exam. The second round of the prefectural exam mainly covers posting scriptures, ink meanings, and arithmetic, which is actually similar to the county exam.

The only thing that is slightly different is that the large amount of questions in the government test is also slightly more difficult. But this is just a child's test after all, no matter how difficult the topic is, it won't be too difficult.

This time Shen Chenyu came out later, until the gong for handing in the papers rang outside, Shen Chenyu handed in the test papers in a leisurely manner, and then left the Gongyuan with most of the candidates.

After Shen Chenyu returned to the small courtyard, he did not immediately return to his room, but sat in the courtyard to discuss the exam questions with his seniors. Waiting until it was dark outside, Shen Chenyu realized that her room had been tampered with. Then he saw a package on the bed, and a very attractive silver ingot was exposed from a corner of the package.

Fortunately, Shen Chenyu has always been more cautious. When he found that there was silver in the package, he didn't open it in a hurry. Instead, he found a wooden stick and beat it, and then he saw a poisonous snake coming out of it.

Shen Chenyu was taken aback immediately. After seeing the pattern on the poisonous snake clearly, goose bumps appeared all over his body.

Fortunately, when he was in Qishan, he had tempered his courage. After he calmed down a little, he took out a knife, and chopped off the snake on the ground without saying a word.

This package is exactly what the protagonist received, and it is wrapped with a hundred taels of silver from him. As for the poisonous snake that came out of it, it was the person in charge of Shen Ming who put it in later.

It is estimated that Shen Chenyu was bitten by this poisonous snake when she wanted to take the money. Regardless of whether Shen Chenyu will be poisoned to death in the end, anyway, as long as he is bitten, he will not be able to participate in the government test.

The original owner didn't know anyone in Fucheng, so Shen Chenyu quickly thought of the protagonist's husband and wife, and also vaguely guessed the ins and outs of the matter.

Shen Chenyu had already imagined before, what method Shen Minglian might use to deal with him. It's just that Shen Chenyu really didn't expect that the other party would be so vicious and wanted to kill him directly.

Shen Chenyu looked at the money in the package, and didn't rush to find the magistrate for help, but thought of a very good idea.

He just used the money they gave to make things better for them. After all, he can't keep suffering and being beaten, and return them to the Shen family.