Chapter 143 142 True Thoughts

Line up, listen carefully to the official's roll call, and immediately go forward to let the examiner verify your identity after your name is called.

In fact, there are no photos or anything like that in this era. It depends entirely on the recorded physical characteristics for identification. After the identification, you have to undergo a search and can enter the Imperial Academy and your own examination room only after passing.

Wei Guangde has already taken the exam once, so he naturally knows how to deal with it.

After he heard his name being called, Wei Guangde walked out of the crowd and stood in front of the examiner and bowed.

In fact, identification based on physical characteristics is just that easy. The real test is the group of people standing behind the examiner. They are all professors and teachers of Jiujiang Prefecture and various county schools. Naturally, they are very familiar with their students and can tell at a glance whether it is the real person or someone is taking the exam in his name.

In fact, at this point, where can you find a gunman to take the Juren exam?

The gunman has the ability to pass the provincial examination. He is a Juren master himself, so who would come to take the exam for others?

After the screening, Wei Guangde walked forward along the passage, unbuttoning his clothes as he walked. When he came to the two search soldiers, he was already standing there in his inner clothes, holding a pen and inkstone in his left hand and clothes and socks in his right hand, waiting for the search.

After all the procedures were completed, Wei Guangde sat in his examination room. More than an hour had passed.

But it was not over yet. For an examination of thousands of people, it was not surprising that the roll call and search took several hours.

Wei Guangde was not in a hurry. He cleaned up the examination room and lay down to rest. As for the preparations, such as putting away the test papers and grinding the ink, he would wait until the exam started.

Tomorrow is the first exam of the provincial examination. There are two more exams to pass. There is really no need to rush.

Well, at this time, Wei Guangde has already sat there with his eyes closed to rest, and see what questions the examiners will come up with to embarrass them.

Unconsciously, Wei Guangde remembered that three years ago, he also sat in such an examination room and took three consecutive examinations. At the beginning, he was still full of confidence, but when the results were announced, he was not on the list.

Everything still needs to be fought for by oneself.

Thousands of candidates, just for those 95 places of Juren, it is impossible not to fight or fight.

In the past two years, he has spent a lot on the road to fame, and it is impossible to give up.

Three times, at most three times to take the provincial examination, if you can't pass it, you'd better take your scholar title and travel around.

Studying is too hard, Wei Guangde can't help but think of his predecessor. Before junior high school, his grades were mediocre. After junior high school, as he learned more and more knowledge, he finally couldn't stand this hardship. After that, his grades plummeted, and finally he went to a not-so-good university to get a diploma.

Thinking that he had gone to Youmin Temple to burn incense yesterday, he hoped that he could bless himself to pass the provincial examination smoothly this time.

Coming to this era, Wei Guangde naturally still hopes to enter the officialdom through the imperial examination and become a member of the ruling class.

This is the second time. I will suffer for three more years at most. If I fail the exam, I will not play anymore.

Wei Guangde was lost in thought. I don’t know how much time has passed. There was a sound from Mingyuan Building. Wei Guangde knew that the candidates should have entered the examination room. They were going to lock the door and seal the courtyard. From then on until the end of the exam, all contact between the Imperial Academy and the outside world would be cut off.

For several consecutive days, Wei Guangde felt that he was living in a daze. Only after the first two exams, he could get a little more awake by soaking in warm water in the inn. The next morning, he had to go back to the examination room to continue the next exam.

After copying the last test paper of the third exam, Wei Guangde checked it again and again, and finally confirmed that there were no omissions. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking at the candles distributed by the table, Wei Guangde twitched his mouth. He didn’t need this thing anymore. He could leave when the time was up. He would definitely hand in the paper and leave first.

Being locked in the cage-like room for several consecutive days was really unbearable.

Because he was in a relaxed mood, Wei Guangde felt his mind wandering while sitting in the dormitory.

I had heard from my classmates before that the provincial examination was not bad, after all, it was in August. Although the weather was a little cold sometimes, it could be endured. The most difficult one was actually the imperial examination.

Thinking about sitting in such a dormitory in February to take the exam, Wei Guangde couldn't help but shudder.

February is already spring, but it is still far from spring.

In recent years, the weather has been warming up in March. No wonder some classmates have to remind each other that if they feel unwell before the exam, they should withdraw from the exam in time. Students with weak constitutions really can't survive those days.

I seem to have read someone's article before, saying that in ancient times, I don't know which dynasty it was, there was a fire in the Imperial Examination Hall during the exam, and the people outside didn't dare to rush in to put out the fire because there were exams inside, and finally many candidates were burned to death.

Fortunately, my luck was not so bad. I entered the Imperial Examination Hall three times and never encountered such a thing. I guess it was the candles distributed on the table that caused the trouble.

Wei Guangde's eyes moved to the candles, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

"It feels good, let's get some more hot water, yes, please ask the store owner to call the waiter to bring in the food, I'll eat something here to fill my stomach."

Wei Guangde was already sitting in the bathtub, taking a comfortable bath.

After every provincial examination, it was probably the busiest time for the store.

All candidates who stayed in the hotel, almost without exception, would ask the store owner to prepare a bathtub in the room, so that they could take a comfortable hot bath in it to relieve fatigue.

After leaving the examination room, Wei Guangde asked Zhang Ji to prepare delicious food for him. He and his classmates returned to the inn and asked the storekeeper to bring buckets of hot water for bathing. He brushed his teeth first and then took a bath.

The Gongyuan was really simple, so Wei Guangde, who had developed the habit of brushing his teeth every day, had to be particular about it.

The storekeeper poured the hot water he had just delivered into the bathtub and left. After a while, Zhang Ji came in with a food box.

"Second Young Master, these are all your favorite foods."

Zhang Ji put the food box aside, opened the lid and asked Wei Guangde for credit.

"Help me put my hair up, I'll eat something first."

Wei Guangde leaned there and asked Zhang Ji to put his hair up in a bun. He reached out and took a piece of cake from the food box and started eating.

"By the way, among the people who came with me, is there anyone who hasn't come back yet?"

Wei Guangde asked while eating cakes. There were more than 20 people he knew, but he only saw about ten people on the way back. It seemed that some people hadn't come out of the examination room yet. He didn't know if they had to stay up all night.

"Master Lao, Master Lin, and Master Shen haven't come back yet. Their servants said they may not come back until dark."

Zhang Ji thought for a moment and immediately replied with a smile: "Master, don't worry. I will inform you when they come back."

"What information? I just said it casually. Master, you need to have a good sleep tonight. I finally made it through. If you dare to disturb my rest, you will not sleep well tonight."

Wei Guangde said unhappily. It was just a casual question.

Well, at this time, in private, Wei Guangde didn't have to hide his true thoughts.

It would be great if the thousands of candidates had some problems in the provincial examination. No one would compete with him for the quota of Juren.

At this moment, let alone classmates, even brothers, Wei Guangde didn't intend to recognize them.