Chapter 937 Let’s Cook a Meal First

Soon after, the man who insisted on exchanging rooms with Su Chen came over. He relied on his strength to force his way into the crowd, squeezed to the front, and reported his name to get the test paper.

This man was named Zhou Chong. He took the test paper, looked at Su Chen, Gu Qing and others, raised his fist as if to protest, and left with a sneer.

When the crowd dispersed, several people also squeezed forward, reported their names, and each received a test paper and a test paper bag.

Everyone then returned to their rooms.

Starting in the morning, they lined up to enter the tribute hall, then lined up for inspection, and then cleaned up the room. It was already afternoon.

Gu Qing returned to the room and heard a shout outside, "The room is closed!"

Once the room is closed, everyone is not allowed to move around. Even if they want to go to the toilet, they have to report to the invigilator for permission, and they have to be accompanied by a soldier.

The invigilators walked around the room, checked the number and name, and then lowered the fence on the front door and closed the room.

Gu Qing was already hungry. Seeing the sun setting, he called the guard over, gave him a few coins, asked him to bring water, and lit a fire, burned charcoal, and cooked rice.

After cooking the rice and serving it in a bowl, Gu Qing took out the roast chicken, ate half a bowl of roast chicken, two bowls of rice, moved around in the cell for a while, drank a cup of hot tea, and it was completely dark.

Gu Qing lit a candle, called the guard to bring hot water, brushed his teeth, twisted the towel, wiped his face and feet.

After finishing all this, he gave the guard a few coins.

After finishing all this, Gu Qing wrapped himself in a felt blanket and huddled in the cell to sleep.

Gu Qing wore a watch that Gu Fei gave him on his wrist. It had a leather strap, a gold-plated dial, and silver hands. It was very luxurious.

After sleeping until more than two o'clock, Gu Qing looked at the watch and got up.

He got up and lit a fire, and called the guard to bring water to cook porridge.

He washed himself quickly.

After washing up, eating porridge and pancakes, someone outside called for the test paper.

Gu Qing was about to go out, and Hao Jun, who may have received a lot of money from him, took the initiative to bring the test paper to him.

Gu Qing ground ink under the candle while looking at the questions. The contents of the Four Books and Five Classics were all familiar to him, so there was no problem. Then he looked at the topic of the article to be done and slowly made a draft in his mind.

He took the test paper and started writing at the beginning of the Yin hour (3 o'clock in the morning). He wrote until noon, and only then answered all the test questions and finished the article.

Gu Qing was so hungry that he ate the pancakes and the remaining roast chicken together, drank a cup of hot tea, stood up and moved around for a while before starting to revise the article.

After checking, he copied the article in a hairpin flower small regular script.

When everything was done, it was dark.

Gu Qing packed up the test paper and started cooking.

After eating and washing up, he went to sleep again.

In the middle of the night, Gu Qing heard the sound of birds flapping their wings, as if they were nearby. He was woken up in a daze and fell asleep again.

He got up early and checked the paper carefully again before handing it in.

After handing in the paper, he packed up his things and left the Imperial Examination Hall.

The family carriage came early in the morning to pick up Gu Qing. Gu Qing took a bath and covered his head to sleep.

In that room, he couldn't stretch his legs and feet straight, and slept very uncomfortably, as if he hadn't slept much for two nights.

Then there was the second exam. There were three exams in total, and each exam lasted three days.

He was still searched when he entered.

After the search, he met Su Chen and Master Xu.

Master Xu quickly waved to him to come over. Gu Qing just went over, and Master Xu lowered his voice and said, "Did you hear the sound of birds flapping the wings the night before yesterday?"