Chapter 120 Advantages of Entering the Examination Venue
Wang Laowu quickly took the package handed to him by Changbai, with a faint sinister smile on his face, and was about to start working on the bedding in his hand.

But out of the corner of his eye, he just happened to catch a glimpse of the two noble gentlemen who had finished the examination stopped where they were and were looking towards him.

The four of them nodded to each other.

"Changbai, Changfeng, let's go in first."

Although the exam had not yet begun, the Imperial Examination Hall should have been silent.

However, the soldier who was in charge of guarding the examination room looked at Yang Wenyuan and Qi Heng silently, and immediately retracted his slightly raised left foot.

look steadily forward!

"Ok!"

After all, it was the Imperial Examination Hall, so after a simple greeting, Yang Wenyuan and Qi Heng went to find their own cells.

Wang Laowu was left standing there in a daze.

No wonder you all seem to want to move your homes here, are you all in the same group?

This made Wang Laowu pause in his actions.

I heard that a lot of strange things have happened in Beijing in recent years.

Most of them are children of noble families.

What these people like to do most on a daily basis is to "play the pig and eat the tiger".

Show weakness first so that others think you are easy to bully.

Then they would suddenly reveal their true identities, and with the support of their prominent status, they would often "pretend to be slapped in the face" in public.

There are even some scenes called "fishing enforcement".

Although Wang Laowu didn't understand the specific meaning, he understood the general idea.

Yang Wenyuan: There’s nothing I can do. I only provide ideas, but Rong Xian obviously enjoys the process and never gets tired of it.

At this moment, Wang Laowu looked at Changbai and Changfeng with strong suspicion in his eyes.

There was a look of suspicion and wisdom in his eyes that seemed to see through everything.

Today is a scientific examination. It's such a serious occasion, and you're still playing this game?

In Wang Laowu's opinion, judging from the intimacy between the two wealthy young men just now, the two people in front of him must also have extraordinary backgrounds.

But that's right.

After all, she was born into a wealthy family, and the road to the imperial examination was extremely difficult. She was probably lucky to have passed the previous provincial examination. Fairy Ah knew the difficulty of the provincial examination and knew that she had no hope at all, so she didn't take it seriously.

Looking at the two people in front of him, Wang Laowu sneered in his heart:

"Hmph! You are still too young. Such a big mistake cannot be hidden from my eyes! You dare to target me, I will make sure you return empty-handed!"

Wang Laowu likes to watch fun, but he can't be a part of other people's fun.

Therefore, he treated Changbai and Changfeng in a friendly manner and did not cause any trouble.

After finishing all four major items, Wang Laowu was filled with pride.

Today's experience was full of ups and downs, but luckily I was able to plan ahead and avoid getting into trouble. From now on, I can drink and brag with my friends!

However, Yang Wenyuan and his four companions had an easy time, but the candidates behind him were in big trouble.

Wang Laowu had no place to vent his resentment, so he randomly picked a lucky person from the people behind him.

From time to time, one or two students would hold crushed biscuits or quilts with a cut in them, crying without tears.

Yang Wenyuan's side.

He first found the name of his dormitory from the list on the wall: Dormitory No. 4, Tianzi.

Yang Wenyuan muttered "Tianzi No. 4" to himself while looking for his own room with trepidation.

It’s not that Yang Wenyuan was nervous or worried that he would not do well in the exam.

In fact, the selection of the number of lodgings is also a major factor in determining the final level of the scientific expedition, and it accounts for a large proportion.

As Zhuangzi said, "At this time, one may be happy or sad."

It refers to the location of one's own room. "Xi" naturally refers to those normal rooms, and there is no other impact.

"Qi" first refers to the "bottom number" that is next to the toilet.

If you are unlucky and choose a house next to a toilet, you will have to stay next to the toilet for nine days and six nights and be exposed to the stench.

Especially now that there is still some residual summer warmth in Bianjing, the taste is even more sour and refreshing.

Those who smell it will feel sad, and those who smell it will cry.

No matter how great your ability and talent are, if your position is not good, and the room is small and crowded, and if you choose the "bottom number", it will be difficult to write an answer that satisfies the examiner in such a "paradise".

There are other shoddy barracks called "small ones".

The space was even smaller, “not even enough to accommodate a mat”.

There are also shabby "mats" that can't even block the wind and rain.

It's raining heavily outside and drizzling inside. We all depend on God for our livelihood.

Once it rains, I have to stand aside and let the test paper rest under the quilt.

I heard from Mr. Zhuang that he once had a student who unfortunately drew a "seat number".

It happened to rain those few days and I caught a cold right from the start.

After forcing himself through the autumn imperial examination, he lost a lot of weight and collapsed as soon as he left the examination room. It took him more than a month to recover.

Yang Wenyuan hopes that he is not that unlucky guy.

Yang Wenyuan searched and searched, and walked inside along the row of Tianzihao cells.

After a while, Yang Wenyuan stood still.

Looking at the small space in front of him, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it is smaller than my own toilet, it is not a "common" one after all.

Squeeze into the dormitory.

Yang Wenyuan took out various things from the bag one by one.

The pens, ink, paper and inkstone were all laid out, followed by bedding, food and clean water in a bamboo tube.

Although there was drinkable water in the examination room, and there were several large vats of it, the main purpose of which was to provide enough water to satisfy one's hunger, Yang Wenyuan could only decline the offer.

Whether the jar was cleaned or not is another matter, but the water that has been left outdoors for who knows how long will definitely give you a stomachache if you drink it.

Yang Wenyuan felt that he should give some face to those students whose dormitories were next to the toilets.

Others are already so miserable, so don't make things worse for them.

The first scene is Confucian classics.

In this regard, Zhuang Xuejiu has laid a solid foundation.

Moreover, Yang Wenyuan "is not ashamed to ask questions from those who are less knowledgeable than him."

Relying on his status as the future brother-in-law, he often asks Changbai, the academic master, for advice and takes away his brother-in-law's gold coins.

Combined with the experience he had gained in "reading comprehension" in his previous life, Yang Wenyuan felt that he had answered well.

Yang Wenyuan really didn't expect that even after traveling through time, he still couldn't escape the vicious circle of reading comprehension.

After three days and two nights, all the candidates put down their pens and inks, sat in their seats with dejected looks, and waited for the examiners to collect the papers.

After the test papers were collected, the transcription office immediately began to cover the names and transcribe them.

Then, the re-copied test papers were immediately sent to another group of examiners who had entered the Imperial College earlier than the candidates, and they officially began marking the papers in order to ensure the greatest possible fairness.

After staying in this dormitory for a long time, even though Yang Wenyuan recovered his energy quickly, he still felt a little dizzy because of this environment.

The next step is the second round, the policy questioning.

The topic is roughly about the current military situation of the Great Zhou and whether it is possible to use military force against the Western Xia and Liao.

With information provided by Yang Yuqing, a senior military official, and the Pingyang Marquisate, Yang Wenyuan was naturally very clear about this issue.

(End of this chapter)