The highly anticipated national examination was not held as scheduled five days later, but was pushed again and again. It was not until half a month later that the exam was grandly launched. The reason for the repeated delays was that Qu Bucai's "Ebony Cliff" carried out extensive publicity in Liang, Huainan, Qi, Zhao and Linjiang, causing a large number of poor students to swarm towards Jiangdong.

On the day of the first exam, more than 10,000 students entered the exam, which was unprecedented.

On the temporary watchtower, Xiang Da, Xiang Tuo, Baili Xian, Huan Chu, Ji Bu and other civil and military ministers were accompanying Xiang Zhuang to invigil.

Looking at the students who entered the examination room in a row, Wu She, the doctor of the Shang Dynasty, stroked the willow beard and said excitedly: "King, Confucius once had 3,000 disciples, so he could produce 72 wise men. Today, the grand national examination in our Great Chu is even more than that in the past. How could this 10,000 students choose three or four hundred wise men?"

If three or four hundred talents can be selected, the purpose of this national examination will be fully achieved. Next, even if the Jiangdong gentry members resisted the land tax method, it is not worth worrying.

Xiang Zhuang was a little confused and said, "I hope this is the case."

Bailixian knew what Xiang Zhuang was thinking, so he leaned forward and leaned forward and whispered in Xiang Zhuang's ear: "Don't worry, that Bi Shu has already entered the examination room, and he was assigned to the examination room of Tianzi Jia." Due to the large number of candidates in this national examination, Bailixian divided the examination room into three major areas: "Heaven", "Earth" and "Man", and each area was divided into twelve communities, and then numbered.

"Very good." Xiang Zhuang's eyes lit up when he heard this and said happily, "I'm a little looking forward to it, haha."

Outside the examination room, Qingfeng Chess House.

Since the examination room was set up, students from various counties and even countries in the Central Plains have come to take the exam one after another. Most of these students are from poor backgrounds and cannot afford to live in the inns in the city, so they can only live in the school halls provided by the examination room. It is said that they are school halls, but in fact they are just huts with simple conditions, which can barely shelter from wind and rain.

Most of these students are from poor backgrounds, but they still bring some money when they go out. You should know that the Chinese people have always had the traditional custom of being poor and rich, and they can eat braised vegetables at home. However, when they go out, the villagers will help them, and there are many scholars coming to take the exam, but their consumption capacity should not be underestimated.

What's more, these students are not all poor students, but there are also many wealthy families who spend a lot of money.

As a result, a large number of wineries, teahouses, chess houses, music halls and even prostitutes soon appeared around the examination room, and all the businesses were very popular.

However, today, the national examination officially started, and a large number of students flocked to the examination room, and the business of Qingfeng Chess House became lighter. There were only a few chess players, and they did not play chess, just drinking tea and chatting.

There were two young girls with graceful figures sitting in front of the chess case facing the street by the window, which attracted the attention of several chess players. It was a pity that the two young girls were wearing bamboo hats on their heads. The green gauze hanging from the bamboo hats covered their faces, so they could not see their true faces clearly, but they didn't know what they looked like?

These two people are Xu Fu and her shi girl Xiaoqing who came to Jiangdong to respond to the "Hongluan Tribulation".

As a yinyang master, Xu Fu certainly knows what the movement of his Red Luan Star means. Even ordinary martial arts warriors dare not easily resolve their disasters. At most, they can only ask for good or bad luck. Xu Fu has mastered Huang Shigong and has a deep attainment. He knows the dangers more clearly. How dare she change her fate against the will of heaven?

Holding the teacup and smelling the fragrance of tea, Xu Fu seemed to be a little unconscious.

On the way to Jiangdong, Xu Fu took a hexagram about his marriage, but the hexagram was chaotic and unclear. Even everyone in this world could not see through her. However, there was a vague response from the surging heart. Her Red Luan Tribulation would probably be on the emperor star or general star that just appeared. She couldn't tell which one it was.

Xiaoqing's attention was attracted by the continuous stream of scholars who rushed to the examination room outside the window, and she couldn't help but exclaim: "Young master, why are there so many students in Jiangdong? At least there should be thousands of people?"

"A few thousand people? I'm afraid there are tens of thousands." Xu Fu finally took back his thoughts from Mi Li and said softly, "The King of Chu ordered the national examination to be held. Those with different qualities in the eight categories can get the title of a commoner. This is an unprecedented measure. It is necessary to know that soldiers kill armored soldiers on the battlefield, but only get the title of a commoner. The key is not the title itself, but after the students have the title, it means that they have the opportunity to become officials in the local area. How can poor students not be moved?"

"That's true." Xiao Qingshen said with a deep understanding, "If these students really become officials, they will just jump into the dragon gate and become superiors in an instant? If the maid is a man, she would also want to try her luck."

Xu Fu smiled and withdrew his gaze from the endless stream of students outside the window and began to drink tea in small sips. The tea art of this era is far less refined than later generations. The real tea art actually became popular until the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In this era, it was just to brew a few roughly roasted tea leaves with boiling water to quench your thirst.

Xu Fu didn't know that in the opposite tavern, two soldiers were looking at her carefully.

These two military officials are not the same. They are Gao Chu's personal military captain Po Jun and his shi-senior Qingpi. Qingpi was originally Ge Sheng's shi-senior, but Po Jun was asked to challenge him half a month ago.

Three days ago, Pojun was ordered by Gao Chu to escort 800 students to Wuzhong for the exam. After being sent to the ground, he went home and had a few days of lingering with his wife and concubines. Today, he sent 800 students to the examination room and was about to return to Fanyi. He didn't want to drink, but the boy Qingpi said that he had discovered a beautiful woman with a national fragrance!

Pojun is all good, but he is a little good.

When he heard that Qingpi discovered the great beauty of the country, Pojun immediately came. Although this guy had married a wife and had two beautiful concubines, the flower was not restrained at all. In the foreign country, due to Gao Chu's strict military rules, he did not dare to act rashly, but when he returned to Wuzhong, he became a wild horse without much scruples.

But when he looked in the direction of Qingpi's finger, Po Jun was very disappointed: "Qingpi, where are you boys? These two little ladies are all wearing faces, you can tell that they are beautiful?"

Qingpi swears: "General, the woman who has seen the eyes of the villain has never made any mistakes!"

"Okay." Pojun mopped his unshaven chin and suddenly said, "Get a chance to pick up their green veil and see. If they are really beautiful women, hehe, hehe..."

Qingpi whispered: "General, will you go back to Fanyi today?"

"Back to a bird!" Po Jun cursed, "Will you die if you delay for two days? Humph!"

Examination room, Tianzi Jia Yi exam room.

The invigilator passed the examination room twice and found that the candidate was still sleeping soundly. He thought that the candidate was overly excited last night and had not had a good sleep. The sleeping bug attack occurred. He couldn't help but go forward and knock on the guardrail in front of the examination room, and whispered: "Hey, don't sleep, hurry up and answer the paper, but it's almost half an hour."

The candidate did not look up, but just raised his right hand and shook it, and said lazily: "It's okay, it's okay."

The invigilator smiled bitterly and shook his head. He could do nothing about this candidate so arrogantly. Besides, he is not a candidate's father or elder brother, so what do he care about? He turned around and walked away.

Three hours passed in a flash. When the invigilator turned back to the A-Yi Examination House, he found that the candidate was still sleeping soundly. It was not until the paper was about to be completed that the candidate finally got up and began to answer the questions sleepyly. However, after answering for less than two quarters of an hour, the melodious bell rang, but the time limit was up and the papers were about to be completed.

The invigilator was a kind-hearted person. He specially adjusted the order of the paper collection and gave the first candidate A to about half a quarter of an hour. Unfortunately, when the official took the candidate's paper, he found that only a few hundred words were written on the entire test paper, and it was written on the back of the test paper, and the content was even more incomprehensible.

Bi Shu retrieved the ancestral blood sword from the invigilator, raised the sword and stretched it long, then stretched out of the examination room. Not far behind him was the lookout stand built by the examination room. Without looking back, Bi Shu could feel a few pairs of eyes falling on him. A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Bi Shu's mouth. I'm afraid he would disappoint that person this time?

Bi Shu walked out of the examination room lazily, then walked across the long street to the Qingfeng Chess House.

Bishu is good at wine and has better chess. It's a pity that since he played against Kuai Che for several games in Luyi, he has never encountered an opponent who can barely play one or two with him. However, he still comes to Qingfeng Chess House every day. Maybe one day he will meet an opponent with a chess and drums? That's a great pleasure in life.

As soon as he approached the gate of the chess house, a figure snatched up from behind Bi Shu and reached out to tweet his hand domineeringly, as if he wanted to push Bi Shu aside. He said that at that time, the man's big hand had already put on Bi Shu's shoulders heavily. As a result, not only did he not push Bi Shu away, the man bounced away with a roar.

Bi Shu shook his head and calmly entered the chess house gate with the Bixue Sword in his arms.

"Hey, stop me! Stop me!"

The one who just robbed the story was Qingpi. Since Qingpi became Ge Sheng's personal army, when did Qingpi suffer such a loss? It was about to happen at that time, but Po Jun held down the right hand of the sword.

Po Jun shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Qingpi, don't do anything wrong. This kid is a hidden master. You kid is definitely not his opponent. You are just a boring move."

Qingpi let go of his hand holding the sword and said hatefully: "General, then let it go?"

"Forget it? It's not that easy." Po Jun shook his head, his eyes grim, and said, "Don't forget that we are the Chu army. When did the Chu army suffer a loss? Well?! Let's go in and explore that kid's bottom first!"!
Chapter completed!