Seven days later.

Before dawn, yellow lights lit up in the backyard kitchen of No. 16, Lixi Lane.

Li Buzhuo yawned and said to Sanjin who was busy in front of the stove: "There are many vendors selling food before the examination room, so why should I get up early to do it?"

"What should I do if I have a bad stomach? It won't take much effort." Sanjin put firewood into the stove without looking back. "The insurance policy, license plate, accurate test certificate, and pen and inkstone are all placed in the test basket. Look, what are you missing."

Li Buzhuo took out the test basket and frowned, "Where is the four treasures of the study?"

"Don't use that." Sanjin turned around and blamed: "After the county exam, there are still prefectures and state exams."

Li Buzhuo turned his eyelids and ignored the stinging spirit of Sanjin. He went to the study to take the Tsingshi inkstone, a flower-brush pen, and a gold foil medicine ink into the test basket. Suddenly his eyebrows jumped, he touched the rosewood test basket in the mezzanine, took out the dried fruit and said, "Who told you to put this? Carrying things outside the explicit regulations of the test room is considered fraud. I haven't told you?"

Li Buzhuo picked out half a pound of dried fruit, rubbed walnuts like iron balls and took out the meat and ate it. During the county examination, he could not eat for a day. He had to eat some food in advance, but it was not greasy, otherwise the mouth would be dry and tongue would affect the mood of answering the question.

A moment later, a large bowl of goat milk and cheese and a pound of squid cake were placed on the dining table. Li Buzhuo was 80% full. He poured half a cup of light red wine on three pounds: "Drink it, get a good start."

The cherry wine is also known as the immortal wine. It is often used in rituals. The price is not cheap, and the amount of a cup is almost sold for one silver baht.

Li Buzhuo drank it all in one go.

After changing into the white candidate uniform last month, he put on the exam basket and went out.

It was pitch black, and water tickled between the tiles. Walking out of the alley, the soap-clothed people patrolling the boardwalk and cloud bridges were wearing swords and spears, holding lanterns, and the waist sign hit the scabbard and making a rustling sound.

Among the staggered towers in the distance, there were crowds like pedestrians and ants, and the noise came faintly.

Sanjin followed behind suddenly and there was no movement. Li Buzhuo turned around and saw her staring at the cloud bridge on the east side in a daze.

Sanjin withdrew his gaze and whispered: "Those opera artists who are acting like big wooden men haven't come for a long time, why have they all left?"

"I always sell my skills in the old place. Anyone is tired of watching it, let's go."

Li Buzhuo urged him, turned around and left, Sanjin lowered his head and whispered to himself: "So much from Master Ya, so is Sister Yan."

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The county examination room faces north and south, and the Yiwei held a wooden sign "The examination room is important, and idle people are not allowed to enter". Outside the gate, every ten steps, county soldiers held firearms to block the people from approaching, and only candidates were allowed to enter.

But there are many candidates in the county exam, and the people waiting outside the gate are now covered in darkness, and there are probably no less than a thousand.

Candidates also have classes, such as children from aristocratic families or students from Yong'an County, and some people will be led to stand in a higher position and will be given priority after opening the examination room.

Outside the crowd, Li Buzhuo turned around and said to Sanjin: "Just get here and go back and wait for my news."

"I'm waiting here." Sanjin looked around, but it was the first time he saw such a scene. His forehead was covered with sweat, and a few velvety strands of hair were resting on his cheeks.

"Why are you more worried than me? There is no place to rest here. You go back and wait. After the exam, I will be hungry for a day and I can't even eat hot food." Li Buzhuo said.

Sanjin hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Didn't you leak anything?"

"You asked more than ten times." Li Buzhuo patted Sanjin's left shoulder and turned around and squeezed into the crowd.

The candidates who came to take the county exam were of varying quality. Most of them were young girls of sixteen or seventeen years old, tall, short, fat and thin. There were also many middle-aged people. Even Li Buzhuo saw a few old men with white hair and sticks. He looked like he was about to burp when he kicked his legs, and he was muttering words and carving scriptures.

The county examination room was suppressed by saints and Legal gold seals, which had a great test of the mental and physical strength of the candidates. However, after watching Li Buzhuo, many people were weak and had no energy or energy like a nerd, and obviously had not reached the inner strength level.

These people have naturally had little hope in the county test. It is said that more than a dozen people will be killed or injured every year, but the people who come to the sky gate one after another are more than a year. This cannot be simply explained in the three words "take luck". Perhaps it is like a moth to the fire, living this life is just for hope.

Li Buzhuo's eyes passed over the crowd and saw someone holding a sign "Yong'an County School" in the west and squeezing over. However, he saw a group of students in Yong'an County School surrounded a strange boy like stars. Relatively speaking, He Wenyun, who was not far away, was neglected.

The boy smiled, and the words were like a famous scholar. Li Buzhuo listened from a distance for a while and thought to himself: "The words of hooks and clamps are drawn, and the boy can be used freely in his words and clamps. It turns out that he is a descendant of the Zongheng family."

The so-called "flying clamp" is a traitor of a genius. You can lead others' noses in your words and talk, making others admire you.

Li Buzhuo glanced at Bai You and saw him and went over and asked, "Who is that?"

"Brother Li is here?" Bai You turned around and saw Li Buzhuo and sighed: "This is Fu Ying, a clan and his identity is amazing."

"Hmm?" Li Buzhuo was convinced when he saw Bai Youxin for the first time.

Bai You said: "Actually, with Brother Li's talent, although you don't say it, you must want to compete for the top spot. This is true, right? Don't say it doesn't."

Seeing that Li Buzhuo refused to deny, Bai You shook his head and said, "But brother, I'm honest, do you know why all the county schools, including Professor Shen, all this year's leader must be He Wenyun? This person is a son of the He family. Before the previous dynasty was destroyed, the ancestors of the He family had 70 Jinshi and 200 Juren. Unfortunately, the family's Taoism fell 20 years ago! Unexpectedly, He Wenyun, a genius, was born next to the Luomapo lineage in Hedong County! He read Confucian classics at the age of ten, and memorized them like a stream, and then read prophecies and divinations into Taoism. Last year, he won the discussion with three Taoist boys, and he vomited blood."

Li Buzhuo shook his eyebrows, and only Qi Refiners who passed the county examination can be called boys. In this way, He Wenyun's knowledge was far superior to that of ordinary boys two years ago.

Bai Hao sneered and said, "If his father had not been a stubborn old man who was not a stubborn man, and was still a little loyal to the previous dynasty, and suppressed He Wenyun and refused to let him take the Qi Refiner, otherwise he would have won the exam with his talent. Taking the lead in the county for him would be like taking a baby."

Li Buzhuo pondered but said nothing. He Wenyun was He Fengnan's nephew. He studied in Cangzhou when he was young. Two years ago, he became famous with Li Kunshuang. The He family moved to Youzhou with the Li family and returned to their ancestral land. Unexpectedly, when he returned to Youzhou, He Wenyun showed his sharpness.

"But when Fu Ying comes, He Wenyun is in trouble." Bai You said suddenly.

“How to say it?”

"Do you know his origin?" Bai You looked at the boy surrounded by stars and sighed.
Chapter completed!