In the blink of an eye, November was coming, and the cold wind was bleak, and the breath of winter enveloped the capital. Everyone had changed into thick winter clothes, and the shops also added door curtains to resist the cold air. The entire capital seemed to become bloated.

That morning, Su Liang was so cold that he jumped up in the yard and kept sizzling heat in his hands.

"Hurry up! I'm going to freeze to death."

Fanning brushed her teeth in the room and said vaguely: "Who made you so anxious? You are going now, and the examination institute is not open. Are you still queuing outside?"

"Go early, I heard that I won't get a feces number, or I'll get to the next door of the toilet, who can still have the heart to take a look!"

Fanning put the soft branches of her teeth in a water cup, wiped the corner of her mouth with a towel, and said lazily: "You are really convinced of you because of this reason. Didn't you tell you? The provincial examination and reconciliation test are different. It's not in the examination house, but in the tent of the Northern Military Camp."

Su Liang rushed to the door and said, "When did you tell me this kind of thing?"

Fan Ning shrugged, "Then you forgot it yourself. Last time you took me to visit Ouyang Xiu, Ouyang Xiu said to you in person. I still remember it very clearly, but you forgot it!"

"Please! I was so nervous in front of Ouyang Xiu that I couldn't even say anything, my mind was blank. I didn't know what he said from beginning to end."

Su Liang found that Fan Ning's study was warm, so he simply squeezed in and said with a smile: "What else did Ouyang Xiu say at that time? Tell me about it!"

"I can't remember it clearly, as if I encourage you to be pragmatic in writing articles and not pursue fancy things."

"I am worthy of being the leader of the literary world in the Song Dynasty!"

Su Liang sighed long and said, "You can teach me innocently and approachable to small people like me. In comparison, the arrogant professors in the county school are simply a bunch of garbage!"

Fan Ning was a little speechless. Ouyang Xiu was polite to him and Su Liang because of his own reasons. Why can't this guy figure it out?

"Senior brother, I'm already done!" Li Dashou's voice came from the yard.

"I forgot him!"

Fanning sighed, "He locked himself in the house all day long, and I almost forgot that he still exists."

"Here you come!"

Fanning wore a tight sheepskin coat in his underwear, put on a scholar's uniform, tied a leather belt, and wore a gauze hat.

"let's go!"

He walked out of the room with Su Liang with his book bag, and Li Dashou also changed into a new scholar suit. Compared to when he first came to the capital, he was obviously a little haggard and looked listless. When Fan Ning came out, he couldn't help but yawn.

Seeing his eyes were dark and his spirits were depressed, Fanning couldn't help but shake his head and asked, "When did you write last night?"

"It's about two updates!"

"nonsense!"

Su Liang glared at him and said, "I got up at the fourth night and went to the toilet. Your light is still on!"

"My that one" Li Dashou couldn't speak.

Fan Ning has told him about Li Dashou for many times. He must be restrained, otherwise he will be hasty and unable to achieve it. Li Dashou has always accepted it humbly, but he will never change it. After a long time, Fan Ning is too lazy to talk about him again.

He waved his hand, "It's getting late, let's go!"

The three left their residence and took a ox cart to the examination institute to register for the imperial examination.

The examination institute can accommodate thousands of people to take the exam at the same time, which is obviously far from enough for nearly 100,000 scholars to take the exam. In the past, they were all distributed in multiple places at the same time. This year, Beidaying in Beijing was vacant, so the provincial imperial examination will be held in Beidaying next spring.

However, the registration office was still in the examination hall. The three of them rushed to the examination hall and saw that there were already a crowd of people in front of the examination hall, and at least tens of thousands of people came to register.

Seeing at least dozens of registration teams, Fan Ning said to Su Liang and Li Dashou: "The registrations of various states must be concentrated together. It is impossible to report separately. We will look for them separately. After finding them, we will concentrate here!"

The two agreed, and the three of them left separately. In just a moment, Su Liang ran back and waved to Fanning from afar, "Fanning, here! Here!"

Fan Ning hurried over and Su Liang smiled and said, "Just at the far right, with several other prefectures in Jiangnan!"

"Where is the Dashou?" Fan Ning disappeared from Li Dashou.

"I'm here!" Li Dashou came out of the crowd next to him.

"Come over here!"

The three of them arrived in front of the team at the edge. There were already hundreds of people here, and the registration points for Pingjiang Prefecture, Jiangning Prefecture, Changzhou and Xiuzhou were also here.

Registration for provincial examinations is relatively simple, because many candidates cannot arrive until after the New Year, so registration is allowed. In fact, the information of each candidate is sent to the capital by each state. As long as the candidate takes out the "Provincial Examination Recommendation Form" issued by each state, and then finds the name in the roster, he can issue a floating ticket, that is, the admission ticket.

In addition to those who passed the imperial examination this year, the scholars who participated in the imperial examination were more old juren from previous years, with very diverse ages, including teenagers like Fan Ning and Su Liang, and juren in their fifties and sixties, but most of them were around 20 or 30 years old, and there were many gray-haired juren.

Su Liang poked Fan Ning with his elbow and nodded in front, "Look at those old men, I bet you that they are referring to Juren, not here to sign up for their grandson!"

Not far ahead of them were three middle-aged men with half-white hair. Each of them was carrying a book bag. The three of them were orthogonal and head-to-ears, whispering something?

"How is it, do you dare to make a bet?" Su Liang laughed in a low voice.

Fanning curled his lips, "Whoever bets with you, they are obviously reference scholars!"

At this time, Fan Ning's eyes turned, but saw several men who looked like kids surrounded a boy and hurriedly walked over. The boy was Liu Ran, a scholar in Wujiang.

"Fan Ning, do you know him?" Su Liang whispered.

Fan Ning nodded, "I know, Liu Ran from Wujiang, is second in the boy test."

This was the second time Fan Ning saw Liu Ran in the capital. He sent Zhu Pei back to the mansion more than ten days ago and happened to see Liu Ran at the door of the Zhu Mansion. However, of course he was sitting in the carriage, and Liu Ran did not see him.

"This man is a child of the Liu family in Wujiang and is an ally of the court with the Zhu family. His father heard that he is also a real official in the court. You should be careful about this man."

Su Liang had something to say, so he could only remind Fan Ning implicitly. Fan Ning smiled, "He walked on his Yangguan Road, I walked on my single-plank bridge, we should be the well water not over the river."

"It's hard to say! Just be careful."

At this time, Liu Ran also saw Fan Ning. His eyes lit up, walked over quickly, clasped his fists and said, "I'm still wondering if I will meet my brother, but I did."

"Have Brother Liu's arms been healed?" Fan Ning asked with concern.

"It's been a long time ago. It's okay to break a little bit of skin!"

Liu Ran smiled heartily and turned his eyes to Su Liang, "This is it."

"He is Su Liang, you should know!"

Liu Ran suddenly realized, "It turns out it is Brother Su, I have long admired him! I have long admired him!"

Su Liang bowed and smiled, "I have heard of Brother Liu's name for a long time."

Liu Ran ignored Li Dashou standing behind him. He lowered his voice and smiled: "I just got a piece of news and I would like to share with my two brothers that the examiner this year is likely to be Ouyang Xiu!"

Fan Ning smiled but didn't say anything. Of course he knew that this year's examiner was Ouyang Xiu, but he still admired Liu Ran's quick news.

Su Liang was surprised, "Is the news accurate?"

Liu Ran nodded, "It will not be officially announced until December, but judging from all the signs, it should be him."

Su Liang turned around and looked at Fan Ning. Fan Ning understood what he meant and explained with a smile: "The reconciliation examination of the provincial examination is not the same. The provincial examination usually takes several sets of questions prepared by the Ministry of Rites, and then the emperor appointed the final exam, which has nothing to do with the examiner. Therefore, even if you know that Ouyang Xiu is the examiner, it actually doesn't make much sense. First of all, he doesn't know the questions. Secondly, he is a test of duplicate names, and even copy the papers. He can't help you, right?"

"Brother Fan is right, but it would be different if he was Ouyang Xiu's disciple."

Liu Ran means that Ouyang Xiu can tell if it is written by his disciple after reading the article.

Fan Ning smiled faintly, "If Ouyang Xiu didn't even have this little self-discipline, he would be the chief examiner in vain."

"My brother is right, I'm thinking too much."

Liu Ran smiled, hesitated for a moment, and then said to Fan Ning: "There is still news to tell my brother. I just saw Lu Ji. He was recommended by Xuanzhou to participate in the Boys Provincial Examination."

After saying that, he bowed to Fan Ning and went to the front to get the floating ticket. Someone had already signed up for him, so he could just go and get the floating ticket.

Looking at Liu Ran's back walking away, Su Liang whispered: "This man is very scheming!"

Fanning nodded, "It can be seen that he actually told the examiner that it seems to be generous, but in fact it is meaningless. He is very good at grasping the position. If he can't be friends with him, he must be a strong enemy!"

"Fan Ning, didn't Lu Ji lose the election as a county senator in Pingjiang Prefecture? Why did he go to Xuanzhou again?" Su Liang asked in confusion.
Chapter completed!