At night, Mr. Songtao's small courtyard once again restored the tranquility of the past.
Under the warm light, Wen Ting and the Ninth Prince Liu Xian leaned on Mr. Song Tao's left and right hands respectively, concentrating on reading.
In three more days it will be the day of Tongsheng Examination.
Dazhou's Tong Sheng Examination is different from the previous dynasties. The previous county examination in February was cancelled, and the examination was taken twice a year. Combined the eight-legged essays, test-posted poems, scriptures, and rhymes of the county test, plus the propositions and theories of randomly selected court officials, three consecutive exams were completed in three days. , is a real test.
Because the threshold was abolished, and there was no recommendation and nomination, the students of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no matter they were born in poverty or from official families, were eligible to take the exam.
For a time, the annual government examination, with as few as a few hundred people and as many as thousands of people, has become a unique scene in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Those who pass the government examination can be called "tongsheng" and participate in the college examination hosted by the provincial education administration.
The college examination is the highest level of the children's examination, which is presided over by Xuezheng. Those admitted in the hospital examination can enter the local, prefectural, prefecture, and county schools as students. They are commonly known as "scholars". .
The number of students admitted by the hospital examination is also divided into three, six, and nine grades.
Those with the best grades are called "Gansheng", and they can receive a granary rice allowance from the public, which is called "Ganbao", also known as "Ganshansheng".
Secondly, it is called "Zengsheng", which refers to the addition of Zengguangsheng members other than designated members, so it is called Zengsheng and Zengguangsheng, and no food is provided. "Linsheng" takes the top three in each province, and "Zengsheng" takes the top ten in each province.
The third is "attached students", which add more places in addition to the number of students, which is the end of all students, so it is called attached students. Every student enters school for the first time. Students who have not yet obtained the qualifications for linsheng and enlarging are called epiphytes.
Only the "grin students" in each province are eligible to participate in the palace examination every two years.
The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the cabinet scholars of the current dynasty will propose the questions on the spot, and collectively review them after the exam, and the list will be announced to the world three days later.
Great Zhou Dynasty. The 29th year of Chengde is bound to be a year to rewrite history.
Because in this year, Wen Ting, as Mr. Song Tao's student, will take part in this year's Tongsheng Examination; and Ren Yue, after missing the palace examination the year before, will also be honored as the No. 1 scholar of the Great Zhou this year!
"Stinky boy, the exam is going to be in three days. What will you do if you fail this time?" Under the lamp, Mr. Songtao put down his book. He looked at Wen Ting seriously.
"Sir, since the student has been studying with you, he has long put his fame and fame away from the world. Reading is only for self-cultivation and self-cultivation. If he is lucky enough to gain fame, he will definitely serve the common people." Wen Ting said calmly,
"Brother Wen Ting, you work so hard on weekdays, you must be born in high school this year!" Liu Xian encouraged Wen Ting from the side.
As the son of an emperor's family, although he doesn't have to be with the children of common people's officials, he can be strict with Mr. Songtao in the examinations from childhood. As early as the moment he accepted Liu Xian as his student, he had already made an oath with the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
That is, on the day of this year's children's test, Liu Xian was also at home, under the supervision of Mr. Song Tao himself, and completed the children's test questions of that year. If he can't reach the level of linsheng, even if he is a relative of the emperor, Mr. Song Tao will not teach anymore.
Therefore, Liu Xian did not dare to relax when Wen Ting was preparing for the exam.
"Thank you, His Royal Highness Ninth Prince, for your kind words. Xiaomin will try his best." After following Mr. Song Tao and his party for a long time, Wen Ting's speech and behavior became more and more like a person.
Ren Yue? hey-hey.
"Brat, since you have such vision, I don't have to worry about this year's child test. Remember, you are my student, Yue Mingyang, who can compare with you in the world? I will take the test with you, even if you are There are many people, but the quantity cannot match the quality in the end, you just need to take it easy and perform as usual, if you think the question is too easy, don't worry about him, just answer with full marks, ashamed to the person who asked the question!" Mr. Song Tao said lightly .
"Hey, got it sir!" Wen Ting grinned happily.
On weekdays, I only know that Mr. Songtao is serious about learning, but I didn’t expect to say such cheerful words today, it’s so refreshing!
"Go ahead and fight. It must be in high school! I'll go to bed first, you two finish memorizing this book, and I'll check it tomorrow!" Mr. Songtao got up slowly, yawned heavily, and left with his hands behind his back .
Wen Ting and Liu Xian were left behind, looking at the thick volume of books in their respective hands, looking at each other in blank dismay.
I thought my husband was in a good mood today, and he showed mercy!
Never thought, today is even worse!
Xiao Anzi went back to the capital to get the medicinal bath powder for Ren Yue, but he has not returned yet.
Tonight, Ren Yue was still alone, quietly flipping through the pages of a book, got up and walked to the clean water tub that Chang Sheng had already prepared.
I wanted to undress and take a bath, but suddenly remembered something.
From behind the screen, I folded back to the desk, gently opened the drawer, and took out a stitched white book from it.
Hold it in your hand slowly, and look at it carefully.
This is not a book, but a handwritten record.
It neatly records the strange feeling of needle-like pain in my head every night in the past few days, and the weird fragments of the dream after fainting from the pain.
From the first day to yesterday, it has been three days, and today is the fourth day.
Ren Yue felt a little strange, the pain was not accompanied all the time, it never appeared for half a minute during the day, only at night, before going to bed, it would appear without warning.
At first, it was like a needle prick, but the pain became more and more serious in the past few days.
And the fragmented dream was beyond his comprehension.
Obviously the pain is fainting, but in the dream it is conscious.
I was clearly conscious in my dream, but when the night faded and the day came, everything was blown away like smoke, and I couldn't remember it at all.
Fortunately, when I came back on the first night, I thought of a way to record. I wrote down everything that night clearly in black and white.
This hand-copied volume records all kinds of bizarre things that have happened in the past few days.
Ren Yue looked carefully at the moment, forgetting that the temperature of the water inside the screen was gradually getting colder.
His deep eyes focused on the pages of the book, and his black eyelashes flickered from time to time, as if he wanted to find out the connections and secrets between the lines.
It's all night.
It's time to go to bed after taking a bath.
It's all headaches like needle pricks.
It's all that scene.
In the dream, there is Miss Wen and Sheng Yaoshan!
in jumbled sentences. It seemed that something was faintly calling Ren Yue.
He slowly carried the scroll on his body, turned around and walked into the screen.
"Huh!" The water in the screen was already warm and cool.
Ren Yue tested the water temperature with his fingers, quickly took off his clothes, and quickly dipped in the water. Quickly changed into clean new clothes.
After tidying up his clothes, he wrapped the book in his arms like a treasure, and went out gently like the wind.
Outside the courtyard, there was still boundless darkness.
Ren Yue was alone, and instantly disappeared into the darkness. The blurred silhouette in white clothes quickly moved in one direction.
That was Nangong Xue's residence.
During the day, Rou Rou guarded today's ring, went back early at night to clean up, and was about to lie down. But he saw the black iron kitchen knife tightly wrapped on the table.
Chef Liu, sister Xueer...
The images of these two people suddenly appeared in Wen Rou's mind.
By the way, there is also Ren Yue!
Last night, I heard from elder sister Xue'er that he was helped to the house.
Sister Xueer also said that there was a foreign body in his body. Will he still be...
A feeling of impatience, urging Wenrou to have no time to think, grabbed a coat casually, threw it on hastily, opened the door on tiptoe, and went straight to Nangongxue's residence.
This night, Ren Yue was not as usual. Take a bath slowly, but save time.
He wanted to rush to Nangongxue's residence before the headache struck, because Ren Yue felt that this woman was not simple.
I wanted to knock on the door and enter, but when I raised my hand, I thought it was already late at night. Fearing that his arrival would cause unnecessary misunderstanding, Ren Yue looked up at the courtyard wall, stretched his sleeves, and easily jumped over, following the memory of yesterday. Came to Nangong Xue's window.
"Papa papa." There was a rustling knock on the window.
"Crack." The wooden door was gently pushed open, and Nangongxue leaned out.
"Master Ren?"
"Miss Nangong interrupted."
"Young master, don't need to say too much, please come in quickly."
"Thank you!"
With simple words, the two entered back and forth.
It seems to have already made an appointment to wait.
Nangong Xue's room was clean, simple and rational.
Fei Cui had already been sent out by her, so she must have gone to an appointment with Duke Zhou at this moment.
"Mr. Ren is very early today."
"I need to ask Miss Nangong for help."
"Young master speaks seriously, I am a doctor, and my heart is to cure diseases and save people."
"Thank you."
Another simple conversation.
"How do you feel today, my lord?" Nangong Xue signaled Ren Yue to sit at the table, then turned around and fetched the strange silver box.
Opened it, and took out the big necklace that was still weird, but instead of wearing it around the neck, it was pinned to the ears. He lifted the round, bright and cool thing, and gently pressed it against Ren Yue's chest.
Ren Yue retreated slightly, Nangongxue raised his eyes and stopped Ren Yue from moving.
"Boom, boom." A normal heartbeat.
Nangongxue took off the two ends of the necklace on her ears, and let out a soft breath.
"Miss Nangong doesn't feel her pulse?" Ren Yue asked curiously.
"This is faster than feeling the pulse!" Nangong Xue smiled, and then stretched out her hand again, gently checking Ren Yue's eyelids.
It was a little unnatural at first, but thinking that the Nangong imperial physician's medical skills are extremely superb in the palace, and this Miss Nangong has saved her own safety many times, so Ren Yue went with her.
"Everything is normal, very good. Today we will wait and see when the young master will get sick." Nangong Xue smiled calmly, stood up, poured a glass of water, and handed it to Ren Yue.
"drink water?"
"Thank you."
"Since the young master took the initiative to come here today, he must have something to tell me. There is no one else here, but it's okay to say it, young master."