京城

yǒu yī cì tā hé yī gè tóng xiāng de ér zi yī tóng dào jīng chéng qù cān jiā jǔ rén de kǎo shì

有一次，他和一个同乡的儿子一同到京城，去参加举人的考试。

Once he went to the capital city with the son of one of his fellow villagers to take the imperial examinations at the provincial level.