Students who came to participate in the imperial examination lined up outside, all wanting to get in early. First, you can familiarize yourself with the exam room in advance, make some preparations earlier, and second, take a break before the official start of the question. Don't look at this squint for a while, they originally came to the school palace in the early morning, and they were seriously deprived of sleep, if they could have enough rest before the start, it would be more beneficial to the imperial examination.

I saw someone making trouble outside the door, and it turned out that someone who had come to the exam had a dispute. Zhang Youqian, who was originally drowsy, suddenly came to his senses, he walked over and said loudly, shouting something, and he didn't look at where this was.

When I saw the person who came, it was the son of Xiao Tongzhi who was in the sea. I said who should I be, it turned out to be a young man. Xiao Dahai was a little unreasonable, but when he saw us coming, he immediately raised his toes, presumably because he had been instructed by his father, and said loudly, two adults, I came here early in the morning, this kid has to be stopped, and please be aware of it.

When the scholar heard this, he blushed and said, "It's obvious that you cut the line, why did you bite me in turn?" This person spoke with a southern accent, and he must be a talent from another province. I waited in line here early in the morning, so I didn't go to the thatched house, don't believe you ask others, is this the case?

I looked around and asked, is this true?

The rest of the people were taken in the identity of the sea, and they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Zhang Youqian said, what is the matter with me, this is a young man, and he can afford to cut the queue. Young man, you are a VIP, it is better to go over from our VIP special channel, it is still early, we have prepared some candied fruit in the ear room, why bother to see this kind of person in general.

The sea said that the head led the way. Saying that, I snorted coldly, glanced at the student a little provocatively, I went up and patted him on the shoulder, and said leave it to us.

When the three of them came to the ear room, Zhang Youqian glanced at me, I understood, and hurriedly brought some snacks and handed him a cup of tea by the way.

Young man, you see, this matter is very troublesome, your identity is expensive, why do you still queue up in person. Come, try the refreshing soup that our brother just made today, with wolfberry, ginseng, deer antler, croton, six walnuts boiled for three days and three nights, this is the designated functional drink for the Ming imperial examination.

We were wearing six-door uniforms today, and it was so dark that he didn't even recognize us. Xiao Dahai nodded, took a sip of tea and said why it was a little bitter. I'm right when I say it's a little bitter, good medicine is bitter. Then he said in a low voice, this is what Lord Xiao asked us to prepare for you personally, a cup of refreshment, brain-opening, up and down, it is difficult to think about high school.

Xiao Dahai said that there was still this function, and he pinched his nose and drank it all. I laughed secretly, you Lao Tzu gave 10,000 taels of silver, of course I want to give you some special treatment. After drinking in the sea and sitting for a while, he was introduced by Zhang Youqian to the Xuan No. 11 house. This Xuan No. 11 house is close to the thatched pit.

Candidates eat and drink Lazar are solved in the number room, this pit is prepared for the invigilator, there is a secret grid, Tongxuan No. 11 house, it is said that the Lord did his hands and feet when drawing lots, and it was arranged in this seat.

When I returned to the gate, I found that the students had only entered less than a third of the way, so I ordered another door to be opened, and we were temporarily arrested to check the entrance. Xuezheng asked me to fulfill my duties and eliminate cheating.

Cheating in the imperial examination has been practiced since ancient times, and it has been repeatedly banned, and the qualification of the show is cancelled after being caught, but the temptation of the imperial examination is too great, and there are always some people who are lucky. Over the millennia, cheating and anti-cheating techniques have become more and more sophisticated, and cheating is divided into three classes.

This first-class person is the one who buys the problem. In order to prevent the recognition of handwriting, the method of copying the name is generally adopted, and the examination is mostly based on the eight-strand system, and the disciples of the wealthy family deliberately use the title at the beginning and end of the place, and the person who marks the paper will naturally take care of it when he sees the question. This kind of is more suitable for people who already have some skills.

Second-class people, taking advantage of their connections, bribed the examiners, and when the imperial examination came, they took the opportunity to replace the examination papers. There is no pen and ink in the chest, and it is this method that is used.

The third-class people, who had no money and no power, had to pass the method of entrainment and sneak into the examination room with a cheat sheet. We check entry at the door, mainly to prevent this type of people.

Some sewed the cheat sheets into the cuffs, and some hid them in the hollow pen tubes, and it didn't take long for Zhang Youqian and I to catch three or four cases of cheating candidates. Zhang Youqian was greedy for fun when he was a child, and his family controlled the money quite tightly, and he had carried out countless investigations and counter-investigations with Zhang Million on smuggling silver tickets outside, and he didn't expect to use them here.

I am a descendant of the Holy Gate, and my ability to read words and colors is first-class. When I went to search for the candidates, my eyes were fixed on each other, and I usually secretly hid the person who was entrained, and I was a thief, and when I pointed to the place where he hid the entrainment, the expression on my face would betray him, and after checking more than 30 people, there were seven or eight people entrained.

It didn't take long for no one from our group to come up. Those candidates with weak hearts would rather wait in line for a while than pass from our side. When we were bored, we went to search the other people.

I saw a man walking squirming in a strange posture, and had just passed the inspection, so I stepped forward and said, "This brother, wait."

When the man saw this, he said, "What?"

I pointed at him and said, "You're carrying smuggling, aren't you?" Take off your pants!

The scholar twisted and said, this lord, I don't like that bite. I sneered in my heart, and was about to take off my pants when I went up, but the man dodged again and again, shouting, "What a hooligan!" This shout alarmed the academic master, and he came over and asked what was the matter.

The scholar said, this adult has to let me take off my pants, I am a dignified talent, how can I do such an insulting thing.

Mr. Xuezheng looked at me and inquired, and I said that this guy walks in a strange posture and is very likely to have a cheat sheet on his underwear. The scholar's face changed suddenly, and he said that this adult, you don't have real evidence, don't spew blood, how can you hide a cheat sheet in the crotch of your pants. I said that the crotch of my pants has been hidden in the crotch these years, and it is worth getting a little cheat sheet.

Xuezheng waved his hand, and someone stepped forward and tore off his pants, but saw that his underwear was densely covered with the Four Books and Five Classics.

I said okay, you, the words of the saint have drilled into your crotch, how do you explain this?

That Xiucai's face was like ashes, and he still said to himself, I can say that this is a coincidence, last night I urinated on the kang and accidentally got ink, and it became like this.

I smiled, you can do printing with this urinary kang technology, and you are still here to participate in the imperial examination.

Xiucai fluttered and knelt down, and said I don't dare to be a master of Xuezheng, please let me in.

Master Xuezheng smiled, of course let you in. That Xiucai's face was happy, and the scholar said again, let's go to prison. Turning around and facing everyone outside the door, students, it is not easy to be cold for ten years, don't think crookedly, as long as you don't bring the entrainment into the venue, the official can open the net!

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen people took off their pants on the spot and threw their underwear outside.

Suddenly, I saw a person entering, it was one of the four heroes of Jiangnan who I met in the school palace not long ago, the man covered in fat powder. I said it was a coincidence that we met again. The fat pink man was surprised, is it you? I smiled, I can't think of it, how about it, is there any entrainment?

The fat powder man said proudly, I am the fourth master of Jiangnan, how can I disdain to do such a thing? I saw that he was brightly dressed, and his chest and cuffs were faintly shiny.

I said, come, Childe, come to a bowl of tea!

The pink man was about to pick it up, but I pretended to miss it and spilled it on his cuff. When the cuffs touched the water, they suddenly showed their color, and the fat pink man suddenly looked panicked, turned around and ran away. I sneered in my heart, this trick of writing invisible characters with cuttlefish juice, I would have used it when I was seven years old.

At three o'clock, the sun was rising.

The three thousand candidates finally entered the venue, and when everyone was seated, the scholar began to speak, first talking about the importance of the imperial examination of the imperial court, and then emphasizing that it is not easy for students to study, and they must answer well.

Three cannons sounded, and the triennial Jiangnan Spring Festival officially began.

There are three sessions in the spring, the first is the words of the sage, the test is the eight-strand literary foundation, this year's exam question is Dean Lu, the title is "Yuntai 28 generals, Confucius 72 sages". The second is the application of officialdom, which writes judgments according to official documents. The third scene was a hot topic in the current dynasty, and Xie Shiting gave a question entitled "On the Case of Empty Seals".

When they got the exam papers, all the candidates had different faces, some had sad faces, some had clear chests, some grabbed the ground with their heads, and some cried. Of course, Chun Yu is very serious, and all the people who make noise in the examination room are politely invited out by the invigilator with a stick.

The main and deputy examiners sit in the courtyard rooms at both ends, and the invigilators who assist us are in charge of the area. After an hour, some candidates will pick up their brushes and start answering questions. I was hanging around with Zhang Youqian, and Zhang Youqian said in a low voice, it's really strange, why didn't you cheat?

I laughed and said, this is just the beginning, and we are cheating in the afternoon, when we are slack.

Zhang Youqian said that he should not relax now. If you can't catch someone, you don't have a sense of accomplishment.

At this time, I suddenly found that Huang 6 and Huang 7 seemed to be passing a note, Zhang Youqian pointed to that place, we looked over, the candidates in the two houses hurriedly bowed their heads, pretending to answer the question, Zhang Youqian coughed when he saw this, as a warning.

It didn't take long for the two to start handing notes again. I said in my heart that I can't change it after repeated teachings, and I have to arrest you all of you. Huang Liu saw the two of us walking away, and began to throw paper balls to Huang Qi again, when a gust of wind came, Huang No. 7 did not catch it, and was blown to the side by the wind.

According to the rules of the examination room, after the exam began, within three days, no one was allowed to leave the room, Huang Qi couldn't reach the paper ball, so he pretended to go to the toilet and secretly used his shoes to reach the paper ball, because the movement was too big, he was discovered by Zhang Youqian, walked over, picked up the note, and said with a smile, Why, I caught it.

Huang 6 and Huang 7 candidates are all old men who are over fifty or sixty years old, and it is estimated that they have taken the exam more than once, only to see their faces pale, and said in a low voice, Grandpa spares his life!

Zhang Youqian smiled and said, Grandpa, it's useless to call grandpa.

As he spoke, he handed me the paper ball, and was about to report to the examiner, but I saw that they were very old and it was really not easy, so I stopped them. When I opened the note, I saw a few lines written on it.

Question 1: Will you?

I won't, will you?

Neither will I.