He is really afraid, what is not as delicious as dumplings, what is not as fun as what, it is all a joke used by the world to ridicule, not to mention that the inherent moral and ethical concepts of human beings have formed a solid taboo, that is, for ordinary people, they will not have any sexual interest in the eldest sister-in-law who is as old as a mother, at least this mentality.

"It's still like this, what's going on?" Xiao Nier asked worriedly.

"The eldest brother and sister-in-law are in a hurry to have children, let me diagnose their pulse and prescribe prescriptions." Besides.

"Isn't this a piece of cake for you, why are you so tired?" Shawnier was confused.

"This is not tired, forget it, don't ask." Besides, wave your hand.

Xiao Nier looked at the irritable expression, and couldn't help but ask, but there were still seven or eight question marks in her heart, full of doubts.

Besides, I don't blame the marquise, under the allure of the marquisate, people can do anything, let alone such a small thing. In the imperial era, if a family did not have children, there were only two ways to solve it, one was to borrow seeds from people in the family with the same blood, or to secretly borrow seeds from outsiders without everyone, and the other was to pass on.

The ninth day of August finally arrived, and this was the first of the township test.

The Ming Dynasty Township Examination is scheduled to start on the ninth day of August, and there are three exams in total, which are taken every three days, that is, the ninth, twelfth, and fifteenth days of the first month.

On the day of the exam, the city of Nanjing was boiling, and the crowd of thousands of people was not enough, and the crowds on the street were crowded, shoulder to shoulder, sweating like rain.

Chen Yixue, the chief examiner of the Ministry of Rites, led all the officials of Nanjing City to get up early in the morning, first went to the holy temple to worship the tablet of the holy master Confucius, and then bowed in the direction of the capital to thank Tian's grace. This fixed ceremony is very grand.

Then the mighty driving procession drove to the examination institute, and many people in Nanjing City ran with the driving team, adults and children were beaming, as if someone in the family had already been on the gold list. The township test is the biggest festival in the city, which is far more lively than the Spring Festival and can affect the hearts of thousands of people.

There were no students in the team this time, and they were all waiting nervously outside the examination hall now, ready to end.

A few days ago, the chief examiner led the supervisors, the officials of each room, and the imperial historians of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate to go in to inspect the examination institute, mainly to check whether there are loopholes inside, whether it is possible for outsiders to stuff the answer sheet or something, and whether the fire prevention and other facilities are in place. Questions like this must be checked one by one, and after all are in order, the door of the examination institute will be closed by the imperial history, and no one will be allowed to enter it, and the chief examiner is no exception.

The imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty has accumulated a hundred years of experience, all kinds of preparations are very complete, and the system is strict and perfect.

Later generations often criticized the imperial examinations of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but in fact, the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty was the strictest and most perfect, and all regulations could be implemented in place, with almost no loopholes. In the event of malfeasance, the punishment will be extremely severe.

If the Ming Dynasty could be as strict, serious, complete, and perfect as the imperial examination, the state (the time that the dynasty should theoretically be maintained) could last for at least another two hundred years. The imperial examination system was the only way to ensure the upward movement of poor students in the imperial era, which is similar to the college entrance examination in later generations, except that the imperial examination is more difficult than the college entrance examination, and of course the future is more brilliant and ambitious.

Besides, they also rushed to send Wen Bin into the examination room, and Tang Bohu, Wen Zhengming, Shen Zhou and others were also present to cheer him on. Those friends in Suzhou who were originally good with Wenbin rushed from Suzhou a few days in advance, but they were already a little stranger to these people.

"Come on, Wenbin."

"Wenbin, you will definitely win the battle this time, we believe in you."

"Wenbin, you are one of the four great talents of our Wuzhong, and you are by no means weaker than others."

These friends from Suzhou all said words of encouragement.

Besides, Tang Bohu and these people didn't say these incentives and auspicious nonsense, didn't this add pressure to Wen Bin's heart? People are there to support the best, don't say anything.

Suddenly, a shout broke out in the crowd of students, and everyone looked into the distance, it turned out that the car driving team led by the chief examiner had arrived, and there were already officials and people standing in front of the gate of the examination institute, waiting for the chief examiner and the imperial history to check the seal first, confirm that the seal was not damaged, and then open the door, and the students could enter the official examination inside.

All candidates carried a large basket containing the four treasures of the study, some food, tea and teacups, etc.

Each round of the township exam is a whole day, and of course you don't want to come out after you go in, and you won't be released until the exam is over. The gate will be closed as soon as the candidate has entered, and there are only a few situations in which the gate can be opened urgently.

The first is that there is a holy decree, of course, the door must be opened to receive the decree, the second is that there are people inside who are seriously ill and dying, and must be immediately carried out for medical treatment, this situation is also recorded, there are already good doctors with all kinds of first-aid drugs that may be used, and the general small problems will be treated inside, and then there is a fire in the examination hall, and the candidates must be evacuated immediately.

With the exception of these several cases, no one has the right to open the door, including all officials here.

Wen Bin was carrying a big basket, describing it as a strange appearance, and everyone couldn't help but laugh when they looked at it.

Only in the examination room of the imperial examination, you really do not discriminate equally, whether you are the son of a wealthy man like Wen Bin, or the son of a scholar of Shangshu, or a student from a small family or a poor family, you will receive the same treatment when you enter the examination room, and no one can enjoy special care.

"Do you have enough stuff? You also have to bring a few kinds of medicines. Besides, he came over and asked.

"It's all ready." Wenbin showed him a few medicine tablets, which is a special style of medicine, which is generally used for emergency relief, such as heat prevention, diarrhea, pain relief and other simple effects, all of which are ordinary backup medicines.

The food also brought a few things, such as sauce duck, roast chicken, baked cakes and other cooked foods, although there is also a charcoal stove in it, which can cook tea and heat rice, but the simpler the better, after all, the energy must be used on the answer sheet, and the food is just to maintain normal physical strength.

"Remember one thing, don't be nervous, nervousness will make mistakes, be sure to pay attention to those taboos, don't break the rules and be directly deposed." Tang Bohu came over and instructed.

There are various rules in the exam, some candidates are too nervous, and sometimes they will make all kinds of unbelievable mistakes, such as forgetting to write their names after answering the paper, forgetting some words that must be avoided, there are many of them, and the brain is very clear before entering the venue, but when you are nervous when you enter it, sometimes you will forget one or two things, and then the results of this exam will be invalid.

Wen Bin nodded, he was a little nervous now, it was impossible to say that he was not nervous when he entered the examination room, the first time he entered the examination room, some people described it as entering the slaughterhouse, but it was actually similar.

Besides, he suddenly felt a gaze fall on him, and when he turned his head to look, he saw an old man with gray hair staring at him.

"It's the Grand Master." Tang Bohu said in his ear.

Moreover, he recognized it, not by his appearance, but by the position in which he stood and in his official uniform. He stood with his feet together and bowed slightly to Chen Yixue.

Chen Yixue just nodded, and then came to the gate with the imperial history of the Imperial Court and the six departments of Nanjing, and the three of them checked the seal and confirmed that it was correct, Chen Yixue tore open the seal, and immediately a few soldiers came over to open the gate.

In order to ensure that the township examination was foolproof, many troops were mobilized around on this day, one is to patrol and guard, and the other is to prevent people from making trouble and storming the examination room.

Ying Tianfu and the counties under its jurisdiction were basically all mobilized to the city of Nanjing, and most of them are now in the vicinity of the examination institute, undertaking official duties such as maintaining order and patrolling and guarding.

After the gate was opened, the candidates rushed in and underwent the strictest body search in front of the gate to prevent anyone from bringing a cheat sheet in, in the words of the time, not called a cheat sheet, but an entrainment.

Searches are clean and thorough, and they must be searched with the same rigor regardless of whether they are high or low.

Besides, I felt a sense of sadness after reading it, among these people in the future, there will definitely be high-ranking officials such as the Six Scholars and Cabinet Scholars, but today they are here to endure this kind of treatment that is almost humiliating.

Of course, this is his blind imagination, none of the students think this is humiliation, and those adults next to him also came over like this in their early years, and it is not surprising that everyone has to go through this experience.

After a long while, nearly 10,000 students entered the examination room one after another, and the gate was closed again, and the front of the gate was full of soldiers and guards, all of whom looked around with stern expressions.

"Let's go, it's night when you come out again." Tang Bohu smiled and took the lead.

Besides, he was just about to leave, but he saw a person walking towards him, hurriedly stopped, and then bowed and saluted: "Old master, your old man is here too?" ”

The person who came was the old master of Nanjing's Guozi priest wine Meng Fanmeng.

"Of course the old man has to come, this time there are many students from our Guozijian who have entered the venue." Meng Fan looked at him with a smile.

Besides, he sighed a few times, and his expression was very humble.

"When are you going to enter the South Prison, don't let me accept you as a student for nothing, and occupy a place." Meng Sanskrit asked reproachfully.

"After the disciple got married, he entered the Nanjian to study, and asked the old master to teach more." Besides, he replied hurriedly.

"Well, you are not allowed to cause trouble for me when you enter the South Prison."

"Old Master, does the disciple seem to be the kind of person who causes trouble?" Besides, he laughed,

"I thought you weren't, but now I'm not so sure. A few days ago, you took the army to Fengyang and made trouble for a while, is there such a thing? ”

"This ...... Your old man knows how. "And I was a little surprised.

Although this incident caused a lot of uproar, the outside world only knew that the people from Zhongshan Wangfu went to Fengyang City, and few people knew that he led the team, let alone that he led two hundred elite horsemen to gallop four hundred miles to save the United States.

"The disciples under my name are about to become generals galloping across the field, how could I not know." Meng Fan sneered.

"Old Master, there's a reason for that." And explained.

"I know there is a reason, if there is no good reason, can you still enter our southern prison?" After Master Meng finished speaking, he turned around and got into a carriage and left.

Besides, I touched my head, I didn't look at the imperial calendar when I went out today, so it may not be suitable to travel.