After settling down and registering, Mu Qing was bored in the room and studied hard, occasionally hearing Annu talk about the hot sale in the West Chamber, but Mu Qing didn't have time to be happy.

Maybe he was too nervous, Mu Qing couldn't even sleep well the night before the exam, and he laughed in his heart for his low psychological quality, but in the end, he still couldn't let go completely.

fell asleep, but it didn't seem to have slept for long, and was woken up by bursts of firecrackers. It was an official errand who fired the cannon, firstly to wake up the candidates, and secondly, to ask for good luck.

"Master, it's time to get up."

Mu Qing felt that his body was being shaken, and when he opened his eyes in confusion, he saw An Nu pushing him by the bed with a small face. His eyes swept out the window, and he found that it was still dark, and Mu Qing muttered, "Isn't it still early......

Annu didn't follow, and directly reached out and pulled the corner of his quilt and tore off the warm quilt: "Master, get up and prepare early, I asked Sister Qian to inquire, those students in previous years got up early to line up, there are many people for the exam, we can only get a good seat if we go early." ”

This is true, the number of candidates for the children's examination is so large that the entire state capital has to squeeze this road.

It's just the lowest level of the exam, and it's not very regular, and even the examination room is just a place to set up some tables and chairs in the government office. Because there are many people, so the general observance is the first-come, first-served rule, who arrives early to enter the examination room early, can occupy a bright and spacious examination seat, if you go late, there are only those horns, dark and damp not to mention, I heard that there was a candidate sitting near the wall before, was thrown in by the stone outside I don't know who threw in the head and broke the blood.

It sounds unbelievable, but it is a real thing, plus the rules of the imperial examination, unless the examination is completed, you are not allowed to enter and leave without permission, and when the examination is over, the candidate is already left with a breather.

Mu Qing also knew, so he sat up. The quilt on his body was ruthlessly dragged away by Annu, and the cold air poured directly into his neck, making him feel excited, but he was also a lot more sober.

After putting on his clothes, shoes and socks, Anu tied his hands and hair high, and his scalp hurt a little. Wiping his face with a towel, Mu Qing felt clear.

"What time is it?" Mu Qing asked while stuffing porridge into his mouth indiscriminately.

"It's a moment." The cakes that Annu had baked early were wrapped in cloth and stuffed into Mu Qing's bookcase.

In the past few days, Mu Qing has been studying at home, and he has not been idle, asking people about the sky. I heard that the inspection of the entrance examination is extremely strict, even if the food you bring has to be broken and crushed to see if there is any entrainment inside. If you don't have food, you can save this time, but the master has to stay in it all day, and what if you are hungry.

Annu simply baked a cake, there was no filling in it, and brought some pickles mixed with sesame oil, looked at Mu Qing and said: "The master will be wronged today, go in and find someone to ask for some water to eat, and come back in the evening to eat it." ”

Mu Qing naturally didn't mind, as long as he could fill his stomach. It was already too early, Mu Qing casually drank a few sips of porridge and went out. Anu followed him with the bookcase in his arms and strode up.

Mu Qing's place of residence was not far from the county government, so he didn't look for those coachmen who drove ox carts and carriages and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune, and trotted directly. Although the injuries on his body were good, he couldn't run fast, but fortunately, the road was not far, and he arrived when he saw it.

But when he got closer, Mu Qing was shocked.

The Guizhou Mansion is very magnificent, and the open space in front of it was originally very large, but now it is bustling with a bunch of people, all of whom are candidates wearing blue Confucian shirts, but the age difference is very different.

The big ones are old and the small ones are waiting for the exam in one place, and they are squeezing the same single-plank bridge, which is somewhat ridiculous and some sad.

Chao for Tian Shelang, twilight to the Tianzi Hall.

An exam can complete a person's life with a pen, and if you gain fame, you can be separated from all living beings, and you will soar from nothing to fame and fortune.

It's a temptation that almost no one can resist.

So there will be people who have to take exams until they die, and they will pounce on this all their lives. Everyone wants to ascend to the sky in one step, and everyone wants to become a human being, but no one can say the price in between.

Mu Qing took the bookcase that Annu was carrying, and he only felt heavy.

"Master, the pen and ink inkstones are all in it, and I wrapped the cakes and pickles in oil paper and cloth, so I am not afraid of getting dirty. Wait until you go in, you must find a bright place, sit down, don't be nervous, well, the master is so smart that he must be able to ...... a qiē shun lì"

Annu's chattering appearance on his little face amused Mu Qing, but he felt that the person in front of him was even more nervous than himself.

Stretched out his hand and rubbed Annu's hair, Annu also obediently lowered his head and asked him to rub it, Mu Qing smiled: "You have to believe your master, your master is the reincarnation of Wenquxing, and he will definitely be the first in high school." ”

It was obviously a coaxing word, but Annu listened carefully and seriously, and nodded fiercely at the end, looking like I believed it very much, but Mu Qing was speechless.

patted Annu's hand and asked him to go back and wait, Mu Qing tightened the bookcase on his body and squeezed into the crowd.

Mu Qing is only ten years old, even if his body is stronger now, but this body has suffered a lot of losses when he was a child, and he is a little shorter than his peers, and he is becoming more and more inconspicuous in these people who are one round, two rounds, and three rounds older than him. Carrying the bookcase and squeezing forward, he doesn't care if someone scolds him from time to time, anyway, we are thick-skinned and have the ability to bite me.

Hum hum squeezed to the front, and Mu Qing was also sweating. Half-squatting on the ground panting, I heard the door of the government slowly open.

Several errand officers came out carrying the table, and one of them, Mu Qing, was quite familiar, it was the errand officer Hou San who drove Mu Qing out that day.

Hou San naturally saw Mu Qing too, and Mu Mu's face immediately brightened, and the two mustaches were curled one by one, and the corners of his mouth were a little hideous.

That Hou San was also unlucky, I thought it was a good errand, who would have thought that Mu Qing would be able to turn over and hook up with the money master, so that he got a good reprimand, and was beaten a few sticks by the team leader.

The head of the team was just figuring out his intentions, and he just made a show of beating Hou San, who knew that he was hated by Hou San like this.

The head of the team pinched him, he didn't dare to hate, the money master book was high in his eyes, he couldn't hate, and now when he saw the thin and withered Mu Qing, the anger that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time immediately came out, and he could hear the sound of gritting his teeth.

"Dead boy, let you commit it to me this time." Hou San picked up the table, muttered a few words to the people around him, got up, and walked to the side of the door.

Mu Qing didn't know what Hou Sanda was paying attention to, but he felt that this errand who looked fierce that day was becoming more and more powerful now, especially when he looked at people's eyes, he seemed to be going to swallow his life alive. I said, "What do you think of me all the time?" Could it be that you have quirks?

Uncomfortable being stared at by Hou San, Mu Qing moved his steps uncomfortably, but at this time, he heard an errand stand up and say loudly: "Start checking your body and enter!" Students are not allowed to be crowded, there are those who dare to make trouble, blast out of the examination room and are not allowed to enter, if you investigate and deal with those who are entrained without permission, they will be directly beaten out with sticks, and they will be flailed for three days! ”

Zhou Chao's attitude towards exam cheaters can be described as fierce, Mu Qing looked left and right, but saw a few people who looked wrong, but he didn't say anything. This kind of thing depends on personal creation anyway, if it is found out, even if he is unlucky, if he is not found out, he is lucky, and he can't stop it.

Just thinking about it, the candidates have already lined up to enter. It was still bustling, but now it's unusually quiet. Perhaps it was the bad sticks in the hands of the officers who played a role, and the line was neatly arranged.

Mu Qing looked ahead, it was just the first time that Tong Sheng had taken the test, and he thought that the inspection was not as strict as it would be in the future, and he just searched his body, but when he saw it, it was not like that.

The first thing is to look at his appearance and listen to his voice, there is a requirement for being an official in the Zhou Dynasty, that is, it is necessary to have a good appearance, if you look crooked and cracked, even if you are talented and martial, it will not be successful.

I don't know which emperor who loves beauty set this rule, anyway, this rule, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all beautiful men, even if they are not beautiful men, most of them are good-looking, absolutely eye-catching, and the emperor will feel pleasing to the eye when he goes to the court every day.

Secondly, the clothes should be untied to see if there is any entrainment, the soles of the shoes should be scratched to see if there are any excerpts, and even the bookcases brought with them should be poured out one by one to see.

This is more perverted, the people who are inspected are all errand soldiers, most of them are five big and three coarse, and there is nothing polite to these usually delicate readers, Mu Qing clearly watched a child who was about the same age as himself being checked like this, and tears came out, and he simply cried.

Others, even if they are not bitter, their faces are by no means good-looking.

Mu Qing was a little apprehensive in his heart, and when he arrived, as soon as he put down the bookcase, he heard a voice: "Take it off." ”