Since this state examination is based on the issuance of the liberation examination, some necessary procedures and rules are naturally necessary, so a group of students who have passed the preliminary examination of the local county government stand quietly at the door of the Longzhou Prefecture Tribute Academy, even if the sun is above their heads and the eyes of the people are black, they will not go out of the team.

"All candidates, after the search is completed, follow the guide of each examination room to sit quietly in the examination room according to the table number in your hand."

"But if you dare to disobey the arrangement, disrupt the examination room, engage in fraud and other illegal things, cancel this exam, and stay in jail for three days to set an example!"

The examiner, who was dressed in a green robe, shouted loudly at the crowded candidates.

Coming here today, there are more than 400 people, there are more people who seem to be chaotic, this head to ear, the coughing and farting team buzzing can not hear a sound, the dog is crowded in the center of the team, through the gap in the crowd only see the green-robed petty official, open his mouth and seem to say something, before he can close his ears and listen carefully, the people around him answered yes in unison.

Did he say a ball? Y'all shouting yes! I had no choice but to poke in front of me, and just replied yes with my throat: "Disturb brother, may I ask what the examiner in front of me said?" ”

The candidate who was questioned by the dog turned his head and replied excitedly: "Who knows that the grandfathers will go in for the exam by themselves!" Why do you listen to this dog official say so much! After speaking, he smiled shyly at the dog.

Dogs: ......

It's really a domineering brother, if it weren't for the bamboo basket he was carrying, with a pen and ink inkstone, the dog would really think that a good man came down the mountain to do a dojo.

"So, thank you, brother!"

"It's okay!" The candidate replied, turned around and continued to look ahead excitedly.

At this juncture, what the examiner said is definitely not useless nonsense, if you don't pay attention to the rules of the examination room and are kicked out, although it is only an assessment, but it will be a shame to spread it, so the dog looked left and right, and chose a steady old candidate and said: "Dare to ask the seniors, I don't know what the examiner said just now?" ”

As he got older, he really took it seriously, and the old examinee stroked his beard under his forehead, and said with a smile: "Don't care about the nonsense he said!" ”

This......

Well, it is estimated that the person in front of him has experienced a lot of times, and he already knows some rules, so he doesn't care about the examiner's words.

"Ahem, thank you, senior!"

The dog bowed and continued to ask the next one.

"Him! A lot of rambling! "This candidate looks like an old god.

The dog hurriedly asked, "Do you have any important regulations?" ”

When the examinee heard the dog ask, his brows furrowed and he continued: "There are a lot of ramblings, and I haven't heard a word clearly!" I don't know! ”

"I ......"

The dog sighed, glanced at the candidates who were discussing in a low voice around him, and had to put out the idea of asking.

Anyway, there is someone in front of you, and when the time comes, you can follow the person in front of you.

Syllable! A gong sounded.

The noisy crowd was completely quiet, and all the candidates craned their necks to look ahead, the dog was small, and was heavily blocked by many people in front of him, so he had to hold his ears, tilt his head sideways, and listen carefully to the position in front of him.

"The auspicious time has come, candidates, follow me to pay homage to Emperor Wenchang!"

An aged hoarse voice faintly came, and the dog heard someone around him muttering quietly, saying something "Professor of State Studies"!

"Bow down, all the sons!"

There was a loud bang, and all the candidates bowed in groups, then straightened their waists, and before everyone could make any moves, they heard a terrible voice shouting in front of them:

"The benefactor is gracious, the enemy is vengeful, there is a grudge to repay, there is a revenge to take revenge! The ghosts and gods have come to the courtyard! ”

What? Invite ghosts into the exam room? Although this exam is just a small state exam, but nakedly shouting ghosts or something? Isn't it out of place? Without waiting for the dog to figure it out, he suddenly heard the knock outside and three dull drums came from afar.

I don't know if it's a psychological reason or if there is really any special spell, the sky that was originally clear and clear, suddenly cloudy, above the cloud, there are several figures hidden sneakily, the dog looked at it, ah yes, it was actually Zhang Dalang brothers, these two guys who were frozen to death alive, with a dark face, were looking at themselves with a ghostly smile.

Frightened, the dog almost peed his pants, just when the dog turned his head to divert his gaze, there was another dark cloud outside the cloud, and there was a fierce sword-wielding warrior standing inside, as soon as the warrior appeared, he glanced at the dog, and then drew his sword and waved, carrying the dark cloud of the Zhang brothers, which was split by this sword light, and then the wind blew away the shadow, saying that it was too late and that was fast, the dog only blinked his eyes, and then the dark cloud disappeared without a trace.

This......

The dog looked around, it was still the sun like a furnace, and next to it were noisy candidates, and they didn't react at all.

Was the scene you just saw a hallucination? The dog frowned and thought about it carefully, shook his head and said in his heart, no, it did happen just now, the eyes of that big man who wanted to bite him to death are vivid, it doesn't seem to be fake, and the figure of the sword-wielding warrior is also a little familiar.

Amitabha, the dog held it around his neck, and the rosary given by the idiot whispered a Buddha name.

"You Zhang Dalang was used by others when he was alive, smuggling forbidden goods to Jinren, and now that he is dead, he is also a fool to be a ghost! Obviously, it was Liu Sanlang who killed you, you have a debtor and a master, you didn't go to them for revenge, but you came here to bully me, hmph, no wonder you were scattered by the 'righteous ghost'! Deserve! ”

The dog cursed twice, then touched the Buddha beads around his neck, lifted his mind, and continued to look at the tribute courtyard in front of him.

Ha, it's just been a while, why are there a bunch of empty people in front of you, people? Where have they gone? The dog looked around.

"Hey, hey, hey! That kid who is looking around! Look at a ghost ball, why don't you come over and let me search it! ”

The dog pointed to himself and said, "Me? ”

"Nonsense, not who else you have! Come here, don't rub around! The officer urged impatiently.

The dog hurriedly answered yes and ran away with a bamboo basket.

"You little baby, it's also a loss of your young age, otherwise we would have taken you down and put the flail on display!"

The dog smiled awkwardly, and secretly glanced at the west side of the gate of the Gongyuan, and there were more than a dozen cheating candidates with "ghost head flails" lined up, and their mouths were spitting.

"Hey, what is this?" When the search officer found a hard sign in the dog's arms, he squinted and ordered, "Take it out!" Let me see! ”

The dog hurriedly said hello, stretched out his free right hand into his arms, took it out and handed it to him, "Tooth card!" And lo and behold! ”

"Roar! It's still a little official! ”

The official took it and took a look, said a word in his mouth, and handed the sign to a young official in a green official robe next to him and said: "Lord Wang, find out an official certificate, you can see if it's true or false!" ”

The little official next to him took it, first glanced at the dog, and then looked down at the tooth card, looked very carefully at the front and back, and said: "The materials, formats, and fonts are all similar, let me look for the brochure later!" ”

With that, he turned around and walked towards the official who was sitting behind a desk next to him.

"Brother Li, please check the file to see if this person is true or not."

The official surnamed Li took the tooth tag he took and glanced at it both positively and backwards, then lowered his head and took out a book from the stack of books, looked through the pages and searched for a long time, and said: "There is such a person, the brand is real, have people read it?" Is it consistent! ”

"Look, people are as written on the brand, four feet tall, slim body, big name Zhao big dog, small name dog, born in Youchuan County, entered Luyuan Academy, and has a certificate issued by the academy"

"Well, that's it! Let it in! ”

"Yes!"

The green-robed petty official called the prince walked back slowly with the tooth card, and asked the official standing aside, "Have you finished the search?" ”

The official arched his hand and said, "The search is over, but I didn't find the entrainment!" ”

"Well, then let it go!"

As he spoke, he handed the tooth tag to the dog, and arched his hand and said, "Disturb! ”

The dog also saluted, echoing, "It's okay!" ”

The man carried the messy bamboo basket that had been tossed by the officials and walked into the gate of the tribute courtyard.

There is a wall behind the gate, with the auspicious words of "all the way to high school" and "green clouds straight up" written on the left, and the warning sentence of "fair and selfless, for the country" written on the right.

Bypassing the wall of the wall, the front suddenly opened up, the wide courtyard, divided into two halves by an eight-step wide road, at the top is a three-story wooden attic, mahogany green tiles, plus two watchtowers as high as two zhang, respectively monitoring the east and west areas.

This building, called "Zhigong Building", symbolizes that this is the most just, open and fair place for the selection of talents, it is the most central building of the entire Gongyuan, and it is also the highest building, which is the place where the examiners and deacons work during the examination, which can not only command and command the whole venue, but also the place where the examination room can be guarded, supervised and monitored.

Outside this office building, there are rows of examination rooms, also called "number houses", at this time, if you stand on the watchtower, overlooking the entire Gong Yuan, you will find that these number houses, just like the parking spaces in the super-large parking lot in later generations, are arranged in parallel one by one.

Each row of houses has about twenty or thirty steps, and is evenly divided into dozens of small compartments, no doors and no windows, the left and right two wall brick walls are between one or two feet from the ground, and the upper and lower two brick supports are built, and two wooden planks are erected on it, one is a case, one is a seat, and it is also a place to rest at night.

There is a font number written at the door of the house, and the order is arranged in accordance with the "Thousand Character Text", "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang, the Universe is Flooded...", the first column of examination rooms closest to the Dragon Gate, the wall facing the avenue is written with the word "Tian", and the first room is called "Tianzi No. 1" room.

Of course, the dog does not enter this room, even if this time the candidates of the main course and the other exams are disrupted and sit, the dog does not enter this room, not only he does not enter, but others do not enter, the reason is because the tiles on the roof of this room, I don't know what smashed out of a big hole, there is a lot of mud inside, and it has not had time to renovate yet.

The man continued to walk with the official who led the way in front of him, and walked like a maze for a long time, and finally stopped in front of the door of a room.

"Okay, little official, you will take the test in this room! Go in and pack up! ”

The dog hurriedly thanked him, and then watched the people leave, and hurriedly walked inside, took out a linen cloth from the examination basket and began to wipe the two planks, and it took a while to clean up a little neater, but on the desk, there was still a stain that was difficult to remove, and the dog took the linen cloth out to get some water.

As soon as the person came out of the examination room, he heard the sergeant on duty standing at the entrance of the Suzi Gate shouting: "Candidate Wuna, dare to walk around, someone is coming!" Grab it and escort it out of the exam room! ”