In the first few days of grading, the inner curtain was calm, and Shen Xi didn't have much to do except for choosing the papers for the by-election among the exam papers that he brushed down every day. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It's not like he thought before, how hard it would be to mark the papers.

This kind of hard work is actually only relative, and for a person like Shen Xi who can see ten lines at a glance and never forget it, this kind of work is very light.

But those fellow examiners, as well as Jin Gui, are not as easy as Shen Xi, they have to select the desirable volume from the dense text with no punctuation, no broken sentences, and then submit the paper to Shen Xi separately, the workload is not ordinary.

On the eighth day of the examination, that is, on the morning of August 27, all the primary elections were announced, and at the last count, a total of 430 papers were left, which was slightly less than expected.

The final 135 jugs will be selected from these more than 430 papers, and in the final selection, the opinions of Shen Xi and Jin Gui have a decisive role.

"Lord Shen, look...... According to the previous rules, if you directly get three or four red circles, you should be directly selected as a lifter, and in the final list, it is among the best. The same examiner appropriately "imparted experience" to Shen Xi.

Shen Xi graded the papers all the way, and he picked those "missing papers" that were not favored by the same examiners for supplementation, but he hadn't read the papers taken by the same examiner carefully.

Now in the final selection stage, these fellow examiners can't sit still, they want to show their status in this internal curtain marking, and show Shen Xi that their opinions can also play a decisive role, so that Shen Xi can handle it according to their proposal.

Shen Xi squinted his eyes and asked, "Is the chief examiner you waiting, or this official?" ”

"This ...... Of course, it's you, Lord Shen. "The examiners had long found out that Shen Xi was not easy to get along with, but they didn't expect that Shen Xi would continue to make trouble for them in grading.

I have taken three or four red circles, which means that this is the same opinion between us and the examiner, and you will not suffer a loss if you choose, and it can save you a lot of trouble.

You must know that among all the more than 430 examination papers, there are less than 10 papers with four red circles, and only 30 papers with three red circles. I don't know how to appreciate the hard work of my subordinates, and I don't understand the hardships of the curtain officials, who offended so many people at once, see who will be unlucky in the end!

"The final selection, this official and Jin Zhongyun have discussed, and it is divided into four rounds, using the elimination system, until all the examination papers are selected." Shen Xi explained the selection system of this year's Shuntianfu Township Examination.

Several fellow examiners looked at each other, and they had already reached the last step, and they still had to come to the "four steps" and "eight attentions", which was nothing to do for themselves.

"Lord Shen, you're not in a hurry to go home, are you? We were all away from home for many days, just waiting for the end of the reading papers, and going back to reunite with our wives and children. ”

The examiners all looked solemn, as if someone had died in the family. Shen Xi thought to himself, are you going to go out to receive bribes and gifts?

It's useless to pretend in front of me!

"Ladies and gentlemen, even if you can get out of the Tribute Academy, according to the regulations, you still can't return to your hometown, as the official of the Shuntianfu Township Test, shouldn't you do your duty to the end?"

After Shen Xi finished speaking, he didn't wait for those fellow examiners to express their opinions, and had already made a selection with Jin Gui.

The surname Hu smiled with the examiner: "Lord Shen wants to choose the best of the best, and we will naturally accompany you, or I will help Lord Shen......"

"No, this final selection ...... You're just watching. Shen Xi's tone was not good.

"Lord Shen, this is not in accordance with the rules, right? We...... But it's the same examiner. ”

Several fellow examiners have opinions, and now it is their turn to really select the juzi, but they are excluded, which means that the decision completely falls on Shen Xi and Jin Gui.

In the case of not leaking the exam questions in advance, if you want to cheat for personal gain, you can rely on the marks on the exam papers and transcriptions, and others can not be admitted, but those few "key exam papers" must be admitted.

"Lord Shen......"

"Shut up!"

Shen Xi shouted angrily, "If you shout again, you will be noisy, and you will be dragged out and beaten with twenty military sticks!" ”

In the inner curtain, the two chief examiners are the highest person in charge, and the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army are directly dispatched by Shen Xi and Jin Gui, many of these same examiners are not even officials, even if they have a little reputation in the Confucian world, Shen Xi said that he would beat them, and they didn't even have a little temper.

It is almost a natural thing for officials to beat the people in this era.

The same examiners couldn't, so they could only wait to the side, watching how Shen Xi and Jin Gui selected the papers.

After the first round of selection, there were only more than 200 copies left of all the papers.

It was said that it was four rounds, but in the first round, most of the rolls were brushed down.

By August 30, the third round was over, and there were only more than 150 exam papers left, that is, in the end, only more than a dozen people would be brushed down and missed the middle lift.

"Lord Shen, look at this volume...... Great, this is a great article that has been unanimously recommended by four of our fellow examiners. The same examiner wanted to come over and say something again, but Shen Xi looked up and glared, so he could only sit back.

In the past three days, they could only sit next to them and stare dryly, Shen Xi and Jin Gui were choosing to raise their sons, and they discussed a lot, but they didn't ask them a word of opinion.

However, Shen Xi and Jin Gui often argue about the quality of the rolls, and Jin Gui and Shen Xi do not give in to each other, and they are constantly arguing.

"Aren't they together? Is there also a conflict of interest? The examiners were puzzled, and they couldn't figure out what kind of people Shen Xi and Jin Gui were.

It was not until the afternoon of 30 August that the selection was announced, and a total of 135 examination papers were submitted, one was not too many, and one was not too many.

Among them, there were two exam papers, which only got one circle and were brushed down, but they were unanimously approved by Shen Xi and Jin Gui and included in the final list.

"Notify the outer curtain officer, open the seal overnight!" Shen Xi ordered.

"Your Excellency, don't rush it. Something...... Or is it better to make it clear, looking at the exam paper chosen by the adults, the words do not reach the meaning, how can such an article become a lift? ”

The same examiner already feels that the problem is not good.

Although the task assigned to them by the outer curtain official has been completed, and all the examination papers that have been marked are listed in the re-selection examination papers, but in the end, no one was selected by Shen Xi as a lifter, which is equivalent to saying that the papers given and received by the outer curtain officials privately were actually "wiped out" in Shen Xi and Jin Gui's marking papers.

It's going to blow up the sky!

The cheating that took so much time to complete on the side of Shuntianfu was ruined by the two stunned examiners?

"It's not up to you to decide whether the words don't make sense." Shen Xi said, "This official and Jin Zhongyun have discussed again and again, there will be no deviation, come here, notify the outer curtain official!" ”

The Imperial Forest Army didn't care about that, they came by the emperor's order, and they only listened to the chief examiner in the inner curtain, and the chief examiner asked them to notify the outer curtain officer, and they went to inform and acted according to orders.

The door to the inner curtain reopens.

Tang Ying, who got the notice, and a group of outer curtain officials came in, and were about to salute and greet them, but they found that the faces of the inner curtain officials were not good-looking, and even Shen Xi and Jin Gui, the two main examiners, had a dignified face.

"Everyone, the reading has ended, just wait for the seal to be opened, you will know who is lifted or not, in a few days, it will be the Luming feast, and then you can retire, such a good day and auspicious day, you should drink and celebrate."

Tang Ying said this, and waved his hand to the people behind him, "Come on, take the exam paper with the results, find out the original paper against the exam number, open the seal, set the name and place of origin, and prepare to make a list!" ”

Shen Xi squinted his eyes, Tang Ying, an old and cunning official, would give up cheating so easily?

Or is the cheating already complete, but he and Jin Gui haven't noticed it?

As if thinking of something, the corner of Shen Xi's mouth showed a sneer that was not easy to be noticed, and he thought, "Playing yin with me?" Hmph, we'll see. ”

At the end of the marking, Shen Xi was indeed relieved, he was busy for nearly a month, the official work was basically completed, and all that remained was to open the seal to know who the final exam paper belonged to.

At this time, even the ranking of the lifters had been set, and what Shen Xi wanted to know most was whether Xie Pi had won the lift.

Although Shen Xi has read a lot of articles written by Xie Pi, in the Bagu article, it is extremely difficult to find people simply by articles, otherwise Cheng Minzheng would not have looked away and sighed with emotion and was unlucky.

Xie Pi is the first student of Shen Xi in this world to be taught by him, of course, there is another one, but it is Wang Lingzhi who took the martial arts route.

Xie Pi was in the seventeenth year of Hongzhi Shuntianfu Township to try to solve the Yuan, even without Shen Xi's help, Xie Pi's talent is also outstanding, not to mention that now he has Shen Xi's careful teaching, although Xie Pi's article is still far from Shen Xi, but it is already outstanding among his peers.

During the marking, Shen Xi suspected that several of the exam papers might be Xie Pi's, but he couldn't really be sure.

"Xie Pi, Xie Pi, your article is so good on weekdays, according to your past strength, you are definitely in the top ten in the township test, don't let me down." Shen Xi poured the wine into his sleeve, and at the same time perfunctory with those inner and outer curtain officials, but he was fooling in his heart.

After eating the banquet, Shen Xi was covered with the smell of smoky wine, and he was supposed to open the seal the next day, but Tang Ying seemed to be in a hurry, and suggested to Shen Xi: "Lord Shen, the time to open the seal should be sooner rather than later, I have already said that I will open the seal overnight, but it has been more than an hour at night, so I might as well ...... Move? ”

Shen Xi had an idea, and there was indeed a conspiracy.

"Hmm."

Shen Xi nodded, "This official has this intention." ”

The group arrived at the place where the examination papers were opened, and at this time, on the long tables set up side by side, the one hundred and thirty-five examination papers selected by Shen Xi and Jin Gui were arranged in a certain order, and the rankings were listed from low to high. Tang Ying asked, "Lord Shen, the scroll has been found, please compare it." ”

As Tang Ying finished speaking, there was an external curtain official next to him, who put the papers found from the original exam papers on the transcription papers in turn, and then compared the exam numbers to prove that they were correct.

Jin Gui went up to take a look, and nodded when he came back, meaning that there was no problem.

Tang Ying said with a smile: "Since Jin Zhongyun has checked it, then open the ......."

"Wait."

Shen Xi suddenly raised his hand and said.

"Lord Shen, what are you doing here?" Tang Ying had a little puzzled on his face.

Shen Xi was unceremonious: "Xie Yuan, Yayuan, Sixth, Ninth ......"

Shen Xi listed more than 20 exam papers in one go, and finally made up his mind, "These papers were not selected by this official, someone has made a replacement!" ”

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PS: Second update!

The Son of Heaven has worked hard, begging for a subscription and a monthly pass, Mo Da! (To be continued.) )