After returning from the Wuchang Mansion, Li Hongyu went to visit and comfort the bedridden Li Renhe, and then rushed to the Gongyuan located in the southeast of the city with Zhao Xin and Liu Dongfu.

Different from the children's examination, according to the regulations of the township examination, students who take the township examination must enter the examination one day in advance.

"Miss, can my uncle pass the exam?" Standing at the door of the crowd to see them off, Xiaolan asked Qin Yue who was staring at the carriage in the distance with some concern, this is a crucial step into the official career.

"With the strength of the third son, this township test will definitely be crowned!" Qin Yue bowed her head slightly when she heard this, full of confidence in Li Hongyu's township test, in her opinion, unless Xiangyang Mansion can't pass the exam this year, only then Li Hongyu will fail the list.

Hearing this, Xiaolan's face suddenly showed a gloomy look, and she couldn't help but think of Li Hongyi who was locked up in prison, if Li Hongyi hadn't provoked the lawsuit of the Mingyue Pavilion, then she would have been able to pass the exam like Li Hongyu and glorify her ancestors.

It's a pity that Li Hongyi's bad luck will be mistaken for a murderer, Xiaolan doesn't believe that he will kill people anyway, but she is a weak woman who has nothing to do about it, the only thing she can do is to send Li Hongyi some food, so that he can live comfortably in prison.

When Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin, and Liu Dongfu arrived at the Huguang Tribute Academy, there were already some students who were taking the examination in front of the Tribute Academy, and they lined up to enter the Tribute Courtyard one by one, carrying examination baskets, and there were many heavily armed soldiers patrolling nearby.

After getting out of the car, Li Hongyu and the three of them lined up at the back of the queue of students with their respective test baskets, talking there in a low voice.

Compared with the children's exam, the examination baskets of the township test takers are obviously much heavier, and some even bring two test baskets.

This is because as long as you enter the Tribute Academy, you will have to stay in the Tribute Courtyard for the next three exams, that is, for nine days, and the Tribute Yuan will only provide candles and drinking water and food to solve by yourself.

Although there is a charcoal fire in the examination shed that can be used for heating or cooking, no one will waste time on cooking at the time of the exam, but choose to nibble on dry food.

Therefore, it is not easy to survive the township test.

As the most important examination in a province, the township examination is more stringent than the children's examination, in addition to the body search of students, the supervision of the examination basket is also more stringent.

For example, the dry food or pastries in the test basket must be cut into one inch square with a knife to avoid entrainment inside, which is why the township test should be entered in advance, and it will take a lot of time to cut those dry food with a knife.

Moreover, the punishment for cheating in the township test is much more severe than that for children, and if it is found that they are carrying prohibited items during the examination, then the soldiers in charge of the inspection will be punished, and the prohibited candidates will be removed from their lifelong fame and will not be allowed to step into the officialdom for the rest of their lives.

Not only that, the forbidden candidates were also tied to the wooden pillar in front of the Tribute Academy for two months, and the candidates who were weak in the wind and rain usually died in less than two months.

However, because the imperial examination is related to the career of the official, and stepping into the officialdom is the highest pursuit of the Ming scholars, cheating has become a lingering shadow in the imperial examination, and those who intend to cheat will be found in each township examination.

In order to be able to win the title in the township examination, those candidates who cheat can be said to do everything, and the cheating methods can be described as varied, and the level of entrainment is getting higher and higher.

The method of hiding or writing the cheat sheet on the body can no longer meet the needs of the candidates, so there are still people who use ropes to tie it and swallow it in their stomachs or stuff it into the **** or something, which is really incredible, and it can be described as sweeping the floor.

What's more, some people have used carrier pigeons to cheat, this method is not only advanced but also the most efficient way to cheat, through the carrier pigeon to bring out the question, let people answer and then bring in, than those aimless cheat sheets are countless times stronger.

Unfortunately, the cheater was unlucky, after the answer was brought by the carrier pigeon, his family was worried that he had missed the content on the back, so he wrote the words "there is still on the back" at the bottom of the front of the answer sheet, and the candidate also copied it correctly, and finally the East Window incident.

Moreover, there was the highest vigilance of cheat sheets in the examination room of the Qing Dynasty, and about 400,000 words were copied on the 15 pieces of special yellow silk with a length of 43 centimeters and a width of 42 centimeters, which was extremely rich in content, and the first yellow silk also listed a table of contents, which was very convenient to find.

In addition, in the township examination, a book of about five centimeters long, about four centimeters wide, and more than one centimeter thick was found in the "Five Classics Complete Commentary", the words on the book were like fleas, and a small grain of rice could cover eight characters.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin were confident about the exam, so they talked and laughed there in a low voice as usual, while Liu Dongfu was different, standing there with a nervous expression, recalling the article that Li Hongyu told him in his mind, and whether he could win the examination at that time depended on whether the article could be favored by the examiners.

"Brother Li, Brother Zhao!" Not long after Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin, and Liu Dongfu arrived, several more carriages arrived, and Fang Yun got down from the leading carriage and greeted Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin with a smile.

Because Fang Yun also participated in the court trial of today's Mingyue Pavilion case, he and Li Hongyu rushed to the Tribute Academy, and the candidates who were lined up behind Li Hongyu immediately gave him their seats when they saw this.

"Brother Li, Brother Zhao, are you going to cook in the number room?" After coming to Li Hongyu, Fang Yun immediately noticed that Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin were both carrying two test baskets, and there were pots and pans and other things in the test baskets, which really surprised him.

"The night is long, the day is far away, and only food can relieve the loneliness." Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, he didn't want to eat dry food for nine days in a row.

In fact, students like Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin, and Fang Yun had to wait for nine days in the township test for a long time, three days were enough, and because they were not allowed to leave the Gongyuan during the township test, they had to wait boringly in the number room most of the time.

Fang Yun couldn't help but smile a little helplessly when he heard this, and couldn't help but be a little envious of Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's open-mindedness, I'm afraid that no one in Jinke Township would dare to do this except Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin.

At the same time, this is also a symbol of strength, which means that Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin are full of confidence in this township test, otherwise the two of them would not have the leisure to think about improving their food at this time.

Based on this alone, Fang Yun knew that his concentration was slightly inferior to Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, at least his heart for fame and fortune was not as weak as the two of them.

"Dare to cheat!"

At this moment, a shout suddenly sounded in front of the gate of the Gongyuan, and a chief in charge of inspecting the chief tore the sole of a cloth shoe in his hand, took out a cheat sheet from the mezzanine of the sole, stared at a frightened and bloodless candidate in front of him, and said coldly to the soldiers on the side, "Tie him to a wooden pillar to show the public." ”

"Spare your life, spare your life!" The candidate collapsed on the ground as soon as his legs went limp, and he begged for mercy in a loud voice.

However, the soldiers on the side ignored the candidate's pleas for mercy, and rushed up to carry him away like a chicken, tied him to a wooden post in front of the gate of the Gongyuan, and gagged him with rags so as not to disturb the rest of the candidates.

There were already several candidates who wanted to cheat tied to the wooden pillar in front of the Gongyuan, and some of their pants were wet and looked like they were scared to pee, which made Li Hongyu shake his head.

After witnessing the scene in front of her, Zhao Xin's willow eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly, and she secretly felt a little nervous in her heart, she naturally wouldn't cheat, but was worried that her daughter would be exposed.

In this case, it will be very troublesome, in addition to having to eat lawsuits, the most important thing is that he can't go down with Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu has not yet stepped into the officialdom and only caused so much trouble by participating in the children's test and the township test, if she doesn't know how many turmoil she will encounter after stepping into the officialdom, she really can't rest assured.

In fact, Zhao Xin should give up participating in the township examination after taking the credit of Xiucai in the hospital examination, she has proved to Zhao Deyi that there is no need to take the exam again, but after weighing left and right, she still followed Li Hongyu to Wuchang City, after all, Li Hongyu was defiled and imprisoned in Xiangyang City, which made Zhao Xin feel palpitations, if she bluffed at that time, God knows what Li Hongyu would suffer in prison.

Therefore, Zhao Xin decided to give Li Hongyu another ride and accompany Li Hongyu to Wuchang City to participate in the township test, in order to appease Zhao Deyi, she told Zhao Deyi that she would fail in the township test.

"Sven sweeps the floor!" Fang Yun glanced at the few cheating students who were bloodless and extremely embarrassed and tied to the wooden pillar, frowned and whispered, extremely disdainful of such a thing as cheating.

Finally, in Zhao Xin's somewhat anxious waiting, it was her and Li Hongyu's turn to be searched, and when the soldiers saw the pots and pans in the examination basket, they couldn't help but look at each other in amazement, it was the first time they had seen a candidate cooking in the number room.

In addition to pots and pans, there are also noodles, dried fish, dried meat, dried vegetables and seasonings in the test basket.

A Jiupin civil official and a hundred households on duty in front of the door were quickly attracted to come, and it was the first time that they saw a candidate bring so many ingredients into the examination room, so a few people were dispatched to check the items in Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's examination baskets, except for noodles, other ingredients were cut into an inch long with a knife to prevent entrainment in the ingredients.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin took off their coats, hats and shoes as required, and the soldiers carefully checked whether there was a mezzanine inside.

At the same time, there were special people who searched Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin to see if there were any hidden things on their bodies, and the inspection process was much harsher than when they were children.

It is worth mentioning that the body search is not arbitrary, but there is a certain procedure, where you can search and where you can't search, there are customizations, and the situation is similar to the situation when you go through the airport security check, after all, the people who participate in the exam are all meritorious students, so how can you easily offend them!

The soldier who searched Zhao Xin couldn't have imagined that the student who participated in the township test in front of him would be a woman, so he naturally didn't pay attention to Zhao Xin's **** who looked fuller than ordinary men, anyway, he was not a man without big chest muscles this year.

Because they needed to check those ingredients, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin were delayed for a lot of time, which made Fang Yun, who was behind the two of them, go to the Gongyuan instead.

"Are these two people here to take the exam?"

After Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin finished checking and entered the Tribute Courtyard, the Baihu glanced at the backs of the two of them, and asked the Jiupin civil official beside him without confusion, other students are not as leisurely and elegant as the two of them to cook.

"That high point is the head of the Xiangyang Mansion Children's Test, the casino of today's Kejieyuan ranks third, and the other is the second place in the Xiangyang Mansion Children's Test, although his ranking is not high, but it is very likely to be lifted."

The Jiupin official groaned for a moment when he heard this, stared thoughtfully at the backs of Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin and said, "They are confident, first of all, they will beat others in terms of mentality, and they will definitely get a good result in this township examination." ”

"It turns out that he is Li Hongyu!" The hundred households naturally heard about the Linjiang Building, and his face couldn't help showing a look of surprise, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on Li Hongyu's back, he really didn't see that Li Hongyu, who was weak in Wenwen, dared to hurt Zhang Quan, the little marquis.