After entering the Tribute Academy, the officials in charge of verifying the identity of the candidates checked the identities of the candidates one by one, and after confirming that they were correct, they asked the soldiers to take the candidates to the number room to which they belonged.

As early as the sixth day of the eighth month, the Gongyuan has already compiled the serial numbers of each room, and the candidates will be randomly assigned to the number room to avoid cheating in tandem with each other.

Li Hongyu was divided into the third district of the first district, while Zhao Xin was the second district, and the number of each district was composed of a long row of single rooms facing south, and this single room was the "number room".

In fact, each block is a closed alley with a gate at the door.

It is worth mentioning that once the test starts, the door of each alley will be locked, and the gate will not be opened even if there is a fire unless the test is over.

Depending on the size of the space, the number of single rooms in a long row of rooms in each alley varies, ranging from 100 to 50 or 60, and the food and drink of the officials and soldiers under surveillance are brought in through the doorway.

Generally speaking, the space of the room is not large, only four or five feet wide, and it is extremely simple, with only two long boards for exams and who to call, and there is a brazier for keeping the cold away and cooking.

However, because the weather was still a little hot in August, and no one was in the mood to cook in the room, few candidates asked for charcoal fire.

As the most important items in the room, the role of the two long planks can be crucial, during the exam, one plank is fixed in a higher place as a bookcase, and the other board is fixed in a lower place as a seat.

When it is time to go to bed at night, the plank that is fixed at the top will be lowered and fixed side by side with the plank at the bottom, so that it becomes the bed board.

Due to the limited width of the room, it is not too comfortable for those tall candidates to sleep with their legs curled up.

In addition, there is no door in the number room, which requires candidates to bring their own tarpaulins to hang on the walls on both sides of the number room, which is not only to shield from the wind and rain, but also to eliminate external interference.

As a general rule, the officers and soldiers in charge of patrols were only concerned with the affairs outside the room, and were indifferent to what the candidates were doing in the room, and they were not allowed to disturb them.

In addition to the number room for exams and accommodation, the most important thing is the toilet, because of the hot weather in August, it is impossible to put a toilet in the room for candidates to solve physiological problems, so the whole tribute courtyard is not stinky!

In addition, the invigilators and soldiers also needed to go to the toilet.

Therefore, there is a thatched toilet in each alley, called a "dung number", and the candidate's thatched toilet is used separately from the invigilator's toilet, and it should not be used in confusion.

It has to be said that there is another important thing in the walkway outside the number room, that is, the water tank, which is not only to extinguish the fire in the event of a fire, but also to provide water to the candidates.

Candidates could not speak when they left the room to go to the toilet or drink water, and could only use a distributed sign to indicate their needs, one side of which read "Entering Tranquility" and the other side saying "Exit Gong".

Because the candidates usually have containers such as water cups, the number of times they go out to get water is far less than the number of times they go to the latrine, and over time, "Izugong" is used to refer to the latrine, which can be described as a word game of ancient intellectuals.

After entering his room, Li Hongyu hung the tarpaulin on the walls on both sides of the outside of the room as a curtain, so that the room seemed a lot quieter.

After putting together the two long planks in the room as a bed board, Li Hongyu glanced at the empty brazier placed in the corner of the wall, lay on the bed board and closed his eyes to recuperate, if he needed charcoal, he pushed the brazier out from under the door curtain, and then his own officials put the charcoal fire into the brazier.

Li Hongyu knows very well that he doesn't know how many candidates will lose sleep because of nervousness on the upcoming night, but he will not do this, he plans to sleep beautifully and recharge his energy to meet the first exam of tomorrow's township exam.

Like Li Hongyu's thoughts, Zhao Xin is also resting in her room, and she must adjust her spirit to the best state before the exam, so that she can perform well in the exam.

Zhao Xin has already made up her mind, she wants to go to the capital with Li Hongyu, you must know that the Wuwei Hou Mansion is in the capital, which can be described as Zhang Quan's territory, if Li Hongyu arrives in the capital, he will not be swallowed by Zhang Quan and there will be no scum left.

Therefore, Zhao Xin decided to take the exam with real skills in this township examination, she believes that Li Hongyu will definitely be able to take the exam, so naturally he can't fall behind, only in the exam can he participate in the Huguang selection exam, and then have the opportunity to go to the capital.

It's just that Zhao Xin doesn't know how to explain to Zhao Deyi, after all, Zhao Deyi has always hoped that she can inherit the family business and hold up a piece of the sky in the Fuxiang business.

At this moment, Zhao Xin didn't know that Zhao Deyi had entered Wuchang City, because he was out to talk about business, so Zhao Deyi knew that the news of Li Hongyi and Li Hongyu's accident was relatively late, which made him rush over today.

Although it was someone from the Li family who had an accident, considering that Zhao Xin had taken the initiative to enter the prison in Xiangyang County to accompany Li Hongyu, how could she stand by and watch Li Hongyu get into such a big trouble this time?

As soon as Zhao Deyi entered the city, he heard that Li Hongyu was acquitted, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but then he realized another trouble.

The so-called knowing daughter is not as good as her father, since Li Hongyu has provoked Zhang Quan, a noble son, then if he goes to the capital to take the exam in the future, he may be troubled by Zhang Quan, will Zhao Xin stand by in the face of this situation?

Facing this tricky scene in front of him, Zhao Deyi couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, the so-called causal cycle, if it weren't for the marriage contract with Li Renhai back then, then Zhao Xin and Li Hongyu might not have come to this point.

At night, the backyard of the Li family.

"God bless, bless Li Gongzi with the title of the Laurel List in Jinke Township, and the people will definitely do more good deeds in the future to repay the grace of God." In the garden, Qin Yue knelt in front of the incense table with her hands folded, praying sincerely to the heavens.

Xiao Lan stood aside and silently looked at Qin Yue in prayer, with a complicated look on her face, on the one hand, she was happy that Qin Yue had found a husband who could protect her, and on the other hand, she was also worried about Li Hongyi's fate.

"Bless my cousin for being able to save the day and escape this catastrophe, the folk girl believes that he was wronged." After praying to Li Hongyu, Qin Yue thought of Li Hongyi again, and secretly prayed for Li Hongyu in her heart, she played with Li Hongyi since she was a child, and she was very clear about Li Hongyi's character and character, and she didn't believe that Li Hongyi would do such a terrible thing.

"Change your clothes and come with me!" After praying, Qin Yue got up and said to Xiao Lan, who was a little uneasy.

"Miss, where are you going so late?" Xiaolan was slightly stunned when she heard this, and couldn't help asking.

"Bright Moon Pavilion!" Qin Yue's face turned cold, and three words burst out of her mouth coldly.

"Bright Moon Pavilion?" Xiaolan's eyes showed a look of surprise, and then her eyes lit up and she realized that Qin Yue was going to Mingyue Pavilion to investigate Li Hongyi's murder case and find out the evidence that Li Hongyi was framed.

"Miss Rou'er, Miss Qin Er took her Xiaolan to change into men's clothes and left through the back door, I don't know where she went, Wang Huyuan has secretly chased after her."

Soon after, a maid hurriedly walked into Rou'er's bedroom and said to Rou'er, who was embroidering there, that the "Wang Huyuan" in her mouth naturally referred to Wang Tieniu.

"Bright Moon Pavilion!" Hearing this, Rou'er Liumei frowned slightly at first, and then guessed where Qin Yue went.

For Qin Yue, who was unfamiliar with life in Wuchang City, she had nowhere to go except Mingyue Pavilion, and the only reason to go to Mingyue Pavilion was to find evidence to overturn the case for Li Hongyi.

After a little contemplation, Rou'er changed into men's clothes and led the two nurses to Mingyue Pavilion, she didn't want Qin Yue's appearance to startle the grass and snakes, and then ruin Li Hongyu's arrangement.

In fact, after experiencing the Linjiang Tower, Rou'er knew that Qin Yue must have doubts about Li Hongyu's sudden change, so instead of keeping it like this, it was better to gradually let Qin Yue know that Li Hongyu was no longer the cowardly person she once thought he was.

This is also what Li Hongyu meant, with Li Hongyu's understanding of Qin Yue, Qin Yue will definitely not sit idly by and watch Li Hongyi, who has always cared for her, be hanged, so once Qin Yue wants to go to Mingyue Pavilion to investigate Li Hongyi's case, stop her.

In Li Hongyu's opinion, Qin Yue may have to appear by his side as his fiancée for a long time, because he feels that in this way, he will not be able to hide the unbearable facts that Qin Yue is not as she thinks for a long time, but it is better to let Qin Yue gradually discover this "secret", everyone knows it, and this result is undoubtedly the best.

Although Qin Yue has a ruthlessness that ordinary people don't have, and she is smart enough, Li Hongyu thinks that Qin Yue, who has not been tempered by the world, is not able to deal with a case like Mingyue Pavilion, you must know that the other party can set up such a bureau to frame Li Hongyi, how can it be an idle person.

If Li Hongyu didn't guess wrong, there must be the other party's internal response in the Mingyue Pavilion, if Qin Yue alarmed that internal response, then it would be difficult to find a flaw again.

Bright Moon Pavilion.

The bright moon pavilion under the night is full of red wine and green, drum music is noisy, a lively city that never sleeps, the haze of Xu Tao's killing has long disappeared, and people have fun here and live a drunken nightlife.

In a private room, Qin Yue was frowning and sitting at the wine table, waiting for the arrival of the girl she wanted, in order to see the woman who served Li Hongyi that night, she planned to spend a lot of money to spend a good night with her, and decided to open a gap from that woman's body.

With a creak, the closed door was pushed open, Qin Yue thought that the person she was waiting for was coming, and after stabilizing her mind, she looked up, and then was stunned, because the person who came in was not the woman she wanted to see but Rou'er in men's clothes, followed by Wang Tieniu.

"Second Miss." After entering the door, Wang Tieniu closed the door and guarded the door, Rou'er stepped forward and bowed to Qin Yue and said, "Second Miss, Young Master Yi's case Young Master has already made arrangements, Young Master hopes that Second Miss will wait and see what happens before the end of the township test!" ”

"What?" Qin Yue suddenly showed a stunned look on her face when she heard this, she thought that she had heard it wrong, Li Hongyu had just come out of Wuchangwei's prison, and he was facing the township test, where would he have the time and energy to take care of Li Hongyi's affairs.

What is especially important is that Li Hongyi did not make Li Hongyu suffer less before, so there is no need for Li Hongyu to spend so much energy to save Li Hongyi.

Xiaolan looked at Rou'er dumbfounded, no matter what, she couldn't imagine that the cowardly Li Hongyu would make such an arrangement.

"Second Miss, you have to believe in the young master, Young Master Yi is his own cousin, even for the sake of the old man and the old man, the young master will do his best to save him." Seeing that Qin Yue was stunned, Xiaolan opened her mouth and explained in a deep voice.

"What am I going to do now?" Qin Yue came back to her senses when she heard this, and she realized that Rou'er didn't seem to be joking, so she asked quietly.

"I'll lift the table later, and then you chase me out and coax me, and we'll leave together."

Rou'er smiled slightly when she heard this, then stepped forward and lifted the table in front of Qin Yue, spilling the dishes on it, and then pretending to be angry, she walked to the door with a puff, and Wang Tieniu, who was standing by the door, immediately opened the door when he saw this.

Qin Yue was slightly stunned at first when she heard this, but soon realized what Rou'er meant, so she got up and chased after her, and grabbed Rou'er at the door.

Immediately, a fierce quarrel broke out between the two, Rou'er seemed to have a big opinion about Qin Yue coming here to find a girl, while Qin Yue persuaded her with good words and swore that she only loved her.

Because it was two "men" who quarreled, it attracted many prostitutes and girls to watch, pointing and talking about the two.

After arguing for a while, Qin Yue seemed to have reconciled with Rou'er, took Rou'er's hand and left, and Xiaolan left five taels of silver to compensate for the loss of the wine table and chased after her.

Although Qin Yue wanted to know what Li Hongyu's plan to save Li Hongyi was, she still couldn't help but ask Qin Yue, because it was best for Li Hongyu to tell her about this matter personally.

Not long after Qin Yue and Rou'er left, in a room in the Mingyue Pavilion.

"Girl, the boy who wanted to see you is gone." A beautiful woman with a melancholy look was absentmindedly sitting by the guqin and stroking the qin, when a maid walked in and said to the beautiful woman.

"Gone?" The beautiful woman was slightly stunned when she heard this, and asked quietly, "He didn't look for another girl?" ”

"A boy just came to look for the son, and the two had a big fight and left." When the maid heard this, she told the beautiful woman what had happened before, and after a deep sigh, she said, "Miss, the later son is also a woman, and it seems that the relationship between the two is very close. ”

"Go down." A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of the beautiful woman's mouth, and she nodded to the maid quietly, and then continued to stroke the piano there, as if she did not take this matter to heart.

Obviously, the beautiful woman regards Qin Yue and Xiaolan as a couple, anyway, there has been everything in these years, and this habit of breaking sleeves not only exists among men, but also among women.