Li Yanqing originally thought that Zheng Rongtai's large package would be inspected for at least a quarter of an hour, but he didn't expect the soldier to wave him in after just a glance, and even exempted him from body search, Li Yanqing couldn't help but be a little curious about the background of this big fat man. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Next!"

Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward and presented the floating ticket, the examiner took the floating ticket and stared at him a few times, especially his hands, Li Yanqing's biggest physical feature is that his hands are long and close to his knees, which ordinary people can't do, the examiner nodded, and asked the soldier to measure his height, and then returned the floating ticket to him, "Go and check!" ”

At this time, there was an angry reprimand next to him, and everyone turned around, only to see a candidate who was found with a large number of small notes, hidden in his food, the scholar was so frightened that he trembled, and was scolded by the examiner.

Li Yanqing took off his shoes and socks, raised his hand barefoot to let the soldiers search his body, when he turned around, he saw Qin Liang at a glance, he was behind the soldier who was found just now, I saw that he was pale with fright, and seemed to have secretly thrown away something, Li Yanqing could see clearly, it was five or six small notes, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, this guy actually planned to cheat, what about Zhang Xian? Isn't it also going ....

Li Yanqing felt that he had to remind them well tonight, even if they cheated, they would definitely not be able to pass the exam, but once they were caught cheating, I was afraid that they would even be deprived of their qualifications to go to school, and it would be too late to regret it.

"Go get a card yourself, let's go inside!" After searching, the soldier pointed to a large basket in the distance.

The big basket is full of wooden cards, there are numbers on the wooden cards, from one to six hundred, candidates can take one at will, the number on it is called the volume number, which is very important, each paper should be written on the surface of the paste paper after the name, so that the examiner can put the candidate's four papers together.

Li Yanqing took a wooden card from the basket at random, it was actually No. 88, this sign was good, he checked the wooden card, and walked quickly to the Gongyuan.

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The examination room of the Gongyuan is completely different from the examination room in Tangyin County, and the examination room is composed of twenty long and gloomy alleys...... numbered, each alley has about a hundred small rooms, which can accommodate a total of two thousand candidates for the exam at the same time.

However, this time the test was eliminated from the county test, and more than half of it was screened, leaving only more than 570 candidates, and six alleys were enough.

On the right side of the Gongyuan is a group of buildings that occupy a large area, here is the examination of the papers, the examiners and the examination questions are locked here, the marking will also be carried out in the courtyard, there is a three-storey high-rise building in it, called the persuasion building, is the core of the entire Gongyuan.

At this time, on the third floor of the Persuasion Building, more than a dozen officials such as the chief examiner Ouyang Xun, the deputy chief examiner Guo Baisong, Han Hongjun, and Zhizhou Liang Xun and the general judge Jia Qian gathered together, and the opening ceremony was about to be held here.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, the examination papers can only be opened before the official examination, and must be witnessed by high-ranking officials such as Zhizhou and Tongju, and if it is found that the examination questions have been opened, the entire examination will be invalidated.

The exam questions are locked in a large iron cabinet, which was only sent by the army escort yesterday, and there are two keys, one in the hands of the chief examiner and one in the hands of the security officer, and the two keys must be used at the same time to open the big lock of the iron cabinet.

Ouyang Xun glanced at the hourglass and said, "The time has come, unlock it!" ”

He and the officer inserted the key into the lock at the same time, opened the big iron lock, and there were four small boxes of vermilion lacquer nanmu in the iron cabinet. ”

The hall was always silent, everyone looked serious, several examiners held four Nanmu boxes one by one to show everyone, the seal was complete, and the officials signed the examination book next to them in turn.

Ouyang Xun took out the first wooden box, this is the first test question of today, the other three Nanmu boxes were put back again, he and the officer re-locked the iron cabinet, the soldiers sent the iron cabinet into the secret room and locked it, and the four soldiers stood guard at the door.

The general judge Jia Qian involuntarily glanced at the secret room, the process is strict, and there is no leakage, it is almost impossible to steal the test questions, it seems that he can only find a way during the exam.

Ouyang Xun hugged his fists and thanked the officials: "Thank you for coming to the opening ceremony, from now on, the review court will officially lock the court, and we will see you all after the list is released!" ”

Everyone returned the salute with a smile: "For the selection of talents for Xiangzhou, I have worked hard for Bachelor Ouyang and the examiners!" ”

The officials went downstairs to leave, and just as the officials left, the gate of the trial hall was slammed shut, and dozens of soldiers stood guard to guard it.

Of course, this is only a strict form, there are exceptions to everything, the side door of the examination hall will be opened occasionally, for example, the invigilator will come to collect the paper every morning, in addition, the examiner is not a fairy, they also have to eat, drink and sleep, but also to change clothes and bathe, there must be someone to send them food and bedding and wash and change clothes, etc., the deputy chief examiner Guo Baisong is old and needs special care, and his family has to send him medicine from time to time.

It is precisely these exceptions that have brought many unexpected loopholes to the seemingly tight system of imperial examinations.

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Li Yanqing has already entered his room, the room is very narrow, no more than one meter wide, two meters long, there are two brick eaves on the walls on both sides, two wooden planks are placed on the brick eaves, one is a stool, the other is a table, when sleeping, put down the high plank, it forms a bed, from now on, they will spend seven days and three nights in this room.

The state examination of the imperial examination is much stricter than the previous county examination, and all kinds of rules and regulations are iron laws, and there is absolutely no room for accommodation.

The first thing to do when entering the room is to check the stationery, there is a small basket hanging on the wall of each room, which is a pen and ink inkstone, a candle, a pair of flintstones, a gourd of water, a small bottle of paste, as for the water to drink, there will be soldiers to bring tea during the noon break.

Generally speaking, there is a fixed invigilator and two sergeants in charge of an alley, each of whom has their own duties, and the examiner will not take you to the latrine, and the soldier will not collect your papers.

Once the scholars entered the number room, no one cared about them anymore, and everything was free in the test number, whether it was sleeping or eating, as long as it did not affect others, they listened to it.

At this time, the painful groans of the big fat man came from next door, "The room is too narrow, suffocate me!" ”

Li Yanqing felt a little sympathetic in his heart, he had to take the exam for seven days and three nights, how could this Zheng fat man survive?

It's still early, the sky outside the house is still pitch black, a few lanterns are lit in the alley, and a little light is faintly penetrating into the room, Li Yanqing took the inkstone, only to see that the inkstone was polished to be extremely smooth, and the inkstone pond was covered with old dirt, just like the Loess Plateau where the soil has been eroded for thousands of years, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, and I don't know how many years it has been used.

He poured a little water into the inkstone and began to slowly grind the ink, so that his heart was calm, and he wanted to adjust himself to the best state.

At this time, there was a muffled thunder in the distance, which made Li Yanqing startled, is it going to rain? Rain is a taboo in the imperial examination, there is no curtain in the number room, wind and rain, it is easy to wet the rolls, no! It was sunset last night, and it should be sunny for the next few days, so how could it rain?

He listened carefully, only to hear the thunder non-stop, but did not see the lightning, Li Yanqing's ears were close to the wall, and he couldn't help laughing, not thunder, but the snoring of Zheng Fatzi next door, but it was not like rolling thunder, this kid actually fell asleep, Li Yanqing also admired, many people were so nervous that they couldn't sleep all night, he was able to fall asleep in the examination room.

Zheng Fatman's snoring was too loud, and finally attracted the examiner who was inspecting, and the wooden stick stabbed him twice in the face, and Zheng Fatzi finally woke up, and asked with a look of ignorance: "Eh! Be.... Is it time to eat? ”

Li Yanqing almost burst out laughing next door, he bit his lip tightly, for fear of laughing, the examiner couldn't cry or laugh, and reprimanded: "The exam will start soon, don't sleep anymore!" ”

Zheng Fatzi woke up at this time, and hurriedly covered his face with a basket, looking shy, the examiner didn't bother to pay attention to him, and glared at Li Yanqing again, "Don't look around!" ”

The examiner walked quickly, and Zheng Fatzi lowered his voice and said: "Brother Li Xian, I will invite you to eat Zheng Fulou's roast suckling pig and fragrant fire elbows, so I will trouble you to take care of this exam." ”

Li Yanqing didn't know what he meant by this, so he vaguely agreed, thinking secretly in his heart, "No, this kid wants to help him cheat!" ’

As the eastern sky turned white, the morning light shrouded the examination room, and at this time, the first knock of the cloud board came from the persuasion school building in the distance, and the time for the imperial examination finally came.

Today's examination combines the "Analects" and "Mencius", including three formal answer sheets, three drafts, and a piece of pasted paper, a total of seven sheets of paper, and no paper can be missing when handing in the paper, otherwise this exam will be directly judged to be unqualified.

There was such a joke in the last exam, a candidate had diarrhea, grabbed a piece of straw paper and ran to the toilet in a hurry, only to find that a piece of paper was missing when handing in the paper, the candidate begged again and again, willing to go to the toilet to fish out the paper, but was ordered by the angry examiner to beat the stick, the imperial examination directly soaked in the soup, the candidate may not be stinky, but what about the examiner?

At this time, the two soldiers set off from both ends at the same time with the exam cards, and passed by the doors of each room in turn, and only at this time Qin Liang would feel a trace of comfort, he was the first soldier to see the test questions, and the rest of the time he would spend the rest of the time in silence in the stench.

A total of ten questions are examined, three questions are shown each time, and all the test questions will be presented within half an hour, if you don't see the questions clearly, you can also ring the bell to ask the examiner to re-show the questions, but this situation is best not to happen, it will leave a bad impression on the examiner, the examiner thinks that you are not attentive to the question, and you will be expelled from the field on suspicion of cheating if there is a slight disturbance in the future.

When the sign passed in front of Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing hurriedly copied down the test questions, at this time, he lit the candle, and under the flickering candlelight, I saw that the first question was: 'Zi said, the gentleman is also in the world, there is no suitability, there is no Mo, and righteousness is compared. ’