At the end of half an hour before the first session, the drum on the school building sounded, which is a drum to remind the candidates, and the exam is still half an hour away, and the paper can be handed in at this time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Yanqing had already copied all the test questions, checked them twice, and made sure that one word was good, at this time, he wrote down his place of origin, name and test number above the main paper, rolled up the name again, took the paste from the basket, pasted the edges with paste paper, waited for the paper to dry, and finally wrote the volume number, No. 88, on the paste paper.

It was already dark, and it was impossible to write without candles, and some of the candidates ran out of candles in the morning, when they could no longer do it, and they kept hearing desperate cries from some candidates.

However, the invigilator refused to replenish the candles, but sternly warned the shouting candidates, several candidates were recorded, which will seriously affect their imperial examinations, and there are generally two bad records, and the first round of primary selection will be brushed off.

At this time, the bell began to ring one after another, and some candidates handed in the papers, but many candidates had not finished it, and they were extremely flustered and desperately rushed to the questions.

Li Yanqing suddenly heard the examinee on the right, 'Ah! He screamed, his voice was full of horror and despair, needless to say, this gentleman must have found that he had made a mistake in his busyness, but the fat man Zheng on the left was silent, obviously confident.

Most of the candidates did not make a draft, directly on the main paper to answer the question, so that the revision is inevitable, once there is a revision, good luck is only deducted from the surface of the paper and calligraphy points, bad luck is directly judged as unqualified.

Although failing one subject does not affect the next three examinations, considering that only fifteen people were admitted in the end, failing one subject is equivalent to a failure in the entire imperial examination in advance.

Li Yanqing looked at the paste note, it was almost dry, so he blew out the last half of the candle, packed up the basket, and put the items that needed to be replaced and added on the table, and the examiner would come over to replace them one by one at night.

Li Yanqing pulled the rope at the door, the bell rang at the door, and after a while, the examiner appeared in front of him, Li Yanqing pushed the neat paper forward, the examiner counted the papers, and then took away the three main rolls, and said expressionlessly: "You can go!" ”

Li Yanqing left the room where he had been sitting for a day, he only felt that his legs were a little numb, but his heart was extremely relaxed, no matter what, the first exam was finally over.

When he walked out of the gate of the Gongyuan, he couldn't help but stretch his body for a long time, and took a deep breath, the air at night was fresh and cold, which made his somewhat drowsy mind suddenly become clear.

"Brother Li Xian!"

Someone called him from behind, and as soon as Li Yanqing turned around, he saw Zhou Chun walking out quickly, his face looked very relaxed, it seemed that he had done a good job.

"How's it going?" Zhou Chun stepped forward and asked with a smile.

"It's okay, what about Brother Zhou?"

"I was lucky to finish it, but I didn't write a draft of the last question, I wrote it directly on the main paper, and there was a small revision, so I don't know if it will have an impact."

"One modification shouldn't be a big problem!"

Suddenly, a candidate who had just walked out of the gate screamed, turned around and ran towards the Gongyuan, only to hear him shouting in horror: "I'm going to die, I forgot to write my name!" ”

Several of his companions dragged him to death, didn't he seek death at this time?

The examinee sat on the ground and cried loudly, and everyone cast a not very sympathetic look at him, and he actually forgot to write his name, such a low-level mistake did not deserve sympathy.

At this time, Li Yanqing remembered something, so he asked Zhou Chundao: "I want to ask Brother Zhou about someone." ”

Zhou Chun is a well-known pass in the imperial examination, and there are few things he doesn't know about what happened in the imperial examination, so Li Yanqing asked: "There is a big fat man, surnamed Zheng, does Brother Zhou know what his background is?" ”

Zhou Chun groaned slightly: "Could it be Zheng Rongtai, who is holding a big burden and is extremely obese." ”

"It's this person, does Brother Zhou know?"

Zhou Chun lowered his voice and said to Li Yanqing: "This person is the brother-in-law of His Royal Highness the Prince, and his sister is the Prince's Concubine Zheng. ”

Li Yanqing suddenly realized that he was a relative of the emperor, no wonder.

"What's going on?"

"It's nothing, this person actually fell asleep in the exam room."

"Huh! Even if he didn't answer a word, he would have no problem lifting in the middle. ”

At this time, several of Zhou Chun's friends also came out, and Zhou Chun asked with a smile, "Do you want to go to dinner with us?" ”

Li Yanqing pointed to the door, "I'll wait for my companions." ”

"Oh well! Let's go first, don't forget to prepare more food and thick clothes, the next one will be three days and two nights, and the night will be very cold. ”

"I know, thank you Brother Zhou for reminding me."

Zhou Chun and a few friends left first, and after a while, Zhang Xian helped Qin Liang out, only to see that Qin Liang was extremely weak, and he couldn't stand anymore.

Li Yanqing was startled, and hurriedly ran forward to support him, a strong stench emanated from Qin Liang's body, so smoked that Li Yanqing almost vomited, and the people around him pinched their noses and walked around Qin Liang.

"What's wrong with him?" Li Yanqing held back his nausea and asked.

Zhang Xian shook his head and said in a low voice: "He only did five questions, and this subject is finished." ”

Qin Liang suddenly cried loudly, "It's so stinky, I really can't stand it!" ”

At this time, someone from behind shouted: "Brother Li! ”

Li Yanqing turned around, but it was the big fat man Zheng Rongtai, I saw that his face was full of spring breeze, and he was waving to himself, Li Yanqing really wanted to know this brother-in-law of Song Qinzong in the future, so he said to Zhang Xian: "You help Brother Qin go back to the inn, and I will come back later." ”

Zhang Xian still had a request from Li Yanqing for the criminal law exam, so he agreed, and helped the smelly Qin Liang to go back to the inn first.

"Brother Li, I did very well in the exam today!" Zheng Rongtai smiled and narrowed his mung bean eyes.

Li Yanqing secretly scolded in his heart, the entire examination room helped you cheat, of course you did well in the exam, but Li Yanqing pretended not to find anything, and happily hugged his fists and said: "Then congratulations to Brother Zheng!" ”

Zheng Rongtai smiled with a smile on his face, pulled Li Yanqing and said, "Okay, I'll invite you to drink wine and eat meat in the evening, let's go to Zhengfu Restaurant!" ”

"Then Yanqing will be disrespectful."

.......

Zheng Fu Restaurant is not far from the Gongyuan, walk two miles to arrive, it is the restaurant opened by the Zheng family, it is one of the two restaurants in Anyang County that can make private wine, and the other is the Ye Baijiu with the background of the government.

Although the business of Zhengfu Restaurant is booming and the seats are full, the small owner comes to drink, no matter how big the difficulties have to be overcome, the shopkeeper of the restaurant found a good seat for the two of them by the window on the second floor.

"I wonder what the little official wants to eat?" The shopkeeper asked with a smile on his face.

"It's still the same as before, the food is the same, and the wine is the same."

"Great! The little proprietor will sit down, and the food and wine will arrive immediately. ”

Zheng Rongtai sat on a large and soft chair, his eyes narrowed in comfort, "It's better to sit here!" The room in the examination room was even more painful than going to jail. ”

Li Yanqing took a sip of hot tea and asked, "Is it the first time for Brother Zheng to participate in the test this year?" ”

"Yes! Actually, I did well in the capital, but my father was anxious to make me an official, and he insisted on letting me come back to participate in this imperial examination, I didn't want to take the exam at all, I knew the pain of sitting in the number room. ”

"But even if you are admitted to the exam, you can't be an official!"

Zheng Rongtai looked at both sides, lowered his voice and said: "I'll tell you the truth, don't spread the word brother, in fact, I'm not an official, the main thing is that I failed in the Beijing exam this year, and I can't be promoted to the inner house, so my father thought of this roundabout way, let me come back to take the exam, and you can directly enter the Taixue inner house if you raise people in the exam." ”

"Didn't you say that Xie Yuan, who was the first in the exam, could be directly promoted to the inner house? In the exam, I heard that I can only study in the outer house. Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

"You're talking about ordinary candidates, I'm a student myself, and you're different, this year's Taixue reform, because the solution to the test is changed by the imperial court, the gold content of lifting people is high, and Taixue has new rules, as long as the students from the outer house are admitted to the lifting people, it is equivalent to passing the annual examination of the outer house, and they can be promoted to inner students, so this year so many students run back to participate in the exam, this is the reason."

Li Yanqing suddenly realized, no wonder so many students suddenly poured out this year.

Zheng Rongtai sighed again and said: "My father wants me to pass the exam, he said that this is a great honor, he can glorify his ancestors, but I don't want to pass the exam at all, I will be satisfied if I can pass the exam." ”

Li Yanqing smiled, this Zheng fat man is self-aware, the goal of cheating in the exam is not big, and he can barely get by, but if he cheats in the exam, he will be in the spotlight, once the East Window incident happens, the Son of Heaven will lose the car for the prince to protect the handsome, and the entire Xiangzhou officialdom will be unlucky.

At this time, the shopkeeper came with two bartenders with two iron pots and wine dishes, and in the two iron pots were a whole roasted suckling pig, as well as five roasted pork knuckles, which were Zheng Fulou's two signature dishes, and as soon as the lid was opened, the meat was fragrant.

Zheng Fat Man stared at the fragrant meat, he was hungry for a day, his eyes were green, he picked up a pork knuckle and chewed it, his mouth was full of meat and said vaguely: "Eat it while it's hot, you're welcome!" ”

Li Yanqing was also really hungry, and he was not polite, so he cut off a piece of roast suckling pig with a knife and ate it.