Chapter 137: The Man Who Disappeared
"Knock, knock, knock"
At that time, Chang'an City was shrouded in bells, and the melodious and far-reaching bells continued to beat the hearts of every common people at this time.
It was the time when the imperial examination began, and after hearing the bell that represented the official opening of the annual imperial examination, all the candidates were also nervous at this time.
Cangnan College, in the third examination room, the small rooms separated by wooden boards were full, Wang Lun sat cross-legged in his room, and he was also quietly waiting for the arrival of the examiner.
Opposite Wang Lun sat a slightly chubby man, that man was the man who was standing in front of Wang Lun, and after the man heard the bell, he was also nervous.
Handkerchiefs and other things have been taken away by the examiner as soon as they enter the examination room, and the man at this time can only wipe the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.
The man also raised his head after wiping his sweat at this time, and when he saw Wang Lun smiling at himself from afar, the man responded to Wang Lun with a slight grin at this time
At this time, the sound of slightly heavy footsteps sounded in the No. 3 examination room, and the four examiners also took the test papers and handed them out to each candidate one by one.
Wang Lun, who was sitting cross-legged, bent down slightly at this time, bowed to the examiner, and after receiving the test paper with both hands, Wang Lun did not rush to answer the paper.
According to the method that Fang Tang taught him, he first adjusted his mood, inhaled, and exhaled
Just like these two simple actions on weekdays, Wang Lun did it for a full five minutes.
After calming his mood back to a normal state, Wang Lun also looked at the small characters on the test paper carefully.
After having a rough idea in his heart, Wang Lun began to sharpen the ink and prepare to answer
At this time, Wang Lun's inadvertent look up made Zhang Ran feel a little strange.
The man on the other side who had a relationship with him was the same as himself at this time, and he didn't answer in a hurry
During this time, Wang Lun was trying to calm his mood, but the slightly chubby man opposite was like a thief preparing to rob at this time, and he had been observing the surrounding situation.
Wang Lun retracted his gaze after glancing at him, and felt very strange about this man, Wang Lun.
However, at this time, Wang Lun didn't think too much about this matter, because he still had more important things waiting for him.
At the same time, in the courtyard of Cangnan Academy, Zhang Ran found a random place to sit behind, and he also kept carefully looking at the manual that Seinfeld was holding in his hand just now.
Judging by the smell on Wang Lun's body that was about to dissipate, the man who took the sulfur on his body should not be far from Wang Lun.
At this time, Zhang Ran dipped a little saliva in his fingers and quickly flipped through the thick manual.
The division of the examination room of the candidates by the Ministry of Rites is random, but in order to save time, the Ministry of Rites also arranges all the candidates in an examination room together.
Wang Lun is the third examination room, so the man with sulfur on his body should be in the second, third and fourth examination rooms.
After confirming this, Zhang Ran also closed the manual.
For the difficulty of finding a strange man in the three examination rooms, this is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, although Zhang Ran has an approximate range at this time, but this range is just a conjecture of Zhang Ran.
What's more, there are more than 100 candidates in each examination room, even if Zhang Ran guesses the range, but it is still difficult to find a strange man among more than 300 people.
Although there is a smell of sulfur that can be used, judging by the smell on Wang Lun's body that is about to dissipate, that person should have a way to deal with it.
It stands to reason that Zhang Ran should now mobilize the power in the hands of his monk and Shang Nong to conduct a thorough search of the three examination rooms as soon as possible, but because of three considerations, Zhang Ran can't do it.
First, the smell of sulfur alone is not enough to convince Shang Nong
Originally, Shang Nong had a lot of doubts about himself, and if he asked Shang Nong to agree to this matter at this time, he would definitely waste a lot of time
Second, even if Shang Nong agrees with him, he will not let Zhang Ran come so nonsense. Because today is the annual imperial examination, and at the same time, this is also the imperial examination held by their Ministry of Rites.
Third, in fact, Zhang Ran doesn't have much bottom in his heart now, because from beginning to end, Fang Tang has only paid attention to sulfur, and Zhang Ran knows very little about the specific uses of sulfur.
And now only Yuan Da and Fang Tang know about black powder, but at this time, Yuan Da is far away in the household department, even if he is now in Cangnan Academy, but Zhang Ran dares to guarantee that Yuan Da will not say anything.
The other person who knew the black powder was Fang Tang, but Fang Tang was now the same invigilator as himself, although this examiner didn't need to stay in the examination room, but if Fang Tang left for too long, this might be another trouble.
Zhang Ran can't tell anyone about this now, even Shang Nong.
Now Zhang Ran has another question in his heart that he needs to make his own decision
Do you believe in yourself or believe in the sky.
To believe in yourself is to believe that you have indeed smelled the smell of sulfur, and the so-called belief in the sky is that he prayed in his heart that he would spend the day safely and that there would be no chaos.
For this question, Zhang Ran was also anxious at this time, and his heart was in turmoil, which was used to describe Zhang Ran's mood at the moment.
Looking at the quiet examination rooms in front of him, a trace of determination flashed in Zhang Ran's eyes
"Go ****** Cangtian, if Cangtian really has eyes, then why choose Yuan Manwen as my wife!"
Zhang Ran, who was scolding in his mouth, made his own decision at this time, and at this time he took his own steps towards the third examination room.
The reason why Zhang Ran chose the third examination room was because of Wang Lun. Because Wang Lun is Fang Tang's first batch of friends, maybe Fang Tang's **** luck will be on Wang Lun today.
After slightly pushing open the door of the third examination room, Zhang Ran also nodded to a man sitting in front of him.
Zhang Ran's identity is like our original inspection teacher, he can freely enter and exit every examination room.
After nodding his head, Zhang Ran also tried not to let himself make a sound, walking in the roads separated by wooden planks, Zhang Ran also hoped that his sensitive nose could play a role again at this time.
But after Zhang Ran walked through more than half of the examination room, he still found nothing, at this time Zhang Ran came to Wang Lun, to be honest, Zhang Ran now wants to ask Wang Lun, how did the smell of sulfur on his body appear, but because of the rule that the examiner cannot have a verbal dialogue with the candidate, Zhang Ran can only give up.
At this time, Wang Lun, who was concentrating on answering the question, felt that someone was looking at him, and he also raised his head at this time, and when he saw that the person who came was Zhang Ran, he also smiled.
Zhang Ran squeezed out a smile at Wang Lun. was also about to leave, but as soon as Zhang Ran's footsteps moved, Wang Lun saw the slightly chubby man opposite...... He's gone.