The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the moon on the night sky is big and round, the gate of Meizhou Gongyuan is crowded, very lively, the students who participated in the autumn examination came here early, waiting for the roll call to enter. After years of hard study, whether you can be added to the official and enter the knighthood and the carp jumps over the dragon gate depends on this time.

Among these students, there are old and young, the old hair and beard are gray, and the small one is smaller than Su Shi. The students' families, their servants, stood by their side, encouraged them, and supported them.

The weather in August is not so hot, the morning breeze is blowing, and it is very cool! Xu Gang, Liu Ziyi, and Wu Ling'er stood on the periphery, looking at the crowd that was overwhelmed, but they frowned.

"Why are there so many people?" Wu Ling'er pouted and stomped her feet.

"Sister Ling'er, this is a lot, if you have the opportunity, I will take you to the Jiangning Mansion Tribute Courtyard to have a look, and you will know what it means to be called a lot of people!" Liu Ziyi covered his mouth and chuckled, and continued to Wu Ling'er: "There are tens of thousands of houses in the Gongyuan there, and the number of students in the reference alone is several times more than the people in front of you. The entire Gongyuan gate is simply crowded and chaotic, and candidates often fall and get injured in the process! ”

"Knock-knock! Boom! Boom! Boom!" One long and four short snorts, telling the people around them that it was the fifth watch, but they chattered non-stop, and there were very few people who could hear it, even if Xu Gang, who was deaf and clear-sighted, could only hear a faint sound of watching!

"Thunderbolt crackling~~~~" Fortunately, the officials of the Gongyuan have their own timekeeping hourglass, no need to listen to the sound of the beating, as soon as the time comes, they will light the firecrackers, and the gate of the Gongyuan will also be opened, and from the inside to two teams of soldiers with guns and shields, standing neatly on both sides along the steps.

Immediately afterwards, several soldiers came out of it, carrying a table and holding some papers, which were placed not far from the bottom of the steps.

Subsequently, a group of officials dressed in official uniforms walked out of the door, and the middle-aged officials in the lead were about forty years old, wearing a light crimson curved collar and large-sleeved robes, wearing a head with a stretched foot, a ten-iron gold belt around his waist, and a face of Chinese characters that looked extremely resolute.

Half a step behind him, there was an official of the same age who was dressed similarly, the difference was that his robe was light green, the belt around his waist was a silver belt, and there were several officials in green clothes behind him, and the rest were some ordinary official histories.

"Brother Xu, the person wearing the scarlet official uniform is Zhao Xuan, the governor of Meizhou, and the one wearing the green official uniform behind the whole body is the general judge Huang Xiwu! The two of them are the examiners of this autumn exam. Liu Ziyi put it in Xu Gang's ear and introduced it softly.

Zhao Zhizhou walked to the bottom of the courtyard, then stopped, turned his head to look at Huang Tongju, nodded at him, and saw Huang Tongjuan take two steps forward, happy with his right hand, pressed down his palm slightly, and shouted to the many students below: "Quiet! ”

From the time the firecrackers were lit, many students had already closed their mouths and looked at the gate of the Tribute Academy, so Huang Tongju didn't take much effort, and everyone was already quiet, and they all looked up at Huang Tongjuan.

I saw Huang Tongju clear his throat, and said loudly with a serious face: "Hello fellow bachelors, today is the day of the release test in this state, and whether you can be qualified to participate in the provincial examination is up to you!" I won't say much about the gossip of the official, the students of the Jinshi Department will go to the Gongyuan, and the students whose names will be read by the official will enter in turn with the examination equipment. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Tongju's expression became stern: "People who have a piece of paper on their bodies and have written things that should not be written in their underwear can now be thrown away, and the official will not pursue it, if it is searched out after entering, then don't blame the official for being polite!" If you are beaten by the board and paraded on the street with a flail, don't blame the official! ”

After Huang Tong's sentence, there was some commotion in the crowd.

Xu Gang looked at it intently, and sure enough, some students had cheat sheets on them, and after listening to Huang Tong's words, they were so frightened that they hurriedly took them out, some of them were thrown to the ground, and some were handed over to their families.

"Xu Gang!" Soon, Xu Gang's name was sung, he hurriedly replied "arrived", nodded to Liu Ziyi and Wu Ling'er, squeezed to the bottom of the steps with the test basket, sorted out his clothes, walked to the table with the test card, waited for his identity to be verified, took the number plate, and walked to the door.

At the gate, the students who took the roll call were being searched by the soldiers, their clothes were taken off, their hair was untied, and even the bread and other food they ate were broken open for inspection.

"Please, my lord, give me another chance!" Suddenly, a middle-aged student knelt down in front of the yellow-clothed official for a year, pleading bitterly.

"The judge gave you a chance just now, and you dared to bring it in, who is to blame?" The yellow-clothed official gave him a fierce look, flicked his sleeves, and then ordered the soldiers: "Drag it down, cane fifteen, and show the public with a flail for three days." Hum! ”

Uh, it's so strict, hey! Xu Gang shook his head slightly, then stepped forward and took the initiative to cooperate with the soldier's search, although he did not have any entrainment, he also searched him for a long time.

After the search, Xu Gang put on his clothes and packed up the messy items in Kaolan before walking to the Gongyuan......

Damn, I still have to search! Xu Gang looked at the bachelor who was being searched by the soldiers again at the Yimen, and was very depressed, and suddenly there were 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping past in his heart.

Ay! I've come in, search it, I knew that I wasn't busy dressing up so neatly, and I sorted out Kaolan so well! No wonder they have to come here to line up before the third watch, and if they continue to search like this, after all the candidates have finished searching, I am afraid that the sky will be bright.

Xu Gang reluctantly cooperated with the second search, and it took a long time before the search was completed. Then, under the guidance of the officials in the examination room, I walked to the place where the exam was held.

The inside of the Gongyuan is like a closed large courtyard, the north and south ends are outside the office houses of the examiners, a large avenue passes through the middle of the Gongyuan, connecting the office buildings at both ends, and on the left and right sides of the avenue, there are many houses lined up.

Each column of the number house is more than ten zhang long, divided into dozens of small compartments, no doors and no windows, there are two wooden planks erected inside, the number house is arranged according to the "Thousand Character Text", the heaven and the earth are yellow, the universe is desolate......

Xu Gang took the number plate and walked to the first row of houses closest to the Dragon Gate, only to see the word "sky" written on the wall of the avenue, and walked to the ninth house.

After Xu Gang walked into the room, he put the pen, ink, inkstone and other objects in the test blue on the examination table, and then sat quietly in his seat, waiting for the official start of the exam.

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"Please, sir......"

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"My lord, just let me go this time......"

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"Don't dare to ...... next time"

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"Bang Bang Bang~~~"

"Ah~~~~"

Xu Gang sat in the Tianzi Building, which was relatively close to the outside, so those students who still did not give up and insisted on entrainment, after being found out, the sound of begging for mercy and the screams of being beaten on the board reached Xu Gang's ears.

Ay! No one asked about the cold window for ten years, and once he became famous, the world knew it. For the sake of an imperial examination, some people study hard and gain fame with real talent and learning; Some people have found another way, entrainment cheat sheets, finding someone to take the test and other means emerge in an endless stream, and the cheating methods are strange and varied, Xu Gang finally saw it today!