Just after the third watch, Wujin was woken up by Jing Niang, he opened his eyes in a daze and asked, "The time has come?" ”

Jing Niang nodded, "It's already three shifts." ”

Wu Jin sat up, today is the second day of the ninth month, it is the first day of the imperial examination, and today all the embroidered clothes guards and plum blossom guards will be on duty to participate in maintaining the order of the imperial examination.

It stands to reason that Wujin should have gone to the barracks to stay last night, but last night was the first day of the ninth month, which was a special day, so he did not go to the barracks, but rushed there early in the morning.

Jing Niang got up before the third watch, lit the lamp, hot water and breakfast were ready, she waited for Wujin to get up, and busily combed his hair.

"Jing Niang, are you going to teach her to learn pipa today?" Wu Jin asked with a smile.

"Hmm!"

Jing Niang smiled and nodded, and while combing his hair, she whispered: "Today is the fourth day, Miss is really smart, very talented, she can already play simple tunes yesterday, and she plays the piano very well, no worse than me." ”

"These instruments are all interconnected, and she has been playing the piano since elementary school, and she naturally has a foundation in learning pipa."

After a pause, Wu Jin asked again: "Then what do you think of her?" ”

"I think she's nice, smart, and kind-hearted, and I'm very happy with her."

Jing Niang's eyes flashed with joy, she had been with Su Han for three days, and had gradually begun to understand her, she felt Su Han's tolerance and kindness, which made her feel extremely gratified, which meant that she would not be deceived by her mother in the future, for a concubine, this is the most important, even more than her husband's attitude towards her.

"I don't know yet! Someone is competing with me for her, and the strength of the other party is also very strong, not only the son of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, but also the support of Uncle Shen Guo, and the vicious battle has not yet begun. ”

Jing Niang was shocked, she hurriedly said: "Childe, you can't let that surnamed Guan succeed, Miss is very disgusted with him, if Miss marries him, this life will be over." ”

"You know?" Wu Jin asked with some surprise.

Jing Niang nodded, "Miss told me that she hated the surnamed Guan in Weiyang County, she said you know, and she had a misunderstanding with you for him." ”

Wu Jin smiled, "It seems that she is really good to you, these things have been told to you, you tell her today, let her rest assured, the person who is against me will not end well." ”

Today, Wujin's time is very tight, he has no time to say anything to Jing Niang, after combing his hair, he eats some breakfast indiscriminately, and then puts on his clothes and armor and sets off.

The night is deep, the night is shrouded in the streets and alleys of the capital, at this time the third watch has just passed, the stars are twinkling in the night sky, but Luojing City has woken up early, and the candidates have to officially enter the venue during the fifth watch, therefore, at the time of the third watch, there are many candidates who get up early to prepare.

When Wu Jin rode a horse and galloped on Changxia Street, he could already see the young scholars on both sides of the street from time to time, and at this time the city gate was slowly opening.

Wu Jin was dressed in the uniform of the plum blossom guard, and after showing the military badge to the defenders of the city gate, he drove out of the city gate and headed for the barracks.

The barracks of the Plum Blossom Guard have also been busy, and all the sergeants are eating together, and they will officially set off at the fourth watch.

"General Huangfu!"

As soon as Wu Jin arrived at the barracks, Guo Yi Lieutenant Zhang Long greeted him, Wu Jin has been with them almost every day for more than half a month, everyone is already very familiar with each other, Wu Jin turned over and dismounted, and asked him with a smile: "How are the brothers ready?" ”

"General Huiyu, it's ready, the brothers are eating, and they can leave immediately."

Wu Jin nodded, he was glad that he arrived in time, and he said as he walked: "Today's task is to inspect Taixue, have the tasks been assigned?" ”

"It's been assigned, and each team knows the area they are responsible for."

At this time, the bell of the barracks rang, this is the time of the assembly, the barracks suddenly became busy, a group of soldiers were running, a group of horses were pulled out of the horse pen, in the dark, the figure swayed, the war horse neighed, but soon, the seven thousand troops of Meihuawei had completed their own team, and rows of teams were neatly lined up on the training ground.

After a brief explanation, the Meihuawei army went out of the camp gate, and a group of cavalry drove out of the camp gate and headed for the capital.

．．．．．．．． When the time comes to the fourth watch, the capital is completely lively, most of the scholars live in the north near Taixue and Guozixue in a few squares, each inn is extremely busy, many scholars are the third watch to get up, early preparation.

Although the admission ratio is too disparity, but every scholar has a glimmer of hope, they can be qualified to participate in the Jinshi imperial examination, it means that they have the strength to reach the top of the gold list, the important thing is to play on the spot, in the three exams, in addition to the scriptures are the test rote memorization, poems and strategies are all artificial marking, to a large extent depends on the taste of the examiner, which brings a trace of vitality to the scholars with lower rankings, maybe what they write is exactly the taste of the examiner.

At the time of the fourth watch, the scholars began to set off from their respective places of residence one after another, and the imperial examinations of the Daning Dynasty were always in three places, Taixue, Guozixue and Luojing's own official schools, among which Taixue and Guozixue were the mainstays, and there were 20,000 candidates each who took the examination here.

Taixue and Guozixue were closed five days ago, and students studying here were temporarily suspended, and more than 1,000 students assisted officials from the Ministry of Officials and Rites in setting up the examination rooms.

There are special examination rooms in Taixue and Guozixue, each examination room covers an area of dozens of acres, for rows of low brick houses, each row of brick houses is divided into hundreds of huts, each hut is about five feet wide, eight feet long, can be placed on a desk and a bed, you can lie down to sleep, there are bedding and toilets, candidates will stay in this hut for three days, someone will come to clean the toilet every day, to send a day and three meals, during this period, candidates are not allowed to go out of the examination room one step.

The examination room is surrounded by a wall, the order of the entire examination room is maintained by the embroidered clothes and the plum blossom guard, the embroidered clothes are responsible for the national school and the Luojing official school, the plum blossom guard is responsible for the Taixue, each candidate enters the examination room is strictly searched, and the examination is checked, the examination is equivalent to the admission ticket of the later generations, which is marked with the candidate's name, place of origin, examination number and the candidate's basic physical characteristics.

There are two entrances to the east and south of the Taixue examination room, and from the moment of the fourth watch, the candidates lined up in a long line at the entrance, and the military government of Wujin was responsible for the south entrance, and according to the regulations, twenty people were checked at the same time, so more than 10,000 candidates lined up in front of the entrance for twenty queues to be searched and inspected.

Just after the fourth watch, the sky has not yet dawned, hundreds of torches were lit at the south entrance, the fire hunted, twenty teams of scholars lined up in an orderly manner, waiting to check the body, Wu Jin rode on a horse, his eyes looked sharply at every scholar, his responsibility is heavy, if it is found that the scholar secretly carries cheating information in the examination, and this scholar has passed the body search inspection from him, he will be punished.

"Check passed, next person!"

A soldier passed the examination and entered the examination room, and another soldier in the back of the line stepped forward, handed in the examination, and raised his hands to accept the search.

Generally, five Meihuawei soldiers check one mouth, one person checks the examination, and four people search their bodies, and two people search their bodies once, and they search their bodies twice.

The soldier who checked the examination glanced at the sergeant, and when he signed up, he would write down his physiognomy characteristics, he was five feet six tall, his skin was dark, and there was a black mole on his left forehead.

"Name?"

"Ma Yingchu."

His name caused a slight twitch among the scholars, and countless people looked at him, and Wu Jin couldn't help but glance at this person, is this Ma Yingchu, the favorite to win the championship? His skin is very dark, his temperament is average, he is nicknamed Jingzhou Ghost Talent, I can't see where his ghost is?

"Where?"

"A native of Xiangyang County, Jingzhou."

"Age?"

"Thirty-four."

The question is mainly about the accent, at the time of the inquiry, the soldier is also searching at the same time, the risk of the soldier cheating is also very large, once it is found to carry contraband, not only disqualified from the examination, but also depending on the severity of the punishment of the ban for five or ten years, if it is carrying a note with the answer, it is a lifetime ban from the examination.

It is clearly written on the examination that except for the examination, it is not allowed to bring anything, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the examination room is prepared, even if you are sick, you are not allowed to bring pills, and everyone has to accept the same search procedures, even the children of the royal family are no exception, and they are all lined up for inspection.

Body searches not only have to search clothes and hair, but even shoes and socks must be taken off for inspection, and there have been scholars who hide an answer in the mezzanine of the soles of their shoes.

Of course, the search is not completely without loopholes, there were once scholars who pinched the paper into long strips, wrapped them in fish film, and stuffed them in the valley road, so that they really could not be searched.

There was no problem with the search, let it go, and when the soldier went to get the test, the soldier who checked the test reached out and wiped it on his forehead, and the mole was indeed real, and the soldier returned the test to him.

"Next!"

．．．．．．．． One by one, the soldiers are skillful, so the clearance is also very fast, basically there is no problem, even if someone is lucky, carrying a note, but seeing such a strict body search, he is timid, and quietly throws away the note.

Soon, the team gradually came to an end, and when it came to the next person, Wu Jin's eyes suddenly narrowed, and the next person turned out to be Guan Xianju.

They met once in the Baifu Restaurant, and they were impressed, Guan Xianju also saw Wu Jin riding on a horse and wearing a plum blossom guard uniform, his eyes immediately turned extremely cold and hateful, this person not only ruined his dream of being the head of the household, but also wanted to compete with him for women.

With Wujin's performance in the capital, everyone gradually came back to their senses, I am afraid that the battle for the head of Hucao was lost, and it was this Huangfu Wujin who started behind his back, including the injury of the shadow warrior, the prince did not send anyone at that time, and this Huangfu Wujin is said to be a good crossbow, that can only be done by him.

Knowing this, Guan Xianju hated Wujin to the core, but at this time, he was a little worried, Huangfu Wujin had no excuse to refuse him to enter the exam, and he regretted a little in his heart, he shouldn't have queued up at the south gate.

"Next!"

Finally it was his turn, Guan Xianju stepped forward hard, handed the test to him, and raised his hands, he didn't dare to look at Wujin, he had already made up his mind, if the other party dared to make things difficult for him, he would make a big noise.

"Name?"

"Kwan Hyun-ju." Guan Xianju replied calmly, his demeanor was arrogant, he was very confident, not only because he was the son of the Ministry of Rites, but also because he was sure of Jinbang High School this time.

"Where?"

"A native of Donghai County, Chuzhou."

"Age?"

"Twenty-six."

Guan Xianju has very white skin and a tall stature, and his biggest physical feature is that the little finger of his right hand is missing half of it, which Wu Jin also noticed, he didn't make things difficult, and there was no need.

After the body search, the soldier returned the test to him, and glanced at him with half a little finger, "It's okay!" ”

Guan Xianju took the test, he didn't expect it to pass so easily, Huangfu Wujin didn't embarrass him at all, he walked a few steps, and couldn't help but glance back at Wujin, Wujin was looking at him coldly, the two looked at each other, Guan Xianju raised his head arrogantly, but Wujin smiled coldly, and the eyes of both were full of hostility.

(To be continued)