On the day of the examination, Xie An came to the examination room of the examination early, Taichang Temple.

This is an official office under the Ministry of Rites, and a rough visual inspection shows that this Taichang Temple occupies an area alone, and the scale is even larger than that of the Donggong Mansion, but even so, the streets outside the Taichang Temple are also full of people, and it can be said that the huge mansion door steps are surrounded by water.

There is no doubt that these are the people who rushed to Jijing to take the exam this year, and they are all well-educated people who have passed the township examinations in various places, mixed among them, Xie An felt a little weak.

Because the time has not yet arrived, the candidates waiting here are chatting and laughing in twos and threes, so as to relieve the tension in their hearts before the exam, after all, most of the people here are only young people from the age of sixteen or seventeen to twenty-five or sixteen, and their psychological quality is not very tenacious.

You have to know that you will try, that is [Longmen], the world's talented people have been reading hard for years, or even more than ten years, don't you want to cross this dragon gate, turn koi into a swimming dragon, and the dragon is in the sky?

Cheng, then the steady progress, soaring;

If it doesn't work, the bright future will come to naught, and the hard work of years and more than ten years of hard work will be wasted.

In this way, it is no wonder that these candidates and students are so anxious, their anxiety and sorrow even affected Xie An, you must know that he felt quite relaxed when he came before, after all, he had the promise of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, but now when he arrived at the venue, the tense atmosphere around him made Xie An feel as if he had returned to the era of the college entrance examination......

It's really everything!

With a secret sigh in his heart, Xie An looked around, capturing those rather funny scenes.

Under the tree not far from him, there was a student who was frantically stuffing steamed buns into his mouth......

Ah, the type of person who overeats when you're nervous!

Xie An shrugged, turned his head to his left, and smiled at the student who was holding the scroll and shaking his head to read.

Hey, bro, it's the other way around......

Shaking his head speechlessly, Xie An looked at his right side again, and he saw that at the moment on his right, under the big tree, there was a student sitting in a precarious position, with his eyes closed to recuperate, and he looked confident.

You must have been too nervous to sleep last night, right? It's really hard for you, so let's take a break before it starts......

Looking at the thick dark circles under the student's eyes, Xie An almost couldn't help laughing.

The quality of the students in Da Zhou is not good at all, this kind of small scene is ......

"Boom!"

Just when Xie An was secretly making fun of the nervousness of those students, suddenly, three gongs rang in front of the mansion, and Xie An was so shocked that Xie An almost threw out the folding fan he was holding in his hand......

Good risk, good risk......

If you accidentally break it, don't try it yourself, just run for your life!

Simulating the appearance of the eldest grandson Xiangyu when he was angry in his mind, Xie An swallowed his saliva and grabbed the folding fan in his hand.

"Hum ......" The door of Taichang Temple slowly opened, and more than a dozen court officials wearing court clothes walked out from inside, followed by a large group of officials, a whole dozen people.

Suddenly, the doorway, which was still full of people just now, suddenly fell silent.

Standing in the middle was a relatively young official in his thirties, who bowed slightly to the crowd in front of him with his hands clenched into fists, and said in a deep voice, "This mansion is Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, in the name of the Son of Heaven, presiding over this triennial spring festival and serving as the chief invigilator of this examination...... This examination, due to the large number of candidates, is divided into three sessions, each session is divided into three days, similar to the exam questions in previous years, the first day of the test of four books, the second day of the test of five words and eight rhymes and five scriptures, the third day of the question...... Then, candidates who have registered their names should come up the stairs and wait for the officials of our Ministry of Rites to search them, and if they do not bring any notes or books that can be used for fraud, they can enter the house to take the exam! - If you don't have a name, come back for the next one! - Chen Xin? Named! As he spoke, he glanced at the official beside him.

"Yes!"

Under the bated breath of the candidates at the foot of the steps, the official of the Ministry of Rites named Chen Xin picked up a thick book from the desk at the door, and shouted by name, "Bohai County, Tang Cheng!" - Absent? As soon as he finished speaking, a well-dressed student walked out of the crowd and walked a few steps to the steps, carrying a basket in his hand, in which he put pen and ink, white manuscripts, paperweights, towels, and seven or eight steamed buns, if nothing else, it would be his food for these days.

I saw him take out a bamboo plaque from his bosom and hand it to the official, and said respectfully, "The student is Tang Cheng, a student of Bohai!" The bamboo plaque he handed over was exactly the same as the one that the eldest grandson Xiangyu gave to Xie An.

Chen Xin nodded, glanced at the officials around him, and when even an official and two officials stepped forward, they not only searched their bodies, but also carefully examined the things that the student was carrying, and even broke the steamed buns in the student's basket one by one.

After some inspection, seeing that this student named Tang Cheng was not carrying any prohibited things, Chen Xin nodded, picked up the brush and put a stroke on the roster book in his hand, and said lightly, "Jiazi No. 16!" ”

The one bowed to the officials of the Ministry of Rites again, then picked up his basket and entered the examination room.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, the second and third candidates also entered the examination room after the body search.

Suddenly, the official shouted, "Guangling County, Xie An! ”

Xie An, who was probing his brain in the crowd, was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly walked over with the lunch box and stationery box in his hand, followed the example of the students in front of him, put down the things in his hand, and respectfully saluted the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and said in a deep voice, "Student Guangling Xie An!" ”

"......" Chen Xin, who was holding the roster, looked Xie An up and down, nodded, and said lightly, "Did you bring the brand?" ”

"Here, my lord, please take a look!" As he spoke, Xie An handed over the sign that the eldest grandson Xiangyu handed over to him.

"Hmm!" Seeing that it was indeed the producer of the Ministry of Rites, Chen Xin nodded and said, "In order to prevent fraud with personal gains, this official wants to check what you are carrying......

"Yes!"

The first thing to be inspected was the beautifully made and meticulously carved basket, but after the lid on the top layer was opened, there were three small drawers in an orderly manner, the first small drawer was placed with a plate of crispy and fragrant roast chicken, a whole one; the second drawer is a plate of cut beef, which is a large plate; In the third drawer, there is a plate of white-cut chicken, a pair of chopsticks, a wine cup, and three small jugs of wine.

"Hahaha, what is this guy doing?"

"Is this guy going to come to Taichang Mansion?" The students who noticed the situation here burst into laughter, and even some officials of the Ministry of Etiquette shook their heads and chuckled, only laughing so much that Xie An's face was red and embarrassed.

Sister Yiyi, it's too much......

With a wry smile, Xie An turned his head to look at Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who had been standing by and watching, and said with a smile, "My lord, uh, I will take the exam, and there is no requirement for the food and rice of the students who take the exam, right?" Right? ”

"......" Ruan Shaozhou was angry and funny when he heard this, and said secretly in his heart, most of the candidates in the past came to Taichang Temple, and most of them couldn't eat or sleep, but this guy is good......

"Well, the imperial court has no corresponding restrictions on this!" Ruan Shaozhou said lightly, walked over and picked up a chopstick, poked it a few times in each dish to determine whether there was something hidden inside, and then glanced at the officials next to him and asked them to open the stationery box where Xie An placed pen and ink.

During this period, Xie An secretly prayed in his heart, after all, this was the box, and it was also prepared by Yi Yi for him......

When the lid of the stationery box was opened, Xie An couldn't help but glance at the contents and saw that there were only pen and ink, towels and other application things inside, Xie An secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, I saw one of the officials of the Ministry of Rites looking at the inner and outer walls of the box suspiciously, and then frowned and said, "There is a dark grid!" As he spoke, his hand groped for a moment on the edge of the box, and suddenly he heard a click, as if something had been touched.

Glancing at Xie An, whose expression had changed drastically, the official of the Ministry of Rites held the upper layer of the box with both hands, revealing the lower half of the box.

At that time, everyone present was dumbfounded, and then laughed again, because they saw that in the dark compartment of this box, there was a plate of braised hoof, although it was already cold, but it was still fragrant.

"......" Even if the Ministry of Rites Shangshu had experienced a lot of strong winds and waves, he couldn't help but cry and laugh a little, glanced at Xie An, and said with a bit of teasing, "You, are you really here to take the exam?" ”

"Yes, yes......" Xie An, who was covered in cold sweat, nodded again and again, and then seemed to think of something again, and hurriedly added, "The amount of food for students ...... is a little older, and the good wife of the family is afraid that the students will be hungry, so it is ...... Laugh, laugh! ”

"Huh!" Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, smiled noncommittally, waved his hand and asked his subordinates to search Xie An's body, and when he turned his head again, he suddenly saw the jasper folding fan that Xie An held in his right hand.

Glancing at Xie An deeply, he was thoughtful.

--At the same time, the Prime Minister's Office--

Just when Xie An was secretly feeling depressed about his number 250, Da Zhou, the prime minister of the dynasty, was frowning in the study and looking at the roster in his hand.

[Guangling Juzi, Xie An......]

Looking at the names of the candidates on the last page of the roster book, there was a look of doubt in Yin Gong's eyes.

"What's going on? A few days ago, I took a cursory look, and I don't remember this person......" Yin Gong, who was puzzled, lowered his head and carefully checked his handwriting, but found that it was his own handwriting.

"Could it be that the old man is mistaken? Alas, in the end, old age is useless......" Yin Gong stroked his white beard, shook his head with a wry smile.

Suddenly, Yin Gong's face changed slightly, he seemed to think of something, and immediately called the subordinate who was responsible for cleaning the study on weekdays, frowned and asked, "When the old man is not there, has anyone come into this study?" ”

"Master Qiqi, the little lady has been here, as if she was rummaging for something on the master's desk, but the little one only looked at it from a distance a few times, so he didn't look at the real ......."

"Xiangyu?" Yin Gong was stunned, then his eyes rolled slightly, and he said with a chuckle, "Fortunately, the old man has seen it before, otherwise he was almost deceived by that little girl...... Hehe, but then again, it is unbelievable that the old man's handwriting can be imitated so similarly, so that it can be fake! ”

With a sigh of admiration, Yin Gong lowered his head and silently looked at the names of the candidates in the last line, with an unwavering look from Gujing, and he couldn't see the slightest clue.