The teahouse was a farce, and most of the scholars' interest was ruined, and they all dispersed early.

Luo Shi sighed, tilted her head and said: "In the past, she was poor and kind-hearted, and she was willing to do any work to make money for the East, I pity her as a mother, so I thought about her life and her, and now, it is the allusion of the farmer and the snake."

Jiangzhou made a pot of tea again and said indifferently:

"Desires are unpredictable, you don't need to mind, at least you are worthy of your original intention, the difference between good and evil, it is not so simple"

Seeing that he was very calm, Luo Shi couldn't help but be curious:

"Are you really not worried? If she has the ability to manipulate the laurels, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to lift people in the exam? ”

"I'm really so cowardly and honest in your heart? Or is it Haoran righteousness? ”

Luo Shi didn't understand what he meant, chewed it, and exclaimed: "Is it possible, you also left the side door!" ”

Jiang Zhou shook his head and pushed the cup with the back of his hand:

"You can rest assured, I have my own plan, just say a word to you, people's hearts may not be as they seem, and I am naturally the same, but I don't disdain to do that, but if the situation is unfavorable, why should I sit back and wait for death?"

Luo Shi seemed to understand whether she understood or not, but she felt that this Jiangzhou was a little farther away from her.

In the evening, when they were about to leave together, Qiao Rong, one of the seven sons of Qionglin, walked into the teahouse in a hurry, he took out an inkstone from his arms, and said excitedly to Jiangzhou:

"Yue Yan, take a look at the Duan Yan of the old pit in Xiayan that I found!"

Jiangzhou heard this, also quite interested, he took this piece of blue and purple end inkstone, put it on the palm of the hand to study carefully, this square inkstone texture is delicate, there are eyes on the inkstone, and it is a living eye, the halo is overlapping, the yellow and black are the same, it is indeed a good thing of great value.

"Is it a rock old pit, I don't have this eyesight, but the thing is good, how much did you spend to buy it?"

Qiao Rong was complacent, he stretched out five fingers, Jiang Zhou was stunned, hugged his fists and smiled:

"It's hard to buy a favorite, how much is worth it"

Luo Shi couldn't help laughing, how could there be such a comforting person, when he said this, the fool could hear that it was not worth buying.

Qiao Rong collapsed his face and sighed secretly: "The shopkeeper's eyebrows and rat eyes are not said to be a treasure, saying that this thing has a spirit, and I will be sure to raise it in the autumn, I thought it was a good intention, so I bought it painfully."

"Do you still believe this?" Jiangzhou said with a smile.

"Naturally, believe in life, believe in all sects, believe in Buddhism, believe in names and surnames"

Luo Shi asked him to ask for a look, and he didn't know if it was worth it if he spent so much money on a good intention.

knocked on the bottom, Luo Shi felt that the sound on the left and right sides was different, could it be the relationship between thick and thin? She was suspicious in her heart, and looked back and forth again-

She saw a slight mark on the side, mixed with the texture, and she really couldn't tell it if she didn't look closely!

With a little force, he actually pulled out a small drawer with a partition from the side of the inkstone!

When she looked inside, she saw a thumb-sized book stuffed into it, and the small characters in it were densely packed, and she couldn't recognize everything written.

Jiang Zhou's eyes changed, he took the booklet, stared at it, and the more he looked at it, the more his face sank.

Qiao Rong immediately panicked, he shook his hand, and stammered: "I just bought it, I don't know the secret, if I had known that it was a thing to cheat in the exam, I wouldn't have bought it if I was killed!" Yue Yan, you believe me, I am definitely not this kind of person! ”

Jiang Zhou closed the booklet and said indifferently:

"It's okay, it's just someone else's problem-breaking handout, it's not even a copy, your inkstone is good to receive, don't take it to the examination room, if you find out the secret box, even if you don't put anything, it's hard to clear"

Qiao Rong breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "This is natural, I'll deal with it."

Jiang Zhou returned the booklet to him, looked at the sky and said, "It's not early, go back and rest, these days to recuperate, the first test is about to start."

"Okay, don't worry, there is an article in your belly, and you are ready to go down early"

Qiao Rong nodded and let out a long sigh.

Seeing that Qiao Rong didn't tear up the booklet on the spot and stuffed it back into the inkstone, Luo Xi couldn't help but be suspicious.

It can be seen that he talked frankly and did not hide it, and he was relieved later.

So, the three of them went back to the hall together, and they were busy.

*

The autumn exam will start, and the first test will take three days.

The candidates queuing up at the gate of the Tribute Courtyard were bustling, many of them were resolute, and many of them were uneasy, not for anything else, but for the checkpoints in front of the Tribute Academy.

But for the sake of so-called fairness, they had to endure it.

Luo Shi came to send the exam, she followed behind the crowd, watching everyone carry the exam boxes she sold, and her heart was happy. This monopoly business earned three hundred taels of silver, which was worth the profit of her snack shop for several months.

The team moved forward slowly, and soon it was the turn of the seven of them in Jiangzhou.

The soldiers of the patrol battalion carry knives and guns, and are divided into two rows, and there are special checkpoints for inspection, first check whether the things they bring are greasy - the examination box is not allowed to have a dark cabinet, a pen tube, an inkstone, and a hollow inkstone, and the food and pastries must also be cut open for spot checking.

Fortunately, the unified test box gave convenience to the candidates, and the soldiers found that it was the same box, and after a brief inspection, they were released.

The next level is a body search.

Cool hats, straight shirts, and long shirts should not have inner clips, and if the soles of boots are too thick, they should also be cut for inspection. This level is the most disgusting but the most helpless for literati candidates.

Luo Shi saw that he was a scholar in a Confucian shirt with his face on weekdays, and he was fiddled back and forth by the five big and three thick martial artists, taking off his clothes and taking off his pants, and he was only wearing pants and being touched.

At this time, some people could not stand the humiliation, or they were not used to seeing rough people above the literati, so they could not talk back a few words, but they were punched to the ground by the soldiers, and An was charged with contempt of the tribute court, and was deprived of the qualification for this exam.

Killing chickens and making an example of monkeys, most of the people who followed were honest, which is also a very realistic literati style.

Jiangzhou successfully passed the inspection, Qiao Rong was a little nervous when he passed the first checkpoint, Luo Shi looked at it, sure enough, he brought the inkstone of that day, he didn't listen to Jiangzhou's words!

She was worried that Qiao Rong would be deprived of the exam qualifications, but fortunately, the inspectors did not find the secret grid and successfully let him enter the examination room.

After lunch, all the candidates entered the Tribute Academy in turn.

Luo Shi was blocked out of the Tribute Courtyard, and she watched as the door slowly closed, making an old, oppressive sound, and the arm-thick iron chain was hung on the brass lock, and the seal was pasted against the crack of the door—

During the three-day exam, even a fly can't open the door and go out.

With a long breath, she grabbed the corners of her robe and secretly cheered them up: Come on, Qionglin Qizi......

It's time for dinner, and when they get the papers, I'm afraid they won't start writing immediately.

Listen to Jiangzhou said, the volume has not changed, so the review of the topic, the idea is the most time-consuming, when the article is in the heart, there is a chapter in the belly, can be written.

Anxin waited for a while, and she planned to go to the teahouse to wait for news.

Fang was about to leave, Luo Xi heard a noise inside, and someone actually opened the door of the Tribute Courtyard!

A column of officers and soldiers rushed out first, and the leader was dressed in an official mansion and was born with a righteous and awe-inspiring spirit, holding the test questions of this scientific examination in his hand, and left on foot in anger.

The crowd of onlookers outside was amazed: "God! What's going on, why is the Gongyuan open, this is going to be a big deal! "Yes, there is a seal on the door, who dares to open the seal without waiting for three days for the exam?" "Isn't the exam question leaked? Otherwise, where would the exam be suspended? ”

Everyone was gossiping, and the more Luo Shi listened, the more frightened she became, she padded her feet and stretched her neck to look at the gate of the Gongyuan-

Seeing that the examiner was followed by Jiangzhou, who was dressed in white!

She crowded the crowd and wanted to ask him what had happened, but the officers and soldiers were around him, and she didn't even have a chance to talk to him at all.

"Wow, look, this isn't Jiang Yueyan, who has the highest voice for Xie Yuan!" "Yes, I bet on him, what's wrong with him? Could it be that cheating has been discovered? ”

"Jiangzhou! Jiangzhou! ”

Luo Shi finally got in and waved at him, but he just ignored her.

There was a lot of gossip in his ears, and he was very calm, and strode with the chief examiner Tong Zhou Xuezheng to the prefect's yamen.

Luo Shi had no choice but to follow him to the prefect's yamen.

She anxiously waited for news outside the yamen, thinking in her heart that the new prefect Yu Youlong was a good official who knew right from wrong, and he would definitely return Jiangzhou's innocence!

After waiting for three or four hours, someone inside held the prefect's order and said as he ran:

"My lord has an order, the exam questions for the autumn exam are leaked, the exam is loose today, and the exam will be retaken tomorrow! There is an order from adults, the exam questions of the autumn exam are leaked, the test is loose today, and the test will be retaken tomorrow! ”……

The voice of the official was loud, word by word, and after a while, the entire Tongzhou City knew that something had happened in this autumn test!

Luo Xi ran back to the Gongyuan from the prefect's yamen, and his legs began to weaken, and after waiting for a long time, the candidates came out one after another.

The other six in Qionglin came out of the tribute courtyard, and everyone's expressions were very anxious, but it was Qiao Rong, and there was a trace of awkward remorse.

Luo Shi hurriedly stepped forward and asked:

"I saw that you brought that inkstone into the examination room, is it because of it, that Jiangzhou was taken to the prefect's yamen?"

When everyone heard what Luo Shi said, they hurriedly turned their eyes to Qiao Rong.

Qiao Rong blushed, shook his sleeves, and lowered his head: "It's because I'm fascinated for a while, so I brought the inkstone with me, not to copy anything, it's just that I believe that this inkstone works, and I don't dare not bring it without ......."

"I'm dizzy! Why does the store that sells you say that the inkstone works and ensures that you are famous? Isn't there a mystery here? Where is the inkstone with a spirit? Are you stupid at reading, and you don't know me as a country girl? ”

Qiao Rong was speechless by her scolding, but tried to clarify:

"But, but I opened the inkstone in the house, there was nothing in it, the pamphlet was gone, I was honest, and I was glad that because of the leakage of the exam questions, there was another big investigation before it came out, and many of those who escaped the pre-exam checkpoint were all found out, if I really brought the pamphlet, I'm afraid I will be arrested at this time!"

Qiao Rong's younger brother Qiao Cheng had palpitations in his heart, and asked weakly, "What is written in that booklet?" ”

Qiao Rong gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "This exam question article!" ”

Everyone was shocked that the leaked exam questions were real! It's also true that gold and silver can be bought, even Qiao Rong can spend five hundred taels of silver to buy a pair of inkstones with exam questions, but what about others? And how many people paid for the questions?

"God, how did Jiangzhou prove it to the prefect? It can't be said that Qiao Rong has bought the answer, so he has seen it, right? I'm the examiner, and I won't believe it! ”