Wuqu Yinping Peak, where Ziyang Academy is located, is a very large mountain, and the number of students who have been assigned to Ziyang Academy is also the most, Zhu Luan looked at it at a glance, and roughly estimated that there were about nearly a thousand people.

There was a lot of darkness around, and not all the people present participated in the county exam. There are men and women, old and young, rich and poor, three religions and nine streams, and some who carry burdens to sell breakfast.

In the crowd, there were candidates with nervous faces carrying test baskets, family members who were worried about seeing off the candidates, and there were also many big girls and little ladies who came to see the excitement.

Naturally, so many people can't go up the mountain to take the exam, but fortunately, the place under the mountain is very big, Ziyang Academy has been hosting the county exam for many years, and as early as a week ago, the examination shed was set up at the bottom of the mountain.

The officials and the scholars of the academy alternately shuttled through the crowd to maintain order, and there were special sheds under the examination booth for searching, and the candidates lined up in a long line, waiting to enter the venue.

Seeing the official searching, Zhu Rong frowned and turned his head to look at Zhu Luan.

"This search ......," the young man looked worried.

"What's this," Zhu Luan got out of the carriage, picked up the exam basket that Mrs. Bai had prepared for her and Zhu Rong and walked forward, "What is there to worry about," Zhu Luan smiled, "I'm not a woman pretending to be a man." ”

Oh yes.

Zhu Rong was stunned.

She came to the county exam as a woman.

So she can puff up her chest to face it, and she doesn't have to worry about exposing the woman's identity.

Because she's proud of it.

Looking at the back of the woman walking in front, Zhu Rong thought.

Because of the light, the rising sun gilded a layer of gold on her body, making her whole person look like it was burning.

Zhu Rong quickly followed and took the test basket from Zhu Luan's hand.

"I'm afraid I'm the first brother in the world to take the county exam with my sister," he laughs.

Zhu Luan glanced at him, "Is it glorious?" She asked.

"It's glorious," Zhu Rong laughed.

Zhu Luan also smiled, and the two walked side by side to the back of the queue of candidates.

There were already more than a dozen long queues lined up in front of the examination booth, and there were scholars in front of each team to guide the way, and there were officials on both sides to maintain it, which looked chaotic but actually had its own order.

There is a simple shed in front of each team, which is the place where the search is conducted, and each candidate can only be officially admitted through the shed.

Zhu Luan took out a bamboo plaque from the examination basket, which was issued when registering, and was engraved with the name and serial number.

Zhu Luan took a closer look at it and thought that it was probably similar to the modern admission ticket.

The first digit of the serial number determines which college to take the exam, and the last two digits determine which exam booth to take the exam in.

Zhu Rong also took out the bamboo card, and his bamboo card and Zhu Luan were consecutive, thanks to Princess Jinyang's arrangement.

The two lined up at the end of the line in the examination shed corresponding to the bamboo card, but as soon as the two stood still, a middle-aged student who was originally standing at the end of the line glanced back and stared at Zhu Luan behind Zhu Rong and frowned.

"This little friend," the middle-aged man's wording was quite regular, but there was a deep dissatisfaction in his tone, "don't stand in the line for family farewell, you should let go to the side." ”

The man frowned and glanced at Zhu Luan, then as if he saw something that shouldn't be seen, he quickly looked away, and said to Zhu Rong matter-of-factly, "I don't know who you are, but this is the team of national examination candidates, and it is extremely sacred, how can you let a woman stand here." ”

He looked at Zhu Rong and reproached, "You look young, and you are a little ignorant." ”

Zhu Rong's face changed slightly, his brows furrowed, and he looked at the middle-aged man and said, "This is my sister, but she didn't come to send me, she also came to take the exam." ”

Zhu Rong said righteously, and the other students in line around him also looked over.

Everyone's eyes swept over, looking at Zhu Rong with a young face in front of him, the middle-aged man's face was a little unbearable, he didn't expect that he was kind enough to teach him, this kid actually didn't appreciate it, and refuted people who were older than him.

"You kid," the man exhaled, "don't talk nonsense for the sake of being angry," he looked around, "how can a woman be qualified to take the national exam." ”

"If you are also a scholar, you should also know etiquette, righteousness and shame," the middle-aged man glared at Zhu Rong and said, "If you bring a woman to such a sacred place, you don't say anything, and you still tell lies......"

The other students in line around them also showed dissatisfaction on their faces and whispered.

The officials who maintained order next to him noticed that the commotion was also surrounding.

"What's wrong?" A tall official walked over and asked.

"Official, there is a woman standing in the line," the people around him rushed to report in front of Zhu Rong, "It's really unseemly." ”

The official frowned and looked at Zhu Luan, looked at what she was wearing, stretched her brows a little, and said in as gentle a tone as possible, "This young lady, this is the team of candidates, there are tea and snacks prepared in the shed over there, can you wait there?" ”

Candidates from all directions cast glances of scrutiny or disgust, looking at the indignant brother in front of him, Zhu Luanyun smiled lightly.

She walked out from behind Zhu Rong, and just as the official breathed a sigh of relief and raised his hand to lead her to the side, the woman in front of her raised the bamboo card in her hand towards him.

This bamboo card official is very familiar, "This is ......" He looked at Zhu Rong next to him suspiciously, and Zhu Rong immediately raised the bamboo card in his hand if he felt something.

"Where did you pick this up, but you can return it to someone ......quickly," the official frowned, but before he finished speaking, he saw the woman in front of him look at him without saying a word, and pointed to the name engraved on the bamboo plaque.

Everyone followed her fingertips and looked at the word "Zhu Ying" engraved on it, and then Zhu Luan raised his other hand and pointed at himself.

"It's me." She said.

"I'm a candidate for the county exam." Zhu Luan looked at the dumbfounded people in front of him for a long time and continued.

"How is that possible!" The middle-aged man who was the first to attack shouted, "It must be a forgery or a fake!" ”

The candidates who were still waiting around exploded, and there was a lot of discussion, and their eyes were all focused on Zhu Luan and Zhu Rong, as if they wanted to shoot the two into a sieve.

Zhu Luan smiled, pointed at the words of the family and the academy engraved under the bamboo plaque, and glanced at the official in front of him.

When the official saw her gaze, he didn't know why, and then saw that the words she was referring to seemed to remember something, the officer's eyes became serious, and he turned to another younger official next to him and said, "Go check the roster." ”

The eyes of the indignant candidates around them also moved to the words under the bamboo plaque.

"Tianquan Academy and Taiping Mountain House?" Suddenly, a candidate muttered, "How can there be two academies?" ”

"Could it be ......," suddenly exclaimed a richly dressed candidate.

"Is it the young lady of the British Mansion?"

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