In the golden autumn of August, the laurel is fragrant.

In the examination courtyard of the East Street of Jinan Province, the examination booths on the east and west sides are full of candidates who are working hard to write, although the scenery is beautiful, but the fame is to be maintained every year, and the grade is determined according to the results after the examination, and the grade is too low to be boarded.

In front of everyone's eyes, someone picked up his pants and hit the board, just thinking about it makes me feel panicked, of course, this is just a physical attack, and the mental attack of being stripped of his reputation after hitting the board is the most terrifying.

Qu Qingyan didn't sleep well the night before, this would be a mess in his mind, thinking of the strict imperial examination system in this era, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, raised his eyes to look at the exam questions pasted on the lantern in front of him, and thought carefully about how to solve the questions.

She was thirteen years old when she was admitted to the fame of Xiucai, and before she could make detailed plans, her father, who was a county magistrate, was hit in the head by a falling stone and died.

At the beginning of the three years of the decay period, she took off her filial piety clothes in June, and coincidentally caught up with the Xiucai annual examination in Jinan Mansion, which was the first time she participated in the annual examination, and it was impossible not to be nervous.

The table on the long case, every two feet in a position, her luck with the number this time is really not good, the left and right sides are next to the fat man, and if she moves slightly, she can touch the sticky body of the other party.

There was a black-tiled urinal under the seat, and the fattest one on the left hand put down the pen, and had already lifted the hem of his clothes and lifted the urinal.

Qu Qingyan gritted his teeth tightly, and he didn't dare to move his eyes, for fear that he would see something spicy.

Her eyes fell on the exam questions that had just been transcribed, this year's school officer Yu Youtai was the champion of Bingxu Enke in the second year of Chengshun, and he was worried about the country and the people, and the exam questions were also extraordinarily atmospheric, with only four words: Weimin stopped.

Qu Qingyan knew that these four characters came from "The Book of Songs: Xuanniao", and the original text was "Banggi is thousands of miles, and the people are stopped". It means that the vast land of the country is inhabited and inhabited by the people, and it means to love the people.

Yu Youtai's topic is broad, and it is right to have the mind of the champion, but Qu Keyan remembers that these four words have caused the text prison in the history of her previous life, and after understanding the cause of the text prison, she also deliberately studied this exam question, and there was no hesitation in writing at this time, and the "Five Classics" was written in one go, and it was rare that she didn't even use a spatula.

After surviving the New Year's exam with difficulty and handing over the exam papers, Qu Qingyan only felt that a layer of skin was not enough at all, she shook her stiff arms with the help of her wide sleeved robe, and saw the fat men on both sides with grim faces, constantly looking at the lobby.

A few candidates who only mentioned the hall blocked the scenery in the lobby tightly, and Qu Qingyan raised his eyes and swept away, feeling that he couldn't see it at a glance.

"Your Excellency."

The fat man who urinated frequently on the left hand side couldn't wait any longer, and when he saw that there were government soldiers coming to catch people, he hurriedly shouted loudly, but how could the master of the Hanlin school officer be abrupt with a show, and the government soldiers, who were not very fast, rushed forward with an arrow step and pressed the fat man out.

There was no chaos in the exam for a few days, and the government soldiers did not dare to give everyone another chance, for fear that someone would make any more remarks to surprise the senior student in the hall, so he carried a stick to speed up the inspection, and kept urging the candidates to leave quickly.

Due to this sudden change, Qu Qingyan's unfinished examination basket was kicked out by a candidate who rushed up behind her, and she raised her hand to catch it but couldn't reach it, so she watched the exam basket fall directly on the head of the examiner.

The candidate who kicked the basket was stupid, the person pushing and shoving around her was stupid, and Qu Qingyan was also stupid.

She scolded the man who kicked the basket more than a hundred times in her heart, but she had to squeeze over quickly, and knelt in front of the adults who came out of the lobby with a pop.

At this time, it is right to say more and make mistakes, just kneel obediently.

The brother who kicked the exam basket reacted very quickly at this time, and he knelt down with a puff when he squeezed over, "See, I've seen the senior officer, the prefect, the small, the small one didn't mean it." If you have a large number of adults, forgive the small ones. ”

This person was talking nonsense while kowtowing desperately, making Qu Qingyan kowtow on the side, no, don't kowtow, it doesn't seem to be good.

Yu Youtai looked down at the two kneeling on the ground in front of him, the one with a green face, a new blue shirt seemed to have not been worn a few times, and the soft belt of the scarf hung down between the necks, but the neck looked white and slender.

His eyes flickered to the other side, and he saw the short and fat figure of the man who was desperately buttoning his head, with black and white sideburns, a tattered scarf on his head, and a blue shirt with heavy patches.

The contrast is too strong, and it is not difficult for Yu Youtai to turn his eyes and fall back to Qu Qingyan: "Surname, hometown." ”

Qu Qingyan was shocked, this is going to draw their exam papers?

In the examination room, if someone abruptly bumps into the student or the prefect, they will be rated as inferior at least by deducting the stamp, and at worst they will be disqualified from the examination.

She couldn't help but feel a little anxious in her heart, she felt that the four books and five scriptures were written very well, and she also counted on this annual examination to be assessed as a first-level or second-level exam, and she was directly promoted to be a student, and she could not only take the subsidy issued by the imperial court, but also make an extra amount of money in the county test every year.

What she lacks most now is money.

If she can't make a good life and be beaten because of this short-sighted test basket, she will really die unjustly.

She couldn't help but answer the question of the scholar, Qu Qingyan only felt that her heart was about to vomit blood, "Back to the adult, the student's surname is Qu, his name is Qingyan, and he is from Pingxian County." ”

"Surname Qu? Ping County? Yu Youtai's serious face wrinkled slightly: "But out of Ping County, Qubozhong, Zhixian County?" ”

How did Master Ti know his father's name?

Qu Qingyan's lips squirmed for a moment, suppressed all kinds of thoughts in his heart, and only replied peacefully: "Lord Hui, the last magistrate of Pingxian County is Lord Qu." ”

Speaking of the deceased, Yu Youtai suddenly ignored the thoughts of the two of them, waved his hand and turned around and paced back in the lobby, the big man left, and the soldiers on the sides of the two of them stared at them with good eyes.

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't stop in the test booth."

Qu Qingyan didn't have time to clean up the things on the table, so he hastily threw the inkstone pen and ink into the examination basket that he had just done evil, and was thrown out of the examination booth by the government soldiers.

The evening sunlight was still dazzling, and she was still a little dazed when she stood outside the examination shed.

Outside the examination booth were mostly relatives who came to pick up the candidates, and she only glanced at it and walked towards the corner of the street. I suddenly heard a sentence in my wrong body, "Dad, the senior student refuses to see me, what should I do if this silver ticket can't be sent?" The questions on this exam are so difficult. ”

Qu Qingyan turned his head to look at the voice, and saw that the brother who urinated frequently and his father and brother were standing under the eaves, discussing how to bribe the senior scholar.

The culprit is fine, and the down-and-out Xiu who kicked the exam basket is fine, but she was implicated by the name of the senior teacher, and the depressed breath in Qu Qingyan's heart couldn't go down there.

"Brother Qu."

A familiar voice came from behind him, and as soon as Qu Qingyan turned around, he saw Master Cui standing not far away, looking at him with a smile, but the afterglow kept falling on the door of the examination shed.

"Master Cui, you have also come to Jinan Mansion." Qu Qingyan stood a few steps away from him unkemptly with the examination basket.

"Brother Qu has been doing well recently, it is said that in addition to the funeral in the summer, you should also visit the door, but the affairs of this mansion are busy......" Master Cui didn't continue, Qu Qingyan didn't feel that this was a polite remark, and arched his hand and replied: "Master Cui is polite, if my father is still here, I will definitely let you not miss your job because of these private matters." ”

Master Cui was very satisfied with Qu Qingyan's upper path: "Master Ti Xueguan is still in the examination booth?" ”

"When I came out late, several adults were still in the hall."

Getting the desired result, Master Cui stroked his beard with satisfaction, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw that the front of the examination shed was cleared by the government soldiers, and a slender figure walked out of the door, wearing a blue round-necked right robe, wearing a black gauze head, and a black horn leather belt around his waist.

It is the official service of the five products.

Master Cui dropped Qu Qingyan and went up, but was stopped by the government soldiers.

"Lord Ti Xueguan, Lord Ti Xueguan, Xia Guan is the Cui master of Ping County, and the Cui master of the Quzhi County Government!"

Qu Qingyan lowered his head: "......" She is on the side, how can she brush her face with her father who was stoned to death so bluntly, her feelings as a son still need to be considered.

As soon as Yu Youtai's eyes fell on Master Cui, Yu Guang saw Qu Qingyan hanging his head and looking around to find a place to hide, but he was an interesting little guy.

With a cold face, he turned his body to Master Cui, who was overjoyed and got into it between the two soldiers, "It's hard for Master Ti Xueguan to invigilate the exam." ”

Qu Qingyan really didn't want to see him hug his thighs under the guise of his unlucky father, plus she wanted to retch when she smelled the smell on her body, so she ran away sideways into the crowd, but she didn't hear Yu Youtai's question: "This official remembers that there is a son in Quzhi County, and Master Cui can know his name?" ”

Master Cui rushed all the way to Jinan Mansion, already with some ulterior secrets, which would sell Qu Qingyan effortlessly: "Back to my lord, the son of Lord Qu is called Qu Qingyan." ”