Chapter 82: Autumn (2)

After entering the examination room, Fang Haoze first put the basket in his hand aside, and then looked around. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The room was clean except for the dim lighting, and it seemed to be cleaned regularly. In particular, there is a commode in the corner of this examination room.

Fang Haoze knew that in the next few days, once the candidates entered the examination room, they would not be able to go out, so there was a commode for convenience.

However, Fang Haoze has now reached the fourth order, and his body has already metamorphosed, so he can naturally control it.

In fact, since he was promoted to the fourth order, his body has divine power to flow and nourish, and now he can even skip food, but it is appalling, coupled with many years of habit, he has not quit this appetite.

This time, when he came to the examination room, he also carried a few meatloaf in the basket he carried to cover up a little. When he was searched just now, the basket was put aside, and it was also inspected by a special person.

Thinking of this, Fang Haoze took the basket to his hand, opened the lid, and was about to take out the four treasures of the study.

At this moment, there was a sound of banging in the examination room. The voice was three long and two short, and it was very clear to the ears. After a while, the chief examiner in the examination room gave an order and announced the start of the exam.

Several officials and patrol soldiers surrounded the five examiners and inspected them all the way along the corridor in front of the examination room.

In this examination room, there are inspections at any time, because the imperial examination in the world of Daxin is the only way for scholars to break the hierarchy, prevent fraud, and ensure the fairness of the examination is the top priority of any dynasty.

In the Wuzhou Tribute Academy, the seeds of scholars from all over the state have gathered, and there are more than 2,000 candidates in total. A total of 2,000 examination rooms were set up, and every few hundred examination rooms were assigned several examiners, inspectors, and a number of officials, and there were people guarding and supervising them back and forth day and night.

And in this tribute court, there is also a person from Bai Yujing, one is one and two chief examiners, and his status is even higher than that of ordinary examiners.

At this time, the examiners who came from outside, among them, in the center, were the chief examiners of Bai Yujing, and now Du Xiuming, the chief official of the Ministry of Rites, is the chief officer of the first department, and he is second only to the Ministry of Rites and the two waiters of the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites is a five-rank official, and then there is the three-rank Rite Minister. Du Xiuming's white face and long beard are the standard image of a beautiful bearded man in the world of Daxin.

Standing next to Du Xiuming, in addition to the examiner under Wuzhou's local politics, there is also a person named Heng Ziping, who is also a person from Bai Yujing's Middle Rite Department, but he is another deputy examiner, a member of the Rite Department's main guest Qing Officials Division, who is ranked in the fifth grade.

"Autumn is a major event for the country to recruit talents, you have worked hard these days, and you must ensure that the autumn festival is carried out safely and smoothly, and there will be no scandals of fraud. ”

While walking, Du Xiuming said. Although he is only a fifth-grade official, he was ordered to come from Bai Yujing to inspect the examination, which can be regarded as a Qincha, and he issued orders at this time.

As for his coming to Wuzhou, there is actually another reason, like Li Jinyu, the head of the First Department of the Ministry of Rites, is also a henchman of the Seven Princes.

A few months ago, after the Seventh Prince came to Jinling, the other party Haoze was hearted, and this time he won the people in his hands to come to Wuzhou to do the main exam, in order to protect Fang Haoze, it is necessary to prevent accidents such as abnormal performance.

After all, in the era of imperial power, it was still the rule of man, and when the prince spoke, he naturally had a green light all the way.

The chief examiner, Du Xiuming, looked all the way along the examination room, paid attention to the number plate, and finally came to Fang Haoze's examination room.

With the faint light of the lantern in the hand of the official, Du Xiuming squinted his eyes and looked into the examination room.

A handsome young man, with a dignified demeanor and a confident expression, was sitting upright and was about to open the book basket in his hand.

"What a young man, the Seventh Prince has a good eye. Fang Haoze, who has reached the fourth order, no matter who sees it, he must praise it, at this time, Du Xiuming saw Fang Haoze with a confident face, and praised it in his heart.

He wanted to say a few words to Fang Haoze, but in order to avoid suspicion, he took a deep look at the other party and was about to raise his feet and leave.

"Officer, take this candidate's bamboo basket, and we will inspect it. At this moment, Deputy Examiner Heng Ziping suddenly spoke.

As soon as the official of the Ministry of Rites spoke, a dozen or so people, including Du Xiuming, including Du Xiuming, all looked at him.

"Deputy examiner, please give a reason. Du Xiuming's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness. Although examiners and soldiers have the duty of patrolling day and night, there are generally no special circumstances and will not disturb the normal examination of candidates.

At this time, Heng Ziping suddenly broke the routine, and doing so before the exam would inevitably bring negative emotions to the candidates. If you have a bad psychology, it may directly affect the later performance.

The candidate in front of him is the person favored by the Seventh Prince, and Du Xiuming must defend it.

"The examiner, there is no paper yet, and it is reasonable for us to spot check one or two. If the examiner doesn't think it's appropriate, forget it. Heng Ziping smiled at the corner of his mouth, looking a little ill-intentioned.

At this time, he said this in public, obviously commanding Du Xiuming's army. If Du Xiuming insisted on defending Fang Haoze in front of everyone, then the rumors in the market would come out from here.

Before the exam started, the examiner favored a certain candidate, and such news would be a big blow to Fang Haoze.

"Left and right, come and take this candidate's bamboo basket and check one or two. Du Xiuming knew that the gun was easy to dodge and the arrow was difficult to prevent, and his deputy's attitude must be greasy, but it was difficult to ride a horse, so he had to take a deep breath and order.

At this time, everyone looked at Fang Haoze again. There were two officials, who were even more gearing up, and they were about to cross the threshold and walk into the examination room.

Fang Haoze also saw the fighting method of this scene in front of him.

He had long known from Li Jinyu that Du Xiuming, who came to Wuzhou to preside over the Autumn Festival this year, was also a member of the Seven Princes, so when a team of people came over, he didn't care.

It wasn't until the deputy examiner suddenly spoke out against himself that Fang Haoze paid attention to it.

Seeing the officials who were about to come in to check, Fang Haoze's heart moved, and he opened his bamboo basket in advance. said in his mouth: "Xiaosheng is in a hurry to get up in the morning, so take a piece of meatloaf first." ”

After speaking, he reached out and opened the bamboo basket in front of him.

"Wait!" Heng Ziping shouted, but unexpectedly tried to stop it.

How could Fang Haoze take care of it, he opened the bamboo basket without changing his face, took a piece of meatloaf by himself, and tore the bread open: "This examiner, this meatloaf is specially made in Xiaosheng's family, do you want to taste it?"

This joke has another meaning: he deliberately tore open the meatloaf, which can also indicate that the inside of the patty is clean and there is no entrainment.

Heng Zi on the opposite side snorted coldly, although he would not take care of Fang Haoze. But Fang Haoze was tearing the meatloaf on the side, but there was a trace of coldness in his eyes.

It turned out that when he realized that the examiner was faintly targeting him, he was on guard. Under the pretext of eating, he wanted to open the basket, and when the other party actually stopped him from opening the basket, he was even more vigilant.

Fang Haoze ignored the other party, opened the basket directly, swept his eyes in the bamboo basket, and obviously saw that there was a piece of meat patty in the bamboo basket of different colors. He swept his senses, and there was a stack of cheat sheets hidden inside, on which were densely written with small characters.

"It must have been someone who moved his hands and feet when he searched his body just now, and actually stuffed a cheat sheet into it, whose handwriting is this?"