Yao Qi looked at the densely arranged number houses, the sunlight was all blocked by the towering Mingyuan Building, and there was almost no sunlight in the low buildings.

In the spring, the sun is warm, and the wind is not cool, but the night is still a little cold, especially in such a house that has not seen the light of day for many years, it is even more cold and pressing.

Thinking of this, she raised her eyebrows: "My lord went to the scientific examination back then, can you prepare all the things?" ”

Han Changdui didn't realize that she had such a question, and was stunned for a moment and said, "It was Jin Yu who helped me clean it up back then, so it is naturally complete." ”

Yao Qi pursed his lips and smiled: "What kind of dry food and what kind of bedding did the adults bring?" ”

Han Changdui thought for a moment and smiled faintly: "Yes, it's really not fair enough." ”

Not all scholars are from poor families, and hard study is the same, but the background of the poor family and the wealthy family is different.

Han Changdui walked in the alleyway, and there was a clanging sound left and right.

Some of the scholars who found their own number house were well prepared, and even brought a cloth curtain and nailed it to the door hole of the number house, and put it down when they slept at night, so that they could block the wind and cold.

There were also scholars who brought good cotton, but when they entered, the cotton was also cut open by the soldiers and carefully rummaged, but it did not affect the use, and it was spread on a simple wooden board at night, and it was good to lie down.

There are even scholars who bring copper pots and stoves, and even the burning charcoal is the best orchid charcoal, and there is no smoke when it is lit, and there is a faint fragrance of orchids.

It's just that this charcoal has also been smashed open and inspected to avoid entrainment.

Of course, there were still a small number of soldiers who brought these items in, and most of them only brought some cold and hard dry food, which were broken into small pieces by the soldiers when they entered, and they would gnaw on them when they were hungry.

During these three days in the Tribute Temple, they also had to bring their own water, and those who had the conditions boiled it and drank it, and those who did not have the conditions drank it cold.

In the provincial examination once every three years, many scholars have diarrhea due to gastrointestinal discomfort due to drinking too much raw water, and finally failed the list.

After walking around the east side of the house, Han Changwei followed the soldiers to the west side of the house.

Yao Qi frowned slightly, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, why didn't you see Bao Cheng, should he have escaped from the battle?" ”

Han Changdui snorted: "If he dares to run away, I admire him, I'm afraid that he doesn't have the courage to run, but he has the courage to hand over a white roll and lose the country's eunuch." ”

Yao Qi chuckled, and after thinking about it carefully, Bao Cheng really had the potential to hand over the white papers.

After inspecting the tens of thousands of houses on the east and west sides, the sunlight has become thin, the sun is in the west, bleakly slanting into the window lattice, and the fiery red remnant sun burns in the distant sky, using the last light to resist the erosion of darkness.

Returning to the third floor of Mingyuan Building, Yao Qi breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that the scholars of this session are very honest." ”

Han Changdui took off his red armor, raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Why do you say that?" ”

Yao Qi pushed open the window and looked at each other through the window: "I just walked around like this, and I didn't find anyone cheating." ”

Han Changwan smiled: "Today is just admission, the exam will officially start tomorrow, and the exam papers will be issued when the exam papers are due, so it's too early to say that no one cheats at this time." ”

Yao Qi was stunned, he never thought that the provincial examination would be held in the middle of the night, and in order to prevent candidates from cheating, the officials of the Dajing Dynasty also did everything.

She laughed dryly: "Sneaky test, too, hehe." ”

Han Changwan pointed to the Hu bed: "Sit down and say, use the twilight food, rest for a while, at night, there is still a tough battle to fight." ”

When twilight fell, the lights on the upper floor of Mingyuan were bright, and candles gradually lit up in the number houses on the east and west sides.

In the Gongyuan, two hollow candles were provided for each house, but the scholars also brought their own candles, of course, all of them were hollow.

This hollow candle is only half a thumb high, hollowed out in the middle to prevent entrainment, but it is very unburned, and two candles are only enough to burn for half a night.

Today is the entrance, no need to answer and no need to light wax, but after the exam papers are handed out at night, this candle is indispensable, and the house is dark and dark during the day, and it also needs to be lit with wax.

Each scholar brought a large bundle of hollow candles, which was also a lesson of blood and tears of his predecessors.

It is said that a few years ago, there was a scholar who relied on his good eyes and did not bring a hollow candle to spare, and the candles provided by the Gongyuan were used up on the second day.

The scholar looked at the day and at night, and his eyes were black and weeping, and before the exam paper was answered, he was soaked in his tears.

Not surprisingly, he fell off the list.

became the first scholar in the history of the imperial examination of the Great Jing Dynasty to fail because he didn't bring enough candles.

No one took the future as a joke and laughed it off, and since the scholar cried and fainted a few years ago, all the scholars tacitly brought enough candles.

I'm not afraid that I won't be able to use it up, I'm just afraid that it won't be enough.

The meals in the Gongyuan are all made by the back kitchen, and the cook who cooks is also the internal guard of the Internal Health Division.

Since it is a part-time job, there is no need to mention the taste of the meal, and it is fortunate that it can be cooked and hot.

Jiang Shen sandwiched a bamboo chopstick and boiled kale with a bitter face, and sighed sullenly: "How good is it to stir-fry, why do you have to boil?" ”

Wang Jingzong and Ruan Ping'an glanced at each other expressionlessly, and the mouth full of kale, which was not very fragrant, suddenly became even more like chewing wax.

On the contrary, Mu Rongyan took a cup of ginseng tea and put it in Jiang Shen's hand, and said with a smile: "Ge Lao, you should use some of it, otherwise how can your body bear it, this ginseng tea was just brewed by Xiaguan, you can taste it." ”

Wang Jingzong and Ruan Ping'an glanced at each other again, and looked at the people's eyes.

Ruan Ping'an hurriedly stood up and added: "Yes, Ge Lao, you drink some ginseng tea to refresh yourself." After speaking, he glanced at Wang Jingzong and motioned for him to hurry up and say a few words.

Who knew that Wang Jingzong turned a blind eye to him, and the tasteless boiled kale in front of him was quickly pulled clean by him, and he was stunned to eat the feeling of braised pork.

Jiang Shen glanced at Wang Jingzong, sighed, and pushed the plate forward: "That's it, the old man is old, and the amount of food is not as young as you." ”

Mu Rongyan hurriedly put the ginseng tea in Jiang Shen's hand, and said with a smile on his face: "Elder Ge, you drink some ginseng tea first, and then go to the stove room to have a look." ”

Jiang Shen sighed even longer: "Now that the internal guard is watching closely, what can you see when you go to the stove room?" ”

Mu Rongshu smiled and said: "Elder Ge, you relax, go back as soon as you go to the lower officials, you won't offend the internal guards." ”

Half an hour passed, Mu Rongyan carried a three-layer food box into the room, opened it layer by layer, and put the food on the dining table.

It is a plate of stir-fried mutton with mountain mushrooms and fungus, a plate of hibiscus tofu, a plate of sesame spinach, and a small cup of minced meat and shrimp stewed eggs, and a bowl of japonica rice.

Jiang Shen's eyes lit up, and he looked at Mu Rongyan with a smile: "Ouch Sanlin, you, where did you get this?" ”

Mu Rongshu said with a smile: "Pavilion Elder, don't ask so much, let Pavilion Elder eat more, and the lower officials should be shared." ”

Jiang Shen smiled toothlessly, and the shallow wrinkles on his face became more and more charitable and amiable: "Okay, good, Sanlin, you are a good, good." ”

Mu Rongyan raised his head, his face was full of admiration, he put a bamboo chopstick of mutton on the plate, and whispered: "Elder Ge, eat quickly, it will be cold for a while, it will be bad for the stomach." ”

Seeing this scene, Wang Jingzong wiped his mouth, stood up and saluted: "Pavilion Elder, the lower officials have eaten well, the lower officials will retire first, and the pavilion elders will use it slowly." ”

Jiang Shen said hello with a smile, and after Wang Jingzong turned around, he squinted slightly, and a cold light rippled in his eyes.

Ruan Ping'an also hurriedly said goodbye and ran out of Mingyuan Tower after Wang Jingzong.

"Baowen, Baowen, Wang Jingzong!" Ruan Ping'an hurriedly chased after him, shouted, stopped Wang Jingzong, and sighed helplessly: "Baowen, why are you doing this?" ”

Wang Jingzong stopped and said with a calm face: "I just can't get used to seeing him like that." ”

Ruan Ping'an and Wang Jingzong walked side by side and sighed: "People are different from each other, you disdain sycophancy, but you can't force everyone to be the same as you." ”

Wang Jingzong looked at the dark sky from afar, and the lights in the distant house were like broken stars.

He sighed: "You're right, I'm too stubborn. He turned his head and glanced at Mingyuanlou: "Wen Ran, I just feel that something is wrong, the cooks in the stove room are all sent by the Internal Security Division, what means did Mu Rongyan use to get those?" ”

Ruan Ping'an sneered disdainfully: "Money can make ghosts grind." ”

The two walked side by side, and met Han Changdu, who had eaten too much and came out to eat, and the two hurriedly saluted: "Lord Han." ”

Han Changwan also returned the salute: "Lord Wang, Lord Ruan." He glanced at the two of them and asked lightly, "Have the two adults used the twilight food?" ”

Ruan Ping'an nodded and said, "It's been used, Lord Han is going to inspect the house again?" ”

Han Changdu pursed his lips, and instead of directly answering Ruan Ping'an's question, he asked, "Are the two adults also going to inspect the house?" ”

Ruan Ping'an smiled: "No, let's take a walk, walk casually." ”

"The two adults will go slowly, and the official will go back first." Han Changwan smiled faintly, and when he staggered past the two, Wang Jingzong frowned slightly.

He stopped, turned around and asked, "Lord Han, does today's fish taste good?" ”

Han Changdui turned around indifferently and said lightly, "It's okay." ”

Wang Jingzong touched a nail that was neither hard nor soft, his face was a little unbearable, he didn't say anything more, and turned around and left with a wooden face.

Han Changdui touched the tip of his nose and walked towards Mingyuan Tower with a blank face.

Ruan Ping'an glanced at Wang Jingzong worriedly, and said in a low voice: "You said that you have such a temper, what are you telling him to do this, you don't know what the internal guard does?" ”

Wang Jingzong said disapprerovingly: "They dare to do it, I don't dare to say anything." ”