After a period of turmoil, the admission list of these sixty people was finally released, and all the examiners breathed a sigh of relief.

Among the eight examiners, one of them was as heavy as water, and he had been watching coldly, with a cold expression, and he didn't speak much, and it was the strict warden of the workshop.

He knew very well in his heart that there was originally a good paper, and the admission was natural, and there was no doubt that he deserved to be the head of the case, but now he was completely dethroned.

Can this county exam still be considered fair, this admission list of sixty people looks like it is full of flowers, and without that paper, it is not fair.

Thinking of the judgment of that volume, all the forks and forks, and the bars, he felt a chill in his heart, although he upheld the public heart and sentenced a only circle, but it was not helpful, and he could not avoid the fate of being deposed in the end.

Although he was angry in his heart, he still didn't make a sound, other people were involved in this matter, even the chief examiner Liu Daren and the deputy chief examiner Wang Xuan were all in the same stream, and participated in it.

So he wisely remained silent in the end.

After determining the list of sixty people and having no objections, Liu Chaozong immediately ordered the following scribes to transcribe a copy of each of these people's articles for the next ritual at the Temple of Literature.

Then the scribes began to get busy, and each received the paper to transcribe, and even several examiners were not idle to help with the transcription. Sixty articles, two copies of each. One of them is used for ceremonial ceremonies, and the other is for backup.

Only the chief examiner Liu Chaozong and the deputy chief examiner Wang Xuan were idle. I did not participate in the work of transcribing the papers.

Wang Xuan is now complacent, things have gone so far, everything is going well, that madman's scroll has been deposed as he wished, that is, you stepped on the dog shit luck and wrote a good insect-shaped article, what can you do, offend the official, and it is not the same as being deposed. Not accepted.

What's more, he is also very comfortable doing this, he doesn't believe that the article was made by the other party at all, it is nothing more than a fluke bet on the right topic, just ask someone to catch a knife and ghostwrite it in advance, and depose this cheater, he has no psychological burden at all.

After a while, after the transcription was completed, the group set off in unison and came towards the Temple of Literature.

The Temple of Literature is adjacent to the County School Palace. There is a side door that leads to it. The eight county examiners led by Liu Chaozong, as well as the supervisory officials from Fucheng, passed through the side gate and entered the Confucian Temple in Linshui County.

Entered the Temple of Literature. The group bypassed the corridor path and came to the central hall of the Temple of Literature. The structure of the Confucian temples in each prefecture and county of the dynasty is similar, but there are some differences in the size of the specifications.

In the main hall of the Temple of Literature. Worship four saints, Confucian saint once appeared in the holy Zhuang Fan. Poetry saint Li Yan, law saint Han Dan. These four people are the ancient power of establishing the Tao with literature and passing on the Taoist system, and the side halls on the left and right sides of the main hall also enshrine the eighteen sub-saints, as well as some quasi-saint golden statues and spiritual seats.

The ceremony of the county examination is held in the main hall of the Confucian Temple, the ceremony is presided over by the chief examiner Liu Chaozong, everyone stands aside, burns incense and prays and worships, after three bows and three recitations, the ceremony is completed.

At Liu Chaozong's suggestion, a scribe held the articles of the sixty admitted candidates that had just been transcribed and sprinkled them into the three-legged copper furnace in the center of the main hall.

Liu Chaozong Surong stepped forward and burned incense and praised: "In Muqing Temple, Su Yong appeared." Helping many people, the virtue of Bingwen. To the more in the sky, Jun ran in the temple. No recognition, no shooting!"

"Martyrdom, Sizi is blessed. There is no limit to me, and the disciples protect it. There is no enclosure in Erbang, and the saint worships it. Nian Zirong Gong, following the order of the emperor. There is no competition for the maintenance of people, and the Quartet will train them. If you don't show virtue, you will be punished. Therefore, the former saint will not forget!"

"Disciple, Linshui County ordered Liu Chaozong, bow to the saints and sages, today there is an article on the admission of sixty people in Linshui County, Jiayinnian County, please have the right eye of the Holy Teacher, and take it clearly!"

Liu Chaozong praised, let out a light sound in his mouth, pointed like a sword, and pointed towards the three-legged copper furnace in front of him.

Sixty articles burned together, gathered into a puff of light smoke, curling up, straight up, hanging above a long and wide scale, engraved with ancient runes all over the body, if this light smoke can go straight into the Quancai Dou, this cultural sacrifice ceremony will be successfully over.

Generally speaking, nothing unusual will happen in the whole process of the cultural sacrifice, so that many people regard this cultural sacrifice ceremony as a pure form, and now the doors and windows of the main hall are closed, and there is no ventilation on all sides, and the light smoke produced by the burning of this scroll goes straight up, and naturally enters the Liangcai Dou hanging above, which means that the admission list of these sixty people has been recognized by the spirit of the Confucian Temple.

However, it was expected to be just a formal ceremony, but there was an accident, in this light smoke curling up, and when it was about to enter the Liangcai bucket hanging above, suddenly there was no wind in the void, and the originally straight light smoke suddenly bent, and the smoke column did not enter the Liangcai Bucket, but turned away, and curled up along the four walls of the Liangcai Bucket carved with various ancient runes, and disappeared without a trace.

Seeing this scene, all the people in the hall were stunned and stunned.

As the chief examiner, Liu Chaozong's heart sank, this mistake in the cultural sacrifice ceremony was obviously not a good sign, could it really be the spirit of the Confucian Temple guarding the Confucian Temple warning that he was not satisfied with the sixty volumes? Or was it just an accidental small accident, the doors and windows around the four weeks were not closed, and a gust of wind suddenly came just now, blowing the smoke column a little, resulting in this cultural sacrifice ceremony not being completed?

In his heart, he still mostly thought that it should be the latter reason, and it was just an accidental accident.

Everyone in the main hall looked at each other at the moment, with different expressions, no one spoke for a while, the atmosphere seemed a little weird, and the strict warden of the workshop looked at the ashes that had burned out in the copper furnace, but a different color flashed on his face.

Liu Chaozong coughed lightly, he didn't want to toss anymore, and planned to downplay this unexpected little mistake in a low-key manner, so he immediately treated it as if he hadn't seen anything, and said: "The cultural sacrifice ceremony has been completed, so you can thank the Holy Master with me!"

Wang Xuan, the deputy chief examiner, couldn't wait to finish the matter quickly, naturally there would be no objections, and the other examiners had no opinion when they saw the two examiners, and they would not jump out to blow up the stabs, and they also pretended to be confused, and the strict warden of the workshop frowned, but in the end he didn't say anything.

At this time, I saw the supervisor from Nafu City, and the Fuxue instructor stepped forward and said with a solemn face: "Lord Liu, Lord Wang, all the examiners, I clearly saw just now that the smoke pillar did not enter the Liangcai Dou, according to the regulations of the Confucian Temple, this cultural sacrifice ceremony was not completed. ”

Liu Chaozong glanced at the other party, and felt that the other party was too stereotypical and pedantic, this was just a small mistake that happened unexpectedly, why bother to be so serious. But when the other party said this, he really couldn't refute it, after all, the little mistake just now was in everyone's eyes, and it was also a fact.

He coughed lightly and said, "There was a little wind blowing in just now, which caused a little mistake, this is just an accident, and the supervisor doesn't have to take it too seriously." ”

That Fuxue instructor had always looked harmless and kind, but at this moment, he suddenly became stubborn, shook his head and said: "This matter is not in accordance with the rules, the ritual of the sacrifice is not successful, and we will not sign the list." ”

Liu Chaozong's face was a little ugly, he glanced back at Wang Xuan, the deputy chief examiner next to him, and said in his heart, Is it because the county is missing the dots of these prefecture and city supervisors, so that the other party is not satisfied, and he took the opportunity to find fault?

The person responsible for receiving these people is Wang Xuan, this Wang Xuan is usually very picky, maybe he really neglected in the reception, which made these people dissatisfied and took the opportunity to attack.

He glared at Wang Xuan fiercely, scolded a few times in his heart, and after a little groaning, he discussed: "Since this is the case, then what does the supervisor think of holding the cultural sacrifice ceremony again?"

When the supervising officials from the prefecture and the city heard this, they had no objections, and they acquiesced.

Everyone had to follow the step-by-step process, and the ritual was repeated, but before that, Liu Chaozong specially ordered someone to check the doors and windows around the place to ensure that all of them were closed tightly and there would be no more groundlessness.

At the suggestion of Liu Chaozong, a scribe once again held the articles of sixty admitted candidates and sprinkled them into the three-legged copper furnace in the center of the main hall.

Then Liu Chaozong burned incense and praised again, and then the void flicked his fingers and lit the article scroll in the copper furnace.

The flames shone brightly, and the sixty articles burned in an instant, gathering into a puff of light smoke, curling upwards and rushing towards the Liang Cai Dou who was engraved with ancient runes all over his body hanging above.

Liu Chaozong's eyes were firmly fixed on the pillar of smoke upward, and he secretly said in his heart, there will be no more accidents now. The others also stared at each other, and the hall was silent for a while, but from the face of the strict warden of the workshop, there was a hint of playful discoloration.

Under the eyes of everyone, seeing that this curling light smoke went straight up, and was about to enter the Liangcai bucket hanging above, the ground suddenly changed again, and the originally straight light smoke was windless and automatic, and suddenly made a turn again, turned around and did not enter it, but curled up along the four walls, and finally disappeared without a trace.

Seeing this scene, everyone in the hall was stunned again and couldn't make a sound. Once can be said to be accidental, but twice it is difficult to explain it by chance, is it really the spirit of the Temple of Literature that guards the warning, and there is a problem with the admission list this time?

Liu Chaozong's face was very difficult to look at, there were accidents again and again in the cultural sacrifice ceremony, he, the chief examiner, had a great responsibility, if he couldn't solve this problem, then he, the chief examiner, would be in big trouble.

The failure of the cultural sacrifice ceremony shows that there is a problem with the admission list of these 60 people. However, the list of 60 people was selected according to the procedure, so what would be the problem?

Is it because ...... Liu Chaozong suddenly thought of something at this moment, his face changed, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. (To be continued.) )