Chapter Ninety-Eight: Releasing the Pigeons
Followed by this group of county officials, there is also a group of talented students wearing square scarves and shirts. Today is just the county exam, and the test of the children's fame, naturally there is no such thing as these talents, they are here today, just to guarantee the candidates who go to the examination under their name.
After this group of county officials arrived, the scene of chaos in front of the gate of the school palace suddenly calmed down, as a county magistrate, the chief examiner of the county examination, Liu Chaozong gave a lecture as usual, mainly to exhort and admonish a group of candidates, study diligently, take exams and the like, and then he announced that the candidates began to enter the venue.
There is a clerk in the county hall who takes the list of candidates and begins to roll call loudly one by one, and the candidates whose names are called come forward to be checked, and after checking that they are correct, they draw the seat number of the examination room and then enter the venue.
The main purpose of this entrance inspection is to verify the correct body, and the second is to strictly prevent entrainment and commit adultery. At this time, the role of the five-person joint guarantee and the invitation to show talent as a guarantee is reflected.
The candidates of the five-person joint insurance, after the five people gathered, identified each other correctly, and no one took the test on their behalf, and only after verifying the correct body could they be considered to have passed. Ask Xiucai to be a guarantor, and Xiucai will shout next to him to vouch for this person.
More than 2,000 candidates have to go through such a strict procedure to enter the venue, which shows that it takes a lot of time to enter the venue. I don't know how long it took, the sky had begun to darken, and most of the candidates were still waiting to enter the venue.
In the early morning of early spring, the temperature is still cold and cold, and after standing outside for a long time, the cold air enters the body, which is definitely uncomfortable. It can be seen that the candidates who enter first by name are undoubtedly much cheaper than the candidates who enter later, and the room inside is of course much warmer than the cold wind outside.
Although the county examination has repeatedly advertised fairness and justice, treating all candidates equally, and the order of entry is also immediately arranged, those who are interested can still find that most of those who enter the field are the children of scholarly families and wealthy families.
Of course, in order not to be too obvious and realistic, the candidates who entered first were also mixed with some powerless and powerless children.
For this situation, everyone also tacitly understands and keeps silent, even if there are children of the poor family who are dissatisfied, there will be no result, but it will make a commotion, attracting the dissatisfaction of these yamen officials, and giving you small shoes to wear will outweigh the losses.
Jiang Yun has been standing in the corner outside the wall of the school palace, seeing that the people around him are decreasing one by one, but he has never heard his name called, and his feet that have stood for a long time have become a little numb and frozen, but he has no other way but to keep stomping his feet, walking around, and driving away the cold, he has no other way but to continue to wait there.
Now most of the candidates have already entered, and only a few dozen people remain, all of whom are like Jiang Yun, who are a little unlucky and are ranked at the end of the admission order.
However, Jiang Yun secretly thought in his heart that it was not his bad luck, but that Wang Xuan made a small move here, and he was really a real villain.
In fact, he really wronged Wang Xuan, Wang Xuan did plan to pinch him, but he would not make such a small move. But just because he doesn't think about it doesn't mean that others won't do it.
Of course, the clerk in the ceremonial room who arranged the order of admission knew that Jiang Yun, a candidate, had offended Lord Wang, and this candidate had no eyes and gave them silver, so putting him in the order of admission was just a matter of effort, and he could also take advantage of this to pat Lord Wang's ass, why not.
However, Jiang Yun is still quite sure in his heart, he just entered later, but you can't stop me from entering.
"Candidates from Shahe Village, Sanhe Township, Jiang Yun!"
When there were only a few people left, Jiang Yun finally heard that the clerk in charge of the roll call called his name.
Jiang Yun breathed a sigh of relief and strode forward, and at this time, there was some movement in the row of people wearing green official robes standing in front of them, some people exchanged heads and whispered, and then many eyes looked at this candidate named Jiang Yun in unison, with a little playfulness in their eyes.
This person is Jiang Yun, the author of the crooked poem The East Wind Blows, who made a big fuss about the lantern riddle meeting of the City God Temple the night before, refused the invitation of the Lord Wang, and said wildly, throwing back Lord Wang's reward money, why don't you dare to laugh at it, and return it like a maniac?
Jiang Yun, who was in the spotlight at the moment, still looked calm and waveless, standing there as usual. In the crowd in front of him, a fierce color flashed in Wang Xuan's gaze, and then disappeared.
"As a guarantor, Xiucai Zhou Wenming, Zhoujia Village, Qinghe Town!" At this time, the scribe who was on the roll call then shouted the name of the guarantor who tried to protect Jiang Yun for this county.
If it is according to the normal procedure, at this time, Zhou Wenming, the talented Xiucai who is the guarantor for Jiang Yun, should stand up and say loudly that he will vouch for Jiang Yun, which is equivalent to verifying Jiang Yun's identity and allowing him to enter.
But after the call-call scribe called, there was silence on the sidelines, and no one came out to answer.
"As a guarantor, Zhou Wenming is a talent in Zhoujia Village, Qinghe Town! Zhou Wenming is a talent show!" The roll call clerk called a few more times, but it was still quiet all around, and no one answered.
It seemed that something was wrong, and there was a commotion in the crowd on the sidelines, and everyone looked at each other.
In Jiang Yun's heart, a bad premonition suddenly rose, he hurriedly turned his head and opened his eyes wide, and looked at the group of Baoxiu standing on the sidelines, his eyes swept over everyone, from the beginning to the end, but he never saw the figure of Zhou Wenming.
Now he could no longer maintain his composure, and his face turned pale all of a sudden. Why did Zhou Wenming disappear at this time, he clearly remembered that when he came, he saw that the other party was clearly there, and it seemed that he had also guarantored for another candidate. But why did it suddenly disappear now?
Could it be that the other party suddenly left for something, this is impossible, he hasn't vouched for himself, how can he leave without a sound. In fact, Jiang Yun had already thought of a thought in his mind, but he didn't dare to think so, that is, this week, Wenming deliberately slipped away while he was not paying attention, and released him with a big pigeon.
This pigeon is really big enough, he slipped away, patted his ass and walked, but he was going to be miserable, without him as a guarantor, how could he enter the field, he couldn't get in, how did he take the exam, this county exam, wouldn't it be over.
If this is true, the reason why the other party sneaked away and did not give him a guarantee, he can also think of the reason, which is nothing more than that he is afraid of Wang Xuan's power and does not dare to guarantee himself who has offended Wang Xuan miserably, so as to curry favor with Wang Xuan, and it is even very likely that his slipping away is due to Wang Xuan's instructions.
"What should I do?" he was in a cold sweat, but he couldn't think of a way at all.
This damn Zhou Wenming, at this time, he scolded the other party's ancestors for three generations in his heart, if Zhou Wenming was in front of him at this moment, he would have the mind to tear the other party alive, as for whether he could beat such a talent as the other party, it was not something he considered.
"Jiang Yun, an examinee from Shahe Village, Sanhe Township, has no one to guarantee him!"
The scribe on the roll call shouted, he couldn't make the decision about this kind of thing, and looked at the chief examiner Liu Chaozong and the deputy chief examiner Wang Xuan, waiting for the instructions of the two.
Liu Chaozong hadn't spoken yet, at this time, Wang Xuan sneered, and said in a gloomy voice: "Since there is no one to guaranture, it must be a liar who has infiltrated the examination room, what are you waiting for, just take down this liar and expel him!"
As soon as his words fell, several wolf-like servants rushed up next to him to take down Jiang Yun.
"No, I'm not a liar, I'm Jiang Yun, the candidate for the county exam this time, I'm going to take the exam!" Jiang Yun shouted desperately, but the officials didn't pay attention to his shouts at all, and they stepped forward to grab him together, and they were about to drag him down.
As the chief examiner, Liu Chaozong stood there, his face couldn't see any change, but he despised Wang Xuan's small action in his heart, whether this matter was instigated by the other party or not, the other party used such means to suppress a young schoolchild, it was really a bit shameless and too much.
However, although he was slanderous in his heart, he did not stop the actions of the officials, he was just an insignificant schoolboy candidate, and it was not worth forming a beam with Wang Xuan for this, although he, a dignified Jinshi, did not have to be afraid of Wang Xuan's teaching, but the officialdom paid attention to the sedan chair everyone carried, and harmony was the king.
"Wait!"
Just when everyone thought that this candidate was about to be taken down and deprived of the qualification for the exam, at this time, a cheer sounded, and from the crowd of Xiucai standing next to him, a person came out, it was Yuan Lun, a professor of Qinghe Academy.
It is not surprising that Yuan Lun is here now, he is also the guarantor of several academy students.
"Our Qinghe Academy professor Yuan Lun can guarantee this candidate, this person is my Qinghe Academy student, Jiang Yun from Shahe Village, Sanhe Township!" Yuan Lun stepped forward and shouted loudly at the chief examiner, Liu Chaozong.
Seeing that someone suddenly stepped forward to protect Jiang Yun, everyone was stunned, and the movements of those officials also stopped, and they turned around and waited for Liu Chaozong's will.
Jiang Yun also had a sense of desperation when he walked back from the edge of the cliff, he was already desperate, but he didn't expect that there would be someone who would stand up and speak for him at this time, and this person was still a professor in the academy.
Wang Xuan's face suddenly became ugly, Yuan Lun's actions were undoubtedly slapping him in the face and challenging his authority. Because after what happened the night before, everyone knew that this Jiang Yun was the person he Wang Xuan wanted to suppress, but now there are still people who stand up and vouch for this person, this is not to slap him in the face of Lord Wang, what is it.
However, Yuan Lun stood there, basically ignoring the cold gaze projected by Wang Xuan, he was not confused when he was old, he was still a little talent, and he had long faded the idea of fame in the imperial examination, the so-called desireless people had no desire, and he was not afraid of Wang Xuan, a scholar.