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What suddenly occurred to him was, could it be that because I received a thousand taels of silver from the Dong family, I shouldn't have admitted the scroll of the Dong family's kid, and it was precisely because of this that the wrath of the guardian spirit of the Confucian Temple was aroused, resulting in the failure of the cultural sacrifice ceremony?

It's no wonder that he is so suspicious of dark ghosts, he has not served as a county magistrate for a long time, this is the second time he has presided over the county test, the first time he presided over the county test was smooth, there was no such moth as today, and the last time he also had a clear conscience, and there was nothing dirty about it.

But this time, he received the money, and it was inevitable that his heart was weak, so he became suspicious, the so-called people are easy to abuse, and God is difficult to deceive, is this a warning from God to him?

But he couldn't help but cry out in his heart, the Dong family Xiaolang's volume, he read it carefully, and the Dong family Xiaolang was also angry, this time he did write a worm-shaped article, and the style was also very good, it stands to reason that admission should not be a problem.

Maybe the problem is not with him, but with someone else?

His gaze looked at the other examiners one by one, and when Yu Zhudian and the other examiners saw his stern gaze, they dodged a little, and Liu Chaozong chuckled in his heart, saying that there was really something strange in it.

Wang Xuan still maintained a little calm at the moment, at least he couldn't see anything wrong on the surface, he still didn't believe it at the moment, something went wrong with this cultural sacrifice ceremony, and it was related to his fall to Jiangyun. He was a dishonorable man, but the paper was a cheat, and he was convinced of it. The cheating paper is justified, although the means are not very glorious. But this result should be correct.

It should be that someone else secretly made some big move to anger the guardian spirit of the Temple of Literature. The guardian spirit of the Temple of Literature really couldn't stand it, so he warned him, and he comforted himself so much.

Liu Chaozong's face was gloomy, and then he looked at the supervisor of Fucheng, and asked tentatively: "What do you think this matter should end?"

Nafu Xue's discipline stiffened his face and said expressionlessly: "Obviously, there is a problem with this admission list, and I suggest that you check it carefully and carefully." Re-selection of the admission list. ”

Liu Chaozong nodded, and now he has to look like this.

With a hint of coldness in his eyes, he looked at several examiners around him, including Wang Xuan, and said in a deep voice: "I'll re-check this admission list now according to the words of the supervisor! ”

These examiners were already scared, and their timid bodies couldn't help but tremble slightly, where would there be any objections, and they all said that everything was up to Lord Liu, but the strict warden of the workshop looked detached. looks like watching a play.

The eight examiners sat in a circle on the main hall and carefully examined the sixty-point admission papers one by one, and the result was that there were no problems found in the sixty papers, all of which were insect-shaped article papers. They are all merit-based admissions, and there is no favoritism.

Of course, absolute fairness and justice may not be there. Originally, whether this article was good or bad was just a matter of opinion. The wise man sees the wise thing, but at least there is no cheating problem in the sixty papers in front of him. It stands to reason that it will not fail at the cultural ceremony.

Since there is no major problem with these sixty volumes, the problem lies with the other volumes.

Liu Chaozong's gaze turned to the deposed scrolls placed next to him.

Could it be that there are scrolls that should not have been dethroned and were dethroned? This is unlikely, Liu Chaozong was hesitant in his heart, after all, the sixty volumes selected were not too bad, if there was really a leak of missing pearls, it could only mean that the missing scrolls were very good, so good that even the guardian spirit of the Temple of Literature could not look at it, causing anger, and he would not stop if he did not include it in it.

But if there is such a good paper, it must be dazzling and attention-grabbing, how can it be seen by the eight examiners and omitted.

Liu Chaozong was puzzled in his heart, but he still ordered someone to take all the other thirty-three insect-shaped article volumes, and then carefully investigate them one by one to see if there were any missing pearls.

These thirty-three insect-shaped essay papers were carefully examined by the eight examiners one by one, and it was obvious that there was nothing particularly outstanding about them, although these were also insect-shaped essays, but they were not necessarily better than the ones that were admitted.

"The insect-shaped article scrolls are all here, right?" Unable to find the leak of the missing pearl, Liu Chaozong was upset again and asked casually.

The other examiners didn't answer for a while, and Yu Zhudian wanted to say something, but he knew that if he opened his mouth at this moment, he would definitely suffer from Liu Chaozong's thunderous anger and put the responsibility on him, so he still didn't dare to be this up-and-coming bird, and the other examiners were also in the same mind as him, and they didn't say anything.

The strict warden of the workshop had a posture of watching the play, and he didn't say a word, and said in his heart that you should continue to act.

Wang Xuan replied affirmatively: "All the insect-shaped article volumes are here!"

This is strange, the dethroned insect-shaped article volume here is not particularly outstanding, could it be that the missing volume is not the insect-shaped article volume? This is impossible, Liu Chaozong was very puzzled.

In the end, there was no choice, so everyone had to discuss for a while, and selected a few relatively good ones from the dethroned insect-shaped article volumes, and dropped the original few papers on the list.

Among them, Liu Chaozong secretly made a heart, and quietly deposed the volume of the Dong family Xiaolang, which is also the reason for his weak heart, and now he just wants to deal with this county test safely, and he can't care about the gains and losses of the thousand taels of silver.

After reconfirming the new list of 60 people, everyone began to transcribe the articles again in preparation for the next ceremony.

After everything was ready, the re-selected sixty articles were sprinkled into the three-legged copper furnace, Liu Chaozong burned incense and prayed, flicked his fingers, and in the firelight, the sixty volumes burned, and the light smoke gathered into a bunch, curling straight up.

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, and for a moment, the light smoke approached the Liang Cai Dou who was hung above and was full of ancient runes, and everyone's hearts were clenched at this moment, and some people couldn't help but pray secretly that they couldn't make any more mistakes.

It's a pity that their prayers are useless, when the light smoke is about to reach the Liangcai Bucket, the mutation occurs again, and the smoke bundle that originally curls straight up is once again windless and automatic, turning a corner, not entering the Liangcai Bucket, but bypassing, along the four walls of the Liangcai Bucket engraved with ancient runes, disappearing without a trace.

Everyone in the hall was dumbfounded again, looking at each other, staring at each other with big eyes, only the strict warden of the workshop, and a sneer appeared on his face again.

Liu Chaozong's forehead was covered with cold sweat, the cultural sacrifice ceremony could not be passed, the governor of the prefecture next to him was not easy to speak, and the admission to the county examination could not be continued, and the list could not be opened, this was a big event, and he, the chief examiner, could not escape the blame, and the dismissal of the official was light.

The only thing that comforted him a little was that it seemed that the problem was not with that Dong family Xiaolang, he was innocent.

His gaze swept coldly over these subordinates around him again, and his heart was already secretly ruthless, if he finally found out who did it, the whole moth, Lao Tzu had to skin him alive.

Sensing the cold and cruel gaze of the top boss, all the examiners couldn't help but shudder, even that Wang Xuan was also shocked at the moment, and couldn't keep his composure anymore.

The ritual did not pass, and the problem had to be continued to be found, and the eight examiners had no choice, so they sat together again and investigated the reasons.

But in the face of the ninety-three insect-shaped article volumes in front of them, they were completely clueless in their hearts, and they didn't know how to select the sixty lists in order to pass the damn literary sacrifice ceremony.

Some examiners may know something in their hearts, but they still dare not speak at the moment.

Seeing that these people were still looking at the ninety-three insect-shaped article volumes over and over again, doing useless work, the strict warden of the workshop couldn't help it, and at this time he was also out of the way, looking at the pile of delooted papers next to him, and said in a weird manner: "I think I can't find it here, so it's better to go to those desolate volumes and look for it again." ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and Wang Xuan reflexively jumped up and objected: "Those dethroned volumes are not insects, what is there to find, it is a pure waste of time!"

The strict warden of the workshop snorted coldly and said, "I don't think it's a waste of time, on the contrary, whoever is wasting time understands it in their hearts!"

Wang Xuan was about to scold angrily, when Liu Chaozong spoke, his cold gaze swept over, and intuitively he already felt that the problem was only from the deputy examiner.

At that moment, he pointed to the pile of dethroned rolls, and ordered in a cold voice: "Take all those rolls and look at them carefully!"

The examiner spoke, and immediately a scribe at the bottom answered the call, took all the papers, and put them in front of the examiners.

Liu Chaozong took a paper from it, unfolded it and looked at it, Wang Xuan and several other examiners also reached out to take the paper to check, but Liu Chaozong was drunk, and said in an angry voice: "You all stay here and don't move, just let the old man read the paper alone." ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, they each retracted their hands, and they didn't move, they all knew in their hearts that this was Lord Liu's suspicions, and they didn't believe them anymore.

Liu Chaozong looked at the past one by one, one by one, and saw it quickly, but he was also very careful, and he used the technique of looking at qi, mainly to check the heraldic style of the text in the volume.

There are more than 400 copies of this pile of dethroned rolls, and I have been reading about 300 copies, and Liu Chaozong's face is still sinking like water, and there is no fluctuation on his face.

Most of these volumes in front of me are indeed not heraldry, and there is no considerable literary brilliance, occasionally there are one or two, two or three relatively considerable, close to the insect-shaped articles, but after all, they are only close, not insect-shaped articles.

Liu Chaozong firmly believed that these volumes of articles that were not worm-shaped articles could not be the leakage of the missing pearls, and it was impossible to be recognized by the Temple of Literature, so he didn't have the patience to read these volumes carefully, and he quickly glanced at them and let them go.

It wasn't until he saw a certain volume that his movements finally stopped suddenly, his eyes fell on the volume in front of him, and he was stunned for a moment, revealing an incredible look.

[It's about to be 515, I hope to continue to hit the 515 red envelope list, and the red envelope rain will be able to give back to readers and promotional works on May 15. A piece is also love, and it must be better!] (To be continued.) )