"Yu Zhudian, I heard that there is a candidate surnamed Qian who spent five taels of silver in order to sit in the position of the first room......" Wang Xuan's gloomy voice sounded.

When Yu Zhudian heard this, his face changed, and he scolded in his heart, in order to get a better exam seat, the candidate spent some money to buy a seat, this is almost a tacit thing, which official in the yamen has never done such a thing? This Wang Xuan actually threatened me with this matter, it is extremely hateful.

Although he was angry in his heart, he had no way to refute it, even if everyone tacitly knew this kind of thing, it was always illegal, once it was exposed, he would definitely be at the end of this ritual room, and he would go to prison if it was serious.

Faced with a few cold eyes in front of him, he had no choice but to reach out and take the other party's pen.

"That's right, I already knew that Yu Zhudian was a person who knew the times. Wang Xuan chuckled, he was not surprised at all by Yu Xuandian's submission.

Yu Zhudian took the pen and looked at the volume in his hand, and he couldn't put down the pen for a while, after all, this is a colorful insect-shaped article volume, once he puts down the pen, it will be on Wang Xuan's thief ship, and it will be difficult to get down.

Seeing that he was reluctant to put down the pen, Wang Xuan became impatient, worried that the delay would change, he knew what the other party was afraid of, so he persuaded again: "I have drawn a cross, what are you afraid of, this is a cheating volume, if someone asks about it, it is also justifiable, you just do what I ask, I will block what happens." ”

Yu Judian knew that he had no other choice, so he gritted his teeth. Finally, he picked up the pen and put his comments on the paper, but he didn't draw a cross directly after all. Just two horizontal bars were drawn.

When he finished writing, his face turned pale and his whole body seemed to have no strength. Wang Xuan took the scroll and looked at it in front of him, and didn't care that the other party didn't draw a cross, but drew two bars, which is actually the same.

He put the roll away and stuffed it back into his arms. didn't pay any attention to Yu Zhudian, who was stunned there, and turned straight away.

Back in the main hall, the examiners were still judging the papers step by step. No one noticed him, and Wang Xuan didn't alarm others, so he went straight back to his seat and continued to sentence his papers.

Soon. I saw that Yu Zhudian was also back. If you are interested, you will definitely find that this has become a little absent-minded after the collection of classics has come back, but at the moment, everyone is busy judging their own papers, and no one pays attention to this little abnormality of the collection.

On the top of the main hall, the busy scene was restored, with more than 500 papers, and each examiner had to mark them one by one, which was undoubtedly a great workload. It seems that it will be busy until late at night today, so all the examiners dare not slack off. Hurry up and get busy.

Of course, everyone will not be so sincere, each volume from the beginning to the end, basically to see the tone, whether it is considerable, whether it meets the insect-shaped heraldic standard, if so, look carefully twice, if not, just look at the beginning, at most look at the end, you can judge this article, this is a tricky way, but also an effective way, because the tone is an objective standard for the quality of the article, which is recognized by the world.

Yu Judian sat in his seat, perhaps because of the weakness of what he had done before, but at this moment he was a little more serious about judging the volume, as long as it was not too bad to see, he basically read the volume from beginning to end.

During this period, he noticed that it seemed that Lord Wang Xuan got up and paid respects twice, and each time he followed a certain examiner, including his own immediate boss, Wu Dian, the official of the ceremonial room.

When this Wu Dian, and another examiner came back, others may not think it, but in the eyes of the person who has a heart, they can see that the faces of the two are not very good-looking, and they understand in their hearts that these two were probably also pulled on the thief ship by the Lord Wang, coerced and enticed, and drew a cross or a bar on the paper.

Seeing that more people were pulled into the water, he was inexplicably relieved in his heart, thinking that the law would not be held accountable, the sky would fall, and the people in front of him would stand on it.

Wang Xuan was sitting in his seat at the moment, looking at the scroll in front of him from his masterpiece, there were already several forks and a horizontal bar on it, but there was not a circle anyway.

The rest of the examiners, even if they all draw circles on it, I believe that there is no possibility of this paper coming out, but this is just a conventional situation, but the actual situation cannot be seen like this, in fact, the opinion of the chief examiner Liu Chaozong is the most important, if this paper attracts his attention and draws a circle on it, then the work he Wang Xuan has done before may be in vain.

How to deal with Liu Chaozong, the chief examiner, is the biggest key to success or failure, but Wang Xuan has no bottom in his heart about this matter now.

If it was possible, he really wanted to help that Lord Liu draw a cross on the paper, but this is impossible, each examiner's handwriting is different, as a three-grade jinshi, Liu Chaozong's handwriting is even more unique, the circles he draws or forks, or bars, all bring his breath, these talents here, lifting people, it is impossible to imitate it.

If he draws a cross on behalf of the other party, it is not simply a matter of unclear judgment, but a serious favoritism, and after the incident, it is inevitable that a person's head will fall to the ground.

So he wouldn't take such a risk unless he had to.

In addition to the chief examiner of Lord Liu, the remaining three examiners cannot be negligent, the other three examiners, one of whom is the instructor of the county school, and the other two are the wardens of the bureaucracy's room and the workshop, who are idle at the moment, and were arrested as the examiners of the county examination.

As for several other big figures in the county, such as the county prince, the master book, and the canonical history, they did not participate in this county test, because the daily affairs of the county still have to be done.

The instructor of the county school is his own subordinate, Wang Xuan believes that it is not difficult to win, and the other two officials of the office and the workshop, the power of the warden of the office is great, and he is a family of officials in this county, and he is quite powerful.

However, it is precisely because of this that the old officials who have accumulated old age, where can there be no dirty things at hand, so Wang Xuan believes that it is not difficult to coerce and lure them to comply. What worries him is the strict warden of the workshop, this person is usually obedient, he doesn't eat soft and hard, he is a freak in the county yamen, and if he wants to take him down, he has to put more effort into it.

But he's not in a hurry, it's destined to be busy until late at night today, and there's still time.

The examiners buried their heads in judging the papers here, and before they knew it, the sun was gradually turning west, the sky was gradually darkening, and night was falling. Liu Chaozong ordered the work of judging the papers to be suspended, ordered someone to light the lamp, and ordered the dining room to eat.

The dinner in the evening was a little richer, with an extra meat dish, two meats, one vegetable and one soup, perhaps after a day's hard work, most of the work was completed, and everyone was not so restrained, but there were some jokes and discussions during the meal.

The most talked about is the matter of the county exam, a certain examiner said that he came across some strange papers, and some examiners said that they saw a certain good paper, etc., anyway, what they said was more general, and it was enough to stop, but no one blamed these words for violating the ban or anything.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to rest for dinner, Wang Xuan repeated his old tricks, and under coercion and temptation, he got the other two examiners, but when he found the strict warden of the workshop, he really ran into trouble.

When Yan Zheng found him, he was still in the latrine, and the workshop warden didn't even plan to read the scroll, and directly refused Wang Xuan's request on the grounds of "discord".

"Isn't it just a cross, why should the old warden make such a fuss? Wang Xuan patiently persuaded.

"Draw a fork?" Yan Dian originally thought that the other party secretly found him, just to let himself draw a circle, and of course he would not do such a favoritism.

"Of course, it's a fork, as long as the old warden draws a fork on it. Wang Xuan handed the scroll to the other party again.

Yan Dianguan took the scroll and looked at it, only to see that almost all the places on the paper had been drawn, except for the fork, which was a bar, and there was no circle anyway.

"Let's draw, the old warden can also draw a fork, or draw a bar. Wang Xuan handed the pen to the other party.

Yan Dianguan didn't take his pen, returned the scroll to the other party, and said: "Lord Wang, I think this matter is still good for business, judging the paper in the toilet is unheard of, and it is not in accordance with the rules." ”

After that, he ignored the other party, undressed directly, squatted on the pit, and began to undress.

"Puff-p-" A stench began to permeate.

Wang Xuan hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, and said hatefully: "Old thing, don't toast and don't eat and drink, you have also seen it, everyone has drawn a fork and a bar, but you alone want to go against everyone?

The strict warden squatted there, still keeping his head down and silent.

When Wang Xuan saw it, he had no choice but to turn around and withdraw. Although he didn't convince the workshop warden, he thought that the other party couldn't make a big wave alone, and the main thing was to get Liu Chaozong's share done, which would take a little more thought and luck.

After a break for dinner, the examiners continued to fight at night, in short, they had to finish all the five hundred papers today.

Wang Xuan also buried his head in his seat to judge the papers, but he was absent-minded all the time, and his attention was on Liu Chaozong's side.

After reading the papers for a day, Liu Chaozong was also tired at the moment, as the chief examiner, he had no privileges, and he had to read the papers one by one for the five hundred or so papers. By now, he had read almost four or five hundred papers, and he really didn't have the heart to judge the papers seriously, and basically took a quick look.

At this moment, after reading a large pile of rolls, and seeing that no other rolls were sent, I couldn't help but stretch my waist and yawn.

He was about to relax for a while, when he saw someone bring him a stack of scrolls, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that it was Wang Xuan.

"How many rolls are there?" he took the papers, asked casually, and looked at them with a strong spirit.

Liu Xuan said: "There shouldn't be much, these are the last few papers in the lowly office." ”

It's finally over. Liu Chaozong felt relieved. (To be continued.) )