On the eighth day of the second month of February, the Lord Ming personally sent his two sons-in-law to the Gongyuan to participate in the examination, along with the second master of the Ming Dynasty, his in-laws Chen Langzhong, and Mingda and Hao Yunze, who came to see the world.

The second son-in-law Chen Hongshen ranked very high in the township test, is a popular figure in the Beizhili Juzi, as soon as he appeared, someone came to say hello, although the eldest son-in-law Luo Jing is not famous, but this year's Central Plains Juzi is only 20 people, therefore, some Central Plains officials in Beijing quietly sent the family steward, and waited outside the Gongyuan in the morning, in front of everyone to mix a familiar face, the businessmen are not so particular, a fat old man ran to Luo Jing, handed over the name card, and said in a big voice: "Luo Juren, February 18 champion building, you must patronize. ”

Before Luo Jing could react, Master Ming snatched the famous post, put it into his arms, and joked, but any piece of paper with words could not be brought in, and this famous post could cut off Luo Jing's road to the imperial examination.

Seeing that someone came over with a famous post, and there were those who directly sent pen and ink, Chen Hongshen was protected by Chen Langzhong, and the old man Ming and the second master of Ming were one on each side, protecting Luo Jing in the middle, not letting those people get close, who knows if there are any deliberately bad people among these people, there will be a few unlucky people who will try it any time, and this year it will not be the turn of his son-in-law.

At this time, someone shouted: "The Gongyuan is open!" ”

Master Ming rechecked the things that the two sons-in-law had brought with him, and even the clothes on his body shook and trembled, Chen Langzhong even asked Chen Hongshen to take off his shoes in public, Chen Hongshen blushed, took off the shoes on his feet, and made sure that there were no pieces of paper inside, and then put the shoes on.

Seeing the two sons-in-law successfully enter the tribute courtyard, Master Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly, Mingda sighed and said, "That's my cousin." ”

Master Ming followed the sound and looked over, and saw a young man running over with an examination basket and finishing at the end of the line.

Master Ming frowned: "I came so late, no wonder I didn't see him just now." ”

Mingda wanted to go over to say hello, but Master Ming stopped him, only to see Wu Tong talking to a person, who was wearing a hat crookedly, and he was angry, and he looked like a gangster.

Master Ming's face was displeased, how did Wu Tong know this kind of person?

Wu Tong said a few words to the gangster, and the gangster left, and there were two more lifters lined up behind Wu Tong, and it was inconvenient for Mingda to go over, so he said to Master Ming: "Forget it, let's wait until the exam is over." ”

Candidates enter the venue on the eighth day of February, and the official exam starts in the early morning of the ninth day of February, with a total of three exams, nine days and seven nights.

Master Ming saw Wu Tong finish his physical examination and walked into the Tribute Courtyard, and said to everyone: "Let's go back, and come back in nine days." ”

A few people turned around and were about to leave, when they suddenly heard a commotion behind them, and when they looked back, it turned out to be a move behind Wu Tong, and the soldiers at the door searched out a pen from the examination basket, the pen barrel was empty, and there was a dense piece of paper full of small characters hidden inside.

The lifter repeatedly complained that he had never seen this pen, and that this was not his.

The soldier sneered: "You haven't seen it, we can see it a lot, we can see each other once or twice every three years." ”

When a few soldiers heard the sound, they dragged the man aside, and Mingda snorted, "Isn't this Yu Taizhi?" ”

"You know?" Master Ming asked.

Mingda's face was ugly and he didn't speak.

Master Ming didn't ask again, sent Chen Langzhong away, and the group returned to the house on Old Academy Street, and Master Ming said with a straight face: "Who is that Yu Taizhi?" ”

Mingda looked dazed, and he hadn't recovered from Fang Cai's shock: "Last year, Yu Taizhi was the seventh in Beizhili, because he was close to my brother-in-law's ranking, so I noticed this person, a while ago, my brother-in-law and I went to the Scholar Building to drink tea, Yu Taizhi and the other two lifters were on the table next to them, one of them saw his brother-in-law, and the three of them also came over to say a few words. The brother-in-law said that he had read Yu Taizhi's article and wrote it very well, and said that Yu Taizhi would be able to go to high school today, alas, I didn't expect him to cheat, it's incredible. ”

Master Ming heard a lot of dirty things between the candidates, but he was not surprised, so he simply took advantage of Yu Taizhi's incident to tell Mingda about the things he had heard, such as the people who rushed to the exam lived together, and on the day they entered the examination room, a few people had diarrhea and couldn't get out of bed, so they could only miss the exam.

Mingda listened to it for a long time, and finally tasted it: "Dad, are you saying that Yu Taizhi was framed?" ”

"You also said that he is a person in the current science and technology, can he be guilty of cheating? It's still such a clumsy way to use a hollow pen. Master Ming said.

"Huh? Hollow pen, clumsy? Mingda was puzzled, he thought it was already very delicate, he didn't expect that he could hide something in the pen.

The second master of Ming, who had not spoken, interjected: "Alas, when the old lady took the imperial examination, there was a candidate who was caught cheating with a hollow pen, and the old lady said many times, since then, the body search of the Tribute Institute will definitely check the pen, so he cheated with a hollow pen, it must be a stupid way." ”

This Yu Taizhi is really unlucky, suddenly, he remembered Wu Tong, Wu Tong is in front of Yu Tai, this must be a coincidence, yes, it must be.

Huo Yu has been in Xiaoqi Camp for the past few days, but on the day the Ming family entered Beijing, he came back on purpose, Luo Jing and Ming Xian lived in the house rented by Mingda, and Master Ming and Second Master Ming, together with Mingda, lived in Huo Yu's house.

This courtyard is still called Feng's house, it has been cleaned up inside and out, Master Ming looked around, and felt quite satisfied, remembering the incense burner of the former dynasty official kiln that Ming Hui found in the ghost market last time, Master Ming's hands itched, and in the next few days, he took Ming Er and Ming Da to wander around the ghost market every night.

I slept late at night, I couldn't get up in the morning, and six days passed in a blink of an eye, and more than half of the time for the exam had passed.

The second master of the Ming Dynasty bought back a box of letters from the ghost market, and there was actually a handwritten letter from the famous Su Qian of the previous dynasty, the second master of the Ming Dynasty was overjoyed, he was the east, and everyone went to the restaurant to celebrate.

I didn't expect to hear one thing in the restaurant, today there was a candidate in the Gongyuan who cheated, was caught by the invigilator, and was expelled from the examination room with forty boards, and I don't know how the Ministry of Rites will deal with it, but no matter how it is handled, he is afraid that his reputation will not be saved, and he will be ruined from now on, and he will not want to be a scholar in this life.

There were two candidates in the Ming family, and Master Ming hurriedly asked Mingda to inquire, and after a while, Mingda came back with a pale face.

The one who was expelled from the Tribute Courtyard was none other than Wu Tong!