"Poor...... Poor master, can you help me pour the gong bucket? ”

In the room adjacent to Gu Yunji, a middle-aged man with a pale face covered his stomach, cold sweat oozing from his forehead, as if he was enduring some pain, raised his hand tremblingly, and called the official who was invigilating in front of him.

Smelling this seemingly non-existent smell, the official frowned unabashedly: "What's the matter with you?" It's only been less than an hour since the entrance, and the gong bucket is actually full? ”

The middle-aged man squeezed out a flattering smile and said cautiously: "I don't know what's going on, I got up fine this morning, who knew that when I arrived in Gongyuan, my stomach hurt more and more, and I always wanted to go to the toilet, so that I was about to collapse." ”

Dislike is disgust, but according to the rules of the exam, candidates cannot go out of the room, and the invigilator can only do it on their behalf, which is their responsibility.

"Alright, alright, bring it." The official pinched his nose and looked impatient, "I don't know how to pay attention to food for such a big thing as the township test. ”

"Actually...... I didn't ...... Ay. Seeing that the official turned around and left, he was not listening to himself at all, the middle-aged man sighed and sat back helplessly.

"Obviously, I ate two buns and a bowl of thick porridge this morning, and I didn't even drink much water, for fear that I wouldn't be able to hold back and always want to go to the toilet, it stands to reason that there is nothing special, how can I have diarrhea......"

Listening to the small muttering from the room next door, Gu Yunji's hand holding the pen unconsciously tightened, and his eyebrows were deeply worried.

Whether it is drugging food or framing cheating, this is an "off-the-counter move" that can only be implemented outside the market in advance. Although they have entered the field now, those people who are not right-minded will do everything in order to win, and maybe there will be other forks in the future, which is really difficult to prevent from dark arrows.

——

"Ahem, ahem! Ahem, ahem—"

On the second day of the second township test, before the light of day, Gu Yunji, who was immersed in sleep, was woken up by a rapid cough.

He pinched his eyebrows with a headache, pricked up his ears and listened carefully for a long time, and found that the cough was coming from behind him, and it should have come from a room in the back row. The house of the Gongyuan is made of blue bricks, and the walls are less than a palm's thick, and there is no sound insulation at all, and even the sound of urinating next door can be heard clearly, let alone such a violent and rapid cough.

It was still early, most of the candidates were still resting and sleeping, and the cough came suddenly, which was particularly clear in the quiet environment, and it didn't take long for the surrounding rooms to hear a series of irritable snorts and sighs.

"What's going on? What do you cough up? An official walked up to the coughing candidate and knocked on the table, "If you don't sleep, others still have to sleep, can you be quiet?" ”

The candidate gasped slightly, tried to squeeze out two tears and hung them in the corners of his eyes, made a sick and weak appearance, and said pitifully: "Ahem...... cough, I'm sorry, sir, I should have suffered from the wind chill last night, and I woke up this morning with a terrible itchy throat, and I couldn't hold back it for a while. ”

The official looked him up and down a few times, and suppressed the anger in his chest: "I can't help it, I have to endure it, it's not dawn yet, you cough so loudly, how can people rest?" ”

"Yes...... Yes, sir, I'll try to keep quiet. The examinee lowered his head and was obedient, and the official was not easy to say, so he left after two warnings.

Perhaps he listened to the warning, and after the official left, the examinee really quieted down.

But when the sun was getting higher and the candidates were calming down to answer the questions, the terrible cough sounded again. And one is more fierce than the other, one is higher than the other, Fang Cai is still a faint low cough, the next second it turns sharply, the rainstorm and thunder cough generally, the voice is low and high, sometimes big and sometimes small, noisy people can not be peaceful.

Some candidates were short-tempered, and they scolded in the number room on the spot: "Cough cough, cough your father!" Cough so loudly, why don't you cough to death! ”

The cough was silent for a moment, and then suddenly became violent, louder than before, as if it was deliberately retaliating.

The passing examiner was not surprised by this, walked up to the coughing candidate with heavy eyes, and said lightly: "So sick? ”

"Yes, sir." The candidate sniffed and pretended to be weak when he spoke, "I'm so uncomfortable that my lungs are about to cough out." ”

The inspector narrowed his eyes: "But I see that your face is ruddy and your voice is clear, it doesn't look like you're suffering from the cold, but you really cough badly, can't you...... Is it tuberculosis? ”

Hearing this, the moans of the examinee who was holding his chest and immersed in acting changed his tone, and he swallowed the cough in his throat stiffly, and in a few blinks, the sickness on his face disappeared, and he instantly cheered up, and his eyes lit up:

“…… I...... Huh? I suddenly feel so much better! My lord, you are really a lucky star, as soon as you come, my cough is gone! ”

"In that case, then answer the questions well, and don't influence others anymore." The examiner snorted coldly, too lazy to expose his lies, and turned to leave after casually leaving a sentence.

Without the interruption of coughing, Gu Yunji was finally able to calm down his impetuous mood and continue to answer the questions seriously.

The next two days were peaceful, everything went smoothly and nothing special happened.

On August 14, the third township test.

After six days of exams, the candidates seemed to have exhausted their minds, and they walked staggeringly, and they did not fall down on the spot by holding on to them in one breath. The team outside the gate of the Gongyuan was lifeless, all of them drooping their eyelids and did not want to speak, completely losing their initial jubilation and noise.

The township test came to the last one, and successfully completed the township test in three days, which became the only goal of the candidates at the moment. Everyone answered their own questions in peace, and no one moved their minds to affect the exam status of others.

The third township test is strategy, which is Gu Yunji's best subject. After taking a few deep breaths, he adjusted his state to the best and answered the questions smoothly.

Three days later, with the sound of a wake-up log, the examiner looked around the audience majestically: "When the time comes, the candidates will stop writing and collect the papers!" ”

The Gongyuan Academy, which had been silent for three days, suddenly began to be restless, with the sound of lazzling rolls, the soft shouts of the officials stopping, the ping-pong sound of the candidates packing up their things, and for a while, large and small voices came and went, and the whole Gongyuan was in a commotion.

Walking out of the examination room, Gu Yunji let out a long sigh of relief, looking at the fiery sunset on the horizon, feeling a little trance.

There were a total of three sessions before and after, which lasted nine days and six nights, and finally the township test was completed.

When Gu Yunji was out of his mind, he suddenly heard someone calling him in the distance:

"Third Young Master! What about—"

(End of chapter)