Every quarter of an hour, Confucian scholars would enter the room, mostly in groups of threes and threes, wearing masks and sitting quietly on chairs, waiting for everyone to gather.

In less than half an hour, sixteen chairs were filled. At this time, the fat man walked up to the podium, cleared his throat in a good manner, and beckoned: "Next, I will explain this process to you, and you must listen carefully, this matter cannot be wrong." "Everyone is sitting in a precarious position, meticulous.

The fat man pulled a blackboard-like board from behind him, on which were clearly written five with only surnames

"Adult", from left to right, Zhang, Zhou, He, Li, and Wu.

The fat man said: "These five people are the senior officials in charge of the imperial examination this time, among which Zhang, Zhou, Li, and Wu are the main examiners, the deputy examiners, and Lord He is the chief examiner; The authority of each adult is different, and the door bag and the money in his hand are also different, among them, Zhang, Li, and Wu are twenty taels, and Zhou is fifty taels; The door bag is just a red envelope for entering the door, in other words, it is a filial piety to these lords. These lords are all ministers of the Ministry of Rites, and you will not even be able to see them without a butler, so this bag must be given; After you have given the door bag, write a letter according to your respective requirements, explaining what you want to help and how much money you can give, and then the butler will personally present it to the adult. For example, Zhang San and Li Si both wanted to ask Lord Li for help, Zhang San gave ten donkeys, and Li Si gave ten horses, this horse is naturally more expensive than a donkey, and Li Si is naturally more favored by Lord Li than Zhang San; Below, I will introduce the abilities of several adults respectively, and you will weigh the right number to sit down - first of all, Zhang, Li, and Wu, who are responsible for invigilation, sub-examination, grading, and want to make their test papers stacked on top, and want to make the invigilation more relaxed, and want to make yourself more impressed in their eyes, you can find these three adults, but they also have a threshold for collecting money, and the minimum cannot be less than three hundred taels; The second is Lord Zhou. Who is Lord Zhou? The Book of Rites, the chief examiner! He can decide your fate with a single stroke, so the minimum amount of money in this case is 1,000 taels, and there is no upper limit; In fact, all of you here are smart people, I don't need to talk too much, you should also know the way here, do you still have any doubts at the moment? You can take the opportunity to bring it up. ”

"I have a couple of questions." Song Che raised his hand and asked, "Where do you start with the ranking of this test paper and the intensity of the invigilation?" ”

"Good question!" The fat man replied: "There are thousands of test papers for a subject exam, and after the examiner approves it, the eyes have to be spent in the end, and the test papers placed below are often not read carefully, or even not read, so the order of the test papers is quite important; In addition, the strength of the invigilation, in short, is what you bring into the tabloid newspaper, and the invigilator can turn a blind eye even if he finds out. "Song Che is long

"Oh", and then pointed to the name of Lord Naga in the middle and asked: "Hey, you only introduced a few other adults, this Lord He is the most powerful director, what are the rules of the door bag and money?" The fat man said: "Lord He is the prime minister of the dynasty, this person has a strange temper, does not understand people, and it is difficult to deal with it...... But don't worry, the chief has always stood very high, and he can't see what is underneath, and it is not as good to look for him as the other adults. Song Che couldn't help but laugh, and glanced at He Qiu, who was holding the chair handle tightly beside him, even if he was wearing a mask, he could see how ugly his face was.

He Qiu gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sigh and asked: "After the exam, it has always been 'pasted to collect the papers', and all the officials can't see the names of the candidates, how should you operate in the dark?" The fat man smiled, and first said: "This candidate seems to have done his homework in advance, and he asked quite professionally," he waved his hand and replied: "The so-called 'there is a policy, there is a countermeasure', as long as you pay a lot of money, someone will make a plan for you in the future, such as drawing a circle somewhere in the test paper, making a cross, there are too many ways......

"Hey, I have a question too," one candidate asked, "Can you sell us the questions for this imperial examination in one step?" The fat man said: "The title of the imperial examination is generally discussed by the chief and the chief examiner, and it will be determined three days before the examination, and you can't get it now, but if you really want it, after the twelfth, prepare at least eight hundred taels of silver, and then come to the Ruyi Building to ask." ”

"Eight hundred taels? Isn't it too much? Is five hundred taels good? ”

"How much is eight hundred taels? That's an exam question! I'm taking a huge risk with this information! In other words, do you think you lose money to buy an official position for 800 taels? ”

"When you say that, it's well spent. Hey, by the way, do you have a sample essay here? ”

"Naturally, the old Confucian who just picked you up upstairs was a former Jinshi, and his family background was not good, and he never entered the office in his life, but he wrote a good article!" The room was full of candidates, all talking about how to cheat.

"It just doesn't make sense!" He Qiu patted his chair and stood up, pointed at the full hall of Confucian scholars and scolded: "The imperial examination is a sacred and solemn thing, but you are like a vegetable market to discuss fraud, where is the courtesy, righteousness and shame?" Where is the style of the literati! This criticism seemed to poke at the sore spot of the candidates, and the hall immediately condemned: "You are all here, what kind of righteous man and gentleman are you pretending?" Isn't everyone the same? ”

"Yes, what is the purpose of the imperial examination? Isn't it just to be superior? What Shangshu on this board, the prime minister, which is not a child of a family and a protégé of the powerful? They may be asking for more money than we do! ”

"I said, this poor sour and rotten man is here to make trouble, why don't you fork it out quickly!"

"Fuck me off!" The fat man pointed at He Qiu and scolded. He Qiu was angry, stepped forward and grabbed his chest, snapped two ear scrapers, and threw down the podium.

"What's going on!" The door was slammed open, and five men armed with sticks burst into the room. The fat man covered his face, shrank to the door, pointed at He Qiu and Song Che and said, "These three people are here to find fault, and they must not be allowed to leave alive, lest the news leak!" "The man is going to come and fight with a stick.

"Smack!" A gunshot rang out, and he stopped. Song Che pointed his gun at the wicked men and scolded loudly: "Dare to take another step forward and send you to the western sky!" ”

"Ouch!" Hearing a scream, the old Confucian who had led people upstairs before broke through the fence and was thrown into the house.

Nangong Yue, Lu Jingxiang and other five female swordsmen rushed over, and after a few fights, they beat the evil man to the ground!

"You ...... You are so bold, do you know whose field this is! "The fat man is still shouting?