Provincial capital

The sky is still dark, the sky is full of stars, if it is usually far from the time to open the door, but today, many stores are open, especially the hotel, a lively, up and down are lit up, the kitchen is even brighter, the boss takes the guy to bring hot water and towels, a pot to the guest room, and cook wonton dumplings, for Xiucai to use.

This busy mess, the guests are also used to it, they don't think it's disturbing, but they all smile: "Another year of provincial tests, how many masters (lifting people) will come out of this?"

"Maybe in this store, there will be Wenqu stars!"

In the dim corner, Yan Yu and Tan Youshan got together again, and only ordered a plate of spiced peanuts, but the wine was good.

"Brother Yan!" After three glasses of wine, Tan Youshan's expression was calm, and when he saw Yan Yu, he was sullen and uneasy, pouring wine and smiling: "I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of crying and mourning?"

Yan Yu listened, sighed, and wiped away tears: "Brother Tan, you are your husband, do you really want to knock on the drum?" You know, according to the rules of the imperial court, once you beat this drum, the prefect must take on this case, but you have to hit the twenty boards first, and it will be even more sad to ask for guilt later......

"Moreover, Ding Ruili is the son of Tongzhi, the relationship and energy are not small, Su Ziji seems to be behind the poor family, but after a little inquiry, some brothers have been scolded and warned, the water in this is very deep!"

Speaking of this, even the voice of the speaker trembled, and the more the husband said, the more he knew that it was powerful.

"Brother Yan, I know the rules of the public gate, everyone is afraid of death, but I am an old man, I have no queen, and I have no parents, what are I afraid of?"

"Based on the clues of the brothers, I have a general understanding of the matter. ”

"Ding Ruili calculated Su Zi's nationality, my son is an uncompetitive person, he was involved in it, and he was killed. ”

"One kills, one instigates, can't escape the relationship. ”

"They are all nobles, I usually can't afford to provoke them, if I sue in advance, maybe I can dredge up the relationship, today is the provincial exam, I beat the drum, at least I can pull the two of them to the examination room. ”

"Regardless of whether the lawsuit is won or lost, neither of them can take the exam this year - this is still the method that Ding Ruili taught me. Tan Youshan laughed, some words still didn't say, since his son is dead, he naturally does whatever it takes, the Gongyuan is of course heavily guarded during the exam, but not necessarily before the exam.

Tan Youshan had already sneaked in advance, and made covert moves in every compartment of the examination room, and now he not only sued Su Zi for fraud, but also for fraud, so that even if the evidence of murder is insufficient, fraud alone can ruin Su Zi's future.

This laugh made Yan Yu's scalp chill, wondering if it would stop him.

"Brother Yan, don't worry, I'm my husband, and I won't get the source of the clues to you. Tan Youshan didn't know how many cases he had experienced, and the more he was in battle, the calmer he became, staring at Yan Yu: "This time, I am not ready to come back alive, if I really think about it, brothers can bury me and my son in a thin coffin afterwards." ”

"So I chose the prefect of Liao instead of the governor, that is, he is an upright official, and my old man has served Shangguan respectfully all his life, and today I will bully Shangguan This upright. ”

As he spoke, Tan Youshan laughed, drank the wine, got up and walked out of the hotel, and it was not night.

And in the back, the head of the swallow catcher was dumbfounded, and did not move like a puppet.

Autumn Autumn

Yangning Province and the provincial capital are not far away, only 200 miles, if you take a boat to go downwind, you can start in the morning and arrive in the afternoon.

Su Ziji arrived at the provincial capital two days ahead of schedule, before dawn on the eighth day of the new year, he got up and arrived outside the gate, he came quite late, thousands of candidates in the province's eight provinces basically arrived, all with test baskets, which were dry food needed for three days.

The scale of the Provincial Tribute Courtyard is much larger than that of the prefecture and county, if you want to see it, the stars are brilliant, the palace lamp is hung at the gate, and the sentry is even more clothed in iron armor, the footsteps are stacked, and the ghost light flashes in the night, and from time to time I see the Jiupin military attache of the foreman inspecting.

"It's even more strict. ”

Soon after Su Ziji arrived at Yuanmen, he saw Yu Lu, Yu Lu seemed to have just finished inquiring, and came back and said secretly: "Today is the eighth day of the junior high school, and the exam is three days, and we are only allowed to be discharged from the hospital until the eleventh." ”

"In fact, on the sixth day of the first month, the inner curtain official has already entered the inner court, and he is not allowed to hear anything other than to mark the test papers. The examiner is in charge of sealing the door so that the inside and outside do not interact with each other, and he is also in charge of patrolling the field and serving herbal tea—do you smell the medicine?"

Historically, scientific research has been selected in the spring and autumn, and the climate is neither hot nor cold, but the spring and summer are most prone to the spread of the epidemic.

Yu Lu asked again: "For three days, the food is important, what did you bring?"

The food for the government test is provided by the imperial court, because the simplified government test is only one day, and the court provides it uniformly in order to reduce trouble.

But when it comes to the provincial examination, it takes three days to take the test, although the imperial court is not unable to afford this money, but the time is long, and the candidates' physical fitness and family background are also different, and the forced unification is not intimate, and therefore, the dry food of the provincial examination is brought by the candidates, and the examination room provides clean water, and the candidates only need to bring drinking utensils.

"I brought it, the meat is easy to spoil, so I only brought three meat pies on the first day, and the rest are sugar pies, as well as solid pies, and the portion is enough!"

This is the experience of the old Taoist, Yu Lu nodded and praised, there are people who don't understand, bring meat, and as a result, they eat diarrhea, and the exam is naturally over.

Rather vegetarian than meat, rather sugar than mixed, in order to replenish energy, and not diarrhea.

The two exchanged a few words of greeting, and they didn't speak anymore, even if they were from Su Zi, who had experienced the county and government tests, standing here, their hearts were still beating slightly.

Xiucai can also be said to be famous, and raising people is an official body, whether it can be achieved or not, it is in this exam.

After a while, Su Ziji's eyes were sharp, and when he saw Ding Ruili's figure, he said a few words to the scholar, and walked here, but he also saw Su Ziji halfway through, his expression froze, and he turned to look elsewhere.

Su Ziji's expression was slightly gloomy, and he glanced at the back of the hurried away, and then withdrew his gaze.

Yu Lu also saw Ding Ruili, and asked puzzledly: "Isn't that Brother Ding?

"This matter is a bit complicated, and I will talk to you about it when I have time. Su Ziji said lightly.

There is something wrong with this look, and now that the imperial examination is about to be held, Yu Lu is not easy to ask, so he can only be appeased: "You don't have to affect your mood for irrelevant people, the exam is important." ”

"Don't worry, I know. Su Ziji smiled.

At this time, there was a gong sound in front, and some officials shouted, Su Ziji and Yu Lu glanced at each other, and walked towards the gate with the candidates.

The rules of entry are actually not much different from the government examination, looking at the errand officer in front of him to carefully search whether the candidates are entrained, and at the same time to check the knot, Su Ziji has no problem, although he is mourning for his father-in-law, but he is not a parent, he does not have to be allowed to take the imperial examination for three years, and now he has passed the mourning period, everything is fine, but a touch of irritability suddenly arises in his heart.

"Could it be that I'm also a little nervous? But according to my analysis of the articles cited in the provincial examinations of the past 12 years, I can pass with 10 grades, and 12 can eliminate most of the uncertain factors. ”

After passing smoothly and rushing to the number house with the test number, Su Ziji's feeling has not been eliminated.