There was nothing to say for a few days, and on the day of the autumn season, the prisoners came to the outside of the Gongyuan early, and looked carefully at the "Imperial Examination Minutes" issued by the imperial court posted on the bulletin board on the left, which wrote the attention to the examination and the content of the examination, as well as the punishment of the fraudsters. The Wu Dynasty's punishment for fraud in the imperial examination surpassed that of previous dynasties. If a student commits fraud, he will not be allowed to take another examination for life; if he is a student who commits fraud, not only will he be banned from taking the examination for life, but his father or brother will also be dismissed from office; and if a prisoner commits fraud, he will not be able to inherit the title. Therefore, almost no one dares to cheat in any examination, whether it is the lowest level of the hospital examination, or the county examination and the township examination, and in this case, do those who dare to cheat still need to take the exam?

I saw that the tribute courtyard was solemn and solemn, and there seemed to be a blessing of luck around it, which must be the so-called heroic spirit? When there was nothing to do, Sun Xu had come to this tribute courtyard with his father, and remembered that there was a high wall inside the high wall outside the tribute courtyard, which was to prevent candidates from cheating in series, leaving a gap of more than one zhang wide between the two walls, forming a circle of passages around the tribute courtyard. The four corners of the wall are built with four watchtowers more than two zhang high, during the examination, the local school administration specially sends the watchtower invigilators to invigilate the examination upstairs, from top to bottom, at a glance.

And the candidates who read the minutes each carried their baskets and went to see their respective number plates. Ah Shi in the men's clothes over there had already finished reading the number plate, and came back and forth, "The son is at the end of the first row, the weather is getting colder, the first row is afraid of autumn winds, why don't Ah Shi go and find a few clothes?"

"No need, I'm so delicate, the last time I caught a cold was just a coincidence. Sun Xu saw that she thought of the cold last time because she had come back from the shuttle, so he said. "Ah Shi, you can go back, and come back after the exam. ”

When Ah Shi heard this, he opened the basket that Sun Xu brought in again, and there was a pair of dishes and chopsticks in it, all of which were cleaned; roll bags, pencil cases, and even the oil paper of the steamed bun oil cakes were all neatly packed, as well as a pair of tea cups, a set of snack boxes, and some pasta in the food box, as well as side dishes, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and things to wipe your face and rinse your mouth, not to mention. Seeing that everything is complete and has not been missing, I will go back in response to the call, just waiting for tomorrow evening to pick up people.

Soon after Ah Shi left, he heard the soldiers outside the door shouting, "The students are here!"

With this shout, hundreds of people at the door gathered around, lined up in a long line, and entered in turn along the roll call platform. It turned out that such a search was just a false story. There were only a few idle soldiers who were inspected by the superintendent, but they were not sent by the Qin faction, and they were tested every time they went to the township, but Xuezheng sent a few people to work here as usual, but the first class was also sitting there. Sun Xu was waiting for the moment when he was inspecting in front of him, and saw that the guards were talking to each other lively. I listened to a person: "Hey, old cousin, let's be on duty for a day, tomorrow there is nothing to do, we are outside the east entrance, a new mutton restaurant has been opened, the dough is neat and delicious, tomorrow get up early, let's make a pot there." The one who had a short cigarette pouch in his mouth, but kept rubbing the cigarettes in his purse with both hands, and couldn't free his mouth to agree, so he only hummed and nodded.

Sun Xu didn't care what the two of them were eating tomorrow, he just handed over his township test post and identity documents, and was just about to untie his clothes for people to test, so he listened to the person who invited people to eat, "That's it, you don't have to undress anymore." This search is just a matter of carrying out the meritorious order. When you get to the front, you have to search for a mile, if you are demanding everywhere, it is not the intention of the imperial court to seek talent, take advantage of the looseness of the people, and go with it. What he said was quite tasteful, but Sun Xu secretly pursed his lips, "This person is rhetorical in his words, and he is just like him Chu Caijin, but he has been running errands here for many years, and he is just lazy!"

Thinking all the way, I entered the inner wall gate, and I didn't go to the gate of the Degong Courtyard, and I saw a temporary canopy not far away, and the soldiers waiting for the search at the bottom were no longer the same appearance just now, and they had their own weather, Sun Xu, as the son of Fu Yin, entered the palace as a shadow student, and naturally knew that the twelve elite guards transferred by the imperial court from other places were meticulously searched there. Some of the soldiers who were searched unbuttoned their clothes and opened their hearts. After the search was completed, no one was allowed to tidy up their clothes, so he raised his voice and shouted: "Searched" and urged him to leave. That voice has an indescribable deterrent effect on ordinary people, although those students have the heart to reason with the soldiers, but listening to these murderous words, plus the tribute courtyard did not dare to make a mistake, nor did they dare to say more, so they hurried away according to the words.

When Sun Xu arrived, a soldier with a beard on his face came over, first carefully compared the papers, and then shouted: "Put down the basket and untie your clothes." This burst of shouting shook people's eardrums, and Sun Xu said in his heart, "I'm afraid this person already has the strength of the peak of the day after tomorrow, and I don't know how to compare to that Zuo Qianhu." At this time, I heard the adult in the shed say: "You only care about being on an errand, why do you use such shouting?" The Wu Dynasty emphasized literature and light martial arts, although it was not as expensive as an article and a cheap martial arts, but after all, the treatment of civil and military officials at the same level was different, and this soldier seemed to be just a captain, how dare he talk back after listening to the words of the adult?

Sun Xu looked up, and saw that this man was wearing a peacock complement official uniform embroidered on his chest, who looked about forty years old, and the man saw that Sun Xu looked dignified and not like a mortal, and at this time the search had already been completed, so he smiled and said: "Don't delay, hurry up and go in." ”

Sun Xu entered the gate of the Gongyuan and saw that the opposite side was where the scroll was received. He had only just entered the door at this time, and the guy was already a little panting, and was trying to find a place to rest and go up to pick up the rolls. I looked, the old acquaintance Fan Sheng was in the room, and there were a few people who had lived in the same inn and met once, all of whom gathered the examination baskets together at the foot of the wall and sat on them to chat. When I looked inside, I saw a large group of people around the table, and the old man with pale hair sitting on the platform was holding a red pen and calling one person to put one copy according to the roster. Fan Sheng and the others had taken the exam many times earlier, and they knew that they had gone to squeeze a stinky sweat early, were out of breath, and did not recuperate, and they had never heard that the person who received it early had a greater chance of being lifted than others.

In the middle of the noise, there was a fat man of seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing an earthy yellow robe, and his figure looked a little funny, squeezed through the crowd, knocked on the old man's table with the examination slip in his hand, and called him in his mouth: "Boss, hurry up and give me my copy of the paper!" The old man put down his pen and asked, "You are a talent from that county, what is your name?"

The fat man said: "I'm not a showman, my father donated to me last year, my name is Fan Datong." My father is Fan Renjin, and he is an imperial businessman. Look, it's all on the roster. The old man looked at his eyes, found him out, looked at it, took it in his hand, and said to him, "You have it." But what a grand occasion the country has learned from the scriptures and selected talents? Why do you not follow the etiquette and law, do you not have some children in your family who can't succeed? You don't have to receive this volume now, I will deduct the name of the person who participates in it. “

Originally, some children of wealthy families, who participated in the examination for the first time, were a little careless, thinking that there was nothing to fear, but seeing that this Fan Datong was arranged by the boss in a few words, he quieted down and did not dare to cross the thunder pool by half a step. However, the fat man was deprived of the exam after just two words, and everyone felt a little sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox, and I don't know who took the lead in pleading, so everyone said for him, and the boss gave him the paper. He also said: "I'm looking at all the students, if I only look at you for being so bad, how can it be so easy?" Then Fan Datong saw that the willows were bright, and quickly took the volume, and said goodbye to the people who swept the floor.