Students who came to take the imperial examination were lined up outside and wanted to go in earlier. First, they could get familiar with the examination room in advance and prepare early, and second, they would take a break before the formal exam. But don’t look at this short time, they had come to the school in the early morning and had a serious lack of sleep. If they could have enough rest before the opening, it would be more beneficial to the imperial examination.

I saw someone making trouble outside the door, and it turned out that someone who came to take the exam had a dispute. Zhang Youqian, who was originally drowsy, suddenly became energetic. He walked over and said loudly, shouting, and didn't look at where this was.

When I saw the person clearly, it was Gong Dahai, the young master of Gong Tongzhi. I said who I thought I was? It turned out to be Gong Dahai. Gong Dahai was a little inappropriate, but when he saw us coming, he was immediately arrogant. He must have been instructed by his father and said loudly, "Two sirs, I came here early in the morning. This kid insisted on adding a squat, so please check it out."

When the scholar heard this, he blushed and said, "It's you who went to the line, why did you bit me in the opposite direction?" This person spoke with a southern accent. He must be a scholar from another province. Jiang Dahaidao, I was waiting in line here early in the morning, and I couldn't go to the cottage. If you don't believe me, ask others, is that true?"

I looked around and asked, is this really the case?

The rest of the people took the identity of Ying Dahai, and they dared not speak out. Zhang Youqian said, "What's wrong with me? This is Mr. Gong, you are a VIP, so you should look down on you." Mr. Gong, you are a VIP guest, so you might as well pass through our VIP dedicated channel. It's still early, so we prepared some candied fruits in the ear room, so why bother with such people?

Ying Dahai said to lead the way. He snorted coldly, looked at the student with a little provocative look. I went up and patted him on the shoulder and said let us leave it.

The three of them came to the ear room. Zhang Youqian looked at me. I understood it and quickly brought some snacks and handed him a cup of tea.

Mr. Zheng, look, this matter is so chaotic that you are precious, why are you still queuing up in person? Come and try the Xingnao Qingshen soup that our brother just made today, made of wolfberry, ginseng, deer antler, croton, and six walnuts for three days and three nights. This is the designated functional drink for the Ming Dynasty imperial examination.

We were wearing six door uniforms today, and it was dark, and he didn't recognize us. Yang Dahai nodded, picked up the tea and took a sip and said why it was a bit bitter. I said it was just a bit bitter, it was a good medicine. Then he whispered, this was what Lord Gong asked us to prepare for you personally. If you drink it, you will feel refreshed, your mind will be open, and it will be smooth and smooth. It is difficult to think that high school is not possible.

Ying Dahai said that there was this function, and as he said that he pinched his nose and drank it all. I laughed secretly, "You gave me 10,000 taels of silver, of course you have to give you some special treatment." After Ying Dahai drank, he sat for a while and was led to Xuan No. 11 by Zhang Youqian. This Xuan No. 11 is near the pit.

The candidates were all dealt with in the number room. The pit was prepared for the invigilator, and there was a secret siege on it. It was said that Lord Gong was wiggling and wiggling when he drew lots, so he arranged it in this seat.

When I returned to the gate, the students had only entered less than one-third of them, so I ordered the other door to open and temporarily arrest us to check the entrance. The academic administration told us to be conscientious and eliminate cheating.

The cheating of the imperial examination has been around since ancient times, and it has been repeatedly banned. After being caught, the qualification of the scholar was cancelled. However, the temptation of the imperial examination is too great, and some people always have luck. Over the past thousands of years, the more mature the cheating and anti-cheating technology has become, cheating is divided into three levels.

This first-class person is a person who bribed the question. In order to prevent the handwriting from being recognized, the method of copying the name is generally used. The eight-legged essay method is often used in the exam. The rich disciples deliberately use the question when they start and follow the beginning and end of the question. When the person who marks the paper sees the question, they will naturally take care of it. This is more suitable for people with some skills.

The second-class person uses his relationship to bribe the examiner and takes the opportunity to replace the test papers when he is in the imperial examination. Jiang Dahai has no pen and ink, so he uses this method.

The third-class people have no money or power, so they have to use the method of entrainment to mix into the examination room with cheats. We checked the entrance at the door, mainly to prevent this type of people.

Some sewed the cheats in the cuffs and some hidden in the hollow pen tube. Not long after, Zhang Youqian and I caught three or four cheating candidates. Zhang Youqian was playful when he was a child, and his family controlled the money. He had conducted countless investigations and anti-detection skills with Zhang Baiwan on stealing silver notes, but he didn't expect to use them here.

I am the descendant of the Thieves Sect, and I have the best ability to observe words and expressions. When I searched the candidates, I stared at the other party. Usually, people who secretly hid and stole the thief and felt guilty. When I pointed my finger at the place where he hid, the expression on his face would betray him. After checking about 30 people, seven or eight people were actually entangled.

Not long after, no one came up in our group. Those guilty candidates would rather queue for a while than pass by us. We were bored and went to search for others.

I saw someone walking in a slight manner, and just passed the inspection, so I went forward and said, "Brother, wait."

Seeing this, the man said, what?

I pointed at his lower body and said, "You've been carrying your personal goods?" Take off your pants!"

The scholar said shyly, "My lord, I don't want to slap that." I sneered in my heart, and I was about to take off my pants when I went up. The man dodged and shouted, "You are a hooligan!" This shout alarmed the scholar-official master and came over and asked, "What's going on."

The scholar said, this adult insisted on letting me take off my pants, I am a great scholar, how could I do such a humiliating thing?

The scholar-official master looked at me and was inquiring. I said that this guy was walking in a weird way and he was very likely to have a cheat sheet on his underwear. The scholar's face suddenly changed and said, "Sir, you don't have any real evidence, don't swear, how can you hide a cheat sheet in your crotch?" I said that these days, there are thunders in your crotch. If you make some cheat sheets, what's the point?

Xuezheng waved his hand and someone stepped forward and pulled off his pants, but saw that the underwear was densely filled with the Four Books and Five Classics.

I said okay, you, the saint's words are all in your crotch. How do you explain this?

The scholar looked as if he was ashamed and still said stubbornly, "Can I say this be a coincidence? I accidentally got the ink ink last night.

I laughed and said, "You can even print your urination kang technique, so why do you still have to participate in the imperial examination?"

The scholar pounced on his knees and said, "I dare not do anything for the academic master, please let me in."

The scholar said with a smile, of course, let you go in. The scholar showed joy on his face, and the scholar said, "It's better to go to the prison." As he said, he said to the invigilator, from now on, everyone must take off their pants to verify their true self when entering the venue! He turned around and said to everyone outside the door, "Dear students, it's not easy to have a hard time, don't have any bad thoughts. As long as you don't bring them into the venue, I can open the door!"

As soon as the words were finished, more than a dozen people took off their pants and threw their underwear outside.

Suddenly I saw someone entering the venue. It was one of the four heroes of Jiangnan that I met at the academy not long ago, the man full of freckles. I said it was a coincidence that I met again. The freckle man said in surprise, it was you? I laughed and couldn't imagine, how about it, was it?

The pink man said proudly, I am the four heroes of Jiangnan, how can I despise such things? I saw that he was dressed brightly, with a faint glow on his chest and cuffs.

I said, come, young master, come on a bowl of tea!

The man with makeup was about to take it, but I pretended to accidentally miss it and sprinkled it on his cuff. When the cuff was exposed to water, it immediately turned to look flustered. The man with makeup suddenly looked panicked and turned around and ran away. I sneered in my heart. I would use this trick of writing invisible characters with cuttlefish juice when I was seven years old.

At the third hour of Mao, the sun rises.

Three thousand candidates finally entered the venue. When they sat down, the academic and political education began to speak. First, they talked about the importance of the imperial examination in the court, and then emphasized that it is difficult for all students to study and must give a good answer. One day, they will serve the court in high school, and finally appeal for the discipline of the examination room. If there is any private fraud, once it is found out, the fame and reputation will be eliminated and they will never be hired.

With three cannons, the three-year Jiangnan Spring Examination officially began.

There are three spring exams. The first one is the words of a saint, and the test is the basics of eight-legged essays. This year's test questions were given by Dean Lu, with the title "Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai and Seventy-Two Sages of Confucius". The second one is the official application text, and the judgment is written according to official documents. The third one is the hot topic of the dynasty, Xie Shiting gave the question, with the title "On the Case of the Empty Seal".

When they got the test paper, the candidates looked different. Some were frowning, some were conscious, some were snatching the ground with their heads, and some were crying loudly. Of course, the spring exam was very serious, and all those who made noises in the examination room were invited out politely by the invigilator with sticks.

The number houses are arranged in the north and south, and the main and deputy examiners sit in the two courtyard rooms at the end. The ones we assisted in the invigilator are responsible for the area. After an hour, the candidates took their brushes and started answering questions. I wandered around with Zhang Youqian, and Zhang Youqian whispered, "It's so strange, why didn't they cheat?"

I smiled and said, "It's just the beginning, I'm cheating, waiting for the afternoon and when we relax."

Zhang Youqian said, "How about you let it go now." If you can't catch someone, you won't feel fulfilled."

At this moment, Huang Liu suddenly appeared. Someone in the house of Huang Qi seemed to be sending a note. Zhang Youqian pointed to that place. We looked over. The candidates in the house of the two quickly lowered their heads and pretended to answer the questions. Zhang Youqian coughed to show a warning.

Not long after, the two of them started to pass notes again. I thought to myself, why did you not change after repeated instruction? I had to catch you. Seeing that we were walking away, Huang Liu started throwing paper balls at Huang Qi again. At this time, a gust of wind came. Huang Qi's house did not catch it and was blown aside by the wind.

According to the rules of the examination room, after the exam begins, no one is allowed to leave the account room within three days. Huang Qi cannot reach the paper ball, so he pretended to go to the toilet and secretly used his shoes to get the paper ball. Because the noise was too loud, Zhang Youqian showed it, walked over, picked up the note, and said with a smile, "Why, I'm caught."

The candidates of Huang Liu and Huang Qi are all old men in their fifties and sixties. They probably have taken the exam more than once. They were pale and whispered, Grandpa, please spare your life!

Zhang Youqian smiled and said, Grandpa? It’s useless to call grandpa.

As he said that, he handed me the ball of paper and was about to report to the examiner, but I saw that they were old and it was really difficult, so I stopped him. When I opened the note, I saw a few lines of words on it.

Do you know the first question?

I don't know, do you?
Chapter completed!