After Yang Cong learned about the general situation of the court, he became more careful. During the day, he basically stayed in the rented yard and reviewed his homework with everyone. At night, he hurried to the restaurant outside for a meal and came back, and even rarely went to the tea shop.

What he unexpectedly expected was that he didn't want to cause trouble, but he came to him. Seeing that he had been leaving the provincial examination for a few days, someone actually went to Dabaoen Temple to find him.

That morning, he discussed with Yu Dayou, Hu Zongxian and others, and was about to make a current plan, but the guards outside suddenly came to report that a yamen runner from the Ministry of Rites was waiting outside the door and asked him to see him.

At this time, what was the yamen runner of the Ministry of Rites looking for him?

He was really a little confused, but he dared not to see him. After all, the provincial examination was chaired by the Ministry of Rites, and offending the people of the Ministry of Rites was not a good thing. He originally regretted offending the son of He Qian, the head of the Ministry of Rites. Now that he offended the yamen runners of the Ministry of Rites, it would be a bit arrogant.

As the saying goes, "The King of Hell is easy to see, but the little ghost is difficult to deal with." If someone gives you a pair of shoes, you will definitely be unable to make you move.

He thought about it and simply ordered someone to take a silver ingot of ten taels and kick it in his arms, and then sat in the welcoming lobby and waited.

After a while, a middle-aged man with a short figure and stingy face walked in quickly and bowed diligently, "Little man Zhang Ping meets Mr. Yang."

Seeing this, Yang Cong nodded slightly, then pretended to be curious and said, "You are here without hesitation, what's the matter?"

He is already considered polite enough. These yamen runners in the yamen are not a good business in the eyes of ordinary people, because these people are not engaged in production and like to find fault everywhere and make money, which is very despicable.

Yang Cong's attitude really made Zhang Ping very helpful. He replied with a smile: "Young Master Yang, I'm going to tell you that this time I came here specifically for the provincial examination. I don't know if you want to do it."

A convenient way?

Is this the meaning of asking whether to cheat in the countryside examination?

Of course, Yang Cong didn't need to cheat. He was still confident in the provincial examination. He has read a lot of selected articles and articles in the provincial examination and the conference examination. He is still a bit of a good idea of ​​his own level. With his current level, this provincial examination, not to mention winning the championship, it should not be a big problem.

This guy came over for no reason and asked if he wanted to cheat. There was definitely a problem. Could it be that He Qian sent this guy to set up a trap to harm him?

He dared to play this trick in front of him. He sneered in his heart, but asked calmly on the surface: "Oh? What's the convenience?"

Zhang Ping said without any scruples: "It's just the conveniences in the exam room."

I was so faint that the fraud in the imperial examinations has not reached this level. This guy said it was like drinking porridge. He became more and more suspicious whether this guy was sent by He Qian.

What should I do? Will I just bombard the person?

This seems a bit inappropriate. He is not the kind of person who only suffers losses but does not fight back. On the contrary, if anyone dares to let him suffer losses, he must find a way to make others suffer greater losses.

Perhaps, we can set up a trap for He Qian in turn to give this guy a profound lesson.

Thinking of this, Yang Cong pretended to be interested and asked, "Oh, what are the specific conveniences?"

Zhang Ping introduced with a familiarity: "There are many conveniences. For example, if you enter the venue and search for your body, the young master may not know it. Generally, candidates who enter the venue need to take off all their clothes and check it carefully. If the young master does not want to make a ugliness in public, spend ten taels of silver, you will have your own way to make the young master pass easily."

Yang Cong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

It turns out that what this guy said was not cheating, but some trivial matters in the exam room!

He has never heard of these things. It’s not that he doesn’t know that the candidates need to check carefully when entering the venue, but that he has never heard of such things that can still be compatible.

It was his first time to participate in the provincial examination, so it was normal not to know about this kind of thing.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he found something inappropriate.

Yu Dayou and Wang Xuan have participated in the provincial examination, and they seem to have never heard of such things.

What's going on?

He carefully tentatively said: "Can every candidate do this convenient for you?"

Zhang Ping shook his head repeatedly and said, "Of course not. We wouldn't ask those poor scholars who live in dilapidated temples or houses if they want to make things convenient. They can't afford this price. Only noble people like the young master can make things convenient."

So that's the case. When Yang Cong heard this, his concerns suddenly decreased a lot. Nowadays, there are not many people who can easily take out ten taels of silver. It seems that this guy is easy to say, and it is really possible. He couldn't help asking, "Is there any other convenience?"

This guy is indeed a rich man. When Zhang Ping heard this, he couldn't help but say with his eyes: "Yes, as long as the young master is willing to spend money, we can give it convenience to the young master in the exam."

True or fake?

Yang Cong simply asked, "You can tell me what exactly are there."

Zhang Ping heard this and said excitedly: "Mr. Yang, I'm going to tell you that as long as you are willing to spend money, we have a way to do things in the exam room. For example, if you are willing to spend money, we don't allow food to be brought in this provincial examination. We give the food to the candidates. However, when to deliver it and what to deliver it depends on us. After all, there are more than 10,000 people in the exam room, and we may not be busy. For example, drinking water is also given by us. There are also smoked mosquitoes at night, which is also ours. Even if the young master is willing to spend money, you can go to the cottage anyway."

Yang Cong was really surprised when he heard this.

These problems are all things he is worried about, such as eating and drinking water. It is rumored that because there are too many people participating in the provincial examination and the weather is hot, many candidates eat rotten food. Sometimes it is normal for no one to come to deliver water for a day. Because noise in the examination room is strictly prohibited, you can't call people to deliver water even if you are thirsty. For more than 10,000 candidates, whoever has nothing to do, you always come and ask if you drink water.

There are also mosquitoes at night. On this hot day, the examination room environment is so bad. There are naturally many mosquitoes at night. If no one often smokes mugwort cigarettes, the mosquitoes will bite you all over the body in one night.

As for getting into the cottage, it is even more amazing. In order to prevent cheating, people will keep watching the candidates in the cottage. The whole process is quite troublesome. If you always get into the cottage and annoy the examiner, you will write a note for you. This provincial examination will basically be over.

Therefore, ordinary candidates do not dare to eat much or drink much water during the nine days of the provincial examination, because they are afraid that they will get angry with the examiner frequently.

He really didn't expect that these problems could be solved with money.

However, if you think about it carefully, it is really not surprising. Every dynasty develops to a certain level and many things will deteriorate. After more than a hundred years of Ming Dynasty, there are many ridiculous things. These yamen runners in the yamen often do extortion. It would be strange if they would let go of this "formal" way of making money.

Of course, these conveniences must be done. He said without hesitation: "How much is the total amount of silver?"

When Zhang Ping heard this, he said a little excitedly: "It's only fifty taels, so the custodian will not suffer any punishment in the examination room."
Chapter completed!