The queen must start from the head

Chapter 61
In the Gong Yuan of Zhennan City, the midnight had passed, and the snoring sounded one after another in the dormitory area where the candidates were located.

Mu Lian, who had been lying on the narrow seat and seemed to be asleep, suddenly opened her eyes.

She silently put the examination papers she covered on the table into the inconspicuous black iron storage ring on the little finger of her left hand, and then took out a few examination papers and put them back on the table.

If someone looks closely at the lamp at this time, they will surely find that the last few examination papers are written in a well-regulated calligraphy. Apparently, it is a style of writing that can only be written by a man with a calm personality.

The system silently watching this scene thought to himself, this is the first time it has seen such a treacherous host.Although it has only seen such a host.

After one night, when the sky was bright, a deputy invigilator and a group of small officials came to collect the test papers.

When the examiner received Mu Lian, he looked at her and smiled with contempt hidden in the corner of his mouth. Mu Lian also smiled back, with pity in his smile.

Youngsters, if you want to wrestle with Grandma Mu, you still lack some momentum.

After all the test papers were collected, the invigilator immediately handed over all the test papers to Mi Fengguan, who was responsible for "pasting" the test papers, that is, folding and covering up the personal information such as the candidate's name and place of origin on the test papers, and filling them with blanks. After the paper is sealed, it will be stamped with a seam seal.

While handing in the test papers, when the invigilator handed over the official Mi Feng's sleeve robe, an inconspicuous ball of paper was stuffed into the latter's palm by the former.

After the "fuming name", there is "Yi Shu", that is, the copyer will faithfully re-copy the sealed test paper.

The imperial court stipulated that each copyist could only copy ten test papers per day.

Therefore, there are thousands of transcribers in Zhennan Gongyuan alone.

These scribes were all drawn from other prefectures, states, and counties. If anyone dared to replace someone who entered the venue with an impostor or tampered with another person, once found out, the black yarn would not be safe, and at worst, his life would be lost.

Thousands of copyists sat in their seats, and each of them was assigned ten test papers.

One of the transcribers also received a small note while receiving the examination paper.Taking advantage of no one's attention, he opened the note, and after distinguishing the two kinds of handwriting on it, he knew it in his mind.

Next, is the lengthy transcription process.

The test papers of these candidates with blurred names were originally written in black ink, called "ink scrolls"; and the transcribed papers were all written in red pen, so they were called "Zhu scrolls".

After the transcriber completes the transcription, an interrogator will hand over the ink scroll and Zhujuan together to a high-level interrogator invited from outside for proofreading. After the proofreading is correct, the interrogator will stamp the test paper , Also known as "Guan Fang".

When the interrogator was stamping the seal, his eyes carefully stared at the handwriting on the paper, and any paper that made him feel suspicious was folded at the corner without a trace.

Occasionally, a small official who was in charge of collecting the examination papers found that the corners of some papers were folded, and was about to ask the interrogator, but when he met the incomparably cold eyes of the interrogator, he immediately shrank his head and dared not say any more.

However, at this point, the matter of the outer curtain officer is not over yet.

Next, these examination papers will be received by Waishouzhang, and then sorted into packages and boxes in Zhigongtang. After passing through Feihong Bridge, they will be sent to the most core marking place-Hengjiantang, where they will be kept by Waishouzhang.

Next, Neihouzhang will distribute these examination papers to the marking personnel for review.

When distributing, the chief examiner and fellow examiners of the township examination will also supervise and distribute these examination papers by lottery.Therefore, it is reasonable to say that the final grader does not know which candidate's paper he corrected.

However, when these examination papers were delivered to the examiners, there were quite a few examination papers with inconspicuous creases left on the corners.

One of the sharp-eyed examiners first raised his hand to take the slightly creased examination paper.

However, not long after he finished taking the stack of exam papers, he found another stack of exam papers with creases appeared at the bottom. The exam papers were taken away.

Just when his heart was pounding and uneasy, the person who took away the test paper suddenly turned his head and gave him a look of "you don't worry", and then he was relieved and started to check the paper.

There were also some other examiners present who had not been bribed. Although they noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere in this room, they didn't think much about it.

After all, the amount of grading papers is too large. Before the candidates take the second exam the day after tomorrow, they may not be able to correct all the papers in the first round.

After the papers were collected at dawn, the candidates walked out of the examination room one after another.

Many people had no sleep all night. At this time, their eyes were blue and purple, and their spirits were low. As soon as they left the gate of the Gongyuan, they were taken back to rest by their family members who had been waiting early.There are still many people who are still in high spirits, talking about how they broke the questions and how to compose poems in the first exam.

Mu Lian seemed a little lonely walking among the bustling crowd.

For some unknown reason, those scholars all avoided her.

Mu Lian didn't care about this, and walked towards the place where she was staying in big strides.

When she returned to the inn, as soon as she entered the door, she found that the small luggage she brought from the sect was on the counter of the inn.Although she has a storage ring, she still wears a parcel on her back as a cover when she travels far.

The shopkeeper, who was tapping on the abacus boredly, looked up and saw her come back.

The other party smiled like a chrysanthemum on his old face, "Guest officer, you are back, because you didn't say you would continue to stay before you went out yesterday, and there are many guests coming to the house today, so...".

Mu Lian took a few steps forward and put one hand on the counter. The shopkeeper felt a strong momentum rushing toward her face.

She looked at the shopkeeper calmly and said, "I paid your ten-day accommodation fee the day before yesterday, and I have already paid the deposit. And in your inn, there are only three guests who have visited the door so far today, and the business is still there. It didn't work out. Tell me, who is persecuting you behind your back and asking you to drive me away?"

In the lobby, the clerk who was cleaning the table heard Mu Lian's words, and his ears twitched slightly. How did she know that there were only three guests in the store today, and none of them chose to stay, as she just came back?

After hearing Mu Lian's words, the shopkeeper's face fell down. He spread his hands and said helplessly, "Girl, you are an expert. Since you know everything, please be noble and let the shop go! You I will return the deposit to you later, do you think so?"

When Mu Lian heard this, she touched her chin and said, "It seems that the person who persecuted you is not weak. Is he from the City Lord's Mansion, or from the Tribute Court?"

The shopkeeper shrank his eyes slightly, then lowered his head and said, "Little old man doesn't know anything, so don't waste your time, girl. Here, this is the deposit you paid earlier, and it's all here. You just take it Come on, take your luggage and go quickly!"

Mu Lian already had guesses in her mind, and it was meaningless to continue to embarrass the shopkeeper, an ordinary person.

She reached for her luggage, put it on her shoulders, turned and left.As soon as she went to the street, she realized that there were many eyes behind her, all staring at her next destination.

Mu Lian continued to walk forward without turning her head. She was thinking with her toes now, and she knew that there might not be any inn in the entire Zhennan City that would dare to let her live in it.

Some people just like to play this kind of trick with her. They think that if she can't find a place to sleep, she will lose energy and fail the exam?It's ridiculous!
Since they want to play, then...

Gradually, Mu Lian's footsteps finally stopped in front of a magnificently decorated brothel, and then pushed the door open without hesitation!

The group of people who had been following Mu Lian were dumbfounded at this moment.

She, isn't she a woman?How can a woman enter a brothel?Does she know where this is?Could it be that this woman has gone to the inn to find a fool?

After entering the brothel, Mu Lian went directly to the old lady here, and gave her a 100 tael silver ticket, and rented a secluded small courtyard here for half a month.

After the old woman got the silver ticket, she burst into laughter, looking at Mu Lian as if she was looking at a rich girl with a lot of money.No, if she entered her Mama Liu's territory, she would have to scrape off three layers of oil from her body no matter what!
For this reason, she began to keep asking, "Girl, we have a lot of beautiful girls here, some are skilled, and some are pure, pleasant, and unreasonable. Which one do you want?"

Mu Lian's eyelids twitched, "No need."

"Well, if you don't like women, you can also be a man! Girl, just tell me what you like! Mama Liu, I have no shortage of good-looking, tall and powerful men with a variety of tricks! It's a famous son in Zhennan City, Mom, I can find a way to get it for you!"

"This is no longer necessary."

Mama Liu rolled her eyes, but she was still unwilling to let go of Mu Lian, a fat sheep. Thoughts flooded her mind again, and she asked tentatively, "Then girl, do you prefer older ones or younger ones? Or if you want some good things for your own house, yourself... ".

"Crack!" There was a sound, and a stone table under Mu Lian turned into a pile of stone powder.

She held the teapot in one hand and the teacup in the other, and said, "I said no. Mother Liu, please leave this small courtyard right now. I need to be alone."

Ms. Liu glanced at the stone table, and realized in her heart that the young girl in front of her was probably not someone to mess with.In the end, he had no choice but to look back three times, reluctantly leaving the small courtyard.

Not far away, in the gazebo behind the flowers, a graceful young girl was sitting on the lap of a male guest in a seductive transparent dress. The scene of Liu's mother.I couldn't help being a little surprised, isn't she still the head of Luohuang Mountain?How did you come to this place?

"Beauty, beauty, my darling, sit down a little further."

The male guest was about to put his face on the girl's chest greedily, when the latter put his arms around his neck and whispered in his ear, "Okay!"

In the next second, the male guest's neck was completely twisted 180 degrees, and he faced Mu Lian's direction.

At that time, Mu Lian, who was about to get up and go back to the house to meditate, happened to look here. She saw a man with a very wretched facial expression staring at her, with streams of blood flowing out from his seven orifices, and under his Behind him, there was no one.

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