I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

"Big cousin, are you okay?" Ji Zihe took a sip of the porridge, took another bite of the steamed stuffed bun, and looked at Ning Caichen who was sitting opposite him.

"It's okay, what else can I do, it's not my exam, so hurry up and eat your meal." Ning Caichen mechanically chewed the bun in his mouth, feeling that it was tasteless.God knows, he has never been so nervous during the college entrance examination, and it's not that he wants to take the exam, why is it that he can't sleep or eat, and the kid on the other side is like a normal person?

"Oh."

Luo Feng prepared the breakfast. To be honest, Luo Feng is really a very virtuous person. Ji Zihe really has no reason to hate him, but it's a pity that his master is unreliable.

Luo Feng had prepared the test basket for Ji Zihe early on. The exam was very strict. Candidates were not allowed to bring anything except the test basket when they entered the venue. They could only put some food, pens and ink in the test basket, and the rest was provided by the Gongyuan.

After dinner, Ji Zihe took the test basket and was taken to the county seat by Ning Caichen.He didn't see Zhang Yudan today, because Zhang Yudan went to another banquet last night, came back in the middle of the night, and is still asleep.

When we arrived at the Gongyuan, there was a sea of ​​people at the gate. It is not an exaggeration to describe the scene at this moment with thousands of troops and horses walking on a single-plank bridge.Thousands of people compete for the places of more than two dozen scholars, and the degree of difficulty can be imagined.Zhaoyuan County is a county with a large population. Originally, there were many people who took part in the imperial examination. In addition, there were a large number of people named Luosunshan in each court examination. After years and months, more people came to take the court examination.

Compared with the college entrance examination candidates of later generations, it is obvious that scholars have more gold content.Although it is the same as the county examination and government examination, it is only after passing the courtyard examination and becoming a scholar that one can be regarded as having achieved fame and formally entered the class of scholar-officials.It is not an exaggeration to say that the college examination is the threshold for literati to enter the official career. Its examination questions are more difficult than the county examination and government examination.

The inspection in the hospital examination was very strict, almost no place was spared from the strands of hair to the heels, and even the hair on Ji Zihe's head was pulled all over.

Such a strict inspection actually found out a few guys with entrainment.The imperial court has always had a zero-tolerance attitude towards cheating in the examination hall. Those who found cheating were directly clamped with big shackles and dragged to the gate of the Gongyuan for three months.Not only lost face, but also disqualified from the imperial examination, and even sent to the army.

Despite the crackdown, the temptation of Guangzong Yaozu is too great. There are always people who can't stand the temptation and take risks, always thinking that they are the lucky one.In fact, there may be fish that slip through the net, but most cheaters can only serve as a negative teaching material.

For the inspection of the hospital examination, Ji Zihe didn't even bring his bones.The night before when he mentioned that he couldn't bring the bone to the examination room, the bone almost turned his back on him, so he tried to calm the ghost down.But in fact, Bones was quite happy this morning, until Ji Zihe told him before he left that if he dared to throw away the dried red lotus, he would boil Bones.

Bones:...(╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻

Although he was very nervous when he entered the Gongyuan because of the body search and roll call, after sitting in the examination room, Ji Zihe calmed down immediately.Of course, it's impossible for everyone to adapt well like Ji Zihe, and some people's mentality just collapsed.When the test papers are handed out, their minds are blank, their hands are trembling when they pick up the pen, and ink is dripped on the test papers before they start writing. Such a person is destined to fail the test.It doesn't matter whether your writing skills are good or bad, as long as there are stains on the roll, you will be directly kicked out of the first class, that's how strict it is.

Accumulate at ordinary times, do not panic in exams.Ji Zihe first made a rough draft, then wrote a draft, and then spent a lot of time revising and polishing it. After he was satisfied, he carefully copied it onto the official test paper.Although it was a draft, even Ji Zihe was not sloppy. After all, the draft was handed in together with the official paper.

The college examination was divided into two sessions. When it came to the second session, Ji Zihe had just finished writing the draft when he was suddenly told that the exam was suspended, the papers were taken back, and all the candidates were kicked out of the examination room for re-examination.According to the official explanation, someone reported to the superiors that there were cheaters in the examination room, so a re-examination was required.

This time the inspection was more stringent than before. Before, they almost stripped their clothes, but this time they really stripped them off.Although many people think it is degrading, no one really dares to speak out if there is any objection. What if the Master Xuezheng hears it and charges him with disturbing the examination room?

Besides this inspection, once the fraudsters are found in Zhaoyuan County, the magistrate of Lu Gong will definitely be held accountable and convicted.But the governor obviously didn't want to hold the county magistrate accountable, so he handed over the task of re-inspection to the county magistrate, telling him to find out the truth.

When County Magistrate Lu received the appointment, he almost cried, but he didn't know whether he was moved by the governor's trust, or he was afraid because he was almost convicted.No matter what the reason is, County Magistrate Lu paid special attention to this inspection. He not only specially dispatched troops to inspect, but also personally monitored the whole process, so that no matter what crooked ways you have, you will have to show your appearance.

Under this kind of high-pressure inspection, the cheater was really found.The cheating methods of the cheaters are not very clever, and there is nothing new. It is nothing more than sewing tapes and micro-engraved small books in clothes and shoes.As for why such a pediatric cheating was not detected, if you think about it with your toes, you will know that there is an internal response.

Of course, Ji Zihe didn't care about the twists and turns, that was something the county magistrate should worry about.The only thing Ji Zihe cares about is whether the college exam is still in the exam, whether it needs to be postponed or re-examined.

While many candidates were waiting anxiously, Xuezheng finally came forward and announced that the exam would continue.Candidates re-entered the examination room, and after the papers were distributed, they discovered that the examination questions had been changed, but it was a pity that they had made a draft before.

Ji Zihe's performance is still as stable as an old dog, and he has not been affected by multiple inspections at all. After touching the test paper for a while, he picks up the pen and starts to write a draft. Compared with the situation of other people who have been unable to enter the state for a long time, this kid's good attitude is simply enviable .So much so that without Ji Zihe's knowledge, he got a small second place in some candidates and invigilators.

Although he was in good shape during the exam, when he left the exam room after handing in the papers, Ji Zihe's footsteps were still a little shaky.There are a lot of people at the gate of the Gongyuan, and there are candidates, but most of them are still waiting to pick up the candidates.

People were crowded, cars were crowded, and the sound of chattering and chirping filled his ears. Ji Zihe would not find this kind of noise noisy on weekdays, but at this moment, he was bored.

Ji Zihe walked aimlessly, while looking around with his eyes, looking for Ning Caichen's shadow.But Ning Caichen couldn't find it, but he saw another familiar figure.

The man in white seemed to be just passing by, and did not stop at the gate of the Gongyuan.Ji Zihe regained his energy immediately, ran after him, and stretched out his hand to pull his clothes, "Bone, why are you here?"

Oh, I actually touched it, what's going on?

The man stopped and turned his upper body slightly. As soon as Ji Zihe raised his head, he met a pair of eyes.The eyes were empty, the pupils were pitch black, like a black hole, without any light, and Ji Zihe's figure could not even be reflected.Ji Zihe's mind was absorbed in it all at once, and he forgot everything in an instant, and he was caught in it and couldn't extricate himself.