I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 131

"Master Chen doesn't dare to search the dormitories. Could it be that he wants to cover up Zhan Feiyu?" The middle-aged examinee shouted hoarsely, as if to let the candidates in every dormitory hear his words.

County magistrate Chen's face was sinking, and he looked sharply at the middle-aged examinee who was kneeling on the ground and yelling, "Do you know what crime it is to frame a court official?"

Candidates who participated in the county examination had no fame, and a white body accused the county magistrate of cheating in front of more than 300 candidates in the county examination shed.

The middle-aged examinee lowered his head, flinched twice, but still bit his tongue tightly, "It is rumored that Zhan Feiyu is a teacher of Gu Xueshi, Mr. Chen, you are protecting Zhan Feiyu just to curry favor with Gu Xueshi!"

"Nonsense!" Zhao Jiaoyu scolded angrily, and cupped his hands at County Magistrate Chen, "My lord, since Mao Zhengfeng's words are scathing, my lord might as well let the yamen guards search the house."

If you don't search, you will be guilty of a thief, and it will be difficult to stop Youyou's mouth.

Zhao Jiaoyu's proposal of Yue Zu acting as his substitute, just wait for the cheat sheet to be found, and see how Mao Zhengfeng framed Mr. Chen and Xiao Yu!

County magistrate Chen had a stern face, his brows were slightly frowned, this matter was a bit strange.

Mao Zhengfeng is so sure that there is a cheat sheet in the dormitory, he is afraid that it has been set up long ago, this is a trap, I don't know if it is targeting him or Zhan Feiyu, Chen County magistrate Wei Shen, or will he and Xiaoyu be caught in one go?
"My lord, the students should sit upright. Since this person is slandering the students for cheating in the examination room, please search the dormitory and let the students prove their innocence!" Zhan Feiyu's crisp voice resounded loudly, and his eyes were clear and calm.

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Qian Pingchao in the dormitory diagonally opposite, and Zhan Feiyu continued: "In order to prevent Mao Zhengfeng from framing the government servants to cover up the students, please send someone to search Mao Zhengfeng first, and let him search the dormitory himself!"

The pensive magistrate Chen didn't speak immediately, did Zhan Feiyu not realize Mao Zhengfeng's plot?Or are you planning to catch a turtle in the urn?
At this moment, the county magistrate Chen couldn't afford to think too much, and ordered in a deep voice: "Fei Butou, you go and put away Zhan Feiyu's exam papers temporarily, and the two of you search Mao Zhengfeng."

After a long while, Mao Zhengfeng pretended to rub the table and under the stool a few times, as if checking whether the cheat sheet was hidden underneath, then looked at the wall of the dormitory, looked around, and directly faced the bottom piece on the right The blue brick was picked over.

At this time, anyone with eyes and brains could tell that Mao Zhengfeng came prepared and had a clear goal!Otherwise, how would he know that the brick in Zhan Feiyu's house was loose.

"Found it!" Mao Zhengfeng yelled loudly after digging out the green brick, and glanced triumphantly at Zhan Feiyu standing outside the shed, then stretched his right hand in, just waiting to take out the cheat sheet. irrefutable evidence!

"Ah!" A shrill scream sounded, and Mao Zhengfeng yelled in terror, shaking his right hand non-stop.

No!Zhan Feiyu's eyes widened, his small body jumped to the side, and he broke out in a cold sweat from being frightened in the winter.

Terrified, Mao Zhengfeng tried to ask the servants at the side to help, "Help me..."

County magistrate Chen and Zhao Jiaoyu were also frightened. Who would have thought that there would be a snake hidden in the bricks in winter. It stands to reason that the snake should have hibernated in the bitterly cold weather.

But maybe it was Mao Wanfeng's action of picking a brick that surprised him. A one-foot-long snake bit the back of his hand, and the snake's body wrapped around his wrist twice. No wonder Mao Wanfeng's face turned pale from fright. up.

"My lord, it's not poisonous." Fei Tuotou grabbed the snake's head and tore it off forcefully. After that, it shook violently a few times, and the little snake seemed to be knocked unconscious.

Zhan Feiyu turned his head away, he didn't dare to glance at it even if he was killed.

She became so ruthless that she even killed Mr. Yumian, but she was terrified of snakes. Thinking of the scene just now, Zhan Feiyu felt hairy all over.

A snake was found in the cheat sheet. County Magistrate Chen was sure that Zhan Feiyu had made all the preparations before, but seeing her turn her head and her body stretched straight, County Magistrate Chen was taken aback. Was she afraid of snakes?

But... after thinking about it, County Magistrate Chen realized that it might have been arranged secretly by Master Gu, but Zhan Feiyu didn't know about it.

Looking at Mao Zhengfeng coldly, County Magistrate Chen said sharply: "Mao Zhengfeng, do you still need to continue searching the dormitory?"

There was no cheat sheet in the pre-arranged place, no matter how stupid Mao Zhengfeng was, he knew that something had happened, his legs went limp and he fell to his knees on the ground, he was done for.

"Take him away!" Too lazy to look at his remorseful appearance, the magistrate Chen gave the order, and two police officers immediately stepped forward to grab Mao Zhengfeng and drag him out of the dormitory.

Although there was a delay of a stick of incense, fortunately, the facts were in front of him, Mao Zhengfeng was just slandering indiscriminately, and Zhan Feiyu sat back in the dormitory tremblingly, always feeling that there was a snake on his back.

Zhan Feiyu finished the draft of the five classics questions, and before he started to copy, he saw several candidates handing in the test papers to the public case in advance.

Each exam is issued every other day, which means that the chief examiner has to review more than 300 papers in one day and two nights.

Candidates who handed in their papers in advance are rushing to get their seats. To put it bluntly, they want magistrate Chen to pay attention to their papers, and even be able to review them in class. Of course, the premise of all this is that you must have real talents, otherwise you will only will backfire.

When it was time for the application, the sound of the cloud board sounded again, and all the candidates stopped writing. Answering the question at this moment would be regarded as cheating. Zhan Feiyu waited until the clerk took away the paper, then packed up the pen and ink, and "escaped" as quickly as possible Abandon.

Just like entering the examination booth, the waiting candidates did not file out until the dragon gate opened.

Zhan Feiyu, who came out at the end, looked at Yin Wuyan sadly.

"I didn't know you were afraid." For the first time in his life, Yin Wuyan felt wronged, avoiding those eyes full of resentment, quickly wrapped Zhan Feiyu tightly with his cloak, and shoved the small stove into her hand.

Zhan Feiyu held his chin up, hummed arrogantly, but he obediently walked outside beside Yin Wuyan.

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After the sun came out, the temperature finally picked up, and the day of the crime was a good omen, which made many candidates wait in teahouses and inns early in the morning.

"Sit down." Seeing that half of Zhan Feiyu's body was about to lie out of the window, Yin Wuyan stretched out his hand and pushed him back onto the chair.

Although Zhan Feiyu sat down, he hummed twice like a little piggy, and pointed his fat paws at his bloodshot eyes.

After returning from the examination room, I dreamed of a snake wrapped around my neck during the examination for two consecutive nights. Zhan Feiyu was so frightened that he screamed. Even with He Nuan, Zhan Feiyu dared not sleep anymore, so he ordered Candle up and read until dawn.

"Go back and have a good sleep." Yin Wuyan said helplessly, and looked at Chong Guang at the table behind him with cold eyes.

Chong Guang, the "culprit", had a bitter face, wishing he could disappear in place.

Zhan Feiyu let out a long sigh, blinked his eyes, and dragged his crisp little voice, "It's not that I don't want to sleep, I dare not sleep! I will dream when I sleep!"

Little ancestor, please don't add fuel to the flames!Chongguang looked at Zhan Feiyu pitifully, Qi Ye's eyes were about to cut him into pieces.

Yin Wuyan patted the little girl's head comfortingly, "I'll watch over you."

For a moment, smiling like a little wild cat trying to steal something, Zhan Feiyu hurriedly agreed, "Okay, I'll go back to catch up on sleep when the crime happens! Brother, let's go down and have a look too."

Watching Yin Wuyan take Zhan Feiyu outside to read the rankings, Chong Guang, who had escaped, kicked Ji Chaoce's calf, "You have to figure out a way! My whole body is about to be torn apart by Qi Ye."

"You deserve it!" Gao Leng threw out two words, Doctor Ji said with a look of disgust on his face: "If you are not cheap, Master Qi will beat you up?"

Originally, it would be enough to just take away the cheat sheet behind the green brick, but Chongguang wanted to make a mess of it, so he put a snake inside to prevent the snake from hibernating and would not be effective. He also got some medicine from Dr. Ji and applied it on the brick. .

So after Mao Zhengfeng picked the bricks, as soon as he stretched his hand in, the little snake, stimulated by the smell of medicine, came to life.

"I didn't know that the fat girl would dare to kill people, and she would be afraid of a non-poisonous snake!" Chongguang was almost wronged to death, the fat girl is so courageous, and Yumian Langjun was wiped by her neck.

In order to prove his innocence, Zhong Guang said eloquently: "You forgot that you searched Zhou Wenquan's body in the other courtyard before, and the fat girl asked me to cut off a section of her finger from Yizhuang. I didn't see her afraid! You said fat Is the girl framing me on purpose, she is not afraid at all?"

"You think too much!" Doctor Ji pushed back the old face that Chongguang approached, "Guan Xiaoyu's complexion is weak, she is a typical sleepless night, sleepy and easy to wake up, she is really scared by you .”

The last hope was shattered. Thinking that Master Qi would beat him up several times in the name of learning martial arts, Chongguang felt that the road ahead was dark, and life was worse than death.

"After the incident, Xiaoyu must be in the top ten, and he will be promoted in the next exam. Don't worry about snakes." Doctor Ji found out with a few words of comfort.

Instantly revived with full blood, Chong Guang regained his energy, slapped his thigh and laughed, "How did I forget this, haha, I finally saved my face!"

Although his whole body was in pain, fortunately Qi Ye was merciful, otherwise Chong Guang would really have no face to go out to meet people.

Looking contemptuously at Chongguang, Doctor Ji mercilessly exposed, "I didn't slap you in the face because Master Qi didn't want Xiaoyu to know, so you don't have to be affectionate."

Uh... The smile on Zhongguang's face froze. After having a fat girl, Qi Ye had already forgotten about him as a loyal subordinate.

In the street market, although it was not time to release the rankings, many scholars and their families crowded in the front early. Fortunately, the sun was out today, so it would not be too cold to stand outside.

"It doesn't need to be so crowded, right?" Zhan Feiyu stared at the crowd that kept pushing forward, in a daze, as if whoever squeezed to the front would be ranked first.

Yin Wuyan protected Zhan Feiyu and stood on the steps not far away.

"Big brother heard that when the capital will take the test, there will be a list to catch a son-in-law?" Zhan Feiyuyuan's eyes sparkled with curiosity, "There is also a hydrangea thrower. Could it be that he will marry if he is picked up by a beggar?"

Yin Wuyan looked at the little girl who was looking up at her head and waiting for her answer. Could it be that she was a year older and became interested in these things, "It was all agreed in advance, and catching a son-in-law under the list is just a good omen."

The four joys in life can be regarded as two on the same day, and it is indeed a good sign that happiness is added to happiness. Zhan Feiyu nodded knowingly, "What about throwing a hydrangea?"

Yin Wuyan's gaze changed slightly, and a cold voice sounded, "That's the custom of the Tong clan in Lingnan Dao."

Tossing a hydrangea really is a trick!As soon as Zhan Feiyu raised his head to meet Yin Wuyan's deep phoenix eyes, he couldn't help being startled for a moment, big brother, this is...

Uh, Zhan Feiyu felt guilty and touched his nose when he realized it. He really said more and made more mistakes, and said less and less mistakes!Since it is a custom on Lingnan Road, how would I know?

The excuse of talking book is also deceiving outsiders who don't know him well. Zhan Feiyu wished he could spend twelve hours a day reading, how could he have time to read idle books.

Moreover, literati basically have a contemptuous attitude towards the barbarians, so how could they write the customs of the barbarians into their scriptures? Furthermore, the scholars who generally write scriptures are just to make money, and they are generally knowledgeable, let alone know much about the barbarians.

Yin Wuyan couldn't bear the little girl's embarrassment, so he tapped her smooth forehead with his fingers, "Be cautious in your words and deeds."

Nodding like a chicken pecking rice, Zhan Feiyu smiled flatteringly, "I remember."

Someone saw the yamen servant appearing and shouted excitedly, "A case has been committed..."

Sure enough, with the sound of three gun salutes, the government servants who came quickly made way for the surrounding crowd, brushed paste on the wall, and began to paste the list.

The county examination red list uses the round form, commonly known as the group case, with a big "Zhong" in the middle, which is long at the top and short at the bottom. The outer circle takes 20 people, and the whole group case has a total of 30 people.

There is also a secondary list outside the group case, which is also a waiting list. Candidates who are on the list can still take the second exam. The chief examiner will admit about a hundred people according to the situation in the first round.

Therefore, more than 300 people participated in the first round of the county examination. After half of the candidates were eliminated, the remaining more than 100 people participated in the second round.

Zhan Feiyu stood on his feet and looked at the swarming crowd, and then patted his chest in fear. Fortunately, he didn't join in the fun. The people watching the list are so crazy, he will definitely be overwhelmed by the crowd.

"Master Chen chose you as No. 1 in the main scene." Yin Wuyan said in a deep voice, looking at the little girl's bun face bursting into laughter, the corners of her mouth curled up.

"Then I don't have to go to the dormitory for tomorrow's exam?" Zhan Feiyu laughed crisply, thinking that there was a snake in the dormitory, Zhan Feiyu felt the hair on his back.

This would look like an ordinary little girl, the smile on Yin Wuyan's face deepened a bit, and when he went back, he asked Ji Chaoce to give the little girl a pill to repel snakes and insects.

Some people were happy and some were sad before the list. After less than half an hour, the crowded crowd finally dispersed.

"Big brother, let's go and have a look." Zhan Feiyu jumped down the steps, even though he knew he was No.1, he still wanted to see the list for himself.

Yin Wuyan took a step forward and followed behind Zhan Feiyu without haste.

(End of this chapter)