The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 296 Cheating
On the ninth day of August, at the beginning of Yinshi, the three gates of the Gongyuan were opened together, and Gu Chengyu lined up to enter the examination room.

There are three main and deputy examiners and 14 examiners in the rural examination.The chief examiner was Fang Huai, an attendant lecturer of the Imperial Academy, which Gu Chengyu had inquired about in the past few days, and the two assistant examiners were also officials of the Imperial Academy.

After Fang Huai personally fired the Zhongmen cannon, Gu Chengyu lined up, ready to be inspected.This inspection is much stricter than before.The autumn morning was naturally cold, Gu Chengyu was wearing three single clothes and single shoes on his feet.

Even the test baskets are only allowed to be made of bamboo or wicker. The test baskets bought on the street before are all exquisite and have the same bottom and surface.The small vendors are already very familiar with the test baskets for the exam. They have this style every year, and they have to sell them until they are out of stock, earning a lot of money.

Gu Chengyu put some food in the test basket, that is, some dried meat and steamed buns. He had asked the store to cut the steamed buns into small pieces in advance, so that the guards would not have to cut them for him with their big knives. It's too dirty!
You can already bring your own food for the rural examination, and of course the examination room will provide it, but you have to spend money to buy it yourself.Gu Chengyu only brought food for two days. After all, in this weather, if you bring too much food, it will spoil.

Suddenly, when it was the turn of the candidate in front, the scene became chaotic.Originally, undressing was purely normal, because it was necessary to check to prevent cheats from being entrained, and the student was not uncooperative. After he took off all the undresses, the guard said that he needed to check the shoes.

The examinee didn't hesitate, he took off the shoes and handed them to the guard.The guard glanced left and right, endured the stench, rummaged through it, and returned it to the examinee after finding nothing unusual.Who would have thought that it was such an unfortunate coincidence that I didn't pay attention when I gave it, and the shoe fell to the ground all of a sudden.

It happened all of a sudden, probably just hitting the heel of the shoe.

I saw a drawer the size of a matchbox slipping out from the heel of the shoes, and there was a small book in the drawer.The book was really small, and the guard immediately called other guards over when he saw it.

He opened the little book, and with his night vision ability, Gu Chengyu saw the folded paper as thin as a cicada's wing, which was about smaller than a matchbox!Gu Chengyu glanced at it, and it read "Zengguang Four Books Prepares Edicts".

Needless to say, this must be cheating. Such a small book must be written with mouse whiskers, otherwise it would not be possible to write at all.

"This, this is not my thing!" The examinee knew that he was finished when he saw the small box that popped open from the heel.However, he still had a fluke mentality and thought about making a quibble.

"The one that fell out of your shoe is not yours, but whose? Quickly, take him down!" The guard called the other two people to hold the student down and drag him out.

"I didn't, how wronged! It's not mine, let me go!" The examinee struggled while being dragged away, still shouting wronged.

But before he could yell twice, he was gagged by the guard with his foot socks, and the students also became excited.

"It's all found in his shoes. If it's not his, then whose? It's really daring!"

"That's not necessarily the case. Who knows what the situation is? Maybe someone else did it on purpose? I don't think his behavior looks like he wants to cheat."

Listening to the discussion of the previous candidates, Gu Chengyu felt very sorry for that candidate.Regardless of whether he was framed or not, I am afraid that the reputation of a scholar will not be preserved.

He was also unlucky. He had already finished the inspection, but who knew that the shoe would fall on the ground and hit the heel of the shoe?Thinking about it this way, Gu Chengyu felt that he was more likely to cheat. After all, if the heel of his shoe hadn't just hit the ground, the booklet wouldn't have popped out!

I really didn't expect cheating, no matter what generation you are in!Now it's all right, not to mention the fame of being a scholar, he has to be dispatched to the army.

"The last general is here to advise everyone, don't ruin your future by yourself! You know what to do!" At this moment, an officer shouted such words, and Gu Chengyu was very surprised.

Afterwards, Gu Chengyu saw the examinees in front of him groggily wondering what to do, some were bending over, some were doing some strange postures, he suddenly realized and glanced at the ground.

At this time, there were several small notes on the ground out of thin air. It seemed that these were the cheat sheets made by the candidates who were trying to fool them.

Gu Chengyu was stunned. So many people really wanted to challenge the authority of the imperial examination?
Not long after, it was Gu Chengyu's turn.Gu Chengyu took off all three pieces of unlined clothing, as well as pants, shoes and socks, and stood naked in front of the guard.

This made him feel very shy. Although there was a cloth covering the side, the cloth could barely cover an important part. This was also because he was afraid that the examinees would have any private contact with the guards.

The guard glanced at Gu Chengyu, who had red lips and white teeth, and then at his fair body, glanced down, and twitched the corners of his mouth when he saw the resume in his opponent's hand.

The smile on Gu Chengyu's face froze, what does this mean?Is he still a baby?

Another guard looked through Gu Chengyu's clothes one by one, and returned them to Gu Chengyu after seeing nothing unusual.As soon as Gu Chengyu took the clothes, he quickly put them on.

"Untie your hair!" Gu Chengyu did as he said, because he was afraid that he would hide a cheat sheet in his hair.He took off the hair tie and handed it to the guard, who only handed it back after confirming it.

Next to him was an officer inspecting the test basket. After checking the Four Treasures of the Study in the test basket in detail, he looked at the steamed buns and jerky, and saw that they had been cut into slices.However, he poked it a few times with a knife, looked at the chopped steamed buns and jerky, found nothing entrained, and then let Gu Chengyu into the examination room.

Gu Chengyu was really indifferent to the check before the exam to see if it was entrained. Fortunately, it is autumn and the morning is not too cold.Waiting for Chunwei, that's terrible!People can freeze to death if they take off their clothes.

Gu Chengyu glanced at the number seat he had drawn in his hand, it was number eight Xuanzi, he searched for a while, and finally found his number seat in a corner of the second row.Looking around, fortunately, although it is a bit close to the clean room, it is not next to each other after all, and there are two dormitories separated behind it!

He couldn't help but rejoice that his luck has been good, otherwise he would have vomited in just these three days and two nights.

Walked into the dormitory, put the test basket on the bed, and observed the environment of the dormitory first.I looked at the roof above and found that it was intact, so it should not be afraid of rain.A hardwood bed board was placed in the small dormitory, with only a mat and a quilt on it.There is a small red stove on the left, which is for the candidates to heat their meals.

Looking at the top again, there is a lantern. Although the lighting is not very clear at night, it can barely be seen.

Gu Chengyu took out a handkerchief and wiped the table and stool clean.He took out the food in the test basket and put it on the bed, and then took out the Four Treasures of the Study.

The dormitory this time is different from the previous exams. This dormitory has a door with a small window on it, facing the table, allowing light to come in.It's just that after everyone has arrived, the dormitory will be locked, and the bell will only be opened when you want to go to the toilet.

In such a small dormitory, it would be aggrieved to wait for too many people, so Gu Chengyu decided to finish it as quickly as possible and leave the dormitory.

(End of this chapter)