Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 257 General luck

The reference students lined up and were allowed to enter after being checked by the subordinate staff.The team moved slowly, and finally it was Du Jinning's turn. The hearts of Chen Shi and Du Fangfei were raised in their throats.

I saw that Du Jinning took the initiative to untie her outer robe, handed it to the subordinate staff for inspection, and took off a small vest she was wearing inside to another person. At this time, she was only wearing a white middle coat.Immediately afterwards, she also took off the boots on her feet, and stood on the ground wearing only snow-white boots.

She was so active, yet her expression was very calm and calm, with a magnanimous look.Coupled with his outstanding appearance and extraordinary temperament, he naturally gives people a very good impression. At first glance, he seems to be a child of a wealthy family.

The subordinate officials who were inspected all came from other counties with the magistrate of the examiner. Although they didn't know the descendants of the aristocratic families in Lishui County, they could always tell from their demeanor and temperament.Because of the involvement of a big family, the children of those aristocratic families will not cheat. Du Jinning gave them the illusion of noble birth, so during the inspection, they just fumbled in her pockets and put them in her boots. After looking at it casually, he returned the clothes to her.

And another food inspector rummaged through the basket, opened the two rolled pancakes and took a look. Seeing that the pancakes could see through the light, it was clear at a glance whether there was any stuff inside, so he stopped tearing them up. After opening it, she put it back in the test basket; she looked at the umbrella, pen and ink and other things she was carrying, but found no piece of paper, so she waved her hand and signaled Du Jinning to go in.

"You baked the cake well, I will do the same when the government test." A familiar voice came from behind Du Jinning.

She turned her head and saw that it was Liang Xiankuan.

"Mister was looking for you just now, why did you come so late?" Du Jinning asked.

Liang Xiankuan smiled embarrassedly: "It's late."

Du Jinning raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, wondering if he was really so big that the county test didn't care, or if it was just an excuse.Seeing that Liang Xiankuan had started to take off his clothes, she picked up the test basket, walked a few steps inside, and stood in front of the gentleman who was the guarantor of the academy.

Mr. Shan Shan of the academy who was acting as a guarantor saw her coming and shouted: "Du Jinning, a student of Boyue Academy. Wang is the guarantor."

The teacher from another county looked her up and down, then nodded slightly, and another person standing next to him motioned her to go in.

It wasn't until Du Jinning's figure disappeared into the gate that Chen Shi and Du Fangfei who were standing outside breathed a sigh of relief.

After thanking Guan Jiaze and the others, Mrs. Chen followed Du Fangfei and Xu Chengyuan to Xu's house.

"Let's go, let's go to the teahouse." Qi Muyuan said.

During their county test, Du Jinning was waiting for them to come out; today they will also be waiting for Du Jinning to come out.

Lishui County is not a rich and prosperous county, and the style of writing is not particularly prosperous.In the county school, there is only one teaching, two teachings and a few teachers.Every year, there are only a dozen or twenty pupils and scholars studying in county schools.Therefore, the area of ​​the county school is not large, but a courtyard with two entrances. The two entrances are only three spacious houses facing south, and the east and west are just corridors.The north-facing two-entry building, the first entrance is the gate courtyard with a cloister, and the second entrance is the hallway with the statues of saints.There is a wing on both sides of the hall, where gentlemen rest.

Those who took the exam were all scholars accumulated over the years, ranging from teenagers like Du Jinning to old men in their 70s and 600s, there were almost [-] people, old and young.The six houses of the county school naturally couldn't fit in the seats, so tables were placed in the yard and corridors.It’s okay when it’s not raining, but once it rains, the candidates who take the exam in the yard will suffer, and they can only use umbrellas to cover the rain.If the rain wets the test paper and blurs the ink, you can only consider yourself unlucky and have to wait until the next year to take the test again.

Du Jinning's examination number is Yinzi NO.20.She first looked around in the courtyard where she first entered, and finally found her seat.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

Although I was not very lucky, I didn't get into the house, and the seat was on the corridor, but at least there was a place to shelter from the rain above my head.The spring weather in the south is the face of a baby, and it can change as soon as it is said. There is no weather bureau at the moment, and no one knows whether it will rain or not.

Because there is a huge county exam every year, the tables, chairs and benches in the county are fully coordinated.But these tables, chairs and benches are used again and again. Some of them are really unusable and replaced with new ones, and some can last for a few more years, so there are old ones and new ones.Du Jinning was not very lucky in this regard, and got a bad table.

She worked carefully, first carefully sat down on the stool, moved it left and right, and found that the stool was still stable.She then reached out to shake the table, but found that the legs of the table were not level, and the table wobbled when she shook it.

Fortunately, the students of Boyue Academy were the first to be admitted, and there was still time to leave for the exam.Candidates who came in from the outside one after another were like that headless chicken, scurrying around looking for their own seats, and the seats in the corridor were all empty. He took the test basket and left his seat.

She walked along the corridor to the end, went down the steps, searched in the flowerbed under the corridor, and found two flat stones the size of a fist, then went back and tried both stones , I chose the most suitable piece to fill under the table legs.

This time, the table is secure.

She just sat down and put the test basket on the table.He took out the inkstone, brush and bamboo tube filled with clear water from the test basket, and took out two jade paperweights.

These two jade paperweights were rewarded by Guan Lehe for her good writing.Although it is not particularly valuable, but the style is simple and clumsy, Du Jinning likes it very much.

After arranging things one by one, she will have time to pay attention to others.Just looking up, she saw Liang Xiankuan sitting in the yard below, looking up at the sky worriedly.

At this time, it was already past Maozheng, which was equivalent to six o'clock or seven o'clock in modern times. The sky, which should have been gradually brightening, was still gray.From the looks of it, today should be a cloudy day, maybe it will rain lightly.

Alas, why is this man so unlucky!
Du Jinning quickly took a look, but just a while ago, there were already many people sitting in the corridor.If she wanted to take the umbrella down to Liang Xiankuan herself, she would have to pass through countless seats.The corridor is not wide at all, and there are two rows of tables and chairs. The place where people can walk is a narrow aisle. At this time, many people are anxiously looking for seats with their test baskets.If she goes out and comes in again, she will cause a lot of trouble for people.

She looked at the two guards standing on the steps arranging the candidates to sit, thought for a while, made a trumpet shape with her hands, and called softly: "Brother Liang, Liang Xiankuan."

(End of this chapter)