Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 321

Du Jinning wanted to use Yao Shuqi, so naturally he had to explain the reason clearly.She then talked about Zhou Dongping's embarrassment during the two exams, and Zhou Dongping's grievances with Guan Lehe.

When Yao Shuqi heard that Zhou Dongping repeatedly made things difficult for Du Jinning in the examination room, his teeth itch with hatred, and he asked Du Jinning, "Young master, what do you plan to do, just follow orders. As long as I can do it, I will never let it go."

"You are so and so, so and so..." Du Jinning moved closer, and explained the matter in a low voice.

Yao Shuqi's eyes became brighter the more he listened, and finally bowed respectfully: "Don't worry, young master, I will definitely handle this matter well."

"No rush. Find a good person ahead of you and lay the groundwork. I heard that Mr. Xuezheng will come during the third exam. Let the incident happen after Mr. Xuezheng arrives."

"The villain has remembered." Yao Shuqi said.

There were only 300 examinees in the second exam, and the answers to the math questions were dead, so the teacher and disciples could help with the corrections. Zhou Dongping only needed to correct two poems in the test papers, so the speed of paper correction was very fast.On the third day, the list has been posted.

Unsurprisingly, Du Jinning is No.1 again.

Huang Chengming's heart was finally relieved, and he said to Du Jinning: "Okay, no matter how dissatisfied he is with you, the head of the case is yours."

The rules of the imperial examinations are that the first exam is the most important, and the results of the last exam are only for reference.Du Jinning's first and second rounds were both No. 1. As long as there were no accidents in the third round, the government's case would be secure.

"Has Mr. Xuezheng come?" Du Jinning asked.

Huang Chengming nodded: "I heard it will be here at noon." He said, "Xuezheng Master Zhao used to be Mr. Qi's student, this time he specially put Gui Province at the end of the tour, just to stay here for a while .”

It turned out to be the case.

Du Jinning couldn't figure it out at first. Hunan Province, Guangxi Province, and Guangdong Province are in a straight line. Mr. Zhao patrolled in this order, which is the correct way to go.Why skip Guangxi Province halfway, but go to Guangdong Province first?The original reason is here.

"Master Zhao, are you an advocate of stereotyped writing?" she asked.

She needs to know if Mr. Zhao and Zhou Dongping are in the same group.If it was a group, she wouldn't make such a big deal.After all, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future, there is no need to beat Zhou Dongping to death with a stick at the risk of being discovered.

Although Huang Chengming came from a low background, he stopped at raising people for fame, and still lived in a small place in Lishui County, but there were people close to the court, such as Lehe and Yan Songtao, who were close to him, and this time he led the team to participate in the government examination , he naturally wanted to inquire about Mr. Zhao and Zhou Dongping.

He shook his head and said: "You don't know, in order to avoid cheating incidents, the inspectors and the prefects of the three provinces who presided over the government examinations cannot be in the same political camp, so as to achieve the role of supervision. Otherwise, the prefects Fraud, cover-up by academics and administration, candidates have no way to appeal, and the consequences will be very serious."

"Then Mr. Zhao and Mr. Zhou are in the hostile camp?" Du Jinning asked hopefully.

Huang Chengming shook his head again: "Xiang Province is a major province of scientific research, and inspectors mainly supervise Hunan Province."

Du Jinning nodded: I understand.

She stood up: "If there is nothing wrong, sir, I will go back first."

"Go, with Mr. Xuezheng here, Zhou Dongping won't make things difficult for you anymore." Huang Chengming also comforted her.

Du Jinning smiled, saluted and left.

After leaving the door, she said to Lu Xiaobei: "You go to shopkeeper Yao and tell him that you can start something."

Lu Xiaobei nodded, watched Du Jinning get into Wang Fulai's car, and went to the bookstore by himself.When it was dark, he came back and said to Du Jinning: "Don't worry, young master, shopkeeper Yao said that everything is done." Then he said, "He is watching the development of the situation, so he won't bother the young master. He asked me to tell Young master, don't worry about taking the exam, everything depends on him."

Du Jinning nodded: "OK."

She is very relieved that people like Yao Shuqi, Lu Xiaobei, and Qin Laoliu are doing things.Probably because they stayed at the bottom of the society for a long time before, they were very careful in doing this kind of thing, lest others find their heads, so they cleaned the head and tail very clean.This time the matter was relatively big, and she did not rest these two days, and asked about everything in detail, knowing that Yao Shuqi and Lu Xiaobei had planned very carefully, and they turned several corners to pick things up, so no one would know her It's the mastermind, so I'm relieved.

She slept peacefully, got up the next day after eating, and went to the examination room.

Another group of people were screened out in the second test, and there were only 200 people left in the third test. Admission was easier, and the inspection was not as strict as the first two tests.The guard knew that Du Jinning was No.1 in the first two games, so he routinely checked her pocket and let her go.

Although he is the mastermind of the incident, maybe the Zhou Mansion has already started to make trouble, but Du Jinning is a very calm person, and he can't see anything different about her from usual, and he still chats and laughs with Liang Xiankuan, Fang Shaohua and others, We entered the examination room together.

It was still the same exam room, and it was still the exam number in the middle of the first row. Du Jinning went in and sat down with the horizontal board, looking forward to Zhou Dongping's arrival.

Soon, all the candidates entered the arena, and the guards also stood there in their respective positions. According to the usual practice, Zhou Dongping should be in place at this time, but he has not been seen for a long time.Instead, a man in his fifties led a group of people in.Judging by the color of the official uniform and the patch pattern, this is still a third-rank official, so there is no doubt that it must be Master Zhao Xuezheng.

He came in with anger, and the faces of the accompanying people were cautious.Mr. Zhao glanced at the examination room, and said to a fat old man beside him: "Imperial examination is an important matter in the court. There should be no delay. Since the time has come and I am here, let's start the examination on time."

"Yes, I'm going to ask someone to knock on the cloud board." The fat old man must be an acquaintance of the government office, wiped off his sweat, and ran out to notify.

After a while, the cloud board rang, and the shouts of "the exam has started" kept coming and going.

Mr. Zhao sat on the position of the chief examiner, and was about to speak when the shouts subsided, when suddenly he heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, Zhou Dongping ran in quickly, followed closely by Li Yiyi and two subordinates. back.

After entering the door, seeing Mr. Zhao who was sitting on the chief examiner's seat looking at him with a cold face, Zhou Dongping's breathing was stagnant, his knees almost went limp.

"Master Zhao, Mr. Zhao, I'm an official... an official..." Zhou Dongping muttered and wanted to explain, but he didn't know where to start.

In front of the examinees, no matter how angry Mr. Zhao is, he has to pull a fig leaf for the officials of the court, lest all the officials lose face along with Zhou Dongping.He just waited for the fall to settle accounts.

He said coldly: "Master Zhou, I know that you are in charge of many government affairs besides the scientific examination. As a student of politics, I have to remind you that no matter how busy the government affairs are, the imperial examination cannot be affected."

(End of this chapter)