Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 395
Fang Shaohua walked with the two for a while, and when they were a little further away, he asked Du Jinning: "What happened just now? Did you offend them?"

There is nothing that cannot be said to others, so Du Jinning told them about their rejection of Qi Siyu's invitation to the poetry meeting.

Although Fang Shaohua's temperament is a bit funny, but as the second generation of officials, he still has political acumen, and he told the truth: "He just asked you to carry the sedan chair for him. Why is this person so shameless?"

Du Jinning patted him on the shoulder: "It's not bad, I saw through him at a glance. Boy, you have a future."

At this time, they had already arrived at the appointed place. Seeing them coming, Guan Jiaze immediately complained, "Du Jinning, why did you come? I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Come on, I don't know you yet? Are you such a diligent person? You won't get up until the last moment. If your yard is not close to us, you will definitely come later than us." Du Jinning said mercilessly expose him.

This kind of aristocratic family will take part in the scientific examination every year or every two years, so there are houses near the government school and the Gongyuan.The Guan family is no exception.And because they bought it early, no matter whether it is Guanzhai or Qizhai, it is closer to the Gongyuan than Du Jinning's.

"Alas, people are hard to tear down." Guan Jiaze wailed.

Fang Shaohua asked curiously: "What do you mean by this? From He Dian?"

Guan Jiaze pointed at Du Jinning: "It came from him." He explained the meaning of the words again.

At this time, Xu Chengyuan and the others who lived in the county hall also arrived.

"Where's Liang Xiankuan?" Du Jinning asked worriedly.

Whether it was the county examination or the government examination, demon moths appeared in Liang Xiankuan's house, and she was really worried that Liang Xiankuan would not be able to arrive on time this time.

"Here I am." A voice came from behind the crowd.

It turned out that Liang Xiankuan had arrived a long time ago, but he was pestered by a student to ask questions, so he didn't come.

Du Jinning took a look at him and felt relieved when he saw that he was neatly dressed and full of energy.

Talking time passed quickly.As soon as Maoshi arrived, the sound of cloud boards and gongs sounded one after another, and an official Xu shouted at the door: "Enter the venue."

Everyone shut their mouths, looked towards the entrance of the Gongyuan, and listened to the soldiers calling the name of the county.

This time, the entrance exams were not in the order of the big counties and the small counties, but in random order.

The first one is Shou County.

Du Jinning's eyes were fixed on the entrance door.The hospital exam was the first major exam in a certain sense, and she was afraid that the inspection would be stricter than the county exam and Fucheng exam.

But it was a little far away, and there was someone blocking it, so she couldn't see very clearly.I only felt that the speed of candidates entering was not slow, and I guessed that the inspection would not be too careful.

When it was Lishui County's turn to enter, she deliberately queued at the back and took a close look to confirm that although the county test and the government test were a little stricter, she didn't ask everyone to take off their clothes for inspection, and neither did the soldiers. After groping around the examinee, she breathed a sigh of relief.

When it was Du Jinning's turn, the soldier looked at the layers of clothes she had taken off, frowned and asked her, "Why are you wearing so many clothes?"

Because Fang Shaohua was talking to her, he got behind her in line. He looked at Du Jinning's three-layer coat, which was thick and thin, and then turned around to look at Guan Jiaze and Qi Muyuan, who were also wearing thick clothes. , very speechless.

It's the beginning of August, the hottest time in the south.He wished he could only wear a sleeveless unlined garment, but these people even put so many layers on top of their inner garments.What does it mean?
"I'm weak and afraid of the cold." Du Jinning looked timid.

Seeing this, Fang Shaohua was even more speechless.

The soldier looked at Du Jinning and found that she was really thin. Although her lips were red and her teeth were white, she didn't look sick and weak, but she just wore a lot of clothes. He checked the clothes inside and out, and there was nothing special about her. outside.

And Du Jinning brought strange things.

For example, there are two pieces of cloth in the test basket, one of burlap and one of fine cotton.Worried that she wrote a cheat sheet with something on the cloth, the soldiers also soaked two pieces of cloth in water.Naturally, no words were displayed on the cloth.

Finally, he took a look at some gray-green incense made by Du Jinning, frowned and said, "There are mosquito coils inside, you don't need to bring them in."

"My effect is better, I want to take it." Du Jinning was very insistent.This guy has taken the exam twice, knowing that these soldiers or servants don't dare to do anything to them, he has gained a lot of courage, and he dares to reason with the soldiers.

Fang Shaohua stood behind and looked at these things, and then looked back at Qi Muyuan and Guan Jiaze who were also holding the same things in their hands, with even weirder expressions.

The soldier also saw the exact same things in Qi Muyuan's and Guan Jiaze's test baskets, and his expression was a little irritable.

These things are not forbidden, but they always make him feel weird.

"What's going on?" A person came over and asked.

As soon as the soldiers saw him, they laughed and told him the matter.

The man looked at Du Jinning and asked, "Are you Du Jinning, the head of the case?"

Du Jinning has a good memory and recognized this person at a glance.This person is a subordinate of Xuezheng Master Zhao Liang, and she met this person once when she visited Xuezheng after the government examination.

"Exactly." She hurriedly bowed her hands in salute.

"Are there any problems with these things?" the man asked the soldier.

"No problem, no problem." Hearing that Du Jinning was the head of the case, the soldiers quickly shook their heads.It was fine, it was just two extra layers of clothes and some extra weird stuff.The chief of the government case, you don't want to take a big risk to cheat, just to do better in the exam, right?
"Hurry up if there is no problem, there are still many people behind."

The soldier made a gesture for Du Jinning to come in.

"Thank you." Du Jinning put on the clothes layer by layer, cupped his hands to thank the two, and entered the gate of the Gongyuan.

Since Du Jinning was let go, although Guan Jiaze and Qi Muyuan were not as weak and unruly as her, they were also let go without finding anything about their clothes and belongings.

They were not allowed to stay at the entrance of the Gongyuan. Du Jinning didn't wait for them, and with three cooks as guarantees, she quickly walked in after getting her examination number plate.

Because the test papers of the hospital examination are sealed, there is no special treatment such as the head of the government and the head of the county.Candidates are required to sit according to the test numbers drawn.And this test number is different from the county test and the government test, it is arranged according to the thousand-character script, with "East" or "West" marked on it.A thousand test rooms correspond to a thousand-character prose, which is simply not suitable. Du Jinning must admire the mind of the person who set up the test number.

The test number card that Du Jinning got had a large "Yao" written on it, and a small "West" written on it, so she knew it was the test house on the west side.Without delay, I walked all the way to the west, and I saw rows of examination marks standing opposite each other, and there was a corridor between each row that only allowed two people to walk side by side.

She looked at the number in her hand, and then at the number marked on it, her face suddenly wrinkled into a bitter face.

(End of this chapter)