The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

On the first night of the exam, there was nothing wrong with it. Guo Nuan was also glad that these candidates were honest, but patrolling the exam was a waste of time. It would take several days and nights to guard these thousands of candidates. The invigilators are really tired, but on the first night, the officials are full of energy, staring at the copper bell-like eyes and scanning in all directions. In addition to struggling to do the questions, the examinees in these dormitories have to face the officials all the time. The coercion seen from above.

At noon, scattered, the examinees couldn't stand it any longer. Most of them put the bed boards in the wall slots and fell asleep. As for the rest of the candidates, they were still working on the questions.

The exam requires four exams, four different papers, and three days and three nights. It stands to reason that most people can finish it, so a protracted battle is necessary, and supplementary sleep is the kingly way.

When most of the examinees were short of sleep all night, they took advantage of the noon to make up for sleep. Guo Nuan was speechless to find that His Royal Highness, Li Shi, was full of sleep at this time. He slowly woke up with sleepy eyes, Guo Nuan said in his heart This brother-in-law should be doing papers now.

Unexpectedly, Li Shi was slowly opening the examinee's equipment, the book box.

Guo Nuan, who was stationed in the pavilion on the high platform of the turret, was sitting on the edge of the table eating a sumptuous meal served by a group of subordinates. He glanced sideways at the bottom of the attic and almost choked.

"He's looking for something," Guo Nuan vomited out a chicken bone stick and dropped it to the ground, yelling in surprise.

A subordinate quickly cleaned up the bones and sticks spit out by Mrs. Guo Nuan with a broom, and the two inspectors standing next to him immediately served Guo Nuan a bowl of rice and a bowl of broth. I am very happy to touch Erlang's legs.

"Let's go, let's go and inspect the site," Guo Nuan said after finishing his bowl and setting down his rice bowl, he greeted a group of subordinates speechlessly.

Speaking of which, Guo Nuan saw that his brother-in-law was digging out a lot of vegetables, melons, fruits, and pastries from the book box. To his surprise, Li Shi even brought a large piece of bacon, which he sliced ​​slowly with a knife. Putting up a small stove on the test table, Guo Nuan reckoned that he was going to cook hot pot, and enjoyed it so much, it was like a kitchen in the house.

After the stove with kerosene was lit, Li Shi put vegetables and some sliced ​​meat into the boiling water pot, and of course added some spices.

It is said that Li Shi, as the prince, naturally enjoys high-quality and delicious meals for three meals a day. Now that he has arrived at the examination room, he still does not let it go, unlike other exams in other houses, most of them bring dozens of A dry steamed bun entered the examination room and spent three days and three nights eating steamed buns. Li Shi's method was too extravagant in comparison.

It was estimated that after about ten minutes, a spicy, spicy meat smell wafted from the compartments of Li Shi's dormitory, permeating the compartments of the public dormitories in the compound. Guo Nuan saw that the candidates in other dormitories were all smelled of meat Yin Tao took a deep breath and salivated, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Li Shi was clearly trying to seduce others.

However, it is allowed to bring a stove in the examination room, which is usually used for barbecue and boiling water to keep warm for drinking at night. Li Shi cooked and boiled meat leisurely in the dormitory, which cannot be said to be a violation of the regulations.

It is said that Li Shi's cooking skills are really good. A while ago, he invited Guo Nuan to be a guest in the Prince's East Palace. After seeing the barbarian's tent in his backyard, Li Shi set up a stove in the tent and cut the lamb with a dagger to rinse it. , Guo Nuan had a great time eating it.

It is estimated that during this period of time, the examinees have finished their Moyi papers. This is relatively simple, such as Mingjing, most of them are memorized by rote, and memory is tested. As long as the students work hard, eight to nine out of ten, A The results are still available.

However, Guo Nuan caught a glimpse of Qiao Yun. From the first night, after eating six steamed buns and drinking two pots of water, he urinated five times in the slop bucket in the corner, and took a tuba during that time. The scroll is still blank.

Guo Nuan sighed a little, how did Qiao Yun obtain his eligibility for juren, thinking that Qiao Yun's family has the support of the government, as long as he relies on his father's power as the vice president of the Central Court, he can get through the joints one by one and get a juren It's not that hard to qualify.

Guo Nuan sneered, she was able to pass the township exam, county exam, and hospital exam, but I can pass the exam, but my brother invigilates the exam, you are not so lucky, if you want to cheat... quack, the consequences will be serious.

Guo Nuan was full of thoughts, and took a few fierce and burly men to inspect the examiner, and walked around the huge examination room a few times, but his legs softened. This invigilator is really not easy to be, Guo Nuan has dark bags under his eyes. For elimination, I didn't sleep well last night, so I leaned on the turret and asked my subordinates to move a rocking chair and squint my eyes.

Since the examiner is in charge of reviewing the finished papers, Guo Nuan did not see Yan Zhenqing, Master Cui and the others coming, except for the Minister of the Ministry of Rites in the palace who came to inspect once and told Guo Nuan to monitor the examination room. Then he left happily surrounded by a large number of officials.

After the Shangshu left, someone came from the princess mansion. Shengping's wife came and brought a pot of cool sugar water. It was a good thing in this mildly hot season in late spring and early summer. After a few gossips, he sent his wife back to the mansion. Political affairs are important.

Due to the strict anti-cheating measures on the first night, after the candidates entered the test room, apart from the invigilator not being able to sleep, they had to put on a formality and patrol from time to time, which made them more relaxed.

Guo Nuan was sitting on the teacher's chair, holding a pocket book by the corridor in the east wing of the compound, squinting her eyes to read it carefully.

"This book is really hard to read," Guo Nuan muttered, at the moment he was holding the cheating printed book that was found on the candidates the night before.

It is said to be a book, but it is not called a book. It is about the size of a mahjong book, with more than 100 pages, and it is filled with densely packed small characters. Check it out, it's really unclear.

"This villain's book probably contains no less than [-] characters." If it is hidden, it is really hard to find. If you want to cheat, bring five or six "Mahjong" books to mix in. What "Poetry" " "Book", "Li" and "Yi" are not free to copy.

According to the report from the officials of the examination room, a few days before the start of the examination, the nightclub caught a few candidates who wanted to climb over the wall and enter the compound of the examination room from time to time. Most of these candidates sneaked in with "Mahjong" books.

At the risk of being discovered by the officials, the candidates sneaked into the examination room a few days before the examination started. This made Guo Nuan, who was inexperienced as a proctor for the first time, puzzled.

He found out through the official's explanation that these candidates who climbed over the wall brought small books to the examination room in advance, and they randomly hid a few small books in the grass in the compound of the examination room, in the crevices of rockery rocks, in frog holes, and on treetops. , safe and sound to avoid the anti-cheating checks during the exam, and you can quietly bring the cheating book with you and mix it into the dormitory when people are not paying attention.

Guo Nuan felt that this method of concealing cheating tools in the exam room in advance was much better than those exams that included cheating materials on the exam day.

However, this also tests the courage of the candidates who cheated over the wall. Generally, the candidates who are not very courageous are really incapable of avoiding the eyes of the guards at night like a thief. A dozen or so were caught. These guys climbed over the wall when the moon was dark and the wind was high. It was like a monkey. It was a three-foot-high green brick wall. It's a pity that there are a large group of official servants holding killing sticks and a dozen salivating big wolfhounds guarding the inner wall

Every time the exam begins, the officials must first catch the thieves who climbed over the wall, and they will also search carefully in the mouse holes, bushes, treetops, and ponds in the exam yard. Usually, they can find hundreds of novels in hidden corners. Human books, because in addition to those who climbed over the wall, there are also some candidates who ride on the wall. They have learned a lot, and they are all covered in black and masked. Throw it into the grass. Fortunately, after entering the field, you can find one or two books in the grass. Unluckily, you make a wedding dress for someone else, and other candidates pick it up cheaply.

However, Guo Nuan was a little worried. He said that these were cheating on the surface. Commoner candidates could carry cheating tools at great risk, and they could be caught on the spot. If they were high-ranking officials or candidates from wealthy businessmen, if If you want to cheat and steal your fame, you only need to get through a certain link of setting questions, examination room, checking papers, marking papers, and marking papers, then the concealment of cheating will be reached.

It is said that during the reign of Emperor Suzong, an examinee from a wealthy family secretly bribed the examiner with a lot of money and gained fame. Cut off, exile in exile.

It is not impossible to bribe officials related to the exam in the past. Guo Nuan, as the invigilator in charge of one part of the exam site, cannot supervise other parts.

Guo Nuan returned to the turret, looking down, Qiao Yun's Mo Yi paper was finally finished, scratching his head, he was already half behind the progress of the candidates, as for Li Shi, he was full after a meal of spicy boiled meat , Guo Nuan was moved to tears, this brother-in-law had been looking forward to it for so long, and finally picked up his pen and grinded it slowly.

As for Li Duan, he is now slanting towards the west, and the evening is just about to be staged. He is catching up on sleep. He has diligently done two sets of papers in the middle of the night and during the day. The progress is very fast, and it is time to rest for a while.

The second night was about to start, Guo Nuan cheered up and asked the inspectors to light hundreds of torches and bonfires in the huge compound. The blazing fire made the compound as bright as day.

The night was getting darker, the moon hung high, and guo Nuan couldn't help but sneezed. His subordinates put on the sable fur coat that Princess Shengping brought for the son-in-law and said, "My lord, be careful of catching a cold."

"Well, pay attention to the order of the examination room, and report back if there is anything unusual," Guo Nuan put on his fur coat, warm, and after explaining a few words to the officials, he rolled up on the bed in the turret, squinting his eyes, feeling sleepy Makes his eyelids heavy.

"Puff," there were snoring sounds one after another in the thousands of dormitories at midnight. It seemed that most of the people were tired from doing the papers during the day and went to rest.

However, Guo Nuan heard a strange voice: "Puchi, Puchi", and a few black shadows crossed the night sky,