Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

As the command arrow fell to the ground, the ten small cannons upstairs in Mingyuan sounded "bang" at the same time.

Of course, there are no shells in it.

There was a lot of smoke, and in an instant, the chief examiner, deputy chief examiner, and examiners upstairs were shrouded in gunpowder smoke at the same time, and some people kept coughing violently, wiping their tears and covering their noses.Only Yang Tinghe didn't move, standing straight in front with a majestic expression on his face.

The sound of the cannon made the candidates tremble at the same time.Then someone shouted: "It's three quarters of Yin time!"

The book office and yamen servants outside the Gongyuan shouted at the same time: "All candidates, enter the venue according to the number of the examination shed, and they have been searched!"

After shouting for a while, all the scholars around Su Mu finally calmed down, and ran back to the queue one after another, walking towards the dragon gate one by one.

Sun Chen: "Zi Qiao..."

Su Mu: "Zixiang, come in quickly. My personal honor and disgrace are nothing compared to my fame. Whether Su is innocent or not, you will know later."

As he spoke, he gave Sun Chen a push and told him to move forward quickly.

But Long Zai still refused to let Su Mu go, put his head close to Su Mu's ear and smiled softly: "Su Mu, I didn't expect you to be such a shameless villain. Long finally wrote a good poem the night before, but I was defeated by you. Now it’s all right. From today onwards, your Su Mu’s reputation will be ruined, which also made me vent a little bit of anger. You have nothing to copy this time, right? If you really If you pass the exam based on your real ability, it means that you have real talents and worldly knowledge, and others may suspect that I, Long Zai, are spreading rumors and slandering you. It's a pity, a pity, I predict that you will not be selected."

Su Mu smiled lightly: "What if I get hit?"

Seeing the calmness on Su Mu's face, Long Zai suddenly froze in his heart: Is this plagiarist really good at stereotyped writing, otherwise why does he have such an expression?

"Let's go, let's go, you two don't get stuck here?" The book behind couldn't help urging, which was separating the two who were at war.

Su Mu held his breath and looked around, the second child Wu had already taken advantage of this and ran around so that he couldn't see anyone.Even if Su Mu wanted to trouble this kid, he couldn't find him.

Annoyed in his heart, he thought to himself: When he returns to Beijing after the provincial examination, he must give this kid a good look.Ask Hu Jin to learn... No, or just tell the kid surnamed Zhu that Wu's second son has learned a special set of martial arts, which is very valuable for reference.With Zhu Shou's temperament, he will definitely discuss with him... Well, let's do it like this... Well, although I suffered a little loss today, I will definitely find this place in the future.Looking at Long Zai's situation, it would be fine if he doesn't win the Juren, but if he wins, he will definitely stay in the capital to prepare for next year's spring.

Now, the most important thing is to calm down and deal with this long exam that is very important to me, Su Mu.

If I can't even win a Juren, wouldn't I, Su Mu, be accused of plagiarism, and the future... naturally there will be no future.

Thinking of this, Su Mu took a deep breath, tried his best to calm himself down, and looked over.

I saw that a plaque with the ink characters of "Gong Yuan" hung in the middle of the gate of the Gong Yuan, and two squares were built in the east and west of the gate, with the inscriptions "Selecting Scholars from Ming Jing" and "Seeking Talents for the Country" respectively.Outside the gate of the Gongyuan are the east and west gates, and the gates are divided into three gates: the middle gate, the left gate and the right gate.

After checking the certificate of examination number, he walked a few more steps with the flow of people and arrived at the Longmen.Inside the door, four doors are opened horizontally, taking the meaning of "opening four doors" in "Shangshu. Yushu" to recruit talents.Su Mu took a peek at the deep part of the Dragon Gate, there was a big hall with the words "Zhigongtang" written on the lacquered plaque, and knew that it was the office of Jianlin and Wailian officials.Between the Longmen Gate and Zhigong Hall, there is a towering floor with a large plaque of "Mingyuan Building" hanging on it, condescending, and the upper floor is full of soldiers wearing red-tasseled soft-brimmed hats and holding spears.

The examiners in official uniforms were densely packed upstairs. Standing on Mingyuan upstairs, one can see the situation below at a glance.

The soldiers searched the candidates in front of the dragon gate to see if there was anything entrained.

All the candidates put down the test blue and let the soldiers rummage through it. If they came across suspicious items, they would pick them out and throw them aside.

This group of soldiers is also very hateful. From Su Mu's point of view, they are not very interested in whether they can find the cheat sheet, and only look for items with economic value.When you meet someone you like, just say that you are not allowed to bring this thing, and just keep it. After waiting, the big guy gets a point, which is considered a small gain.

There are more than 2000 candidates, and any one of them deducts some items from their body, and the sum is quite a considerable sum.

In just a moment, the rice, dried meat, and tea piled up around the soldiers formed a hill.

Several soldiers were also so happy that their faces were shiny.

Many candidates had no choice but to endure because they were in a hurry to enter the arena, which invisibly fueled the arrogance of the soldiers.

Every time a group of people is checked, the soldiers will run upstairs to report to the chief examiner: "Report, the inspectors have selfless contacts!"

"Report, there is no disadvantage for the executive staff to pass on!"

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Of course, among the scholars, there are also those with strong temperaments who are unwilling to be bullied by soldiers for nothing.

For example, there was a scholar who was dissatisfied with Bing Ding Ke, who took down a brand-new cotton robe that he brought into the examination room, and shouted loudly.

If it was outside, a lowly military man would not even have time to bow and bow to a distinguished scholar.But it was different now, in the examination room, the soldiers were all overbearing.

Immediately, he grabbed the scholar by his sleeve and pulled it forward, then kicked him to the ground.

Then, someone pulled out a waist knife and used the tip of the knife to pick off his clothes, until the scholar's vest was covered with dripping wounds.

Then these soldiers took off the scholar's clothes and let him stand there naked, showing his hands to the public.

Slowly, he took the clothes on the ground to his hands and opened them bit by bit.

After teasing the scholar enough, he threw all the dry food he was carrying on the ground, chopped it into powder with a knife, and said: "There is no entrainment, you can go in."

Although the poor scholar yelled aloud, the examiners upstairs remained motionless and pretended not to see it.

The rules of the township examination venues are extremely strict, and strict prohibitions are established before and after the examination, inside and outside the examination.The prevention of entrainment of scholars is particularly strict, and strict inspections are carried out when entering the venue.In order to prevent entrainment, it is stipulated that scholars must wear detachable clothes, single-layer shoes and socks, leather clothes must not have a face, and felt blankets must not have a lining; wooden cabinets, wooden boxes, double-layer benches, and cotton bedding are prohibited; The tube must be hollowed out, the wax table must be hollowed out, and the pastry must be cut open.

The search of candidates must be handled by the soldiers who maintain order in the examination room. In order to avoid suspicion, the examiners have no right to intervene.

Otherwise, if some candidates were found to be entrained in the examination room, they should not be suspected of collusion.

Also like this, the soldiers are extraordinarily arrogant, which is also an unspoken rule in the imperial examination room.

Su Mu couldn't bear to watch from behind, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This scholar's EQ is too low, and being tossed by them like this, he was humiliated for no reason, and even the rations he brought into the examination room were completely ruined.In the next few days, I don't know what he ate or drank, maybe he starved to death inside for no reason.

It has to be said that although Wu's second child has a poor character, he is very thoughtful in doing things.Before he came, he stuffed a piece of cotton cloth about two feet long into Sumu's test basket. Although it was not much, it was worth a hundred yuan.

Seeing the cloth, the soldiers' eyes lit up, and they said, "This thing can't be brought in." Then they threw it aside, searched it by the way, and waved for Su Mu to go in.

In this way, Su Mu finally entered the Dragon Gate.

However, this is not the end.After entering the dragon gate and walking to the front of Mingyuan building, there is another table in front of it.

There were several officials sitting behind the table, and the next step was to check the background of the candidates and distribute the test papers.

When he came, Su Mu had already asked clearly that this table was the famous Chitou table.

Those officials examined Sumu's appearance and interrogated him about his origin. Then, they took a silver mold, dipped it in cinnabar and cinnabar, sewed a seal on his paper, and threw it to him.

There are a lot of papers, a thick stack.

Su Mu hurriedly took it and put it in his arms carefully.

There are too many candidates, and it takes a lot of time to check each person, and the people behind them start to rush again.

Su Mu quickened his pace and trotted all the way past Mingyuan Building.

The open sheds for the township examination are located on both sides of Mingyuan Building, and Su Mu didn't know whether to go to the left or the right. After searching for a long time, he finally found the No. 16 exam room.

Speaking of this test house, it is really too small, only two meters high and more than one meter wide, and people can hold their breath tightly when sitting in it.However, there are all kinds of things inside, not only brand-new painted boards and chairs, but also pots and bowls in the back, which are convenient for candidates to cook inside.

As for the table, it was a plank of wood leaning against the wall.When in use, it is laid flat and directly hung on the two hitches at the door, which looks very crude.

Su Mu also realized when he saw the old horse Shitu doing this. He wondered why there was no table before.

Coincidentally, the examinee who was stripped off was just opposite to him.

After suffering such a great insult, the examinee sat there with tears in his eyes and kept wiping his face.

Su Mu was naturally not in the mood to feel sorry for him, so he lit the lamp and sat there quietly, waiting for the topic to come down.