Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Su Mu: "Brother Li, tell me."

Glancing ahead again, the candidates from Beizhili rushed forward, overwhelming many people, and he felt a little anxious.

Governor Li smiled and said, "I thought it was still early, but I didn't want Mr. Wu and Brother Ziqiao to enter the venue so early. I also wanted to ask which test room you were assigned to. If you are assigned together, there will be mutual support." .”

When he said this, everyone came to their senses and said at the same time: "Brother Li is right."

There are more than 7000 candidates who came to take the examination today, and the Gongyuan is surprisingly large.After the candidates register in the Ministry of Rites, they will get a diploma, which not only shows the candidate's appearance and hometown, but also fills in the number of your test room.

Governor Niu took out the voucher and glanced at it: "I am 120 in the A character."

Governor Li: "Brother Niu, I am so lucky, I am in the No. [-] shed in Xiaxinzi, far away from you."

Su Mu's is No. 16 of C, and everyone said, this lottery is good, [-], it's going to be smooth!

Su Mu smiled in his heart, he never thought that there were such words in ancient times.

His heart was moved again. It has been so long since he signed up, but he kept forgetting to ask Wu Shiqi's test number and which test room he was in.

Wu Shiqi stroked his beard slowly: "This old man is the No. 15 shed with C characters."

"Isn't this just across from Ziqiao? It's a coincidence." Governor Niu's eyes widened in surprise, and everyone was amazed.

At this moment, Duan Jiong sneered: "I am C[-], next door to Mr. Wu. Hmph, don't expect me to take care of you, enter the examination room, each according to his own ability."

There was another burst of uproar.

Governor Niu was dissatisfied: "Everyone depends on their ability, Duan Jiong, what big talk are you talking about, drinking water and thinking about the source, don't even think about it..."

Governor Li's face was livid: "Brother Niu, will you suffocate if you don't talk?"

Naturally, Su Mu couldn't understand what they said, seeing that the time was almost up.He hurriedly opened Wu Shiqi's test basket, took out a cloth bag from it, hung it around the old man's neck, and hung the test basket on his back.

The same is true for him, Weng and son-in-law just squeezed away the people in front and rushed forward.

The first hurdle to enter the examination room is a body search. There is a large table at the gate, which is the famous chitou table, and two officials of the seventh rank are sitting behind it.

Squeezed to the table, checked the appearance of Su Mu and Wu Shiqi, interrogated him about his background, then took a silver mold, dipped it in cinnabar and xinhong, sewed the seals on the two papers, and threw them to the two.

There are red grids printed on these two papers. When you enter the examination room, you can write articles on them after the evening examination questions come down.

At this time, Mr. Wu was too sleepy to open his eyes, and his whole body was in a state of chaos.

Su Mu had no choice but to take the papers and put them in the test bags hanging on each other's necks.

Next, it's a body search.The rules of the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty were extremely strict, and strict prohibitions were 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, and the wax table must be hollowed out to the bottom.

The general examination is different from the rural examination. Although the soldiers are also rude, they are all masters after all, which is not too much.

After searching for a long time, I finally reported: "Report, the scholar is not entrained."

As soon as one of the two officials waved his hand, he let Su Mu and Mr. Wu go in, which was like letting them enter the Dragon Gate.

The C-character test shed is located in the east of the Gongyuan. It is very long. There are hundreds of test sheds in two rows, and you can't see the end at a glance.

Sumu's test house faces east and west, and Wu Shiqi faces east from west.

The row of thorns planted behind the test shed is just in time for the warm spring and the flowers are blooming. The branches are covered with bright yellow flowers, and there is a faint fragrance.

After entering the exam room, two government servants came over and closed the wooden fence and locked it. No one was allowed to go out until the exam was over. The examinee had to settle here for the nine days of eating, drinking, and messing around.

If something really happened, you can take a picture of the wooden sign hanging outside, and the yamen servants will come over naturally.

This is the fourth time Su Mu has entered the examination room, and he is already familiar with it. It is still a small room with a size of five square meters, and he can directly touch the ceiling when he stands up.

There is only a toilet inside, a small brick kang that can only accommodate one person to curl up.There is also a small wooden board leaning on the wall. When it is laid flat, it can be used as a desk answer sheet on both sides of the wall.

Su Mu was not idle, so he took out all the things in Kaolan and put them away in different categories.

When everything was settled, the sky was fully lit, and the situation in the opposite Kaoshe was clearly visible.

I saw that Mr. Wu had already curled up on the kang and snored loudly.

Seeing him sleeping soundly, and seeing the restless candidates in the examination room next to him, Su Mu smiled: The old man is quite at ease.

However, I'm still a little worried in my heart, don't let anyone get confused and affect the answer sheet.

Su Mu didn't expect Wu Shiqi to have such a strong reaction after taking the medicine. Fortunately, he couldn't bring medicine into the examination room.Wait for half a day, the medicine will come back, and the old man will return to normal.

However, when he woke up and saw that the topic was wrong, he didn't know if he would suddenly go crazy.

From this point of view, Su Mu hoped that he could be more confused.

Mr. Wu slept soundly, it was still early, but Su Mu couldn't be as calm as him.

Time passed extremely slowly, and I don't know how long I sat, I just felt that my butt hurt from sitting, and my heart was bored and irritable.At this time, he was envious of Wu Shiqi, he should have taken some sedatives with him when he went out earlier.

The sun rose and shone on Wu Shiqi, and the temperature began to rise.

The old man probably felt hot, turned over, took off the long gown in a daze, threw it on the ground, and fell asleep again.

Duan Jiong entered the arena at noon and sat in the test house next to Mr. Wu.

Governor Duan is from Gansu. According to the rules, candidates from remote areas will usually come first.

His eyes looked very calm, as if Su Mu didn't exist.It was just that he was harassed by Mr. Wu's snoring, so he couldn't help frowning.

The lunch was brought by the examination room, it was very simple, two vegetarian dishes and a bowl of brown rice, the taste was naturally too bad to be too bad.Especially for a foodie like Su Mu, he just feels uncomfortable with the brown rice stuck in his throat.However, the time is still long, and Su Mu eats a lot, so he still eats all the food.

Scholars are not working hard, eat a small amount of food, and feel nervous. Most of them stop using chopsticks after a few mouthfuls.

As for Wu Shiqi, he didn't even move a mouthful, eating was nothing but sleeping.

Su Mu brought his own food for the last township test, and he didn't know when the dinner would be for the test, so he felt a little worried: When Mr. Wu wakes up, he doesn't know how hungry he will be?

This time the exam was uneventful and everything went very smoothly, Su Mu felt that it was very boring.

Too aesthetically tired.