Earth Immortal Righteous Path

Chapter 125 House Examination (4000-word chapter)
Then when teasing the little girl, Zhou Xun touched the little girl's bones.

To outsiders, it looked like two little guys, one big and one small, were playing, but in fact Zhou Xun had already searched around without a trace.

"The root bone is not finalized, and it should be able to make a difference."

When no one was around, Zhou Xun pondered.

"There must be a lot of right and wrong behind this girl, and I still have to cover it up."

Tapping her eyebrows lightly with one finger, a magic talisman was written quickly, and then disappeared, the original rich and majestic aura was covered, like a layer of mist, only revealing some white aura like smog, mixed with a few traces of red in the middle gas.

"With my method, I cover up a little bit, and when I wait for the magician to look at the breath, I can only see my forged fate. The white air is strong, mixed with a few wisps of red air, and it is considered a small status among ordinary people. It can be said that it is a family background. Miss home."

"Since ancient times, the law has not been imposed on nobles. Although my talisman is wonderful, it may not be able to cover it up all the time. It is better to lead her into the Tao and practice my law."

It was another superficial way of exhaling and transporting, lest this girl would not understand, Zhou Xun specially used his own mana to guide her, combing the body, killing the three corpses, so that she could enter the Tao.

The body of a child is clean, there are fewer obstacles to practice, and the mind is relatively simple. It is more suitable for practicing the superficial breathing technique, which is used to cultivate Taoism, dredge meridians, and prepare for the next step of practice.

Ji Xueluo fell into a deep sleep and breathed out naturally in her sleep. Zhou Xun observed for a while longer and was sure that the girl was used to this way of breathing.

For the first time, she needs to be guided into the cultivation realm, and after several times of familiarization, she can practice on her own. When she really turns it into instinct, she will breathe and do exercises all night after falling asleep, and she will surely enter the Tao after a long time.

"This little girl is not bad at all. Since she started to practice Qi at this time, she will be eight years old in three years. At that time, she can almost transfer to the next stage of cultivation."

Zhou Xun estimated the progress and planned to teach students according to their aptitude, intending to accept the first disciple in this world.

"To be able to meet and save me when I was sailing, and to be named by me, isn't it a predestined relationship with me? He is a disciple sent by God."

The most important thing in his teaching is the predestined method, so what is the predestined method?In fact, it is not mysterious, it depends on the behavior of each family.Some only need to close their eyes to be included in the door wall; some only look at sincerity and set eighteen tests to test people's will...

For him, it's the fate, pay attention to nature, meet it, think it's good, just push the boat and accept it... If you don't meet it, you don't have the fate, you can't enter the poor way, please look elsewhere.

In the end, he was a little worried, so he added a few protective charms to the little girl to prevent her from inadvertently attracting foreign demons when she was in peace.

When these things were finished, Zhou Xun went out empty-handed.

It was just dawn, and many people had already gathered in front of the tribute courtyard. Zhou Xun was among them, so inconspicuous.

When the time comes, an officer will come to unlock the lock and let the examinee in.

There is a nameplate issued in advance, with the name of the seat written, and the candidate's hometown information on the back.

A group of government servants carrying knives were checking the nameplates over there, and those who lost the nameplate were not allowed to enter.

Soon it was Zhou Xun's turn. The person checking the nameplate saw Tong Sheng too much, and didn't look down on him because of his age. He just glanced at him, ticked the roster, and let him pass.

After entering the Gongyuan, you can't go directly to the exam, and a big curtain is set up next to it.

The children who came in ahead had their clothes uncovered and were searched one by one. Hats, shoes, hair ties, clothes interlayers, everything was searched.

Just in order not to disgrace the gentleman, candidates are still allowed to keep the innermost single clothes.

"No wonder my father sneered at those jokes about a woman disguised as a man in the scriptures to get a Jinshi. With the current posture, it is really a daughter disguised as a man. She may not be able to pass the government examination, and she still wants to be a Jinshi?"

"If it's true that a woman disguises herself as a man, and is searched in only a single body-fitting shirt like this, only a blind person will not be able to tell the difference between a man and a woman!"

Just as he was thinking, a few of the candidates who had been entrained were searched out and dragged out on the spot. They just begged for forgiveness all the way, and they would inevitably be dismissed from their student status and could not take the exam again for three years.

What's more, from now on, if you tarnish your reputation, you won't be able to be a man in Wu'an Prefecture.

Zhou Xun was also searched in the same way. His bun was roughly broken up to see if there was a hidden note, and his coat was turned over and over again. After all, some candidates embroidered their handwriting with needles and threads in previous years.

It took a while to let Zhou Xun go, and he was already very embarrassed.

Zhou Xun tidied up his appearance before looking for the seat number and finding his cubicle.

The location is very good, far away from the toilet and the kitchen, so it won't be affected by the smell.

The cubicle is very small, with only room for a table and a chair. It has walls on three sides, and one side faces the corridor in the middle.

Zhou Xun checked the exam compartment inside and out, but found no problems.

He sat down and waited for the exam to start. From this side, he could see the examinee on the opposite side.

The compartments in this Gongyuan are all like this, one by one, and they can be seen from the opposite side. If the eyesight is good, it is not difficult to see the test papers of the candidates on the opposite side.

After waiting for a while, a servant brought pens, inks, papers and inkstones. The Four Treasures of the Study are prepared by the examination room in this government examination, in order to prevent cheating.

Zhou Xun knew some anecdotes.

Some examinees once racked their brains to make hollow brushes to hide articles; some also worked hard on the inkstone, and the palm-sized inkstone actually carved tens of thousands of characters; of course, the ink sticks for grinding ink needless to say...

In short, they all showed their special abilities, and later the examination room simply did not allow things to be brought in during the examination.

You are not allowed to bring food with you, saving you from choking to death while gnawing on the cake while looking for words.

"Eat food, Qing Shui, it seems that someone is going to do something here?"

Zhou Xun remembered the omen not long ago.

"This kitchen provides lunch for all the candidates. If you do it directly in the kitchen, you will inevitably accidentally injure other candidates. The noise is too loud."

"It's nothing more than buying off one or two food delivery servants, and the special food for me is all a rotten trick."

"The government exam is only one exam, and the papers will be collected in the evening. Even if you don't eat or drink, it will last for a few hours. It depends on what tricks you play!"

After making up his mind, Zhou Xun decided not to touch the food provided by the examination room. Anyway, for him, not drinking or eating for a few days is just a matter of nostalgia.

"Bang Bang Bang-"

There was a knocking sound.

"The Gongyuan is locked!"

From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave the tribute courtyard, and so are the examiners. There is a team of people outside the tribute courtyard, wearing armor and swords, to maintain order.

Then, in the distance, a high-pitched voice was heard.

"Please test God—"

This is the voice of the eunuch, and the eunuch has the responsibility of supervision.

In the first place of the Gongyuan, five examiners and one eunuch in front of the statue bowed down and led a group of miscellaneous servants.

The god statue released a layer of white light, which spread to the entire tribute courtyard, and within a short time, it enveloped the entire tribute courtyard.

"Kaoshen, I don't want to have this kind of priesthood."

"It's only limited to the examination room, and its function is nothing more than to check for fraud in the examination room. It seems that I have never seen it in the county examination before. Is it because there are too many candidates for the county examination, so it is not worth it?"

"This god has meager power, but it has the greatest authority within the scope of the examination room. Cheating with Taoism can be easily detected."

"I just don't know if there is a test god in every mansion, or there is only one test god?"

I have worshiped the test god here, and the examiner asked with a smile.

"Eunuch Liu, you can open the book!"

The eunuch pinched his orchid fingers, laughing pretentiously.

"Miscellaneous family servants of the seventh rank don't dare to call you father-in-law. Mr. Wang is the chief examiner in this field, so he naturally listens to you, why bother to ask the miscellaneous family?"

Lord Wang felt relieved, the eunuch didn't seem to be trying to embarrass him.

So I respectfully invited out a box of test papers, signed and stamped them, stamped them with a big seal, peeled off the wax, and distributed the sealed test papers one by one.

The test papers are all blank, and the test questions will not be released until later.

Mr. Wang is the chief examiner, but it is not his business alone to write the questions.

Several examiners took out the sample questions and sealed them in another box. The printed test questions are all here.

The guards hand out the exam questions individually, no one has a copy, and those who pollute the page with damage can exchange it.

Zhou Xun sat upright and looked at the exam questions when he received them.

"The first question is counting? This is the question about the chicken and the rabbit in the same cage in "The Book of Counting."

"Chickens and rabbits are in the same cage. There are 72 heads and 220 feet. How many chickens and rabbits are there?"

This question is not difficult, Zhou Xun did some mental calculations, and wrote down the answer on the answer sheet next to it.

The second question is about the meaning of the scriptures. It is an excerpt from "Yafeng", about [-] sentences. It asks what this passage is about and the allusions involved.The main test is familiarity with the scriptures and meanings. Candidates who are not familiar with the classic books that must be tested will not be able to answer this question.

Zhou Xun knew the classics by heart, so this question was not difficult. After a little thought, he answered it.

Then, there were more than a dozen questions, including geography, astronomy, history, natural history, etc., some of which were tricky and weird. Zhou Xun had to think for a while before writing.

The examiner patrolled back and forth in the tribute courtyard, checking out one or two candidates from time to time, and ordered the guards to fork out and wait for disposal.

Candidates who were disqualified burst into tears on the spot, causing people to be upset.

Then he was imprisoned in a dark room next to the Gongyuan and could not be released for the time being.

The examinee opposite Zhou Xun, in his 20s, was agitated and scratched his scalp. The dandruff flew all over the place, and his eyes kept looking in this direction.

Zhou Xun dried the papers with written answers calmly, turned them upside down on the left hand side, and continued to answer the questions.

Before I knew it, it was noon, and the guards brought the lunch prepared by the Gongyuan.

One meat and one vegetable, plus rice, many candidates stopped answering questions and had lunch.

Zhou Xun also got a share, but he didn't move a chopstick.

"Humph!"

"You really take me for an idiot! Just like this, who knows how to use chopsticks?"

Zhou Xun looked unhappy.

His lunch is oily green, with a sour smell, and it looks rancid at first glance.

"I thought it was some great method, but it turned out to be so disgusting that I came here!"

"Don't be naughty! Don't be a son of man!"

This is an indiscriminate method, not very clever, and the intention is only to disgust people.

Indeed, if it was another person, it was inevitable that he would be furious at this time, and even roared in the examination room... Even if he could change a piece of food in the end, his mood was completely ruined.

"That's all, it's just a child's vindictive trick, and I don't care about it with you."

Zhou Xun simply didn't touch the food and continued to answer the questions.

After a while, the guard came again. Seeing the untouched bowls and chopsticks, he smiled provocatively and gave him a beating expression.

"..."

Zhou Xun ignored him and just answered the questions, secretly watching his every move.

When the officer saw that the kid wasn't fooled, he had no choice.

"How can you be so patient?"

The guard was also a little surprised at the boy's patience.

The young man who has been unsuccessful in his tricks in the past is the most impulsive, and will lose his mind if he is provoked a little. As long as there is a big commotion in this exam room, no matter whether it is reasonable or not, the exam this time will be yellow.

If you hate the examiner, you will inevitably fail.

I thought it was the same this time, but I didn't expect it to fail.

"That's not okay, I've already taken advantage of it, if the matter doesn't work out, I'll have to spit back the hundred taels of silver!"

It's just that Kaoshen was monitoring the Gongyuan, and he couldn't be too obvious, so he had to pack up the dishes and leave.

When we got to the kitchen, the guard gave a wink to one person.

Here, the God of Examination supervision has been released, so I can say something.

"What's wrong? No way?"

The man was dressed as a servant, he looked thirteen or fourteen years old, but he was born fair and his hands were clean, he looked like a young man from a rich family.

"Young master Jia, the person you mentioned, he doesn't like oil and salt!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the untouched meal.

"Look, this rotten dish didn't move at all, didn't make a sound, and just went to answer the questions."

Young Master Jia was in a hurry.

"Then what should I do? I made a bet with someone. I must make him look ugly. It's best to cheat. It's better if he loses his reputation!"
No matter how bad it is, he has to lose his name this time! "

"Young master, why do you have to stare at this person? I'll see, or forget it, anyway, there is no deep hatred."

The servant asked tentatively.

"That won't work! This man actually wants to marry my sister Lin! I want him to fail the exam!"

"Sister Lin can only be my sister! She won't marry!"

"I want sister Lin to stay in my house, but this guy can't!"

Master Jia asked:

"Hey, is there any way you can make him never bother my sister Lin again?"

The guard listened with gusto, thinking about all kinds of jokes in the market, and felt that the gossip of big men was more interesting than any storytelling.

"Master Jia, this is really embarrassing for the villain? The villain has only been a servant for a few years, and he dare not break the rules. Besides, after the government examination is over, there is also the hospital examination. Health worker!"

"As far as your Duke's mansion is concerned, a mere student is still at his disposal, so why worry!"

"Above the examination room, there are special personnel watching everywhere, and there are gods sitting in charge, making it even more difficult to do anything."

The guard complimented him a few times, but he didn't want to get involved any further.

"What you said makes sense, then it will be cheaper for him!"

Young Master Jia conveniently untied a purse from his waist and threw it to this man.

"I've rewarded you!"

The guard took the purse, weighed it, maybe there were more than a dozen taels of scattered silver, knowing that it was a purse specially prepared to reward the servants, thanked him, and withdrew.

(End of this chapter)