At dusk, a large area of fiery clouds appeared in the west, indicating that tomorrow would be a good day.

After Lin Haoran sent Wang Bai and Huang Hui away, he drank tea alone in the flower hall, until the courtyard appeared twilight, and the wild girl wearing a set of fast catching uniforms did not return.

The tiger girl held a bamboo strip in her hand and jumped out, the bamboo strip was scribbled in mid-air, and she was humming a drama in her mouth, which seemed to be entertaining herself.

Cough......

Lin Haoran sat in the flower hall, saw this scene in his eyes, and coughed heavily with the majesty of the head of the family.

Hey?

The tiger girl was about to stab the moth in the courtyard, but when she reached this movement, she looked up at the flower hall, and her big bright eyes looked curious: "Brother, are you at home?" I thought you went to Sister Hua again! ”

Ahem......

Lin Haoran originally wanted to show his brother's supreme majesty and count this wild girl fiercely, but when he heard these words, he coughed weakly.

"Brother, have you eaten? I've eaten, I've eaten at Huang Dafu's house, today is his wife's birthday! The tiger girl held the bamboo strip and said crisply.

Lin Haoran looked at this girl's concerned appearance, but there was no anger in her heart, so she said seriously: "Hu Niu, you should know about my brother being appointed as the chief examiner of the township examination, right?" ”

"I heard that!" Tiger Niu walked up to the flower hall and replied seriously.

Lin Haoran sighed slightly in his heart, and said seriously: "Brother is going to stay in the Guangzhou Gongyuan for half a month, and you can't handle anything during this period, you have to take care of yourself!" ”

"Why stay so long?" Tiger Girl asked with a look of surprise.

Lin Haoran patiently explained: "I have to review more than 2,000 papers, and I have to be there for food and shelter until the list comes out!" ”

"That's it! Then I won't go back to Changlin Village first, I'm here to help you see the city! The tiger girl raised her chin lightly and said quite intimately.

Lin Haoran looked at this enthusiastic girl and didn't say anything to hit her. In essence, the current tiger girl does have the ability to deal with things, although her public heart is indeed a little heavier.

After explaining to Hu Niu, Lin Haoran took a sedan chair to Xiguan Mansion.

He had dinner at Hua Yingrong's place and told her some things, which was a resignation. Although the others are in the Guangzhou Gongyuan, the essence is no different from traveling far away.

August 1, Guangzhou Gongyuan.

The sky was pitch black, and more than 2,000 candidates gathered here again, crowding the square in front of the Gongyuan Gate, and lanterns illuminated the place as if it were day.

The ceremony was the same as before, everything was carried out in an orderly manner, and it was a rehearsal of the last time.

After the ceremony, the officials walked into the tribute courtyard.

Lin Haoran is no longer the official who receives the test papers belonging to the outer curtain, but the most important chief examiner of the township examination. After watching the yacha finish dancing the gods, he led the other eight examiners to walk in from the right side of the courtyard road, and Wang Bai led a group of officials to walk in from the left.

Mingyuan Building, Zhigong Hall and Jukui Hall are located on a central axis, which is also divided into the activity areas of candidates, outer curtain officials and inner curtain officials.

The two pedestrians walked on the wide road, passing through the rows of test houses.

When Lin Haoran passed by the examination house, he also took a special look at the word "come" alley. It's just that after many years, there are no familiar traces anymore, and there is only a familiar taste here.

Qin Shaoyi, a professor of Confucianism in Huguang Yongzhou Mansion, who was walking behind, found that the front was slowing down, and looked up at Lin Haoran, as if he had guessed something, and his eyes looked at this person with complicated eyes.

On the same list, Lin Haoran is the champion and the first, and he was given the name of "Da Ming Wenkui" by the saint. And he was on the top three with Jinshi, so he could only be assigned to serve in the remote Huguang.

Now, although he was fortunate to be appointed as the same examiner, compared with this genius, it was too far and too far away, as if he was looking at a high mountain.

However, he also understands that if he wants to have a smoother career, he must make good use of this relationship like Li Jialiang, the magistrate of Xiangshan, instead of being jealous.

Daming is a country that pays great attention to etiquette, and everything has a fixed form, and the township test will naturally be no exception.

When the officials arrived at the public court, the incense case had already been set up.

The incense and candles on the table were readily available, and all the officials stood in an orderly manner under the hall, and Pan Jitao stepped forward, and then turned to face everyone, with an extra holy decree in his hand.

His voice was deep, but he read aloud: "There is a holy decree!" ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Lin Haoran and other officials knelt down in an orderly manner to accept the order, and responded in unison.

The holy decree is a holy hadith, and it is a very official discourse: "The imperial examination is a great ceremony for the country, which is related to the stability of the Ming Dynasty and the peace and contentment of the people!" You must be fair and just...... "Yunyun."

At the end of the lecture, Lin Haoran stepped forward to accept the order on behalf of the officials.

Then, it was the ceremony of inviting the gods, and Wen Changjun, Kui Xingye, etc. were invited to preside over the township test.

After the ceremony, Lin Haoran led the eight examiners directly to the Jukui Hall, which belonged to the inner curtain.

At this point, the matter is not over. When everyone arrived at Jukui Ju, in front of the tablet of Sage Kong, they respectfully performed the ceremony of kneeling three times and bowing nine times, and it was a lifting ceremony.

"For the sake of the country, the society is impartial, does not follow personal feelings, is not entrusted, does not accept bribes, and the gods will die together." Lin Haoran and Song Dasheng were in front, and the seven same examiners were behind, and they swore a poisonous oath again.

After the ceremony, this is in the unsealing of the exam questions.

On the Feihong Bridge, Ruan Hui, the commander of the Guangzhou guard, led people to guard here, neither allowing the officials of the inner curtain to go out, nor allowing people from the outside to come in, like a knife cutting off all the connection between the inner curtain and the outside world.

Lin Haoran led the examiners to send the exam questions here, stopped under the bridge, and personally handed them over to Ruan Hui. Wang Bai, the transfer officer, and the printing officer were already waiting on the opposite side, and after obtaining the examination papers, they printed the original papers in the courtyard on the other side of the court.

At this moment, the sky is slightly brighter.

At this point, the work of their inner curtain officer is undoubtedly completed. It's just that with the accident last time, no one dared to take it lightly, but no one proposed to go back to the room to rest, and all the examiners were using tea in Jukui Hall, waiting for the opening bell to ring.

Although Lin Haoran was also nervous and worried about problems in the township test, his qi cultivation efforts during this period of time were effective. He calmly sat on the first seat and drank tea slowly, and chatted with Qin Shaoyi appropriately.

The bell came belatedly, and the people who were hanging finally fell, and the Guangdong Township Test in Jiajing's 40th year officially began.

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