Three poles in the sun, Liang Qi finally woke up satisfied. When he came to the courtyard with fluffy hair, Liang Qi was a little embarrassed when he saw Lin Jue who was sitting in the autumn sun of the small courtyard reading.

"I'm really sorry for Lin Gongzi, I'm very rude. I slept in Lin Gongzi's room last night, what is this like? Also, I didn't lose my temper after drinking last night, if I offended my son, please ask my son to ask for Haihan. ”

Lin Jue put down the book and smiled: "What is this?" Did you sleep well last night? ”

Liang Qi stretched his waist and said, "Don't tell the boy, this is the most comfortable night I have slept on, and I don't know that I woke up." No wonder rich people like brocade clothes, jade food, soft couches, brocade quilts, I ate well yesterday and slept well last night, I am a little worried about whether I can adapt to the thatched bed on the mountain when I go back to the mountain. ”

Lin Jue laughed, pointed to the basin under the corridor and said, "Brother Liang went to wash up, and after eating some snacks and drinking some tea." ”

Liang Qi looked at the three-pole-high sun and shook his head and said, "Young Master Lin, I can't delay." The lord of the village and the brothers are still in the mountains, and I have to hurry back to the mountains. ”

Lin Jue waved his hand and said: "Don't be busy, I have already asked someone to hire a fast boat for you, you can get to Danjiangkou in three days and three nights, and then you can hire a car to go north, and you can arrive in Ruzhou in one day." If you move quickly, you will be able to buy supplies and return to Luoyan Valley in five or six days. You see, I've designed the route for you, what do you have to worry about? ”

Liang Qi bowed and saluted: "Thank you, Childe, Childe is so thoughtful in everything, it really makes Liang Qi not know what to say." This time Gongzi saved the lives of my brothers in the mountains, and I, Liang Qi, swear here, in the future, but Gongzi has a life, and Liang Qi and the brothers in the cottage are willing to serve the dogs and horses. I also apologize for the bastard things I said to Childe before, and I can't blame Childe for that incident. ”

Lin Jue waved his hand and smiled: "Don't say polite words, hurry up and wash and eat, eat and drink, and have to go on the road when you have a full stomach." I'll take you to the docks. ”

Liang Qi gave up, and after a simple rinse at the moment, he ate all the pots of dim sum on the table with tea. When Liang Qi wiped his mouth and drank tea, Lu Wu came back from the street. Lin Jue and Lu Wu talked softly in the house, and Lu Wu stepped into his west wing, tinkered for a long time, and wrapped it out with a brocade box and a blue cloth. and Lin Jue came to Liang Qi under the corridor.

Lin Jue arched his hand and smiled: "Brother Liang, it's time to leave." ”

Liang Qi hurriedly got up and said, "Okay." ”

Lin Jue reached out and took the brocade box from Lu Wu's hand, and opened it in front of Liang Qi, and inside was a thick stack of silver tickets.

"This is a silver ticket of 15,000 taels of silver, which is stored in the Yonghe Silver Village, which is popular in the Great Zhou Dynasty. It can be used everywhere in the Great Zhou, and it is inconvenient for you to carry the cash with you, so you will take the silver ticket with you. When you arrive in Ruzhou, you can exchange it for silver to buy supplies. And in this parcel is a hundred and fifty taels of silver, which thou shalt hire a chariot to eat on the way, and thou shalt use them. ”

Liang Qi's throat rolled, he took the silver ticket and package with both hands, and suddenly moved to the side and knelt on the ground, kowtowing again and again.

Lin Jue hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and blamed, "What is this doing?" Not so. ”

Liang Qi choked up and said: "Son's great kindness, Liang is unforgettable." More than 1,000 people in my cottage were saved. ”

Lin Jue said with a smile: "The man has gold under his knees, and Brother Liang doesn't frown when he bleeds and kills, but he bends his waist for such a little silver, which is not good." Never again. ”

Liang Qi nodded and said, "Childe taught a lesson." ”

Lin Jue took a thick cowhide envelope from Lu Wu's hand and handed it to Liang Qidao: "This is my letter to the master of the big village, you must hand it over to Mu Qing with your own hands, there can be no mistakes." ”

Liang Qi took it and kicked it in his arms and said, "Don't worry, son, if you lose the letter, I will accompany your head." ”

Lin Jue smiled: "It's not that serious, it's just that some important things are written here, I hope it can be useful to your cottage." Mu Qing may be helpful when he sees it, but the rest is nothing. Where's your hat, put it on, and we'll go to the docks. The boat is ready. ”

At that moment, Lin Jue took Liang Qi out of the Lin house, and soon came to a small pier under the West River, where a canopy clipper was ready. Lin Hu was waiting on the dock.

"Brother Liang, get on the boat. The few cages on the boat were brought to Mu Qing, and you should take care of them on the way. Brother Liang, I will not be far away, I will let Xiaohu send you out of the city, so as not to be disturbed by the defenders at the city gate. You must be careful about those things, just do what was discussed last night, and don't make mistakes. Lin Jue arched his hand.

Liang Qi nodded and said, "Don't worry, son, how dare you be careless." ”

Lin Jue nodded and smiled: "Then let's say goodbye, see you later." ”

Liang Qibai had mixed feelings, and arched his hand: "Son's great grace, there will be a time to report in the end." The green mountains do not change, the green water flows for a long time, and the son cherishes it when he says goodbye. ”

After that, Liang Qi got off the dock and boarded the boat, and Lin Hu also followed the boat. At the sound of the command, the canopy boat left the dock and headed into the river, merging into the shuttling boats, and headed north. Lin Jue stood on the edge of the dock for a long time before turning around and leaving.

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Two days are fleeting, and the day of the autumn exam has finally arrived. Beginning in the early morning of 22 September, a large number of soldiers and soldiers and horses of the Ning Navy in the city began to move, setting up checkpoints and sentry posts at the main street intersections of Hangzhou. And the northern city where Gongyuan Street is located is even more heavily guarded, and it is strictly forbidden for idlers to wander.

A few blocks away from Gongyuan Street, a forbidden area has been set up. With Middle Street as the line, only the accompanying scholars are allowed to follow the candidates in the checkpoint. The rest of the people, even their parents, wives and children, were kept out. No noise is allowed outside this forbidden area, otherwise the patrolling soldiers will be arrested and thrown into prison.

After entering the restricted area, until entering the examination room on Gongyuan Street, there are two blocks of forbidden areas. Heavily armed soldiers patrolled the streets, all shops and businesses had to close their doors, and the people here had been told on the first day to stay outside the restricted area for three days or to stay at home for three days with their doors and windows closed. In short, those who wander around in the forbidden area or probe their brains during the big exam will be severely punished.

From these actions, we can see the importance of the imperial examination in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and how much the court attached great importance to this matter.

In addition to these peripheral measures, the examination of entering the examination room is even more severe and excessive. At the east and west entrances of the examination room on Gongyuan Street, the examination of the candidates' admission is eye-opening. When entering the examination, the first thing to do is to identify the appearance characteristics according to the floating tickets issued, which is to prevent anyone from taking the test on behalf of the gunman.

Lin Jue entered the venue from the east entrance, and while waiting in line to check the floating ticket, a candidate in front of him was dragged by several soldiers and taken away with punches and kicks. The examinee howled like a pig, and the cry was terrible. The news soon came that the person's facial features did not match the one on the floating ticket. The float reads 'Thin face and long beard', and this candidate has no beard. Although the examinee shouted that he was wronged, saying that he dozed off at night because of the two days and nights of studying for the exam, and his beautiful hair was lit by the candlestick, and it burned in all directions. The beard was burned and he couldn't see anyone, so he simply cut his beard. But because of that, it's bad. The inspectors saw that he had no beard and did not match the characteristics on the floating ticket, so they immediately ordered someone to arrest him and drag him away, and no matter how he explained it, it was useless.

The first-stroke candidates regretted that this one had worked hard to study, but unexpectedly his future was ruined in the hands of a beard. It's really the most nonsensical and tragic thing in the world. However, in addition to regret, there is also some schadenfreude. After all, this is a soldier who surrenders without a fight, everyone here is a competitor, and if you kill one, you will have one less competitor, from this point of view, it is worth being happy.

During the quarter of an hour waiting in line to check the floating tickets, Lin Jue saw with his own eyes that seven or eight students were dragged away by the soldiers because of the discrepancies between their appearance and the floating tickets, and the screams and injustices were earth-shattering. Lin Jue thought to himself: This is a way to ruin people's future, if these scholars and officials are dissatisfied with anyone, they can make a fuss on the floating ticket, and they can justifiably expel the candidate and directly ruin his future. I'm afraid this errand is a fat job.

Fortunately, Lin Jue passed unimpeded and successfully entered the second level of inspection. In order to prevent the entrainment of cheating items such as books, cheat sheets, etc., the second level has to pass through a small house, not only the clothes must be stripped naked, but also the bedding, dry food, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, etc.

One by one, the students stripped almost naked and put their hands on the soldiers who were being examined in the small room, which was simply a great shame in life. Although there will be something to cover the key parts, but after all, there will still be a light between pulling, and these soldiers seem to have a special hobby, staring at a certain part of the students, pointing and snickering, comparing the size and shape of each person, which is extremely narrow and hateful. When encountering some short students, these guys are extremely disdainful, and let out unbridled ridicule, which makes people want to burrow into the ground. It is also extremely strict about dry food, bedding, pens, ink, paper, inkstones and other items that you carry with you. The buns and cakes brought in must be cut and inspected, the clothes and bedding must be dismantled and the corners of the quilt must be inspected, and the barrel of the brush must be filled with water to check whether there is entrainment inside.

Don't think that this is a repeated move, and many candidates at this checkpoint were dragged away by soldiers in disheveled clothes. A candidate had a dense essay written on his thigh, and he appeared on the spot when he was stripped for inspection. The rest of the people found the entrained cheat sheets in the barrel of their brushes, in the mezzanine under the inkstone. There is also a cheating one who is even more incredible, and the white paper brought in is written with medicinal juice, and the handwriting can be revealed by baking it with a candlestick after entering, but it was all found out by experienced inspectors.

The Great Zhou Dynasty is precisely because the glory after entering the office is incomparable, and the treatment and respect of scholars are also unprecedented, so these people are willing to take risks. You must know that anyone who is found to be cheating will not only be banned from participating in the imperial examination for life, but will also be imprisoned and distributed, and if the circumstances are serious, they will even have their heads beheaded and their homes raided. These people are willing to take such a big risk to do so, naturally because the rewards of taking the risk are extremely high. As long as you can be admitted to the imperial examination, you will not have to worry about anything in this life. Even if you are a small magistrate, you will make a lot of money.