The power of the whip was indeed strong enough, and the tragic situation of those students was also shocking, and after carrying the injured away to the hospital, the scene finally calmed down; Within a radius of twenty steps from the entrance of the Tribute Courtyard, a clearing was cleared.

The three examiners nodded with satisfaction, and the two on both sides seemed to be deputies, and asked the examiner with thick eyebrows in the middle to come forward to speak, and the examiner did not shirk, and took two steps forward and coughed, and his eyes scanned the audience majestically, and suddenly the students automatically shut up, and the scene was quiet all of a sudden.

"Students, Pan Guangqi, the contemptible Jingdong West Road transfer envoy, was entrusted by the Ministry of Rites to preside over the scientific examination of my Jingdong Juzi this year, and one of the two adults is the Ministry of Rites sent by the Ministry of Rites to supervise the examination of my Jingdong West Road, and the other is my Jingdong West Road Mention School Si Sun Tixue, and we and the other three will jointly preside over the undergraduate examination ......"

All the lifters bowed their hands and said, "Hello three adults! ”

Pan Guangqi and the two officials replied one after another.

Pan Guangqi said: "According to the arrangement of the imperial court, there are three undergraduate exams to be completed in three days, the first day is to test poetry, the second day is to try to post the scriptures and Moyi, and the third day is to try to discuss strategy; I have to give a special explanation, and at the suggestion of Lord Yan Shu, the emperor has given permission to try a poem or a poem, so as to show that the essence of the long and short sentences of my Great Song Dynasty is comparable to that of the previous dynasty, and you can choose by yourself; In view of the large number of undergraduates, it was difficult for the Gongyuan to accommodate all the students to enter, so the court was asked to obtain permission to hold it in two batches, and the questions to be tested were also divided into two sets, the first batch was completely different from the second batch, so the students should be worried about justice. ”

The crowd whispered, not saying whether the former set of questions was better or the latter set of questions, but most people wanted to be assigned to the latter batch to take the exam, so that at least they could get clues from the mouths of those who had taken the exam first, and maybe they could figure out what the way to go; But there are also people who are willing to take the exam first, and many students from poor families come from all over the world to borrow money for the journey, and they are careful about their daily expenses in the capital, and it is really a burden for them to delay for another three days.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't talk much, I will ask the deputy chief examiner Sun Tixue to announce the list of two batches of personnel, this official wishes the students of the world to be able to play a full stomach, ten years of cold windows, today is the time to see the true chapter, glorify the ancestors, serve the court, break the cauldron and sink the boat, in one fell swoop!"

Pan Guangqi's incendiary language ignited the enthusiasm of the students at once, and it is the fact that after more than ten years of hard work, whether he can become famous in one fell swoop depends on today.

For the sake of fairness, the names of the eight major prefectures of Tianfu, Jeju, Yunzhou, Caozhou, Xuzhou, Shanzhou, Puzhou, and Gunzhou were written into slips of paper and put into the urn, and the four prefectures were randomly selected to divide into two groups, and the remaining Kaifeng Prefecture, which had the largest number of lifters, was divided into two groups.

This move was very easy, and in just a few moments, two batches of state capitals that had taken the exam had been produced.

As Su Jin expected, Ying Tianfu was assigned to the first batch, along with the eight hundred students from Ji, Cao, Pu and Kaifeng Mansion.

Immediately after that, there were all kinds of trivial matters such as roll call, receiving numbers, and giving up licenses, and they were busy until close to noon, and more than 4,000 students lined up one after another to enter the Gongyuan.

The brand that Su Jin received was the No. 88 examination shed No. 6 house, which added up to exactly one eight-eighty-six, and the number was auspicious, Wu Hengxin received the most tragic brand, which was the legendary No. 21 examination shed No. 3 house, but it added up to 213, the laughing Su Jin leaned forward and back, but Wang Anshi Wu Hengxin and others blinked their eyes So, Su Jinxin said: You don't understand, isn't 213 2B? This kind of fun is not shared, and my heart is very depressed.

Xiao Sui'er, Rou Niang, Huan Niang and others couldn't get close, so they could only watch Su Jin walk towards the tribute courtyard with the flow of people, Xiao Sui'er put her hands together and said: "God bless my son-in-law to be able to go high in one fell swoop, and it is not in vain that he has worked hard." ”

Rou Niang chuckled and said, "When did the prince get excited?" I didn't study together for more than three months, but with the wisdom of my son, the slave family didn't worry about him at all. ”

Xiao Sui'er said: "Yes, although this is the case, but looking at such a big scene, I am also very frightened in my heart, I don't know why, as soon as I see this heavily guarded posture, I panic; Miss Yan is really, she won't come to send her son off for such a big thing......"

Huanniang stretched out her hand and pointed to a big jujube tree in the distance and said, "Sister Yan has been here a long time ago, but she hasn't come." ”

Xiao Sui'er hurriedly looked, only to see a purple carriage parked under the jujube tree, and the two women standing on a large bluestone beside the car were looking intently at this side, it was Yan Biyun and the maidservant Xiao Xian'er.

……

The Gongyuan was very strict with the students, and the belongings they carried were confiscated as soon as they saw a piece of paper, except for pen and ink; Su Jin saw with his own eyes that several old men were pinched out of the corners of their clothes full of fly-headed cheat sheets, and they were forked out by the soldiers on the spot and tied to the wooden pillar in front of the Tribute Courtyard.

"Caozhou raised his son Fan Dajin, lost his morality, failed to live up to the grace of the saint, humiliated Sven, showed the public for three days, and was never allowed to participate in the scientific expedition ......"

"Puzhou raised his son Wu Jingzi, lost his morality, failed to live up to the grace of the saint, humiliated Sven, showed the public for three days, and was never allowed to participate in the scientific expedition......"

“……”

The paper brushes fluttered in the wind, like a conjuring banner on the grave, and the students pointed and talked in fear, and a few ghosts on their bodies quickly threw aside the entrained things on their bodies while they were unprepared, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

The long queue of the team moved slowly, nearly half an hour later, Su Jin came to the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, taking advantage of the soldiers to rummage through the examination baskets, Su Jin looked up at this sacred imperial examination place, far away from the outside, he could not see the pattern clearly, and when he got closer, he found that the one-foot high wall of the Tribute Courtyard was full of thorns, and it was actually two walls.

There is a gap of more than one zhang between the two walls, forming a circle of passages around the Gongyuan. At the four corners of the wall, there are four watchtowers more than two zhang high, and a cordon is obviously circled with white marble ground white powder on the periphery of the wall, and no one dares to wander around in it within the cordon, and there is no private house for the people.

Su Jin understood that all this was to prevent cheating, and at the same time, it also showed the importance and seriousness of the imperial court to the matter of the imperial examination.

"What is this?" The inspecting soldier suddenly shouted.

Su Jin was startled, and when he hurriedly looked down, he saw a soldier holding a piece of pastry and asked with a glaring eye.

"Isn't this a pastry? What's so strange? Su Jin said.

The soldier wrinkled his nose and said, "No, you have words on it, you must be trying to cheat in a different way, come on!" Fork out! ”

Su Jin was stunned and said: "This is originally a pastry, and the words on it are engraved on the cake mold, what does it matter to me?" ”

"I don't care, fork out."

Su Jin glared and said, "You dare!" ”

The soldier squinted and scolded, "Shouting, it's quite horizontal!" ”

Su Jin said: "It is appropriate to check and prevent entrainment and cheating, but you are also going too far, this is overkill." ”

"Phew! Who cares if you are right or not, the above has ordered, and everything with handwriting will be punished! The soldier shouted.

The students left and right stopped doing it, and pointed at each other: "How can this be reasonable, isn't this a cheat?" ”

"That is, the handwriting on the cake can be regarded as entrainment, so isn't it cheating that the golden lock on my neck is engraved with the words Yongchang Hengshou?"

"Yes, it's too unreasonable, this brother is right, it's overkill."

“……”

The noise attracted the attention of the deputy examiner, Master Sun, who was sitting on the side of the door, and he stepped forward and asked, "What are you making a lot of?" It's past noon, don't you want to finish your lunch? ”

The soldier hurriedly explained the situation, Master Sun picked up a pastry and looked at it, leaned into his nose and sniffed it: "You bullshit don't understand, this is the lotus seed and osmanthus cake from the authentic Bianliang Xu Fuji Pastry Shop, which the students bought as dry food, how did it become an entrainment; The words on this are also printed by Xu Fuji when he made cakes, and they are the four characters of "endless aftertaste" in the seal body. ”

The soldier scratched his head and said, "Doesn't it mean that anything with handwriting is considered cheating?" ”

Master Sun scolded: "You brain, what can the official explain to you?" You stand down and check it out with someone with a bright brain, I really don't know what to do. ”

Su Jin hurriedly said: "Master Sun, this brother is also doing his duty, you don't have to blame him, he shouldn't have brought these pastries with words to cause misunderstanding, and he is also wrong; In this way, these seven or eight pastries with words will be taken out and given to a few adults to satisfy their hunger, and there are thousands of people behind, and it will take at least an hour to finish, so it can be regarded as a thank you for your hard work and filial piety. ”

Seeing that Su Jin was speaking properly, Master Sun couldn't help but glance at him more, waved his hand and said: "No need, you bring your own pastries, don't think of any other ideas, the imperial examination is a serious matter, don't think that a few small cakes can bring you any benefits; If you can afford to eat Xu Fuji's lotus paste cake, I am afraid that you are also a child of a rich family, but in the scientific examination field, the rich and the poor are treated equally, and everything depends on your own ability. ”

With that, he waved his hand and walked back to the chair by the door and sat down, closing his eyes and recuperating.

Su Jin bowed and said, "I've been taught!" "Pick up the messy Kaolan and walk inside.