Chapter 242 Holmes Huaining Zhou
Wu Yong consoled him, "Sir, although you may not be doing your job properly, you are still a disciple of the great scholar Wang Changyang of our dynasty. It's no problem for you to test these people."
"Well said, don't say it again next time."
Zhou Huaining yawned and sat down in the examiner's seat.
Since you are going to be the examiner, then be a responsible examiner.
"Once I get serious, even I am afraid of myself." Zhou Huaining said.
Outside the examination hall, the yamen runners took the list and confirmed it one last time. All this year's candidates had entered the examination room.
"Go back, don't stay here!" the yamen runners said to the people who were taking the exam.
Then the door of the examination hall was closed.
The relatives who came to send their children to the exam were reluctant to leave. Some put their hands together and prayed silently, while others looked towards the direction of the exam room, their gazes as if they wanted to poke a big hole in the wall.
It is not easy for ordinary families to raise a scholar, as this person often carries the hopes of the entire family. While those inside are striving for their future, those outside are also inexplicably nervous.
"Let's go back!" Zhao Xingjian said with a relaxed expression, "Yanshun will have no problem. The first place in the case will definitely be his."
But someone nearby snorted, "The first in the case? You? Aren't you afraid of getting your tongue blown away by the wind?"
The person who spoke was a plump middle-aged woman with a gold hairpin in her bun and a string of jingling gold ornaments on her hands. She looked very rich.
Luo Qiuyue's eyes lit up, and her expression was like a cat smelling fish.
She hasn't quarreled with anyone for a long time. Now that someone has come to her on their own initiative, how can she let him go?
But before he could even open his mouth, Ye Buwei covered it with his hand.
"Let's go. Let's not waste time talking to this kind of person." Zhao Xingjian shook his head.
The fat woman didn't intend to let them go. She shouted, "Everyone, come and see! Someone here is brazenly claiming that his child will definitely take first place!"
This shout immediately attracted everyone.
Everyone gathered around, "Whose child wants to take first place in the case?"
"It's this family!" The woman pointed at the Ye family with a squinting eye.
When the others heard this, they felt like their tails were stepped on.
The candidates were taking the exam inside, and there was competition among them after all. At this time, Zhao Xingjian said something that no one wanted to hear, and he undoubtedly became the target of public criticism.
Everyone looked at the Ye family and saw that they were dressed in ordinary clothes and were obviously from a poor family, so they immediately started to sneer at them.
"Hey! Which village are you from? Do you know how ridiculous it is to say something like that?"
Zhao Xingjian said, "Everyone, this is just a wish I made for my child. Why are you taking it so seriously?"
Everyone sneered when they heard this.
"You can tell at first glance that he's a country bumpkin who's never seen the world. He probably doesn't even know what a case of first instance is!"
"After all, we are just digging for food in the soil, otherwise we wouldn't say such ignorant words!"
"He's probably the only one in the village who has an education. He thinks he's so great, but in reality, he's just a toad in a well!"
"I've seen many shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as this! Go back to where you came from and don't embarrass yourself in this town!"
Everyone was talking at once, and Zhao Xingjian, a social phobic, had a buzzing head.
Ye Buwei silently let go of the hand that was covering Luo Qiuyue.
Luo Qiuyue glanced at him and said, "Keep covering it, Old Ye. Why are you letting go? I'm not going to argue with them!"
"I was wrong." Ye Buwei said, "Please, let's have a quarrel."
"Okay, then I'll reluctantly argue with them?"
"Thanks for your hard work."
Luo Qiuyue cleared her throat, put her hands on her hips and walked straight up to the fat woman.
"You have a fly mouth and a dog nose? We are just talking among our own family, why are you leaning over to listen? I didn't prepare shit for you to eat!"
"You!" The fat woman's face trembled with anger. "I overheard it! Otherwise, I wouldn't have known how shameless your family is!"
"There are always first-place cases every year, so why is it shameless for my child to be the first-place case?" Luo Qiuyue laughed. "I hate people who look down on others the most. People who just spewed feces like you, don't think that people who dress like dogs are respectable! I tell you, in my eyes, you are just dogs that have fallen into a toilet, disgusting inside and out! Don't come close to me, I don't like talking to you!"
Everyone was scolded so much that they stammered and dared not say a word.
"You, you, you..." The fat woman rolled her eyes in anger and couldn't speak.
"Sister-in-law, you can't say that," someone chimed in. "This Madam Wang is no ordinary person. Her eldest son passed the imperial examination! Today, it's her youngest son who's taking the Tongshi exam, and his grades are top-notch! This year's top scorer must be the youngest son of the Wang family!"
"Hmph! Did you hear that?" Mrs. Wang immediately became proud. "You have no right to talk about being the first in the case in front of me!"
"Oh!" Luo Qiuyue laughed. "No wonder you're like a monkey with burned butt, your eyes are red with anxiety! So you're worried that my son, Shun, will take your child's top spot! As the saying goes, what's yours won't escape, and what's not yours won't stay. Why are you so anxious? If you really have the ability, you'll know when the final results are announced!"
Madam Wang raised her head proudly and said, "Your last sentence really hits the nail on the head. My son's fortune was told to be the reincarnation of the celestial star Wenquxing! Our entire family has made every possible preparation to ensure he wins the championship! What right do you have to compete with me?"
At this moment, the door of the school examination hall creaked open.
Everyone was startled and looked over at the same time.
Under normal circumstances, the door of the school examination hall will only be opened after the county examination ends this afternoon to allow those candidates who failed the county examination to come out.
But now, the exam has only been going on for a quarter of an hour, why is the door open?
A candidate came out carrying a bag and with a sad face.
Everyone was stunned. "What happened? Why did he come out so soon?"
The yamen runner shouted, "This person cheated under his feet. He is disqualified from this year's Tongshi exam and will not be allowed to take it again for three years!"
After he finished speaking, the door slammed shut again.
Everyone was in an uproar.
“This, this, this…”
"As expected of the County Magistrate, you're so perceptive! This kind of thing has never happened before!"
"Could it be that the county magistrate is examining his feet by lifting them apart?"
"Oh, how stinky that must be! The county magistrate is truly respectable!"
…
Everyone was talking about it, and the scholar who was writing notes on the soles of his feet covered his face with his hands and ran away crying.
"Tsk, why are you crying? You have the nerve to cry after cheating!" Everyone looked at him with disdain.
Not long after, the door opened again.
"Cheating again?!"
Everyone stared at the gate with bated breath, only to see a candidate coming out with his head down.
The yamen runner shouted, "This person put cheat sheets in his steamed bun. He will be disqualified from this year's Tongshi exam and will not be allowed to take it again for three years!"
After a while, the door opened again.
Some candidates were kicked out.
"Wow, what's going on?" the onlookers said in unison.
"This person hollowed out the soles of his cotton shoes to slip in cheat sheets. He's incredibly cunning, making it difficult for the county magistrate to find him! The county magistrate has issued an order to punish him with twenty strokes of the cane! He's disqualified from this year's Tongxue exam and banned from taking it again for five years!"
Everyone: "Oh my god! This is unheard of!"
"The county magistrate is amazing! He can even detect shoe laces!"
Holmes Huainingzhou: What a joke! These are just the ones I have left over!
…
Next, people were pushed out one after another.
What about stuff stuck in the interlayer of clothes, stuff stuck in the hollow of candles, stuff stuck in the hollow of wooden hairpins...
Words engraved on rice grains, words engraved on fingernails...
There are so many different things, nothing is impossible. There is nothing they can't do, except what you can't imagine.
It's breathtaking.
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