Chapter 310 Guard This Door
The first session of the county examination is called the main session, which tests two essays from the Four Books and one examination poem, and the papers must be submitted on the same day.
However, you can hand in the paper after you finish answering the questions, but you cannot leave immediately after handing in the paper. You have to wait until after the third hour when the rafts are set, and there must be at least ten people together before you can leave the Imperial Examination Hall in groups.
So generally no one submits their papers early.
Taking the imperial examination was actually a very painful thing.
Each of the examination rooms for the imperial examination was eight feet high, four feet deep, and three feet wide, with a narrow aisle in front to facilitate the movement of yamen runners for inspection.
On the left and right walls of the room, there are two rows of brick supports, one high and one low, which are used to place wooden boards.
Normally, I would use wooden boards to make tables and chairs for writing. If I wanted to take a rest, I would put all the wooden boards on the brick supports below to make a bed. However, the space was very narrow and I couldn't even stretch my legs, so you can imagine how uncomfortable it was.
Moreover, the weather in February is still very cold, and you can’t wear cotton clothes... So there are really candidates who freeze to death, and then die of illness every year and everywhere.
Liang Ruoxu sat on it, quietly looking at the candidates outside.
After Shen Zheng, some people finally started to hand in their papers. The papers were handed directly to Liang Ruoxu. Liang Ruoxu took it, took a quick look, and nodded to the other party. Only then did the other party bow silently and leave.
Just as he came over to hand in his paper, a yamen runner came to his cell.
The man didn't notice anything. After handing in the paper, he came back, put away his pen and ink, picked up the exam basket and went outside.
Brother Tang has also finished writing.
He has always been a quick-witted man and can write very quickly, but because he is the junior brother of the county master, he does not want to be too much in the spotlight, so he wants to wait until the second batch of rafts is released before leaving.
So I still have time to observe the people outside.
He sensed an unusual atmosphere, but after looking for a long time, he found nothing. He was puzzled and hesitated for a while before handing in the paper. He looked at his senior brother for questioning, and Liang Ruoxu gave him a meaningful look.
This kind of bamboo pen is actually quite expensive and not many people use it. After looking at it, I only found about forty of them.
But he did not take other people lightly either. Whenever someone handed in a paper, he would ask someone to check it, and if there was any problem, he would quietly replace it.
Of course, it is also possible that there are insiders who are not used during the exam and are hiding somewhere, just waiting to be exposed at the end... But Liang Ruoxu was not panicked. After all, one or two people cheating is nothing. Only large-scale cheating is a scandal.
Moreover, since the other party was coming for them, they must have done it when there were many people around. There were not many people in the first few batches of rafting, so if they wanted to make trouble, they would not do it at this time.
He waited quietly.
Time passed slowly, the sky gradually began to darken, and a large number of people handed in their papers.
Just then, there was a sudden commotion ahead.
A scholar in a blue robe suddenly pointed at another person and said, "Your brush is wrong!!!"
The man was at a loss: "What's wrong?"
The bailiff came over quickly and said, "No noise is allowed in the Imperial Examination Hall!"
The next moment, the blue-robed scholar grabbed the man's brush and threw it heavily to the ground. The brush rolled away and nothing happened.
The bailiffs rushed to catch him, and the blue-robed scholar also became anxious, picking up the brush and breaking it hard...
Couldn't break it.
The bailiff had already caught him, and another person rushed over and broke his leg again...
Finally it broke, revealing the stubble of green bamboo. The man was stunned on the spot, and he looked up and exchanged glances with the blue-robed scholar.
The next moment, this person was also caught. The blue-robed scholar was anxious and shouted, "Your pen is wrong too! I just saw it! Kong Muxian, check and see if it is right!"
At this point, there is no way he would not blame others. If he doesn’t make this matter a reality, he will be in trouble!
Making trouble in the Imperial Examination Hall is no small matter!!! The man whose name was called gritted his teeth, suddenly pulled the examination basket of the person next to him, and then broke his brush, revealing the bamboo stubble.
That man was also confused.
The bailiff waited for a moment, and seeing that the three of them were no longer biting anyone else, nor looking at anyone else, he swiftly covered their mouths and dragged them out, along with the people who were bitten.
Those people still wanted to make trouble, but the bailiff's hands were like iron clamps and they couldn't break free.
The crowd was in an uproar.
After the second brother came out, he was being forced by Madam Lin to drink ginger soup when he heard Elder Yuan calling Xinbao: "Xinbao, come and take a look."
Xinbao came over quickly, pointed, and whispered in his ear: "That's him! The man in the blue robe!!"
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
The elder smiled and nodded: "Be good, uncle will thank you later."
The second brother blinked his eyelashes for a moment, then lowered his eyes helplessly.
I should have known earlier that it can't be hidden. This kind of thing really can't be hidden.
As I said, if they could be content to be farmers, facing the earth and back to the sky, no matter whether it was a local tyrant like Mr. Shen or a noble scholar like Mr. Yuan Lao, anyone with a little ability would stay away from them and never make friends with them. Then, Xinbao's ability might not be used in his entire life.
But what's the point of such a life? As long as they want to climb up, such things will definitely happen more and more, and they will get to know more and more people. When their friendship deepens and they become important people in Xinbao's mind, they will definitely know Xinbao's abilities at some point.
Therefore, what he needs to do is... guard this door well. He will never let his sister have any deep contact with anyone whose character is not up to standard! ! Of course, the most important thing is to become stronger, the stronger the better.
Madam Lin touched his forehead and asked, "Are you sweating?"
The second brother calmed himself down and said, "I'm sweating, but it's okay, mother. I don't feel that cold."
Madam Lin hummed: "Let's go back now that we're sweating, right?"
Tang Qingshan said: "You guys go back first, take Rong'er back to rest first."
Mrs. Lin didn't say much, and forcibly dragged the second brother away. Although the second brother was worried about the follow-up, he was really tired, so he followed his mother back.
Xinbao, Daddy and Elder Yuan continued to wait.
Originally it was just a precaution, and I didn't think I would find anything else. Unexpectedly, the next time we were rafting, Xinbao pointed again and said, "That man! It was his pen that was broken by someone, the blue robe just now."
The elder man couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
So? So this proves that these people are probably really unaware, and the man in the blue robe is not trying to break anyone's brush, but he knows a lot of people, and he will take care of whoever he meets.
It is worth checking how this brush is sold.
I'm afraid that the few people who know the truth know more than he thinks.
The old man laughed and patted Xinbao's head: "My dear little darling, you really helped your uncle a lot!!"
(End of this chapter)