090, County Examination (2)
090, County Examination (2)
Before their carriage reached Fengtian Prefecture, the road was blocked by vehicles and pedestrians.
Lu Mingfei had no choice but to ask his father to stop the cart. He got off the donkey cart and said to his father, "Dad, you go back first. I'll go find the masters and the others up ahead. I'll just go with them."
"You don't have to pick me up after I finish the exam. I will go back with Zhuo Ran, Ling Xuan and the others. We happen to be going the same way." The county exam is held once a day for five consecutive days, so you can come out on the same day after finishing the exam.
Lu Mingfei didn't want to trouble his father, so he would send him here every day and pick him up specially. If the family had nothing to do, he would let his father run back and forth. But the problem was that the family was also busy, and his father was not the kind of person who would sit idle.
"Oh, okay, that's fine." Lu Youtian asked the child to find other people quickly, fearing that the child would delay the entrance examination.
After talking to his father, Lu Mingfei went to the front to stop Ye Zhuoran and his group's carriage, and called out to the people in the carriage to get out. Then the group went to the front to call out Cai Renjun and their master to get out.
Cai Renjun didn't want to get off the carriage at first, but seeing that his teacher and others had already gotten off the carriage, he had no choice but to get off his carriage and let the servant carry his examination basket and follow behind him.
When they arrived at the gate of Fengtian Prefecture, the line in front of them was already very long, so the five of them hurried to line up at the back of the line. At this time, their husband went to the front to wait for them and did not line up with them at the back.
Lu Mingfei followed behind Ye Zhuoran. As soon as Ye Zhuoran stopped, he turned around and grabbed his hand, saying nervously, "I'm so nervous. Aren't you guys nervous too?"
"Relax and don't get so nervous. We've already come this far, so let's grit our teeth and rush through it in one breath." Lu Mingfei protected his exam basket with one hand. He even had a lid on top of it, and there were four buttons on the four sides of the lid, so his basket was fastened very securely.
You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must also be on guard against others.
No one knows what kind of people you will meet along the way. If you meet someone who thinks he can't fail the exam, but doesn't want others to pass, all you have to do is secretly put a note into their basket. When you arrive at the entrance of the examination room for entry inspection, this note will be discovered by the soldiers checking. Not only will you be disqualified from the exam, you will also be thrown into jail.
To be on the safe side, Lu Mingfei had made special buttons on his exam basket early on. Unless someone could open these four buttons under his nose, no one could put anything into his basket or take anything away from it.
He had his father make four such baskets, keeping one for himself and giving the remaining three to their eldest brother, Ye Zhuoran, and Zhang Lingxuan. As for the remaining one, Cai Renjun, he and Cai Renjun didn't have a good relationship, so he didn't give it to Cai Renjun, lest he think he was trying to curry favor with him or have any ill intentions towards him.
If you want to do good things for others, you should also consider who you are doing it for. Otherwise, if you do things with good intentions and are misunderstood by others, it will be a thankless task.
Ye Zhuoran frowned, looking like he was about to cry as he said to Lu Mingfei, "But I still find it hard to relax."
"You have to believe in yourself, you will be fine." Lu Mingfei knew that some people would get nervous right before a big exam. When he saw Ye Zhuoran's expression, he knew that he must not have slept well last night.
But for some things, as a friend, he could only try his best to make Ye Zhuoran relax. As for whether he could relax and adjust his state to face the upcoming exams, it depended on Ye Zhuoran himself.
Zhang Lingxuan, who was standing in front, heard Ye Zhuoran and Lu Mingfei talking. He turned around and saw Ye Zhuoran looking nervous. He knew that Ye Zhuoran must be having a problem again. He put a hand on Ye Zhuoran's shoulder and pulled Ye Zhuoran towards him. Then he said to Lu Mingfei, "You line up here first. I'll go over there and talk to him for a few words."
"Okay, go ahead." Lu Mingfei responded.
Zhang Lingxuan asked two servants to stand in the team on their behalf, and he dragged Ye Zhuoran to a place with fewer people to talk.
The team in front has been moving forward slowly.
After Lu Mingfei and the team had moved forward for a long distance, Zhang Lingxuan finally brought Ye Zhuoran back from outside. He didn't know what the two of them had said outside, but after they came back, Ye Zhuoran looked a little better.
***
By the time it was their turn, it was already more than an hour later.
When the five of them came to the front to check in, they saw the gentleman waiting for them.
The five of them lined up one by one to be inspected. The pens and ink in the baskets were carefully checked to see if there were any slips of paper hidden inside. The soldiers at the door also conducted a strict physical inspection of each candidate to see if anyone had anything they shouldn't have.
At the same time, the gentleman who acts as their guarantor has to come forward to confirm the identities of the five of them and ensure that no one takes the exam under false names.
During the inspection, if one of the five candidates had something they shouldn't have, the other four and their teachers would be held jointly liable. Therefore, the five candidates acted as mutual guarantors, each shouldering the risk of the other four.
Their teachers also bear the risk, because if any of the five of them encounters a problem, their teachers will be jointly liable. This is why many students are reluctant to act as guarantors for candidates, as the few taels of silver they earn as a guarantor are not that easy to earn.
Fortunately, this time all five of them passed the inspection smoothly and no one caused any problems.
After verifying that there were no problems with their identities, the examiner gave each of them a badge, and then they entered the venue with the badge and found the seat number on the badge, which was their exam seat.
"Lu Mingfei."
"The students are here."
"Come in."
"The student thanks you, sir."
Lu Mingfei took the exam sign, bowed to the examiner in front of him, and then walked into the exam room with the sign and his exam basket. He was the last of the five classmates to enter. When he entered the exam room, Ye Zhuoran, Zhang Lingxuan and the others were no longer there.
There was a soldier standing every five steps in the examination room.
So after entering here, he didn't dare to look up casually, lest the invigilating soldiers misunderstand what he was doing. After looking up and confirming the direction, he took the sign and went to find his seat.
After finding his seat, Lu Mingfei sat down and placed the exam basket containing his exam stationery in the upper left corner. Then he waited for the exam to begin.
The place where they took the exam was in the Fengtian Prefecture Yamen. There were tables in the room, with each person at a seat. There were aisles on the left and right and in front and back that were wide enough for one person to pass through, and many soldiers stood around.
In this environment, it was impossible to peek at other people's papers. If caught, the invigilators would drag you out, disqualify you from the exam, and send you to jail. Unless you were incredibly stupid, you wouldn't dare to peek at other people's papers in this environment.
Trying to cheat by bringing in a slip of paper was even more impossible, because before I could even begin to read it, the invigilator would take it away.
Many of the seats around him were still empty. Thinking that the exam still had a long time to go, Lu Mingfei closed his eyes and went over the possible exam content in his mind. This was his habit when taking exams before; it helped him pass the time while also reviewing his knowledge.
Time passed little by little, and the empty seats in the examination room were filled one by one.
“Dongdongdong——”
Lu Mingfei didn't open his eyes until he heard the "dong dong" sound of drums. Once he opened his eyes, he realized that the seats in front, behind, left and right of him were all filled with people.
At this time, he had adjusted his mentality, or it should be said that his mentality had been adjusted before he walked in here, so when sitting in the examination room, he did not feel any anxiety or fear.
Now that you are here, make the most of it.
Since he is already sitting here today, he should do well in every exam and try his best to do his best.
“…hand out the test papers!”
The examiner came over and announced the start of the exam, and someone distributed the test papers to them.
As soon as he got his test paper, Lu Mingfei followed his usual practice of scanning it first, making sure there were no problems before starting to grind ink. While grinding the ink, he mentally thought about how he was going to answer the questions.
After grinding the ink, he picked up the brush and began to write. He filled in his name and place of origin first, and then began the formal answer sheet.
Once he entered the state of mind for the exam, all the people and sounds around him became irrelevant to him. At this moment, all he saw and thought about was the paper in front of him and the content related to it.
But there is another type of person in the examination room who wants to go to the toilet when he gets nervous during the exam.
The exam had just started when a candidate raised his hand to go to the toilet.
The invigilator picked up a stamp and poked it on the paper, and a big black stamp was stamped on the paper of the candidate who was going to the toilet.
Even though they know that going to the toilet will result in the examiner putting a "shit" stamp on their test paper, some people still can't help but go to the toilet because of urgent needs.
However, everything around at this time can not affect the candidates who have entered the test state. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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