allendalepharm Chapter 422: Provincial Examination 1
Chapter 422: Provincial Examination 1
"Master! There are too many people, the carriage can't get in!" The driver today is Xiao Wu. He is quite capable and a steady driver, so they asked him to take them here.
"Let's just walk in!" Jiang Youzhen said as he picked up the examination basket. The carriage couldn't go in at all now.
The three of them got off the carriage and started to squeeze inside. Tong Huaian immediately grabbed Jiang Youzhen's arm and led her forward.
Jiang Youzhen struggled and was speechless. Although he knew the other party meant well, it would be better for him to walk on his own than stumbling around like this!
She just kept walking and soon noticed that there were fewer obstacles in front of her. She looked up and found that it was Tong Huaian who was blocking the way and protecting her.
Wen Ruyu, who was not far from the two of them, looked at this side helplessly. The three of them were separated as soon as they got off the carriage.
Soon the sound of gongs was heard, and many yamen runners came out of the Examination Hall holding lanterns.
"Candidates please be quiet. No noise is allowed outside the examination room!" Three more gongs sounded, and the area outside the Imperial Examination Hall gradually quieted down.
"The next step is to call the roll. Those whose names are called please line up in order to enter the Imperial Examination Hall for inspection."
Jiang Youzhen looked ahead and found that there were quite a few yamen runners, all with solemn expressions. But the light shining on their faces made them look a little weird!
"I would like to remind all candidates again that cheating is strictly prohibited in the examination room. If anyone is found cheating by impersonating someone else, using someone else's name, or passing on documents with a secret envelope, the punishment will be either caning or expulsion from the examination. In serious cases, the punishment will be exile to the frontier or death."
Jiang Youzhen immediately heard someone next to him swallowing and suddenly moving away from him.
After observing him for a while, he found that he didn't move much, but looked nervous. Maybe it was because the atmosphere here was too solemn, which made him nervous.
Jiang Youzhen was relieved then, but he was quite humane and even gave a reminder before entering the Imperial Examination Hall.
"Now it's time to call the roll!" The bailiff glanced around and began to call the roll.
"The first one is Zhang Wangcai from Shangli Village, Liya Town, Ma County, Qing'an Prefecture, Northern Province. He is 29 years old. Please stand in line here!"
Jiang Youzhen listened to the other party calling out his name and felt that the attitude of these yamen runners was quite good. At least it was much better than the last time he took part in the county examination.
That's right! All the people who came to take the exam this time were scholars, and there must be some who could pass the exam. They were just yamen runners, so they naturally didn't dare to offend them!
Soon it was Tong Huaian's turn. Tong Huaian turned around and said, "I'll go first! We'll have to be searched after we enter the Imperial Examination Hall. We don't have to be together."
Jiang Youzhen nodded. In fact, she already knew the process.
The candidates were let in in batches. When it was Jiang Youzhen's turn, Tong Huaian and Wen Ruyu had already been in there for quite some time.
"No. 232, Jiang Youzhen, from Qinghe Village, Yang'an Town, Wen County, Tongzhou Prefecture, Northern Province, currently fifteen years old."
Finally it was her turn, and Jiang Youzhen walked over immediately.
Everyone was shocked when they heard that he was only 15 years old. Until now, Jiang Youzhen was the youngest candidate.
"Who is this Jiang Youzhen? He's already a scholar at the age of fifteen?"
"Hey~ Since ancient times, there have been fifteen-year-old candidates! What a fuss."
"You don't know Jiang Youzhen? He's a student at the prefectural school. He's been here for more than a year and has always been at the top of the monthly exams. Who among the scholars in the prefectural city doesn't know him?"
"He is Jiang Youzhen? I didn't expect him to be so young."
Everyone was whispering, and the bailiff immediately shouted, "No noise allowed in the examination room!"
Jiang Youzhen walked over there and lined up. Fortunately it was not yet dawn, otherwise those people would stare at him as if he were watching a foreign spectacle.
After a while, Jiang Youzhen's group finally entered the dragon gate.
"Please go over there for search!" A bailiff stepped forward and took Jiang Youzhen to a small room built with simple wooden boards.
This small trumpet can only block some key parts. Jiang Youzhen coughed lightly.
The officers who were conducting the search were different from those outside, as they were all from the garrison of the Commander-in-Chief's Office. Those who were watching covetously were all centurions or thousand-man officers from the garrison, all of whom had real power.
"Jiang Youzhen, from Qinghe Village, Yang'an Town, Wen County, Tongzhou Prefecture, Northern Province, is fifteen years old and was a student on government scholarship in the twenty-fourth year of the Ming Dynasty. He has a white face without a beard, an oval face, black hair, handsome eyebrows and eyes, and a small mole from the bridge of his nose to the corner of his right eye..."
Jiang Youzhen felt a little embarrassed when he heard the other person describe his appearance. This was much more rigorous than the Tongsheng test, and he even had to state his height of five feet.
Fortunately, although she is a woman, she is not short, a little shorter than 33.3 meters. After all, she is still young and should grow taller. One foot here is equivalent to centimeters in her previous life.
"Go inside and take off your clothes, loosen your hair, and take off your shoes."
At this moment, a young general with tan skin came up, and Jiang Youzhen was still a little panicked.
Although the system repeatedly assured them that the muscle suit had been upgraded, and the effects of the psychedelic drugs would definitely prevent them from discovering it, Jiang Youzhen was still a little uneasy.
The muscle suit was already worn inside. When Jiang Youzhen took it off, he hesitated at first, but he didn't dare to linger.
Fortunately, the muscle suit is from top to bottom, except for some parts that Jiang Youzhen himself finds embarrassing, but this is the most realistic.
The fingernails flicked, and just as the young general came forward to check Jiang Youzhen's hair, the powder instantly entered his nasal cavity.
His movements were sluggish for a moment, and then his body shook, and he mechanically shouted, "Put it on!"
"Tongzi! You need to improve your psychedelic drug! This state is easy to be discovered by others. Will people with inner strength feel something is wrong afterwards?"
[Don't worry! Host, it only takes a few breaths, the other party will hardly notice it. ]
The young general was not aware of the trance just now. At this time, Jiang Youzhen had just taken off his hairband. He stepped forward and grabbed it, and asked Jiang Youzhen to put on his shoes.
He seemed to have seen the white body just now, and couldn't help but complain in his heart that scholars are really delicate and tender.
Jiang Youzhen quickly got dressed and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Only after she left the cell did she get her exam basket.
Upon closer inspection, I saw that the braised meat, dried meat and steamed buns that had been packed in the examination basket had all been chopped up, even the water bag was not left out, and the stopper was not properly put in.
He looked at the number he had drawn, which was number 16. Jiang Youzhen prayed in his heart that he would not draw a bad number. He had heard from his senior that bad numbers would stink and would really affect the exam.
Fortunately, Jiang Youzhen was lucky. She was taken to a cell, which was quite far away from the smelly cell.
It was already daybreak. After such a long day and an exam tomorrow, Jiang Youzhen was already rumbling with hunger.
Looking at the cell in front of me, there was a wooden bed board in the small cell, with a mat and a torn quilt on it.
There is a small clay stove next to it, which should be used to heat up meals for the candidates.
After entering, the space was very small. I looked up and saw that it was great! There were no holes or anything, so I didn't have to worry about leaks.