Chapter 218
Chapter 218
Time flies, and the exam is ushered in the day of the exam.
early in the morning.Liu Luochen asked Liu Chun to drive Liu Zhiyuan to the examination room.
Liu Luochen was very curious about the ancient imperial examination site, so he came here with Nan Nian in a carriage.
There are huge crowds of people in front of the examination room, each family will send one or two relatives to accompany the examination, and the scholars in long robes are quietly lined up in front of the government office, letting the officials check their belongings one by one .
The system of this dynasty is a general examination, which takes three days. In this small cubicle less than five square meters in size, candidates have to eat, drink and drink in it, which can be described as very difficult.
Due to inspections, candidates should not bring too many personal items.Paper, ink, pens and inkstones are all unified by the yamen. Candidates can only wear a thin long gown and a cotton coat. Food is just some simple things. The yamen servants would smack them open one by one to see if there were any small notes inside.
Once it is found that the examinee has fake and private goods, if he is found to be disqualified from the exam, he will not be allowed to take the exam within five years, and he will be banned for life if he is serious. This is a question of the future of a scholar in his next life. The inspection is very strict. In ancient times, favoritism and cheating were also very serious things.
But this year Enke's time is special, the temperature is relatively low in winter, Liu Luochen is also very worried that they will have to take the exam for three days and three nights in such a small room.
Liu Luochen poured Liu Zhiyuan a bowl of decoction to prevent wind and cold in advance, and specially brought two pieces of old ginger in his test basket: "Put these two pieces of old ginger carefully, and cook some hot ginger with the old ginger before going to bed at night. Drinking water can warm your body. Remember that during the exam, don’t light a lamp to boil oil to answer the questions. At night, people are not awake, and the accuracy rate will be greatly reduced. Moreover, the temperature is relatively low now, and it is easy to stay up late. It’s not worth the loss.”
Liu Zhiyuan pursed his lips slightly, and could see that he was still a little nervous. Hearing his brother's advice, he nodded heavily: "Don't worry, brother, I will definitely remember it."
Seeing that most of the candidates entered the examination room, Liu Zhiyuan bid farewell to Liu Luochen and others, and joined the queue.
The two yamen servants in front of the door, who checked their belongings, were tall and round, and looked serious and mighty. When those frail scholars came in front of them, they were all shivering like quails, and the timid ones were shivering with fear.
After Liu Luochen watched Liu Zhiyuan go in from a distance, he let out a sigh of relief. According to the ancient imperial examination system, it was really exhausting. Not only did the personal belongings have to be checked in front of the door, but the examinees also had to verify their affiliation when they entered.
When the front inspection team dwindled little by little, Xiao Yujin's carriage arrived late, and took two guards from Xiao's family to drive the carriage quickly to the gate of the Gongyuan. Only now did Xiao Yujin and Lu Fu both jump out of the car, and went out to the courtyard gate with their test baskets in their hands.
In the confusion, Liu Luochen inadvertently turned his head to look at the carriage, and saw Lu Fu silently stuffing a white note into his examination basket while helping Xiao Yujin get off the carriage.
But Xiao Yujin's forehead was dripping with sweat, full of anxiety, he didn't pay attention to the scene at all, Liu Luochen's eyes darkened, and he looked at Lu Fu thoughtfully.
Although Liu Luochen hated Xiao Yujin very much in his heart and felt that he was stubborn and domineering, he hated Lu Fu even more.
Since he is the son of the Xiao family's servant, he already has a small family with food and clothing, so he is not too kind to him, but now he has such a ruthless hand to frame Xiao Yujin, this person shows that the city is very deep, and his heart is also very vicious .
Interest flashed across Liu Luochen's eyes, he waved to Liu Chun and asked him to come over, whispered a few words, and then looked at the Xiao family's carriage with great interest.
"Achen, don't you really dislike that Xiao Yujin, why do you want to help him?"
Nan Nianzhong took out a brass hand stove from the carriage, wrapped a blue embroidered bag on the stove, and stuffed it in Liu Luochen's hand.
"Ah Nian, don't you think it's interesting to watch a vicious person fight with an arrogant person?"
Liu Luochen took the stove with a smile, stretched out his hand to hold my Nan Nian's palm, and seeing that the other person's fingers were also cold, he took his hand and put it on top of the stove together, smiling and bending his eyes, looking at the crowd in front of him.
I saw Liu Chun stepped forward to take advantage of the crowd, and lightly bumped Xiao Yujin, almost knocking over the test basket in his hand, Xiao Yujin shouted dissatisfiedly: "Where did you come from, don't you have eyes? "
Lu Fu glanced at Xiao Yujin nervously, but also blinked guiltyly, and didn't make a sound.
When the two complained, Process had already disappeared into the crowd, leaving only a figure behind.
Just when Liu Chun bumped into Xiao Yujin, he slipped the note out of Xiao Yujin's test basket, and then hurried back to Liu Luochen's side. "My lord, luckily I did not disgrace my life."
Liu Chun handed the stolen note to Liu Luochen.
Liu Luochen took the note and looked down. Sure enough, some contents of the Four Books and Five Classics were copied on it. He raised the corner of his mouth slightly and looked at Nan Nian: "A Nian, how do you think these two people can get into trouble with each other?"
Nan Nian lowered his head and focused on warming Liu Luochen's hands. Seeing that he was having fun, he smiled indulgently and said, "Since Ah Chen wants them to become enemies, why don't you tell those two that Lu Fudu intends to frame you?" Then, in the name of Xiao Yujin's classmate, he sent a letter of divorce to Xiao's family to explain, presumably even if Lu Fu was admitted to Juren. He will not get a good reputation if he eats inside and outside."
Liu Luochen's eyes lit up, and he laughed strangely. He clasped Nan Nian's fingers and raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "I didn't see it, my family's Anian is also full of bad things."
Immediately, Liu Luochen gave Liu Chun some details, and asked Liu Chun to make a copy of the note, hand over the original to the two guards, and tell them what happened.Then I found someone to write a letter and sent it to Xiao's family.
At this time, in the examination room, all candidates have entered the park. The gate of the Tribute Court is heavily guarded and sealed. The gate can only be opened after three days. During this period, no matter what problems the candidates have, unless they give up the test, Otherwise it is not allowed to come out.
Naturally, Liu Luochen couldn't have been waiting in the carriage for Liu Zhiyuan to finish the exam.After successfully sending the people in, Liu Luochen and Nan Nian drove back in the carriage.
Because today they had to check their belongings in advance, some of Liu Luochen and the others woke up very early, and now Liu Luochen is a little sleepy.
Together with Nan Nian, he found a breakfast shop, ate a few buns, and drank a bowl of thick white rice porridge, and suddenly felt sleepy.
When Liu Luochen and Nan Nian took each other home, they unexpectedly saw the woman who sold her body to bury her father in a teahouse that day. She was still dressed in white, with white flowers on her hair, kneeling miserably at the door of his house forward.
"Wuuuu, this master, please wake up, let the little girl be fulfilled."
Seeing Liu Luochen and the others get out of the carriage, the woman in white stepped forward, knelt down in front of Nan Nian, and mourned bitterly: "Young master, please rest assured, the little girl will pay Liu back. The kindness of the master, it was in the tea house, you gave the money to bury the father for the little girl. The little girl, I just want to be with Master Liu, and I will never divide your favor. The little girl only wants to stay with Master Liu. Even if it's a girl serving tea and water, it's fine."
Now that the sun has risen high and the neighbors have already gone out, they saw a lovely and pitiful woman kneeling in front of two men, weeping and complaining, and those gossips all gathered around her.
People subconsciously sympathized with the weak, and when they saw how pitiful this woman was, they all pointed at Liu Luochen and the others and muttered.
At the beginning, Liu Luochen was a little confused by this woman's supernatural manipulations. Now after hearing her sad and mournful words, he was instantly laughed out of anger. Didn't he fall in love with his Nan Nian? Instead, he fell in love with him.
Liu Luochen folded his arms and looked at the woman lightly, and said in a cold voice: "Don't talk nonsense, lady, I remember that day in the teahouse, I just gave you a few copper coins, which are not counted as pitiful for watching you sing. What a great kindness. Why do I give you a few copper coins out of kindness, and you still rely on my house to cheat food and drink, there is no such cheap reason in the world."
The woman was taken aback by what Liu Luochen said with a fake gun and stick. She didn't expect that someone would refuse such a delicate beauty when she came to her door.
Her face was a little embarrassed, but up to now, she has no room to back down: "Master Liu said that every little bit of kindness should be repaid by the spring, even though those few copper coins are nothing in your eyes, but for the little girl But it’s women, big and small, who should repay each other with their own bodies.”
After the woman finished speaking, she gritted her teeth and took a few steps on her knees. When she came to Liu Luochen, she was about to throw herself on Liu Luochen's leg.
Liu Luochen sprinted and stepped aside, the woman fell to the ground with a snap, her white dress was also covered with dust, she was in a very embarrassing situation.
Liu Luochen was frightened, so he hid behind Nan Nian, propped his head up to look at the woman and said loudly, "You are so unreasonable, my young master is kind-hearted, and he would buy something to feed every cat or dog he meets on the road. Then It was you who sang in a tea house. I saw that many people gave you money as a reward, and there were not a few who had more than me. Why did you find me? Bah, you want to rely on me after crying on your knees. How can there be such a good thing, if possible, then I will take the whole family to the street to find a wealthy family, cry and cry, will there be hope for the rest of my life?"
After Liu Luochen finished speaking, the neighbors around Pang who were watching the excitement burst into laughter, and some men even pointed at the woman in white and made fun of them: "Yes, she just gave you a few copper coins out of kindness, and you have to repay the favor with your body." Don't you have fallen in love with this old man a long time ago. Hey, this big girl, I think you look good and have a good figure, brother here has a few copper coins for you, why don't you come with me. "
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