Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 196
With the help of the miraculous effects of ginseng, on the day of the provincial test, Li Dashou was finally able to get out of bed and braced himself for reference.

Before dawn, someone brought them breakfast, and they ate breakfast in a hurry. At five o'clock, the three of them came to the Old Caomen Inn. The bullock cart or donkey cart was sent to the examination room outside Beicheng.

"Dashou, is it okay?" Seeing Li Dashou's sallow complexion and lack of energy, Fan Ning couldn't help worrying about him.

Li Dashou nodded, "After two days of rest, I feel much better and should be able to hold on."

Fan Ning glanced at Su Liang again, "Xiao Su, check the floating ticket and see if you have brought it?"

Su Liang touched the floating ticket in his underwear pocket and nodded. He seemed a little nervous and didn't even want to say anything.

The three of them came to the old Caomen inn, and saw that the entrance of the inn was brightly lit, and the entrance was full of examinees waiting to get on the train, there were as many as a thousand people, and the ox carts drove quickly, and left as soon as they were full.

The inn also boiled hot water, and several clerks greeted the examinees to drink a bowl of water before boarding the car.

The provincial test is more strict than the solution test. You are not even allowed to bring a water bottle. Each person can only carry a floating ticket, which is the admission ticket. Moreover, there is no lunch and water supply in the provincial test, mainly to prevent candidates from cheating.

Some candidates were so thirsty that they could only drink ink. When they left the examination room, their lips turned black, and they grinned with big black teeth.

At this time, an ox cart stopped in front of them, and the driver shouted: "Going to the East Examination Hall, there are still three seats. Do you three want to sit? Get on the cart if you want to sit!"

They happened to be going to the east examination room. Fan Ning glanced at the hot water stand not far away and asked, "Do you want to drink a bowl of water before leaving?"

The two shook their heads, "I've already had a drink before going out, let's get in the car!"

The three paid the fare, then opened the curtain and got on the bullock cart. There was a bench on the left and right sides of the bullock cart, and four people could sit on each side. There were already five people sitting on the cart.

"Everyone sit down, let's go, I will apply for the examination room when I arrive at the place, everyone pay attention to get out of the car!"

The coachman flicked his whip, and the ox cart started slowly, heading towards the north city gate.

The bullock carts left the old city and entered Xinfengqiumen Street. The street was almost full of bullock carts. Almost all the bullock carts in the capital were mobilized to form a mighty brigade of bullock carts. Hanging a lantern, looking from a distance, it looks like a starry sky, and the Milky Way is bright.

It was bright and dark in the carriage, and everyone kept their mouths shut, making the atmosphere in the carriage seem oppressive and quiet.

After leaving the city and walking for several miles, the bullock cart turned a corner and entered the examination room, and soon the first examination room arrived.

"Jiatong examination room, do you want to get off?" the driver asked loudly.

"Yes!" Fan Ning and Su Liang shouted, and the bullock cart stopped.

Fan Ning said to Li Dashou: "I guess we won't meet after the exam, see you at your residence!"

Li Dashou nodded, "Fan Ning, Xiao Su, I wish you a great performance!"

"Each! Each other!"

Fan Ning and Su Liang jumped out of the bullock cart, waved to Li Dashou, and then left the driveway and walked towards the gate of the examination room. Soldiers on the side of the road were holding up examination room signs and shouting loudly to remind every passing bullock cart.

It's not time to enter the arena yet, but the physical examination has already started at the gate. There are more than a dozen teams in line, and each person chooses a team according to their own test number.

The subjects of the provincial examination are the same as those of the solution examination. There are four subjects in the examination, namely countermeasure questions, discussion questions, silent scripture questions and poetry writing questions. and poetry.

It used to be three days of consecutive exams, and I slept in the exam room, but considering that the weather is changing from warm to cold, and it is still relatively cold at night, it is inconvenient for scholars to carry bedding.

And it is easy to catch a cold at night. Every time the imperial examinations, a large number of candidates catch colds, which seriously affects the imperial examinations. Under the repeated appeals of everyone, there has been a change since this session. Candidates can go back to the city to rest every day, which is conducive to the preservation of physical strength.

Fan Ning came quite early, and they quickly lined up at the door. An examiner said, "Next!"

Fan Ning bowed and handed the floating ticket to the examiner. The examiner looked at the floating ticket and said, "Report your name, place of origin, and detailed family address."

"Fan Ning, a native of Pingjiang Prefecture, lives in Jiangwan Village, Mudu Town, Wu County, Pingjiang Prefecture."

The examiner nodded, and then carefully looked at it according to the features on the floating ticket, and said: "Turn around and show everyone!"

The provincial examination implements a cheating reporting system. Reporting other people’s cheating will be rewarded once it is verified. Usually, they will pass the primary selection directly, which is very attractive to the candidates. In the examination office, naturally everyone wants to be an informer.

However, it is not acceptable to deliberately frame others, and those who frame the frame will also be directly disqualified from the exam.

Everyone stood opposite Fan Ning for five seconds, and the examiner waved his hand, "Go in and do a body search!"

Fan Ning took the floating ticket and examination card and entered the gate. Two soldiers touched it carefully from head to toe, and even took off their shoes and socks for inspection. Only then did they pass the medical examination.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Compared with the reconciliation test, the inspection of the provincial test is much stricter.

Of course, the road is one foot high and the magic is one foot high. Candidates always have a way to carry it. Some people made interlayers in their shoes, and some directly stuffed them into the valley road.

Such an interesting incident once happened. When a candidate was searching the body, the scroll stuffed in the valley slipped out accidentally. The examinee refused to admit it, and insisted that the examinee next to him threw it into his valley. Come on, through your pants, you can demonstrate and let me see how to throw it in? '

Of course, this kind of situation is not common, and it will become a joke if it happens once.

Fan Ning waited for a while, and Su Liang also came in after the search, complaining dissatisfiedly, "I suspect that the soldiers who searched have a habit of cutting off their sleeves!"

"Have you been molested?" Fanning looked at him playfully.

Su Liang blushed, "Don't mention it, it makes me sick to think about it!"

Su Liang was holding the test card in his hand, and he didn't have the heart to check with Fan Ning whether the card was auspicious at the moment.

After all, this is a provincial exam, and passing the exam means that at least one of them will have a Jinshi background.

The Provincial Examination, also known as the General Examination, is the second pass of the imperial examination. After the Provincial Examination, there is a third pass, the Palace Examination. Give him a Jinshi background.

But the most important thing is the provincial examination. Passing the provincial examination is regarded as a Jinshi. As for the palace examination, it is a icing on the cake for many candidates. At present, few people consider it.

After the physical examination, he could not enter the examination room immediately. In an open space, thousands of scholars were waiting patiently. Outside the barracks, more and more scholars came from all directions, forming a long line outside the barracks.

At the right time, the loud and clear bell rang, and it was time to enter the arena. As the fences blocking the candidates were removed one after another, a large number of candidates walked towards their respective examination accounts.

"Fan Ning, I'll wait for you at the door after the exam!"

After Su Liang and Fan Ning made an appointment, they went to the test account separately. Everyone had seen their big tents in advance, and they searched for seats very quickly. After a while, Fan Ning found his test account.

On the 780th of [-], Fan Ning walked into the big tent, and saw his seat at a glance, the last one in the upper right corner, this one is okay, at least not in the middle, a little more relaxed.

Fan Ning saw Liu Ran's seat. He was in the upper left corner, three seats away from him. At this time, Liu Ran hadn't come yet, and there were only three or four people in the big tent. Everyone was looking at their desks and chairs curiously. .

The desks are relatively large and far away from the neighbors. The examinee’s examination number is pasted on the upper right corner of each desk. There is also a basket on the desk with pens, inks, papers and inkstones. All the items needed for the examination are in the basket.

There is no need to grind ink yourself for the provincial test. There is a porcelain cup on each table, which is filled with ink.

At this time, Fan Ning turned his gaze, and suddenly found that the examinee sitting in front of him was secretly pulling out more than a dozen thin and long silk cloths from the midsole of his shoes, and the silk cloths were covered with densely packed handwriting.

Fan Ning's eyes widened, this candidate is very cunning!They also checked the shoes during the body search, and squeezed them specially. If there is paper hidden in the interlayer, it is easy to feel it, but if it is hidden in silk, it is difficult to be found.

However, Fan Ning is a little strange. Today is not a test of the silent scriptures, but an argumentative essay. What's the point of hiding the note?
Perhaps this examinee prepared more than a dozen argumentative essays, but he couldn't memorize them for a while, so he thought of entraining them.

The candidate was trembling with nervousness, and while pulling out the cloth strip, he looked to both sides. He turned his head and saw Fan Ning, and saw the candidates in the back row staring at him with wide eyes.

There was a panic in his heart, and he looked at Fanning pleadingly.

Fan Ning didn't bother to pay attention to him, sat down in his seat, and patiently waited for the exam to come.

(End of this chapter)