Xinlin County is more than a hundred miles away from Niujiao Town, and the childbirth examination is held on the 1st, so Yunjing and the others have to leave one day in advance.
On the day of departure, Yunjing and Li Qiu got up early in the morning when the sun was shining brightly.
After washing up, despite Li Qiu's repeated warnings two days ago, he still confirmed repeatedly: "Jing'er, are you ready with everything? Brush, ink block, inkstone, paperweight, and water for grinding ink. Are you sure you have everything?" Have you brought it with you? You don¡¯t need to bring the paper. They will be distributed in the examination room to prevent cheating."
Although he had confirmed it repeatedly, Yunjing still checked it again before replying: "Master, everything has been brought."
"Well, prepare a few extra brushes, and the same goes for everything else, just in case something unexpected happens during the exam," Li Qiu nodded.
Yunjing said: "Master, don't worry, I have all the spare ones with me, and they have been checked and there is nothing wrong."
"That's good¡¡"
In this era, the imperial examination is a very serious matter. Han Chuang has studied hard for many years just for this day. Even if it is just a child examination, it is worth handling it with extreme caution.
Maybe there will be opportunities next year and in the future after a failure, but after a failure, it will definitely bring pressure to the scholars and make them doubt themselves. Over time, they will become depressed and their knowledge will fall back if they do not advance. It will be difficult to get a scholarship. This kind of There are many situations, and as someone who has been through it, Li Qiu knows it all too well.
He trusts his disciples, but that doesn¡¯t mean he can deal with them carelessly.
Then Li Qiu took out a small iron sign from the box he carried with him, handed it to Yun Jing and said, "Jing'er, this is your test sign. Keep it. Don't lose it. Once lost, you will not be able to enter the examination room. You will have no chance of taking the imperial examination this year."
The iron plate is three fingers wide and half a palm long. It is brand new and bright silver. There are at least seventy or eighty similar small iron plates in Li Qiu's box.
These are the test cards for the students who are going to take the imperial examination this time. As the mountain chief, Li Qiu has been keeping them when the county sent them to him a few days ago.
Yunjing and the others were not the only ones to take part in the Tongsheng Examination. There were also other students who had started school earlier than them. After all, the imperial examination was very difficult. Not everyone could pass the examination in the first year. Many students failed to pass the Tongsheng Examination even after graduation. .
That day when the county sent the cards for the exam, Yunjing also saw it. The formation was quite large, with twenty people escorting them. Each escort had extraordinary skills. Judging from their breath alone, most people were probably as skilled as More than the king of Niujiao Town.
When the examination card was delivered, Li Qiu's signature, drawing and seal were required, and the mayor of Niujiao Town was present to prove it. This shows that the Dali Dynasty attached great importance to the imperial examination.
Now there is a mayor in Niujiao Town. He is a middle-aged man in his thirties, who is at the peak of his life.
When the new mayor took office, Li Qiu, as the headmaster of the school, went to greet him, but behind his back he sneered at the man. He told Yunjing that the new mayor was actually a Jinshi who came from the capital, and he also I don¡¯t know what connections made him the mayor of Niujiao Town.
After taking office, I didn't see him doing anything serious. He wandered around the eldest princess's mansion. He probably wanted to meet the eldest princess by chance and show his face in front of her. If she was remembered by the eldest princess, I'm afraid he would suddenly be remembered. Can achieve great success.
It has to be said that there is no shortage of people who are good at specializing in things like the system.
With these situations flashing through his mind, Yunjing looked at the test card in his hand. One side had Yunjing's name on it, and the other side had some simple information about Yunjing engraved in small characters.
After looking at it for a while, Yunjing was a little curious, because he found that the edges of the card test were irregular, as if they were deliberately made.
"Don't be surprised, Jing'er. There is a significant other in the county. When entering the examination room, if the test card does not match, you will not be able to enter the examination room. The significant other is different every year to prevent someone from pretending to take the exam." Li Qiu was standing next to him. explained.
In this regard, Yunjing could only say that the Dali Dynasty had really taken great pains to prevent cheating.
After everything was ready, Li Qiu said: "Let's go to the school. After breakfast, we set off to the county with the others. If nothing else happens, we will arrive in the afternoon. The inn has already been prepared. Let's take a rest when we arrive, and then Go get familiar with the examination room, get some sleep, and enter the examination room for the formal exam tomorrow morning.¡±
Li Qiu has experienced this kind of thing of sending students to take exams many times, and the arrangements are very orderly.
About to leave soon, Yunjing said to Xiaobai who was sunbathing by the pond in the yard: "Xiaobai, I have to go to the county to take the exam. If I don't come back today, you have to take care of your home."
"Let's go Jing'er, what can it understand?" Li Qiu smiled and shook his head.
Xiaobai over there heard Yunjing¡¯s words and turned to look at him.?It can make his eyes light up.
Saying it is a county town, it is several times larger than Niujiao Town. There are fewer mud-walled huts and the buildings are a little better, but in the end it does not allow Yunjing to experience the prosperous scene he imagined.
There is a city wall around the county seat, if that can be called a city wall.
The city wall is only about four meters high and is made of stone. Many places are obviously in disrepair and have collapsed. They are filled with soil and compacted. It is estimated that it will be soaked when it rains.
Well, Yunjing couldn't help but mutter in his heart. From what he saw on TV in his previous life, any small town or county had solid city walls, clean streets, gorgeous houses, people dressed well, and spoke elegantly What the hell is that? Insulting people's intelligence!
What is the real situation? The roads are uneven, the buildings are old, and most of the people's clothes are in tatters
It was something that was expected, and Yunjing was not surprised to see the situation in Xinlin County.
However, during a critical period like the imperial examination, the security issues in Xinlin County were very serious. There were soldiers guarding the city gates, carefully checking passers-by one by one.
When it was Yunjing's turn, it was much simpler. They only needed to show proof of examination or student status before they were released. They were not subject to strict investigation, and the soldiers guarding them were actually very polite to them.
After entering the city, they went straight to the inn they had booked.
"Jing'er, what are you looking at?"
Li Qiu saw Yun Jing looking around, so he asked curiously.
Yunjing smiled and said: "Master, when I went to a teahouse with you to listen to books, I often heard storytellers say that it is easy for feuds to happen in crowded places. I was wondering if we would meet by chance."
"How can we encounter so many grievances and grievances in the world? What the storyteller said are all things that have happened before, and most of them are just fabricated. They should not be taken seriously. Besides, tomorrow is the imperial examination, so we can take it easy. Who dares to make trouble at this time? Once it affects the imperial examination, it will be easy to go to jail!" Li Qiu shook his head and said dumbly.
Well, Yunjing also felt that he was thinking too much.
¡°After all, the county town is still much larger than Niujiao Town, and there are many more people. There are many shops on the streets, and pedestrians are intertwined. It gives Yunjing a glimpse of the real town style in ancient times.
Half an hour after entering the city, Yunjing and the others finally arrived at the inn they had booked.
There are so many of them that one inn obviously cannot accommodate them. Several nearby inns have already been booked, waiting for them to check in.
The imperial examinations of the dynasty were still very influential. Along the way, Yunjing found that people were talking about the imperial examinations.
After arriving at the inn to settle down and rest for a while, Li Qiu was busy gathering the students and then took them to familiarize themselves with the examination room.
When Yunjing and the others arrived at the examination room, they found that the place had already been under martial law. There were soldiers guarding the area every few meters, and the streets around the examination room were full of police officers patrolling (Remember the website address: www. hlnovel.com