Miaoshou Kongkong is a thief with excellent stealing skills. It is said that his attempts never fail. If it were not for taking advantage of his lustful nature, Wu Xiujie would not have successfully caught him.
He spent a lot of effort to catch the Miaoshou Kongkong, which was naturally prepared for Yuan Suijun.
With a faint smile, he played with a jar.
It is said that this year they have appointed Master Ling as the examiner of Nanzhou. He hates cheating in imperial examinations very much, so when he serves as the examiner, he will bring his own team. His subordinates all have sharp eyes, no matter how subtle the cheating is.
No method can escape their eyes.
Master Ling has always used thunderous means to deal with cheating scholars. He will not only post their names to tell the world, but will even go to heaven to hear them.
This also means that once he is caught cheating, that scholar's life will be ruined.
Wu Xiujie planned to pin the name of fraud on Yuan Suijun.
Over the years, Yuan Suijun has been unable to study properly due to his weak health and has never been able to take part in the scientific examination. He has the reputation of being a talented scholar, so in order to maintain his reputation as a talented scholar, it is only natural that he would take risks and cheat.
As long as his cheating props are found in front of others, who will believe him? Who will believe that his grades at the age of fourteen were obtained based on his own talent and learning.
For this scene, Wu Xiujie spent at least five thousand taels.
He opened the jar and found crystal clear rice inside. Several of these rice were larger than ordinary rice.
He specially paid a master of miniature engraving to carve articles on these grains of rice.
Before entering the examination room for the first round of the provincial examination, he asked his master to secretly put the rice into Yuan Suijun's baggage.
When the time comes, in full public view, no matter how Yuan Suijun explains, no one will believe him. People will even question whether his previous results were obtained through fraud.
As for Su Yueling, she was a noble of her hometown, but she had a husband who cheated in the imperial examination. I was afraid that she would abandon Yuan Suijun because of this.
As he imagined that scene, he couldn't help but have a happy smile on his face.
This can be considered as revenge for his father, eldest brother and third brother.
Unfortunately, his mother died too quickly, so he had to observe mourning for three years and could only miss this provincial examination.
Wu Xiujie couldn't help but clenched the jar tightly, with a look of displeasure on his face. If his mother was going to die, couldn't she wait until he got the title of Juren before she died?
Regardless, if he ends up now, because he is too young and has insufficient knowledge, he may not be able to stand out among the students, and he is still young. Even if he waits until the next time, he will only be twenty-two years old. If he can become a solution in one fell swoop
Yuan, Huiyuan and Zhuangyuan, then he will become the first person to reach the third Yuan Dynasty since the founding of the country. At that time, it is called glory.
By that time, I am afraid that many senior officials will want to marry their daughters to him.
In his mind, he pictured himself holding his beloved wife and beautiful concubine in his arms, looking a little more intoxicated.
It wasn't until his servant brought the thief nicknamed Miaoshou Kongkong to him that he came back to his senses and said in a deep voice: "I need you to do something for me, something that is not difficult for you.
."
After seeing Yuan Suijun's fate, he can take good care of himself. He clearly had no problems before, but it must be the sequelae caused by his mother's second brother drugging her and forcing her to have sex with the maid when she was seven years old.
Just sending the second brother to jail would be an advantage for him.
…
In a three-entry official residence.
The examiner, Mr. Ling, looked at his attendant sharply, "You said someone sent this letter to your desk?"
His chief attendant nodded vigorously, "Yes, I don't dare to deceive you. As soon as I woke up, I saw such a letter on the table in front of my bed."
The letter was written "Yourselves, Lord Ling", so he hurriedly sent the letter over.
This letter was naturally checked, and there was no poison on the envelope.
Master Ling opened the envelope and found a thin piece of paper inside.
He glanced over, a rare look of surprise appearing on his serious face.
"There is actually such a cheating method!"
Even he, who was good at catching cheating students, had never heard of it. It turned out that people could carve words on rice and then use special glass to enlarge the words.
Although he didn't know why the person who wrote the letter wanted to remind him, being able to know this method in advance would be beneficial to maintaining the fairness of the imperial examination. He collected the letter and said to Chang Sui: "Take Song De and the others
Call them, I have something to tell them."
Because the three exams take nine days, candidates are allowed to bring food in. Some candidates will bring rice and cook porridge for themselves.
Check, every registered candidate must check in detail!
This year, the number of applicants for the provincial examination in Dingnanzhou has reached more than 3,000. The first examination is scheduled for August 9th, and these talents will be admitted on the 8th.
He told the guards with a serious face that they must not let go of any cheating examinee.
The soldiers and guards were all on alert. If a fraud case really happened, they would be in trouble too.
…
Time passed slowly and slowly.
During the half month since he came to the state capital, Yuan Suijun stayed at home and concentrated on studying.
On the morning of the 8th, he opened his baggage again and carefully checked the contents for fear that there might be paper inside. According to the requirements of the imperial examination, not a single piece of paper was allowed to be brought into the examination room.
After checking it several times, he repacked the baggage. In addition to the inkstone, ink, and brushes, there were also candles, a kettle, a stove for boiling water, and a change of clothes. The clothes were all single-layered to avoid interlayers and
bag.
As for food, he prepared a pack of sun-dried lotus root starch, some thinly sliced and sun-dried steamed buns, and pork jerky. Su Yueling taught the kitchen how to eat lotus root starch. The prepared lotus root starch only needs to be brewed with boiling water.
It can be eaten later, which is very convenient. So Yuan Suijun does not need to bring rice and flour. As for the steamed bun slices and pork jerky, they can also fill up the stomach.
Yuan Suifeng was worried about his elder brother being alone, so he not only went there by himself, but also asked Mr. Wei to accompany him to the gate of Gongyuan. There were soldiers guarding the gate of Gongyuan, so no one dared to cause trouble.
Because the newly purchased house was not far from Gongyuan, they arrived at the door quickly.
There was already a long queue at the door, and every scholar had to pass the inspection by the military guards before entering the examination room.
Although the consequences of being caught cheating have been emphasized above, there are always people who just have a lucky mentality.
The guards brought by Lord Ling were indeed well-informed and caught a few cheaters. Those who were caught cheating had just begged for mercy when they were already escorted away by the waiting government officials. Obviously, they did not want to participate.
I tried it here.
The sounds of begging for mercy echoed mixed with the cries, adding a bit of tension.
Yuan Suifeng couldn't help but sigh: "It is indeed a provincial examination, and the inspection is more careful than the hospital examination."
In the past, when my eldest brother took the college examination, he also went with him, so he still retains some memories.
Yuan Suijun wanted to carry the baggage by himself, but Yuan Suifeng put it directly into his arms. This weight was nothing to him. Although the eldest brother's body looked like a normal person, Yuan Suifeng
I still subconsciously took on the task of carrying the bag. I was going to wait until my eldest brother was in line and then return the bag to him.
Yuan Suijun couldn't compete with his younger brother on this occasion, so he had no choice but to give up.
Suddenly he felt two strong gazes. Yuan Suijun couldn't help but turn around and saw Zhang Chengwang and Wu Xiujie.