The examination room occupies a large area. After Yunjing's visual inspection, it is estimated that it occupies no less than a standard football field.
It is circular in shape overall, and is actually surrounded by a five-meter-high wall on the outside, which is higher than the city wall outside the county seat, and the wall is covered with sharp iron spikes.
At such a height, it is almost impossible for ordinary people to climb in without using tools, except for those who practice martial arts.
Moreover, outside the examination room, there was a soldier guarding every eight meters, and there were police officers patrolling further away. Under such a tight defense, it would be difficult for ordinary people to even get close, let alone climb in.
Judging from the patrol frequency of the police officers and the spacing of the guards, Yunjing made a rough estimate in his mind. These alone may require more than 500 people.
It can be seen from this that the Dali Dynasty attached great importance to the imperial examination, and this was only the preliminary examination for children.
I don’t know since when, no outsiders were allowed to come within 50 meters of the examination room. Even when Yunjing and the others arrived, they were stopped for questioning.
Knowing that they were here to familiarize themselves with the examination room, the soldier who stopped them looked much better.
Yunjing's senses were very keen. When he was stopped by the soldiers for questioning, he vaguely heard someone chatting in the distance, saying that in the past few days, some people had tried their best to get close to the examination room, and many of them had been arrested, and were sent directly to jail to await their punishment.
The reason why those who were arrested were not dealt with immediately was because most of the county officials were busy with exams, and who had time to deal with them?
Hearing such talk, Yunjing couldn't tell whether those who were arrested were trying to cheat for the students taking the exam tomorrow. Who could say clearly about this kind of thing? Maybe some of them were caught by mistake.
It's useless to cry out for injustice...
Yunjing and others who were stopped were not released immediately because they were candidates who came to familiarize themselves with the examination room. Instead, they were released and allowed to approach the examination room after they presented their examination cards and student status.
At this time, Yunjing felt like laughing. He found that those students who usually jumped up and down in school as if they were the best in the world, became very well-behaved and honest when faced with such a situation.
After the first interrogation, they were not able to enter the examination room immediately to familiarize themselves with the environment. Instead, they waited ten meters outside the fence.
Then Yunjing learned that the examination room had a total of four entrances and exits, all numbered, in order A, B, C, and D, corresponding to the four areas in the examination room.
At this time, Li Qiu asked Yunjing and the others to look at his test cards, which had corresponding numbers.
Yunjing took it out and saw that on the back of his test card, the numbers B, 0, 43 were engraved.
"Inside the examination room, except for the guarding soldiers and examiners, only candidates are allowed to enter. Even if the examination has not yet started, we gentlemen who are leading the team are not allowed to enter, so you can only go and familiarize yourself with the examination room. See all
Have you got your number? Go to the corresponding entrance and exit, someone will arrange it for you there," Li Qiu said while a group of students were checking their exam cards.
Then Yunjing and the others had to go to the corresponding area by themselves. Coincidentally, Yunjing and Wang Bolin were not in the same area. Even the four of them were assigned to different places, so they had to separate and make an appointment to get acquainted.
Gather at the same place after the examination.
Together with a dozen other familiar ‘fellows’, Yunjing and the others went to District C.
On the way over, Yunjing closed his eyes for a moment and let his thoughts spread out. Under his 'observation' range with a radius of one kilometer, he quickly understood the situation in the examination room and found his own examination position. Even Wang Bolin
You can see the clouds and scenery from their position.
What can I say? The layout of the examination room is really circular. There is a three-foot-high platform in the middle. There is a pavilion on the platform. You can see all around when you stand on it.
As for the examination room for candidates, each person has a single room, separated by walls, and the dividing wall extends forward about half a meter. Anyway, there are almost no people around in the examination room, and the area is less than two square meters.
It has a roof, probably to protect it from rainy days.
The front of the examination room faces the high platform in the center of the examination room and has no doors or windows.
Yunjing guessed that the high platform in the middle of the examination room should be where the examiners stayed during the examination, so that they could observe the candidates at any time.
The examination rooms are in the shape of a staircase, and each examination room faces the high platform in the middle, making it look like the Colosseum.
The layout in the examination room is very simple, with a bucket, a table and a stool, and nothing else.
Although Yunjing already understood the situation in the examination room, he still had to go through the process.
When they arrived at the C-shaped entrance, they were stopped by soldiers and told to wait quietly. There were already candidates who had gone in to familiarize themselves with the examination room, and they had to wait until they came out before they could go in.
Moreover, they are not allowed to enter at the same time. Only ten people are allowed to enter at a time, and the entire process must be under the watchful eye of soldiers. This is to prevent candidates from secretly hiding cheating methods when they are familiar with the examination room.
All in all, it's very strict, and I guess every imaginable anti-cheating method has been used.
This is not the time for the exam yet. On the second day of the exam, every candidate will have to be searched, and everything they bring will also be inspected.
While waiting, someone with Yunjing laughed and said that they were only in their teens, and it would be okay even if they were stripped naked and searched tomorrow, but it would be a bit embarrassing for those older candidates who were in their 10s and 20s to take the exam.
Already...
The process of body search is unavoidable, and no candidate can be an exception. Every person with a good reputation goes through this process, even the first-rank officials in the court have experienced such a thing.
Although at least a thousand people take part in the annual child student examination, those who came early were already familiar with the examination room, so Yunjing and the others did not wait long. After more than ten minutes, it was his turn and nine other people to enter.
Entering the examination room, no one spoke and it was very quiet. The soldiers responsible for supervision seemed to have their mouths sewn shut tightly. They were obviously warned not to communicate with any candidates in the examination room.
Under their gaze, people entering the examination room did not dare to say a word. Even just an expression of wanting to speak would arouse the soldiers' cold gazes, which would make people feel like a ray of light on their backs!
After getting familiar with the examination room quietly, the candidates remembered their location for tomorrow's examination, and then left under the surveillance of the soldiers.
It wasn't until they left the examination room that everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They were under too much pressure before.
Yunjing was relaxed throughout the whole process. He didn't feel any pressure. It was just a formality anyway.
After this circle, it was already sunset, and it would be dark soon.
When he met Wang Bolin and others, Chen Yijian lowered his voice and said: "The eyes of those soldiers are so uncomfortable. If I become an official in the future, they will never dare to look at me like that."
"Swordsman, let's be realistic. Let alone becoming an official, you should first obtain the honors. Besides, I think you will be more suitable to enter the world of martial arts in the future." Wang Bolin patted him on the shoulder and struck him.
Chen Yijian shook him off and said angrily: "You can't say anything nice, and we are scholars. Even if we travel around in the future, it's not called traveling in the world. It's called studying. Do you understand? That's called studying, you uneducated person.
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"Bah, you said you were fat and you got asthma." Wang Bolin rolled his eyes.
The little fat guy Zhou Jintai also came back and asked curiously: "Who called me just now? I heard fat."
Yunjing: "..."
Instead of making silly jokes with them, Yunjing looked around and found that he didn't see his master. After looking around, he saw him dozens of meters away.
At this time, Li Qiuzhen was chatting and laughing with a person whom Yun Jing also knew. He had met the magistrate Niu Guishou of Xinning County when he was a disciple.
He was a good friend of his master and an elder. After thinking about it, Yunjing felt it was necessary to go over and say hello.
But as soon as he took a step, Li Qiu stretched out his hand to stop his move, signaling him not to go over.
Although he didn't understand why the master didn't let him pass, Yunjing still stopped and saluted Niu Guishou from a distance. The other party smiled and nodded slightly, but other than that, he made no extra moves.
After a while, Li Qiu bid farewell to Niu Guishou and came over. When he got closer, he sent a secret message to Yun Jing and said: "Jing'er, your Uncle Niu is the examiner tomorrow. I won't let you go to avoid suspicion. After the exam...
...Forget it, he doesn’t have time in the past few days after the exam. I’ll take you to visit him again when I have the chance.”
Yun Jing nodded, indicating that he understood.
Also, when the examiner comes into contact with the candidates, he will attract attention if he is not careful, so it is better to avoid suspicion.
Next they returned to the inn, and it was getting dark.
Wang Bolin walked to the edge of Yunjing and winked: "Ajing, I will take you to a fun place later, it's very fun."
"Is this the kind of fun place you mentioned?" Chen Yijian also said enthusiastically, as if I just wanted to see it.
Zhou Jintai asked curiously: "It doesn't matter if it's fun or not, the main thing is whether it's delicious?"
Yunjing wanted to give Wang Bolin a kick, so he might as well go to Niujiao Town. That guy couldn't spit out ivory from his mouth. The so-called fun place was definitely a place like Goulan Brothel.
You uncle, brother, you are only ten years old, and you have a test tomorrow, why do you do that?
Although Yunjing also wanted to see it, just to see it, but it was really not the time, so he shook his head and said: "Forget it, I have to take the exam tomorrow."
"If you go, just go back. If you go, go back. I'll ask. I have money." Wang Bolin did not give up and was still trying his best to persuade.
Then, at this time, Li Qiu appeared out of nowhere, snorted with a sullen face: "Why don't you go to bed? Especially you, Wang Bolin, if you don't pass the Tongsheng test this time, I will teach you when you go back."
Copy all the books you have read for me ten times!"
With the sound of his pants popping up, Wang Bolin was dumbfounded and couldn't even cry even if he wanted to.
Taking the Tongsheng test was easier said than done. He estimated that he would not be able to pass if he copied the book ten times.
Yun Jing shrugged, with an expression like "You deserve it," and you're still whispering to me. Your master is an innate master. No matter how quiet your voice is, he can't hear it?
At this critical moment, if you still want to go to a brothel, no one will punish you!
This guy has a really big heart and is obsessed with women to this extent. Well, I guess his father won’t worry about his offspring in the future. This one is considered useless. Uncle Wang, you should prepare to cultivate a smaller one.
Then everyone went back to their houses to rest.
The night is getting darker, and the lively county town has become quieter, but in some places, the evening is a lively time, and business is probably pretty good these days.
Yunjing noticed at night that many parents who sent their children to take exams sneaked out together after their children had rested.
Are they sending their children here to take exams, or are they here specifically for 'recreation'?
Yunjing seriously suspected it was the latter!
Xinlin County actually did not implement a curfew...
Yunjing's mentality was very stable. Even if he had an exam tomorrow, he still slept soundly.
With his keen senses, he didn't know how long he had slept. Anyway, he woke up as soon as there was a knock on his door. He was in the dark, and it was probably only the middle of the night.
Li Qiu's voice sounded at the door and said: "Jing'er, get up and wash up, then have breakfast and get ready to go to the examination room."
"I understand, Master," Yunjing replied, getting up and getting dressed, even though he felt it was too early.
Li Qiu outside the door went to call other students.
Yesterday, Yunjing learned from other people who had taken the exam that their exam only lasted half a day, so there was no need to deliberately prepare dry food. After all, the content of the child exam was not much, and it was all simple things that did not take much time.
Although they got up early, due to delays and delays, it was estimated that it would be ten o'clock before the exam actually started.
As expected, there were really too many people taking the exam. They queued up at the exam room, verified their identity, searched themselves, and checked their belongings. After this set of procedures, it was estimated that the exam might not even start at ten o'clock.
While waiting in line to enter the examination room, Yun Jing was really bored, and then he secretly looked at Wang Bolin and the others. What surprised him slightly was that those guys, despite all their unreliability before the examination, came to the end.
, everyone became serious.
"I don't know if any of them can pass the Tongsheng test," Yunjing muttered in his heart, not worrying too much.
He doesn't intend to help Wang Bolin and the others cheat. It's not that he doesn't care about 'brotherhood'. It's just that if he doesn't help them with this kind of thing, it will harm them. After all, grades can be faked, but knowledge cannot be faked. If he can help them once, it's difficult for him to do so.
Can he still help them in the future? And Yunjing can’t guarantee that no one will discover his cheating methods. He never looks down on anyone!
The consequences of cheating were too serious, and he didn't want to test the law by himself.
Moreover, he did not intend to cheat and relied on his true talents to take the exam, even though he could read any book within a kilometer during the exam!
There is really no need to be opportunistic about this kind of thing. Even if he can deceive everyone, he cannot deceive his own heart.
Regarding cheating, Yunjing has a feeling that if he relies on cheating to achieve his goals, it will only do him harm but no good in the future.
In the final analysis, it can be summed up in four words: evil intentions!
When it was Yunjing's turn to enter the examination room for examination, it was so painful that he even wanted to turn around and leave the examination.
In a closed single room, you need to strip off all your clothes for inspection, even the hair, and even the cat's buttocks have to be opened. Fortunately, the excrement door was not inspected. If the inspector dared to do that, Yunjing would rather not take the exam.
Got it!
It was impossible not to take the exam. When he thought that all the Dukes in the court had come here like this, he couldn't bear it...
