"Well, this son is a disciple of Qianxiashan, which is a bit tricky. How about this, Shan'er, you can erase his memory after being possessed by his father, so as not to cause trouble to my Huang family, send him out of the chicken coop far away.
Mountain world, let it be."
Huang Shan said yes, lifted Qiu Luo from the ground, chanted a spell in her mouth, and disappeared into the ground in a blink of an eye.
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In the abandoned small village at the foot of Jilong Mountain, every household has been tidied up.
Rotten quilts and broken earthen jars were piled high on the few carts in the village. A dozen young and strong men took turns pulling several carts to prepare for departure.
The old man who smoked dry cigarettes turned his head and took another look at himself, the village where his father, grandfather and even his ancestors had lived for generations. He reached out and wiped the corners of his eyes quietly, smashed the shredded tobacco in the pot of the pipe with anger, and shouted to the crowd: "Let's go!"
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At the command, the whole village supported the old and young, and turned back one by one, walking along a loess road and farther and farther away from the village, until the yellow sand blown by the strong wind obscured the crowd's backs.
The team dragged their feet forward for half a day, and then the wind and sand gradually became lighter.
"I said Erqi, are we taking the right path? Can we find King Hun Tian?"
An old man who smoked dry cigarettes and a lean young man walked at the front of the team, chatting while walking.
"The road is right. You should be able to find it after climbing over the mountain ahead. Don't worry, Dad."
"Then will your eldest brother be a soldier or an official in the Huntian King's team?"
"My eldest brother is the chief of the unit under King Hun Tian, and I am in charge of about ten people!"
Erqiuzi said with a proud face.
"Only a dozen or so people? How did I hear that King Hun Tian's team numbered at least three to four hundred thousand people..."
"Dad! There seems to be someone lying in front of you..."
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Dozens of people gathered around, and the one lying in the middle was Qiu Luo.
"Bring water, splash it to wake you up!"
"Wow!"
A handful of water poured over Qiu Luo's head and face. He sat up suddenly and looked around blankly.
Everyone looked at the fair-skinned young man lying on the ground. He looked handsome when he fell asleep, but how come he turned out to be a foolish person when he woke up?
Everyone asked him his name and his place of origin, but no one could answer him.
Someone handed him dry biscuits but he didn't take them. He only asked for water.
There were several families with daughters in the crowd. When they first met this young hero from Qianxia Mountain, they had some vague intention of recruiting him as their son-in-law. However, seeing his appearance after waking up, they completely gave up the idea of recruiting him.
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But if you leave it in this uninhabited wilderness, it will surely fall into the belly of tigers and wolves sooner or later.
Fortunately, this man only drank water and did not eat food, so he was easy to feed, so the villagers decided to take him with them to find the Huntian King under the old man's final decision.
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Qianjiang Fucheng Gongyuan.
A sparrow stands on the eaves of Mingyuan Tower, the tallest building in Gongyuan. There are neat rows of dormitories at its feet, and in one of the dormitories is Zhuang Huaijin.
Different from the resentment that gradually grew stronger day after day in other dormitories, Cheng Yu, with the help of the cat demon's green light eyes, could see a great righteousness rising from the scholar's dormitory, and it was getting longer day by day.
The reason why Cheng Yu stood on the wall of Gongyuan was just because in his Yuan Shen, Zhuang Huaijin's stagnant aura of wishing power was gradually getting worse as the provincial examination passed day by day.
Cheng Yu was worried that the scholar suffered this disaster because of this exam.
Finally, after nine days, three cannons were fired, and the scholars walked out of the dormitory one by one in a daze and walked out of the examination room.
Looking around, Zhuang Huaijin and Yu Wenpei were walking together among the vast sea of people.
Judging from Zhuang Huaijin's actions, it was okay, but Yu Wenpei, who looked much stronger, had a cold and runny eyes since entering the second game. The meaning and strategy of the last two games were naturally written very well. I just hope that it will be early. End.
On the other side, "Qian Ruyu" was obviously in a very bad condition. He was covering his forehead and staggering out of the crowd.
Cheng Yu could tell from his complexion that this person was also suffering from cold and fever.
When he arrived outside the Lingxing Gate, he immediately got into a carriage. The moment he opened the curtain, Cheng Yu saw that sitting inside was Qian, the official of Qingchuan County.
Qian Ruyu suffered a head injury before the exam, but this senior official was able to find a replacement within two days, and opened up the joints on the court, successfully completing the exam.
Cheng Yu stared at the carriage going away, feeling that something was wrong.
At this time, although Zhuang Huaijin and Yu Wenpei were exhausted, they were in good spirits. They could still support each other and headed towards the outer city inn while talking and laughing.
The prices of the inns around the Confucian Temple are sky-high at this time, and ordinary scholars like them cannot afford to stay there.
Cheng Yu turned around and looked at the empty dormitories. Unexpectedly, Jia Fei suddenly ran to the rooftop of Pingyuan Building and leaned over him handsomely.
Jia Fei has been alone these days, because everyone in the theater troupe is imprisoned in the south prison of Fu Yamen, and she has been considering back and forth between breaking out of jail and enduring for a few more days to observe the situation.
At this time, I don’t know how this cat transformed into a human form and sneaked into this heavily guarded inner court.
As if aware of Cheng Yu's doubts, Jia Fei smiled disapprovingly and said:
"I haven't sneaked into this examination room for many years. I didn't expect that the security of the rural examination in Fucheng is so lax now. It's not as good as the boy's examination in the county two hundred years ago, who came in effortlessly."
Cheng Yu smiled in his heart and told the cat demon about Qian Ruyu's gun replacement just now.
Jia Fei sneered rather disdainfully, turned around and looked into the infield cabin with Cheng Yu.
Under the supervision of teams of soldiers, the subordinate clerks responsible for sealing the names of the candidates on the examination papers began a simple and repetitive task. Each clerk was responsible for sealing the names of the examination papers of the row number. p>
One of the young subordinates saw a test paper with Qingchuan Qian Ruyu's name on it. He glanced around and saw that the soldiers were lazily attending to their errands. No one was paying attention to him, so he quietly took out the test paper.
To the bottom.
The subordinate's movements were concealed and fast. He couldn't see the soldiers dozing not far away, but he couldn't hide from the sparrow-like cat on the top of the high building, which looked like a monitor.
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Cheng Yu and Jia Fei looked at each other and understood: keep an eye on this subordinate.
Jia Fei couldn't move easily in his human form, so he held the commanding heights on the roof of the building and kept in touch with Cheng Yu's thoughts at all times.
Cheng Yu spread his wings and flew to the infield, his eyes never leaving the subordinate official just now.
I saw the team of unidentified subordinate officials walking into a separate courtyard and handing the examination papers to the transcribers one by one.
Under Cheng Yu's nose, he clearly saw that when the two of them were handing over, the anonymous clerk gently folded the last paper down with his index finger, and then looked at the transcriber, and then he transcribed it.
Taking the stack of papers, he quickly took out the bottom paper and put it on top. Then the two looked at each other again. After seeing the anonymous official nod slightly, the transcriber sat down and started copying the papers with a cinnabar pen.
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In the provincial examination, in order to prevent cheating, the first step after taking the examination is to conceal your name.
And in order to prevent candidates from using special handwriting as marks, all examination papers must be copied again with red cinnabar by the transcriber. Therefore, the original examination papers of the candidates are called ink scrolls, and the transcribed ones are called vermilion scrolls.
The examiner can only get the red paper, which further prevents cheating.
The imperial examination system of the Liang Dynasty has evolved for more than three hundred years, and there are endless ways to cheat. However, such inhumane and one-stop fraud as Qian Ruyu's, a one-stop assembly line that buys everyone from top to bottom, is really rare.
The grading and examiners are all in the courtyard behind the dormitory. The first ordinary grading officer will read all the papers for the first time, and then recommend the qualified papers to the main and deputy examiners. This type of paper is called a recommended paper.
It can be said that after being selected as a recommended candidate, there is a nine out of ten chance of passing the examination.
At this time, Cheng Yu had summoned the human spirit and stood behind the main and deputy examiners. He saw the first examiner holding the first batch of three test papers and handing them over, staring at the test paper on the far right. The deputy examiner looked at it.
The other party glanced at him and stretched out his left hand to take the test paper on the right. Only then did the first reader say:
"Your Majesty, please review the first batch of three recommendation papers."
The deputy examiner said yes, and then took the other two recommendation papers and looked through them.
Cheng Yu, who was behind the two of them, looked over the man's shoulder. After the deputy examiner quickly flipped through the paper he took first, he shook his head invisibly, put the cinnabar pen back in his hand, and put the test paper back.
Hand it to the examiner.
While taking the test paper, the two of them looked at each other again, and the examiner also flipped through it hastily, frowning slightly, and suddenly felt unhappy.
What kind of substitute is Qian Linhong looking for?
If this kind of article can be successful and is re-examined later, at least it will not be safe.
"Well..."
The examiner pondered for a while, without making any comments, and placed the test paper next to the paperwork.
The sub-examination officer immediately understood that an alternative plan was needed.
Just at this moment, the second first reviewer suddenly stepped forward to hand over the recommendation paper, but he only had one copy in his hand, and his hands were shaking as he handed the paper over.
"You two adults, please be sure to read this volume carefully!"