Chapter 253 Silver Salt Blackening Development Technique
Gu Chengyu immediately sat up from the bed and went to the window to look out.
"The evidence is conclusive, but you still want to quibble? Huh! Take him down and wait for his explanation." A fellow examiner pointed at the candidate opposite and shouted sternly.
Gu Chengyu saw a piece of clothing in his hand and pointed to it as evidence of guilt.
Gu Chengyu was a little surprised. They were all searched strictly before entering the examination room, and their clothes were not spared. If there were articles on this person's clothes, why didn't the guards check it out? This is unreasonable!
Could it be that any of those guards were working with this person? It seemed unlikely, because there were several guards in each line of searches. How many people could he have bribed? Besides, the guards were all assigned on a temporary basis, and there was no fixed waiting list.
At which gate, it is very difficult to cheat.
Such a loud sound naturally alerted the examiner and some candidates, and the two examiners hurriedly ran over.
The candidates all stuck out their heads and looked over.
"All candidates are not allowed to look around, otherwise they will be punished as cheating."
Song Shujing, the censor of the right capital, was afraid of seeing the candidates sticking their heads out, so she quickly warned.
Then he asked this fellow examiner, "What happened? Is there such a noise?"
He was on duty tonight, and since six fellow examiners were patrolling alternately, he wanted to go back to his room to rest for a while, but unexpectedly he got into trouble.
"Sir, when I inspected this place, I found that the outer clothes that the examinee had taken off were on fire. I wanted to go over to check, but to my surprise, the examinee quickly put out the fire, looked panicked, and wanted to hide the clothes.
By chance, a subordinate noticed that there were many small words on his clothes."
The fellow examiner got a little excited when he said this, "It was dark, and the subordinate thought he was dazzled and asked the examinee to hand it over, but he refused."
Seeing that the situation was over, the examinee felt regretful. If he had not been so panicked, he would not have aroused the suspicion of his fellow examiner.
Before, he thought no one would notice, so he placed the clothes very close to the candle and spread them out on the chopping board.
What he regrets more is, what would have been better if he had not cheated? Now it is too late to think about this.
He had a depressed face and remained silent.
This fellow examiner hated cheating in the exam the most. After studying hard for more than thirty years, he finally became a Jinshi and took an official position in the Hanlin Academy.
It has been five years since he entered the Hanlin Academy, and now he is just a junior official from the sixth rank.
These candidates actually want to pass the exam by cheating. How can they, who have been admitted to the exam for decades, feel so embarrassed?
Song Shujing frowned. He was the examiner in this exam. Unexpectedly, someone cheated, or it was written on the robe. Who accepted the bribe?
It makes no sense. How important is the general examination? If you pass the examination, you will be a proper court official. The imperial examination is just a ranking.
"Bring me the evidence of the crime." He looked at the robe in the hand of his fellow examiner and said with suppressed anger.
"My lord, please take a look."
Gu Chengyu and all the candidates are also paying attention to the development of this matter. In any case, if someone succeeds in cheating, it will not be fair to them, the candidates.
"Yes! It's indeed a cheat. Take him down. First, take the officer who checked him into the prison and interrogate him overnight."
Once cheating is confirmed, the corresponding officials must first be investigated to see if there are officials who have been bribed to cheat with the servants.
Gu Chengyu looked at the robe in Song Shujing's hand and felt that even if he wanted to cheat, he couldn't be so stupid, right? Could it be that he was really confident and fearless?
Judging from his clothes, he doesn't look like someone from a wealthy family. The robe is still made of cotton. How can he have so much money to bribe Souzi?
Gu Chengyu suddenly thought of a cheating method used in the scientific examination in his previous life. If it was true, then this person could be considered a talent.
This method is called silver salt blackening technique, which involves doping salt brine with chemical substances and writing it on the inside of the outer robe or in a hidden place on the body.
When you arrive at the examination room after drying, the guards will not be able to check it out. At night, light a candle and bake it against the candlelight, and the written words will appear.
Gu Chengyu shook his head and sighed. If this kind of technology is cheating, it would be better to spend more time on it.
Song Shujing and her fellow examiners looked around and found that many candidates got up and continued the exam after the commotion.
Anyway, after being woken up and looking at the candidates being dragged down, everyone was frightened and could no longer sleep.
Gu Chengyu also got up, wiped his face hastily, and prepared to continue writing the remaining questions.
The three days usually passed very quickly, but this time Gu Chengyu had a very hard time.
The feces in the toilet next to the dormitory had fermented for three days and had reached the level of highly toxic gas.
Gu Chengyu simply didn't dare to breathe. Every time he took a breath, he felt that the poisonous gas had penetrated into his internal organs, making him miserable.
He didn't even dare to smell the robe on his body, it must be smelly.
Fortunately, today is the third day. If he rings the bell earlier, he can also go to the aisle over there to rest for a while and stay away from this stinking noise for the time being.
Just thinking about staying here for another six days, Gu Chengyu felt helpless.
The process after ringing the bell was the same as the provincial examination. Gu Chengyu waited until the examination papers were sealed and then hurried to the aisle.
When Gu Chengyu walked by, he was pitied by the candidates in the row opposite. If they had received a bad number, they would probably have handed in their papers early.
Every time there is an exam, the candidates in the bad number will fail because the smell is really unbearable.
At the same time, they were also gloating in their hearts, despite the fact that this candidate was just a little pale now.
Try it in two days? I'm sure he can vomit out all the bile.
Gu Chengyu was the first to hand in the paper, so when he arrived in the aisle, there was no one there.
He took a deep breath and finally no longer had to smell the poisonous gas. He had not eaten for two meals and put the test basket in his hand on the ground. It contained dried meat and the remaining steamed buns.
He hadn't eaten for two meals, but now that he was away from the smell, he had an appetite. Gu Chengyu picked up the dried meat and started to chew it.
Afterwards, several more candidates came over one after another, including Min Feng.
"Gu Jieyuan is still so early! Every time he takes an exam, Gu Jieyuan always ranks in the top three."
Min Feng saw Gu Chengyu sitting on the stool in the aisle, chewing dried meat at the moment, so he suppressed the smile in his heart and said hello to Gu Chengyu.
He had already paid attention to Gu Chengyu's dormitory before taking the exam, and had already seen him leaving for the stinky dormitory.
Gu Chengyu looked up at Min Feng and said with a smile: "After you finish writing, you will naturally have to hand it in. No matter how reluctant you are to let it go, you can't change it, right? Senior Brother Min seems to be very confident, right?"
Gu Chengyu snorted in his heart, thinking he was blind and couldn't see the hidden smile on Min Feng's face?
So what if he has a bad name? He can still pass the exam, become a Jinshi, and even want to be in the top three.
"Brother Min came out so early! Huh? It turns out to be Gu Jieyuan. Gu Jieyuan looks like he has a good appetite!"
Huang Junheng came up behind him and greeted Min Feng, only to see Gu Chengyu who was blocked by Min Feng.