That person seemed to have predicted all of Gong Jian's reactions. Before Gong Jian could really speak, the person stopped what Gong Jian was about to say and spoke in a low voice.
"I know, I know. Xiongtai must also be a cautious person. I have contacted some other students. Tonight, everyone will be in the private room on the second floor of Yingchun Building. Then we will discuss important matters together."
After saying that, he didn't wait for Gong Jian to speak again. Instead, he used an expression that I knew well even if you didn't have to say it. He reached out and patted Gong Jian on the shoulder. Then he turned around and sighed deeply, hunched his back and slowly
Walked away slowly.
After he said a bunch of incomprehensible words, he even patted himself on the shoulder. Then he sighed and walked away like this. Gong Jian looked at the man's leaving figure and wondered what happened.
I don't understand what happened just now.
Now he really wished that his second brother could still be with him. He could discuss it with someone and understand what this person was talking about just now. After hesitating for a moment, Gong Jian slowly recalled that this
It comes from what people just said.
In fact, the man had been talking since just now and when he was not allowed to speak, Gong Jian had only been thinking about quickly opening his mouth to explain that he was not a failed student, but this man did not give himself a chance to speak.
Therefore, it is inevitable that Gong Jian really did not reflect what the words this person said meant. At this time, he slowly recalled the two sentences that the person said, and Gong Jian couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his back.
Come down. What this person means is that there is fraud in the examination room.
Examination fraud is indeed scary to talk about, but Gong Jian doesn't know why. There always seems to be a voice in his head, or telling him something, or some memories appear randomly. This kind of thing,
He was somewhat used to it. He didn't know when he had such an abnormal feeling.
But how should I put it? Gong Jian was surprised and scared at first, but gradually he found that these extra memories and reminders seemed to be very beneficial to him. Gradually, he stopped taking this matter seriously.
, what an incredible thing. Anyway, if you don’t understand it, just put it behind you. It won’t do you any harm anyway.
Just like just now, my mind just reflected the words that the person said, actually saying that the examiners in the examination room were cheating, but then such an idea seemed to appear in my mind. Fraud in the college entrance examination seemed to be a dog that accompanies the imperial examination.
institutional.
Thinking of this, Gong Jian, who was originally a little panicked, suddenly calmed down. Since the imperial examination is inseparable from fraud, whether openly or secretly, then this kind of thing is really not something that he, a small official, can interfere with.
things.
Besides, it’s not like he really failed to get the honor of being a civil servant. Even if he really didn’t pass the exam, he wouldn’t be willing to wade into such muddy waters.
After thinking about these things, Gong Jian just sighed again. These three or five students probably didn't believe that they would fail, so they firmly believed that someone must have cheated in the imperial examination, and that was the biggest suspect.
, is the examiner that the person mentioned just now.
With this idea in mind, Gong Jian once again turned his attention to this huge red list. Just now, his eyes only glanced briefly, but now he turned his attention to the top few names again, looking at them seriously.
After just looking at the names of a few people, Gong Jian felt a slight shock in his heart. It seems that there is really some shady secrets in this scientific examination. You can know it just by looking at the names of the first few people Gong Jian saw.
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Even though Gong Jian was not from the provincial capital, he did not have much contact with those students before the exam. However, in the past few days after the exam, because of Zhao Rong's incident, he attended many gatherings of students.
Although in those literary exchanges, Gong Jian made a special effort to make friends with two or three students from the county where Zhao Rong was located, but for others, Gong Jian also had the idea of having more friends and fewer enemies.
It can be said that during those days, Gong Jian got to know all the students who came to take the Juren Examination, and even laid a certain foundation with most of them.
Therefore, the names of these people on this list, although Gong Jian may not be able to immediately contact a certain student he has met by seeing his name, but he has probably heard of these names. Especially
The two people ranked second and third are relatively well-known among the students.
The fame mentioned here does not mean how profound the knowledge of these two people is, or how outstanding their literary talent is, but it means that the background of these two people is unmatched by ordinary people.
The second-place student's family is very powerful. He is the younger brother of a certain prince in the court who is the favored concubine. Naturally, this kind of status cannot be rampant in the capital, but in a provincial capital like this
It's a place where no one dares to offend.
The third-place student, however, has a close relationship with the prefect's family. This person has some knowledge, but among the overall students, his level lags behind.
These things were found out by Gong Jian when he participated in those cultural gatherings. It was not that he went out to inquire, but that the second-place student liked participating in literary gatherings very much. Although every time he attended the literary gatherings, he made
The poems and articles that came out were very average, and many people even despised them in their hearts, but on the surface everyone still applauded them.
On the surface, everyone is praising this person for his outstanding literary talent. But in fact, it is unclear what everyone is thinking.
At that time, Gong Jian was standing with two other people, and those two people happened to be the two students Gong Jian made special friends with in those days, so that time, the relationship between the three of them was actually pretty good.
Just because those two people already regarded Gong Jian as one of their own, they didn't have so many worries in private. When they commented on this pushy third student, it was inevitable that those two people really felt that
Unable to hold back, he spoke his mind out. So Gong Jian realized that the reason why everyone chose to praise that person for his good poetry and articles regardless of conscience was because this person was a relative of the prefect.
Gong Jian still remembers that once in a while, he felt really bored at a cultural gathering. When he walked to a remote place to take a breath, he overheard other people muttering quietly behind the rockery. That's what he was talking about.
Regarding the matter of a national examination, because Gong Jian thought that the two people would walk away while talking, he did not say anything at first. (To be continued)