In Houya and Jia Yucun performed a "Fight of Wisdom", Sun Shaozong was able to go out, but he always felt that something was wrong there, but after thinking about it, he couldn't figure out where the feeling came from.
Seeing outside the gate, Cheng Rixing and the others had been waiting for a long time, so he had no choice but to put the uneasiness in his heart, mount his horse, and set off towards the Gongyuan near Chongwenmen.
A group of people on horseback rides on horseback and rides in a car, needless to say on the road.
When I was near the Gongyuan, I saw colorful flags fluttering on the streets and alleys. This one said "Sanyuan Jidi", and the other hung "Toad Palace Zhegui".
If you are more gentle, you will stick to the couplet related to the imperial examination.
For example, if you live in a side gate, the county examination is difficult, the prefectural examination is difficult, the academy examination is even more difficult, and you can only enter Pan after the age of 50; Belittling others and elevating one's own sour words.
That rude and direct, he simply wrote in gold letters on a red background, indicating how many juren and how many jinshi he had produced here.
Seeing Sun Shaozong restraining his horse to watch, Cheng Rixing stuck his head out of the car and explained, "Dongweng, the restaurants and inns here have been closed for three years. By the time of autumn and spring, I immediately made a lot of money."
Sun Shaozong asked thoughtfully: "So, there are a lot of candidates living here?"
Cheng Rixing replied: "That's natural, the news here is the most well-informed, not to mention those candidates who have come from afar, even those who live in the city, and many people will come to book an upper room, and touch the seniors. 's style."
Hearing Cheng Rixing say this, Sun Shaozong stopped and pondered for a while, and then urged the horse to rush to the gate of Nagong Courtyard.
Although this place is not open on weekdays, but as Sun Shaozong was the judge of the Tianfu, and wanted to go in and have a look, naturally no one would stop him.
After entering this tribute courtyard, the first thing that catches your eye is a passage that is more than 100 meters long.
"grown ups."
Cheng Rixing explained again: "This is where the body search is located. After all, it is indecent to strip naked on the street. Besides, the weather is still cold during the spring season. If there is no place to block the wind, it is impossible to say that before the examination starts, a group of people will fall ill first. ."
Sun Shaozong nodded noncommittally, and went to the inside first.
When he reached the middle of the passage, he saw that there was no one left or right, and then he explained to Zhou Da: "Mr. Cheng, after you go back, you can choose a few reliable swordsmen and pen officials, pretend to be a scholar who is taking the exam for this subject, and live in the street. In the inn opposite—don’t ask for anything, as long as the food and drink are filled with the rich man.”
"Is Dongweng trying to lure those 'literate traders' into taking the bait?"
Cheng Rixing heard the words and immediately understood what Sun Shaozong meant, but his face showed embarrassment, and he murmured: "Dongweng, it's not that easy to have Uncle Qian here. Five taels of silver…”
Before he could finish speaking, Sun Shaozong said richly: "Then first set the cost of five taels of silver per person per day, and I will pay for the money first. If I really want to catch a big fish, I don't have to worry about paying back—if If you can't catch a single fish, just treat it as if I paid them to enjoy it once!"
Hearing what Sun Shaozong said, Cheng Rixing would naturally have no opinion. In fact, if he hadn't been afraid of being recognized, he would have wanted to go undercover in the inn himself!
A group of people walked through the aisle, and what they saw was not the examination room, but the hall dedicated to the most holy teacher.
According to Cheng Rixing and Zhou Da, every time before the official examination, the examiners must pay homage to Confucius here, beg for the protection of the most holy teacher, and at the same time prove to others that they have a clear conscience.
If you change to a serious 'patrol envoy', you must go in and say goodbye at this time.
But Sun Shaozong has nothing to do with the second child of Kong, whether in his past or present life, and naturally he is too lazy to pay tribute to his old man's appearance.
So, under the guidance of Cheng Rixing, he walked around the hall and came to a yard with a large area on the east side.
This time, Sun Shaozong finally saw what the 'examination room' looked like!
The height is no more than 1.8 meters, the depth is less than 1.5 meters, and the width is less than 1.2 meters. They are all made of thin wooden boards. They are not crowded on weekdays, and they are almost covered by weeds.
Sun Shaozong looked at the pigeon-like room and said speechlessly, "Is this the place where scholars and jurors get their names?"
In the past, when I watched costume dramas, the examination room inside was shabby enough. I didn't expect this reality to be much worse.
"Where else could it be if it wasn't here."
Cheng Rixing smiled bitterly: "Sir, you are dissatisfied, say that after taking the exam for more than ten years, I now have a muscle in my calf when I see the numbered room. I have been simmering for nine days and seven nights.
Sun Shaozong resisted the musty smell, looked inside for a few times, and frowned, "How did you sleep this night?"
This time, Zhou Da hurriedly explained: "Sir, usually after the fifteenth day of August, our Shuntian Prefecture will send someone over to clean up and repair it, and then two more wooden boards will be placed in each room - you Look, isn't this wall nailed with upper and lower bars?"
He got into a numbered room and gestured on the wall: "When the time comes, there will be a desk on the top and a chair on the bottom. If you get tired, put both boards on the bottom and squint against the wall for a while. ."
Saying that, Zhou Da leaned against the wooden wall, the wooden wall shook slightly, but he heard a 'hum' next door, and then hundreds of wasps rushed out!
I'm going~
Suddenly, everyone was a little dumbfounded.
"Run!"
Fortunately, Sun Shaozong's reaction was fairly quick, he shouted suddenly, turned his head, and ran away.
Only then did Cheng Rixing, Zhao Wuwei, Zhou Da and the others suddenly realize, and they hurriedly ran away.
Speaking of which, this was the first time that Sun Shaozong had 'fleeing in embarrassment' since he crossed over - and this time, he had escaped more than three miles away, and finally escaped the pursuit of the group of wasps.
Others were fine, at most they were stung once or twice, and Sun Shaozong was even unscathed.
Only because Zhou Da was posing in the number room, his reaction was half a beat slower than others. As a result, he was stung more than a dozen times. After a while, his face was swollen like a pig's head, and his tongue was big. A circle!
Sun Shaozong was afraid that he was allergic to bee venom, so he explained his life in a confused way, and hurriedly sent him to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Only in this way, this trip to the Gongyuan had to be declared anticlimactic to an end.
-Dividing line-
In the evening, when Sun Shaozong returned home, he saw Xiangling greet him and greet him, and then he remembered that he was so busy that he forgot to do business—Xiangling had been waiting all the time, and he went to the Department of Punishment to check the files.
only…
Sun Shaozong originally wanted to entrust this task to Zhou Dalai, but now he has been stung like a ghost, so he still has the face to go to the punishment department to show off
It seems that there is only one other suitable candidate to be found.