At dawn on August 22nd, there was a cool breeze, and silver-gray clouds were galloping in the sky. The weather had turned cold, and the city of Jinling became solemn. There were countless police officers and police officers all over the north city.

Streets and alleys.

Especially the Zhuangyuan Street area was blocked from the street to the end of the street.

On this day, the provincial examination officially kicked off.

The provincial examination is divided into three sessions, each lasting three days and two nights, for a total of nine days and six nights.

This is a comprehensive game of intelligence, physical strength, and physical fitness. This is why all the scholars in the Qin Dynasty are strong and strong, which has nothing to do with the weak and weak characters in many story novels.

Regardless of whether you can gain fame or not, physical fitness is the first hurdle.

However, this is only the Qin Dynasty, other countries are different, and it depends on local conditions and national conditions.

For the candidates, this kind of game has already started before entering the door. Candidates taking the provincial examination in Suzhou, Shuzhong, and Qingzhou must take the examination at Jinling Gongyuan. The number of candidates is as many as a thousand, and each one is a rare

When I first met the scholar, he fought for the only twenty places to be elected.

These scholars often cannot do it if they want to roll their names early in the morning.

Therefore, many candidates came here last night and queued up, trying to get into the examination room early. There are many people, and chaos is easy to occur. Even if there are government officials and heavily armed sergeants to suppress it, there is still crowding and chaos outside the gate of Gongyuan.

The exam hasn't started yet, but there were more than a dozen candidates in the crowd last night, and they were injured and their heads were bleeding.

Around early morning hours.

Hearing the sound of a drum sounding from the Mingyuan Building of Jinling Gongyuan, the sergeant of the Yamen Service began to check the entrance of the candidates.

However, Du Ruo was a chronic person, so he still slept until Yin, as usual, and got up to wash up, wash and eat, and then asked Hei Tou to slowly go to Gongyuan with some items needed for the exam.

He is really not in a hurry. Anyway, the exam has a set time. There is not much difference between going in late and going in early. This Daqin is still very strict about the examination room. It is almost comprehensive. It is unlikely that the rumored position selection will happen.

Failure to do so will affect the exam.

This incident is really no joke, and it has never happened in the Great Qin Kingdom. However, something happened in the Northern Wei Dynasty just south of the Great Qin Dynasty that made people all over the world laugh bitterly.

It was personally admitted by a champion scholar in the Northern Wei Dynasty. He participated in the Spring Festival three times in a row, and was actually assigned to be next to the toilet.

He was ready to give up on taking the Jinshi exam since he didn't encounter the toilet again.

Of course, this kind of thing will not happen in Daqin. Gongyuan has professional examination rooms, all of which are similar, and it is also convenient for invigilators to supervise the exams.

Therefore, Du Ruo has no objection to entering early and staying late.

However, to Du Ruo's surprise, there were quite a few people who thought the same thing as him. On the way to Gongyuan, he met many people who were walking slowly like him. Some students who met him even said hello.

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When Du Ruo came to Gongyuan, it was indeed not crowded, but he knew that it would take a long time to get in because the inspection was very strict, and the provincial examination lasted for several days and nights, every day.

Everyone has brought bedding, food, candles, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, etc. It is very cumbersome to check.

The black head could only send Du Ruo outside the fence, and Du Ruo could only carry the things to queue up. Of course, for Du Ruo, this little thing was not heavy, and it was still very easy.

The inspection showed that there were no disturbances. Du Ruo had made all preparations before coming, and he also checked carefully to make sure there was nothing illegal before he came.

The setting of the examination room is also very particular. There are dozens of dormitories in one examination room. This dormitory is very narrow, with only two wooden boards at the top and bottom. The upper board is used as a table for writing answer sheets, and the lower board is used as a chair. When sleeping at night, the two boards are used.

The boards were put together to make a bed.

Candidates are isolated from the outside world during the exam and have to solve their own eating problems. The invigilator only cares about cheating in the exam. As for the other actions of the candidates in the room, the invigilator does not ask at all.

The next three days and two nights will be spent in this small cubicle "eating, drinking, sleeping".

At this moment, the exam has not officially started yet. People in the examination room can move around. Many acquaintances are gathered together to talk, and it is quite lively. Just after Du Ruo has just placed the things, suddenly

I heard someone shouting from behind:

"Brother Du!"

Du Ruo turned around and saw that it was Chu Tianfang whom he had not seen for a few days. He cupped his hands and said, "Brother Chu, what a coincidence that you are here too?"

"Yes," Chu Tianfang said in surprise, "I was just lamenting that I couldn't meet an acquaintance, but I didn't expect to meet him now."

Du Ruo smiled slightly and said: "The fate is so wonderful!"

Chu Tianfang was stunned for a moment and then laughed.

The two chatted for a while, talking about a few candidates who had just been caught with cheat sheets and a number of substitute candidates.

Chu Tianfang lamented that a single thought had completely ruined the future of these people. Not only were they banned from taking exams for life, but in serious cases, they would even be deprived of their scholar status, and there were even cases where some were directly imprisoned.

"Hey, Brother Du, speaking of which, there was a scene at the gate of Gongyuan just now that made people laugh." Chu Tianfang said.

"What's going on?" Du Ruo asked.

"When a candidate appeared just now, he immediately alerted several examiners, and then he was stopped by several examiners and refused to come in." Chu Tianfang said.

"Why is this?" Du Ruo asked doubtfully.

Chu Tianfang couldn't help laughing and said: "Because this person's name is Wang Que!"

"Wang Que?" Du Ruo was a little confused: "Is there anything special about this person?"

Chu Tianfang laughed and said: "Special, very special, simply unheard of and unseen. This person is famous among our students in Su, Shu and Qing Dynasty. No matter whether the provincial examination center is set in Suzhou or Shu

In middle school or Qingzhou, there is a rule for becoming famous among the invigilators. As long as this person comes to take the exam, he must go through several layers of review by several examiners in front of Gongyuan before he can refer to it!"

Du Ruo was really confused. He had never heard of such a statement. Provincial examinations were conducted according to formal procedures and were very serious. Why was this Wang Que so different?

Chu Tianfang also saw Du Ruo's doubts and said with a smile: "This Wang Que is a madman, how crazy can he be? Every time he takes an exam, he openly teases the invigilator."

"He took part in the provincial examination in the first year, and the question was: 'How can I hit a melon without eating it?' It was originally a very simple question, but he actually drew a monk and a handful on the examination paper.

"Razor," he said confidently, "this is also the meaning of a melon."

The corners of Du Ruo's mouth twitched fiercely. This person was really unconventional and dared to tease the examiner like this.

Chu Tianfang laughed and said: "The result is predictable, but this person is really the same. In the second exam, the question was 'I am forty and not tempted'. It was originally a very good question, but he made a mistake below.

After being tempted for thirty-nine years, he even told the examiner that it’s okay. Mencius said that we won’t be tempted at forty, so we are not afraid. We will definitely be tempted before the age of thirty-nine. Don’t worry, we will find a wife...”

Du Ruo: "..."

Dumbfounded, amazed.

"The third time, with the title 'Western Son', Wang Que suddenly became inspired and wrote, 'If you go out of the east gate, the west gate will not come; if you go out of the south gate, the west gate will not come; if you go out of the north gate, the west gate will not come.

If the west gate does not come, will the west gate come? Will the west gate come?"

Chu Tianfang laughed loudly as he spoke, and said: "Brother Du, you said, he will come again this year, but there are still examiners who dare to let him come. Those examiners in previous years are still famous!

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Du Ruo couldn't help laughing and said: "This man... is truly a genius of all time, the best executioner in all time. He must be the only one. I admire him, I admire him!"

"Yes, this Wang Que is called a madman by everyone. He also claims to be a descendant of Wang Qian, who was known as the Seven Mysteries of the World during the Warring States Period. If this is true, he has really inherited the glory of the Lord. This madman should be

"It's up," Chu Tianfang said, and then asked doubtfully: "But, Brother Du, what is a joker?"
Chapter completed!