Lin Jue of the Red Chamber

Among the bustling crowd, many people surrounded Lin Jue.

"Mr. Lin, do you think the test will be difficult this time?" A student in Tsing Yi asked a little nervously. It was obvious that he was very nervous. He was holding the test box in his right hand, while his left hand was twitching non-stop. Dress corner.

Lin Jue frowned in confusion. He really couldn't remember the name of this insignificant student, so he could only comfort him softly: "Don't be nervous, the exam will take nine days! As long as you perform normally, you'll be fine!"

The student in Tsing Yi smiled gratefully, but it could be seen that the dry words of comfort did not work.

Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled at the students around him: "Everyone cheer up, it's almost time, and it's time to start!" As soon as Lin Jue finished speaking, the door of the examination room opened slowly. Examination box, waved to the housekeeper and boy watching chess who followed, and walked forward.

The township examination is an imperial examination held in the provincial capitals and capitals of the Daqin Dynasty.As usual, it is held every three years. It is the Zhengke in the year of Ziwu and Maoyou, and it is called Enke when there is a festive event in the royal family. It is presided over by the chief and deputy examiners appointed by the emperor. Students, supervisors, and tribute students can all participate.

The exam is usually scheduled to be held in August, hence the name "autumn exam".According to the Four Books and Five Classics, Policy Questions and Poetry and Fu, the examination will be divided into three sessions, and each session will take three days.They will be held on August 1th, [-]th and [-]th respectively.The person in the township examination is called Juren, commonly known as Xiaolian, and No.[-] is called Jieyuan.

Scholars become qualified to enter higher-level examinations.The rural examination is a local examination held by the southern and northern Zhili and the chief ministers.The location is in the South, Beijing, and the chief envoy's resident.Once every three years, it is held every year of Zi, Wu, Mao and You, and it is also called Xiangwei.The test site for the exam is called Gongyuan.The examination period is in August in autumn, so it is also called Qiu Wei.All the imperial examination students and supervisors in this province can take the exam.

There were two examiners presiding over the rural examination, four co-examiners, one promoted, and several other officials. Tang Bohu ranked first in the rural examination, so he was called Tang Jieyuan.The provincial examination is called Yibang, also known as Yike.When the list was released, it was just when the sweet-scented osmanthus was fragrant, so it was also called Guibang.

After the announcement, the governor presided over the Luming Banquet.During the banquet, they sang the poem "Deer Ming" and danced the Kuixing dance.

Butler Lin watched Lin Jue leave his sight, and muttered to himself: "20 years, 20 years ago I came to send the master to take the exam, and now I am here to send the young master off again, the ancestors of the Lin family, please bless the young master!" The housekeeper Lin is Lin Ruhai's right-hand man, and today he sent Lin Jue into the examination room on behalf of Lin Ruhai.

Watching chess was a bit strange: "Uncle Lin, what are you talking about?" The voice was too low to hear clearly, but although the young master and Master Lin both have the surname Lin, they have already been out of the fifth server.

Butler Lin patted Guanqi on the head: "It's nothing, let's go back first. Just pick up the young master in two days."

When the five-watch drum sounded, the examination room opened, and the patrolling soldiers who maintained order began to line up, and the officials in charge of the examination affairs also lined up in front of the door, each holding a sign in their hands.An official shouted loudly in front of the door: "According to the characters on the north side of your name certificates, find the corresponding examination administrators, and quickly line up to stand in line. After a quarter of an hour, you will start to enter the venue one by one." Lin Jue looked carefully at the signs. In order, it says 'Heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, the universe is prehistoric' and so on.He took out his certificate from his bosom, turned it over and looked at the back, there was a "Yellow Character Seventeen" Lin Jue greeted a few students he knew, and then left.

While talking, the sky was bright before they knew it, and it was finally Lin Jue's turn to enter the arena.The ceremonial official with the 'yellow' sign led his group of 40 people into the gate.Inside the gate, there are officials who compare the roster and strictly check the candidates, such as their name, place of origin, age, appearance, etc., they must ask and check, in case someone takes the exam for them.

After everyone had verified their affiliation, the card-playing official led them further in, turning to a temporary shed on the left.Here, after bathing and changing clothes, the cannon was let off, and the incense table was set up in the court. This time, Liang Xuezheng, the chief examiner of Jiangsu Qiuwei, appeared in front of the examinees wearing a folded head and a scarlet official robe.

After offering incense to the most holy teacher, Liang Xuezheng stood up and covered his face with two sunshades.The book office knelt down and asked Guan Shengdijun, the great emperor of the Three Realms who subdued the demons, to enter the arena to suppress it, and asked General Zhou to enter the arena to patrol the arena.Letting go of the sunshade, Xueshi Xie saluted again.The book office then invites Emperor Qiqu Wenchang Kaihua Zitong to enter the arena to host the test, and invite Master Kuixing to enter the arena to shine.Inviting all these gods and ghosts, Liang Xuezheng lectured the candidates, nothing more than to cherish the opportunity, take the exam with heart, and don't cheat by chance.

As soon as you enter the second gate, you will see a long whitewashed wall with notices posted on it, densely packed with hundreds of sheets of paper, indicating the examination room and seat of each candidate.Lin Jue found his name on the notice marked with the name 'Yellow', and followed the guidance of the road signs to his room.

Lin Jue frowned as she entered the number room.Each dormitory is 6 feet high, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. Only one person can sit flat to answer the test or lie down and sleep.There are two boards in the dormitory, one board is used as a table, the other board is used as a stool, and the two boards can be used as a bed at night.The row between the rows in the hall was "very narrow, and two people could not pass across the tight place. At that time, the students answered the paper with ink pen in the hall. This handwritten scroll was called "ink scroll". After handing in the paper, the names in the ink scroll The location is sealed, and only the number of the number house is revealed. Before the examination papers are handed over to the examination officials, there must be many transcribers to transcribe to avoid cheating due to familiar handwriting or other collusion means. When transcribing, you must use a red pen to copy it once. Called "Zhu Juan", Zhu Juan can only be handed over to the examiner for review. After the review, the examiner will list the numbers of the selected papers on the draft list, and then write the "positive list" based on this.

Looking at such an environment, Lin Jue swore secretly that she would have to do it once, just to avoid suffering once!Lin Jue put down the test box, hung the roll bag on the side of the table, took out a pen, ink and inkstone from it, and found a water cup, went to the place next to the drinking water place at the door, and poured a cup of warm water.First, to moisten the throat, and second, to grind ink later.

For the three-day exam, there are a lot of things to bring. In addition to the necessities of the exam-pen, ink, inkstone, and writing circle, you also need to bring food, tableware, etc.Because it is August, the weather is still relatively hot, so we can only prepare some non-perishable foods such as moon cakes, salted duck, bacon, honey orange cake, lotus rice, etc.There are also pills to help digestion and prevent headaches, bedding rolls for sleeping, roll bags for test papers... everything is ready.The examination box is produced by the most famous Hujia woodware shop in Bianjing City. It is made of exquisite materials and exquisitely designed. It is divided into three layers. In addition to a large drawer on the upper and lower sides, there are two small drawers on the middle layer for the convenience of candidates. Store items by category.And it also has the advantage that it is strong enough. If candidates need to rest while waiting for the test, it can be used as a scorpion, which saves the need to bring a test bench.

Lin Jue took out the blanket and spread it on the wooden bed, and took out a leather jacket to put on his lap. You know, the leather jacket has so many uses, it can be put on the lap to keep out the cold, and it can be folded up at night As a pillow, in these days, rest is also very important.Then I took out some snacks and started to eat slowly. It was almost noon now, after tossing around for a long time, I was already hungry.One after another, the students sat down in their own rooms.

At this time, the official in charge of the examination came in, followed by two low-level officials in green robes, and three military men in straight suits... Forty candidates, six invigilators, and mobile patrols were all guarding against thieves. posture.Candidates quickly cleaned up their desktops and sat upright.The examiner announced the discipline of the examination room again, such as no whispering, no looking around, any action must be reported first, etc., and then the examination questions were issued.

Lin Jue took a deep breath, opened the paper, read every question carefully, and couldn't help but smile. The gentleman is still the paper from the previous life at this time, but he has already pondered it many times, and he has read all the articles written by Xie Yuan. Based on the exam questions again and again, I have done a lot of questions, which can be said to be well-thought-out!

Nine days, in a flash.Lin Jue staggered out of the gate, only feeling that the sun was so dazzling that she almost shed tears.

Before Lin Jue could find his own carriage, he heard Guanqi shouting loudly: "My lord is here, come quickly!"

Lin Jue's whole body was empty, feeling her body was going limp, and she wanted to collapse on the ground, but was held tightly by someone.Lin Jue's head was buzzing, and he could only let others half help and half hug him to the carriage.

Walking into the carriage, I heard a familiar voice: "Don't sleep, drink the ginseng soup!"

Only then did Lin Jue realize that the person next to him who had been supporting her was not Guan Qi, but Shi Ziwei.

Seeing Lin Jue opening his mouth to say something, Shi Ziwei directly fed the ginseng soup: "Sleep for a while!" Lin Jue was served in a daze and drank the ginseng soup, and then fell asleep.

Lin Butler looked at Shi Ziwei's expressionless face and dark pupils like late at night. He instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out. Thoughts: As expected of a royal nobleman, he has such an aura at such an age.

But the watching chess and guilt who were waiting on the sidelines didn't have so many thoughts.In Guanqi's heart, in the past six months, the friendship between my master and Shizi has grown deeper and deeper.

When Lin Jue woke up and looked at the window screen above his head, he realized that he was already at home. With a light cough, Mi'er hurried in and saw Lin Jue woke up, overjoyed: "My lord, I've been asleep for ten minutes now." It's been two hours, do you want some water? Do you want something to eat? The porridge is always hot in the kitchen." Only then did Lin Jue realize that his stomach was empty and nodded.

After Lin Jue finished eating and washed his face again, he felt that he was alive again, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

Go to the main courtyard and say hello to Mrs. Du.Seeing that Lin Jue was full of energy, Mrs. Du was relieved: "You asked the doctor to see you when you came back yesterday. Fortunately, you are young, but you are a little owed, and you haven't hurt anything at all!"

Lin Jue smiled: "It's okay." Seeing Du's expression of wanting to speak, he said hastily, "The test is not bad, not to mention that you can test Yuan, but Juren can't escape!"

Du Shi repeatedly called God to bless him, and his face was full of smiles.

Lin Jue went on to say, "I seem to have seen Butler Lin yesterday."

"Well, he didn't go back until the doctor gave you a medical examination!"

Lin Jue got up: "Then I'll go to see the teacher first!" Du's expression froze, and he replied: "It should be, but remember to come back for dinner at night, your father is waiting!"

Watching Lin Jue leave, Du couldn't help but clenched the handkerchief tightly.It was as if I heard Nanny Lin's words again: "You have raised the young master for so many years, and you don't want to embarrass you. It's just that the young master must recognize his ancestors and return to the clan. If it's good, it's okay, and the two children below you, the young master, are not either. Can’t help, think about it carefully!”