Rapidnovel Chapter 103: He Tossed the Silver Hook to Catch the Suspicious, Visited the Place where the Imperial Examination is Held, and was Defeated and Fled
Chapter 103: He Tossed the Silver Hook to Catch the Suspicious, Visited the Place where the Imperial Examination is Held, and was Defeated and Fled
Chapter 103: He Tossed the Silver Hook to Catch the Suspicious, Visited the Place where the Imperial Examination is Held, and was Defeated and Fled
In the back of the Yamen courtyard, he performed a "battle of wits" with Jia Yucun. Sun Shaozong came out of the door, but he always felt something was wrong. After thinking about it, he couldn't figure out where the feeling came from.
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Seeing that Cheng Rixing and others had been waiting outside the gate for a long time, he had no choice but to put this uneasiness in his heart, get on his horse, and set off for the place where the local Imperial Examinations were held near Chongwen Gate.
A group of people were riding horses and carriages on the road.
When they arrived near the place where local imperial examinations were held, they saw colorful flags fluttering in the streets, one with the words "the graduates of three government examinations" and the other with the terms "obtain a degree in civil examinations.”
The gentler ones stick to couplets related to the Imperial Examination.
For example, "Living in a side gate, it is difficult to take the exam in the County, the exam in the Government, and the Academy Entrance Examination. Only be admitted into a government school over 50 years old; Living here, it's easy to have a Provincial Examination, a Metropolitan Examination, and the final Imperial Examination. It only requires 25 days to be registered,” which belittles others and elevates one's own sour words.
The most direct couplets simply wrote in gold letters on a red background, writing down how many candidates in the Imperial Examinations at the Provincial level and successful candidates in the highest Imperial Examinations have been there.
Seeing Sun Shaozong pull up his horse to watch, Cheng Rixing poked his head out of the carriage and explained, "Master, the restaurants and inns here won’t be open at any time, but once they are open, they will make the money worth three years. They usually barely make ends meet. When they arrive at the autumn and spring examinations, they make a lot of money immediately."
Sun Shaozong asked thoughtfully, "Are there so many candidates living here?"
Cheng Rixing replied, "That's natural. The news here is the most well-informed. Not to mention those candidates who come from afar, even those who live in the city, many people will come to book a superior room to get a touch of the culture of their predecessors."
Hearing Cheng Rixing's words, Sun Shaozong stopped and pondered for a while. He then hurried his horse to the gate of the place where the Imperial Examination was being held.
Although this place was not normally open to the public, in the capacity of Sun Shaozong's Central Judicial Office, no one would stop him if he wanted to go in and have a look.
After entering the place where the Imperial Examination would be held, the first thing he saw was a 100-meter-long lane.
"My Lord."
Cheng Rixing further explained, "This is where the body search happens. After all, it's not elegant to strip off all the clothes in the street. Besides, it's still cold in the spring. If there's no place to keep out the wind, a bunch of people will fall sick before the exam starts."
Sun Shaozong nodded noncommittally and went in first.
He went into a cell and gestured at the wall, "When the time comes, one board will serve as a desk on the top and one board will serve as a chair on the bottom. If the candidate is tired from reading, they can put both boards down and squint against the wall for a while."
As Zhou Da spoke, he leaned against the wooden wall. The wall shook slightly, and he heard a "buzzing" next door, and then hundreds of hornets rushed out!
The fck!*
Suddenly, everyone was a little foolish.
"Run!"
Fortunately, Sun Shaozong's reaction was relatively quick. He gave a loud shout, turned around, and ran away.
Later, Cheng Rixing, Zhao Wuwei, Zhou Da, and others suddenly realized they were all running away.
Speaking of this, this was the first time Sun Shaozong "ran away in a panic" since he crossed the border. This time, he escaped for more than three miles and finally avoided being chased by the Hornets.
The other people were still fine, they were at most stung once or twice, and Sun Shaozong was unharmed.
However, because Zhou Da was showing in the room, his reaction was half a beat slower than that of others. As a result, he was stung more than ten times, at least. Soon, his face was swollen like a pig's head, and even his tongue was a size bigger!
Sun Shaozong fear that he was allergic to bee venom and might be near death’s door, so he rushed him to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Thus, the trip to the place where the Imperial Examination would be held had to be announced as over.
—Dividing Line—
In the evening, Sun Shaozong came home and watched Xiangling greet him. It was only then that he remembered that he had been so busy that he had forgotten his business. Xiangling had been waiting for him to go to the Ministry of Punishment to check the files.
It’s just that...
Sun Shaozong originally wanted to entrust Zhou Da with this task, but now he has been stung into an ugly appearance. How dare he go to the Ministry of Punishment to show off his face?
It seems that he has to find another suitable candidate.