When he walked out of the examination room and saw the golden crow sinking in the west and the jade rabbit rising in the east, Li Ling suddenly realized that today was the Mid-Autumn Festival. But he just thought about it. The double fatigue of his body and mind made him unable to have the idea of ​​celebrating the festival. He just dragged forward, hoping to go back to the inn to rest as soon as possible.

In fact, it was not just him, but the situation of several candidates who came out of the examination room was worse than that of him. They were completely stumbled forward, and one of them accidentally hit Li Ling's back, causing him, who was already unstable, to stagnate and fall down.

At this moment, a hand stretched out to support his body that was about to fall, and Li Moyun's concerned voice also sounded: "Young Master, be careful."

Li Ling breathed a little relieved and shook his head again. He had never seen Li Moyun, who was so close to him. He looked so badly. He whispered: "Why are you here?"

"I don't worry about you. It should be quite hard for the young master to stay in there for three days. I'll pick you up to the inn."

"Thank you, it seems that you are considerate." Li Ling smiled bitterly, and in his condition he really couldn't walk back to the inn.

He immediately entered a carriage beside him, and soon returned to the inn. After entering the yard under his bag, Li Ling did not mean to wash or eat something, so he went straight back to his bedroom and fell head on the bed, not even willing to move his fingers for a while.

But before going to bed, he thought of another point and said vaguely: "You...you go and take over Brother Xu, his situation should not be much better than mine."

"Don't worry, young master, I've arranged the person..."

"That's good..." After Li Ling said these three words, he fell asleep on the spot, stunned Li Moyun, smiled and shook his head, then he gently walked out of the room and closed the door for him.

When Li Ling returned to the inn and fell asleep, as time passed, the provincial examination finally ended completely.

Regardless of whether the candidates have completed all the questions, the soldiers outside the examination room will immediately collect the papers with a selfless attitude, and then collect the set of papers and send them to the innermost courtyard of the examination room.

Dozens of craftsmen have been waiting there for a long time. After the first batch of papers were sent in, they immediately started work. They first used a brush to brush a layer of paste on the head of each paper, and then posted a small piece of paper on it, thus covering up all the personal information such as the candidate's name and hometown on the paper.

This is the law of fumigation that was only implemented in the provincial examinations. It was implemented in the imperial examinations since the Song Dynasty to ensure fairness. In the early days of the Song Dynasty, when the law of fumigation was not yet implemented, many candidates on the top of the list were from famous families. There was much debate as to whether they passed the exam based on their identities or the rankings of the students.

Although the method of vague names may not completely eliminate the issue of imperial examinations such as private teaching and acceptance, it at least has a certain fair guarantee. Therefore, now the practice of Dayue has been inherited, and further, not only the examination, but also the provincial examinations also use the method of vague names, and at the same time, it is also implemented.

After the first batch of papers were completely covered with information such as name and origin, the soldiers waiting beside him hugged dozens of copies in their arms, turned around and came to a wider hall next to him with tables. Here, in front of each table was a pen-door official who had been in the yamen for many years. Their other talents may not be outstanding, but the style of the pen-door pavilion was absolutely neat and fast.

Without further ado, as the paper was delivered, these people consciously took one copy and began to copy it at their desks. A series of small characters, like printing, continued to appear on the paper as their wrists moved. This copying is a meticulous task. Not only should the words be copied absolutely neatly, but the content of the article should not be made any mistakes. The candidate copied whatever he wrote, even if he wrote a typo, he could not miss a punctuation mark.

After copying a paper, they still have to leave a number and then leave their names under the number. Once they find any mistakes and omissions, these people will naturally be responsible. After all, the imperial examination is a major event in the court, and there must be no omissions!

It was not until the third update that the first batch of papers were completely copied, and then the soldiers sent them to the Zhigong Hall next to them - this was where the examiners reviewed the test papers. At this moment, there were sixteen serious examiners sitting here. Until they saw the test papers being delivered, they made a gesture of invitation to each other, took the article and divided them, and looked in high spirits.

If the provincial examination in the past three days was the torture and training of more than 1,000 candidates, then from now on, these examiners will have to work hard to make a roundabout way.

There were more than 10,000 articles, but sixteen people had to correct all the advantages and disadvantages in just six days. The workload was so great that many people imagined. So later, they could only focus on the key points and divide them into the top and bottom according to the first few major questions, namely a four-book title and a five-classic title.

But even so, there are still thousands of articles that they need to read one by one, and some other articles need to be read at least, so in the next few days, they can hardly rest. Only when they are so sleepy that they will go to the couch behind them to stare for a while.

However, for every examiner, such opportunities are glory, so no matter how hard they work, they will cheer up and give their all.

For a moment, there were only the sound of paper shaking in Zhigong Hall, and there were people chanting the article gently, and there was no other movement.

The provincial examination every three years is indeed a major event in every province, and a silent event and training that every candidate and every examiner must devote themselves to...

...

Li Ling woke up from hunger in his dream. He was so hungry that he could only hear his stomach making a guzzling sound, but his whole body was still soft and he didn't even want to move his eyelids. After a long time, he felt his bladder tightening again, and then he moaned helplessly, slowly opened his eyes, and supported himself with his hands.

Only then did Li Ling find that it was sunny outside, and it seemed to be around noon. This made Li Ling inexplicably stunned. How long have he been sleeping?

When he staggered out and put out the water, he turned out again, he saw Li Moyun walking out of his room: "Young Master."

"How long have I slept? When is today?"

"Today is August 16th. You slept for half a day and a night. If you didn't come out now, I would have gone in and checked it out."

"Has it been so long? I just felt like I had just closed my eyes." Li Ling sighed, knowing that he was too tired, so he fell asleep completely as soon as he lay down. "By the way, where is Mr. Xu? Is he safe to come back?"

"Young Master Xu came back shortly after you went to bed. Just like you, I went back to the room to sleep after you arrived. I haven't woken up yet." Li Moyun said again, "By the way, I ordered some food outside. Should I ask them to bring it in or go out to eat?"

His question made Li Ling's stomach protest. He thought for a moment, and then said, "It's better to go out and eat. I was bored in the exam room before, but when I came back, I was bored in the guest room. I could be more relaxed when I went out."

The two of them left the yard and came to the restaurant in front of the inn to find a seat to sit down. Soon, they brought the breakfast dishes and two bowls of noodles here.

Li Ling was indeed so hungry that he picked up a big bowl of Xilihulu and started eating without saying a word. This time he ate faster than Li Yunmo, and he was stunned. It was not until the whole bowl of noodles fell to his stomach that Li Ling was more energetic. He looked at the other party who had not eaten half a bowl of noodles and said, "I haven't eaten anything serious before in the exam room. After coming out, I was hungry for half a day and a night, so I was a little anxious."

"Haha, I can understand that the young master has indeed worked hard this time."

"Yes, I never thought how difficult it would be if I had never experienced the provincial examination. I just hope that this time I will not be in vain." Li Ling sighed and asked again, "By the way, nothing has happened in the past few days, right? Is anyone looking for us or something?"

"Of course there will be nothing happening here, but something happens outside. By the way, Master Zhang Ru sent someone over last night and said that he would go to his house to meet him when the young master and Mr. Xu were well maintained."

"Master Confucianism is really intent. When Brother Zhuo Wu wakes up, I will go to the door with him again." Li Ling was stunned again, "What do you say about something outside?"

Before Li Moyun could speak, the conversation between the drinker next to him had attracted Li Ling's attention:

"The Luo family is completely finished now. This departure will be ruined by many years of business."

"Who said no? They have a deep foundation in Xuzhou, but once they leave their hometown, even if they are rich, they are still from other people. I'm afraid they will be in trouble. But I saw that the one who cried when the whole family left the city was miserable."

"That's what it's worth. Who told them to do too many evil things on weekdays? This time they even messed with people they shouldn't be offended. It's a bargain for them to just drive them out of Xuzhou. But I felt happy when Luo Feng was broken by his own legs and had to circle around the city."

"Haha, I saw it that day, too. This kid used to rely on his arrogant appearance as a young man who passed the imperial examination... This is a retribution."

"I heard that although the Luo family has left this time, there are still people who will be in trouble, it is Governor Liu!"

"What do you mean? Will he still be implicated by this?"
Chapter completed!