Chapter 198 The eggs are crushed

Su Jin looked up and saw Zhen Jingxiu not far in front of him.

"Brother Su, here."

Seeing Su Jin looking over, Zhen Jingxiu shouted again, calling him Mr. Su and Brother Su. Su Jin felt warm and walked towards him quickly.

"Brother Su, let's go in together soon. Maybe the rooms we'll be assigned will be closer together."

Su Jin craned his neck and looked forward, seeing the official checking the scholar's belongings and then randomly picking up a number plate in the basket and handing it to the scholar.

Su Jin said, "Jing Xiu, you see that the official took it at will. The rules of the semicolon house this year are different from before. We may not be close if we go in at the same time."

"Then it depends on luck."

The conversation between Zhen Jingxiu and Su Jin attracted strange looks from others.

They all secretly cursed, could these two people want to cheat?

The officials inspected it very carefully. They shook out the quilt that the scholar brought and didn't miss any part of it.

Su Jin estimated that he would have to wait for a quarter of an hour. He took the food box from Gao Mu's hand and said, "Brother Gao, go back. Sister, I still have many things to do."

Gao Mu naturally knew how busy the young lady was recently. After going to the hospital every day, she had to go to a restaurant.

He cupped his hands and said: "The younger one will retire first. May both young masters win the title of Toad Palace."

Zhen Jingxiu was holding something in both hands. He smiled at Gao Mu and said, "Thank you for your words."

Su Jin also nodded and said to Gao Mu, "Okay."

After watching the carriage leave, Su Jin and Zhen Jingxiu moved a few steps forward.

Officials inspected everything in an orderly manner.

Zhen Jingxiu said to Su Jin: "The officials this year seem to be much more polite. In the past, the investigators were like jackals and leopards, scolding the candidates at will, and some even verbally abused them, just like treating prisoners."

"With the collapse of etiquette and chaos, the current new emperor and new policies are better. You see, there are many officials here today. There are more officials to inspect, so we don't have to wait too long. The attitude of the officials is also different from before. "

Su Jin heard from his father that in the past, when taking scientific examinations, scholars would queue up in the middle of the night to wait for examination.

The "singing and trumpeting" will begin in the early morning, and the gate of the Gongyuan will be locked before dawn, and no one will be allowed to enter or exit.

Even though the high wall outside the Gongyuan is as high as a palace wall, there are still many dandy boys on the list every year, which shows how deep the water in the Gongyuan is.

This year, three days before the scientific examination, notices were posted everywhere in the capital, informing the scholars that they only need to arrive at Gongyuan before Chenshi.

While they were talking, it was their turn to pass the inspection.

The two officials read the examination documents and after checking that they were correct, they took their quilts and opened them for inspection. The other two officials took the large food boxes from their hands.

Open the lid, layer one, layer two, four layers in total.

The official glanced at the two of them and asked, "Are you two members of the same family?"

Zhen Jingxiu said with a smile: "My lord has good eyesight, you can see it all."

Su Jin smiled and said nothing. The things in their food boxes were exactly the same, so it was normal for them to be mistaken for a family.

"You have to open the lid of this. What's inside?"

The official looked at the identical ceramic jars placed in the two food boxes, and reached out to untie the rope on the seal.

"Wait a minute!" Su Jin quickly reached out and held it down.

The official raised his head and glanced suspiciously at their faces, as if they were looking at two cheating candidates.

Zhen Jingxiu frowned slightly and looked at Su Jin, "Brother Su, that's it, let them investigate."

He knew that if the officials did not check carefully, the two of them would not be able to enter the examination room today.

Su Jin shook his head, no, my sister said that in this season, you have to eat it within one day after opening, otherwise you will have diarrhea. "

The official said righteously: "Two gentlemen, this is a routine matter for us. If we don't open it and take a look, who knows what is in this ceramic jar?"

Su Jin had an idea and suddenly thought of a compromise.

He looked at the officials calmly and said, "Sir, there are cooked beef strips inside. In order for my brothers to have food these days and not to delay your official duties, please keep these ceramic jars first. It’s not too late to open a can and check it before returning it to us.”

After the two officials checking the food boxes discussed, they picked up two number plates and handed them to them respectively: "Okay, take your number plates. I will write down your number plates and let the person in charge of the examination room give them to you every day. Send it."

One official put away the ceramic jar, and the other picked up a pen and ink to write down the residence of the two people.

After this level was passed, the two finally went to a nearby room and each stripped down to their underpants.

The two were barefoot and let the examiner hold up their underpants and shake them.

Then he pinched them one by one to make sure there was no note or anything, and then said to the two of them: "That's all. Take your belongings and go to your dormitory to wait."

The two got dressed, took the messy quilt and walked inside.

At this time, the man who came out of the next room lowered his head and muttered: "I'm squeezing you so much that my eggs are almost crushed."

Zhen Jingxiu heard a familiar voice and turned his head to look.

"Brother Lin!"

The person who spoke was none other than Lin Xianzhi.

Lin Xiangzhi raised his head and said, "I thought you had gone in a long time ago."

"No, I'll line up on the right side." Zhen Jingxiu said and looked at Su Jin: "This is Brother Su. He lives opposite Qingyunzhai, across the street from my house."

Su Jin nodded to Lin Xiangzhi, "Hello, Mr. Lin, I'm Su Jin."

Lin Xiangzhi smiled back and said, "Hello, Mr. Su, I was waiting on the left for inspection just now, but I didn't see you two."

Su Jin lowered his gaze and looked at the bamboo basket in Lin Xiangzhi's hand, "Brother Lin, did you bring the eggs too? If they break, I brought more, so I can share some with you."

Lin Xiangzhi's mouth twitched, "No, it's okay, no, no, it's not broken, thank you for your concern."

Lin Xiangzhi didn't bring any eggs at all. Xiao Jingzhao asked Ma Gonggong to prepare rice and pickles for him, as well as some stinky mandarin fish. He brought a box of exquisite pastries for today's meal. The official being inspected broke them all up with his hands to check. He disliked being touched, so he threw them away after the inspection.

Zhen Jingxiu also said: "I also brought eggs. I will give some to Brother Lin later. We have enough food prepared."

Lin Xiangzhi: "..." This misunderstanding can't be explained.

"Jingxiu, what is your room number?" Lin Xiangzhi quickly changed the subject.

Zhen Jingxiu didn't notice his strange expression at all, and walked forward while saying, "I'm in dormitory No. 17."

Lin Xiangzhi looked at Su Jin, and before Lin Xiangzhi asked, he said, "I'm in dormitory No. 22."

Lin Xiangzhi looked around and said with a depressed face, "You are not far away, why am I so far away?"

"What dormitory are you in?" Zhen Jingxiu and Su Jin asked in unison.

"Sixty-six, almost to the end of the front."

"Hurry, let's make arrangements before the invigilator distributes the papers." Su Jin has good physical strength, unlike other weak scholars, he walked to his dormitory in two steps and put down the things in his hand.

He turned around and took the bamboo basket from Lin Xiangzhi's hand. The food in the bamboo basket was a bit messy because of the checker. He took a few eggs from his food box and put them on the rice bag.

Lin Xiangzhi smiled and said, "Brother Su, I'm so sorry. I'd better obey your order. I'll thank you for the egg after the exam."