Celebrating more than two years of peace in the world

Chapter 20 Fan Xian, the cowardly afraid of ghosts

Candidates were checked and frisked like criminals.

People in the Overwatch Council have always been like this, they don't have a good temper, and there are not many kind-hearted embryos who can wear this silver hook swift suit.Passed candidates who had some problems were immediately taken away on the spot, first stood in an area to demonstrate, and then entered the prison specially set up by the Overwatch Council students.

The reason is simple, cheating in provincial or rural exams is deceiving oneself, and cheating at the feet of the emperor in Kyoto is a crime of deceiving the emperor.

This is a new rule added by Fan Xian. Anyway, there are a lot of crimes of deceiving the emperor, one more is not too much, and one less is not much.

With this rule, no one would travel across mountains and rivers to go to the capital city to lead them to death, and everyone became more contented. Not many cheaters were caught, but more gifts were given.

Bad atmosphere.

Fan Xian was lying on a chair beside him, leisurely, while Wang Qinian was standing in front, searching one by one.

Everyone who came in had to report their family name, hometown, the results of the provincial examination, their name, and age.

He said a name that Fan Xian was familiar with.

Prince's candidates.

"Zhang Zhiheng."

Fan Xian squinted his eyes at the candidate, and the officials from the Ministry of Rites also walked over quickly, smiling and nodding to Fan Xian.

It passed by with eyes closed. Fan Xian's plan was not to keep them all out, but to let them all in. Those who had grievances held grievances, and those who had vengeance took revenge. For Fan Xian, the second prince It doesn't make any sense for a killer to kill one person, if you want to kill, you have to kill them all.

It took a whole day for the candidates to enter the arena. Until late at night, there were less than a dozen people left. Fan Xian paced at the door. From now on, he had no right to go home. Yes, I will be staying at this venue for three full days in the next few days.

The inspection on the first day was to wait until all the people had entered the arena. Just as the people from the Overwatch Council were about to close the doors, Fan Xian heard a noise and walked over quickly.

"Your Excellency!" the subordinates said to Fan Xian and Wang Qinian, "There is a beggar talking...we don't understand."

"My lord! My lord! Please! My lord!" The man dressed in rags should be an examinee, and he spoke the standard Danzhou dialect, which is normal for a city in the north like Jingdu City.

Fan Xian squatted in front of him, "Looking at you, you don't look like an examinee."

"My lord! I am a candidate, and I am the second place in the Danzhou Provincial Examination... My name is Deng Ziyue! I am a candidate!" Deng Ziyue said.

"The time has passed, we are going to close the door." Fan Xian said, "According to the logic, you should be on your way back to Danzhou now."

"My lord!" Deng Ziyue's eyes were about to burst into tears, and he eagerly grabbed Fan Xian's trouser legs, "My lord, I have studied hard for 23 years, and my family has sold all their property. This time, I am desperate, my lord! Come on, all the bandits have snatched up all the money, if...if you don't give me this chance, I...I..."

"Qi Nian." Fan Xian straightened up, "It's time, close the door."

"Hey, my lord, it's almost there. It's only a few moments." How could Wang Qinian not understand Fan Xian's small eyes?With Fan Xian's current level of risk, letting people in directly was all talk, and dozens of pairs of eyes behind him stared at this place, making no mistakes, and said, "It's spring, and it gets dark later. "

"Oh!" Fan Xian nodded, "Why don't you hurry in?"

Deng Ziyue just kowtowed three times, "Thank you, my lord!"

He scrambled and ran in.

"My lord, it doesn't change anything if you let him in." The official from the Ministry of Rituals walked to Fan Xian's side and said in a low voice.

"Why?" Fan Xian was puzzled.

"He has no possessions, so he has to prepare his own pen and ink. Now, even if he uses blood as ink and finger as pen, even if he passes the exam tomorrow morning, he will die at noon." The official of the Ministry of Rites said.

Fan Xian nodded, "That's his own ability, it has nothing to do with me."

After finishing speaking, he walked away.

At sunset, Fan Xian will organize a flag-raising ceremony.

This is not to stand under the corner and everyone pays attention to singing the national anthem of the Qing Dynasty, but to raise three flags.

The first flag is red.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites held the red flag on the wooden flagpole and shouted loudly, "The world can learn from the light temple, and the gods are enshrined!"

With that said, the flag was slowly raised up.

Fan Xian scoffed at these people who had no scientific values. This kind of feudal thinking really had a far-reaching impact.

The second side was the flag of the Overwatch Council. Wang Qinian waved the flag three times.

This is to invite the ancestors and seniors of all candidates to come and see how their children are doing in the exam.

The last flag was gathered by the academicians of the Taiyuan Academy. During the process, he buried his head under the flag and flew over directly, shouting, "Genesis and creditors! Grievances and complaints! Vengeance!"

After the last flag was hoisted, Fan Xian felt that the Gongyuan would try the cold wind to blow over.

In a place where people die every year, the yin must be heavy. In addition, there are still killers outside, so it must be a gloomy wind. Sometimes, don't believe in crooked things. Although people are doing it, the sky may not be able to do it. Can't see it.

"My lord, you are ready." Wang Qinian said.

Fan Xian nodded.

The night is deep.

The main hall at the entrance of the Gongyuan is for these grown-ups to rest, while the examinees live directly in their own single room, which is not very big, just a few feet square, and the end is reached within three steps. A table facing the window and a bed only big enough for an adult to curl up on, and the other is a urine bucket.

The room I entered has been locked with steel bars, and I can only come out after three days.

From today onwards, this is the stairway leading to the Sunshine Avenue, or the last stop leading to the Palace of the Underworld.

No one knows what fate will become in this room of several feet square, but this step is the path that all students must take.

Fan Xian stared blankly at the hundreds of cubicles in front of him.

"My lord, are you going to watch the night?" An official from the official department came over.

"Wait a while." Fan Xian smiled, "What? Is Master Fang doing something?"

Lord Fang shook his hands behind his back a few times, "Your Excellency, it's better to rest early after the night patrol. These days the world is getting worse, ghosts and gods appear at night, and if you hear any noise at night, don't wander around, just wait quietly."

Fan Xian immediately clasped his hands in a solemn expression and said, "Thank you, Mr. Fang, for reminding me that I am born timid, and I hate such godly things the most. If I hadn't been unable to shirk my responsibility, I would have run away a long time ago."

The two laughed.

"Hey? Why didn't you see the lord just now? That... Lord Wang!" Lord Fang asked.

"He, I don't know. That guy is even more timid than me. He probably has already gone to rest." Fan Xian said.

Mr. Fang glanced at Fan Xian suspiciously. He wrote the four big characters of trust and suspicion all over his face, but Fan Xian pretended not to see it at all, and just smiled innocently.

Coming out on patrol, Fan Xian led a few subordinates from the Overwatch Council to walk with lanterns.

This time is the same as that of playing, basically around midnight.

"My lord, you're still very brave." Said the subordinate at the side.

"how?"

"No invigilator has ever come out to inspect at this time before, sir, you can be regarded as No. 1." The subordinate said, "The previous adults just walked through the first door and went back, just pretending."

Fan Xian raised his eyebrows, "The new official has to do his best when he takes office, otherwise the story will reach Dean Chen, and I can't tell."

Naturally, there was a plan in his mind.

Carrying a lantern, when Fan Xian's inspection was almost over, he ran into the examinee named Deng Ziyue whom he had seen at the door. At this time, Deng Ziyue had already gone to sleep, and there was a package next to the seat. Paper, pen and ink are all placed inside.

Fan Xian smiled gratifiedly, and turned around to walk not far away, only to see a candidate writing. The content of the writing was about the implementation of the New Deal and the current management loopholes of the Qing Kingdom.When they got here, Fan Xian looked sideways, "Hello."

"My lord." The man stood up and bowed to Fan Xian.

"Still resting? The exam is coming tomorrow." Fan Xian said.

"I'm not tired yet, I got up a little late today." The examinee said.

"En." Fan Xian left.

Along the way, I saw thirteen candidates who were still burning the lights.

Fan Xian confirmed that Zhang Zhiheng, who was about to be killed, was seated next to Deng Ziyue, and he also confirmed the candidates around him. Only then did he leave contentedly. At this point, all his plans were in place, and he just waited for the killer of the Second Prince to enter.

(End of this chapter)