The Transmigrated Li Jin's Daily Farming Life (Translated With Mtl)

Chapter 121

The students of Ningxing Prefecture spontaneously escorted this elderly man to the inner city to prevent him from being targeted by thieves again. They also discreetly left him some silver and useful items like pen and ink.

However, being in the inner city, it would be relatively safer.

In the blink of an eye, it was the eighth day of August. Li Jin, Pan Youfeng, and Wu Wei got up early, carrying the book basket they had packed the night before, and headed to the entrance of the Gongyuan.

In his previous life, Li Jin had heard that in front of the Jiangnan Gongyuan, there was a slowly flowing Qinhuai River, and across the river were brothels.

Although this was in the south, and there weren’t many waterways in their northern region, the layout of the Goulan Courtyard was quite similar.

A few days ago, when Li Jin went to scout the area, he could smell the scent of rouge wafting from a small building not far from the Gongyuan.

The scholars who were with him were somewhat restless, but thinking that they were about to participate in the Qiuwei examination, they managed to control their impulses.

However, there were still those who couldn’t resist. They went to the Goulan Courtyard to enjoy themselves for a few days. On the morning of the eighth day, they hastily packed their clothes and book baskets and went to take the exam.

In the summer, the day breaks early. When Li Jin first arrived at the entrance of the Gongyuan, the sky was still very dark. He had only waited for a short while when the eastern sky gradually began to lighten.

In a short while, the sky was bright.

In the surrounding buildings, young women opened their windows to look down at the scholars.

They didn’t look at those who were too old or too short, they specifically picked out those scholars who were tall and had thick hair.

“Sisters, look, is that Qian Xiucai?”

“Oh, it really is. Qian Xiucai stayed with me for three days, how could I not recognize him.”

However, their voices couldn’t reach far, firstly because of the distance, and secondly because they didn’t dare to speak loudly, after all, this was the entrance to the Gongyuan.

The body search for the Qiuwei examination was extremely thorough. Not only were they stripped of their clothes, but the scholars also had to walk naked from the first gate to the second, to prevent anyone from hiding contraband in their rectum.

After all, each examinee in the Qiuwei examination was assigned a room. Once the door was closed, even if you wanted to answer the paper naked, no one would care.

However, occasionally there would be examiners patrolling. If they saw an examinee naked through the peephole, it might affect their impression score.

The distance between the first and second gates was only about ten meters. Those who walked timidly, or those who dropped things while walking briskly, were all pulled out to be dealt with.

The other scholars who passed the inspection had to remove their hair crowns or square scarves to check whether there was any contraband in their hair. Finally, their ears, mouths, and nostrils were checked one by one before they were allowed to proceed.

The arrangement of the rooms in the Gongyuan where Li Jin was located was in accordance with the order of Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang. Li Jin was lucky and was assigned a room under the category of “Earth”.

Before this, he, Pan Youfeng, and Wu Wei had bought a map of the Gongyuan. They already knew that the entire Gongyuan was square-shaped. The central axis was where the examiners lived, and the rooms were distributed on both sides of the central axis in the order of Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang. The four corners were all latrines.