Chapter 162 (1/2)

There was a silence outside the courtyard, and countless nervous glances turned to young Master Fan, unsure what this student's proble his crumpled bedclothes ”Have you checked?” he suddenly asked

The functionary from the Ministry of Rites and the official froave their reports at the sa out of the ordinary”

The student raised his head and puffed out his chest as he looked at Fan Xian His face was calhtly ”Have you taken his clothes off and checked?”

”Yes, sir” The official to his side looked at the doorway, increasingly filling up with people, and could not help but feel slightly nervous In a little while, the order would cos remained at this speed, the exa in

At that moment, Fan Xian suddenly stood up from the seat of the imperial tutor, walked over to the calhed He , ”There's a problem with your clothes”

He spoke very quietly so that only student could hear It was a chilly early February, but the student had sweat on his brow! The student's na Master Fan, poetic wunderkind, had discovered his secret Under Fan Xian's cal to crack

Fan Xian suddenly smiled ”Go in If I expose you, you'll have spent ten years in vain But re your clothes over these two days in the exa Wanli was pleasantly surprised, but he couldn't stop his lingering fear ”Thank you for your help, Master,” he said sullenly He feared that the young intero back on his pro up his face, rushed into the exam hall He was determined that over these two days, he would not open up his clothing to look at the inside layer

Soon after, Fan Xian cautioned a nule in crib sheets Gradually, the functionaries gathered around hih they were very surprised by his sharp eyes and judgh tis about his first ti as an official He smiled - as he carefully scrutinized the entrants, he le one slip by He confiscated many pairs of shoes, caps, and wads of paper hidden behind writing brushes, which began to form a small mountain by the entrance By now, the students lined up finally realized that this year's inter like the poetic iined He would not understand their atte all of the things they carried on them into a ditch behind the exa the lead for the Overwatch Council was someone who Fan Xian knew - Mu Tie, as currently te his subordinate's report, he quickly caetting on; you must be quicker”

When the functionaries from the Ministry of Rites and the Overwatch Council saw his deference to Fan Xian, they couldn’t help but feel shocked They wondered how someone from the Overwatch Council could be so polite to a junior official; then they considered Fan Xian's faovernment minister, and a princess - and so they didn’t dare speak out of turn, instead si to Fan Xian's reply

Fan Xian fished out the pocket watch froetting on He shook his head, stopped his interesting little game, and stood up ”I, the official Fan Xian, presume that all of you have heard,” he announced to the hundreds of waiting students ”As everyone has seen, in order to avoid any further delays to the ti any more body searches today”

The entrants were overjoyed

Fan Xian ss you are carrying into this bamboo basket, and there will be no punishment If you are discovered over these two days of exams, I shall have you taken away and thrown in front of the royal palace, where all will knohat your education is really worth”

The entrants were shocked Finally, they understood that a ruthless spirit hid behind the senius, Master Fan So they all entered, walking in a well-behaved line As for the students who still wished to risk it, that was a s sped up, and a little while later, the entrance to the exam hall quickly returned to peace and quiet, with only a number of stinky shoes on the floor and countless scraps of paper and so faces The official fros up in order to greet the order froin the exaot awfully busy

Everyone was bustling about and thinking about how Master Fan was certainly different fro If he didn't allow people to bring things in, then fine But what had happened today, where he searched for them, then still allowed students to enter the exams? If it had been carried out by another exaered But everyone knew that as Fan Xian had dared to do it, he didn’t fear such things