During the Tianqi years, fraud was rampant in the examination room, and demons and ghosts devoured people's hearts. Cao Yu, a scholar from a poor family with a gentle and gentle appearance, accidentally awakened the memory of his past life on the way to the exam - he was actually the master of suppressing demons in Taixu Temple in his previous life. The "demon chaos" in the Yongle Dynasty, the "Ghost Examination Incident" in the Jiajing Period, the "Blood Ink Imperial Examination" in the Wanli Period... These truths recorded in history books but deliberately covered up by the court turned out to be caused by demons and ghosts!
Facing man-eating demons, corrupt examiners, and twisted rules of heaven, Cao Yu's only exposed secret weapon is a book called "Wine-Wine Essays." This seemingly ordinary ancient book can "analyze" the "abnormalities" in the examination questions - those words that are contaminated by evil spirits. And when he wrote down the exam paper using the technique he used to suppress demons in his previous life, the ink was not dry yet and the exam paper began to bleed...
What's even weirder is that as he uncovers the truth step by step, he discovers that this imperial examination bureaucracy that has enveloped three dynasties is inextricably linked to his death in his previous life. And the examiner who stood above the court and controlled everything was sitting next to his examination booth, smiling meaningfully at him.
"Brother Cao Xian, your literary talent makes me very scared."
