On the desk are scrolls made of pen, ink, paper, ink, and inkstone and three brocade silk, among which are the questions for this exam.
Xu Xian scratched his head after reading the topic. With his super memory, he has memorized countless questions and written countless articles these days, but he has not had these three questions in front of him.
But when I saw that poem title, I turned my worries into joy. Compared with those three questions, this poem is much less difficult, only the word "filial piety and brotherhood" is filial piety and brotherhood.
Perhaps it is to balance the difficulty, even if such ordinary poems are not done well, they will not waste too much time.
Xu Xian immediately thought of which title to copy, and maybe he could get a lottery and get mixed in the second grade.
Zhong Kui still wrapped his head and face in a ball. He opened the scroll and read the test questions, but he couldn't help but be happy. He hurriedly opened the other two together, and a ecstasy surged in his heart, and he said intimately, "God helps me."
Others were still frowning and thinking, but he was already writing quickly.
Pan Yu'er also showed a look of surprise when he heard everything. The emperor asked the question, which was quite difficult and obscure. Even she had to think carefully about why Zhong Kui was so confident.
In just one stick of incense, Zhong Kui rolled up the three scrolls and placed them on the corner of the table, which means that the candidates completed it.
Several examiners all showed surprise, but did not dare to neglect them, so they hurriedly collected the test paper.
Some of the other tribute students have not even answered a question.
Xu Xian had just completed the first question and sighed secretly that it was indeed extraordinary that he was the reincarnation of the immortal and Buddha.This is a predecessor, but I don’t know what the article I’ve done?
Several examiners came to the hall and opened three scrolls respectively. They were worried that the tribute student would only want to have a quick word, but after reading it, they looked at each other and were surprised.
These three words are like flowing clouds and flowing water, written in one go, but every word is also gems.
The characters are like iron painted silver hooks, and their strength penetrates through the back of the paper, like a dragon and snake rising from the land.
The examiners are all from the literary world. When they learn about the test questions, they always think about the right method in their hearts, but no one in their hearts can surpass any of the articles they have in their hands.
It is even more rare to complete it in such a short time, and such literary talent is simply incredible.
Wang Wenrui hurriedly directed the eunuch and said: Hurry, send it to Your Majesty.After reading these articles, the emperor must be very happy.
The other examiners looked at each other and whispered: I am afraid that this is Zhong Kui.
Wang Wenrui sighed: It's Ah, these three articles have reached perfection. Even if someone else can make such an article, it is far less than Ah in terms of time!
What does Lord Wang think Xu Xian?He is your disciple, and now he is known as the number one talented man in Daxia.
Wang Wenrui waved his hand and said: Although Xu Xian’s poems are amazing, his articles are just a fair rule, and I know this best.The name of the number one talented man in Daxia is a bit over.I thought it would be Pan Mingyu who won three consecutive games, but I didn’t expect that Zhong Kui would come out halfway. It was indeed unpredictable in the world!
But I felt a little regretful for Xu Xian. After the exam, the Empress recruited him and asked who would win the top scorer in this imperial examination, and vaguely expressed the meaning of helping the son-in-law.
He only said: The old minister dare not make any guesses!At the request of the queen, she repeated the few people who had the most chance to win the top scorer in this imperial examination, but she did not mention Xu Xian.
The Empress also knew Xu Xian’s name and couldn’t help asking: Isn’t the Grand Master a disciple named Xu Xian?I have read a lot of his poems, and they are indeed very literary. It is true that they are the ones who are good at judging their relatives. You might as well listen to them.
Wang Wenrui said: Xu Xian has not had enough talent and has no chance to win the top scorer.He paused and said: Moreover, my disciple, he is already married.Yes, although Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen got married, not many people knew about it, Wang Wenrui, as Xu Xian’s teacher, was definitely in this ranks. After all, he could be regarded as the teacher among the heaven, earth, king, and parents!
If you don’t even inform the teacher of such a big deal about marriage, it is no longer simply not understanding the rules, but rather lacking the most basic ethics.
In fact, Xu Xian personally wrote an invitation letter and asked someone to deliver it to the capital. Although Wang Wenrui could not come in person, he later sent a gift.
As expected, the Empress stopped asking, and instead asked Pan Yu how confident it was.
Wang Wenrui was thinking about all the things that day, and then he thought that Xu Xian really passed the top scorer in the exam and was afraid that he would not have the blessing of marrying the princess. The queen was very concerned!
Although the students in the hall could not hear the discussions of the examiners behind the palace, Pan Yu could hear clearly and frowned slightly. This time it might be a little trouble.
But unless it is cheating, how can you complete such a response in such a short time?
However, Zhong Kui did not cheat, but actually got help from God.
At this moment, he suppressed the surge in his chest and remembered a small thing that happened a few days ago.
On his way to Beijing to take the exam, he stayed in a wild shop where he was not in front of the village and had no shop behind him. Although the room he lived in was dilapidated and surrounded by blocks, many ink traces left by previous candidates on the walls were left on the wall paper. Most of them were eroded by rain and blurred, but only a small piece of handwriting on the head of the bed was clear.
In the middle of the night, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He was bored and raised the lamp to look carefully. However, he had several questions. He was originally a person in this way, and he couldn't help but think about the way to deal with it in his heart, but he felt that the question was very biased. He had no idea how to start for a while, but it aroused his competitive spirit. He lay in bed and thought about it in the middle of the night before he had a good result. He also thought about it from time to time during the journey, and finally he had a perfect response.
Although I had thought that these questions would have been good if they could appear in the exam, I thought that such questions would not be possible after all, and later it turned out to be as he expected.
But I didn't expect that during the palace examination, the three questions were exactly the same as those written on the wall of the wild shop. There was no need to think about it. I just had to copy the written text in my mind on the brocade and it became several articles, saying that the top scholar was already in my pocket.
But when the excitement passed when he was writing quickly, Zhong Kui felt uneasy again, and such success would have come too easily.
Success or failure is difficult, gain or loss is easy.
Suddenly, eight words came to my mind.
A few days ago, a divinationist came to the capital, saying that good and bad luck were all accurate, and many scholars went to ask divination.
Zhong Kui believed in ghosts and gods, so he also went to ask for a divination, which was the prophecy given to him by the old fortune-teller.
Difficult and easy.It was originally a ruthless pair, and Zhong Kui naturally heard it, but this couplet had no special meaning. It was just that it was right and clever, so it was called a ruthless pair. Adding the four words "success, failure, gain, loss, and the first words are even more unorganized.
Such an ambiguous answer naturally cannot satisfy Zhong Kui, but he asked the Taoist priest for answering, but the Taoist priest just laughed and said, "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed!"
Zhong Kui was slightly annoyed. If it was not revealed, I would like to spend money to ask you what you are doing?Then he asked repeatedly.
The Taoist priest left another sentence, "The green dragon and the white tiger are walking together, and the good and bad luck are completely unpredictable."Then he left floating away, and even the hexagram gold had never been collected.
These two sentences are just the novelist's context, and they are even more meaningless.
Zhong Kui returned home disappointed and never cared about it. Now that he thought about it, he couldn't help but feel a little worried, but then he thought that every word and sentence of those words came from his hard work, and there was no trace of injustice.
Even other scholars also have to memorize questions and do writing, which is considered a heavenly teaching.
When the palace examination was about to end, Xu Xian finished answering three test questions and placed them in the corner of the table. The article was written and could not be modified. A drop of ink might be downgraded, so there was no need to check anything and let the examiner take it away.
He looked at Pan Yu, but he was still frowning and thinking, no longer as relaxed and chic as usual.
Xu Xian knew her difficulties. Now Zhong Kui has won the first prize in time. If she cannot beat him in words, it will be difficult for her to win the title of top scorer, so she must think carefully.
When the examiner announced the end of the exam, Pan Yu put his pen on his side and his face did not look relaxed.
I entered the palace before dawn, but now it was noon. The tribute students returned to the side hall, enjoyed the food prepared in the imperial kitchen, and waited for the examination results to be distributed.
This often takes several hours to achieve results, and then the imperial edict is issued to the world and the top scholar will be named on the streets. These honors are not to be described in detail.
The atmosphere in the side hall was much more relaxed, and it was no longer solemn and heavy. Regardless of success or failure, this was the last exam in their lives.
Xu Xian walked to Pan Yu and said with concern: Mingyu, how about it?It was just a three-hour palace examination, but her face showed a slight look of fatigue. The statement of being exhausted was not a false statement, which made Xu Xian wish he could hold her in his arms and comfort her softly.
Pan Yu smiled slightly and said: It’s three-point confidence, the rest depends on God’s will.
Xu Xian said: Why not ask Zhong Kui!I'm also curious how he can be so fast!
Pan Yu shook his head and said: I'm afraid there is another mystery in this, and others may not be willing to say it.
Xu Xian said confidently: I guess he won't hide it.If he is really the legendary Zhong Kui.
When the two found Zhong Kui, he was sitting alone in the corner. He described it as strange and finished the question in such a short time. The other tribute students thought that he was not aware of the greatness of the world and dared to deal with the palace examinations randomly. Maybe he would summon the disaster immediately, which was different from his words.
When Zhong Kui saw Xu Xian coming, he was very happy and asked about his poems just now.
Pan Yuxunkong asked: I wonder why Brother Zhong can answer the questions so quickly?
As Xu Xian expected, Zhong Kui told him calmly, and then said embarrassedly: But he was a little unfair.
Pan Yu and Xu Xian looked at each other and realized that there was such a reason.
Xu Xian patted his shoulder and said with a smile: This is also your blessing. He must have done good deeds and accumulated virtue in his previous life.
Xu Xian scratched his head after reading the topic. With his super memory, he has memorized countless questions and written countless articles these days, but he has not had these three questions in front of him.
But when I saw that poem title, I turned my worries into joy. Compared with those three questions, this poem is much less difficult, only the word "filial piety and brotherhood" is filial piety and brotherhood.
Perhaps it is to balance the difficulty, even if such ordinary poems are not done well, they will not waste too much time.
Xu Xian immediately thought of which title to copy, and maybe he could get a lottery and get mixed in the second grade.
Zhong Kui still wrapped his head and face in a ball. He opened the scroll and read the test questions, but he couldn't help but be happy. He hurriedly opened the other two together, and a ecstasy surged in his heart, and he said intimately, "God helps me."
Others were still frowning and thinking, but he was already writing quickly.
Pan Yu'er also showed a look of surprise when he heard everything. The emperor asked the question, which was quite difficult and obscure. Even she had to think carefully about why Zhong Kui was so confident.
In just one stick of incense, Zhong Kui rolled up the three scrolls and placed them on the corner of the table, which means that the candidates completed it.
Several examiners all showed surprise, but did not dare to neglect them, so they hurriedly collected the test paper.
Some of the other tribute students have not even answered a question.
Xu Xian had just completed the first question and sighed secretly that it was indeed extraordinary that he was the reincarnation of the immortal and Buddha.This is a predecessor, but I don’t know what the article I’ve done?
Several examiners came to the hall and opened three scrolls respectively. They were worried that the tribute student would only want to have a quick word, but after reading it, they looked at each other and were surprised.
These three words are like flowing clouds and flowing water, written in one go, but every word is also gems.
The characters are like iron painted silver hooks, and their strength penetrates through the back of the paper, like a dragon and snake rising from the land.
The examiners are all from the literary world. When they learn about the test questions, they always think about the right method in their hearts, but no one in their hearts can surpass any of the articles they have in their hands.
It is even more rare to complete it in such a short time, and such literary talent is simply incredible.
Wang Wenrui hurriedly directed the eunuch and said: Hurry, send it to Your Majesty.After reading these articles, the emperor must be very happy.
The other examiners looked at each other and whispered: I am afraid that this is Zhong Kui.
Wang Wenrui sighed: It's Ah, these three articles have reached perfection. Even if someone else can make such an article, it is far less than Ah in terms of time!
What does Lord Wang think Xu Xian?He is your disciple, and now he is known as the number one talented man in Daxia.
Wang Wenrui waved his hand and said: Although Xu Xian’s poems are amazing, his articles are just a fair rule, and I know this best.The name of the number one talented man in Daxia is a bit over.I thought it would be Pan Mingyu who won three consecutive games, but I didn’t expect that Zhong Kui would come out halfway. It was indeed unpredictable in the world!
But I felt a little regretful for Xu Xian. After the exam, the Empress recruited him and asked who would win the top scorer in this imperial examination, and vaguely expressed the meaning of helping the son-in-law.
He only said: The old minister dare not make any guesses!At the request of the queen, she repeated the few people who had the most chance to win the top scorer in this imperial examination, but she did not mention Xu Xian.
The Empress also knew Xu Xian’s name and couldn’t help asking: Isn’t the Grand Master a disciple named Xu Xian?I have read a lot of his poems, and they are indeed very literary. It is true that they are the ones who are good at judging their relatives. You might as well listen to them.
Wang Wenrui said: Xu Xian has not had enough talent and has no chance to win the top scorer.He paused and said: Moreover, my disciple, he is already married.Yes, although Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen got married, not many people knew about it, Wang Wenrui, as Xu Xian’s teacher, was definitely in this ranks. After all, he could be regarded as the teacher among the heaven, earth, king, and parents!
If you don’t even inform the teacher of such a big deal about marriage, it is no longer simply not understanding the rules, but rather lacking the most basic ethics.
In fact, Xu Xian personally wrote an invitation letter and asked someone to deliver it to the capital. Although Wang Wenrui could not come in person, he later sent a gift.
As expected, the Empress stopped asking, and instead asked Pan Yu how confident it was.
Wang Wenrui was thinking about all the things that day, and then he thought that Xu Xian really passed the top scorer in the exam and was afraid that he would not have the blessing of marrying the princess. The queen was very concerned!
Although the students in the hall could not hear the discussions of the examiners behind the palace, Pan Yu could hear clearly and frowned slightly. This time it might be a little trouble.
But unless it is cheating, how can you complete such a response in such a short time?
However, Zhong Kui did not cheat, but actually got help from God.
At this moment, he suppressed the surge in his chest and remembered a small thing that happened a few days ago.
On his way to Beijing to take the exam, he stayed in a wild shop where he was not in front of the village and had no shop behind him. Although the room he lived in was dilapidated and surrounded by blocks, many ink traces left by previous candidates on the walls were left on the wall paper. Most of them were eroded by rain and blurred, but only a small piece of handwriting on the head of the bed was clear.
In the middle of the night, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He was bored and raised the lamp to look carefully. However, he had several questions. He was originally a person in this way, and he couldn't help but think about the way to deal with it in his heart, but he felt that the question was very biased. He had no idea how to start for a while, but it aroused his competitive spirit. He lay in bed and thought about it in the middle of the night before he had a good result. He also thought about it from time to time during the journey, and finally he had a perfect response.
Although I had thought that these questions would have been good if they could appear in the exam, I thought that such questions would not be possible after all, and later it turned out to be as he expected.
But I didn't expect that during the palace examination, the three questions were exactly the same as those written on the wall of the wild shop. There was no need to think about it. I just had to copy the written text in my mind on the brocade and it became several articles, saying that the top scholar was already in my pocket.
But when the excitement passed when he was writing quickly, Zhong Kui felt uneasy again, and such success would have come too easily.
Success or failure is difficult, gain or loss is easy.
Suddenly, eight words came to my mind.
A few days ago, a divinationist came to the capital, saying that good and bad luck were all accurate, and many scholars went to ask divination.
Zhong Kui believed in ghosts and gods, so he also went to ask for a divination, which was the prophecy given to him by the old fortune-teller.
Difficult and easy.It was originally a ruthless pair, and Zhong Kui naturally heard it, but this couplet had no special meaning. It was just that it was right and clever, so it was called a ruthless pair. Adding the four words "success, failure, gain, loss, and the first words are even more unorganized.
Such an ambiguous answer naturally cannot satisfy Zhong Kui, but he asked the Taoist priest for answering, but the Taoist priest just laughed and said, "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed!"
Zhong Kui was slightly annoyed. If it was not revealed, I would like to spend money to ask you what you are doing?Then he asked repeatedly.
The Taoist priest left another sentence, "The green dragon and the white tiger are walking together, and the good and bad luck are completely unpredictable."Then he left floating away, and even the hexagram gold had never been collected.
These two sentences are just the novelist's context, and they are even more meaningless.
Zhong Kui returned home disappointed and never cared about it. Now that he thought about it, he couldn't help but feel a little worried, but then he thought that every word and sentence of those words came from his hard work, and there was no trace of injustice.
Even other scholars also have to memorize questions and do writing, which is considered a heavenly teaching.
When the palace examination was about to end, Xu Xian finished answering three test questions and placed them in the corner of the table. The article was written and could not be modified. A drop of ink might be downgraded, so there was no need to check anything and let the examiner take it away.
He looked at Pan Yu, but he was still frowning and thinking, no longer as relaxed and chic as usual.
Xu Xian knew her difficulties. Now Zhong Kui has won the first prize in time. If she cannot beat him in words, it will be difficult for her to win the title of top scorer, so she must think carefully.
When the examiner announced the end of the exam, Pan Yu put his pen on his side and his face did not look relaxed.
I entered the palace before dawn, but now it was noon. The tribute students returned to the side hall, enjoyed the food prepared in the imperial kitchen, and waited for the examination results to be distributed.
This often takes several hours to achieve results, and then the imperial edict is issued to the world and the top scholar will be named on the streets. These honors are not to be described in detail.
The atmosphere in the side hall was much more relaxed, and it was no longer solemn and heavy. Regardless of success or failure, this was the last exam in their lives.
Xu Xian walked to Pan Yu and said with concern: Mingyu, how about it?It was just a three-hour palace examination, but her face showed a slight look of fatigue. The statement of being exhausted was not a false statement, which made Xu Xian wish he could hold her in his arms and comfort her softly.
Pan Yu smiled slightly and said: It’s three-point confidence, the rest depends on God’s will.
Xu Xian said: Why not ask Zhong Kui!I'm also curious how he can be so fast!
Pan Yu shook his head and said: I'm afraid there is another mystery in this, and others may not be willing to say it.
Xu Xian said confidently: I guess he won't hide it.If he is really the legendary Zhong Kui.
When the two found Zhong Kui, he was sitting alone in the corner. He described it as strange and finished the question in such a short time. The other tribute students thought that he was not aware of the greatness of the world and dared to deal with the palace examinations randomly. Maybe he would summon the disaster immediately, which was different from his words.
When Zhong Kui saw Xu Xian coming, he was very happy and asked about his poems just now.
Pan Yuxunkong asked: I wonder why Brother Zhong can answer the questions so quickly?
As Xu Xian expected, Zhong Kui told him calmly, and then said embarrassedly: But he was a little unfair.
Pan Yu and Xu Xian looked at each other and realized that there was such a reason.
Xu Xian patted his shoulder and said with a smile: This is also your blessing. He must have done good deeds and accumulated virtue in his previous life.
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