"This calligraphy is the first in the big competition, and Gu Zheng is decided, according to the past practice, the twenty-four people in the field will also be divided into a list of one, two, three. ”

"Let's give the follow-up rankings, so that we can give an explanation to the people gathered in the square outside. ”

Yes, it is getting late, and there are more and more people who come out to visit the garden during the Flower Dynasty Festival.

In response to the grand event, there are a lot of people waiting at the release of the list, and every time the list is a topic that everyone is talking about, they can't affect the mood of the people Xiangwen for their own small profits.

The gentlemen, who had calmed down from their excitement, hurriedly retreated to their seats, leaving two people who had arranged in advance to present their personal works one by one.

The name, the country, and the quality of the writing are all clear at a glance.

A work is scored by a team of ten gentlemen, removing the highest and lowest of each person, and the rest is averaged, which is the most fair score.

Gu Zheng's book doesn't need to be discussed, everyone puts it in the first place.

As for the rest, when the scores came out, something very interesting happened.

Because of Sima Guwen, Zhuge Weihong, and the little-known Ye Liangchen, the three of them scored exactly the same in this aspect of the book.

If this kind of ranking has to be ranked one, two, and three, it can only be ranked according to the strokes of each person's surname.

Therefore, when the results came out and everyone was chanting, this Sima Guwen heard that he was only in third place, and his hand holding the fan was a little tighter.

Just when Zhuge Weihong was complaining about the fact that he had so many strokes of his compound surname, Sima Guwen's eyes looked at the figure of Gu Zheng and Ye Liangchen together.

Who would have thought that Ye Liangchen, who had been lowering his head and whispering to Gu Zheng, actually raised his eyes and looked at Sima Guwen.

There are three points of provocation, three points of contempt, and bitter hatred that can be seen.

What does this mean?

Have you ever offended him?

Sima Guwen frowned, leaned back, and silently recited Ye Liangchen's resume in his heart.

Dajin Guoye's wealthy merchants.

The name of the richest man in the five countries sits steadily.

There is a marriage contract with the daughter of the Wu family of Dajin Kingdom.

I remembered that when I traveled to the Jin Kingdom, I had a period of time with the children of the wealthy families in the capital of the Dajin Kingdom to explore the most famous mountains and rivers in the local area.

During that time, there were many women who recommended themselves to the pillow beside him.

Among them is the daughter of the Wu family, what is the name of the daughter?

Wu Bailu, Wu Caifeng, Wu Xun'er!

And what did you promise at the beginning?

Sima Guwen seems to have heard that she has a very disliked marriage contract, and the object of the marriage contract is the Ye family, a wealthy businessman.

It may be that he is also very eager for wealth, if he has enough financial support to defeat the surrounding brothers and finally stabilize the throne of the Great Qianguo, it will not be a difficult task.

Yes, this unintentional move of the willow is almost forgotten, can it be said that it can still be known by the main owner?

Thinking of this, Sima Guwen's expression was Yiling.

If you really offend such a person, I'm afraid you will become a big trouble.

Thinking of this, Ye Liangchen, who had been staring at him before, actually lowered his head again and talked to Gu Zheng beside him, as if what he saw just now was just an illusion.

This kind of mentality, this kind of background, I have to guard against it!

Sima Guwen closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he put on that confident smile again.

It's just a woman, it's still a woman who sticks upside down, if it's necessary, give it up.

Just when the dark tide was moving below and the atmosphere was low, a huge sign was erected on the garden square where lanterns and candles began to be lit.

Two blood-red qi and blood stones condensed by the blood of the beast essence were placed behind this brand, and with the slow push of the operator, a huge change occurred on the big brand.

A transparent white jade sign emitted a faint white light, which became more and more bright, and finally illuminated the square of the flower shop.

Then the dazzling light looked over, and I saw that both sides of the long road under this sign were occupied by people who came to set up stalls here.

Among them, there are few stalls selling pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and lantern anagrams.

There are also some flowers, purses, and accessories that please the girls, and the students raise good omens for sale.

Occasionally, one or two incense charms from Taoist Buddhist temples have become the most sought-after goods.

It's all derived from this brand.

Because this list is reflected in the way that it hangs for three days and all night on this big sign.

People who come to the Daqianguo Huachao Night Market can intuitively know the talents of various countries, and it is also the best way for students to become famous.

Since then, the center of conversation has been the twenty-four people on this list.

Others won't think that you are the best among your peers when you are on the list, and you can be ranked in the top 20.

Ordinary people will only think that the twenty-fourth place is the last of them, and it is not good if it is not used as a negative teaching material to be preached everywhere.

So, when the results of the first competition were hung up, the tourists from the five countries who were shopping, hanging out, and chatting all put down what they were doing, looked at the list with black and gold fonts, and commented on its ranking.

"Look! The list is out, look at the head, it's a calligraphy, that is, who has the best calligraphy. ”

"The first place is Gu Zheng of the Great Qianguo Fufeng City, who is fifteen years old, with a score of 9.9, ranking first on the list!"

"It's a student of our Great Qianguo, and a challenger to win the championship in the five levels!!"

How do these ordinary people know?

Isn't that because there are gossip manuals for school students on the side of this square, and the color of the challengers on the list is integrated into red, and the color of the challengers is integrated into yellow.

This red and yellow, although black and gold is used as the background color, is still very clearly contrasted on the list, and it is clear at a glance.

This is also the fundamental reason why everyone understands the enthusiasm of the conference theory.

"God, my country's Sima Guwen is only ranked third, this rumor is really not credible. ”

"Some people say that he is a genius on the first day of Wendao, this Sima Guwen is already twenty-two, and he will be over twenty-five years old in the next Wuguan championship, so he can't come to participate in this kind of challenged competition. ”

"Of course, such an old age takes advantage, can he still lick his face and say that he is the first?"

"Let's take a look, the second-place student, Ye Liangchen, is only eighteen years old, and he is still a child of the Shang clan, and his background is much shallow compared to our royal family, right? ”

"What does that mean?"

A student dressed in a scholar's costume said that his spit flew straight away, and for a large circle of spectators, he cooperated and asked, "What does it mean?"

"This shows that the reputation of this Sima Guwen is all made by himself, he has a lot of resources, and the famous teachers he met do not know himself, so he was also pressed behind by a child of an ordinary clan, a son of a businessman who makes first-class money and does not have much literature, what more reason is there than this?"

"Either the first two are the assets of the sky, which are not beyond the reach of mortals, or they are the children of the royal family, and they are just selling their reputation!"

"Oh, I see. ”

It makes sense, when everyone looked at the list and found that most of the challenged people were royal nobles, the balance in their hearts began to tilt in the direction of Gu Zheng and Ye Liangchen.

For a while, the names of these two people were sung and talked about with relish.

As for the names of the old people who used to be pressed in their hearts on the list, they were also lightly treated.

The children of the nobles of the five countries who can see the flowers among the flowers are called a rubbing fire in their hearts.

couldn't help but transfer the artillery fire to Sima Zhaohe's body.

"Who is that Gu Zheng of your Great Qianguo, such a talent is not co-opted to take the essay test, but is kept for slapping himself in the face?"

The other followed: "What, who doesn't know the needle-nosed heart and eyes of the Sima family, it is estimated that this is a person who has been suppressed, but the lid is not tightly covered, and it was overturned, and there is not even any dough left." ”

Another disciple of the Dajin Kingdom smiled: "Oh, I knew that Ye Liangchen would make money, isn't he the number one gentleman in my country? ”

"I also said that my fiancée has followed others to steal the dry road, and the green hat has been buckled one after another, he has found out, and he has come to settle accounts with the owner. ”

"Haha, the young man is ambitious, if he is really from my Dajin Kingdom, well, such a talent, we will not be like the Sima family, we must be used by me!"

"Haha, thank you Brother Guwen of the Sima family, for sharpening such a good knife for me, it's so happy!"

Sima Zhaohe, who was angry, almost had the two big gemstone rings on his hands taken off, and he was right with this sarcastic person with his neck.

Before the two of them could argue, the big sign in the square changed again.

"The second list, the second list is out again!"

"How could it be so fast, and what did they compare to on their second attempt??"

The content of this second test is very simple, but the quality of it is not visible to outsiders.

Because this second test is more broad.

And the so-called breadth of knowledge, in a narrow sense, is how many books a student has read, whether he has a certain understanding of the content of the book, how many have touched on the like, and how much he has read.

The real record of these is naturally the names of the books they have read, the provenance, and the summary of the content of the words and sentences.

These are written down for the gentlemen on the judge's bench to test.

Nine times out of ten, there will be no cheating, because the premise of fraud is that you have to make up a book that exists in the world.

At this level, if Gu Zheng is allowed to take the exam in a dignified manner, he really can't compare to Sima Guwen and Zhuge Weihong, who have been immersed in the sea of books since childhood.

But is Gu Zheng the kind of person who admits defeat in a dignified manner?

He's not.

He'd rather win at all costs than lose in disgrace.

So at this time, the role of laughing and forgetting books was thoroughly reflected for the first time.

When Gu Zheng was at home, he went out for a walk instead of his master, and he really did the right thing.

There is a library of laughing and forgetting books, the collection of books like a huge book building, as magnificent as the vast Milky Way, just take out some dry goods, you can compare the old writings of Sima to a bedbug in the mud.

Because of self-confidence, Gu Zheng immersed himself in hard work, and because of the huge quantity, he automatically used wild grass.

He was confident and calm on his side, and the twenty-three people behind him, opposite him, did not grow up eating rice.

None of us are worried about our own knowledge.

It's all been hard to read all the way, and who is more knowledgeable than anyone is afraid.

If Gu Zheng used laughter and forgot to read, then Ye Liangchen used fifty years in his previous life.

The accumulation of years is the most terrible, in order to please a slut, the result of a lifetime of hard study, isn't it used now?

'Brush Brush Brush'

Everyone wrote quickly, and the first student to put down the pen turned white when he saw him finish first.

This exam is not comparable to the quick thinking, wisdom and nature.

The sooner he finishes writing, isn't he the worse among them?

The servant who took the paper handed over the student's test paper, and wrote three pages of paper on it.

Looking at the content of it, it is all related to the economy and people's livelihood, and test-taking assistance.

Gentlemen know that this must be the kind of examination paper that has achieved fame.

"Alas......"

"It seems that in the future, we will add more courses to the academy, and this amount of reading that even ordinary white bodies can't compare, won't it become a spokesperson with an empty stomach. ”

"The country can't be single. ”

One person spoke, and the others also stroked their beards in response, and the student who was talked about was already red-faced at this time, his face was buried in his clothes, and he was so ashamed that he didn't dare to see anyone.

Fortunately, this atmosphere has not been stalemate for too long, and it is inevitable that young people will be born in the imperial examination and read fewer miscellaneous books.

After Mr.'s comments were finished, most of the people stopped writing one after another.

The list of books that were presented to the gentlemen only needed a rough glance to know that they were the product of some thorough reading, and there was no need for random checks.

But when there are only four people left, those who have to judge can't just wait.

These four people are really fate, how was the first game sorted, and the top four left in the second game are still these few.

They're like they're on a bar, you write a book, I'll write a book, and there's no time to stop.

When a stick of incense was burned, it turned out to be Sima Guwen's hands trembling, his face turned pale, and he stopped tremblingly.

No matter how reluctant he was, he was also the first of the four to stop writing.

"Oh, I'll go!"

Just after his test paper was put away, Zhuge Weihong's pen also stopped.

A sentence that almost didn't make Sima Guwen angry, and quietly wilted out of Zhuge Weihong's mouth.

"I'll just write slower on purpose, just better than you!"

"You !!"

Sima Guwen's eyes were bloodshot, and his hands trembled when he pointed at Zhuge Weihong, and just when the two were about to become entangled, Ye Liangchen, who was walking behind them, also stopped.

"That, report ......"

At this moment, Gu Zheng suddenly raised his hand, and several gentlemen who had a deep impression of him also nodded curiously to let him speak.

Gu Zheng, who got permission, said very unbeatable words: "Sir, who is the first flower to fall has been stable, I have roughly calculated, I have copied no less than hundreds of books in this wild draft, they write slowly, I write fast, I am the last to stop, so I don't need to record everything I have learned, right?"

"You know, I'm well-read, and the gentlemen here don't necessarily know more than I do. ”

The most important thing is that Gu Zheng's idle books with glamorous words and yellow songs are not embarrassed to register on the top.

Counting these, I'm afraid there is no one in this world who can compare to him.

Gu Zheng said this, no one believed the old gentleman in the field, and when he bragged about good things, he took the test paper he was too lazy to write and compared.

The first nearly 50 books are all well-known books, related to knowledge, quite comprehensive, and can be regarded as a thorough reading.

The fifty books in the back have their own merits, such as people's livelihood in the water, agricultural engineering, and all aspects, some of which have not even been read by the great Confucians of the current dynasty.

If these are still read by serious people, then the next fifty lonely and widowed classics, and the remnants of the only books, will be a little difficult for the old gentlemen to identify.

Several people took turns to circulate it, and there were two more books that were unheard of.

As for the scattered personal records and secret records in the back, they are all in legends and are not circulated to the public.

All these people are left to stare at, and they don't know anything.

"What can I do?"

How to test the authenticity of these books written by Gu Zheng, they have never even read them, how to judge right or wrong?

Just when everyone was talking about it, and Sima Guwen showed a gloating expression for this, Gu Zheng lit one of the books that no one had ever seen and recited it for the gentlemen in the audience.

"The Great Wilderness Floating Cloud Sutra was discovered one hundred and fifty years ago in the watershed between the Great Wilderness and the Great Qian, the White Water Black Mountain Ridge, and now it should be the Ji family that remains in Fufeng City. ”

The book consists of 78 pages and records a monk's understanding of Buddhist scriptures. ”

"Because it involves the mysteries of Buddhism, some people have realized the supreme secret method of Buddhism. ”

Later, he was greedy for ink by the Ji family's methods, and others didn't know much about it. ”

"However, our Gu family has been dealing with the Ji family for several lifetimes, and we are still fortunate to have a look at this book. ”

"As for this one, it's another story.......

After Gu Zheng picked out a few books and said the content of it, these gentlemen went from being surprised at the beginning to admiring at the back.

"It's just, how did you finish reading so many books......?

But the Martial King is fourth-order.

Born to know, it's impossible.