Chapter Ninety-Five: Paving the Floor
The young man stepped over the threshold and walked out, his back straight, the corners of his clothes swaying as he walked.
Several scribes looked at it again, unable to take their eyes off it.
"It's beautiful. "One of them laments, as a man laments that the other male is pretty, is a rare case.
What's even stranger is that no one finds it weird.
Another scribe nodded in agreement: "Yes, and it's beautiful and not annoying, I don't know where it is?"
Obviously, I took the identity tag and checked and registered, why can't I think of anything? A few people were busy and looked down at the booklet.....
"Jianzhou... Qin Mei... Year 17..."The scribe read, relieved, thinking that there was no registration, and his fingers slid over the book, "Ah, the fourth game has been drawn, and the next one will be." ”
"I wonder how his skills are?" said a scribe.
"If you can regret it and come back to the test, you should not be sure in your heart. The scribe next to him said, his gaze slid over the name of Qin Mei in the book, "... Ah, I gave up the first few exams... Even if you pass the exam, you can't do it. ”
"I can't say that, there are two more subjects, if he gets full marks in calligraphy and archery in the back, it won't be a problem to be selected. Immediately, a scribe retorted, who could bear to look disappointed at such a beautiful face?
This is indeed possible, but can this young man do it? The scribes looked out the door and at the back of the white-robed young man who was walking away.
Outside the main hall, as before, there was a long shed for the candidates to rest, in order not to affect the examination in the main hall, loud noises were not allowed, but because of the large number of people, the low voice converged into a buzzing mess, and suddenly the voice of a person who was laughing stopped and looked a little surprised.
"Babble.. Look at that guy...", he blurted out.
The people around him followed his line of sight, and suddenly their eyes lit up, a white-robed young man came with his hand, the autumn sun sprinkled on his body, shining a halo, the young man's skin was like snow and dotted with bright eyes and red lips, which were dazzling but could see the young man's long eyelashes clearly....
"It's beautiful. ”
"But it's not as pretty as a girl..."
A few people stopped laughing, and their strange appearance made more people around look at them, and then just like them, the candidates under the long shed were like the river in winter gradually frozen.
The young man walked through the candidates with his hands in his hands without squinting, and walked towards a group of white-robed teenagers sitting on the independent side of the crowd.
The white-robed young men had already seen him, and their expressions were also surprised, and they immediately got up one after another, subconsciously tidied up their clothes and stood neatly.... The young man came over and sat down on the cushion and said, "Sit." ”
The other teenagers immediately sat down again and surrounded the white-robed boy.
Suo Shengxuan stared at him with blinking eyes, and said, "Qi Niang, how are you.... That's it?"
Qin Mei said: "I'm going to refer to it." ”
The white-robed teenagers around looked even more surprised, for reference?
Qin Mei looked outside, the white-robed young men blocked the sight of others, but did not prevent him from looking at others, and swept over the long shed at a glance, which had returned to its previous liveliness, and it was even more lively than before, and they were all looking at this side in a low voice and pointing.... I didn't see Xue Qing from Chang'an Mansion, and I didn't know where to hide.
"His paintings and calligraphy have been hung. He said.
The calligraphy and painting after the exam are hung outside the official office, and the candidates are still in the official office, so they don't know the evaluation outside and don't know what the other candidate's calligraphy and painting are, which is also to not affect everyone's exam, so in addition to knowing what they do, everyone doesn't know anyone else, except for private communication, of course.
And who he is, he is not specified, Suo Shengxuan and the others also know in their hearts who can deserve their attention except for that young man.
Suo Shengxuan was excited: "How is it?"
Qin Mei snorted and said, "You are not his opponent. ”
Unexpectedly... The white-robed young men exclaimed in a low voice, Suo Shengxuan's eyes lit up, and said, "Really, really, is it so powerful?"
Qin Mei looked at him and didn't speak.
Suo Shengxuan grinned: "Can you compete with Qi Niang?"
Qin Mei said: "Why do you compete with me? Is he also worthy of competing with me? I'm here to show him what a real calligraphy and painting are?"
Suo Shengxuan nodded again and again, and said, "Qi Niang, you are naturally the most powerful." ”
Qin Mei looked at the candidates in the corridor, listening to the noisy noise, her brows furrowed a little impatiently... The frown is also pretty.
"You can do a good test, just compare yourself to others. He said, "That Xue Qing, just leave it to me." ”
The white-robed young men responded respectfully.
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"What are you looking at?"
"It's the Xiliang people. ”
Hearing the movement, Zhang Shuangtong raised his head and looked over there, frowned, and said, "What are the Xiliang people going to do again?"
Pang An walked over from the side and said, "It's not that it's bad, it's that a beautiful young man came and went to Xiliangren, and everyone is talking about guessing who he is." ”
Zhang Shuangtong sneered: "What beautiful boy goes to Xiliangren? Obviously, the most beautiful boy is here in Chang'an Mansion." ”
Pang An was stunned and laughed.
Over there, the ceremonial officer came out and loudly announced that the candidates in the fourth field could enter the venue and prepare, and Pang An was the fourth and immediately stopped laughing and straightened his clothes.
Xue Qing patted him on the shoulder and said, "Compare with yourself, not with others." ”
Pang An smiled at her and nodded: "Don't worry, Sanlang." Now he is also calling Xue Qing's nickname.
Xue Qing watched Pang An and several other candidates from Chang'an Mansion go to the main hall, and gathered with other candidates on the Yong Road, Xiliang people were naturally among them, Suo Sheng Xuandong looked around, saw her eyes lit up, raised her hand and arched Gong Shili.... This person is quite interesting, Xue Qing smiled at him and nodded in return, and suddenly a cold gaze seemed... Well, familiar, she turned her gaze to look over .... What a beautiful boy.
The white-robed young man walking among the candidates was looking sideways.
There are many words to describe a person who is beautiful, but this teenager does not need it at all, he himself is the most perfect description.
Countless eyes looked at him, pointing and whispering, and his gaze passed through those lines of sight, looking at Xue Qing, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, revealing a thin and sharp white tooth.
It's strange like this, but this look, this look... Xue Qing showed a sudden expression, this is the little official, it turns out that he is still a candidate, so is this the security means of Xiliang people this time? She also smiled slightly, and when she thought of something, she raised her hand to her ear and stretched out two fingers.
What does it mean?
The white-robed young man frowned slightly, the sinister villain, he must be scolding, he snorted coldly, and walked into the hall side by side with Suo Shengxuan in front of him.
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In the side hall, Chen Sheng kept writing and painting with his hands on several cases, sometimes smiling and sometimes frowning and confused, and the other examiners were also contemplating or comparing in the void..... Instead of talking and laughing as easily as before, the ceremonial officer who walked in was taken aback.
"Guys, are you alright?" he asked, and no one paid any attention to him, until they repeated both sides again, and everyone came back to their senses.
"What's going on?" asked the celebrant in confusion.
An examiner laughed, twisted his beard and said: "Without it, there is no it, and it is intoxicating to see a good painting." ”
His words fell, and Chen Sheng said, "There are still good words." ”
Some people laughed and said, "The words are good." ”
I see, these examiners are masters of calligraphy and painting, and they are naturally obsessed, and when they see a good one, they will be fascinated, and the etiquette officer smiled, and there will always be outstanding people who come to refer to so many.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the fourth game has begun. He stretched out his hand to please, "Looking forward to something more powerful this time." ”
An examiner said categorically: "Impossible, that Xue Qing is the most powerful." ”
Is it already convinced that this is the case with one painting and one character? The ceremonial officer smiled and admired.
Chen Sheng got up with a smile: "Wen Wu is the first... Come and come, please. ”
All the examiners got up and entered with a smile, and when they stepped into the side hall, they saw several white-robed teenagers in the middle of it, and the examiners looked at each other with a somewhat meaningful expression: "Well, I am indeed looking forward to it." ”
Although they are not examiners in the first three subjects, they have been watching and naturally know that Xiliang people are powerful, since they dare to go down, they must have real skills, and Xiliang people's goal is also everyone's consensus, but ..... There was a white-robed young man over there.
It's not a noodle student, for the examiners, these candidates are basically noodle students, this white-robed young man is dressed the same as the Xiliang candidates, and he also walked in after saying this to the Xiliang candidates, but he doesn't look like a Xiliang person.
It doesn't matter who it is, they only look at the work and not at the person .... It's just that this young man is so beautiful that people can't help but look at it twice.
The examiners humbly sat down with each other, and turned their heads to see Chen Sheng, who was the first to walk in, still looking at the beautiful young man in the field.
"Chen Xiangye. They whispered.
Chen Sheng retracted his gaze and smiled, "Being young is really pleasing to the eye." ”
The examiners all smiled and sat down, and the candidates in the hall also stood in front of their own cases, and the ceremonial officer knocked on Mu Duo to announce the start of the exam, and the candidates were pensive and some selected the paper they needed, the hall was a little messy but the atmosphere was peaceful, and a crisp voice suddenly sounded.
"There's no paper here that I want to use. ”
All the people in the hall looked over and saw that it was the beautiful young man, who was standing in front of several cases and frowned slightly, as if he was displeased.... The ceremonial officer couldn't help blurting out: "No, which one is missing? Don't worry," he frowned at the scribe on the side, "Why didn't you make it up? ”
After the previous exam, the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were all to be re-checked and added, and the scribes looked at each other, there would be no such negligence, and they were busy stepping forward, and the young man said: "No, there is no paper here that I want to use." Raise your hand and stretch your sleeves to make a slight gesture, "I want to make two whole papers." ”
Zhangji!
Everyone present looked stunned, this, this is too big, this exam is limited to two hours, so most of the paper provided is less than five feet, because there are very few five-foot papers, I didn't expect someone to open their mouths to ask for two whole papers.
"You, are you sure?" the ceremonial officer blurted out.
The pretty young man looked at him and said, "What?
The ceremonial officer hurriedly shook his head: "How come." Looking at him again, "It's just that big, you can use it?"
The beautiful young man raised his chin slightly and said, "Since I want it, of course I can use it." ”
Chen Sheng smiled and said, "Fetch it for him, don't delay, time is pressing." ”
This sentence also reminded the candidates present that everyone looked at the beautiful young man and forgot that he was also here for the exam, and immediately got busy showing paper and choosing pens to grind and ponder.....
But, there was a sound of brushing over there, and the big paper of Zhanger was fetched.... Muttering inquiry, because a few cases can't be placed... Footsteps... Out of the corner of their eyes, the candidates saw the beautiful boy walking into the aisle next to a few cases... Raised his hand to push, and with a bang, Zhanger's paper was spread on the ground.
Sitting on the ground.
"This.." The scribes looked at the examiner again in embarrassment.
The examiners looked at each other.
"What?," said the pretty boy, holding his arms, "I didn't occupy anyone else's table. ”
It's also .... Chen Sheng smiled and waved his hand, "Don't affect others, feel free." ”
Although it does not occupy other people's tables, it cannot be said that it does not affect others, after all, this kind of scene .... The beautiful boy laid out the paper and began to choose a pen again, and asked for three pen holders to put on the ground.... Ink again.... It's all ready, and some quick candidates have already drawn a rough outline....
The candidate next to him was excited, looking at the pen and empty paper in his hand, how did he look lively, he was also taking the exam!
They hurriedly withdrew their gaze and stared... But it didn't take long for the corner of my eye to see the beautiful boy throw off his shoes, stand on the paper with his socks on, and squat down.... It seems to pick up a pen from the pen stand on the side casually, and draw it little by little....
"It's a painting. ”
"It's not writing. ”
The examiners whispered to confirm.
"But it's harder to draw..."
Two hours, such a big piece of paper.... And it's a rare pose.
The beautiful young man squatted seriously, holding his legs in one hand and drawing a little bit with the other hand, just like a villager squatting on the ground looking at his seedlings, like a naughty boy squatting on the ground watching ants fight...... Focused, serious, relaxed.
The hall was quiet, but the examinees still couldn't concentrate, and looked at the young man squatting on the ground from time to time... I don't know why, I just want to see him.
He squatted quietly, or hugged his leg with one hand, or hung on the ground with one hand, or even held a pen with both hands at the same time....
The patterns that appear on the paper are small and dense, but inexplicably, the candidates feel more and more nervous, as if they are looking forward to the patterns that will appear on the paper, but they feel afraid....
"I... I.." A candidate muttered in a low voice and took a few deep breaths, looking at his drawing paper, there were already a lot of pens on it, but his expression was a little dazed, "What am I going to draw?"
This is the one who retracts his gaze, and the one who does not retract his gaze, holding the pen and looking at the boy squatting in the aisle.
The young man squatted on the ground with his knees pressed against his chest, and the whole person shrunk into a ball, becoming small, with white paper under his feet and a white shirt on his body, which seemed to merge with heaven and earth, becoming smaller and smaller, little by little.... Loneliness, alienation, the expansion of heaven and earth, only this small point of him....
The man was so stupid that he didn't know where he was for a while.
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(This time it's only four thousand, hehe, hee, be lazy, happy Monday, get up and eat and get ready to go to work and school, I'll sleep for a while)