Xiao Ziyue sat in front of the piano, took a deep breath, lowered his head slightly, put his hands lightly on the strings, and began to play after a little thought. The strings played a beautiful melody under the caress of his fingertips. Xiao Ziyue gently closed his eyes while playing, and began to enjoy this beautiful melody and immerse himself in it.

In the crowd of onlookers, Nangong Xue noticed that there were also people cheering for him, their expressions were highly nervous, and they were all sweating for him. The nine judges seated in the judges' seat listened carefully to the music while holding pens and writing something on the paper.

At the same time, Huang Ying, who was preparing to take the exam on the stage, closed her eyes and sat motionless in front of the piano with an extremely calm expression, as if she was thinking about something. Nangong Xue looked at the calm Huang Ying and didn't worry much anymore, and said secretly in her heart: "Huang Ying, I believe that you must be fine, you are so talented that you will definitely make the judges' eyes shine." ”

Because the Mingqin competition only plays one song, and one song determines the outcome of the game, so when the incense is about to burn out, the nine judges put the pens in their hands on the pen holder one after another, glanced at each other calmly, nodded and handed the paper to Tao Haihui. Tao Haihui smiled and took over the final judgment of several judges. And confirmed in a low voice: "Is it all decided?" Don't change? Several judges nodded and said, "No." That's the result. After getting the judge's confirmation, Tao Haihui took the results and sat quietly on the side waiting for the moment when the incense burned out. After a while, the incense was finished, and Tao Haihui walked up to the test platform and announced loudly: "When the time comes, please Xiao Ziyue take a break for a while." After speaking, Xiao Ziyue stopped playing the piano, stood up and bowed deeply to the judge and the surrounding onlookers, and then sat down to rest for a while. Then Tao Haihui continued to announce: "Now I invite Huang Ying from Beixuan Academy to take the exam. Time is still limited to one stick of incense. After the announcement, he walked down the test table to the judging table for a short rest.

When Tao Haihui finished announcing, Huang Ying stood up and bowed deeply to the nine judges, and then bowed deeply to the onlookers. Huang Ying saw Nangong Xue at a glance, then smiled at her with a slight confident smile and sat down in front of the qin, then closed her eyes slightly and took a deep breath, then gently put her hands on the strings and began to play. The sound of the piano just got up, the judges suddenly brightened their eyes, their eyes were full of shock, and then several people were brought into this beautiful melody by the sound of the piano, this topic is to play a song for the examinees, the theme is to play the refreshing and warm of early summer, although it is summer, but the grass is not withered by the summer heat, just at the beginning of the yellow warbler playing, several judges obviously feel that the feeling given to them by this song is the theme of the famous piano competition, The song is not only beautiful and beautiful, but also has a strong sense of substitution, so that the listener has an immersive feeling, and what is even more surprising is that this song is not only attracted to people who understand it, but also people who don't know how to play the piano are brought into it and are completely attracted.

Xiao Ziyue listened to the playing of the yellow warbler and was also deeply attracted, in the song Xiao Ziyue felt the freshness of early summer, there was a trace of coolness in the breeze, although the hot summer day, but the grass on the ground was still a piece of green, and it was not withered and fell down because of the heat, the song made him immersive.

Until a stick of incense burned out, they still felt that it was a lingering sound, and the meaning was still unfinished. Even Tao Haihui was reluctant to come out of that feeling, but he was really helpless, because the time had come, and in desperation, Tao Haihui stood up and announced with a regretful face: "The time has come, please take a break Huang Ying and wait for the judge's judgment of this song, and also ask the two test takers to take a break and wait for Mingqin's final decision." ”

After speaking, he walked up to the judges and asked for the verdict: "The judges, please judge Huang Ying's playing. As soon as the words fell, several people were pulled back to reality in a trance, and their eyes widened and asked, "Huh? Are you done? Tao Haihui nodded regretfully and responded: "Yes, I just finished playing, and the incense has been extinguished." Please give your judgment on the repertoire played by Huang Ying and your final judgment on the Mingqin. ”

"Hey......." Yang Chenxin sighed helplessly, and then asked expectantly and curiously, "I said Nangong Feng, your Beixuan Academy is really a golden house, why didn't you find out that there were such outstanding students in the past?" You're reluctant to let outstanding students show up, are you? Don't hold back any 'bad' stuff."

"Dare, I'm also very surprised, I only found out today, and I really didn't know there were such outstanding students in the past. I'm feeling the same way you do now, and it's incomprehensible. Nangong Feng replied while judging the results.

"It seems that this year's competition between the four major academies is not simple." Han Zhuoyong said.

"This Mingqin competition should be just the beginning. This year's Beixuan Academy seems to be prepared, but this good start has not been encountered for a long time. It's really impressive, but this yellow warbler seems to be ....... Lin Shiru took over and said.

"If you guess correctly, it should be the daughter of Huang Jiezhong, the general of the southwest of the town." Qiu Wenhan said, "I really can't see that the dignified general who spoofed the general has cultivated such a daughter with outstanding piano skills." It seems that I will need to pay more attention in the future. Maybe there will be new surprises. ”

"......" Nangong Feng listened to their introduction while silently writing his own judgment on Huang Ying. In fact, Huang Ying's performance this time was quite surprising to him, in the ten years that he has served as the chief dean of the four major academies, he has rarely met such outstanding students. And it was in Beixuan, which surprised him even more. Huang Ying has been admitted to the hospital for three years, and I really didn't notice that she had such profound piano skills. It seems that he has to take a good look at the students of Beixuan Academy.

As he spoke, several judges wrote down the results and handed them over to Tao Haihui. Tao Haihui took it and looked at the results in his hand very seriously and carefully, then cleared his throat and announced: "In this Mingqin competition, the results of the competition between Xiao Ziyue and Huang Ying are: Xiao Ziyue plays the repertoire smoothly, the music style meets the requirements of the topic, and the sense of substitution of the song is not very strong, which is a little regrettable, but in general, they are all in place, and the score result is ninety. Huang Ying's repertoire is very attractive, the style of the song meets the requirements of the title, and it brings people into the song from the beginning, allowing people to be in the music and enjoy the feeling of early summer. Therefore, the final result of the Mingqin competition was Huang Ying's first place and Xiao Ziyue's second place. Do you have any objections to this result? ”

"No, I followed the results of several judging teachers. It's great to have such an opponent for me to learn. Xiao Ziyue responded. Saying that, he walked up to Huang Ying and congratulated, "Congratulations, I hope to learn more from you in the future, I admire your playing just now." It seems that I did not come in vain in this competition. It's been a pleasure to meet you. ”

"What you said is really serious, I still have a lot to learn from you, and you play very well, very good. If you have the opportunity, I hope to appreciate your piano skills more. Huang Ying replied politely.

"Since there are no objections. Then I will solemnly announce once again that Mingqin won the competition against Huang Ying of Beixuan Academy. Remember that in this competition of the four major academies, Beixuan Academy won the first. Tao Haihui announced again loudly, "The morning competition is officially over, let us look forward to the afternoon competition." In the afternoon, the subject of the competition is Mingshu, and the competition time begins as soon as noon is over. Please be on time. ”

As soon as the words fell, thunderous applause rang out from the onlookers. Nangong Xue was even more overjoyed when she heard that Huang Ying had won as promised, and this good start made her, Zhao Linxue and everyone in Beixuan happy and cheered. It's a pity that their joy can't be with Huang Ying immediately, because at this moment, Huang Ying still has to go back to Hanlin Yuan to rest until all the competitions are over four days later, and they can celebrate together again.

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Just after noon, the competition began to prepare as scheduled. The eunuchs placed the four bookcases in an orderly manner, and placed the four treasures of the study room neatly on the bookcase. After everything was ready, Tao Haihui and the nine judges also sat down one after another. Tao Haihui straightened his clothes, cleared his throat and announced: "Now I announce that the competition of the four major academies will continue, and the subject of the competition in the afternoon will be Mingshu. The first is Zhao Zhe, a student from Beixuan Academy, the second is Jiang Yuxin, a student from Dongxuan Academy, the third is Guo Ziran, a student from Nanxuan Academy, and the fourth is Guo Zhiyu from Xixuan Academy. ”

After the introduction, the four students walked up to the competition stage one after another, bowed deeply to the judges and the audience, and then sat down one after another. After seeing the four students seated, Tao Haihui continued to announce: "Now it is up to me to announce the title of this competition, the title of the Mingshu competition is Guotai Ming'an, the rules of the competition are as follows: the candidates in the specified time with the line of calligraphy, regular script, cursive, official script, seal script these five forms of calligraphy to write these four characters, after the completion of the writing, by the nine judges to judge the completed calligraphy works, the full score of 100 points, the winner with the highest score, the winner of the competition. Do you understand? If you don't understand it, you can ask now. ”

The four test takers replied in unison, "No more doubts." ”

"Then I announce that the Mingshu competition will start now, and the incense will be limited to one by one." Tao Haihui announced. After speaking, the channel judge waited for the results of the competition.

After Tao Haihui finished announcing, the four test takers studied the ink and picked up the pen and began to write seriously. In the whole process of writing, Nangong Feng is very concerned about these four test takers, especially Beixuan's, since Beixuan got off to a good start in the morning, and the competition in the afternoon made him even more excited, in the past, he was never optimistic about Beixuan, but now at a glance, this Beixuan is really impressive.

In the tense progress of the competition of Mingshu, Zhao Zhe was not in a hurry or arrogant and wrote on the paper, compared with the other three, Zhao Zhe obviously seemed more comfortable, and the other three were more or less nervous. But nervousness is nervousness, and the competition should still be taken seriously, and there can be no sloppiness.

Ye Zheyu, who was sitting on the judge's seat at this moment, couldn't sit still, he stood up and walked to the test table, watching the competition up close, after all, most of the students of Dongxuan Academy are the sons and heirs of officials, so the whole person has a feeling of strategizing in the competition, Nanxuan Academy and Xixuan Academy are mostly civilians, their overall feeling is very tenacious, and they are not lost to anyone in terms of momentum, and they are extremely competitive for face. The Beixuan Academy is the heirs of officials above the third grade and the heirs of the royal family, the temperament is extremely tall, in the process of the competition gives people a very stable feeling, the retraction is very natural, the pen writing state is leisurely, Ye Zheyu carefully observed the calligraphy works completed by these students, the writing is very neat, and it is also very stable. When he saw Zhao Zhe's calligraphy works, Ye Zheyu instantly had a feeling of walking with a pen, accompanied by Zhao Zhe's pen after stroke, the whole feeling was so free and natural, and the handwriting jumped up on the paper. Looking at Ye Zheyu, he couldn't help but admire it a little.

"It's not easy to interpret calligraphy so brilliantly at such a young age. It seems that the opinion of Beixuan in the past was too hasty. Ye Zheyu said secretly in his heart.

In order not to put too much pressure on the test takers, Ye Zheyu only turned around and walked off the test bench, and when he walked off the test table with satisfaction, several other judges asked curiously: "How is the competition on the stage?" ”

"The results of the competition will definitely be a feast for your eyes. Let's just sit back and wait for the end of the competition, and then enjoy the feast of calligraphy. Ye Zheyu said with a smile, "I suggest you don't go up to watch it, it will put too much pressure on them, and then they will play abnormally." Let's just wait quietly in the audience. ”

As soon as a few people heard Ye Zheyu's words, they thought about it quietly, and they had to go up to see the test takers even more nervously, so that the competition would not be played to the fullest. So a few people sat on the judges' bench and waited quietly.

After a while, the incense finally burned out, and Tao Haihui got up and announced, "The time has come, please stop writing and put down the pen in your hand." ”

As soon as Tao Haihui's voice fell, the four test takers put down the brushes in their hands, and then stood in front of the book case and waited for the next step of judgment. Then Tao Haihui continued: "Please ask the eunuchs to collect the papers, and let the judges judge them. ”

As he spoke, he walked up to the four eunuchs, each of whom received the calligraphy work of one of the examinees, and after collecting it, handed it over to the judges sitting on the judges' seat one by one, so that the judges could make the final decision. Several judges couldn't wait to see the calligraphy works of these four teenagers, and they had been hung by Ye Zheyu before. Curiosity was immediately brought to the extreme.

The judges took the calligraphy works handed over by the eunuchs and carefully tasted them. As Ye Zheyu said, although they are all written with the same content, the style of the pen is very different, which is really a feast for the eyes. It's all very like, like a treasure in your hand, and you can't let go.

"Well, it's really well written, it's really a hero from ancient times, I was quite dismissive when I was chosen as a judge, but now I've changed, from the piano in the morning to the book in the afternoon, it really shocks me, and this year's competition looks like it will be more exciting than the previous ones. This makes me look forward to the next competition. Yun Dingxing said excitedly.

As he spoke, several judges noticed Zhao Zhe's calligraphy works. When everyone saw the calligraphy written by Zhao Zhe for the first time, everyone was shocked. Under the interpretation of Zhao Zhe, the five forms of calligraphy are like a dragon in the clouds, his calligraphy is not only powerful through the back of the paper, but also makes people feel that it is like a living life, he gives calligraphy a soul, so that the realm of calligraphy has been upgraded to a higher level, and it is completely alive. The judges were fascinated by the calligraphy with the soul, and they never thought that calligraphy could be written like this. I can also write the soul. This caused several judges to give Nangong Feng a thumbs up and praise, "I really didn't expect that your academy could produce such talents. I can't imagine it. ”

Nangong Feng had to nod slightly. He didn't explain much, and secretly thought in his heart, in this year's competition, there should be another expert to guide such a jaw-dropping student in Beixuan, otherwise how could he be so amazing.

When it came to the final scoring, several judges discussed and gave the highest score to Zhao Zhe without hesitation, and the other scores were not low, all around ninety-seven points. Tao Haihui took the final evaluation results and solemnly announced: "The scores of the four students in the Mingshu competition are: Guo Zhiyu 97 points, Guo Ziran 96 points, Jiang Yuxin 96 points, and Zhao Zhe 100 points. Below I will repeat the judge's final interpretation, the four students all wrote extremely carefully in the competition, and the calligraphy works were all written with great strength. All of them show the best side of their calligraphy attainments. So congratulations at the same time more encouragement, I hope to work harder in the future, I have the opportunity to show more of the charm of the students' calligraphy, the reason why Zhao Zhe's score is the highest, is because he gave his soul to calligraphy, so his calligraphy attainments have improved a lot, so the higher score is given here, I hope several other students don't care. Because you're all perfectly written. There is not the slightest blemish. ”

After Tao Haihui finished reading the judge's final remarks, he paused and asked, "Do you have any objections to this, a few test takers?" ”

Several test takers smiled and shook their heads, "No." ”

"Then I announce the results of the final Mingshu competition - Zhao Zhe of Beixuan Academy won with a perfect score of 100 points. Congratulations to Beixuan AcademyCongratulations to Zhao Zhe. Tao Haihui announced.

"It's been a great win for two." Zhao Linxue listened to this result and excitedly pulled Nangong Xue's hands and said.

"Well, there are still six competitions, and I hope they can all triumph as promised." Nangong Xue responded.