At the second quarter of the third day of the competition, the eunuchs packed up the test table, and Tao Haihui looked at the stage to make sure that it was not left behind, so he instructed the eunuchs: "Go and inform the judges and the students to prepare." After saying that, the eunuchs nodded and went down. After about a cup of tea, the judges and the students arrived on the stage, and the audience was seated. After Tao Haihui saw the judges seated, he announced: "The Mingfa competition is now starting to invite candidates to sit at the table, the first is Zhong Wanyi from Dongxuan Academy, the second is Guan Xingtian from Beixuan Academy, the third is Dong Zhizhong from Nanxuan Academy, and the fourth is Liu Yiyi from Xixuan Academy. After saying that, the four of them saluted and entered the table in turn.

"I announce the rules of the Ming Law competition, complete the test paper within a stick of incense, and then ask the judge to make a ruling, the one with the highest score wins, please complete the content of the test paper carefully, if there is plagiarism, directly judge the loss, please respect yourself." Tao Haihui announced, and all four of them nodded to show that they understood, and then continued, "Then, the Mingfa competition has officially begun." Incense lighting timing. ”

With an order, the four people picked up their pens and answered seriously. Don't look at the ordinary test paper answers, there are many traps in the test questions. The nine judges whispered. Seeing this, Nangong Xue moved her body slightly and moved towards the judgment seat, and vaguely heard Yun Dingxing say: "This time is not only to test their understanding of the law, but also to see whether they are careful or not." If you don't pay attention to it, you will be trapped, and even the gods will not be able to save it at that time. ”

After speaking, the others looked at the test paper in their hands carefully, and found that many questions were within the question, and if they were not careful, they would be deducted points. In addition to testing the degree of cognition, this competition of the law is more about testing the rigor of the law. Nangong Xue couldn't see the content of the test paper because she was standing under the stage, but she was a little worried when she heard this, and she couldn't help but murmur in her heart: "The old guy seems to have a lot of eyes." Leave a foreshadowing and wait for someone to jump in. There are yours. Despite this, the only thing Nangong Xue can do is to cheer for Guan Xingtian, hoping that he can complete the Ming Fa competition excellently.

On the stage, Guan Xingtian carefully examined each topic, and sure enough, it really made him see the cattiness in the question, Guan Xingtian couldn't help but think: "If Xiaoxue sees this, she will definitely say that she can answer the question happily." There are so many hardships to go through to answer the questions. It seems that the question is also very laborious. Hurt him. Despite this, Guan Xingtian showed a look of non-rejection and answered every question carefully. Fortunately, he is usually influenced by his father, so he basically answers the questions fluently. I was very cautious in my answers. Before the incense burned out, Guan Xingtian stopped the pen in his hand and carefully reviewed the test paper, without any modifications, he put the pen in his hand on the pen holder. Then he smiled slightly with satisfaction.

After a while, the incense burned out, and Tao Haihui announced, "It's time." Please put down your pen and stop answering the questions. When he saw that the students had stopped writing, he continued, "Please give the test paper to the judge for examination." After speaking, four eunuchs came up, and they carefully packed up the test papers and handed them to the judges, and several judges took the test papers and carefully read them. Several judges smiled and nodded from time to time when they were reading the papers, and shook their heads with a serious face from time to time, which made Zhao Linxue in the audience look really anxious, Nangong Xue who was standing on the side was anxious but more worried, she couldn't see the test papers, and all she could do was to support Guan Xingtian.

After about half a cup of tea, Yun Dingxing suddenly froze, he looked at the test paper in his hand in a daze, his mouth trembled and seemed to say something, because it was far away, Nangong Xue couldn't hear it, but several other judges on the stage heard it, "This ...... That's a really ...... answer It was just perfect. It's unbelievable. Yun Dingxing trembled and exclaimed, "Whose test paper is this?" After speaking, he looked at the test paper carefully, and then noticed that this test paper was in charge. So he said in pieces, "Guan Xingtian, Guan Xingtian of Beixuan Academy......"

"It's the son of Bowei, the secretary of the Criminal Department." Nangong Feng took a stubble.

"What I said, it turned out to be someone from our Criminal Department, speaking of which, Zhong Wanyi's father is also from our Criminal Department, and he is also from the Criminal Department. It's hard to imagine that my son has taught him so well, and it's not easy to integrate the law to such an extent at the age of seven, I thought that this year's Ming Fa topic would make them stuck, it seems that I underestimated their strength. But these four students are really good. Guan Xingtian is even better, there are no mistakes in the answers, even if the questions in the test paper are placed at the moment, there will be no judgment errors, which reduces the occurrence of unjust, false and wrongful cases, talents, really talents. Guan Bowei is really good at teaching children. Yun Dingxing exclaimed.

As he spoke, the other judges carefully read Guan Xingtian's test papers. All of them smiled extremely satisfied. Even Nangong Feng couldn't help but marvel, he had never thought that Beixuan would produce such a thoughtful student for so long. Last year's competition was not like this, but this year it has been eye-catching again and again, and it seems that Beixuan has changed.

After some discussion, the nine judges finally agreed on the same opinion, and several people finally nodded and said in unison: "Then don't change it, just choose him." After speaking, he handed the judgment to Tao Haihui and said, "This is our final verdict on the Mingfa competition." I don't change it. ”

Tao Haihui nodded, and announced according to the final result: "After the discussion of the nine judges, now I announce the final result of the Ming Law Competition, Guan Xingtian scored 100 points, Dong Zhizhong scored 98 points, Zhong Wanyi scored 99 points, Liu Yiyi scored 98 points, and Guan Xingtian won the final victory." The reason is that his answers are not only cautious, but also very thorough, so that no mistakes can be found, and of course the other three answers are very good, but they lack some care, do not fully apply the law, and lack a little care. So give the other three encouragement prizes and hope that you will all continue to study the Law diligently. ”

After reading out the results, Tao Haihui paused and continued: "In order to let a few students not regret it, please exchange the test papers, you can compare them well, if there is no doubt, then I will announce the end of the Mingfa competition." After speaking, several students exchanged test papers and read them carefully. The other three also looked convinced after reading Guan Xingtian's test papers, nodded and replied, "We have no doubt about this result. ”

After hearing this, Tao Haihui announced again: "The Ming Law subject won the test of Guan Xingtian of Beixuan Academy. As soon as the words fell, the big stone hanging in the hearts of Nangong Xue and Zhao Linxue in the audience fell to the ground, and the two of them held hands and jumped happily. "Great, it's great." Ling Huyi, who was standing in the crowd, also nodded with satisfaction. At this point in the competition, it was completely unexpected for him. This made him look forward to the next competition.

Tao Haihui couldn't help but start looking forward to Beixuan, he hadn't seen it for a year, and Beixuan's performance was really impressive. He smiled slightly at Guan Xingtian, and then said: "This is the end of the Mingfa subject competition, the afternoon is the Mingli subject competition, and the competition will start at three o'clock at noon, please get ready." ”

In fact, this result is quite surprising to Guan Xingtian, he has always felt that Zhong Wanyi will not be bad, not only Zhong Wanyi, but also the others will not be bad, Zhong Wanyi's father and Guan Xingtian's father are good friends, and they often discuss the law together on weekdays, although Liu Yiyi is from a humble background, but his enthusiasm for the law will not lose to any of them, although Dong Zhizhong was born in a business family, he is also a person who has a great interest in the law, these people all know Guan Xingtian, and they also have a lot of exchanges on weekdays, Therefore, according to Guan Xingtian's understanding of them, he felt that it was a miracle that he could stand out among them today. But I still have two brushes myself. From the perspective of self-confidence, Guan Xingtian still believes in his own strength. So he silently muttered in his heart: "It seems that this year's weather vane will favor Beixuan Academy." ”

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, several judges were seated one after another, and everyone in the audience sat in the audience one after another, Tao Haihui stood on the competition platform and announced: "The Mingli subject competition starts now, please take the test, the first is Xu Zhong from Beixuan Academy, the second is Wen Shilong from Dongxuan Academy, the third is Zhu Wenyu from Nanxuan Academy, and the fourth is Zhai Xinyu from Xixuan Academy." Tao Haihui introduced several test takers and saluted in turn. After taking the seat, he continued, "Next, I will talk about the rules of the Mingli competition, the test taker answers the test paper within a pillar of incense, and there shall be no plagiarism in the process of answering the test, if there is a discovery, the qualification for the test will be revoked, and the answer sheet will be handed over to the judge after the end of the test, and the judge can randomly give the test taker a random question to ask the test taker to answer, and can ask questions to each test taker three times. When giving marks to test takers, the judges will give a score based on a combination of the oral answers and the answers to the test paper, and the higher score wins. Did a few test takers get it? If there are no doubts, start answering. ”

"No more. It's time to go. Several test takers shook their heads in response.

"Please light incense." Tao Haihui announced. Then the eunuch lit the incense. Several students also began to answer in earnest. Xu Zhong carefully read the questions of the test paper, and after thinking carefully for a while, he picked up the pen and began to answer. Several students on the test table answered the questions one by one nervously and seriously, and several judges on the judges' bench whispered to discuss the questions to be asked later. Mingli's competition is both the most important and not too difficult in the eight subjects, the behavior of etiquette on weekdays is done, as long as you are careful, there will not be too many mistakes, Xu Zhong has been very interested in etiquette since he was a child, whether it is talking or getting along with people, he is very polite, and he will not let people find any fault in etiquette, thinking of this, Zhao Linxue is a little relieved,

When a stick of incense burned out, Xu Zhong carefully reviewed the test paper to confirm that it had not been modified, then put down the pen in his hand and quietly waited for the end of the written test to be announced. After a while, Tao Haihui watched the incense burn out, then walked up to the stage and announced: "When the time is up, please put down the pen in your hand and stop answering the paper." Ask the eunuch to come to the stage to collect the scroll and hand it to the judge. With that, the eunuchs obeyed the order, walked up to the stage to collect the papers, handed the test papers to the judges, and went down. Several judges carefully examined the test papers, discussing and exchanging their opinions while examining them.

After touching a cup of tea, Qiu Wenhan asked several students: "Ask a few of you a few questions, please answer them one by one, first, if officials from other provinces travel, what is the difference between the accompanying honor guards?" Second, if the envoys of Fanbang meet the guard of honor, what should they do so that they can be satisfied with the reception without losing etiquette? ”

After speaking, several students fell into deep thought, thinking seriously. Wen Shilong was the first to reply: "Officials have to take a sedan chair when they travel, and there is a lot of attention here. The number of sedan chair bearers is determined by the rank of the sedan chair officer. The bigger the official, the more sedan chair drivers, there are four, six, eight people to carry the difference....... The audience of the envoys of Fanbang is generally divided into two types: 'entering the court' and 'coming to pay tribute'. However, given the relationship between the countries and China, the etiquette of their envoys to the emperor was also different. The vassal states coming to China belong to the "tribute", and the Ministry of Rites is responsible for receiving them. ......" After another tea time, except for Xu Zhong, the other three answered one by one, and while they answered, Qiu Wenhan nodded slightly.

The answers of the others were similar to Wen Shilong's, and after they all answered, Xu Zhong replied lightly: "Our country is a country of etiquette with a history of thousands of years of civilization. There are also strict differences between the guards of honor that officials ride and accompany when they travel (or go on patrol). Hierarchical distinctions are reflected in all aspects. In addition to traveling in micro-clothes, officials should use avoidance, silence, official title plates, iron chains, wooden sticks, black sheath whips, gourds, tail guns, black fans, yellow umbrellas and other accompanying honor guards, but also 'sound the gong to open the way' to remind the people in front of them to avoid. ……。 In the traditional culture, there has always been the concept of winning the world and living in orthodoxy, out of fear of the might of a great power, foreign envoys to our country, generally in accordance with our country's etiquette to worship. The audience of the envoys of Fanbang is generally divided into two types: 'entering the court' and 'coming to pay tribute'. On the day of the ceremony, the tribute envoy was led to the Ministry of Rites by the Ministry of Rites, and the envoys knelt three times and bowed nine times to the case, and after the ceremony was completed, the Ministry of Rites sent the letter to the cabinet and forwarded it to the emperor, and the tribute was stored in the relevant yamen. ……”

After Xu Zhong finished answering, Qiu Wenhan nodded with satisfaction, and then talked to the few students next to him about the performance of several students. Soon there were results, and several people circulated the final verdict again, and after no objections, they submitted it to Tao Haihui, Tao Haihui got the results and announced: "Now I announce the scores of all students in the Mingli subject competition, Wen Shilong 98 points, Zhu Wenyu 96 points, Zhai Xinyu 99 points, and Xu Zhong 100 points. According to the degree of different cognition of the students in the process of the competition, the judges voted unanimously to determine that Xu Zhong answered very well, the answers in the written test made people unable to find faults, and most of the questions answered correctly, and the other few were slightly inferior at this point, the answers were not very comprehensive, and more learning was needed. Therefore, it was determined that Xu Zhong won the Mingli subject competition. Do you have any objections from the students? ”

Several students also read the previous test papers carefully, and after reading Xu Zhongde's test papers, they all congratulated Xu Zhong one after another, and responded: "There is no objection." ”

"I announce that Xu Zhong won the Mingli subject competition, and this is the end of the Mingli subject competition. Judges, tomorrow is the last day of the competition, please come to watch the test tomorrow. Tao Haihui announced, "Please go back to Hanlin Garden to rest." ”

After speaking, the judges smiled and talked as they walked off the stage and walked towards Hanlin Garden. Winning six consecutive competitions, Nangong Xue is very happy in her heart, and there are two more competitions that will end perfectly, and then Beixuan will have a new face in front of the world, and it will be difficult to revoke it, Zhao Linxue happily took Nangong Xue's hand and said: "Xiaoxue, after winning two games, we Beixuan can raise our eyebrows." When the time comes, we can set up a table to celebrate the banquet and thank you well. ”

"I'm just doing a small part, the most important thing is that you're all great, you're the heroes." Nangong Xue replied modestly, "If I didn't have you, it would be useless for me to think too much." And tomorrow on the last day, calm down and hold your footing, a perfect ending, even if we didn't waste our efforts. ”

"Well, you're right. There was only one day left. Zhao Linxue said.