Lu Hui took a piece of silk cloth from the hand of the official, opened the red seal, showed it to everyone, and said: "This is the question of Dazhongzheng's temporary order, you must answer it within two quarters of an hour, and those who pass can climb the mountain." ”

This is the second level that Zhang Mo was worried about, Xu You looked at the title, and there were only a few numbers on it: a five-character poem with the title of Lonely Mountain.

Throughout the ages, poetry is the most difficult, as long as you meet a famous teacher, read hard in the cold and summer, you can always understand it, and no matter how bad it is, you will read it according to the book and repeat the opinions of your predecessors. But poetry is different, if you can do it, you can't make it, you can't make it, you can't write it anyway. And it can be done, and it is two concepts to be done well, so how many people have read the 24th History, and only one thousandth of the poem has been named.

"Put the pot!"

The official placed the leaky pot on a flat stone beside the roadside, this kind of pot is a water-receiving type, there are a water pot and two supply pots, a set of three, also called a three-level leaky pot, each liter of water, is a quarter of an hour.

"Timing!"

Xu opened the water outlet hole, and the water slowly flowed out of the dropper, representing the passage of time. Everyone can no longer care about anything else, or stand in the same place, or sit in the grass, or stand by the water, or look up and gaze at the wind and leaves, or close their eyes and meditate on the beautiful mountains and rivers, one by one, they dig out their minds, and strive to do it, and do it well!

Zhang Moshi is agile and instantaneous, but he doesn't want to be in the limelight, and he is ready to answer the question later. He looked at Xu You and asked him how he was doing, Xu You smiled slightly, and pointed to his chest, meaning that he was confident, and Zhang Mo was relieved.

He looked at Chen Qian and Bai Chengtian again, the two of them were immersed in their thoughts, thinking that it was not a big problem, and then went to see Ji Ying, but saw him holding his robe with both hands, his face was panicked, and in the cold weather, sweat drops were flowing from his forehead.

Ji Ying doesn't know what's wrong with him, although he is not famous, but he is quite conceited in private, and he often recites poetry, which is quite praised by friends in the countryside. Who knew that this would be fluctuating, difficult to calm down, and the mind would be blank, not to mention composing poetry, even those scriptures that were familiar with the heart would be completely forgotten.

Xu You also discovered Ji Ying's abnormality, just like the college entrance examination in later generations, it may not be good to do well in the exam, but the usual results are good, and the on-the-spot performance and psychological quality determine the victory or defeat in the examination room, Ji Ying is obviously still immersed in the performance just now, from extreme nervousness to instant relaxation, resulting in restlessness and complete chaos.

Yes, others think that Ji Ying is Zhang Mo's head, and he is really a gentleman. Xu You thought the same thing at first, but when he found out that Ji Ying was very introverted and had other plans, his heart was like a mirror, and he immediately saw through everything.

Ji Ying, with brocade in his robes and old shoes on his feet, is clearly revealed. However, in life, all you want is fame and fortune, there is nothing to blame for this, and Xu You will not be naïve enough to be prejudiced against Ji Ying because of what he wears. But Zhang Mo was hit, Hu Xin was not a good stubble at first glance, Ji Ying should not have rushed to get ahead, especially after Zhang Mo clearly told him not to provoke him, he didn't give up, and he seemed to be more concerned than the owner.

This is not normal!

Xu You never hesitated to speculate on people's hearts with the greatest malice, Ji Ying had no courage, and there was no need to offend Hu Xin for Zhang Mo, who had no friendship. The only reason was that he stood higher than everyone else, and he was keenly aware that someone was coming down from the mountain, so he pretended to speak up, the purpose was very simple, to surprise the people who came, and leave a good impression that he was not afraid of power.

Of course, he didn't know that the person who came was Lu Hui, but he could guess that it must be someone related to Yaji, and the advantages outweighed the disadvantages of gambling.

Ji Ying is not like an old gambler who is familiar with the road, and it can be seen from his current mental state that the scene just now made him uneasy until this moment, and it should be the first time to use a trick to take risks.

So the question is, why does Ji Ying have to take a gamble? The order is a big deal for the scholar, but it is not a matter of life and death, this year, there will be next year, next year, and the year after tomorrow, Xu You guessed that Ji Ying must have a last resort, this time, the order is of great importance to him, extraordinary.

Therefore, Xu You was too lazy to expose his tricks, Zhang Mo did not have such vicious eyes as Xu You, he was grateful to Ji Ying, seeing that he was getting more and more panicked, he took advantage of Lu Hui's unpreparedness, walked closer, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "The mountains are cloudless, and the deep valleys are lightless." Day and night on fog and rain, winter and summer frost ......"

A five-character ancient poem, strange and pretentious, Ji Ying hurriedly wrote it down, just heard the officials shouting two quarters of an hour to arrive, Lu Hui ordered people to step forward in turn, dictate the poem, but where the poetry is acceptable, the text is smooth, you can pass the test. The five-word ancient poem is the most difficult poem, and it is not easy to become a poem in a hurry, this key is to test the urgency of the scholars, and does not deliberately embarrass them, so it is not too important to care about the rigor and excellence of the algae ornament, the use of classics, and puppets.

In about a quarter of an hour, twenty-five of the forty-seven people did not make a complete poem about the lonely mountain, or the words did not reach the meaning, or it was far-fetched, or the poem was half a sentence, or copied the poems of their predecessors, and was pointed out by Lu Hui on the spot, and their faces were red with shame, and they wanted to go to the ground.

Although Lu Hui is greedy for money and his character is not very good, but he was born in the Lu family, and his knowledge is much better than that of ordinary scholars here, and it is not easy to deceive him.

Lu Hui selected the poems of five of the twenty-two people who passed the test, and asked the officials to copy them on fine silk and prepare to present them to Dazhong Zheng Yajian. These five people are Zhang Mo, Ji Ying, Hu Xin, Tan Le, and Ji Yutang. Zhang Mo needless to say, if he doesn't choose his poems, it will be difficult to convince the public, Zhang Mo, who was copied by Ji Ying, was naturally selected, as for Tan Le and Ji Yutang, they are both people from the inferior scholar clan, and the poems Xu You made listened to it, and he can only say that it is mediocre, and Zhang Mo is not much worse, and being able to be selected should be the result of the Lu Hui balancing the scholar clan and the Hanmen.

What surprised Xu You was Hu Xin, not because he was selected, but because his poems were not bad among the children of the scholar clan, not as good as Zhang Mo, but much better than others!

In fact, Lu Hui lightly pulled Hu Xin just now, and Xu You understood that these two people must have a greasy relationship, maybe they are familiar or have other friendships. As long as Hu Xin writes the poem of Gushan completely, he will definitely be selected, but he didn't expect his selection to make anyone unable to say anything against it.

Sure enough, you can't look at people on the surface, Ji Ying looks like a gentleman, but in fact he is scheming, Hu Xin seems to be a reckless man, but he is full of talent. Man, it's so complicated!

Zhang Mo deliberately listened to Xu You's poems, and definitely did not lose himself, but he was not selected, but the poems of Tan Le and others were mediocre, but they were valued by Lu Hui, and he was about to step forward to say, but he was pulled by Xu You, and persuaded Ji Ying with his words to persuade Ji Ying, and said: "Today's Yaji, don't make trouble!" ”

Zhang Mo saw that Xu You said solemnly, and it was not easy to disobey his wishes, and he admired his cultivation without being shocked, and said: "Lang Jun knows his fate and is far above me!" ”

Xu You smiled slightly, knowing his fate? Then you're mistaken about me. The most unrecognizable thing for me is my life!

Zhang Mo was about to ask, when he heard Lu Hui say: "You people follow me up the mountain, and the others return to the ferry from the Xicun Bridge!" ”

Lu Hui said, and without looking at the faces of those who were defeated, he turned around and walked slowly along the mountain road. From beginning to end, he didn't look at Xu You, and even when Xu You answered the question, he closed his eyes and was noncommittal, as if he didn't recognize this person.

Xu You didn't understand why Lu Hui's attitude was so bad, but he didn't take it to heart, this time the focus was on Lu Xu, Lu Hui was just an idle person.

It's just that Xu You couldn't have imagined that Lu Hui would be angry with him because of Su Tang. During this time, he had been staying in Sajinfang, not knowing that Liu Yan had sent several waves of rangers to harass Su Tang day and night. Liu Yan's plan, thinking that Su Tang couldn't bear it, would go to the county government for help, and then Lu Hui could heroically save the beauty and take away her body and mind. Who knew that Su Tang would rather stay closed all day long, endure the noise and disturbance outside, and refuse to go to the county office, which made Lu Hui angry and angry, but he loved her little temperament to death.

Later, I heard Liu Yan's report that Su Tang's maidservant threatened that the ranger dared to mess around again, so he told Xu Langjun in Jingyuan and asked Xu Langjun to teach them a lesson, and also said that Xu Langjun had killed people, and even the county order gave him three points of thin noodles. When Lu Hui heard this, he thought of the gossip between Xu You and Su Tang, and his anger suddenly turned into the vinegar of the dead man, and it completely erupted in today's Yaji.

Fortunately, he still has some sense, knowing that Xu You's participation in the Yaji is the result of Gu Yun's recommendation, so he didn't dare to stop him in the second level anyway, but he also deliberately didn't choose his poems into the top five, which was a small retaliation.

If Xu You knew the cause and effect, he would definitely cry three times, this pot is wronged!

Hu Xinyao glared at Zhang Mo Jiying proudly, and happily followed behind Lu Hui with a few of his friends who had passed the pass. Ji Ying couldn't hold it back, and was in a hurry to go, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Xu You and Zhang Mo didn't move, thought about it, and stopped.

"Chengtian, it won't work this time, come back next time, don't be discouraged!"

The five people in the same boat, Xu You, Zhang Mo, Ji Ying and Chen Qian all passed, and only Bai Chengtian was defeated. In the exam, where the elimination rate is almost as high as 60 percent, it is a blessing that one person is eliminated by one ship.

But for Bai Chengtian, it was the unfortunate one!

Originally, Xu You could help him, just like Zhang Mo helped Ji Ying. But Bai Chengtian behaved casually at the beginning, similar to Chen Qian, but when he answered, he pieced it together and barely made it into four sentences, completely ignorant of what to do, and was eliminated by Lu Hui in a reasonable way.

"Hey, I know my own foundation, even if I pass the second level, isn't it embarrassing to get to Yaji? That's it, let's go home, I can get to know a few of your friends, and I haven't come to Qiantang in vain. ”

Bai Chengtian had an open-minded temperament, and he quickly left it behind when he was depressed, and hugged his fists and said: "After the day in Xincheng County, I will do the east, please taste the chestnut wine there, the taste is sweet and mellow, the color is green, and the smell is smacking!" ”

"Okay, if you have time, you must bother!"

Bai Chengtian mingled with the dejected crowd and walked along the West Village Bridge towards the ferry. There are light boats but they are not allowed to use them, naturally they are afraid that they will land on the shore from other places, but there are still many onlookers standing at the Xicun ferry, and such an arrangement will undoubtedly make this group of scholars lose face.

Zhang Zihua, is it really so unpleasant to look at the scholars in Yangzhou?

Or have you just taken office and want to stand ahead?

Or think about the good, the sword is sharpened from the sharpening, Zhang Zihua wants this group of people to know the shame and bravery, study hard after returning home, and the knowledge is not refined, and then dare not trespass on all kinds of elegant gatherings to mix up the reputation?

Xu You can't see through it!

For a long time, he laughed at himself, a state is in the middle, no matter how powerful it is, if it is easy for people to see through, they will not be able to sit in this position.

Bai Chengtian walked to the middle of the bridge and turned around and waved to Xu You, who also waved and watched him disappear into the distant shore.

"It's time to go!"

Xu You turned around, there were only Zhang Mo and Chen Qian around him, and Ji Ying was gone. After all, he couldn't bear the joy of getting the ticket, and hurriedly chased Lu up the mountain.

"Let's go, go up the mountain!"