Su Tong's talent and learning, others are admired, with his literary talent, don't say that it is a government test, and it should be more than enough for Zhongxiu to supplement and increase the number of students. If it weren't for the fact that he was mourned because of his father's death three years ago, Su Tong would have been a promising young man, and he wouldn't have to wait until he was twenty years old to have a long time with these descendants.

But a mountain is still higher than a mountain, and Su Tong met Wu Xingyu.

Wu Xingyu, the son of an official eunuch who was despised by most people, impressed everyone present with two articles that were even more exquisite than Cheng Wen, and by this time, Wu Xingyu's talent had been recognized, and he no longer suspected that he had anything to do with bribery.

All that was left was Shen Xi.

This enigmatic character in the eyes of many people participated in the county examination and the government examination at the age of ten, and he passed the first game, and even the government examination was named the head of the case by the Kochi Prefecture.

If Shen Xi's article could not be more subtle than Su Tong and Wu Xingyu, he would definitely be accused of bribing the exam, and if it was much worse, then these candidates might make trouble on the spot.

Finally, when it was time to post the last exam paper, everyone held their breath.

At first, the candidates felt that it was because of the bribery test that they failed the list, but now judging from the first nine articles alone, even if there are shortcomings, these people are brilliant and say that the bribery test is too far-fetched. But after all, everything happened this time because the ten-year-old child was named the head of the case, and Shen Xi became the target of public criticism.

The volume was finally posted in anticipation.

The paper is not very large, because Shen Xi's article is not written according to the number of words, and the two articles add up to just over 700 words.

Immediately someone began to read it aloud, telling the contents to those who could not see it.

Although there were many people coming, the scene was quiet and everyone was listening carefully.

After reading it, someone in front of me will copy down the article and send it to the back for circulation, and many things that are not heard clearly can be understood more deeply through the text.

"This first article, but so, I'm afraid it's difficult to compare with the articles of Wu Gongzi and Su Gongzi......

Because the first article is about personal cultivation. Although Shen Xi quoted scriptures and classics in it, because the title itself was to test students' mastery of the words of the sages in the "Four Books", it was like a question and answer question, and no matter how subtle the article was, it would be like that.

Candidates are in a preconceived notion of the situation. thinks that Shen Xi's article must not be done well, even if this first eight-strand article is not comparable to Su Tong and Wu Xingyu, it will be said that it cannot be compared.

These candidates clearly set the tone for finding fault when they came up, so as to prepare for the later derogation of Shen Xi, the ten-year-old head of the case, and they are even ready to use this article as ironclad evidence that there is "bribery" in this government examination.

But some people with a heart. I have already started reading the second article, which is the key to determining whether this exam is normal or not.

Many candidates have noticed that the top ten exam papers, but the second article, mainly discusses "there are bandit gentlemen", rather than "learning and learning", which makes candidates realize that in fact, Gao Mingcheng thinks that the gentleman with literary talents must be tempered.

The reason why the top 10 candidates can find the right points of the discussion is that they need to have a certain experience in human affairs. They expected that with Shen Xi being ten years old, this scripture was said to be not the "Book of Songs", and when they saw this topic, they would definitely make a big fuss about "learning and learning".

At the beginning of the second article, Shen Xi quoted a sentence to discuss the importance of learning and learning, so that more people feel that this article is just like that.

But the further back they looked, the more surprised the candidates became. Shen Xi has completely entered the state of examination in his second essay, and the writing is brilliant. Leap off the page. Different from the county examination, Shen Xi did not hide his clumsiness in the government examination, and he was very happy, and the article was sprinkled with great skills.

Originally, there were people copying and preparing to circulate. But after seeing this article, the person who copied it seemed to be stunned and completely brought into the article.

“…… The edge of the sword is sharpened, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. ”

When those who read this article aloud, when they read this, those present were amazed. Even the people who read stopped to stop. Ask each other, where have you seen these two verses?

It is understandable to say that one or two current texts or ancient books that quote allusions have not been read, but the circulation of the poems is relatively wider, and these two poems are so catchy to read, and they can even be called popular masterpieces, after asking each other, no one can say the source and reason, then there is only one explanation, which is made by Shen Xi himself in the examination room.

This poem is simply tailor-made for the discussion of "there are bandit gentlemen", and with such two poems, the style of the whole article has almost risen to a higher level.

After everyone finished reading the article, many people had lowered their heads and shook their heads and sighed, at this time they already felt that it seemed reasonable to be subordinate to others, rather than really "bribery".

"No way, how could he, a ten-year-old child, write such an article, write such a poem? This must be done by someone! ”

By this time, many people were angry, they were unwilling to admit defeat, and they were a bit of a mess.

After all, the posted exam papers were transcribed by a special person, not the original exam papers, and it is difficult to say whether there are any cats in them.

The official sneered: "Lord Fuzun has long known that you group of people are not giving up, so I specially took out the original scroll of Shen Xiaogongzi and showed it to you. ”

As he spoke, a special official took out the exam paper that Shen Xi had been obscure before, and did not put a notice board on it, so he took it in his hand and showed it to everyone, turning it page by page, with the circle drawn by the examiner with a red pen and one or two comments on it.

The article on the examination paper is no different from the one posted before, and the government took out the "personal confession" written by Shen Xi himself, and compared the handwriting on it, these are enough to prove that this article is evidence written by Shen Xi himself.

"Well, die, right?"

The official said angrily, "Lord Fuzun has a word first, if you feel unconvinced, then sue the provincial capital, even if you go to the Son of Heaven to sue the royal court, it is up to you, if you obey, you will honestly go back to Wenshu, and there will be a chance to be admitted in the future." If you make trouble again, let alone take a lawsuit, you will even be deprived of the opportunity to take the exam in the future, but you will bring it on yourself, and you can't complain about others. ”

The scholars present were immediately discouraged.

The previous series of rumors of "bribery in the examination" have been self-defeating after the government posted these ten examination papers.

Even if some people still want to mess around, they don't dare to stand up to the limelight when they think that the government will release cruel words to deprive them of their qualifications to participate in the government examination.

The imperial examination is the hope of a scholar's life, and they dare not gamble with their future.

"Woohoo. Woohoo lament, what kind of world is this, I have been reading hard for decades, and the article is not as good as a ten-year-old child. It's really shameless to live in the world. ”

A candidate in his forties stood in front of the bulletin board and complained.

Others persuaded: "Brother Lin, don't think about it, you are just a poem that is not as good as that ten-year-old child, you say that he, if it is not for this good poem." Can you be named the head of the case? ”

Originally, many candidates were psychologically unbalanced and in pain, but when they heard this sentence, they seemed to find spiritual comfort, and when they thought about it, no, what else did Shen Xi have besides writing good poems?

As for the subtlety of Shen Xi's article, it was selectively ignored by these people.

So on the way back, these people comforted each other. What was said was about the same, we didn't lose the essays and the articles, we just lost the poems of the ten-year-olds.

"The edge of the sword comes from the sharpening, and the fragrance of the plum blossom comes from the bitter cold......"

Everyone pondered in their hearts, these words seemed to encourage them, this session has not passed, there is still the next year, there is also the coming year, life is not stopped, sooner or later I will be ranked in the court with the title of the gold list...... An ambitious one. I longed for it, but I took Shen Xi's poem as a motto in life, and prepared to go home and continue to read hard.

Some of the scholars who originally stayed in Fucheng to prepare for the "re-examination" knew that there was no hope at all. Pack up the soft and prepare to return home.

In the teahouse at the entrance of Fuya Street, there was a fourteen-year-old boy who was holding a manuscript of Shen Xifu's examination article, carefully examining it, his face was a little emotional, and the disappointment revealed from time to time was difficult to hide.

"Young Master. It's time for us to go back, the old man sent someone to urge him in the first two days, saying that as soon as the exam is over, he will send the young master home. You can ......"

The old servant was very anxious, because his young master repeatedly postponed the date of leaving for his hometown.

This young man is none other than Wu Xingyu, who ranked second below Shen Xi in this government test.

Wu Xingyu still looked at the article copied in his hand, shook his head and said: "Not only did I lose his age, but I also lost the article to him, I am really unwilling." ”

After the long case, although Wu Xingyu congratulated Shen Xi and maintained his demeanor, he was not convinced, with his conceit of his own talent, he never thought that he would lose to Shen Xi. Staying in Fucheng, he also wanted to see the outcome of the matter, whether the government would deprive Shen Xi of the head of the case under the pressure of public opinion, and then he could make up for the position of the head of the case.

Although the Wu family is a wealthy family, Wu Xingyu is a concubine after all, and he has been very strong since he was a child, and he is smart and studious, and his academic progress is very fast, and he is outstanding among all the descendants of the Wu family. It is precisely because of this that he will be deliberately cultivated as an old lady of the Wu family, the current political envoy of Shanxi, Wu Wendu, as a concubine.

Although there is no first article, an article cannot be judged from the quality of the sentence, but a good article is a good article, Wu Xingyu is also open-minded, after reading Shen Xi's test-taking essay, he knew that he really lost.

The servant smiled and said, "Young Master, you are also a young man, and your future is limitless. The master said that he had written to Shanxi to inform the master of the news of the young master's entrance examination, and the master would be very happy when he found out. At that time, the young master may be able to get the permission of the master and go to the country to study. ”

Wu Xingyu smiled: "I don't need to get the family's budding shade, I will fight for my future." However, we did stay in Fucheng for a little longer, Uncle Jiang, you go and prepare the carriage, tomorrow we will leave for Qingliu County, I don't believe it, next year's college exam, he can still be on the list. ”

"When the time comes, you really should have a good fight with him."

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