Chapter 5 Preliminary Examination
The beautiful picture on the Dragon River also ended after the end of the day. Li Fu and Yang Zixu returned to Chang'an Street slightly drunk, and the guards who were still very careful to avoid the night patrol planned to climb over the wall of the inn and return to the inn.
Li Fu took the lead in turning over, and when he fell, he suddenly found a pair of green eyes staring at his feet. Only then did I find out that there was a big black dog more than half a person tall here!
The big black dog's eyes stared at Li Fu deadly, and the white canine teeth emitted a cold silver light under the moonlight.
"What are you doing here, are you really planning to admire the moon?"
As soon as Yang Zixu's words fell, he fell lightly from the wall, and he didn't notice the big black dog. Unfortunately, Yang Zixu stepped on Brother Hei's tail with one foot.
"Whew~~~! Woof~! ”
The black dog was in pain, and after a wail, he bit straight on Yang Zixu's buttocks! There was a whining sound coming out of his mouth.
"Dead dog, let go! Hurry up and let me go~! ”
The expression on Yang Zixu's face instantly became very exciting, and he gritted his teeth to prevent himself from making a louder voice, if he let others see this scene, I am afraid that his image in the Eastern Capital will be completely ruined in the future!
"Ah~~ Dead dog, let go! Loosen your mouth for the master~! ”
"Whoop~~~ Tap, tap~~!"
Yang Zixu hurriedly slapped the dog's head with his hand, but it had no effect. On the contrary, the bite of the black dog was even heavier, and Yang Zixu couldn't bear it anymore.
"You haven't come to help~!" Yang Zi couldn't care about it so much, the pain in his buttocks overcame his face, and he raised his voice and asked Li Fu for help with a bad smile on the side.
"Who told you to jump down without looking....haha~~~" Li Fu couldn't help it, the picture in front of him was too ridiculous.
"Stop talking nonsense, clean to help!" Yang Zixu watched the lights in the inn turn on one after another, and hurriedly said.
Li Fu is also a little weak-hearted, if this is seen, Yang Zixu is not the only one who is embarrassed.
"Dead dog, I'll stew it for you sooner or later~...."
"Let's go, wait for someone else to come and see the joke...."
"Oops, it hurts me to death, hey~ you wait for me!"
The two of them struggled to open the black dog's mouth and fled into the house in embarrassment.
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"Li Fu, are you okay, hurry up, you won't be able to catch up with the carriage of Dali Temple any later." Yang Zixu slapped the knocker outside the door, and said in an anxious tone.
"Wait, it's coming soon"
In the room on the second floor, Li Fu methodically changed into the clothes distributed by the Confucian students yesterday.
"Why does this dress look so familiar?"
Li Fu glanced at the clothes on the bed and remembered the two pieces of clothes that the master had placed at the bottom of the bag when he was leaving.
The bachelor's uniform with silver trim on a white background, with light cyan cloud boots, is draped in a brocade robe with delicate workmanship. Li Fu's long hair was scattered, his expression was freehand, and he walked out of the door.
"Why doesn't this bachelor's gown of yours feel like it's only been paid this year? Why does the color appear some....plain? Yang Zixu glanced at Li Fu, and then looked at himself.
The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty are luxurious, and in some formal Changhe, they pay great attention to clothing and etiquette, and they must not be confused. Formal dresses, regular dresses, and formal dresses should be distinguished one by one. Every year, the materials used in the costumes of the students who try the Lantern Festival are woven by the new silk from the south, and they are matched with good embroidery.
This costume is strictly controlled by the student supervisor, and it will be made and distributed to each student who participates in the Lantern Festival examination on the day before the Lantern Festival examination every year, and the number of costumes each year is the number of students who participated in the examination that year, no more than one, no less than one.
"Get in the car! It's weirdly cold outside! Yang Zixu said.
In front of the inn, a car queue was parked. Yang Zixu lifted the soft curtain and beckoned Li Fu to get into the car
A moment later, the mighty car dragon drove towards Dali Temple.
Chang'an Street is full of traffic and laughter. Looking down from the sky, you can see the carriages hanging with the logo of the student supervisor, from all over the eastern capital, post houses, inns to Dali Temple.
Out of Chang'an Street, after entering the Hanguang Gate, the vermilion mansion on the southwest corner of the eastern capital is where the Dali Temple is located.
Dali Temple is the place where all officials in the Tang Dynasty are in charge of criminal law, mainly to accept the Tang generals and marquis. Official, noble. and the place of impeachment of the officials of the world. It is also the location of the first test of the Lantern Festival every year.
Eight hundred years ago, the purpose of Wei Daren's setting up this place as a preliminary examination venue was to warn students all over the world that there are things that cannot be done on the road to official careers.
After a series of checkpoints and several inspections of the waist card, the carriage of the student supervisor stopped in front of Dali Temple.
"Dali Temple has arrived, please get off the students who participated in the examination."
On the square in front of Dali Temple, the dragon guards are lined up, and the garrison is strict. In front of Long Wuwei, there was an expressionless Dali Temple official, holding his hands and waiting silently.
"Students, please go to the number box in front of the temple in turn to get the number, and then follow the Dali Temple officials to the corresponding examination room. During the examination, no noise, no ear to ear, no cheating, and no stepping out of the examination room at will. Otherwise, you will be disqualified from the examination. ”
In front of Dali Temple, a Confucian dressed in white Confucian clothes stood up, looked around at the many students in front of the Dali Temple Square, and said coldly.
"But don't try to capsize again! I heard my old man say that the first test of this Lantern Festival exam was not simple, and it was an exam question from Dazai-sama himself. Yang Zixu stood beside Li Fu, his lips squirmed slightly, and said softly.
Li Fu turned his head to glance at Yang Zixu, and then his eyes unconsciously turned to Yang Zixu's buttocks, holding back the smile in his heart.
Yang Zixu slowly rolled his eyes at Li Fu, a black line in his head. Gritted his teeth and said, "That damn black dog, I'll stew it when I go back!" ”
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The examination room space in Dali Temple is still relatively abundant, with a case lined up in the middle and a small Taishi chair in front. It's not too crowded. In front of each examination room, there is a Confucian student supervisor, holding a long stick of incense, and a small incense burner on the side. The incense has been time, and the incense has been stopped.
"On the fifteenth day of the first month of the first month of the Mandate of Heaven, the imperial decree of the Tang Dynasty Emperor will set up a Lantern Festival test for all the students of the Tang Dynasty in Dali Temple, and the test will start at three o'clock in the morning!"
With the order of the student supervisor Da Ru, the student supervisor outside the examination room lit the incense in his hand and inserted it in the incense burner.
The test papers were immediately issued by the officials of Dali Temple.
Li Fu sat in front of the desk, closed his eyes and recuperated, and then opened his eyes. Reach out and open the test paper. Li Fu was a little nervous, and the Lantern Festival examination was always the most difficult in the first examination. In this session, about seventy percent of the students who participated in the Lantern Festival exam were brushed.
The things in the preliminary exam are extremely complex, and the questions are all-encompassing. Sons, histories, scriptures, and collections are all mixed. Not only that, but also national policies, the art of war, and the methods in cultivation are all involved.
And this time, it was Taizong of the Tang Dynasty who personally came up with the question, and I am afraid it will be more difficult to take the exam than in previous years.
However..... Li Fu glanced at the test paper and was stunned.
This is? ..... Daoxiang Village, Li Fu was taught by his master for fifteen years, starting from Li Fu's memory. It is accompanied by the more than 9,000 ancient books collected by the Master, whether it is early summer, autumn and winter, or wind and rain. Every day, the master asked Li Fu to study the room full of books, more than 9,000 books, and Li Fu memorized them for fifteen years. During this period, I also had to find time every day to practice with the Master, so I spent a lot of energy memorizing what was written in the book before I was nine years old.
Li Fu once asked the master, what is the purpose of studying? The master just responded to Li Fu lightly: "Remember, as long as you remember what is written in the book, you will naturally understand it in the future." ”
At that time, the young Li Fu didn't understand the meaning of the master, and even Li Fu didn't understand the master's words just now, but when he saw this test paper, Li Fu understood.
The questions on the test paper are very familiar to Li Fu. The interpretation of the eighteenth volume of the inner volume of "Hug Puzi"? I once read it in an ancient book when I was seven years old, and it is still imprinted in my mind. The solution to the sixth summary of the third chapter of the "Martial Codex"? Li Fu also remembered that he had solved it when he was five years old, but he didn't solve it, and he was punished by his master with ten boards, and these exam questions were recorded in the ancient books in Daoxiang Village.
Li Fu was very pleased, and swept it at a glance, some of these topics were very familiar, and some still had a vague impression, but when he thought about it carefully, the vague impression became clearer and clearer. Li Fu picked up the ink pen and began to write quickly on the scroll.....
There are three thousand avenues, but what about the classics that Li rereads are more than three thousand?