After two rounds, the two sides rested for a stick of incense, Wang Gui and Tang Huai went to the thatched house again, Yue Fei gave Li Yanqing a thumbs up and said, "The couplet just now, I'm really nervous!" I thought you couldn't answer, who taught you! ”

Li Yanqing blinked and smiled: "I was literate at the age of two, I started practicing calligraphy at the age of three, I can write words at the age of four, I can write poems at the age of five, and I can write novels at the age of six. ”

Yue Fei was stunned, shook his head and said, "I really don't know, Li Er also said that you were stupid—"

"Say I used to be a fool, right? If you are wise and foolish, he doesn't understand! ”

Yue Fei nodded thoughtfully, he thought of the two lines of poetry he read yesterday: 'Even if it is not effective, it is also clumsy, if it is successful, it is willing to keep it.' The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is talking about Li Yanqing!

Lushan Town School answered two questions in a row, and last year's judgment was like two teams, especially the second question, even Weinan Town School couldn't answer it, the other party actually passed the test easily, He Zhen no longer had a contempt for it, and began to get nervous, they knew that this time Yao Ding was prepared, and they met a strong opponent.

He Zhen walked up to Yao Ding and said with a dry laugh: "I didn't expect Brother Yao to hide the pearl!" ”

Yao Ding said coldly: "It's just that the seven males are competing for the deer, this is the luck of your school, wasn't Master He as excited as the title of the gold list yesterday?" ”

Yao Ding stabbed He Zhen hard, He Zhen couldn't hold it on his face, gritted his teeth and said, "What about another round?" Don't get too excited, I'll let you see my third question later. ”

"Each other, each other!"

At this time, the presiding judge beckoned to Li Yanqing, and Li Yanqing stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "Please teach the three masters!" ”

The presiding judge smiled: "Li Xuezi's couplet is very good, look at your age, how old are you this year?" ”

"The student is six years old and has not broken the rules."

The three reviewers exclaimed together, they were only six years old, this was the youngest student in the children's exam, and the couplet was so powerful, and the other eldest reviewer couldn't help but say, "I'm here to test you too." ”

"Teacher, please!"

At this time, everyone's eyes were attracted, Yao Ding was very nervous, for fear that Li Yanqing would make a mistake at this time, He Zhen stroked his goatee, and Li Yanqing's calm response alone made him jealous, only six years old, hum!

The examiner smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, I won't let you do couplets, but I want to test you, and it's about to be the New Year, so I'll take the Spring Festival couplets!" Who made the first Spring Festival couplets at the earliest, remind me, I'm talking about Spring Festival couplets, can Li Xuexue memorize it? ”

This topic is not simple, there may be rumors among the scholars in the capital, but for the students in Tangyin countryside who are inconvenient and closed to information, this kind of topic is undoubtedly extremely secluded, and even He Zhen next to him can't answer it, although Yao Ding knows about this Spring Festival couplet, but he doesn't know who made it, and a few students next to him are even more dumbfounded.

Li Yanqing smiled dumbly, when he used to celebrate the New Year in his hometown, every household posted this couplet! He sighed for a moment and said: "If I remember correctly, it is a peach talisman couplet by Meng Chang, the former monarch of Shu State, and the upper couplet is: New Year's Yuqing; And the next link is: Jiajie Changchun. ”

"Well said!" The three of them applauded together, and the presiding judge gave a thumbs up, "The son can be taught!" ”

The old scholar who asked the question just now smiled at the two of them: "It seems that I still have to take good care of it and live for more than ten years, otherwise I will miss this good apprentice." ”

"Father has won the prize."

He Zhen was jealous in his heart, so he said coldly: "Rest long enough!" ”

When the presiding judge saw that the incense had burned out, he smiled and said, "Everyone, please take a seat!" Prepare for the third round of the debate. ”

The third round of the examination is the most difficult and the longest, giving half an hour, according to the convention, as long as the other party can say the source of the allusion, the examiner will not veto, so it is generally decided in the third round.

It was Yao Ding who drew the question type first, he pulled out a question sign, and the chief judge said loudly: "Yes, it will be done." ”

Sure enough, it was the most difficult one, and Yue Fei immediately drew out the lowest question in the first category, which was the third round of questions prepared by Yao Ding.

Yue Fei stood up and read the question aloud: "The rhyme wordboard "Jiangchengzi", with snow as the theme, please compose a lyric." ”

Yang rhyme is the rhyme of [ang], Su Shi's two "Jiangchengzi", such as ten years of life and death, and the old man chatting about juvenile madness, are all yang rhymes, and at present, "Jiangchengzi" is also the most popular word card in the Great Song Dynasty.

The chief examiner said slowly: "This question is not required to be written, as long as the rhyme is compliant and the artistic conception is charged, it will be answered." ”

What he meant was that as long as the most basic rules were met, it didn't matter if the level was poor.

It's easy to say, but it's actually very difficult, because the word board itself has requirements for the number of words and the rhythm.

The first sentence of "Jiangchengzi" requires seven words to begin, and the rhythm is 'Zhongping Zhongqian Pingping', and Yao Ding's title also specifies that it should rhyme with yang, such as "Jiangchengzi. The first sentence of "Hunting in Mizhou" is that the old man talks about juvenile madness, which is 'Zhongping Zhongqi Pingping', and the last word 'crazy' rhyme is yang rhyme.

Of course, the average scholar will write poems and lyrics after ten years of hard study, but the difference between the level is high, but after all, this is a children's competition, and only a very small number of prodigies can do it if they want to let a twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy fill in the lyrics.

Time passed little by little, the four teenagers were still thinking hard, writing and scribbling, scribbling and changing, He Zhen was even more anxious and sweating, last year they also did not answer the third question, defeated under the hands of Tangbei Township School, and were eliminated in the first round, fortunately, the students played well in the later exams, they won the fourth place, of course, thanks to the unexpected withdrawal of Tangbei Township School.

"The hour has come!"

As the chief judge shouted, the four students in Weinan Town all lowered their heads in shame, they failed to make it, and this question was considered a failure.

He Zhen was so angry that his face turned pale, last night he asked the four students to write three lyrics each, including "Jiangchengzi", as for the snow scene, just change it.

But these four bastards were watching "The Great Sage Monster Hunt", and no one did the homework he assigned, He Zhen glared at the four students viciously, and went back to clean them up.

"Master He, please draw questions!"

He Zhen stood up and walked quickly to the lottery holder, he also had to draw out his own pressure box question, in fact, the third round of questions he prepared was extremely difficult, but he was unwilling, he wanted to find out the most difficult question.

He Zhen wanted to draw the lot, just now in the second round, Yao Ding had drawn the lot, and put it back, He Zhen remembered the seat it was placed at that time, and when it was his turn to draw lots, he made a small trick on it.

He Zhen specially smeared some oil on his left ring finger today, and when he saw the draw in the second round, he smeared the oil on it, as long as it was in the side light, he could see the oil stains.

He Zhen looked at it for a long time, slowly pulled out the stick, and wiped off the oil stains, he handed the sign to the chief judge, the chief judge looked at it, frowned, and it was actually a 'competition'.

Shooting is an optional question, if you win the lottery, you can give up another draw, and it has never appeared in the first four years of the Boys' Club.

Competitive shooting is okay for twelve or thirteen-year-old boys, but it is difficult for seven or eight-year-old children, the presiding judge looked at He Zhen, meaning to let him put down another question, but He Zhen said: "Don't change, just this question." ”

Since the person who drew the question refused to change, the presiding judge had no choice but to announce loudly: "Competition!" ”

Yao Ding's body shook slightly, he had never trained four people to shoot, one was because he himself wouldn't, and the other was that he would generally put it back when he drew it, and there had never been a competition question in the boys' club, but it was obvious that He Zhen was targeting them today, and a look of extreme worry flashed in Yao Ding's eyes.

He Zhen had a cruel smile on his face, he had long known that Yao Ding would not be able to ejaculate, so he placed this ambush in the third round, his disciple was defeated in the third round, and the other party did not want to pass.

The students of Weinan Town School drew out the question, got up and read the question: "Two zhang line, one arrow into the pot." ”

There was an uproar in the room, and he even asked to cast two zhang line.

Wenju is to throw the pot, with an arrow to the pot in the distance, generally divided into one zhang line, two zhang line and three zhang line three kinds, the pot is a thin neck copper kettle, the pot head has the size of a bowl mouth.

The three-zhang line is generally the training method of the army's professional crossbowmen, and the literati can't do it, even if the two-zhang line is only a civil and military jinshi have this ability, basically they all throw a zhang line, which is also the literati's literary shooting standard.

But He Zhen was so mad that he asked to throw two zhang lines, and asked for an arrow into the pot, no wonder there was an uproar in the room.

He Zhen exploited the loophole in the rules, the presiding judge could not refuse the third question, but could only raise objections, and if the question could be explained, then it must be answered.

The deputy hall head Sanzhang can obviously carry out literary shooting, the presiding judge sighed secretly, and said to Yao Ding: "According to the rules, you can refuse this question." ”

Yao Ding is very embarrassed, if they refuse, but the other party can explain reasonably, then they will lose, so the risk of refusal is very high, and they can't easily refuse unless they have to.

Since He Zhen refused to change his visa, it means that he came prepared.

The chief judge saw Yao Ding's embarrassment, so he no longer forced him, and asked He Zhendao instead: "What is the basis for Master He's question to ask for a two-zhang line?" ”

The so-called basis is either the students of Weinan Town can do it, or find out what everyone knows.

He Zhen said: "The year before last, when the provincial examination in the capital was taken, Zhao Wenbo, a person from Xiangzhou, used a two-zhang line in the literati meeting of the Great Xiangguo Temple to put an arrow into the pot, and we all know about it, so I asked this question." ”

Yao Ding was silent, he also knew about it, no wonder He Zhen dared to ask this question, this is indeed not a foul, but a little shameless.

"I have no opinion!" Yao Ding replied.

He Zhen was extremely proud, squinted his eyes with a goatee and smiled: "Since Master Yao has no opinion, then ask the prodigies in Lushan Town School to answer the questions!" ”