Chapter 37: The Final Arrives
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Today's assessor momentum is strong, in addition to the three old scholars, there are seven officials sitting on the other seats, the magistrate of Tangyin County, the county magistrate, the county lieutenant, the main book, and the school are all in place, just because Li Kui, the governor of Xiangzhou, came to Tangyin County to observe the finals of today's Boys' Association.
Li Kui sat in the middle of the review seat like the stars holding the moon, if Li Yanqing saw him, he would definitely be shocked, this Li Kui was none other than Master Li who healed him yesterday and changed his dressing.
In addition to Li Kui, there was also Zhou Xuezheng Yang Xin, who was sitting next to Yao Wannian, and the two were whispering.
Of course, there is one person indispensable, that is, Li Kui's youngest daughter Li Jiuzhen, Li Kui gave birth to eight sons before and after, the eldest son Li Gang is twenty-seven years old, but he himself has a daughter in middle age, cherish like a pearl, and will take this baby daughter with him wherever he goes.
The adults were chatting, but Li Jiuzhen, who was sitting next to his father, was looking for the little boy who was injured yesterday with his dark eyes open.
At this time, the students were in place one by one, and Li Jiuzhen saw Li Yanqing at a glance, and it happened that Li Yanqing was also looking over here, and he also saw her, his eyes widened, and his face was full of shock.
Li Jiuzhen smiled proudly, she liked to look at Li Yanqing as a fool.
At this time, Wang Gui also saw Li Jiuzhen, and hurriedly pulled Tang Huai, "Old Tang, look at that little lady......."
Before he could finish speaking, Yue Fei slammed him on the back of the head, "Be serious, this is the final!" β
Wang Gui grinned in pain and glared back at Yue Fei.
Li Yanqing saw Li Kui again, and he realized that the Li Fuzi he met yesterday turned out to be Li Guanren of Zhizhou, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately, he didn't say anything out of the ordinary yesterday.
At this time, Li Kui also saw Li Yanqing, smiled at him and nodded, and Li Yanqing hurriedly bowed to him.
Everyone was suddenly surprised, Li Guanren actually knew Li Yanqing? A few quick-thinking officials thought of their surnames Li, could it be that Li Yanqing was the younger generation of Li Guanren's family? Ma Xiancheng was even more frightened into a cold sweat, Li Daqi must not be a relative of Li Guanren!
"Does Li Guanren know this student?" Liu Zhixian asked with a smile.
Li Kui smiled, "It's just a one-sided relationship." β
That being said, everyone doesn't believe it too much, after all, the words in the officialdom are seven points false and three points true, and they can't be taken too seriously.
'When-'
The bell rang for the start of the finals, and Li Kui also sat up straight, he was very interested in this Li Yanqing, 'Tianzhu Guotian is a Rulai', Li Yanqing's couplet made him impressed.
Yue Fei drew a question sign, they asked, the other party answered, Yue Fei got up and read the question: "Our first question is to ask a poem, please listen to the question, in which year did the poet Saint Du Fu write the three officials and three farewells, what is the specific background?" And please recite it in its entirety. β
The topic is not difficult, and even a little simple, the imperial examination of the Song Dynasty advocated Du Fu's poems, and Du Fu's poems generally require all of them to be memorized, which is also a basic skill.
But it was such a simple question, but the four students in the Yili Town School were shocked, and the information they got was that the other party should ask Wang Wei how many poems he wrote before he was thirty years old, and memorize twenty of them, they stayed up all night to prepare, and the other party's question was completely different.
The four of them glanced at each other, and there was a look of resentment in their eyes, they had been tricked.
They discussed for a while, and one of the students got up and said: "The Three Officials and Three Farewells were written in the second year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, and the background is what the Tang army saw and heard when the Tang army was defeated in Xiangzhou and the poet returned to Huazhou from the eastern capital. β
The students immediately memorized, "New An Officials", "Stone Trench Officials", and "Tongguan Officials"; "Farewell to the Newlyweds", "Farewell to the Elderly", and "Farewell to the Homeless", the memorization is word-for-word.
'When! With a crisp chime, the Yili Town School took the lead in scoring one point.
Immediately after that, the town school asked questions.
"Our question type is the Silent Sutra, please recite the two articles of "Meng Autumn" in the "LΓΌ's Spring and Autumn Period".
Li Yanqing and the four of them finally saw the shamelessness of the Yili Town School, and "Lu's Spring and Autumn" itself is very biased, if asking some common sense questions is still in line with the difficulty of the first question, let them memorize the two most boring articles, even the third question is not so difficult.
But before Li Yanqing and them objected, the presiding judge shouted: "Change the subject!" β
Liu Zhixian explained the rules to Li Kui in a low voice, Li Kui nodded, he also felt that this question was too tricky and not very kind.
Helplessly, the Yili Town School had to take out the spare question and ask: "Or "LΓΌ's Spring and Autumn", please say how many volumes and articles there are in "LΓΌ's Spring and Autumn", and memorize one of them at will. β
This question was a little simpler, and after everyone discussed it, Li Yanqing replied: "This book is divided into 12 periods, 8 books, and 6 treatises, a total of 12 volumes, and 160 articles. β
Immediately afterwards, Li Yanqing memorized "LΓΌ's Spring and Autumn Period. Cha Jin", "...... The Chu people have a person who wades into the river, and his sword falls into the water from the boat, and he deceives his boat, saying: "It is the place where my sword falls." "The boat stops, and the one to whom it is contracted enters the water and asks for it. The boat has been done, but the sword is not, if the sword is like this, isn't it also confusing? ........β
'When! The chime sounded, and the Lushan Town School also scored a point.
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Due to the observation of Zhizhou, in order to make Li Kui more aware of the rules, he rested for a quarter of an hour after the end of the two rounds, at which time the two rounds had been fought and the two sides were tied.
In the rest room, the four of them were discussing the third question, but Li Jiuzhen slipped in quietly, and as soon as Wang Gui saw her, he immediately smiled, "Little lady, is the book good?" β
"Beautiful! I finished reading it last night, is there another one? β
Zhu Jiuzhen was also fascinated, and was about to ask for the next copy again, Wang Gui scratched his head, "I haven't sold it yet!" β
Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "The next book is called "The Great Sage Monster Hunt: Flame Mountain", and it will be printed next spring." β
Wang Gui and Tang Huai asked in unison, "How do you know?" β
"Didn't I go upstairs that day at the bookstore? It just so happened that the author Lushan Xiaoxiaozi was also there, so Shopkeeper Luo introduced him to me for me. β
Hearing that Lushan Xiaoxiaozi was upstairs that day, Wang Gui beat his chest and was full of regret, pulling Li Yanqing and asking, "Brother Qing'er, when will he come again?" β
"He lives in the Daimyo's Mansion, I don't know when he's coming, but what are you looking for him?"
"I ..... I wanted to be featured in the book so that everyone knew my name. β
Li Yanqing suddenly laughed, "Maybe I can bring you a message, what character do you want to be in the book?" β
Wang Gui patted his chest, "Hussar General Wang Gui." β
"No way!"
Li Yanqing said angrily: "At most, be a little demon, running around or something." β
"Alright then!" Wang Gui immediately compromised, "That's called.... It's expensive to run around! β
Tang Huai also jumped out, "And me, my name is Ben Boer Tang!" β
"And me! And me! β
Li Jiuzhen was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, "I'm their sister Ben Bo Erzhen." β
Li Yanqing laughed, "Okay! I'll write to him when I get back. β
At this time, Yue Fei asked softly, "Miss Li is looking for us, is there anything else?" β
A sentence reminded Li Jiuzhen, and she hurriedly said, "Daddy asked me to ask Brother Qing'er, how is the wound?" β
"It's all swollen and scabbed, thanks to your dad yesterday, thank him for me."
At this time, the bell at the beginning of the third round rang, and Li Jiuzhen whispered to Li Yanqing: "My father wants to write a seven-character poem for everyone, describing the customs of his hometown, whoever writes well will win." β
With that, she ran away.
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Xiangzhou Xuezheng Yang Xin hinted at Liu Zhixian, and Li Guanren was very interested in coming up with a decisive question.
Liu Zhixian immediately understood, so he informed the presiding judge and asked him to arrange the third question to Zhizhou.
As soon as the third round began, the presiding judge announced the new rules.
"The third question of both sides is made on the spot, but this is the final decisive battle, for the sake of fairness and convincing everyone, we decided that the third question will be given by the judges, only one question will be made, and the winner will win."
Li Yanqing remembered what Li Jiuzhen said just now, this should be her father Li Kui's question, at this time, a thought suddenly jumped out, maybe this is an opportunity for his father to tell his grievances, and he won the favor of Li Guanren, and asked him to listen to his father's grievances.
The presiding judge announced the title, "Everyone can write a poem or a word to describe the scenery of their hometown or the people's livelihood, the time is half an hour, start!" β
The topics are very broad, and the poems are acceptable, giving students the opportunity to fully display their talents, but there are also opportunities for cheating.
The four students of the Yili Town School were ecstatic, and their master wrote more than a dozen poems describing the scenery of Yili for their reference, and each of them could choose one of them.
The four people in the Lushan Town School are also excited, everyone wants to show their best talent in front of Zhizhou, and they are eager to be favored by Zhizhou.
Li Yanqing picked up the pen and pondered for a long time, he had infinite poetry surging in his chest, and he was bound to win the final battle!