The prefect He Gang applauded Xu Xian's sentence "If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight", but he praised Xu Xian's bearing.

Xuezheng Huang Long, who was next to him, immediately echoed and smiled: "If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight." This sentence is really wonderful, it is not a talented and talented person, and it is impossible to make such an admirable response on the spot. ”

When all the candidates heard that the prefect He Gang and Xuezheng Huang Long praised Xu Xian like this, they were all envious. They compare in their hearts, and if they are themselves, they will never be able to say such subtle and philosophical sentences.

For a while, many candidates admired Xu Xian a little.

The prefect He Gang laughed happily for a while, and said to Xu Xian amiably: "Xu Xian, you can compose a poem." There is no limit to the subject matter. ”

The subject matter is not limited, which means that you can write any kind of poem, and you can even read out the poems that you usually write but have not yet made public.

Those candidates who were still jealous of Xu Xian were even more jealous in their hearts, and the prefect favored Xu Xian too much.

"Master Xie." Xu Xian bowed his hand.

Then, he straightened his waist and said loudly to everyone: "The student has been sluggish since he was a child, his family is poor, and only his sister depends on each other for his life, and he grew up with his sister, which can be described as a humble background. However, today I am fortunate to be received by Lord He, Lord Huang and all of you, and I can gather with the best talents from all over the county. Guy is not willing to do nothing, like weeds in the field, so he studies hard. ”

"Reading can make people know the meaning of their existence, reading can listen to the sages' words, reading can understand the way of heaven and earth, and it is difficult to exhaust the good of reading."

Then, he said to the prefect He Gang: "The student was moved by it, so he wrote a poem related to reading. ”

"Yes. Poetry should come from love! The prefect He Gang agreed.

I saw Xu Xian groan slightly, and then read aloud:

"The Son of Heaven is heroic, and the article teaches me Cao.

Everything is inferior, but reading is high-......"

Xu Xian just read two sentences, and the prefect He Gang and Xuezheng Huang Long clapped their hands almost at the same time and shouted: "A good sentence 'everything is inferior, only reading is high'!" ”

All the students were also amazed, all of them were scholars, and the prefect He Gang and Xuezheng Huang Long were even more vested interests in the imperial examination, and naturally agreed with the sentence "everything is inferior, only reading is high".

Once again, the prefect He Gang and Xuezheng Huang Long clapped their hands, and Xu Xian arched his hand to them calmly.

The phrase "everything is inferior, only reading is high" is a good sentence that has flowed out for more than a thousand years, and even in modern society, its sense of identity is still very strong. Therefore, the exclamation of the prefect He Gang and Xuezheng Huang Long was completely unexpected by Xu Xian.

"Sorry to interrupt your thoughts." It was very rare for the prefect He Gang to apologize in public, "You continue." ”

Xu Xian then read aloud:

"Young children must study diligently, and articles can stand up;

Zhu Zigui of the Manchu Dynasty is full of scholars.

Learned diligently, thousands of books;

……

The court cuts the phoenix bamboo, and the pond raises the arowana.

Spring tour to the grassland, summer to enjoy the green lotus pond;

Autumn iron yellow flower wine, winter white snow poems. ”

This famous poem "Prodigy Poem" of the Northern Song Dynasty is very long, nearly 1,000 words, Xu Xian read it out in one breath, and the candidates in the audience were so frightened that their faces were colorless, and even the prefect He Gang, Xuezheng Huang Long and others were impressed.

You must know that it is difficult to figure out good sentences for legal poems and quatrains, but long poems require a person's full of talent, like Xu Xian to "compose" a long poem of nearly 1,000 words in one breath, and there are many fine sentences, how shocking and vulgar!

Finally finished reading "Prodigy Poem", Xu Xian felt that his mouth was a little sour, and the audience was silent, and everyone cast admiration at him.

The candidates who were jealous of him just now could only look up and admire at the moment, because Xu Xian's talent was so much higher than them that they could only look up to him, and they couldn't afford to be jealous at all.

After a long time, the prefect He Gang sighed and said: "Hanwen, this official has heard of your poetry talent for a long time, and when I see it today, it is really impressive." ”

"Thank you for the compliment." Xu Xian humbly bowed and said.

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The prefect He Gang, Xuezheng Huang Long and others stayed at the Zhuangyuanlou Inn for about an hour, and then left to go back to the mansion.

As the officials left, all the candidates immediately surrounded Xu Xian and congratulated Xu Xian from the bottom of their hearts, whether they knew Xu Xian or not.

Today, Xu Xian revealed a shocking poetic talent in front of the prefect He Gang, Xuezheng, Huang Long and others, everyone knows that Xu Xian's show in this examination is inevitable, and there is a high probability that he will be the first in high school.

In the face of the congratulations of the candidates, Xu Xian responded modestly.

Li Tong took the opportunity to say loudly: "Everyone, Brother Han Wen is my classmate and friend of Li Tong, it is rare for everyone to gather together today, Li Mou will do the East banquet on behalf of Brother Han Wen, and if you don't get drunk, you won't return!" ”

"Good!" When the candidates heard this, they applauded happily, and the atmosphere was very warm.

After Li Tong announced his invitation, he whispered in Xu Xian's ear: "Brother Hanwen, you won't blame me for being good at making claims, right?" ”

"How? Thank you very much. Xu Xian arched his hand and said seriously.

The banquet is large for hundreds of candidates, and it is in a place like the Zhuangyuanlou Inn, where the consumption is not low, the cost is huge, and he Xu Xian is not rich enough to spend a lot of money.

Li Tong acted on his behalf to help him win people's hearts and prestige.

After all, he is too sharp today, he is out of the limelight, and if he doesn't give some benefits to other candidates, it is inevitable that someone will do something bad in the future.

Li Tong smiled: "It's my blessing to be a friend with you." ”

"It's also a blessing to me." Xu Xian smiled.

When Li Tong heard this, he was overjoyed in his heart, and said secretly: This trip to Lin'an City to take the exam, even if you don't pass the exam, it's worth it!

In the cheers of the candidates, a cry sounded: "Everyone be quiet, everyone be quiet." ”

The crowd quieted down and looked at the people who were shouting to stop.

I saw that the person was the shopkeeper of the Zhuangyuanlou Inn, and he said loudly: "In order to thank the prefect, Lord Xuezheng and other adults for coming to our inn, and thank Xu Gongzi for making a deafening poem of persuasion on the spot, today's consumption of the inn will be 60% off!! ”

The candidates applauded again.

Next, the guys in the inn were busy, the candidates were staggered, and the whole champion building was very lively.

At the banquet, after the shopkeeper of the Zhuangyuan Building toasted and congratulated Xu Xian, he took the tray with pen, ink and paper from the hands of the guy behind him, and asked: "Xu Gongzi, can the old man ask you to leave some ink treasures for the Zhuangyuan Building?" ”

When the nearby candidates heard this, they were all envious.

The background of the Zhuangyuanlou Inn is not simple, it is famous in Lin'an City, and the people who can make the Zhuangyuanlou ask to leave Mobao are all famous talents in the world, at least one official and a half-position.

Xu Xian didn't expect someone to ask for his words, he was both surprised and a little weird, in his previous life, he knew that those famous places often hung with couplets of historical celebrities, but he didn't expect that he would have this treatment so soon.

He said modestly, then agreed, and found a suitable couplet from the library in his mind to write down.

Couplets are good couplets, and although they are not age-old couplets, they can stand the test of time. The shopkeeper of the Zhuangyuan House Inn got this couplet and thanked him happily and left.

On the same day, after the prefect He Gang and Xuezheng Huang Long left, the matter of the Zhuangyuanlou Inn spread at an alarming speed.

After a few days of fermentation, the tea shops and taverns in the streets and alleys of Lin'an Mansion are discussing Xu Xian, and ordinary people encourage their children to study hard with "everything is inferior, only reading is high", and among the upper class, it is more to discuss the meaning of "if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight".