On the first day of the exam, the test was four books.

The so-called Four Books refers to the use of paragraphs and sentences within the scope of the Four Books as topics to test students' talents.

What are the Four Books?

That is, in the four books of "University", "The Mean", "Analects" and "Mencius", the examiners who ask questions often take a paragraph of text or even a few numbers from them, and there are no other prompts, so as to test the students' proficiency in the four books.

As the name suggests, the Four Books and Texts, also known as the Words of the Sages, are to speak in the tone of Confucius and Mencius.

Different from other genres such as poetry and songs, the framework of the four books is restrictive, and the article needs to be written strictly in accordance with the eight parts of [breaking the topic], [undertaking the topic], [starting to speak], [starting], [starting shares], [middle shares], [back shares], and [bundle shares].

Therefore, the four books are also called the eight strands.

The most demanding thing is that the words and allusions used in the text need to be found in scriptures or historical records.

In short, it is very boring and boring, and there is almost no readable article, but on the other hand, it can also be used to test students' understanding and familiarity with the four books.

And right now, the first scene Xie An encountered was these four books.

The title is simple, just one sentence.

[Zi is Yan Yuan said, use it to do, give it up and hide it, but I have a husband with you!] ]

This sentence was only twenty words, but Xie An stared at it for a moment.

Zi, Xie An knew that this was referring to Confucius, and Yan Yuan, although he was not very familiar with it, also knew that he was a student of Confucius, in short, this was a sentence that Confucius said to his student Yan Yuan.

Since it is the words of Confucius, it must be from the "Analects", as for what chapter in it is and what allusions are told, Xie An can not do anything.

If it is an examination room like the college entrance examination, Xie An may be able to take advantage of the examiner's inattention to secretly look at the answers of other students, after all, according to Changsun Xiangyu, the officials in the Ministry of Rites are basically officials who belong to the Changsun family, and the Shangshu and Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, and even the students of Changsun Xiangyu's grandfather and today's Prime Minister Yingong, think that with the care of Changsun Xiangyu, these officials of the Ministry of Rites will take care of Xie An to some extent.

This is called the right not to use, expired and invalid!

But the problem is that the examination room he is in at the moment is a single room, with dense walls on three sides, not even a window, and on the side of the door, this is a row of low wooden planks, which looks like the stables that Xie An saw in the Donggong Mansion.

To make matters worse, the whole house was not only pitiful, but also dark, and even lit candles in broad daylight.

Moreover, the setting in the house is also poor and poor, only a broken desk, a broken stool, and a wooden bed that I don't know if I can sleep on.

Until now, Xie An finally understood why as soon as he said that he was going to try, Yi Yi showed such a worried and worried look.

It's still that little Nizi intimate......

Recalling the intimacy with Yiyi on weekdays, Xie An sat behind the exam desk with his right hand on his cheek, and couldn't help grinning when he thought of the highlights.

Speaking of which, according to his real age, Xie An is actually three years older than Yiyi, but since that time, Xie An didn't know whether it was a joke or just to please Yiyi, after calling Sister Yiyi a few times, he suddenly strangely found that Yiyi did seem to be much more mature than him and Liangqiu Dance.

Xie An didn't understand, he didn't understand whether his psychology had also degraded with his appearance, or whether this woman from a rich family was going to be more mature and intellectual than later generations.

Thinking about it now, Yiyi is indeed very hard, she has to take care of her own young lady Liang Qiuwu, take care of him Xie An, and take care of everything in the Donggong Mansion, as a concubine, she is really good.

Well, the skin is also silky and delicate......

Perhaps thinking of something wonderful, Xie An's index finger and middle finger of his right hand couldn't help but slide slightly on the uneven tabletop, as if it was Yiyi's delicate skin.

Suddenly, Xie An's slightly narrowed eyes widened.

Not good, not good!

How did you come up with that?

Thinking about it in the examination room that is related to the career of the official, I can be regarded as capable......

Hmm, let's take a look at the title......

"Zi is Yan Yuan said, if you use it, you will do it, and if you give it up, you will hide it, but I am a husband with you...... shaking his head and reading it in a low voice, Xie An picked up the brush on the table and wrote on a blank piece of paper.

The son is Yan Yuan said......

This is simple, Confucius said to Yan Yuan.

Use it to do it......

This one......

Touching his smooth chin with his left hand, Xie An groaned for a moment, and then picked up the pen and wrote on the paper.

You can use it to ......

No, it's just something that works......

If you give it up, you will hide it?

Well, hide what you don't need......

But I am a husband with you?

It's just me and you......

Is there a husband?

What does this mean?

After pausing halfway through writing, Xie An frowned and pondered.

Yes is a husband......

Is there a lady?

Is it to show off how many wives you have to your students?

No, no, Confucius is a saint anyway, there is no reason why he would be so indecent with his students.

Yes is a husband......

[Yes] should mean to have, this [is] should mean to recognize, assert, and bear, what about this [husband]......

That's right!

The husband is the husband, this stupid!

But I have a husband, that is, only you and I are the ones who have the spirit of a man!

Right! That's how bold you are!

Nodding smugly, Xie An glanced down at what he had written, polished it slightly, and then muttered silently.

"Confucius said to Yan Yuan, what you can use is workable, and what you don't need must be hidden, you and I who understand this truth can be regarded as people with the manly spirit in the whole world!"

Well, it's imposing!

It's just that something doesn't feel right......

Did you translate it wrong?

That's right, it's based on what was taught in school before......

Well, that's probably what it means!

Placing the brush aside, Xie An smacked his lips, took out the few dishes that Yiyi had specially prepared for him, put them on the exam table, and took out the wine jug, wine glass and chopsticks from the box, and then looked at the dishes on the table and rubbed his hands.

It's a lot of work to translate this kind of ancient text......

Secretly sighed in his heart, Xie An poured himself a glass of wine, and after sniffing the wine, he drank it all in one gulp.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

The sake of the green liquor shop!

Yiyi is intimate, and she even knows what kind of workshop wine she likes to drink, she is really a good daughter-in-law......

After a few words of praise in his heart, Xie An ate and drank the delicacies on the table.

He didn't understand that this examination of the Four Books and Essays was not to ask him to translate what Confucius said, but to write an exposition along the meaning of the words, and what was even worse was that he even translated it wrong......

The sentence that is the title is from the "Shu Er" chapter of the Analects, although it is indeed what Confucius said to his student Yan Yuan, but the meaning in it is not as written by Xie An, and even very different.

The meaning of the original text is, [When the state uses you, you will use your talents to implement various ideas according to your own ideas, and when the country does not use you, you will put away your own ideas and ideas.] It seems that only you and I have this cultivation and style that can do this naturally and frankly. ]

Time passed minute by minute, and when the other candidates in Taichang Temple were gritting their teeth and frowning and thinking hard about the article, Xie An was eating wine and delicious food, so that when Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who served as the chief examiner, took two people to routinely inspect the entire examination room and passed by Xie An's examination room, he was even a little dumbfounded for a while.

It's only been half an hour since the exam started, and the rest of the exams are still thinking hard about the article, this guy ......

Thinking of this, Ruan Shaozhou ordered the two subordinate officials to stay where they were, and he walked into Xie An's examination house.

At this time, Xie An was holding the braised hoof with his head down and gnawing violently, suddenly felt that the light in front of him was dim, subconsciously raised his head, and was stunned to find that at some point, there was a big man standing in front of him, hurriedly put down the hoof and stood up, wiped his mouth and sleeves with a towel, and said, "Big ...... Hello adults, no, no, student Xie An, meet Ruan Shangshu! ”

said yes, Xie An secretly raised his head, and saw that the scholar of the Ministry of Rites in front of him was looking at the plates of food on his examination table with strange eyes, and he was also embarrassed in his heart, and asked in a low voice, "Have you eaten yet?" ”

"Huh?" Ruan Shaozhou seemed to be pondering something, he was stunned when he heard this, smiled slightly, and said softly, "I'm sorry, this mansion was distracted for a while, and I haven't heard what you said, what did you just say?" His tone was very calm, giving people a feeling like a spring breeze.

The student asked, "Have you eaten it?" If not...... Well, if you don't dislike it......" As he spoke, Xie An pointed to the food on the table.

Glancing at the braised hoof with tooth marks everywhere, Ruan Shaozhou shook his head with a chuckle, and said gently, "You're welcome, this mansion is the invigilator of this examination, and it needs to inspect the various examination houses from time to time, thank you for the kindness of the students, and the mansion ......understands it" Speaking of this, his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of the folding fan on the table, which was very familiar to him, and even to the entire Ministry of Rites.

"If you don't mind, can you ask the mansion to take a look at this fan......" Ruan Shaozhou asked quietly.

At this time, Xie An had actually forgotten the folding fan that he used as a paperweight, and was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then recalled the main purpose of the fan, picked up the folding fan with a greasy hand and handed it to Ruan Shaozhou, and said again and again, "Please take a look!" ”

Ruan Shaozhou took the folding fan and opened it carefully, even though he had already guessed it, but when he really saw this folding fan, his eyes still couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Sure enough, this is the fan of the One......

So, is this Guangling Xie An the one who secretly called me partiality from the Ministry of Rites?

Looking Xie An up and down a few times, Ruan Shaozhou gently closed the folding fan, and when he saw that the skeleton made of jasper on the folding fan was a little greasy, he quietly wiped it with his sleeve, and then handed the folding fan back to Xie An.

"Sure enough, it's a baby, thank you for the ......"

"Yes Yes ......"

Handed the folding fan back to Xie An, Ruan Shaozhou glanced at his eyes, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Xie An's exam paper with words written, and subconsciously, he picked it up and took a cursory look.

I have to say that Xie An's exam paper gave this Ministry of Rites Shangshu a great shock, and when he saw the words written on the exam paper, Ruan Shaozhou couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.

If it weren't for the care of the eldest grandson Xiangyu earlier, he really wanted to give Xie An a comment that [bullshit and blasphemy against the saint].

looked at Xie An, then at the exam paper in his hand, then at Xie An, then at the exam paper in his hand, and so on several times, Ruan Shaozhou put the exam paper in his hand back in its place.

"Okay, okay...... The point of view is peculiar, and so is the writing...... Larger than life! ”

After a few reluctant words, Ruan Shaozhou walked out of Xie An's test house.

I see......

Miss Changsun probably knew about Xie An's ability, so she informed me in advance of the Ministry of Rites, but why did Miss Changsun take such a good care of him like this guy who had no ink on his chest?

That's it, leave this matter aside for the time being, it is as difficult as it is to pass the first day's examination for Xie An's knowledge and literary talents, so Miss Changsun is there......

Perhaps thinking of something important, Ruan Shaozhou's forehead oozed a layer of sweat slightly, and he looked back at the officials on the left and right and said, "You two will stay in this mansion to inspect the examination room......

"What's the matter?" The two officials of the Ministry of Rites asked in surprise, maybe they didn't realize that Xie An was the person who the eldest grandson Xiangyu asked them to take care of in secret, or maybe these two people were of lower rank and didn't know the whole thing.

"This mansion is just a little unwell, go back to the general house to rest for a while, and you two will go to inspect the examination room!"

"Yes!" The two officials surrendered their orders.

Glancing at the back of the two leaving, Ruan Shaozhou waved his sleeves and hurriedly came to the side hall of Dachang Temple.

Its intentions are self-evident.

"The son is Yan Yuan said, if you use it, you will do it, and if you give it up, you will hide it, but I have a husband with you! It is advisable for the saint to hide, and the capable one begins to show it slightly. It is not easy to cover the saint's trip, and it is not easy to regulate it, and it can be said with it since Yan Zi is a few of them. Therefore, it is said that the lifelong experience, only one or two ways to listen to others, and seek to be not exhaustive, often and rare. I can be confident. And it is possible to be alone and have nothing to share, and to be alone and have nothing to say. This means that it is suitable for itself, and I am fortunate to have a ...... of words."

Just when Xie An was leisurely eating and drinking in the examination house, Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the champion of the palace examination a few years ago, was writing the answer to this exam for him.