When I first came to the Luoyang Oriental Hall, I thought how powerful and noble I was, because I was a person from Dongfang Yongbai, and I was no longer a lowly civilian class. During that time, I walked with a shrug of my shoulders, as if it was remarkable.

But I immediately knew that in fact, in this hall of hundreds of people, I was the lowest person.

First, I am Dongfang Yongbai's person, and Dongfang Yongbai, as the second eldest of the concubines, has the lowest status in the Dongfang family, and his status is far below his eldest brother and younger brother. The master can't do it, and of course the people below can't do it.

Second, the Liangzhou Oriental family started with martial arts, and they have always emphasized martial arts and light literature. Do you think that the warriors who hunt on horseback on the prairie can afford to look down on the literati who are powerless? The Dongfang family has Wuju people every year, while Wenju people are quite few. Last year, Zhao Arong - now called Dongfang Rong - won the Wenju people, but he was almost the last few, and he could only be sent to other places to be a county official. And the last Wenju person was a legendary figure more than ten years ago, who was said to be a big official in the imperial court. People like me, although I think I am good at fighting, but I am too far behind those generals (those generals are simply too powerful to be human), I can only go to Wenchen. But the Oriental family rarely sends literati to participate in the literary examination!

I grew more and more sorrowful.

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One morning, after we were assembled, Dongfang Gui and the commanders came over.

Dongfang Lu stood in front of us, he didn't say the same nonsense as before, but said: "Pay attention: newcomers come out of the queue and stand in front!" ”

Most of the people came forward, and there were less than twenty or thirty people left.

Dongfang Law continued: "The old man is disbanded, and the newcomer comes to try it for the first time!" ”

They're going to take exams. They will select the best people to take the examination. After all, there are only a few thousand places in the palace to try, and it is impossible for all of us to go.

The first examiner stood up, on the side of the text, on the side of the martial arts. There are more than 20 people on Wen's side, and Wu's side is four or five times that of literati.

I went with the literati to a room with dozens of tables, all with pen, ink, paper, and inkstones.

I saw the questions of the essay exam—boring questions.

Why? Because these questions are "real questions". What is a "past question"? The questions that have been tested in the past are called "real questions". It's as if you go to buy a lottery ticket and the lottery office will tell you the "real ticket", which means the lottery you have won before. It's a strange way of naming, the questions that will never be taken again are called "real questions", and the lottery that will never be won again is called "real tickets"......

And the "real question" is more hellish than the "real ticket". The lottery has a "correct lottery" - if the lottery is not a ghost - but how can there be a correct answer to the question of the essay exam?! I've read the book "All the Answers to the Real Questions", and the "standard answers" in it are just nonsense! Besides, the "standard answer" of the Royal Examination Department, how do you private book dealers know?

And even heller. Even if I know that the "standard answer" of the "first test" is, I still have to follow the "answer", because: in this preliminary test, the examiner thinks that the answer is the correct answer.

I stubbornly continued to do.

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It's done.

Heads up, everyone is still doing it.

I finished handing in the papers and went out.

There are still martial arts tests outside. I looked at them.

It was the first time I had seen the power of a military commander - I was really shocked.

When I used to listen to books, I never believed what Mr. Storyteller said about flying eaves and walls, peerless light skills, and flying with a sword. It is never possible for a person to stand in the treetops and on the water, because there is gravity. It's impossible for a person to fly or something, so where is his motivation? Fart?

I don't believe anyone can jump on the roof of a house at once, because I can only jump on a table of more than a meter, which is already the most powerful of more than 1,000 people in the village. Human beings come step by step, some people are so powerful that they can jump to two meters, which is possible, but it is never possible to jump to the roof of three or four meters.

But!

But!

But!

Everyone in front of them can jump directly to the roof of more than three meters high! Although they have a running distance of more than ten meters - they are also frighteningly fast. I run 100 meters for eleven seconds, sometimes even more than 10 seconds, but these people estimate it to be seven or eight seconds!

At that time, my worldview almost collapsed!

Crashing worldview!

Twenty years in vain!

I even suspect that there are two different races of people, one who is an ordinary person and the other who is a very small number of superhumans. There is a clear distinction between them, for example, ordinary people can jump one meter, superhumans can jump more than three meters, and there is no such transitional race among them. A person either jumps one meter or three meters, there is no intermediate race. But they can breed with each other to produce offspring, and whether the offspring is superhuman or not is a complete accident.

My head is starting to hurt!

Black horses and white horses are both horses, and their offspring can be black and white, or even mostly black and white or gray. Black horses mate with each other and most of the offspring are black horses, and white horses mate with each other and most of the offspring are white horses. Horses and donkeys give birth to mules, and mules are like horses and donkeys at the same time, and mules are completely sterile because horses and donkeys are different species. I know all of this and can predict it, but what's going on with the generals?

Wait, it seems that Zao Wou-Ki's book mentions something called "genes" that explains this...... I think I can do experiments to verify it when I have time in the future......

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Those warriors are still showing off with all their might.

I looked at it for a while.

Well, their abilities can actually be explained, they are faster and more powerful than ordinary people, and they are also in line with the laws of physics, but I haven't seen it. Yes, since someone can jump one meter, then someone can jump three meters, and that's not surprising. I didn't see anyone levitating or anything, no one standing in the treetops or on the water, no one flying with a sword. If they could, they would be competing like this now. If I saw that, I would have a real breakdown.

But...... Theoretically, if a person farts fast enough, he can really ...... Flight...... Volley flight ...... That is, he farted while flying with a sword...... This is in accordance with the laws of physics......

Damn it!

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In the days that followed, I recounted every day that I had made some mistakes and became more and more agitated.

One night when I was going to bed, I said to Xie Chendong, the guy in my roommate, "Hey brother, what do you think of the first test the other day?" ”

He almost fell asleep: "Oh, it's a mess. ”

I chimed in: "yes, I ...... Confused. ”

He looked up and said, "I didn't think I could go to the exam." I have been a donkey household all my life, the lowest pariahs, how can I be qualified to go to the capital to take the test. I am very satisfied to be able to come to Dongfangjia. ”

Me: "But...... We are from the Oriental family and are qualified to take the exam. ”

Him: "Probably. Only one or two of our more than 100 literati can go. Every year, only a dozen people from the Oriental family go to the meeting. Besides, we people are only from the Central Plains Province. ”

Me: "There are some topics that I have played on without permission......

"Brother, I didn't say you, it's nothing to do with the first test." He secretly looked out, lowered his voice and said, "I think you are the second young master's person, right?" ”

Me: "Hmm...... Well. ”

He: "I was brought by Dongfang Law, so I can be regarded as the third young master's person." The leader here is the old guy Dongfang Gui, the eldest young master's person, and the second young master are mortal enemies. The eldest and third of their family pressed the second child so much that he couldn't lift his head. The third child is fine, but the eldest and the second child do not match, and everyone knows it. Even if you are the champion of the dynasty, Dongfang Gui's old guy will not let you try. ”

I also thought about this, but I still deceived myself and thought that their family was a harmonious mess.

I can't help but cry out in my heart, let it be fate!

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A few days later, when the morning was assembled, those commanders came together again, and it was Dongfang Lu who came and announced: "So-and-so, so-and-so, so-and-so, out of the ranks." The rest are arranged as usual! ”

My heart was cold.

Without me.

It's over!