Volume 1 Three Lives Chapter 173 The exam begins
"My name is Yang Meng, and your name is Xu Xian, right? Looking at Chen Bai's face, Yang Meng said solemnly.
Nodding, Chen Bai didn't say much, as if this kind of thing was just an extremely ordinary thing.
It is true that the punch he just made did not even reach 10% of his pure physical strength, and he used it to attack Yang Meng just to give him a dismount.
Seeing that the atmosphere was about to freeze, Yusheng hurriedly walked between the two, looked at Yang Meng with a smile on his face and said, "By the way, Uncle Yang, weren't you ordered to guard Shenlong Pass, why did you appear here?"
Yang Meng's face stiffened at first when she heard this, and then she smiled a little embarrassedly: "I didn't think that your aunt, there was news of joy a few days ago." The emperor knew that I was specially approved to come back from Shenlong Pass, so that I could take care of your aunt, and by the way, I served as the chief judge of this township test. ”
nodded suddenly, and the rain was full of admiration: "Uncle Yang still has a big face, and he has won the emperor's holy love." Count it up, Uncle Yang, you haven't been back for five or six years, and this time you came back just to have a good get-together with your aunt. ”
"That's right!" sighed with emotion, Yang Meng's eyes were full of vicissitudes. It turned out that he had unknowingly guarded the Shenlong Pass for so many years, in that bitter cold place far away from the Jingshi.
Chen Bai listened to it on the side, but in the end he couldn't hold back, and said weakly: "That, Yang... General?"
"Just call me An Guogong. Yang Meng was very "humble" and found a title for herself.
"Okay, An Guogong, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not. Accepting this title without hindrance, Chen Bai asked tentatively.
"But it doesn't hurt to say that. Yang Meng looked very patient, and there was a warm smile on her face. Of course, this is entirely because he has recognized Chen Bai's force value, otherwise if someone dared to talk to him so ink, he would have been thrown out to feed the dogs a long time ago.
"Then I'll say it directly, the aunt of the little prince that Duke An Guo said is the Duchess of An Guo?" nodded, Chen Bai said it directly, but it was still a little tactful.
This time, Yang Meng nodded directly and didn't speak, still thinking in his heart, this little guy has good strength, and he is too mother-in-law.
"Duke An Guo, you have been guarding the Shenlong Pass for several years, how can Mrs. Zun be happy?" Seeing his impatience, Chen Bai immediately stopped talking nonsense and straightforwardly put forward his thoughts.
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There was a deathly silence, and Yang Meng and Yusheng, who heard this, seemed to have been immobilized and motionless.
After a long time, Yang Meng was the first to react, and immediately didn't care about talking to the two, so he rolled up his sleeves and ran into the distance.
Chen Bai looked at his back, shook his head with some sighs, and then looked at the sound of the rain with a shocked face, and said a little strangely: "Didn't you see such a simple question?"
Shaking his head, Yusheng still opened his mouth wide, looking at Chen Bai with a strange face. Then, as if he had come back to his senses, he chuckled and said, "You have done Uncle Yang a great favor." ”
Hearing him say this, it was Chen Bai's turn to be confused, he looked at the rain with some doubts, and was about to ask a question, but saw the latter looking at him with a mysterious face, looking like he didn't want to say more.
Seeing him like this, of course Chen Bai didn't bother to meddle anymore, after all, he was not related to this An Guogong, and he couldn't affect himself because others were cuckolding. Then, he looked at the rain and smiled, pointed to the courtyard and said, "Is this the place where we will take the exam?"
Nodding, Yusheng hurriedly spoke: "Yes, the first round of the township test was held in this courtyard." ”
"First round?" Chen Bai repeated with some confusion when he heard this, but then a wave of memories flooded into his mind. After reading this memory, it dawned on him.
No longer speaking, he made a gesture of invitation to the sound of the rain, and Chen Bai walked directly into the courtyard.
Maybe it was because of the sound of the rain, all the candidates who went in when they were talking to Yang Meng were searched by the soldiers, but the two of them walked in directly with a swagger.
Walking into the courtyard, what appeared in front of them were rows of separated stone tables and stone benches, and there were pen, ink, paper and inkstones on the square stone table. At this moment, there are already many people in the courtyard who have already taken their seats, and looking at the familiar appearance between the adjacent seats, it must be that this seat is also sitting casually.
found an empty position at random, and Chen Bai sat down directly. Seeing this, Yusheng smiled slightly, and also walked to a seat next to him and sat down, and then it was a long wait.
After waiting for a long time, seeing that there was still a steady stream of people entering the courtyard outside, and the exam could not be opened for a while depending on the situation, Chen Bai simply studied the ink.
Seeing him like this, Yusheng finally showed a smile full of accomplishment, and wanted to remind him, but after thinking about it, he gave up the idea and just looked at him with a wicked smile on his face.
As time passed, the air gradually became hotter, and the candidates in the courtyard looked a little impetuous.
Chen Bai was still studying ink, as if everything in the outside world had nothing to do with him.
Finally, when the time reached noon, all the candidates who were alive and okay entered the courtyard, and each chose a seat and sat down.
After everyone had sat down, an old man with a mustache walked in from outside the courtyard, followed by several old men who were slightly younger than him.
As the last of them entered the courtyard, the courtyard door was closed with a "bang!" and the place became a completely closed place.
After entering the courtyard, the old men did not stop, and walked directly to the front of all the candidates, and then turned around and said with a full heart: "In this township test, the old man will serve as the chief examiner." The old man announced that the content of this exam is to make a poem related to bamboo within one hour. Exams begin!"
When the words fell, the old man didn't say anything more, and closed his eyes directly. The group of old men behind him also closed their eyes.
Chen Bai originally planned to start writing, but after looking at their style, he was so speechless that he couldn't move his pen anymore.
Looking at the sound of rain beside him, he asked with some confusion: "Little prince, why do these old men close their eyes?"
With a chuckle, Yusheng said with a strange expression: "A few years ago, there was a strange talent, he was extremely talented, and all the works he made were amazing. But he has a very strange problem, that is, no one can look at him during the exam, otherwise it will be difficult for him to show his true strength. ”
For some reason, after hearing the explanation of the rain, Chen Bai's first reaction in his mind turned out to be that this person was going to cheat, so he didn't want people to see it.
After arching his hand to Yusheng, Chen Bai didn't say much, picked up the brush directly from the table, dipped it in ink gently, thought about it for a while, and then wrote the rice paper.
After a while, he stopped what he was doing, threw the brush on the table, and looked around with interest.
When he looked up, he happened to meet the sound of the rain with a hellish expression.
"What's wrong?" Chen Bai asked with some confusion.
"Huh?" Yusheng was stunned for a moment, then he came back to his senses, and said with some incomprehension: "Just now I saw Brother Xu studying ink there for a long time, and it stands to reason that the ink that comes out like this should leave a huge stain on the rice paper, but I see that Brother Xu's rice paper does not seem to be contaminated." ”
Seeing that he was surprised by this kind of thing, Chen Bai couldn't help but feel a little pitiful about him, and then said patiently: "Do you think I'm awesome?"
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"Awesome!" Yusheng said to him speechlessly, then ignored him, turned his head to look at his rice paper and was stunned.
Seeing that he no longer paid attention to himself, Chen Bai was also happy to be idle, just observing the surrounding situation.
I saw that the field at this moment was extremely lively, there were those who exchanged their ears, those who scratched their ears and scratched their cheeks, those who were confident, and those who were ecstatic. But I just haven't seen anyone put pen to paper.
Suddenly, he spotted Ouyang Po's figure in the crowd. I saw that Ouyang Po was holding a brush at this time, staring at the rice paper in front of him with his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
And for these, the group of old men at the front are as if they don't see it, well, they really don't see it.
After watching it for a while, after the freshness passed, Chen Bai felt a little bored, and saw that his piece of paper was almost dry, so he fell asleep directly on it.
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After some time, he suddenly felt like he had been poked.
Slowly straightening up, Chen Bai rubbed his worried eyes, and looked at the sound of rain beside him with some confusion.
There is no need to ask, only the sound of the rain will pay attention to him now.
Sure enough, when he looked at the sound of the rain, he found that the latter was also staring at him.
Seeing him looking at him, Yusheng immediately became excited, held up his rice paper and said, "Brother Xu, look, how is this poem?"
Rubbing his eyes, Chen Bai nodded, then looked at the rice paper in Yusheng's hand seriously, and read it softly: "Bamboo, bamboo What do you mean?"
After reading it, Chen Bai almost felt that he had read it wrong, and confirmed it again, but he never understood what Yusheng wrote.
"You don't understand this, right~ The examiner said, let's make a poem related to bamboo, you see how closely I am on the topic. Raising his head, the sound of the rain seemed a little triumphant, and he almost raised his nostrils to the sky.
Then, as if he had thought of something, he looked at Chen Bai curiously and said, "Brother Xu, where are your poems?" Why don't you take them out and let Xiao Wang give you a taste?"