The big exam is coming, and the students who came to take the exam have already gathered in the capital, and there are many temptations between each other, and poetry meetings and banquets have been held one after another.

Wenqu Building.

An unprecedented grand gathering is underway, many famous scholars are here, and there are four talented people in the capital as the head, the candidates are eating, drinking and having fun, and there is a rare competition such as poetry.

This is the last carnival before the big exam, after the party and fun, come back to your senses, stabilize your mentality, you have to cope with the exam, and after the exam, it will be difficult to hold such a grand party.

At that time, more than eighty percent of the candidates will not be in a good mood, and many people will have to go home.

Four scholars who are quite young, only about thirty or so are getting together, and they are the famous four talents of the capital, Tang Hu, Zhu Shan, Wenming, and Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's well-maintained fingers gently plucked the strings, a fairy sound like silk, around the beam for three days without stopping, to say who has the highest piano skills in the world, Xu Qing can't be ranked, but if you want to say that under thirty years old, then he is called second, no one dares to call first.

After the song was finished, the other three talents were all impressed and thought it was wonderful.

The usual business blows began to blow each other, "Brother Xu, this song is unheard of, but it is a new creation?" ”

Xu Qing nodded lightly, his eyes never opened from beginning to end, as if he was reminiscing, and finally sighed, "Alas, it's all the big exam in this capital, messing up my mood, this song, it's not good to play." ”

Brother Xu laughed. Wen Wen pinched a chess game and shook his fingers, "Look downstairs, they haven't come back to their senses yet." "It turned out that they were upstairs in Wenqu, and the rest of the candidates could only be in the garden downstairs.

Xu Qing didn't look down, smiled slightly, didn't speak, just shook his head gently, bad is not good, ordinary people can't hear it, it doesn't mean that this is a good song.

After listening to the words of civilization, Tang Hu moved, he came to the fence on the side of the building, looked down, and then splashed ink, and soon, a painting of scholars indulging in music was completed.

Zhu Shan waved his pen and wrote two lines of small characters on the painting, the mountains and rivers meet the bosom friend, and no one in the world knows you.

Wenming took a closer look and excitedly slapped his palm with the chess game, "Wonderful, really wonderful!" ”

Xu Qing couldn't hold back any longer, and came over to admire the paintings together, "Brother Tang's paintings are really worthy of the title of ten thousand dollars, and there is such a smell in them." ”

Does copper stink? …… Tang Hu smiled, "What do you think are the outstanding talents in this big exam?" ”

"The world's talents, who are you?" Xu Qing looked at his nails and said this.

The air was quiet for a few seconds, and Tang Hu coughed dryly, "I think the Qilin talent is good." ”

Xu Qing frowned, "Which Qilin talent?" ”

"Which one else could it be, naturally the one from the north." Civilization pointed to the north with a chess game.

"Who should I be, the third child of the Lu family." Xu Qing continued to fiddle with his fingers, "Isn't it just that little brother who didn't even dare to say anything, and hid aside as soon as he participated in the poetry meeting." ”

"yes, that's him." Wenming slapped his palm with a chess score, "I don't know what the significance of the Northern Examination is, the little brother of the Lu family can win the first place in the first list, and there are really no people." ”

Tang Hu and Zhu Shan glanced at each other, and the meaning in their eyes was obvious, "Two megalomaniacs." ”

They are known as the four great talents in the capital, and they have their own unique skills in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but that is the title given to them by outsiders, Tang Hu and Zhu Shan like calligraphy and painting, the two are closer, Wenshan is good at chess and Xu Qing are closer, they are actually two pairs of friends.

Don't speculate, Tang Hu and Zhu Shan couldn't cope anymore, so they casually found a reason to go downstairs, and didn't even take the painting just now.

"Xu Qing is indeed talented, but his character is too ......" Tang Hu regretted his paintings, Zhu Shan nodded in agreement, "Yes, it's a pity for my words." ”

"Alas, it's okay, the Xu family is powerful, just bear it if you can." Tang Hu is also helpless, Xu Qing is the son of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites.

He used to boast of being noble, but since his family fell into the middle of the road, he can no longer be high, he never sold paintings before, and now he has a reputation of ten thousand dollars.

Alas, there are some very practical things that still have to be subservient.

This is the capital, and naturally the candidates from the capital are the mainstay, not only the four talents are talking about the world's talents, but also the candidates downstairs.

"Heh, it's just a person who can endorse, what if you answer all six questions correctly?"

"Yes, those are almost enough, poetry and strategy are king!"

Lu Gongzi's poems are also a must! …… Tang Hu listened to it a few times and found that no one took Lu Li seriously at all, especially the local candidates in the capital, who were very arrogant.

Many of them knew Lu Li, and even though the deeds of the hundred poems caused a storm in the capital, they still felt that Lu Li was nothing more than that.

It must be that the people of Xuanwu City have never seen the world, so they think that the poetry is very good.

Even if Lu Li is deeply favored by Shen Langzhong and has praised him in public more than once, he still can't change those inherent cognitions, or he doesn't want to change them at all.

"Xu Gongzi is brilliant, isn't he better than that Qilin talent?"

"Yes, look upstairs, aren't they Xu Gongzi and Wen Gongzi."

"Really!"

There are a large number of Xu Qing and civilized little fans among the scholars, and the scene is lively.

"Brother Zhu, let's go." Tang Hu thought that Zhu Shan couldn't hear clearly, so he pointed to his mouth with his finger.

"Yes, it's time to go, or the unicorn is smart, and on this occasion, he simply didn't come."

The two of them went against the crowd and walked all the way to the door.

It's like a besieged city, people outside the city want to go in, people from the city want to come out.

Xu Qing and Wenming's comments were not over, the two pointed downstairs, until the end of the party, many characters were included, but there was no mention of the grandson of Liu Kang.

If you can't compare, you can't compare, whether it's family background or talent, you can't compare.

They are indeed proud, but this little bit of self-knowledge is still there, and there is no hope for the champion, they are here to fight for the second.

On February 9th, the capital examination officially began.

The big exam starts on February 9th, enters one day in advance, and takes three consecutive exams, each of which takes three days, and you have to wait for one day after the exam before the ban can be officially lifted.

Every year of the imperial examination, the capital is always very lively, but these eleven days are exceptional, the whole of Yue Kyoto will be completely quiet, the hawkers will not sell, the restaurants will not be noisy, and the green buildings will be closed directly.

At this time, the first session of the capital city examination has been carried out for two days.

In the Gongyuan, countless candidates are working hard to write, and they can't wait to grow more hands.

Lu Li is more leisurely, with the experience of the last time, he writes slowly, and there is still plenty of time anyway.

There are many questions in this field, but he is still ready to answer all six test papers, vowing to carry out the high-profile to the end.