However, in front of Xu Jiang, whose position was slightly lower than his own, Han Zhongyan always found it difficult to show confidence. In addition to his life experience, no matter how he compared, he felt that he was difficult to match with General Xu, and this feeling made him a little frustrated and helpless. Therefore, he has always been reluctant to associate with Xu Jiang, because every word and action of Xu Jiang exudes an impulse that he wants to imitate! After working with this kind of person for a long time, people's psychology will become distorted.

However, since it was personally appointed by the emperor this time, I heard that it seemed that Zhang Xiang's nod and consent was also obtained, and although Han Zhongyan was the deputy minister, he could not disobey the king's order. Therefore, he had no choice but to move to the tribute courtyard and eat, live and work with General Xu.

After enduring several days of suffering, he finally felt a little better today, because today is the last day, as long as the top ten papers are listed, and then handed over to the emperor's imperial pen to inscribe the champion, everything will be fine.

It is precisely for this reason that he is very energetic today, and he actually finished reading this part of his paper in front of Xu Jiang, and when he looked back and saw that Xu Jiang was still bowing his head to read the papers, he didn't mention the pride in his heart.

When General Xu heard this, he sighed and said: Han Gong, the volume on my side has already been read, but there is one volume that makes me quite suspicious, and it is difficult to evaluate it for a long time. Han Gong, why don't you help take a look?

Hearing the first half of General Xu's sentence, Han Zhongyan almost choked to death. He originally thought that he would finally be able to score the papers a little faster than Xu Jiang once, and for this reason, he also asked Xu Jiang again as if he had learned the tone and actions of Xu Jiang two days ago, but he didn't expect that this time people would still leave him far behind. The shame in his heart at this time made him feel like he had no place to be ashamed.

At the beginning, he also had doubts about whether Xu Jiang was reading the papers, just look at it and give a score, and he also rarely took out the score of Zhigongju, and asked him about the relevant questions about the papers that Xu Jiang had read. The result made him very frustrated, and all of Old Man Xu's judgments were not only justified and impartial. What's even more terrifying is that almost all of his volumes can be retold without any exactness!

Although this is not as difficult as memorizing it, you must know that Xu Jiang will have to read hundreds of papers in a day! Keeping every basic content of these papers in mind is very difficult for even an extremely intelligent young man to do!

For this reason, Han Zhongyan thought of two people, maybe in the past hundred years of the Great Song Dynasty, in terms of memory, only these two people can be compared with Xu Jiang's old thing. One is Su Dabeard, who is far away in Lingnan, and the other is Wang Anshi's son, Wang Yan, who is also the champion. Now, among these two people, Su Dongpo is dying of old age, and it is difficult to say what kind of memory he can have, while Wang Yan died young many years ago. From this point of view, the old goblin in front of him has become a leader in the world in terms of memory, and no one can match it anymore.

However, hearing the second half of General Xu's words, Han Zhongyan's heart, which had fallen into the ice cave, suddenly came back to life. At that time, the first person in memory actually had something to ask him Lao Han for help, which seemed to him to be too honorable and happy!

He hurriedly adjusted his mood and pretended to be calm and said: What did Xu Gong say, we are both angels of this scientific expedition, so we naturally want to encourage each other and help each other. Although my old Han may not be better than your Xu Gong, the ruler is shorter and the inch is longer. Maybe Lao Han is really a little stupid enough to let Xu Gong you refer to it!

When he said this, he was in such a comfortable mood that he felt like he was about to float. For the first time, he felt that working with Xu Jiang would have such a happy moment, and he was really fascinated by this feeling.

Xu Jiang smiled very gracefully, stood up and handed the scroll in his hand to Han Zhongyan with both hands.

When Han Zhongyan saw General Xu's movements, the happier his heart became, and a kind of pleasure as a Shangguan couldn't help but arise spontaneously. He reached out and took the scroll and spread it flat on the table beside him. Although he was very proud, he also understood one thing: the paper that could make Xu Wei embarrassed was by no means simple, and it would take a little effort for him to earn this big face.

After laying out the papers, he began to read the contents.

Because the imperial examination of the Great Song Dynasty was based on a vague name system, and the questions were copied by a special person, there was almost no difference between the paper and handwriting that the examiner saw throughout the day. One of the downsides of this kind of cookie-cutter stuff is that it makes people feel bored when they look at it. Therefore, the probability of the title of the gold list is often smaller than that of the previous one.

However, at this time, Han Zhongyan did not have the slightest feeling in his heart, he was simply a small universe explosion, and his fighting spirit was high.

However, as he looked deeper, he began to frown more and more. Because the first question of this paper, that is, the question about the Seedlings Method, is simply too ordinary. This candidate's thinking is very distinct, that is, he resolutely affirms the Seedlings Method and thinks it is very good. However, from this article, you can no longer see anything other than praising the Seedlings Method. I didn't say how the Seedlings Law should be implemented, I didn't say how the Seedlings Law should be implemented, I didn't say how to prevent the corruption that the Seedlings Law might cause, I didn't say!

If it weren't for the fact that General Xu was particularly embarrassed, seeing such an answer sheet, Han Zhongyan would have given him a medium at most, letting him rank first, but his ranking was similar to that of the famous Mr. Sun Shan. Until he read the whole question, Han Zhongyan didn't find these two points, and he began to scratch his head. He couldn't understand why Xu Jiang was so embarrassed about such a topic. After thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't find out why, so he had to turn around and ask: "Gong Xu, is there anything difficult about this volume?" According to my old Han, whether it is in the middle or not should be between the two, I don't know why Xu Gong is embarrassed?

Xu Jiang smiled slightly and said: Han Gong, why don't you take a look at the poem again, and when you read the poem, you will know the reason!

Han Zhongyan almost choked again, and there was a burst of depression in his heart, it turned out that Old Man Xu wanted him to read poems and assign questions, and he had spent so much effort on the topic of strategy, it was too meaningless.

So he turned his head again and began to read the poem:

Mo laughs at the farmer's wine, and the guests are full of chickens and dolphins in the harvest year.

There is no way out of the mountains and rivers, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village.

The flute and drum follow the spring society closely, and the clothes are simple and ancient.

From now on, if you are allowed to ride the moon idlely, you will knock on the door with a cane all the time and night.

When he read the first sentence, he didn't feel anything unusual, but when he read the second sentence, he couldn't help but exclaim: Good poetry, good poetry! Then, he immediately reacted, the strategy was so ordinary, and the poetry was so dazzling, that the overall judgment was a little difficult.

He asked with some caution: How does Xu Gong think this scroll should be judged? Although he really wanted to tell Xu Jiang an answer happily, he was still very embarrassed in the face of such a strange scroll. In order not to be ridiculed by Xu Jiang in his heart, he still decided to kick the ball back to Xu Jiang. Although he felt that this was also a bit embarrassing, he had always aimed not to lose face in front of General Xu. It's nothing at all.

Xu Jiang stroked the beautifully trimmed beard on his chin, and said with a smile: Han Gong, I always want to say something that is not very appropriate, Han Gong just listen to it, but don't take it to heart!

Han Zhongyan said with some eagerness: Xu Gong, but it doesn't hurt to say it. My old Han still has this little belly.

Xu Jiang turned around and said slowly: I thought that in this scientific examination, although you and I were pointed out as the chief examiners, in fact, we were just puppets, and there were other people who were the real examiners.