Most of Xili's research books are Hui girls who have had a rough contact with Han culture, and there are only a handful of Chinese characters that can be written. Although the Hui people have their own language, they do not have a written language, and all the Chinese characters used in the study of the canon and the record of copywriting are used on weekdays.

Guzhai is one of the few Han ethnic groups in the west, Zhu Yi was born in Guzhai, a Han through and through, when he was a child, he also learned to write Chinese characters so-so, and in the past few years, he followed Zuo Zhu's side, and he learned some more. Although it is not very good, it has a slight advantage over most of the Hui girls.

It is this little advantage that has created Zhu Yi's lazy and lucky temperament - inexplicably confident that he can be selected. Therefore, such a small thing as practicing can be saved.

Moreover, this book selection only examines the item of "composing poetry", and composing poetry not only examines a person's poetic talent, but also can see how good her character is according to a person's words.

When you enter the Xiwu storage wall, you can enjoy a good living treatment: you don't have to worry about food and clothing.

Zhu Yi thinks that her goals are mediocre. But high aspirations can't overcome hunger, so she prefers to choose this practical and practical goal.

Blind pursuit often gives rise to fantasy, fantasy is beautiful, reality is not. When the gap between fantasy and reality appears, it is enough to change a person's temperament. It will make people understand that instead of looking hopelessly, it is better to really liberate yourself and return to your own path, and then go on.

In the last few days, she took out a pen and paper to write and practice, hibernate at noon, and was bored in the afternoon in a daze at the empty hut.

I don't feel lonely, but I feel that time is slow.

Finally, on the sixth day, in the evening, she and Qiu Shui got into a carriage and headed for Tianyin Mountain.

Rushing at night, there was a lot of ice on the road, and the carriage was difficult and slow. Tianyin Mountain was not far away, but when they arrived, it was already the beginning of the next day. There is a small stove in the car, and it is quite warm for the two of them to huddle together. Along the way, Zhu Yi leaned on Qiu Shui and fell asleep, and Qiu Shui only closed his eyes and took a few naps.

When they arrived at Xiwu Chuyuan, which is located at the foot of Tianyin Mountain, all the girls who participated in the election were waiting in front of the door. Roughly counted, there are about 300 girls in this year's election.

The sky was dark, and more than 100 large vermilion lanterns were lit at the door, illuminating the surroundings brightly. The girls are beautiful and elegant, with extraordinary appearances, lined with the cold fog of Tianyin Mountain, and there is a kind of beauty to the illusory haze.

"The atmosphere is so cold, and being selected is only like a monk, life is controlled, and there is no freedom, what's the good thing?" Qiu Shui whispered a little "shyly".

Zhu Yi didn't answer.

After waiting at the door for a full hour, I saw the door of the high storage wall rumble open, and the crowd below instantly stopped. Two rows of identical dressed girls streamed out, and all the candidates were organized into five columns in an orderly manner. The coat is arranged in the third column.

The accompanying families were all arranged separately, and the girls were taken into the storage wall in turn. Qiu Shui was overwhelmed by the flow of family members, and he was somewhat relieved to watch the girls who were running for the election go in.

The family members in this compartment were in a mess, and the carriage on the periphery was idle.

The Xiwu storage wall winds all the way up, and there is not a single speck of snow and ice on the stone steps of the road. The sky was still dark, and through the hazy light, you could vaguely see the jagged courtyards of all sizes, and even the well-packed mountain kilns.

The scholars he met along the way all frowned, dressed in a plain white shirt with a uniform white shirt, holding a loose flowing cloud bun, and the hair that was scattered behind his back was braided into several thin long braids, and his beautiful face was covered with a light veil, with a fairy and ethereal appearance, mysterious and dignified.

When all kinds of complicated things were busy settling down here, Zuo Chu and his party arrived as promised. Leaving people out to settle the carriage and horses, Zuo Chu and a few people close to him were greeted by Zhu Yan, who came in person, to the storage wall.

Zhu Yan has the highest rank in the West Dock Warehouse, and all large and small affairs need to be approved by Zhu Yan. The Zhu Yan in front of him is thirty years old, and against the backdrop of this ice and snow, he still looks like a young girl.

Different from the Zhongyan books, Zhu Yan is wearing a blue robe, with the appearance of a standard Hui girl, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a few handfuls of velvet hair in front of her forehead spread on her full forehead, and her face is also covered with blue yarn of the same color as her clothes.

Zuo Chu is wearing a smoky blue robe today, his long hair is only tied with a ribbon of the same color at the end, the cold wind blows, there are hair strands, in the early morning fog, the eyebrows and eyes are heroic and lazy, the thin lips are slightly pursed, and the marks are printed on the corners of the lips, inadvertently with charm.

This is "eyes with sinking stars" and "thin lips with cold lips"......

Although the starlight in the star-like eyes was gone......

The posture of heaven and man, the rumors are true, Mr. Chu is really handsome like a fairy. Rao is a Zhu Yan who puts an end to lust, and at this moment his mind is also changing.

However, it's good to pay respects, how can she not lose her posture, deliberately correct her demeanor, and respectfully welcome Zuo Chu into the storage wall.

A few scholars on both sides of the flanks blushed with excitement because they were fortunate enough to see Mr. Tsuki's face.

Zuo Chu has always been expressionless, and it is not easy to get close. Now he is "blind" again, and he needs the support of Huan Qi and Shi Qiao to walk. If he greets politely, he will end it in three or two sentences.

Lu Mai, who was walking behind the master, watched a little man study the book from time to time and secretly wiped his face to peek at his master, and at the same time, he couldn't help laughing when he thought of Zhu Yi's blatant peeping at the owner a few years ago.

When Xu Yuying, who was beside him, heard it, glanced at him sideways, and raised his eyebrows as an inquiry.

Lu Mai thought that Zhu Yi was now in this storage wall, staring at the back of his master, and grinned: "The old man is close." ”

Hearing this, Zuo Chu's face suddenly softened a lot.

These were the words he had casually uttered today, and Lumai had listened to them.

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Throughout the day, the girls who participated in the election were arranged to rest in a large white hall. Finally, it was noon, and someone brought food to eat. At that time, Zhu Yi was hungry and panicked, and it was unceremonious to eat.

When the meal is full, the time for the daily nap is also up.

The heavy blow she received when she was outside made her sleepless at night, and her body was extremely poor. Later, after taking a half-poisonous and half-medicinal sleeping Gu pill, he stopped the evil state.

If you take the Sleeping Killing Pill for a long time, it will shorten a person's life. Ah Niang and Qiu Shui also stopped it, but if Zhu Yi didn't use it, she couldn't sleep, and finally had to agree to her to eat it for a while.

This period has continued until now, and it has formed a dependence, and it cannot be broken at all. The biggest advantage of sleeping killer pills is that they can forcibly urge people to fall asleep, and they will be dizzy and soft every night before dusk, and they will start to be sleepy at a fixed time at noon.

The hypnotic power of the Gu medicine could make Zhu Yi lie directly on the ground and fall asleep, so she felt a little tired, so she hurriedly found a room with few people to sleep. Most of the rooms where the girls stay temporarily, where are the beds? But I found a place on the windowsill and curled up to sleep.

Here, Qiu Shui also found Zhu Yi and stood aside to guard her and slept for an hour.

At the beginning of the afternoon, the inscription poem assessment began, Zhu Yi slept enough, and woke up not very awake, so he watched the candidates enter the hall in order with the numbers. Zhu collar his own number - five batches of 13.

The first few groups of people came in and out, some happy and some worried. Most of the Hui girls nervously went in and came out in chagrin. Even if the Han girls are full of confidence, but the number is small, there is no need to worry too much.

Finally, it was the turn of the Zhu Yi group, and the girls entered the hall, walked to the examination table in turn, and stood still, and a researcher shook the silver bell to signal the start. Zhu Yi uncovered the poplar tree sign that pressed the test paper, and the paper held below was upright with a line of words:

With the meaning of 'returning', a poem is given.

Isn't that simple? Almost without thinking, she swiped her pen:

"In the early days, I tried in vain to care for you, and I didn't argue about the evil results.

If you know that the yin and yang in the tomb are separated, you will avoid the disaster at the first time.

Words are not allowed, and everyone kills people slowly.

Luogu is still considered to be a hometown, and the pen stops as a guest. ”

Half a quarter of an hour's time limit, Zhu Yi only took a moment to complete, and the rest of the time was spent leaning on the table and boredly observing the girls who were thinking carefully.

When the time limit expires, the research book will be closed. When she exited the trial hall with the others, she happened to see a researcher take the paper scroll and carry it to the lobby on the left side of the test hall.

Curiosity, she took advantage of the crowd to follow, quietly poked her head to look, and found that someone was holding a thin needle and carefully piercing a small hole in the glyph on the paper scroll. Lying on the side of the door and looking puzzled, I suddenly heard a researcher behind him angrily reprimand: "This is the marking place, don't peep at it!" Zhu Yi was startled, turned around and was about to slip away, when he saw a woman in a blue robe approaching.

It was Zhu Yan.

"Rude! Zhu Yan is what you look at! Another loud shout, Zhu Yi was inexplicably reprimanded, but she didn't dare to fight back, for fear that people would hold grudges and erase the opportunity for her.

is Zhu Yan, with a soft smile, although he is the person with the highest status, he is kind. She smiled lightly: "Seeing that the girl is very confused, then I will explain it to you." Mr. Chu's trip to Xiyi coincided with the general election of scholars, and Chu Yuan was fortunate to invite him to check the assessment. However, Mr. Chu couldn't see it, so he had to come up with such a way to connect the font with pinholes, so that he could use his hands to test whether your poems and characters were well written or not. Does that solve your doubts? ”

Hearing the words "Mr. Tsubi", Zhu Yi was stunned.

Zuo Chu has always disliked to participate in things that have nothing to do with him, why haven't he seen him for a year, his temperament has changed, and he is "close to the people"?

Zhu Yi laughed twice and hurriedly left to find Qiu Shui.