"On the morning of the third day, my sister and I went to Qixing Street and walked into the golden sprinkler building, and I imagined in my heart the scene of the beautiful Basang Silver Sparrow and the young Zha Ling Qiongbo singing freely. In the afternoon, I went to the tomb of the sun god king on the outskirts of the city, worshiped her father V Nyima, and saw his real statue, a great plateau husband, he was in this world, only a short thirty-nine spring and autumn years, hurried like a meteor passerby, but he met the love of his life in the world, and established the immortal miracle of unifying the plateau tribes, as a man, a hurried and short life, worthy of this reincarnation in the world. ”

"Early in the morning of the fourth day, accompanied by the Queen Mother of the Holy Guxi, my sister and I entered the Nyima Palace to meet her half-brother VI Nyima, and at the same time to say goodbye to the plateau. The young Sixth Nyima was less than twenty years old, taller, with a high nose and deep eyes, a brown face, and slightly curly black hair. His mother also passed away two years ago, so when he saw my junior sister, the only remaining blood relative in the world, he was a little excited, and his face was slightly red, which was diametrically opposed to my junior sister Xuanzhu's cold and quiet performance. He enthusiastically kept us, apparently genuinely trying to keep us, but of course, his efforts failed. In order to repay his enthusiasm, my sister and I stayed in the palace and had a total lunch, and then waved goodbye. ”

"Seven days later, my junior sister and I returned to Ziyang Mountain, and first made a detailed report to the head of the sect and the two uncles of Chong Lingzi and Chong Yunzi on the situation in Shenjing, the imperial capital of the Dahua Dynasty, and then reported in detail to the three Venerables about the conspiracy of the Great Youguo of the Great Secluded Kingdom of the Dawn Valley and the adventures of the Heavenly Clan between the two of us. The three Venerables immediately arranged to inform the court of the conspiracy of the Demon Kingdom, but instructed us to keep the Celestial Clan's actions and the identity of the junior sister a top secret and not to mention it to anyone again. I asked, 'Why is there such a clear barrier between us and the Celestial Clan, and why is there such a secret between us?' Doesn't the Celestial Clan also have a shortcut to ascend to heaven? Why can't we accommodate and learn from each other?' The Master said, 'What do you know?' The Celestial Clan ascended to heaven using the technique of reincarnation, and the body died and the soul was reincarnated; our Taoists ascended to heaven by cultivating the truth, and the physical body directly became an immortal. I asked again about the recruitment of new disciples this year. Master Zun said, "Under the auspices of your Senior Brother Xuanyang, it has been successfully concluded, and a total of ten young disciples have been recruited this time. If you want to know anything, ask them directly, I have important things to discuss with your two uncles, so you two can step down if you are fine. ’”

"After I retired, I went to ask Senior Brother Xuanyang: 'Among the teenagers recruited this year, is there a young man in Xuanyi named Meng Qiang or Meng Junxiong?' Senior Brother Xuanyang said: 'Yes! He was almost late that day, but fortunately, he arrived in time after our recruitment began and before the end of the registration of the chanting and reading, and another young man in Xuanyi named Jiang Hua arrived panting. How do you know him?' I said, 'I saw him before in the town of Lunwei, and spent the night with him in an inn. A nice teenager. How is it? Did you pass the exam?' Senior Brother Xuanyang said: "In the first level of physical fitness assessment, his performance was average, and he was barely eliminated; in the second level of the literary examination, he performed outstandingly, like a twinkling Wenqu star; and in the third level, he performed even better and was admitted." I asked, 'Did he show you anything or show you any jade ornaments?' Senior Brother Xuanyang said, "No, Senior Brother, are you asking a strange question today?" I said, "Didn't I go to Luwei Town before I went back to the mountain with my junior sister?" He stayed there that day because he promised to wait for others, and refused to leave alone in advance even if the recruitment would be delayed. I was impressed by his promising character, so I took off the jade jue I was wearing and handed it to him temporarily, telling him that if there was any delay or being late, I would take this jade jue to you, senior brother, and you would be able to give convenience. Senior Brother Xuanyang said: "He didn't show it to me! Most people in the world have nothing to fear, but he is not bad, as you say, a good young man." I asked again: 'Did the other Xuanyi boy pass the entrance examination?' "That Xuanyi boy named Jiang Hua has a better foundation in martial arts and literature than him!" Then I was relieved and relieved. Senior Brother Xuanyang said, "This year's disciples are really full of talents! And they are geniuses, crooked talents, and there are all kinds of talents. Then he told me interesting stories about the recruitment process. "You've seen a lot of martial arts exams, so I'll tell you about the new literary exams this time, it's very interesting!"

The second level of the literary examination was set at the unitary hour in the evening of that day, and the location was selected in the Cuihua Pavilion in the Cuihua Garden on the top of Cuihua Peak in Ziyang Mountain.

The sun sets, the old trees shade the shade, in this early summer season, warm but not hot, cool and no cold, people are extraordinarily comfortable. Eight long tables are enclosed in a big octagonal shape, and some precocious mountain peaches, apricots, wild strawberries, mulberries, etc. are placed on the long table, and the fifty teenagers who won the first round of the assessment are all sitting here, together with the already familiar invigilator Senior Brother Xuanyang, waiting for the beginning of the literary thinking.

The time was approaching, and Xuanyang stood up and beckoned everyone: "Everyone, please stand up and greet the Three Lords!"

Before the words fell, I saw a Taoist chief dressed in a cloud-white robe, a silver beard with floating chests, white eyebrows and white hair, walking in. He walked to the center of the pavilion and said with a smile: "Children, I am the Sanshang Zun Chongyunzi that you have admired for a long time, a great name, invincible swordsmanship, and wisdom and bravery!"

When everyone heard him boast so humorously, their nervousness suddenly relaxed.

Sanshangzun then said: "You don't need to be nervous! Today's so-called second level assessment is actually not a kind of assessment, mainly because you are all from outside the mountains and seas, from all directions and wilderness, and you are all new acquaintances, so you are here to exchange the culture and customs of all parties and places. Therefore, please adjust your seats appropriately, those from the east sit on the east side, those from the southern wilderness sit on the south side, those from the northwest sit on the northwest side, those from the southwest Yi sit on the southwest side, and those from other tribes sit down accordingly. ”

When they heard this, they all stood up and changed their seats.

"Let's try our wild fruits from Ziyang Mountain first, the taste is still very delicious. Now the sitting direction is roughly the same as your clan, right? Next, let's start the exchange of Fang culture and customs, if you really want to use the term assessment, then call it a literary examination. Chong Yunzi began to get to the point.

"Some people may wonder why we are here to study martial arts and martial arts, and why do we want to study literature? Actually, we in Ziyang Mountain have always emphasized martial arts rather than literature. There is a good couplet written in the hall of our Ziyang Mountain, which is called 'the martial arts without literature is only for bravery, and the martial arts with literature are bin'. What is the unwritten martial arts only for bravery? The brave is the work of the horseman; the martial party with the literature is Bin, and the bin is the degree of the general. Therefore, we Ziyang Mountain admitted disciples, and this time we added a new amount of literary thinking, which is not only a mandatory test, but also an important one. ”

"Of course, since it's called consideration, there should be a rule. What are the rules for today's consideration? There are two things. The first is that the so-called directions, clans, customs, and things that I just called combine with your own clan to make a short poem with four sentences with rhyme; second, I would like to ask first, once we who practice true martial arts, once we take action, what do we pay the most attention to? ”

"Ruthless!"

"Accurate!"

"Quick!"

"Fierce!"

......

Young people are reporting it one after another.

"You all have a point, but I think the most accurate is the word 'fast'. So, the second rule is that we chose the word 'fast' and asked for a short poem to describe the fastest action or thing. Today's topic of consideration is to combine your own clan and make a rhyme poem of more than five words to describe the fastest behavior. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all surprised, so some shook their heads, some liked, some were worried, and some were secretly happy.

"I'll come first! I am Dugujian in the Yin Mountains of Taolang, Liangzhou, from the north. ”

A tall man in Ge Yi sitting on the north side was the first to stand up.

"The wild goose swept over his head, the flying arrow pierced through the heart, the horse rode around for three miles, and the grassland goose did not fall. ”

"Good!" Mijozun was the first to shout, as a sign of encouragement to everyone. "The grasslands and wild geese in the north, and the horses gallop like this, which is faster than the landing of the wild goose in the middle arrow. Okay!

Senior Brother Xuanyang took the timpani hammer of Ziyang Mountain and struck the cowhide drum in front of him with a "bang", and said, "Who is coming next?"

"I am from the East, Wang Ziyang, a merman clan on Shark Island in the East China Sea of Qingzhou. Everyone, please listen: put silver needles in the sea, light boats in fishing villages, wear waves and come back, and the needles in the water are not sinking. ”

The crowd applauded.

"In the sea and fishing villages in the East, the light boat flies back and forth, and it is faster than a silver needle falling to the bottom of the water! The third master continued to comment.

Senior Brother Xuanyang continued to beat the drum with a hammer.

"Put goose feathers on the fire, fly apes to the south bridge, gallop back again, goose feathers are not burned. ”

The crowd applauded.

"There was fire, there were apes, and the flying apes flew to the south bridge and came back, faster than the goose feathers caught fire. Are you from the south?" The Third Master asked after commenting.

"Exactly, I am from the Yuhuanshui Yushan clan of Yuming Mountain, Nanyue County, surnamed Yuan Mingliang, and live in the south. ”

"Okay!

Meng Qiang saw that the poems in front of him were really good, and he lowered his head and thought about it, and he also had one.

"In the Qingcang clan from Qinglangshui, Cangyang Mountain, Yongzhou, Northwest China, the surname is Meng Mingqiang, and the word Junxiong. The clear waves of the water under the Cangluo Mountain, the surging boat jumps and the sword flies, patrolling all over the Qingcang Qianxun, and the people fall on the boat and the waves do not return. ”

Meng Qiang groaned, and there were only a few sparse applause and cheers.

Sanshangzun began to comment: "Meng Qiang's chant is the best chant today! Why? First, his poems do not sink into the old rules, using seven words, creating a new situation today; second, his poems use all the mountains and rivers, and have the sword of the ancestor of martial arts, the beauty of his hometown, and the respect of martial arts, all of which are present in one poem; third, after Wang Ziyang of the merman clan finished chanting the needle in the water, I thought it had become a swan song, but Meng Qiang's chanting still dared to take the image of the water, which cannot but be said to be a bold choice; fourth, Wang Ziyang took the needle in the water for timing comparison, and Meng Qiang took the water surface surge for timing comparison, new ideas and new images, it is really rare. ”

After the three lords finished commenting, everyone went to experience Meng Qiang's chanting again, and then they deeply realized the mystery of it, and finally remembered the thunderous applause.

"Who's coming next?" asked Senior Brother Xuanyang.

"I'm coming! I'm from Gujiang Town, Liusha Water, Zhuqi Mountain, Yongzhou, Northwest China, my surname is Jiang Minghua, and my name is Yaoguo!"

"Zhu Qi Shao wolf quicksand, the boat is blinking, the two sides of the strait have not been seen for thousands of miles, and the East China Sea is picturesque. ”

The crowd applauded.

"I'm competing with the water today. Sanshang Zun smiled and said, "Jiang Gongzi's little poem, with six words, the body is new, the landscape is complete, and the time is timed in the blink of an eye, to compare the speed of the boat ride, good! ”

"Who's coming next?" Senior Brother Xuanyang then asked.

"I!Youzhou, the northeast wilderness thunders, the mountains are thundering, the water is thundering, and the thunder of the Ji clan is Qi Tianlei!" a black-faced man said in a loud voice. People are like iron towers, and their voices are like bells.

"My mother-in-law farted, rode a horse to the shade, and rode back again, and the valve was not closed. ”

The crowd burst into laughter. Dugujian laughed and coughed vigorously, Jiang Hua smiled crookedly on Meng Qiang's body, and Yuan Mingliang also laughed and burst into tears......

Qi Tianlei stood there with a serious face, and asked anxiously:

"Venerable, is my poem on topic?"

"And the question," Mikami said with a smile, laughed at him when asked, "Although Qi Tianlei's poetry is a little popular, it still conforms to the two rules announced before. This one also passes. ”

"Knock ......" Senior Brother Xuanyang followed closely and beat the cowhide drum.

Everyone saw that even Qi Tianlei's poem had passed, so they rushed to recite it.

Half an hour later, except for eleven who really couldn't recite it, and seventeen who couldn't recite it but couldn't deduct the two requirements, twenty-two people finally passed the second level of the examination.