Chapter 8: The Monument of the Sea of Smoke
The test papers of the county examination were thick, and on a rough look, they were at least fifty or sixty pages thick, which made Su Yi secretly frightened. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, after a rough reading, Su Yiton was relieved: it turned out that because of the large relationship between the brush characters, a page could only write more than 300 words at most, plus it was necessary to leave blank space for candidates to fill in the blanks, so the amount of test questions in these fifty or sixty pages was not as much as imagined.
However, "not so much" is according to the standards of the imperial examination of the Bingfeng Continent, if this is put on the earth, it is almost equivalent to more than a dozen test papers in the modern examination, and it is required to be answered within two hours, which is extremely harsh.
"No wonder the imperial examination is jokingly called 'you can't escape from the battlefield, it's better to write in the examination room'. With so many questions, ordinary people still have to think about and recall what they have learned, so how can they answer all the questions in two hours? Even if they can answer some of them, they cannot guarantee that all of them will be correct. No wonder they all say that it is extremely difficult to get five chips in the county exam, originally I didn't believe it, but now I have to believe it. ”
Su Yi sighed, and the other candidates had already hurriedly started to answer the questions, but Su Yi did not hurry to open the baggage, and took out the study utensils such as brushes, inkstones, ink ingots, pen washes, pen rests, paperweights, and bamboo tubes filled with water one by one, and placed them on the board. These are all gifts from Shopkeeper Liu on the road, otherwise Su Yi would not even be able to pass the test.
While thinking about the fact that after the county exam is over, he must return the favor of Shopkeeper Liu, and at the same time began to open the test papers in an orderly manner and began the "pre-exam marking" that he was used to in his previous life.
Marking the paper before the exam can allow you to have a general grasp of the test questions written in the pen, which can greatly avoid panic on the spot, cause mental disorder, and affect self-confidence. Flipping through the test questions before starting to write is equivalent to grasping the rhythm of the exam. As long as you grasp the rhythm, unless you are really not proficient in learning, it is almost impossible to play abnormally.
Su Yi spent time with tea, flipped through the pile of test papers, and knew it in her heart.
"There are a total of 55 pages of test questions, the first 20 pages are the relatively simple 'Sutras', that is, fill in the blanks, and the middle 30 pages are the more difficult 'Moyi', which requires candidates to write the 'Holy Scriptures and Sages' according to the test questions. There is only one question on the last five pages, and candidates are required to write their ambitions, in any style, which can be a sentence, a poem, or even an essay called 'Ambition'. ”
"Because this question only accounts for the second prize, and the time is pressing, most people write a sentence casually to express their aspirations, and most of them can also get a first prize, almost half of the score. ”
Su Yi thought about it, and decided to put the "determination" at the end to write, starting with the simplest "Sutra".
"The 'Book of Posts' of the county examination is generally compared with the content of the "Art of War of Sun and Wu", and it must be tested every year. Because the number of words in these two holy texts is not much, there are many county exams, and the person who prepares the paper directly copies the full text of the two art of war, and then leaves many blanks for candidates to fill in. Su Yi thought.
However, this county exam was not so exaggerated, and the examination questions of "The Art of War of Sun Wu" only accounted for sixty percent of the entire scriptures, about twelve pages.
Su Yi finished grinding the ink, dipped it with a brush, and then looked at the first question, which read, "The disease of the rushing water, as for the drifter, the momentum, and the disease of the bird, as for the destroyer, the section is also", leaving a blank in the middle, and there is a paragraph behind "chaos is born in governance, cowardice is born in bravery, and weakness is born in strength." Controlling chaos, numbering, courage, strength, strength, form. ”
In this era, there are no punctuation marks, and a line of words is connected together, but Su Yi still recognized at a glance that this was a sentence from the military chapter of "The Art of War", smiled slightly, and wrote in the blank space in the middle:
"Therefore, those who are good at fighting are dangerous, and their knots are short. The momentum is like a crossbow, and the knots are like a start. One after another, the fight is chaotic but not chaotic, chaotic, round and invincible. ”
Su Yi had already memorized "The Art of War" by heart, which couldn't help him at all.
Not to mention candidates like Su Yi, Bingfeng Continent's admiration for "The Art of War" has already reached an extreme, even if it is an illiterate farmer, most of them can recite Sun Tzu's Art of War smoothly, which shows the wide influence.
Even in China, "The Art of War" is a book known as the "holy book of military science". The article not only lists the way of soldiers, but also contains the philosophy of life. In modern times, the philosophy contained in Sun Tzu's Art of War has even been extended to all aspects of life, and has been listed as a must-read military and business textbook by many military schools and business schools, and its wisdom has influenced countless generations around the world.
Su Yi looked at it after writing, the words in her pen were crooked and unsightly, and she secretly sighed that she didn't practice calligraphy well when she was a child. Fortunately, the Wuju County Test does not pay attention to words, as long as people can understand what is written, only after the township test has some requirements for calligraphy, Su Yi has time to practice slowly.
Then Su Yi dipped herself in the ink again, looked at the second question, and was stunned.
The second question is to test the content of a geography book written by an old Yuan Rong named Yan Jiyun in the Han Dynasty called "Mountain Climbing Chronicles".
This was originally no problem, in addition to the two holy texts of "Sun Wu's Art of War" in the county examination, the virtuous texts of other sages were often tested, so it was normal for this question to appear. But the trouble is that Su Yi didn't recognize this person called "Yan Jiyun" at all, which shows that this person has never appeared in ancient Chinese history, and he is a unique figure who belongs to the Bingfeng Continent. And the geography book "Mountain Climbing", Su Yi has never read it at all, whether in his previous life or in his present life!
Su Yi suddenly felt a headache, he couldn't answer this question at all.
Su Yi was unwilling, and lowered his head to meditate hard, but if he hadn't read it, he hadn't read it, and he couldn't think of what was in "Mountain Climbing" even if he racked his brains.
In the end, Su Yi sighed and was ready to give up.
But at this moment, Su Yi felt that the Destiny in his mind trembled, and the starlight suddenly retracted, casting it into the darkness below, and an illusory figure was instantly reflected.
Su Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly entered the spiritual world where the Heavenly Destiny General Star was located, but was surprised to see an old man with a childish face and a strong spirit floating in front of him!
The old man's body was transparent, and it seemed to be just a projection, and only a pair of discerning eyes were emitting a little golden light, which looked extremely real.
The old man's eyes turned, and Su Yi only felt that his mind was shrouded in the old man's sight, as if everything in his heart at this moment could not escape the other party's eyes. The old man looked at Su Yi for a while, and he didn't say anything, just popped out his index finger a little, and a one-zhang high stone tablet immediately rose from the ground!
Then, the old man took out of thin air with an extra sword in his hand and made a few false strokes at the stone tablet. For a while, the stone chips splashed, and the space shook; not long after, there were four more regular characters on the stele: vast as a sea of smoke!
After the old man carved these four words on the stone tablet with his sword, he smiled at Su Yi, and then turned into dust and dissipated in this spiritual world. It's just that Su Yi clearly felt that there was some encouragement in the old man's smile.
"Who is this old-timer, why is it in my spiritual world, and what does it have to do with the Destiny General?"
Su Yi looked ignorant, looked at the stele again, and only felt that the four words on the stele were extremely vigorous, as if they had a majestic momentum; But if you can take a closer look, you can find that there are countless tiny black characters flowing in this golden light!
After a while, the golden light receded like a tide, but left a book full of ancient atmosphere, Su Yi looked at it, and there were three words on the cover: Mountain Climbing.
Su Yi was shocked, and as soon as she waved, "Mountain Climbing" flew in front of her.
"Is it really the book "Mountain Climbing Chronicles" written by the sage Yan Jiyun?" Su Yi looked at the blue book in front of him in disbelief and muttered, "I don't know if there is a record of the exam question just now......?"
As soon as "Jijun" blurted out once, Su Yi saw that the "Mountain Climbing Chronicles" in front of him automatically turned a few pages, and on the seventh page, the word "Jijun" changed from black to gold!
Su Yi only felt cold sweat, but when she raised her hand to wipe her forehead, she didn't wipe any sweat, and then she remembered that in the spiritual world, she was just an illusory mind.
"Could it be that this book still has a search function?"
Su Yi had this guess, recalled the topic, and then said: "The north of the Youhe River is called Jicheng, and the county is set up later, which is Jijun. ”
When the words fell, the pages flew over, and countless black words flew and flashed in Su Yi's eyes, until the pages automatically turned to more than forty pages, and then stopped.
Su Yi took a look, and sure enough, this page did have the sentence he had just read, and this line of black text also turned into gold, which was very eye-catching, which immediately confirmed the guess that "this book has a search function".
Su Yi hurriedly wrote down the content behind this sentence, and then saw that the book suddenly exploded and turned into a golden point of light again. At this moment, Su Yi's spiritual world seemed to be like a meteor shower, and countless golden points of light flashed in front of him, merging into the stone tablet engraved with "vast as a sea of smoke".
Su Yi withdrew from the spiritual world, with a faint joy on her face, and then let out a long breath, which calmed down her excitement.
"Since this stone tablet is engraved with a vast sea of smoke, then I will name it 'Yanhai Tablet'!"
"I don't know how the old man and this Yanhai Monument came about, does it have anything to do with the Mandate of Heaven? I haven't heard of the Mandate of Heaven being able to do such a thing, if this is really the credit of the Mandate of Heaven, it is simply too amazing. ”
Su Yi thought about it for a long time, but she had no clue, so she had to give up.
Subsequently, Su Yi wrote in the blank space of the second question: "The north of Jijun is called the hill and mountain, its peaks are curling, straight into the sky, its shape is like a pillar, steep and steep, its surface has a forest, clothes are on the top, there is water in it, sneaking down." This sentence was carefully checked several times before nodding and moving on to the next question.