Shen Ao said with a smile: "This is because only my cousin cares about me the most, and the first thing I want to tell about this good news is naturally my cousin." ”

Zhou Ruo pursed his lips, completely discredited with Shen Ao, and snorted coldly: "You better go to the Buddha Hall to report the good news to my mother, my mother cares about you." ”

Yes, Madame's side was afraid that she was still waiting for news, so Shen Ao didn't stay anymore and quickly went to the Buddhist hall.

This night passed, I was a little happy and a little sad, the topic was too difficult, and those who came up with a way to solve the problem were naturally lucky, but they couldn't find the one to solve the problem, so they were overshadowed and couldn't sleep.

In Taixue, dozens of examiners were busy all night, oil lamps were lit, and dozens of examiners wearing crimson official clothes were different, all of whom were sitting in danger and reviewing the test papers; The officials who served tea and poured water were long gone, but the examiners did not rest, and they could only hold on.

The oil lamp swayed, the examiners were surprised or delighted, sometimes raised their eyebrows and sneered, sometimes they were happy, and the whereabouts of the Zhu pen in their hands decided the fate of a person; A few tired examiners went to the couch in the east wing to rest, drinking tea and talking to each other about the tired test papers.

This said: "In this year's Jingyi exam, I'm afraid that only one out of ten can solve the question, and the one that can lead to the avenue can be extended, hey, ......" The examiner who spoke shook his head: "I'm afraid it's already one in a million; When I was just reading the papers, I saw the papers of a student, this person is called Wang Shouyi, this person's problem solving is quite interesting, and the one-handed book is also very pleasing to the eye; As for the others, they are all crooked melons and cracked dates, and occasionally break the topic, and most of the words do not reach the meaning and are too far-fetched. ”

Another examiner said: "That's right, this year's Jingyi exam is too tricky, and I don't know who made the question, but although we are examiners, we must also remember the word tolerance, these candidates are not easy to catch the exam, as long as they can solve the question, they will be admitted." ”

All the examiners nodded one after another, most of these people have tasted the sadness of rushing to take the exam, and they are not enough outsiders, if they are too harsh, they will not only be criticized by Shilin, but they also feel that they can't get by; What's more, I don't know who came out with the question this year, and its difficulty exceeds that of the previous Jingyi exams, if the standards are not relaxed, I am afraid that there will be no people who will have to find a few people to participate in the art examination at that time.

An examiner smiled and said, "I don't know if I can find a good piece today, if so, it won't be in vain to stay up all night." ”

Everyone laughed, even the few officials who stood there couldn't help but be cold, and some people shook their heads and said, "It's difficult, I'm just afraid that I will be disappointed by Lord Wu." ”

Most of the candidates who take the exam are going to the art exam, most of these people are Yashi, the so-called heart is useless, a person focuses on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, naturally in the scriptures and articles to be slightly worse, otherwise they will not come to participate in the art exam.

Find a good work from these people, and you are looking for fish from the wood; If it is said that it is the imperial examination, it is fine, then again, how can those masters of scripture and righteousness participate in the art examination, they are only afraid that they will be arrogant and go to the imperial examination.

As he was talking, a person came in, and everyone raised their eyes to look, and they all laughed: "Why hasn't Lord Tang slept yet, Lord Cheng just left on his front legs, and you came, as if the two had made an appointment." ”

The person who came was Tang Yan, Tang Yan was a little tired, found a place to sit down, and said: "I have no intention of sleeping, so I have to come to drink tea with all the adults, I don't know how much this test paper has read?" ”

An examiner said: "It's still early, even if it's dawn, I can't finish reading." ”

Tang Yan smiled and said, "It's hard work to teach you." ”

The examiners snickered, hard? Where can everyone be as hard as Lord Tang, Lord Tang's intention, in fact, everyone understands that the people in the middle of the court may be involved in the open and secret struggle between Taixue and Guozijian, and they also know what is not good; The surname Cheng Yang has just left before the wine, isn't it clear what Lord Tang is here to do? I'm here to find out!

However, Tang Yan said that he came to the wrong place, Guozijian wanted to compete with Taixue in the art examination? This is nothing less than a fool's dream, you must know that the Taixue Academy of Calligraphy and Painting is the highest institution in the miscellaneous studies of the Great Song Dynasty Qinqi calligraphy and painting, and the annual training of art examination students is as many as 100 people, all of whom are selected from various states and all walks of life.

As for Guozijian, in the art examinations of past dynasties, there is almost no trace of prisoners, and if someone is in high school, it is even rarer.

To put it mildly, in this year's art examination, there is a prisoner who has passed the art examination, which is enough to make Lord Tang raise his eyebrows, but such an opportunity, hehe...... The examiners were like mirrors, but they all shook their heads secretly, difficult, too difficult; Don't say that the miscellaneous scholars in the world have gathered in Beijing, even if there is a big stone of the Taixue Painting and Calligraphy Institute, it is very rare to be shortlisted.

While chatting with Tang Yan, everyone drank tea, a few examiners went back to read the papers, and a few tired examiners came over; However, Tang Yan seemed to be unhurried, like an old monk sitting still, with a posture of determination to wait for the result, teaching people to admire him a little.

I don't know how many times the oil lamp was added, and several officials were already drowsy, and although they were standing, most of them began to fight with their eyelids. Seeing that it was about to dawn, the sound of roosters crowing came in bursts, and a kind examiner said: "Lord Tang, you better go and rest earlier, to be honest, this result, it is in vain to wait, why are you so troubled." ”

Tang Yan shook his spirits, but he smiled, but there was a little indifference in his smile, and he seemed to be a little determined, and said, "It's okay, I've been sitting for so long anyway." As he spoke, he slowly went to drink tea.

In fact, in previous years, Tang Yan would never come here to bring humiliation on himself, and the art examination has always had little to do with Guozijian, but this time, he came in a hurry, and he seemed to have a little more expectations in his heart, which made him sleepless all night.

It's just that time passed little by little, and he was a little nervous in his heart, sitting on the brocade pier in a daze, and he didn't know what happened to him tonight.

Seeing that Tang Yan did not listen to persuasion, the examiner secretly shook his head, and got up to go to the hall to read the papers. ”

Several examiners in the East Chamber, together with Tang Yanju, all cheered up and went to the main hall one after another, and saw an examiner holding a scroll, and the rest of the officials also surrounded him, saying: "This person's calligraphy is mellow and delicate, and he has everyone's demeanor." Another said: "This is a good problem, I stayed up all night, but I finally saw a good article that broke the topic, undertook the topic, started the lecture, and collected shares. ”

Tang Yan's heart was agitated, and he squeezed over and said, "Let the old man take a look." He leaned over, and when he saw the signature of this scripture, he felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and the word Shen Ao was written in the signature.

"This night's hard work was not in vain, Shen Ao, sure enough, after the scriptures, with his book, it is not a problem to take the middle book test. As for the painting test, the Ruan test, and the jade test, it depends on his own ability. God is pitiful, Guozijian finally has an art entrance examination. Tang Yan's legs trembled, and he was so excited that he couldn't be more excited, but in front of everyone, he had to restrain this little bit of joy, so he had to make an indifferent appearance, and said: "Before the sage makes a word, he will get the heavenly phenomena." This sentence is just right, and the article is extremely beautifully written, not bad, not bad......"

He read the whole article of the scriptures, and his heart was even more overjoyed, Shen Ao's scriptures and articles, he knew, he couldn't imagine that in just a spring break, Shen Ao's scriptures and meanings were actually a thousand miles, and there was great progress, the future life is terrifying, the future life is terrifying! With Shen Ao's current strength, he is to enter the imperial examination, I am afraid that he will also have a little grasp of the pilot test, if he sharpens it again, the future is immeasurable!

Tang Yan couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and couldn't help but think in his heart, behind this Shen Ao, isn't there a famous teacher to guide him to the scriptures? Otherwise, why is the progress so rapid, no matter how brilliant his talent is, it will never be possible.

"Yes, it's Chen Ji and Chen Xianggong, ah, yes, I almost forgot, this Shen Ao also has a gentleman, no wonder, no wonder, with Chen Jixianggong's guidance, coupled with Shen Ao's own qualifications, it is not surprising that there has been such a big progress!" Tang Yan found the answer in his heart, a flash of joy flashed in his eyes, and he returned the test paper without expressing any opinion.

According to common sense, the main hall of the marking paper is not allowed to idle people to enter, even if it is a sacrificial wine, and now I have grabbed the test papers, although the examiners are not harsh, but if they express their opinions again, they will be suspected of favoritism; Quietly exited the main hall, and still went to the east chamber to drink tea alone, but the mood of drinking tea just now and drinking tea now is completely different.

A voice came from the main hall and said: "This article is the best, not only is it beautiful, but it is also full of flowers, if there is no better article, how about this article be listed as the first?" ”

The examiners had no opinion, and said, "That's very good." ”

However, some people wondered: "This person's scripture is not bad, but why would he rather come to the art examination, if I am this person, I would rather go to the imperial examination to try my luck." ”

"Everyone has their own ambitions, what's so strange about this, let's continue to read the papers."

After passing the art exam, you can also become an official! However, in the minds of scholars, if they have the strength to participate in the imperial examination, they will never go to the art examination.

Although the status of the Hanlin Academy of Painting and Calligraphy has been repeatedly improved since the current official family ascended the throne, after all, the art examination is mainly miscellaneous, and although miscellaneous studies can increase the mood in the minds of many people, it is not orthodox after all.

Therefore, a guy with such a splendid scripture and righteousness actually came to participate in the art examination, which made the examiners wonder.

Tang Yan in the East Chamber laughed secretly in his heart, these examiners naturally didn't understand Shen Ao's thoughts, but Tang Yan could guess a few points, the art examination was mostly an opportunity to sharpen for Shen Ao, and the court never said that the imperial examination was not allowed after the art examination was high school.

He thought in his heart, when Shen Ao was really in high school, he still had to beat Shen Ao's spirit, you must know that even if he won the first place in the art examination, but compared to the imperial examination, it is still nothing, and how many of the people who came to participate in the art examination were real masters of Jingyi?