The people of the Zhou Mansion went back happily, Liu Wen had already gone to report first, and the mansion was boiling for a while, some were sincerely happy, and some were hypocritical, but the smiles on everyone's faces were fully revealed.

The banquet was set up in the house, and a lot of old people were invited to pray for the old of the Duke of the Kingdom, Wei Jungong, Zeng Wen, Jiang Min and others came, this time the significance of the list is different from the past, this is the first time Shen Ao participated in the selection examination of the imperial court specifications, and the list means that he has officially entered the temple from Bai Ding, although he is only idle, if he wants to really be an official, he also needs to participate in the imperial examination, but it is also a pleasure.

Shijun Gong looks elegant, but the drinking is extremely fierce, after a few times, more than a dozen glasses of wine are down, but he is still in high spirits, high spirits, and he is encouraged, Shen Ao is listening, only nodding, it seems that quartz is the protagonist of this time, and Shen Ao is just a foil.

"It turns out that this Shijun Gong is a good drinker." Shen Ao thought in his heart, but heard the doorman come and say, "Lord Tang Yan Tang is here." ”

The group went to greet them, Tang Yan carried a few pots of wine, but he came like a spring breeze, Shen Aoda was ashamed and said: "How can you work adults to come, it's really damned." ”

It doesn't matter if Shi Jungong, Zeng Wen, and Jiang Min ran in person, but Tang Yan is a teacher, and the prince of heaven and earth is a teacher, for Shen Ao, its significance is extraordinary, he personally came to congratulate him, and in terms of etiquette, Shen Ao was frightened, took the gift of Lord Tang, and invited Tang Yan in, Tang Yan smiled and said: "I also heard the news, and happened to pass by, so I came to take a look." Then he saluted Zhou Zheng, sat down according to the priority, and talked very happily.

Later, even Yang Jian came, Yang Jian's reason was the same, saying that he happened to pass by and came to congratulate him, Shen Ao invited him in, but Yang Jian did not take a step, and said: "The miscellaneous family still has something to be busy with, this wine will be written down for the time being, and when you pass the palace test, the miscellaneous family will ask for your water and wine to drink." Shen Ao, the official family still mentions you these days. ”

Shen Ao saw that Yang Jian had a deep meaning, and said, "What did the official family say?" ”

Yang Jian said with a smile: "The official family said that you will be surprised when the palace test is taken." ”

"Surprised?" Shen Ao pursed his lips, but he made a respectful look, and said with a sneer: "I don't know what the official family wants to surprise the students?" Could it be that there is some treasure to be given? ”

Shen Ao, this guy, is too imaginative, Yang Jian hurriedly straightened his attitude, and said with a smile: "You will know then, Shen Ao, the miscellaneous family will go first." ”

Shen Ao nodded his head and sent Yang Gonggong out, Shen Ao did not have any ill feelings towards this Yang Jian, although Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng were actually not good people, but he was kind enough to himself, he came all the way to congratulate him, only two words of advice and left, Shen Ao in addition to gratitude, where would he have any bad feelings towards this Yang Gonggong!

The eunuchs in this world are not all bad people, maybe in other people's senses, Yang Jian is heinous, but in Shen Ao's opinion, it is a different look.

The night passed, and it was another book exam in the early morning, and Shen Ao was completely numb to this exam, but he seemed to be familiar with it; Get up early in the morning, take a bath with a relaxed heart, and go to the examination room, this time the book exam, Shen Ao's grasp is actually not big, it is said that the examiner of the book exam, is actually the Cai Jing Cai Taishi who has already been Zhishi, Cai Jing has already been Zhishi, but the influence on the court is still not small, this time the emperor taught him to preside over the book examination, it seems to be transmitting some kind of political signal, yesterday accompanied Zhou Zheng and Quartz they drank, and they heard from them that the emperor had the intention of reviving Cai Jing, so that he took the main exam, which may be the first step to test the waters.

In fact, this Cai Jing has risen and fallen several times, Zhishi to the recovery, and then to the resumption of the Shi, the age is not young, but the emperor can not do without him, for this time Cai Jing's recovery, many people are expected, and no one is powerless to stop it.

The reason why Shen Ao is weak is that he is worried about this Cai Jing, and he is Chen Ji's disciple, which is already known to the world. Cai Jing and Chen Ji are like fire and water, and they are affected, and their test papers are handed in, and with Cai Jing's true appearance, most of them are going to wipe their butts.

That's fine, and it is said that this time even Cai Lun also took the exam, the last time Cai Lun was humiliated by Shen Ao, he no longer went to Guozijian to take classes, most of them studied hard at home, preparing for revenge. The Cai family has been calligraphers for several generations, and its level is no less than the three fathers and sons of the Zhao family who painted.

On the one hand, he is an enemy, and on the other hand, he is his great-grandson, how does Cai Jing's old thief choose, do you still need to think about it?

It's just that Shen Ao is still determined to take the test after all, this name was reported by himself, and he should start and finish well.

After entering the examination shed, the invigilator was already familiar with him, walked to Shen Ao's examination booth, and said with a smile: "Shen Gongzi, you also want to participate in this book test?" Tsk, it's really a genius in Bianjing. ”

Shen Ao was polite to him, and when the official Xu wanted to enter the examination booth to check the cheating things he carried, the official just looked at it casually, and said: "Son, take the test well, and then win the first place in the book test, he will definitely be famous in the world." ”

When the test questions were sent, Shen Ao gathered his mind and opened the test questions, and saw the word Yingchun written on the test questions.

Spring? Shen Ao suddenly understood that it was winter now, and everything was recovering, and the chief examiner was teaching the candidates to write a spring poem with line writing, which was not only to test the candidate's poetry ability, but of course, it was more important to observe the level of line writing.

In the first drawing test, I used a poem to teach candidates to paint, but now I teach people to write poems to describe it. Shen Ao thought to himself, it seems that whether it is a painting test, the book test is not simple, if you want to stand out, you must first pass the Jingyi test, this is only the first level, and then not only test the candidate's ability to paint and write, but also test the understanding of poetry.

In fact, the difficulty of the art examination is no less than that of the imperial examination, the imperial examination only needs to make scriptures and articles, and the rest of the poems are just going through the motions, but in the art examination, it is not only the level of the candidates to be tested, but also the taste of the quality examination.

Shen Ao pondered for a moment, he was very sure of writing, but composing poetry took a lot of brains. Writing poetry is his weakness, but fortunately, he can plagiarize the poems after the Northern Song Dynasty, but he has always been able to get by, but he doesn't remember many poems, but there are only dozens, and it is not easy to find a suitable poem.

Shen Ao secretly made up his mind in his heart that he would indeed study and compose poetry in the future, otherwise he would blindly plagiarize, and when would he be able to copy it, just like a scripture article, wouldn't he have slowly mastered the skills in it?

Thinking like this, he immediately eliminated distracting thoughts, lifted the pen, fell on the rice paper, used Wu Ju's rice book, Wu Ju is a native of the Southern Song Dynasty, the attainment of the book is extremely high, it is said that he has no other hobbies, every day is to copy Zhong Xuan, Wang Xizhi's line for fun, in his later years, he slowly integrated his own style into calligraphy, and eventually became a calligrapher.

His calligraphy is not the best among the calligraphers of the past dynasties, but his calligraphy is extremely handsome, at first glance it is very comfortable, quite spring-like, so he became famous.

In his previous life, Shen Ao liked to use rice books to write, and as soon as the pen fell, the pen fell Shen Xiong, and the style of the eight sides of the knot echoed immediately appeared. A pen wanders through the rice paper, and the whole book is completed, which is much easier than racking your brains for a painting attempt.

He first went to see the words, this word is quite Wu Ju's true biography, very charming, such a level to be shortlisted is no problem, and in the book, Shen Ao gradually integrated into his own style, at first glance, between the lines, there is a sense of spring, as if the old tree blooms new shoots, everywhere vibrant.

Shen Ao smiled with satisfaction, but he knew in his heart that his writing had improved a lot. When he came to this world, his calligraphy was mostly based on copying excerpts, although his copying penmanship has reached the point of being fake, but a person can not integrate his own characteristics, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to make a breakthrough in the level of calligraphy.

Maybe it's the relationship with the profession of the previous life, in the past, he was an art thief, and he often copied the real works to confuse the truth, but now, he no longer has to force himself to go to Handan to learn other people's calligraphy for this job, the pressure is reduced, and when he writes, he involuntarily adds a little bit of Shen Ao's own surname, and this is also Shen Ao's first step into a real master.

He sighed, feeling a little smug in his heart, his skills had reached his point, and any slight improvement was enough to make his eyebrows flutter.

Then Shen Ao went to look at the poem he wrote, and the full text of the poem was: should pity the moss of the tooth prints, and the small buckle firewood will not be opened for a long time. The spring garden can't be closed, and a branch of red apricot comes out of the wall.

This poem is popular in later generations, and the whole poem is in the middle of the rules, and the charm is quite deep, to the effect that the poet wants to go to his friend's garden to watch the spring color, but after knocking on the door for a long time, no one will open it. The owner is probably not at home, or maybe he is worried that the tourists will step on the moss on the ground, so he deliberately does not open the door. But a firewood door, although closed the visitors, but can not close the garden full of spring, a red apricot blossom, has already poked out of the wall.

Although the whole poem is short, it also secretly says that it can't hide the footsteps of spring, how can Chaimen stop the pace of spring, and it also leads to the poet's love for spring.

Shen Ao sighed, sat down and waited for the exam to end, these few days of exams made him feel a lot of tiredness, and after a while, he fell asleep unconsciously on the desk.

When he woke up, he heard the sound of the lap in the exam, and hurriedly handed in the papers, and as the candidates rushed out, he couldn't help but think: "Whether you can pass the book test this time depends on the old thief Cai Jing." He didn't have much hope, knowing that Cai Jing's character was obviously not high, and maybe he wouldn't even be qualified for the palace exam.

Thinking like this, he immediately laughed, whatever, he has tried his best to take the test anyway, as for Cai Jing, love to give it or not! In life, how can there be so much sorrow, Chen Ji, the teacher, is licking his face and worshipping, since he has made a choice, he should face it calmly.

Out of Taixue, I saw a young man in a fancy dress who had been waiting for a long time, patrolling in the crowd, and when he saw Shen Ao from a distance, he was already smiling and pacing over with a fan, and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, Brother Shen is the same as before."

Shen Ao smiled at this person, the person who came was none other than Cai Lun, Cai Lun looked a lot thinner, no longer had the dignified bearing of the past, slightly depressed, but there was a breath of energy in his eyes, looking at himself with a smile, and the provocative heart was undoubtedly revealed.

"Haha, it turned out to be Brother Cai, why didn't Brother Cai go to study in prison for a long time, hey, I'm still quite concerned, I wanted to visit Cai's mansion, but I was afraid that it would be too presumptuous, it's great to see you here." Shen Ao smiled on his face, and said something very sincere, but he was thinking in his heart: "When it comes to hypocrisy, you Cai Lun is still far away, if you want to play this set, my son will accompany you to the end." ”

Cai Lun laughed, but he saw each other like a friend who had been saying goodbye for many years, and said: "Some time ago, I said that I was sick, so I couldn't go to school, in fact, I also remember Brother Shen very much, Brother Shen was the first in the righteous examination and the painting test, I listened to it at the time, I was not only admired, but also happy for Brother Shen; Did Brother Shen also take the book exam? ”

Cai Lun has seen Shen Ao's strength in writing, and when he saw Shen Ao come out with the examination kit, a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes, he was rushing to the top three in the book exam this time, but now Shen Ao is also applying for the exam, and it is very likely that he will step on him, so that his months of diligence will be in vain.