Qin Mo didn't know that Zhao Feiyan came here as a deputy inspection envoy, and he didn't know that in order not to be suspected, she specially brought the third brother Zhao Kai as a backstop.

Accompanied by the chief examiner Shen Cheng, the two walked through the courtyard where the saint was enshrined, and four doors appeared in front of them.

Shen Cheng clenched his fists and asked, "His Royal Highness King Jia, Lord Zimu, do you want to see the qin dao or the chess dao first?"

Zhao Feiyan didn't want to think about it and said: "Calligraphy! My third brother and I are both scribes in calligraphy and painting, so let's read calligraphy first, then painting, then chess, and finally qin, how about it?"

"Just follow what the lord says. Zhao Kai said.

Shen Cheng made a gesture of invitation to the door of the calligraphy examination room: "The two inspectors are invited." ”

In the examination room, there is an incense burner on the table in front of the examiner, and a burnt incense stick is inserted in it, which was used to calculate the time of the test pen.

In the green brick cubicle, the children are racking their brains.

The test questions are not difficult to say, but it is not easy to say.

Pen power is one of the items required for the government examination, but this time it is required to write a poem that expresses feelings, and it must be a celebrity poem, and there are strict requirements in terms of the number of words, and the three conditions are added together, it is a little difficult.

Zhang Wenqi glanced out, and the examiner immediately shouted: "Don't look left and right, those who dare to violate will be disqualified from the exam." ”

He was startled and quickly retracted his head.

If he wants to embarrass Qin Mo at this level, it seems that he has no chance, so he can only choose to give up.

In the lattice room on the left in the middle of the sixth row, Qin Mo dipped the pen in ink, and the [Pen as a Knife], [Siping and Eight Stable], [Small Outcropping Corner], and [Strength through the Back of the Paper] in the Wen Palace accelerated the rotation speed, and under the double amplification of [Wendao Huixin] and [Wendao Huixin], a strong literary force was generated, which was transmitted along the arm to the pen.

Like an arrow ready to strike, he took a deep breath and put it down.

People are like autumn Hong, and things are like spring dreams without a trace.

It is exactly fourteen words, and he uses the standard European style to write, one stroke at a time, the first stroke has been penetrated, until the last stroke, reaching the perfect realm of the pen and pen penetrating the filament.

This poem was written by Su Shi and Su Sansheng in the current dynasty, and it is very famous.

After writing, he calmly put away the brush and waited for the time to be delivered.

Many children have not chosen poems until now, and very few can complete the writing, and he is the only one who can do it.

Time passed quickly, and after a quarter of an hour, the examiner announced loudly: "It's time, collect the papers!"

As the words fell, the official seal in his palm flashed, and then the test paper in front of the candidate flew up at the same time and landed on the table in front of him.

Then, the brick walls disappear on their own.

Most of the candidates were disappointed, obviously because they did not do well, either because they were not satisfied with the verses they had chosen, or because there was a problem with the writing process, and the filament was not as good as they could have been.

"In the sixth row, the third person from the middle to the left, the person wearing a linen scarf is Qin Mo. Zhao Feiyan pointed ahead and said to Zhao Kai.

Zhao Kai frowned slightly, and said in her heart that she could find Qin Mo at a glance among hundreds of people, there must be an article in it.

Although he was puzzled, he didn't show it, but pretended not to say it: "It doesn't look special, it's not difficult to judge from the turban, he is a poor kid." ”

Zhao Feiyan immediately retorted: "Of course, you can't see anything when you look at the back, if you change it to the front, you will immediately feel that he is different." How to say it, it can be described as standing out from the crowd. ”

"Really?" the doubts in Zhao Kai's heart became even heavier.

The examiner pressed the thick stack of test papers with a paperweight, and then announced: "The second item in the exam is [Single Word for Soldiers]!"

The four test assistants worked together to bring in a large bronze bell and place it on the side of the examination room, then two of them pulled out the tape measure, and the other two left length marks on the ground with lime powder.

Another man brought a copper basin, filled it with water, and set up a ruler in the middle, and placed it under the bell bell.

The bronze bell is about four feet high, the diameter of the bell is nearly two feet, and it is engraved with animal patterns and entwined flowers, and the wall thickness is about one inch, and the pattern has a green patina in the middle.

The examiner pointed to the lime mark on the ground and said: "Each candidate has two chances to ring the bronze bell with the [single word for the soldier], the starting length is ten zhang, and the minimum requirement is that the water in the basin is one inch high, and those who fail to meet the requirements will not be counted in the score." ”

The bronze bell is also used as an examination tool, but the rules in front of him are obviously stronger than Qin Mo's first monthly exam.

During the monthly exam, you only need to ring the brass bell to qualify, and the score is judged by the volume of the voice, which is relatively simple.

Now it is not only necessary to ring the bronze bell, but also to see how high the waves can be produced by the sound waves.

In this way, ringing the bell requires skill, and it is obvious that the sound is loud and cannot meet the requirements, and the thick and long sound can form water waves.

The examiner continued: "Candidates come forward to ring the bell in roll call order, two attempts are made, and the highest score is recorded, and now the roll call begins, with twelve people in each group. ”

Zhang Wenqi whispered to a few clansmen around him: "Look at the opportunity for a while, step forward to stop Qin Mo from ringing the bell, who wants to do it?"

A slightly chubby guy volunteered: "I'll come!"

"Okay, I'll leave this task to you. Zhang Wenqi said happily, and then said: "Zhang Wenfeng, whether you succeed or not, if you are disqualified from the exam because of this matter, the family will compensate as appropriate, a medium-grade Wenbao is worth more than two thousand taels, how about it?"

Zhang Wenfeng couldn't close his mouth happily, nodded and said, "Thank you, cousin!"

Of the twelve candidates in the first group, only one achieved the passing level, and the rest all went home.

It is only a passing grade, which is no different from failure, and the elimination rate of the government examination has reached about eighty percent, which means that only two hundred people out of more than 1,000 people have passed, and those who have all three exams are likely to be brushed down.

In the second group, there are four qualified people, and one of them has a length of 12 zhang, and the height of the water wave is 1 inch and 4 minutes, which is a good result.

Half an hour later, Qin Mo was called by name and lined up with eleven people in the same group.

Prior to this, seven people from the Xiayi County Wendao College had completed the exam, and only two passed.

Zhang Wenqi glanced at Zhang Wenfeng, and at the same time made a throat cutting motion.

Zhang Wenfeng nodded, leaned over quietly, and stood very close to the examination area, making a watch.

Soon it was Qin Mo's turn, he stepped forward and put his left hand on the floating case, controlling the floating case to fall backwards, and picked up the Zizhu Spring and Autumn Pen with his right hand.

This is the pen he uses most often in recent times, and he knows its character very well, so he can do it by heart.

The floating table stopped behind the sixth white line, and at this time the distance from the bronze bell was fifteen zhang long.

Many people think that he is beyond his strength, even if he is an old boy who has taken the exam several times, he does not dare to guarantee that he can ring the bronze bell at such a distance, let alone cause an inch-high water wave, which is simply whimsical.

From the beginning of this exam to the present, the farthest distance that candidates choose is thirteen zhang, and only a few people dare to do this, and all of them have not succeeded.

The examiner also showed contempt, in his impression, from the founding of Nanjing to the present, there has never been a fifteen zhang score in the government examination.

Qin Mo took a deep breath, then dipped his pen in ink, and at the same time opened several cyclones and stars in the Wen Palace, and the literary power entered the pen.

Seeing that he was about to put down his pen, Zhang Wenfeng suddenly screamed, staggered out of the onlooker area, and crashed towards this side.

Qin Mo took a step to the side unhurriedly, and dodged deftly, Zhang Wenfeng didn't even touch the corner of his clothes.

The examiner shouted: "This candidate, what is the matter with you, why did you disrupt the order of the exam?"

Zhang Wenfeng hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The student was reckless, just now because of the tension caused cramps in my right leg, I failed to stabilize my body, and my body fell forward uncontrollably, please forgive me." ”

The examiner stared into his eyes for a moment and snorted, "If you do it again, you will never be spared." ”

"Thank you, Examiner, for remembering. Zhang Wenfeng wiped his sweat and turned back to the crowd.

Sure that the examiner didn't look at him, he shrugged at Zhang Wenqi, meaning I tried my best, who knew that the kid was as slippery as a loach, and he couldn't hit it at all.

Zhang Wenqi frowned and motioned for him to continue looking for opportunities.

The corners of Qin Mo's mouth rose, he had already noticed this fat man with ill intentions, and he had always kept an eye on it, so he was able to avoid it smoothly at the critical moment.

"Candidate Qin Mo, you can continue the exam. The examiner's tone was very kind, and his attitude towards him was much better than that of Zheng Wenfeng.

"Yes. Qin Mo nodded.

Zhang Wenfeng's conspiracy went bankrupt, and he was warned, so he would definitely not dare to take any more action in a short period of time, and Qin Mo could rest assured that he would take the exam.

He was not in a hurry to write the word "boom" in Xia seal style, many people did not know this kind of calligraphy, and they all made a sound of surprise, until the child from Xiayi County said that he was a proud protégé of Gu Meng, and everyone suddenly realized.

With the final stroke, the handwriting flashed brightly, and the white mist turned into a combination of a four-horse chariot and two two-horse chariots, and the wheels rolled towards the bronze bell.

Boom...... Knock knock!

The chariot crashed into the brass bell, causing the bell to ring three times because there were three chariots.

The water in the copper basin shook violently and slapped against the erected ruler.

The assistant in charge of observing the ruler reported the results aloud: "Two inches and one minute in height." ”

The assistant in charge of the length also gave the result: "The length is fifteen zhang." ”

When the examiner looked at Qin Mo again, his gaze was even softer than just now.

The onlookers let out a sound of praise and expressed their convincing.

The examiner announced: "The results are valid, and candidate Qin Mo has one more chance." ”

Qin Mo glanced down, there was only a white line left behind him, and the fifteen zhang score had already exceeded the record of the local government exam, although he could go further, but since he had already determined that he was the first place, there was no need to do so.

But he squinted at Zhang Wenfeng in the crowd, and said in his heart that he could take the opportunity to teach this dead fat man a lesson, lest he continue to make trouble.

In order to lure the fat man into being fooled, he said proudly: "Students should challenge the length of sixteen zhang, and they are confident that they will succeed." ”

Zhang Wenqi was anxious, according to Qin Mo's performance just now, it is not difficult to make a judgment, his success rate will be very high, and such a thing must not be allowed to happen, Zhang Wenfeng, you should hurry up, I told you before that you will do whatever it takes!

PS: The early birds have worms, so let's give some tickets.