It's a long way from Yingchuan County to Kyoto, and if it weren't for the help of the county guard, the two of them would not have to think about it for half a year without even thinking about it, but now it only took a month to arrive.

Although the two still didn't like each other along the way, they still survived the journey unscathed.

When they entered the city, special officials came to pick them up, and it was not until they were all sent to the national prison that the coachman sent by the county guard found an inn to stay in, planning to wait until the two of them were over before sending them back.

The arrangement of the county guard can be said to be leaky, and Chen Daoxuan remembered this kindness one by one.

Bao Qi didn't care, if it weren't for the good future of the two of them, who would be so troublesome?

The three exams are the Four Books and Five Classics, the Question and the Poetry, each of which is three days for a total of nine days, which can be said to be the most dissipating, and there are many scholars and students who are overwhelmed and die suddenly in previous years.

There is no problem with the Four Books and Five Classics, after all, it is something that is rote memorization, and Chen Daoxuan has already done it.

Asking questions is also a regular for Chen Daoxuan, he has always liked to think, and has his own unique views on many current affairs and politics.

He has lived in the countryside since he was a child, and the elders of the family are ordinary people who have been farming for generations, and it is impossible to create a good cultural environment for him.

Although it is not bad at all compared to the average half-hung scholar, it still can't satisfy him.

Even the gentleman who once taught him once said that his poetry is still rigid compared to the real literary world, and there are too many elegances that a poet should have.

Therefore, in order to improve his ability in this area, he will continue to study the poetry book that he bought with his own frugality every day.

Chen Daoxuan looked at the poetry book again at night, with a sad face, he had already turned the book to the fullest, but he still didn't have a clue. He is indeed rigid about this kind of thing.

In the end, I couldn't stand the torment, so I walked alone in the moonlight.

On August nights, there are still a lot of fireflies flying around. One waits for the rotten grass to be fireflies, the second waits for the soil to moisten the heat, and the third waits for the heavy rain. When the rotting grass is a firefly, the firefly eggs turn out in the heat of the summer. Fireflies are also known as "candle night", "bright night", is the poetic insect that welcomes the beginning of autumn in the summer, light Luo small fan fluttering fireflies, fireflies shuttle in the quiet night, in fact, the cool autumn is not far away.

He looked up at the half-round bright moon hanging high, and suddenly there was an indescribable emotion between his eyebrows, and even the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook slightly.

"The crescent moon is like a beautiful woman, and the moon is the beginning of the North Sea. ”

At this time, a drunken voice floated from above Chen Daoxuan's head.

"Who?" Chen Daoxuan's heartstrings tightened, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a handsome man lying drunk on the roof.

The handsome man was dressed in a royal blue robe, carrying a red wine gourd in his hand, his hair was scattered, one hand hung weakly and swayed gently, and the silk of his clothes hung on the eaves like a blue waterfall.

He lifted the wine gourd again and poured a mouthful of mellow wine into his mouth, like the mellow wine of elixir and jade liquid, flowing down the corners of his mouth like ambergris, adding a dashing meaning to the man.

"Is there such a romantic person in the world?" Chen Daoxuan was slightly shocked in his heart.

He asked, "Who is your Excellency, and why is it on the roof below?"

The handsome man was just about to open his mouth to answer, but he didn't expect to lean over, the bricks and tiles slipped, like a landlubber slipping in the mud, his hands opened and shouted, and he fell down!

Cracking sound!

The tiles shattered to the ground, and the handsome man lay on the ground, face down, his expression twisted, and moaning!

Chen Daoxuan slapped his cheeks with both hands, squinted his eyes, and couldn't bear to see this miserable scene.

When the handsome man saw Chen Daoxuan standing aside watching the play, his heart became even more uncomfortable, and he shouted in pain: "Oh, I'm killing the young master! Hey, that kid over there, come and help the young master!"

Chen Daoxuan realized his rudeness at this time, and quickly moved his steps and bent down to help the man up, and slowly placed him on the threshold steps and sat down.

The man had not yet recovered from the fall just now, and he pinched his waist with one hand, and cried out in pain, "Oh, I am dripping a kidney! If this is broken, how will it be passed on to the next generation? How many girls will be sad?"

As he spoke, he didn't forget to mention the wine gourd and pour a sip of wine, and after drinking, he continued to chatter.

Chen Daoxuan tugged at the corners of his mouth, this person is a strange person, he didn't forget to drink at this time, he interrupted the other party and asked, "You haven't answered my question yet, who are you?"

The man glanced at Chen Daoxuan, a little displeased, "My name is Bai Ting, and I also came to Beijing to take the exam." ”

"You are the White Pavilion!Shixian White Pavilion?" Chen Daoxuan exclaimed, shocked!

Bai Ting glanced at Chen Daoxuan, obviously the corners of his mouth were grinning, he couldn't hide his smug smile, or pretending not to care, squinting his eyes and waving his hand and said: "It's all a false name, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning." ”

Who in the world doesn't know that there is a rare genius in the literary world named Bai Ting, who will chant poetry in the year of the total horn, and will not lose the childlike innocence of children and everyone's elegant demeanor.

"The pen falls into a storm, and the poem becomes a crying ghost. ”

"In the legal body, with the momentum of flying ticket Yao, the idea of far-reaching and strange. ”

The meaning of happiness and sorrow is written slightly, and the elk swims in Gusu in a few days. Don't say anything about it, it can be described as a person who is deeply interested. A single sentence at the end is endless. ”

"The clouds in the sky, the water of the great river, all in one go, and there is the wonder of frustration and suppression. Reviewing the poetry of Shaoling, you can understand the origin, and under the anger, you will not be bound. ”

......

There has always been a lot of praise in the literary world, and there are too many to mention.

Chen Daoxuan hurriedly introduced himself, "Chen Daoxuan in Xiayingchuan, it is a lifetime honor to have the honor to meet Brother Bai today!"

Bai Ting looked at Chen Daoxuan, this was the third time he had looked at Chen Daoxuan, the three times the reasons were different, he was a little surprised, "Brother Chen, why is it so polite, you still have heard of your name." ”

Speaking of which, there are only six counties in Xuanling, and each Xie Yuan is equivalent to the leader of a county, and it is impossible to say that he is not famous.

As for the achievements above the Baiting Imperial Examination, what has always made him famous is his poetic talent.

For Bai Ting, Chen Daoxuan respects it from the bottom of his heart, how can he let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he must take this opportunity to make friends with Bai Ting, and he will not regret it for life.

Chen Daoxuan opened his mouth and asked: "I haven't heard of the poem sung by Brother Bai in the future, is it improvised?"

Bai Ting smiled, "How is it possible, it's just that I've seen it before and recited it casually." ”

This is true, this poem Bai Ting saw in an ancient book a few years ago, just now I saw Chen Daoxuan looking at the moon and smirking alone, I felt that this poem was in line with the scene, so I read it out casually.

Bai Ting, as a poet immortal, is a skilled veteran when he drinks and admires the moon and walks around the building, how can he not see Chen Daoxuan's careful thoughts, and he can see at a glance that he is thinking about his sweetheart.

He asked with a playful smile, "Tell me, what kind of woman can capture our Xie Yuan of Yingchuan?"

Chen Daoxuan looked incredulous and asked embarrassedly, "Is this ...... Is it so obvious?"

Bai Ting took a sip of stuffy wine and continued: "It's so obvious, saliva is going to flow down, like a stupid hat!"

Chen Daoxuan hurriedly straightened his expression, he has always been good at controlling his emotions, and after returning to normal, he said: "Brother Bai, don't make fun of me anymore, I still want to ask you, why are you on my roof?"

If you don't sleep at night, lying on the roof and secretly observing a person and smirking, everyone will be afraid.

Bai Ting pursed his lips disdainfully, "Where is your roof? I also live here, as for what to climb up for, of course it's to admire the moon." ”

Although Guozijian is big, after all, it is necessary to receive scholars from all over the country to accommodate everyone, so it is forced to place these scholars together, and there are three people in each room, he and Bao Qi, and now it seems that the third person is the white pavilion in front of him.

Chen Daoxuan realized his abruptness and quickly apologized, but Bai Ting didn't mind.

He thought for a moment, "The opportunity is rare, why not ask Brother Bai for advice on how to teach poetry?" ”

He said sincerely: "Brother Bai has admired your name for a long time, and the power of poetry is really unsightly, can you not hesitate to teach you in the next two?"

Bai Ting hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's not that I don't want to instruct you, it's really that poetry is about whims, and I don't know how to teach it." ”

He didn't lie, after knowing some rules of composing poetry, he has always waved his pen on the matter of composing poetry, and it is really difficult to say a few useful things if he really wants him to talk about something.

But Chen Daoxuan was enlightened, as if he had realized something, and hugged his fists and thanked him, "Thank you Brother Bai for your guidance!"

Bai Ting was confused.

On the examination a few days later, in addition to the normal performance of the Four Books and Five Classics and the Strategy, Chen Daoxuan's style of writing on the poems has changed greatly, changing the previous stereotype and sluggishness, walking chic and elegant, and emotional.

When he walked out of the examination room, the sun was scorching, and Chen Daoxuan waved his sleeves, and he had a crazy attitude!

In the past, Chen Daoxuan didn't have the meaning of poetry, but he blindly forced it, which inevitably seemed dull, but after Bai Ting's words, he realized that poetry pays attention to spontaneous behavior, pays attention to expressing what he thinks in his heart, and the so-called words are born from the heart, and the same is true for poetry.

He has always liked to think, and how can a person who likes to think think less in his heart? That night, he composed several random poems in one breath, all of which were in his heart, and he was full of passion!

In the next few days, without affecting other reviews, he continued to think, and the whole bookbox was full of poems he composed, which was as productive as a sow, and Rao is Bai Ting was a little dumbfounded!

A month after the end of the exam, everyone held their breath and waited at the entrance of the East Hall.

Today is the day when the list is released, and it is also about whether they will continue to stay in the capital and enter the Tianzi Hall to participate in the palace examination, or whether they will pack up their things and cover up their fate and leave.

Chen Daoxuan and Bai Ting didn't rush to see the list of apricots, not that they didn't care, but they couldn't see anything when they went to crowd people now, so they thought that they would go and see if there were fewer people.

"Brother Chen, it's almost time, let's go and have a look," Bai Ting said.

Chen Daoxuan was silently writing a letter at this time, and when he heard Bai Ting's proposal, he put the letter in his sleeve and said, "Let's go." ”

As soon as he went out, he met Bao Qi, who had already finished reading the apricot list, and he still treated Chen Daoxuan indifferently as before, and the two didn't say a word, passing by.

When he arrived at the gate of the East Hall, Chen Daoxuan stopped in front of the apricot list and looked for his name from the bottom up.

"I've found my name!" Bai Ting shouted.

Chen Daoxuan heard the prestige, and the position of the white pavilion was impressively placed in a position that was neither up nor down, and he was regarded as an ordinary jinshi.

He continued to look up, and Bao Qi!

He was shocked in his heart, although he had long known that he was a rare genius, but he didn't expect this family to be so powerful that he could win the position of the top spot.

"Huiyuan Chen Daoxuan!" he hadn't seen his head yet, but Bai Ting exclaimed first. The loud sound resounded through the east hall, attracting the attention of countless people.

Bai Ting hooked Chen Daoxuan's neck and said, "Brother, you're too good!

Chen Daoxuan was calm in his heart, and he said slowly: "How can it be so simple, I don't know what the result will be." ”

Sanyuan and the first are simple to say, but since the founding of the Xuanlin Dynasty, there has never been such a talent, not that those people are incapable, but that the third palace exam is different from other exams.

The palace test is a countermeasure, and it is presided over by the emperor himself, so there is also a saying about Tianzitang.

Compared with other examinations, the palace examination is completely different, and it is more about meeting the emperor's appetite, although the emperor will ostensibly put on a posture of encouraging outspokenness, but the extent to which it is acceptable has a subtle relationship with whether the emperor's own political intentions can be realized.

There are a lot of ways to examine how scholars expressed their political opinions in this way and how effectively they worked. From the point of view of public opinion of the scholar class, both the officials who have already entered the government and the scholars themselves believe that participating in the palace examination is a major moment in their lives, and they should seriously expound their political opinions in front of the emperor and at the same time serve as a guide for future politics.

From the point of view of the procedure of marking the palace examination papers, generally speaking, the conservative and prudent attitude of the palace examination examiners will actually directly affect whether the outspoken palace examination countermeasures can be delivered to the imperial front.

Therefore, it is not so much that the palace examination is an examination of the efforts of so many years, but how to win the emperor's heart.

The emperor likes to see the answer sheet that is in line with his political intentions, but it can't always be a flattery like a rural villager, it's too vulgar, and it can't be too obscure and difficult to understand, and I can't understand its meaning for a long time.

Just the right text, so that people can understand at a glance and not fall into the trap, so that they can win the emperor's heart.

But this is all for the future, Chen Daoxuan took his mind back.

Thinking that there would be a month before the palace test would start, he took Bai Ting to the restaurant to celebrate.