After watching Senior Brother Shang Rong's chess game from Guansong Pavilion, Mu Sanqian and Lu Zijiao went directly back to the newly built residence next to Senior Brother's thatched house.

Although it can't be compared with the palace loft where I lived in Disha, it can be regarded as a complete and neat bedding, and the things that should be there are almost the same. Although Mu Sanqian has been pampered since he was a child, after all, the small country is located in a remote area, and compared with the northern Xinjiang of Qiyuan, the royal family is noble, but he is not squeamish, Mu Sanqian's father is the lord of the country, and he has not gone to the border army to beat for many years, coupled with the influence of Buddhism Shizong, most of the people of Disha act simply and do not pay attention to pomp.

The senior brother had already finished teaching the morning class and returned to the grass hut, and when he heard that Mu Sanqian and Lu Zijiao were back, he went to arrange for the master to take the door test in a few days.

"From now on, you will live in this single courtyard, which is a special case for the little junior brother on the mountain, and I am the one who enjoys this special case before. ”

The senior brother helped open the door and came in, and told Mu Sanqian how to place the wooden basins, face towels, wardrobes, tables and chairs that he would use on weekdays, and then mentioned that it was a special case to live in a single courtyard on the mountain.

"Thatched huts aren't much better than wings. ”

Mu Sanqian muttered to himself, and the senior brother said with an expressionless face that he was the first to enjoy the independent courtyard, which seemed to be quite proud in his words, but Mu Sanqian really couldn't see how advanced the grass house could be.

"Although the thatched hut is simple, it gives you a space to enjoy exclusively, and it is good for the brothers to live together in the wing, but the thatched hut in the single courtyard gives you, you can slowly experience it in the future. ”

The deaf and clear-sighted senior brother obviously heard Mu Sanqian's whispering, and then he actually smiled rarely, and immediately returned to his expressionless appearance after finishing speaking.

Stiff, Mu Sanqian looked straight and felt stiff.

"There is another thing that Uncle Master asked me to inform on my behalf, three days later is the day of the Wudang Door Examination, although you were accepted as a disciple by Uncle Zhang, everyone else in the generation must respect you as a little uncle or even a little uncle, but there is no special case for the door test, you have to participate in the same way as everyone else. ”

After arranging Mu Sanqian's food and clothing in the thatched hut, the senior brother Chen Changming finally told him about the arrangements of the master in charge.

"Yes, Senior Brother. ”

Since it is the master's arrangement, then it is to obey, but what is the door test, Mu Sanqian, as a junior brother in the rivers and lakes, is unheard of.

"Zijiao, stay a little longer, tell Uncle Xiao about the rules of the door test, don't delay too long, you can't fall behind in your homework at night. ”

There is an apprentice who is extremely trouble-free, and the senior brother threw these wasted lips and tongues to his disciple Lu Zijiao, and he threw off his sleeves and left.

"What the hell is the door test?"

After the senior brother Chen Changming left, Mu Sanqian couldn't wait to ask Lu Zijiao.

"To put it simply, it's an exam. ”

As soon as the master Chen Changming left, Lu Zijiao instantly felt that the pressure in the grass hut had dropped sharply, and he was already tired after walking around the mountain for a long time, so he sat on the edge of the table with Mu Sanqian, poured good tea, and drank it slowly.

"Exams?"

"Naturally, there is an exam, although Wudang Mountain is a Taoist holy land, but it is different from other Taoist temples and dojos, we still have such an identity as the Jianghu sect. Fist and foot kung fu, kendo swordsmanship, qi machine internal strength, which are all well-known in the rivers and lakes. ”

What Lu Zijiao said is true, Wudang Dao has been majestic for a hundred years, and naturally has its unique heritage. It is rumored that it was invented by Li Shengren, the seventeenth incarnation of the Taoist master, and the Wudang sword of the Daoling Heavenly Master to subdue demons and subdue demons, any one of which is the supreme secret book that Jianghu people dream of.

Therefore, there are many people who are monks in Wudang and cut off the red dust, and there are more people who come here to practice martial arts under the door.

Wudang Mountain has always been pure, and it must not be open to everyone, but it can't be turned away with a stick to death. Therefore, whether the person who comes is a monk or a beginner to practice martial arts, they will be screened, and this is the first test.

"You were directly taken up the mountain by your uncle and ancestor to be accepted as a disciple, so you were naturally exempted from the first examination. ”

"I didn't see that the signboard of Wudang Mountain was still so popular. ”

"That's natural, every year those who are waiting for the first test have their heads out and have to go up the mountain. ”

Obviously, Lu Zijiao has a good sense of identity with Wudang Mountain, and he is full of pride when he talks about this.

"Every year, there are two or three out of ten people who can pass the initial examination, if these people are dedicated to the Tao and do not ask about Hongchen, then they can be officially naturalized Wudang after staying in the mountain for three or five years. Those who come to practice martial arts and seek Taoism must first temper for three years in the mountain, adapt to the climate and environment on the mountain, and exercise their physique before participating in the door test. The purpose of the door test is to test the disciples' root bone talents, and after the door test, my master and other uncles will arrange the cultivation of the disciples who have passed the door test, so that their practice is basically arranged according to their ability. ”

"Then you also passed the first entrance test?"

Lu Zijiao roughly explained to Mu Sanqian the reason for the door test, and Mu Sanqian suddenly wondered that Lu Zijiao was only twelve this year, so according to the first door test, he would have come to Wudang three years ago.

"No, no, no, no. ”

After hearing this, Lu Zijiao's head shook like a rattle.

"I was an orphan in the village down the mountain, and I was sent up the mountain. I didn't participate in the first exam, but I participated in the door exam, and then I worshipped the master and learned Baduanjin from the master. ”

"I see. ”

Mu Sanqian suddenly realized.

"What is the method of the entrance test?"

Since Lu Zijiao is a person who has come over, it is most appropriate to ask him about the situation, so as not to lose his sense of proportion when he is in a hurry. Secondly, you can't afford to lose your face as a little uncle when the time comes.

"Confucianism attaches great importance to education, since Confucius advocated six arts, namely for the ceremony, music, archery, royal, calligraphy, mathematics, our Taoists pay attention to a natural inaction, value the talent of Huigen, so the door test on the civil and military two. ”

"What is the test method, is it unwritten that poetry and painting are school practice? ”

As soon as he heard Lu Zijiao say that both civil and military affairs, Mu Sanqian naturally thought of the precedent of the literary examination created by the Qiyuan Dynasty in recent years, when Wang Mingyang, the first assistant of the dynasty, spent several years to create a precedent for the literary examination, so that all scholars in the world can pass the exam and fight for a bright future.

"Different from the ordinary civil and military examinations, our test is very simple. ”

Lu Zijiao thought of the scene when he passed the door test before, and said with a smile.

"The time I took the entrance exam, the first item was the literary exam, and the question was given by my master, and I asked what the Tao was. ”

"What is the Tao?"

This topic is too general, Mu Sanqian thought about it, and thought that it was not purely embarrassing for the senior brother to come up with this topic.

The Taoist ancestors left countless classics, the most famous is Li Shengren's "Tao Te Ching", which has a saying in the first sentence of the opening chapter, the Tao is the Tao, and the Tao is very Tao.

If you want to say that the question is more about the interpretation of Taoist classics, then the senior brother is too cheesy, but it is too difficult to say that he reveals his own ideological realm through the question.

"How did you answer that?"

Mu Sanqian was extremely curious and couldn't wait to ask.