The peach blossoms are flowing water, the years are colorful, and it is fifteen in a blink of an eye, which is the first test day of the appointment.

The preliminary examination is only carried out in the small valley, each valley is not limited to the number of people, as long as the two questions of the initial examination are answered correctly, the questions are naturally the same, the examination questions are drawn up by the valley master himself and sealed with fire paint, the invigilation is all responsible for the special director, all the answer sheets are sealed, and the valley owner and the five elders of the valley are responsible for reviewing.

As far as the initial test is concerned, the difficulty will not be too high, and naturally it will not be low, for some valleys, there may not be a single girl selected, and there may be more than one girl selected in a certain valley, everything depends on the strength of each valley.

On this day, all the girls gathered in the green bamboo pavilion of each valley and sat on the platform, on which the four treasures of the study room were simply placed, and the girls sat quietly in front of the platform.

The steward said loudly: "Today is the day of the first examination, many people think that the talent competition is naturally talent, if you think so, you are wrong, if you want to become the beauty of the beauty valley, it is not such a simple thing, and the final decision is often not talent, more is the mind; ”

As soon as the steward finished speaking, the steward walked into the hall with a volume of Wenzong, and the steward made a gesture to the steward to show respect and politeness, and then the steward took the first file, unwrapped the envelope, and slowly unwrapped the rolled pages, and the steward hung the pages on the screen in front of the hall without looking closely.

Everyone took a closer look, it was a blank piece of paper, probably out of ordinary connotation**, no one was very surprised, and no one dared to ask loudly, everyone just looked at the white paper in front of them blankly, I don't know why.

The manager took out a letter from his cuff and handed it to the steward, who took it and took out a letter, which was not mentioned at all, and the steward showed the letter to all the girls.

After only a moment, the steward said: "There are four treasures of the study prepared on the desk, you start to answer the questions, and after half an hour, you must hand in the papers." ”

Immediately, the maid in charge lit a pillar of incense and inserted it in front of the incense burner on the table in front of the house.

Although everyone was puzzled, they didn't dare to ask more, so they had to figure it out to themselves.

The incense ash that showed through the fire fell one after another, and the smoke curled, and a moment passed in the blink of an eye.

Some people don't mention the pen, some people don't write with the pen, and some people move the pen smoothly.

In the blink of an eye, the last drop of ashes dripped, and the steward immediately shouted: "Stop writing." ”

Hearing the word 'stop writing', the girls immediately put down the pen in their hands, not daring to procrastinate.

The two maids beside the steward put away the answer sheet one by one, and then sealed the paper and handed it to the master.

The steward said to all the girls: "Today's 'heart' test is over, and the results will be available in half an hour, and those who have passed the 'heart' test will be notified that you will come to take the second round of the test from time to time, so go back first!"

Although the girls had a lot of words in their hearts, no one spit out half a word, just got up quietly and orderly, and left their seats with heavy hearts.

The head of the five grains immediately handed hundreds of sealed answer sheets to the general cabinet, and the valley lord and the five elders began to review them as soon as possible.

What is curious is that in less than a quarter of an hour after hundreds of answers, the General Cabinet gave a list of candidates for the second round of testing.

Bi Yan handed the list of selected valleys drawn up by the valley master to the head of the cabinet outside, and the head of the list passed the list to the steward of each valley, and then in less than half an hour, the girls who passed the second round of tests received a notice.

Xianjie looked unusually calm after handing in the answer sheet, even before receiving the notice of the second round of testing, she was still very calm, and it seemed that she already had the answer in her heart.

At the end of the day, the girls who participated in the second round of the test in each valley sat in front of the table on time, and compared to the hundreds of people who were referred to at the time of the hour, only two or three out of ten people were selected for the second round of the test.

The steward looked at the girls sitting upright in front of him, and his eyes showed no joy and envy, more sympathy.

"It's good to be able to enter the second round of testing, at least it shows that there is still a chance, even if you can't become a 'beautiful woman', you can marry a better official family, but those who stay are not so lucky!" said the steward softly,

With a hint of tears in her eyes, the girls below naturally understood the hardships of the steward, and they were more grateful to the steward.

After the steward was determined, he took the dossier of the steward, and before the steward could tear the envelope of the dossier, the steward restrained the steward's hand with his hand.

"The valley owner has an order, and tells everyone to wait in line outside the house first, and test them one by one, and the time is limited to one minute. ”

The steward was shocked, but soon regained his composure, and then commanded all the maidens, "Wait outside in turn, and come in every two minutes." ”

Everyone retreated to the outside of the house in an orderly manner, consciously lined up in a column, and then it was unusually quiet, without any anxiety or commotion.

The steward skillfully tore open the envelope and took out twenty or thirty sheets of single pages, on which was written a fluttering and graceful text, and the steward ordered two maids beside him, one to assist in arranging the order outside the house, and the other to distribute the inscription paper.

Xianjie was the first person in the second round of the test in Nakatani, and she completed the answer sheet very smoothly and walked out of the inner door of the house.

After nearly half an hour, the second round of testing was completed.

At the beginning of Shen Shi, the results of the second round of tests were all known, and the steward gathered all the girls in their respective valleys together and read out the list of candidates for the 'Talented and Beautiful Woman Festival' in the valley in public.

During the entire process of reading the list, Xianjie did not have the slightest worry, and entered the final list as expected.

After some preliminary testing, only more than 30 of the hundreds of beauties in Beauty Valley were left to enter the final list.

The stewards of the valleys gathered more than thirty people together, and the chief steward of the lead looked majestic.

"Wait a minute, I will take you to the valley lord's general pavilion, according to the precedent in the valley in the past, the valley lord will comment on your test, and then personally reward you, you only need to remember one word, 'quiet'. ”

The steward paused, then ordered, "Everyone, follow me!"

As he spoke, he led the group through the winding path to the Nakatani Pavilion.

The General Pavilion is a forbidden place for all young girls, and a year ago, a girl from Nakatani walked into the General Pavilion unintentionally, and then saw her corpse, so for a year, although these women were curious about the General Pavilion, they did not dare to enter the General Pavilion for half a step.

Now, the chief steward led them directly into the general cabinet, and all the girls felt inexplicably surprised and worried, and their expressions were quite frightened.

Passing through a pavilion, there is a path paved with blue stones, planted on both sides of various flowers and plants, the fragrance of flowers is rich, and the grass also carries a light earthy smell.

The bluestone path gradually faded, in front of which is a small hill, where flowers and trees are flourishing, the strange thing is that all kinds of flowers and plants can not be named, and the taste is also very peculiar, Xianjie has seen all kinds of flowers and plants in the fairy forest, but has never seen such strange flowers and plants, can not help but have a trace of doubt.

The steward stood in front of the hill and slapped him three times.

Afterwards, several attendants took out a black cloth towel from their arms.

The steward said, "Please blindfold your eyes, and your own maid will support you." ”

The girls were slowly blindfolded.

The girls are walking in a dark world.

Xianjie felt that the road under her feet was very smooth and smooth, but there were many corners and turns, and she had lived in the nameless cave for a long time, and her intuition told her that she was moving forward in the cave.

After more than a quarter of an hour, there was a faint sound of the stone gate slowly descending.

"Alright, you can all take off the cloth!"

Everyone slowly took it off and gently soothed their eyes.

The candlelight in the fog gradually became clear, and when you look closely, the whole general cabinet can't help but be surprised.

The first thing that catches the eyelid is the stone wall of the general pavilion, although it is concave and warped, quite irregular, but the depiction on the stone wall is quite brilliant along the situation of the stone wall, or the goddess flies her sleeves, or dances, or admires the moon and listens to the rain. Under the illumination of the lamps and candles on the rock wall, the characters in the depiction are like living creatures, with a well-shaped and vivid shape.

The main pavilion was far more spacious than expected, and in front of it was a pool of blue springs, and in the middle of the pool there was an ice bridge made of cold ice, and the cold air was bubbling on it, and the spring water gushed out from the mouths of the two silver cranes on both sides of the ice bridge.

There are three steps in front of the pool, above the steps is a hall, there is a hanging curtain on the hall platform, hanging down is a grain of white jade pearls, the stone pillars on both sides, the dragon is carved on the left, the phoenix is carved on the right, and even the table decoration in the inner hall is quite royal style.

The entire general pavilion was gloomy and cold, and after only a while, the girls felt a chill in their bodies.

The valley lord was supported by Bi Yan and walked out of the side door of the inner hall, and when he saw a group of girls, the valley lord smiled slightly.

"Your batch of seedlings is really good, much more powerful than in the past, although the two questions I came up with are not too difficult, but they are also a difficult problem, you can solve them, naturally you have some advantages in mind. ”

The valley lord paused and continued: "This first question, focusing on a'understanding the heart with the heart', the topic is a blank piece of paper, the letter is also a blank paper, the letter is a reply, people with a heart will be able to realize that the answer that the valley master needs is also a blank paper, a clean white paper that can't even write his name, and the incense lit in the examination room is a clue to mislead you, in fact, smart people can give the answer immediately." ”

"The second question, the answer is not the only one, the test is the courage of your decision, you need not only wisdom, but also need a courage, burn the question paper on the spot, the courage is enough, the wisdom is a little lower; the question paper is all blacked, the wisdom is good, the courage is slightly inferior; the half of the word is folded and sealed, wisdom and courage are the best. ”

After hearing this, the girls had some doubts in their hearts, and some frowned, and the valley lord knew this.

"I know that you are quite puzzled by my judgment of the second question, and you will understand it later!"

The valley lord ordered: "Bi Yan, take out the gifts for the girls!"

Bi Yan picked up the box on the table in the inner hall, lifted the hanging curtain, and walked towards the girls from the ice bridge.

"These are the finest jade carved by the craftsmen of the valley, and you can choose one of them at will. ”

Xianjie saw a jade pendant carved with birds in the air, and felt very fond of it, so she chose that one.

After the rewards were distributed, the girls suddenly fainted in front of them, and Xianjie was no exception.