The widow's village, recognized as the first rich village in Daqin, is different from ordinary villages in that there are no cattle and sheep and dilapidated houses everywhere in the widow's village, only luxurious mansions and groups of servants and attendants. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, nearly 100 candidates gathered in front of Liufu, the largest mansion in the widow's village, and they lined up in a long line waiting for the examiner in charge of registration at the door to review and enter the house, Li Xiao stood in the front row, and behind him were Lin Qing, Zhou Jiancheng, Fang Yu and other sons and daughters of the family.

After receiving the clearance card handed by Li Xiao, the middle-aged Confucian examiner sitting in front of the desk lowered his head to check the information, raised his pen and kept sketching on the information, and asked lightly: "Why do you want to sign up for our academy?"

"Why did you sign up for the academy?" Li Xiao was stopped by this question, and then remembered the scene that happened when he was pretending to be a beggar a few days ago, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Because ...... Not long ago, a teacher in your academy bent down and shamelessly picked up a copper plate in front of me!"

"So you signed up for the academy to get revenge?" the examiner raised his head and stared at Li Xiao in surprise.

"Wrong!" Li Xiao denied: "The real reason why I signed up is ...... That shameless teacher shamelessly picked up one copper plate in front of me and then picked up three more! He picked up all four copper plates that I had been lucky enough to come across in my life! So I wanted to sign up for the academy! In order to pull him out and give him two more copper plates, so that it would be enough to buy a bowl of noodles!"

The middle-aged examiner stood up with a "pout" and said eagerly. "I'm the teacher who picked up the money!

"However, I never bring copper plates when I go out!" He took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms and put them on the table, and said with a smile: "If you don't dislike it, take these papers and wipe your buttocks!"

The middle-aged examiner quietly stuffed the silver ticket into his arms, stroked his beard approvingly, and said: "What a kind and excellent young man! I am optimistic about you! Hurry up and get in!" attached to Li Xiao's ear raised his eyebrows, he smiled and said: "I have already helped you change the bad evaluation of the first two levels to excellent, as long as the third level does not come out of the fork, it should be no problem to win the top three in the academy." ”

"Then thank you teacher, remember to come to the Princess Protector's Mansion for tea another day!" Li Xiaoyin said with a smile.

"Forget it another day, it's better today, can you pack the leftover tea and take it away, and take a few cows by the way......" The middle-aged examiner saw that Li Xiao had turned around and left, and hurriedly stretched his neck and shouted: "Hey, little brother, don't forget our agreement!"

Entering Liufu, led by a domestic servant, he walked to the empty martial arts arena, where nearly a hundred long tables were placed, and pen, ink, paper, and inkstones were placed on the tables, which seemed to be about to be examined.

After finding a place in the front row and sitting down, the candidates entered and sat down in turn, the old woman Sai Tianxian in a fiery red robe walked slowly to the examination room under the confused gaze of everyone, and said to the surprised candidates below: "The old body is fortunate to be invited by the academy to be the invigilator of this third level, you don't have to be too restrained, the biggest advantage of my person is that I never hold grudges." ”

Glancing at Li Xiao's position, she smiled and said: "Whoever sin against me, I don't care about it! Okay! Let's talk about the rules, there are three contents of the exam, each item has a stick of incense time to answer the question, and after a stick of incense, whether you write or not, you have to hand in the paper!"

Motioning to the servants to hand out the examination papers, the old woman stood in front of the table where the incense burner was placed, lit a stick of incense and said loudly: "The exam begins! The content of the first exam is that the ancient painting "Luo Shen Futu" is copied from a stick of incense. ”

Recalling the appearance of "Luo Shen Futu" in his mind, Li Xiao caught a glimpse of the old woman grinning at herself with yellow teeth, and then puffed out her cheeks while holding the incense burner and blowing hard, which made the already scarce time pass faster.

"This old woman is too shameless, isn't it! Who can copy it in such a short period of time!" Li Xiao looked at the old woman with hatred, and as soon as the thought in his heart arose, he saw that the candidates had already handed in their papers one after another! So fast? How could this be possible!

After a while, the old woman came to Li Xiao with a small incense burner, pasted her wrinkled old face in front of him, pointed to the burned incense, "hehe" and smiled: "Little brother, the time has come! The others have already handed in the papers, why are you so slow?"

Quickly took away Li Xiao's picture scroll and put it away, she asked the servants to start sending the second test paper, this time the test was Li Xiao's best poem, seeing the old woman and the two servants struggling to blow incense, he hurriedly picked up the pen and wrote, but before he wrote a few strokes, the old woman appeared in front of him again with grinning teeth.

Pointing to the candidates who had already handed in the papers next to her, the old woman said: "Little brother, why is it so slow, you see that the incense has been burned, everyone has handed in the papers, you are the only ones left, hurry up and hand in the papers!" After speaking, he glanced at Li Xiao, who was stunned, with satisfaction, and unceremoniously took away the exam papers.

"How is it possible! How can it be so fast!" Li Xiao opened his mouth and sat down at the answer table.

"The third exam begins! Please complete the answer to the exam paper within a stick of incense!" As soon as the old woman's voice fell, Li Xiao picked up the pen and finished writing at the fastest speed in her life, then got up and threw away the pen, blushing and shouting loudly: "Submit the paper!"

"It's too slow!" The old woman who was barbecuing with the candidates next to the martial arts arena opened her greasy mouth and said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you so slow! The examiners on our side have reviewed all the test papers!" he said, raised his hand holding the chicken leg, and pointed to the two middle-aged men in Confucian shirts looking up at the sky in a daze in front of the desk next to him.

"I'm ......" Li Xiao was suddenly struck by lightning, and sat down on the chair with his mouth wide open.

The maid sent Li Xiao's exam papers to the examiner for review, and after a while, the old woman held a few examiners to review the selected test papers, walked to the front desk and said to the candidates: "After the examiner's approval, select a few problematic papers, for the sake of fairness, so please review them together!"

"The content of the first exam is to copy the "Luo Shen Fu Tu", and the picture scroll depicts the story of the meeting between Luo Shen and Cao Zhi! But ......" took a picture scroll and walked up to Li Xiao, who was in a stupor, and slapped the table, she said angrily: "But this candidate, what are you drawing! It's just insulting the art of painting!"

Holding Li Xiao's exam paper above her head and unfolding it, she said indignantly: "Everyone, look at what this candidate has drawn!" Seeing that everyone was talking in surprise, she pressed the painting scroll on the table and pointed at it and asked Li Xiao: "This candidate, can you tell everyone what you are drawing!"

""Luo Shen Futu, don't you know?" Li Xiao, who came back to his senses, said flatly.

""Luo Shen Futu"? Okay! Then let me ask you! What is the word "Tai" under this black circle!"

"Cao Zhi, isn't "Luo Shen Futu" just about Luo Shen and Cao Zhi? This is Cao Zhi, can't you see such obvious male characteristics?"

"Hmph!" the old woman snorted coldly, "Even if this is Cao Zhi, then what are these tadpoles?" After speaking, she pointed to the ink spots under the scroll.

"Onlookers, the time you gave me is so short, I can only play extraordinarily. Li Xiao said helplessly.

"Time is short, hmph, I think you don't know how to draw at all! Let's look at what other exams draw!" the old woman grabbed a candidate's scroll handed by the maid and unfolded it, revealing a colorful "Luo Shen Fu Tu".

"This ...... It's really expressive. Li Xiao stared at the scroll carefully for a long time, then looked up and said to the old woman: "I admit that my painting is not as good as this "Luo Shen Fu Tu", but you keep saying that I am poor at painting, and if you have the ability, you can also paint a picture for me to see, if you can really draw it, what if you admit defeat?"

"Okay! The old body will convince you to lose!" The old woman's eyes were cold, she walked to the desk and picked up the pen and ink and quickly drew it, after a cup of tea, she put the painted work in front of Li Xiao, and said proudly: "How about it?

Looking at the two birds and a pile of rice grains on the scroll, Li Xiao said in surprise: "Let you draw "Luo Shen Futu", what are you painting two little birds for? What about Luo Shen and Cao Zhi?"

"What a bird!" the old woman said angrily: "This is Luo Shen and Cao Zhi!"

"Okay. Li Xiao nodded slightly, "Even if you're right, then what are these piles of rice grains?"

"Stalker! Roselle is so ugly, it's normal for some stalkers to want to beat her up. The old woman said lightly.

"Awesome!" Li Xiao stared at the old woman in shock and said: "The masterpiece "Luo Shen Futu" will become another masterpiece in your hands, admire! Admire! I am willing to admit defeat for this first test paper! Hurry up and take out my second test paper for everyone to appreciate." ”

"Unexpectedly, you are really self-aware, but because the papers you answered below are very neat, the examiners unanimously believe that you are the first to take the first place in this Tianlu Academy's exam!" The old woman smiled and took the big red flower handed by the maid and put it on Li Xiao's neck and said: "Little brother, congratulations, you have become the top of this Tianlu Academy." ”

Li Xiao was completely stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Tianlu Academy, isn't it Tianxing Academy, how did it become Tianlu Academy?"

"What!Tianlu Academy, the most scummy academy in the capital?"

"We obviously signed up for Tianxing Academy, how did we become Tianlu Academy?"

The faces of all the candidates changed greatly, and they began to talk loudly.

"Cough" A middle-aged man in a Confucian shirt with a goatee and starry eyes and sword eyebrows walked over and said loudly to everyone: "The entrance examination location of Tianxing Academy is in the lower reaches of the river, and the upstream is the territory of our Tianlu Academy. ”

"Impossible! We are obviously within the scope of the Tianxing Academy exam, how could we run to the territory of Tianlu Academy!" a examiner suddenly stood up and looked at the middle-aged man.

"Yes! This is absolutely impossible! Ah! That's right! Those farmers! And the exam paper that has just filled in the answers! This is clearly for show, no matter if we pass the assessment or not, we will be admitted to Tianlu Academy!"

"Damn! We've been deceived! Let's go!" one of the examinees angrily flipped over the table and turned to leave.

"Who dares to go!" The middle-aged man came to the candidates with an arrow step, raised his internal strength and shattered his clothes, pulled out two long knives from his back and stared at the candidates fiercely, "Those who flee will not be killed! Come if you want, leave if you want, what is the place where you are Tianlu Academy!"

"You...... You're threatening the candidates, I'm ...... I'm going to ask my father to write a book for you!" said a personable boy with a folding fan.

"Boy!" The middle-aged man's eagle-like eyes stared straight at the young man, "I'm afraid you've forgotten who the dean of our academy is, right? I'm afraid your father's recital will be taken off as soon as it's written!"

"Who are your deans...... It's him!" the young boy suddenly realized something, broke out in a cold sweat, and involuntarily retreated from the line of candidates.

"Hmph!" the middle-aged man coldly glanced at the candidates who were silently bowing their heads and silent, "Now I announce! You are all students of Tianlu Academy! The opening date of the academy is set for three days, don't forget to come to the academy to report then! Whoever dares not to come, don't blame me for being polite!"

"Definitely! Definitely!" the examinees sweated like rain and echoed one after another.

"In that case, then I will announce the top spot of this year's Tianlu Academy!" the middle-aged man nodded with a smile, "He is...... Li Xiao: He successfully deceived you from Tianxing Academy to our Tianlu Academy, and his credit can be said to be the highest student since the founding of our Tianlu Academy, and the academy has set him at the top of the list, do you have no opinion?"

As soon as these words came out, all the candidates stared at Li Xiao with red eyes as if they were looking at life and death enemies, but they had no opinion on Li becoming the top of the list, because every time the academy enrollment, the names of the top and the top three will be displayed, so as the worst academy in the capital, after the name of the top of the list is announced, you can imagine what kind of mockery storm it will cause, and it is definitely the best policy to enter Tianlu Academy in a low-key way.

"Congratulations! Li Bang Leader! You are the hope of our Tianlu Academy!" The middle-aged man walked up to the petrified Li Xiao, took out a blue booklet from his arms, handed it to him, and said: "This is the top certificate written by the dean himself, according to the rules, the leader of each academy must wear a big red flower, ride a tall horse, and circle the city three times, are you ready?"

"Can you not be the top of the list?" asked Li Xiaomu.

"Can't!"

"That'...... Can I choose the best Western Regions BMW for my horse? I want to complete three laps before the top of the other academies ride. ”

"This is no problem! After riding around the city three times, remember to attend the 'Top Banquet' held by Liufu, the biggest patron of our academy, and don't lose the face of our academy when the time comes, you know?"

Hearing this, Li Xiao petrified again, "I'm already very tired, can I not go?"

"Yes, you can miss the top banquet by walking around the city three times, but I want to remind you that if you miss the top banquet, you will lose a super prize!" the middle-aged man said and raised his eyebrows at Li Xiao, "That prize is a treasure that the capital of the list wants!"

At the thought that he was going to walk around the city on foot, Li Xiao shuddered, so he hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll go!"