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On the desk, there is a scroll made of pen, ink, paper, inkstone and three brocade silks, which are the questions of this exam. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Xu Xian scratched his head after reading the topic, with his super memory, he memorized countless questions and did countless exercises, but he didn't have the three questions in front of him. But when I saw that poem title, I turned into sorrow and joy, compared with the three questions, the difficulty of this poem is much smaller, only the word "filial piety". Perhaps in order to balance the difficulty, such an ordinary poem question will not waste too much time even if it is not done well.

And Xu Xian immediately thought of which one to copy, maybe he could win a lot of money and mix it in the second class.

Zhong Kui still wrapped his head and face in a ball like that, opened the scroll and read the test questions, but he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly opened the other two together, with a wave of ecstasy in his heart, and secretly said, "God help me." The others were still frowning and thinking, but he had already put pen to paper.

Pan Yu'er listened to the eight directions, and also showed a slightly surprised look, the question of the Son of Heaven is not trivial, it is quite difficult and obscure, even she can't help but think deeply, why is this Zhong Kui so successful.

However, with a stick of incense, Zhong Kui re-rolled up the three scrolls and placed them in the corner of the table, which means that the candidate has completed. Several examiners were surprised, but they didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly put the test paper away. As for the other tribute students, some have not even answered a single question.

Xu Xian had just completed the first question, and secretly sighed to himself, worthy of being the reincarnation of the Immortal Buddha, which is indeed extraordinary. In this way, it is already a precedent, but I don't know what the article is?

Several examiners came to the hall and opened the three scrolls respectively, and they were still worried about whether this tribute student was just a quick word, but after reading it, they were surprised by each other. These three texts seem to flow smoothly and in one go, but they are full of words. The words are like iron painting silver hooks, and the force penetrates the back of the paper, as if the dragon and snake rise to land.

The examiners are all people in the literary world, and as soon as they learn about the exam questions, they think about the right method in their hearts, but none of the articles in their hearts can beat any of the articles in their hands. It is even more rare to complete it in such a short time, and this kind of writing is simply incredible.

Wang Wenrui hurriedly commanded the chamberlain: "Quick, send it to Your Majesty." "After reading these articles, the emperor must be Longyan Dayue.

The other examiners looked at each other and whispered: "This time, I'm afraid it has to be this Zhong Kui." ”

Wang Wenrui sighed: "Yes, these three articles have been perfected, even if someone else can make such an article, it is far less than in time!"

"What does Lord Wang think of that Xu Immortal? He is your disciple, and now he is known as the number one talent in Great Xia. ”

Wang Wenrui waved his hand and said: "Although Xu Xian's poems are amazing, the articles are just decent, and I know this best." The name of the first genius in Great Xia is a bit excessive. I thought it would be Pan Mingyu who won the three yuan in the company, but I didn't expect to kill Zhong Kui halfway, it's really unpredictable!"

In his heart, he felt a little sorry for Xu Xian, and after the trial, the queen mother recruited him and asked about this imperial examination - who would win the champion, vaguely revealing the meaning of recruiting a son-in-law. He only said: "The old minister doesn't dare to speculate!" At the request of the queen, he said the few people who had the best chance of winning the top prize in this imperial examination, but he never mentioned Xu Xian.

The queen also knew Xu Xian's name, and couldn't help asking: "Isn't there a disciple named Xu Xian in the Taishi?" I have also read a lot of his poems, and his writing is indeed extraordinary. ”

Wang Wenrui said: "Xu Xiancai has not learned enough, and there is no chance of winning the top prize. After a pause, he said, "Moreover, my disciple, he is already married. "Yes, Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen got married, although not many people know about it, but Wang Wenrui, as Xu Xian's teacher, is definitely in this ranks, no matter how you say it, it can be regarded as the "teacher" in the "Heaven and Earth Monarch Teacher"!

If you don't even inform the teacher about such a big thing as marriage, it is not simply ignorance of the rules, but a lack of the most basic ethics. In fact, at that time, Xu Xian personally wrote an invitation letter and asked someone to deliver it to the capital, although Wang Wenrui could not come in person, but later he also sent a congratulatory gift.

The queen mother really didn't ask anymore, and instead asked Pan Yu how sure she was.

Wang Wenrui thought about all the things that he was saying, and then he thought about it, that is, Xu Xian really won the top prize in the exam and was afraid that he was not married and did not have the blessing of marrying the princess, but the queen's mind was deep!

Although the students in the hall couldn't hear the discussions of the examiners behind the hall, Pan Yu heard it clearly, and frowned slightly, I'm afraid there will really be some trouble this time. But unless it's cheating, how is it possible to do such a response in such a short time?

However, Zhong Kui did not cheat, but really got "heavenly help".

At this moment, he suppressed the surge in his chest and remembered a small incident a few days ago.

On the way to Beijing to catch the exam, he once stayed in a wild shop that did not go to the village in front of the village, and although the room he lived in was dilapidated and desolate, there were many ink stains left by the previous generation of candidates on the wallpaper, most of which were eroded and blurred by the rain, and only a small area at the head of the bed was clearly written.

In the middle of the night, he tossed and turned, bored under the lamp to take a closer look, but it was also a few questions, he was a person in this way, and couldn't help but secretly think about the way to deal with it in his heart, but he felt that the topic was very biased, and he didn't know how to start for a while, but it aroused his competitive heart even more, lying on the bed and thinking about it in the middle of the night before he had a good result, and he also thought about it from time to time during the journey, and finally had a perfect response to the game.

Although he also thought that it would be good if these questions could appear in the examination, he thought that it would be impossible to come up with such questions in the examination, and later it was as he expected.

But I didn't expect that during the palace examination, the three questions and the questions written on the wall of the wild shop were exactly the same, and there was no need to think about it, just copy the text in your mind on the brocade silk, and it became a few articles, only that the "champion" was already in the bag.

But when the excitement of writing hard passed, Zhong Kui felt uneasy in his heart, and such success was too easy.

"Success or failure is difficult, but gain and loss are easy. ”

Suddenly, eight words came to mind.

A few days ago, a fortune teller came to Beijing, and he was to blame for the good fortune, and many scholars went to ask for divination. Zhong Kui believed in ghosts and gods, so he also went to ask for a hexagram, which was the prophecy given to him by the old fortune teller.

"It's hard, it's easy. This is a ruthless pair, Zhong Kui has naturally heard of it, but this couplet has no special meaning, but the ingenuity of the pair is called "ruthless pair", and then add the words "success or failure" in front of it, which is even more incoherent. Such an ambiguous answer naturally could not satisfy Zhong Kui, and when he asked the Taoist priest for a solution, the Taoist priest just smiled and said, "The secret of heaven must not be revealed!"

Zhong Kui was slightly annoyed in his heart, "If you can't leak it, I'll pay you to ask what you're doing?" and asked again and again.

The Taoist priest left another sentence, "The green dragon and the white tiger walk together, and the good and evil are completely unpredictable." Then he drifted away, and did not even receive the hexagram money.

These two sentences are just the novelist's "confessions" connecting the context, and they are even more meaningless. Zhong Kui returned disappointed, so he didn't take it to heart, and now when he thinks about it, he can't help but feel a little worried in his heart, but then he thinks that those words, every word and every sentence are from his hard work, and there is no trace of regret. Even other scholars also have to memorize questions to do exercises, and he can be regarded as a "heavenly gift".

When the palace exam was about to end, Xu Xian finished answering the three test questions and put them in the corner of the table, the article could not be altered when it was written, and a drop of ink could be demoted, so there was no need to check anything, and let the examiner accept it.

He glanced at Pan Yu, but he was still frowning and thinking, no longer calming his relaxed and chic posture.

Xu Xian knows her difficulties, now that Zhong Kui has won the jackpot in time, if she can't beat him in words, it will be difficult to win the name of the champion, so she has to think carefully.

When the examiner announced the end of the exam, Pan Yu put his pen on his side, and his face was not relaxed.

They entered the palace before dawn, but now it was past noon, and all the tribute students returned to the side hall, enjoyed the food prepared in the imperial dining room, and then waited for the results of the examination to be issued. This often takes a few more hours to get results, and then it is an edict to the world, hand-picked champions to parade in red, and these honors are not to be detailed.

The atmosphere in the side hall was much more relaxed, and it was no longer solemn and heavy, no matter whether it was success or failure, this was the last exam in their lives.

Xu Xian paced to Pan Yu's side and said with concern: "Mingyu, how is it?" It was just a three-hour palace test, but her face showed a slight look of exhaustion, and the haggard statement was not a lie, so that Xu Xian couldn't hold her in his arms and soothe her softly.

Pan Yu smiled slightly and said: "There should be three points of certainty, and the rest depends on the will of heaven." ”

Xu Xian said: "It's better to ask that Zhong Kui! I'm also curious how he can be so fast!"

Pan Yu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid there is another mystery here, and others may not be willing to say it." ”

Xu Xian said confidently: "I guess he won't hide it." "If he is really the legendary Zhong Kui.

When the two found Zhong Kui, he was sitting alone in the corner, he described it strangely, and it took him so short to answer the question, the other Gongsheng thought that he didn't know the height of the sky, and he dared to deal with the palace test indiscriminately, maybe he would immediately summon trouble, and they didn't say much to him.

Zhong Kui was also very happy when he saw Xu Xian coming, and asked about Fang Cai's poems.

Pan Yu asked, "I don't know why Brother Zhong can answer the question so quickly?"

As Xu Xian expected, Zhong Kui really told him calmly, and then said with some embarrassment: "But there are some victories." ”

Pan Yu and Xu Xian glanced at each other, only to know that there was such a reason.

Xu Xian patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This is also your blessing, in your previous life, you must have done good deeds and accumulated virtues." ”

(To be continued)