Approaching dusk, some candidates handed in their papers, and the examiner on the patrol site collected the test papers and sent them to Governor Zhang's mansion.

Under normal circumstances, the test papers are judged after the examination. However, there is also a practice for the county and government examinations, which are not obscure, and the first few people who submit the papers will be sent directly to the examiner, and the examiner will mark the papers on the spot in the examination room.

This process is also a process of direct answers between candidates and examiners, and often produces many Shilin stories.

The inspector took the test paper and said with a smile: "This person is also funny, we see that he has been writing hard, and he has never even thought, I originally thought that he was thinking very fast, so I didn't add any points."

In the afternoon, I looked at it quietly, but I repeatedly wrote a few words of graffiti, thinking that I was a person who did not learn and did not know how to do it. I didn't think that at this time, I was the first to hand in the paper, and I didn't know what was written. ”

The examiners laughed for a while, the examination room is a famous field, and the appearance of all beings is indeed strange. Someone asked, "What is this candidate's name?"

The inspector replied, "Ye Xingyuan." The examiners had strange faces, and they were still discussing this recent big celebrity in Fucheng just now, but they didn't expect to hear this name again so soon.

Almost all day long, and then wrote an article in a short period of time? Zhang Zhifu recalled the time when the spiritual light flashed in the examination booth at that time, there was no warning before, and then it suddenly gushed, and his heart became more and more cautious.

Governor Zhang sat as steady as Mount Tai, and was not in a hurry to watch, but signaled the other examiners to circulate it first.

"Xiaguan has a sneak peek!" "The examiner surnamed He is an anxious person and took the initiative to take the paper. At first, he still had a look of contempt on his face, but after reading a few words, his face suddenly turned pale, and he subconsciously clenched his teeth. Then put it down silently, and then did not comment a word.

"What's wrong with Brother He?" Another examiner surnamed Li was inexplicable, he took Ye Xingyuan's exam paper, glanced at it roughly, and then sneered: "Mo Yi is not bad. The trial poem is mediocre, which is extremely incompatible with his reputation as a poetry demon, and it is too exaggerated. As for this article?"

This person came up with two derogatory sentences in a row, just a general provocation, but when it came to the article, his voice suddenly froze. Not only was there no words. The discerning Governor Zhang could still see that the knuckles of the examiner surnamed Li were trembling slightly in the candlelight,

Ye Xingyuan's article is really so good? Let them, the two people who have the intention of picking on thorns, have nothing to say? Governor Zhang was very surprised in his heart. But he has done a good job of cultivating his spirit, and he is still a breezy man -- this article will be sent to him after all.

At this time, Ye Xingyuan packed up his things, walked out of the examination shed, and then under the supervision of the officials, he also came to the examiner's seat and met the examiners. The first few candidates who submitted the papers had this kind of preferential treatment of meeting the examiner on the spot.

The examiner surnamed Li had already finished reading Ye Xingyuan's article, and his face changed. Suddenly, a sentence burst out from between the teeth. "Master Zhang, this article is well written, but I am resentful. It's really an outsider, you can't take it, please fall down!"

The examiners are all well-known figures, and when they hear what this person says, they can't help but talk a lot.

The examiner surnamed He, who had read Ye Xingyuan's article before, couldn't help but look up at Examiner Li. I can only admire the courage of this colleague in my heart. Did this Master Li receive any benefits, and he still wanted to curry favor with Governor Zhang. Can you say such a thing against your will?

Even if Zhang Gongzi and Ye Xingyuan are enemies, it is still appropriate to press Ye Xingyuan a little. It can be regarded as taking care of the face of Governor Zhang's mansion. But if it's so blatant, it's a bit of a shame.

When Ye Xingyuan heard this, he took a step forward and defended: "My lord's words are too alarmist, and I will not be too late."

The examiner surnamed Li suddenly turned his head and scolded: "My examiner is judging the papers, you examinee shut up!"

Ye Xingyuan, who has always been sharp-toothed, was rarely speechless, and could only be sullen. After all, this is the examination room, and the examiners are discussing and judging the test papers, so how can there be a place for the candidates to put their beaks? The candidates are not qualified to speak at all.

One sentence stopped Ye Xingyuan, and Examiner Li squeezed Ye Xingyuan's volume, and said with a sneer: "There is a sentence in the text, if you move and get slander, your name will follow, and it is appropriate to be idle and suppressed." ”

The meaning of this sentence is that I have been slandered by others at every turn, my reputation has been damaged, and I have often been suppressed, so that I cannot soar and be placed in an idle position by the imperial court, which is my "deserved".

In fact, Ye Xingyuan asked Mr. in this article, pretending to be a boy, and then talked about the purpose of going to school in a gentleman's tone. The few sentences put forward by Examiner Li are the open-minded and self-deprecating words of the gentleman in the article, and of course, in a sense, they are also Ye Xingyuan's ridicule of what happened to him.

The deputy examiner asked rhetorically, "What's wrong with this?"

"It sounds normal, but he is just a teenager, and he pretends to be the old gentleman in the whole article, and then makes such resentful words, isn't it resentful?" explained the examiner, surnamed Li.

In the end, he concluded: "It is not only resentment, but also slander, criticizing the unclear court and the unfairness of the scientific field! Otherwise, why deliberately write that the sages are suppressed and idle?

The examiner surnamed Li opened this head, and the other examiners went to see the chief examiner Zhang Zhifu together. Governor Zhang's Mansion is the biggest here, of course, it depends on Governor Zhang's attitude, and many people have heard that Governor Zhang's son and Ye Xingyuan are very discordant

Seeing that Governor Zhang did not stop Examiner Li from accusing Ye Xingyuan, everyone figured out Governor Zhang's thoughts in their hearts, probably Governor Zhang was also unhappy with Ye Xingyuan?

Immediately, another examiner chimed in: "Actually, Ye Xingyuan has something wrong in mind. In his poems, there is a sentence that recruits people to look at their hometown overnight, isn't this a satire on my rule towards the border stopper?

There is also the sentence 'Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a deep dream', isn't it a satire on the former emperor's reckless military force? He dared to discuss the government and politics in vain as a young child, and he made such articles in the government examination, which is also in the same vein!"

It is the innate ability of literati to find out the meaning of great rebellion from the text. Once you have malicious intentions and have the heart to find them, isn't it a text prison everywhere?

Just like "Qingfeng is illiterate, what is the problem of flipping books" can be misinterpreted as sarcasm, then it is not uncommon for Ye Xingyuan's poems to be picked and grabbed by others.

In this article, Ye Xingyuanchun only used a child's asking tone to write the true meaning of entering the school, but just because he wrote a few strokes about the poverty of Mr., he was criticized as a satire on the injustice of the imperial court. It's obviously a fable, but it deliberately guides to reality, which is inevitably a bit inferior.

"Hahahaha!" Someone suddenly burst out laughing. The examiners looked at the voice, it was none other than Ye Xingyuan, the candidate who was standing at the bottom and had been silent for a long time.

Examiner Li shouted at Ye Xingyuan again: "What are you laughing at?"

Ye Xingyuan asked rhetorically: "If you don't allow Wansheng to interject, aren't you allowed to laugh later?"

"If you continue to make noise in the examination room, you will be expelled directly!" Examiner Li rebuked unceremoniously.

Governor Zhang did not move, did not echo it, did not refute it, and finally ordered: "Since you have all read the article, then show it to me." ”

The test paper article was placed on the case, and Governor Zhang glanced at it a few times, then stretched out his finger in surprise and gently swiped on one of the sentences. In his eyes, there was a sudden refraction of spiritual light.

This sentence is only fourteen words, which seems to be plain and bland, and there is no profound truth, for a teenager, it may be just a simple sentence of persuasion. But it made Zhang Zhifu, who had experienced ups and downs, fluctuate, and if he realized something, he was as unpredictable as a mirror.

"Industry is good at diligence and frolic, and success is thought of and ruined!" This is the first sentence that the old gentleman said in Ye Xingyuan's article.

Zhang Zhifu was also born in poverty, and he had studied hard for ten years, and he had to go through hardships to be named on the gold list. Looking back now, it suddenly feels like a dream. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and think about the hard years of hanging beams, which is really emotional.

Isn't this what he wants to be summed up like this! Governor Zhang had an epiphany, and his spiritual power was drummed, which aroused a strong resonance.

These fourteen words and one sentence made Zhang Zhifu like an initiation, opening up the joys and sorrows of his study years, and concisely summing up his life.

When readers reach a certain level, they all like to speak softly, and Zhang Zhifu feels that he has finally found the sentence he has been looking for, the sentence that can sublimate his experience, and the sentence that can condense his life into the essence.

That's right, that's the sentence, industry is good at diligence and frolic, and success is in thinking and ruining!

The examiners are still arguing and clamoring, each with their own opinions. But for Zhang Zhifu, these sounds have become distant and empty, and they are like those summer cicadas in the classroom when he was a teenager, familiar and meaningless.

"My lord, my lord, what is this article about?" The deputy chief examiner knew that this article about Ye Xingyuan would depend on Governor Zhang's words after all. He walked up to Governor Zhang's side and asked softly.

One thought of heaven, one thought of hell. After being discussed and noisy by the examiners, the evaluation of this article can only be extreme, either above the clouds or under the mire.

Governor Zhang said well, with the performance of this article and the level of Ye Xingyuan's ink and trial poems, the head of this government test is none other than Ye Xingyuan, and no one can take him.

If Governor Zhang doesn't say it well, then he can only be judged to be "resentful" according to the caliber of the examiners, and he will be demoted directly, and even his fault will be investigated!

Although it may not be done in the end, after all, there is no practice of sinners in the imperial court, but at least Ye Xingyuan's road to the imperial examination in the future will be much more difficult.

Zhang Zhifu woke up from the wonderful feeling, this state just now belonged to an epiphany, which can be met but not sought. At this point, even Governor Zhang secretly regretted that although Ye Xingyuan's article was good, it seemed to be almost meaningful, and it was not enough to break through the resistance.

For the sake of Ye Xingyuan's article, forcibly reversing the opinions of his colleagues may even displease the Dragon Palace, from the perspective of a practical bureaucrat, it is still a bit worth the loss.

In the silence, Ye Xingyuan stepped forward silently and took out a few pieces of paper from the examination basket. The deputy chief examiner sympathized with Ye Xingyuan and took the initiative to ask, "What is this?"

Ye Xingyuan replied lightly: "This is also an answer sheet article, and the student accidentally wrote an extra one, so now hand in another test paper." (To be continued)