Chapter 1396

"The calligraphy competition is the first. Let's fix Gu Zheng. According to the past practice, the 24 people in the venue should also make a list of one, two and three."

"We'd better give the subsequent ranking down, or give an explanation to the people around the square outside."

Yes, it's getting late. More and more people come out for outings and garden tours during the flower festival.

In response to the grand event, there are many people waiting at the place where the list is released. Every time the list is talked about with great interest, they can't affect the people's mood towards Wen for their own small profits.

The gentlemen who calmed down from the excitement quickly withdrew to their seats, leaving two people who had arranged in advance to present their personal works one by one.

The name, country and whether the writing is good or not are clear at a glance.

A piece of work is scored by a team of ten students. Remove the highest and lowest one, and the remaining one is the most fair score.

Gu Zheng's book doesn't need to be discussed. Everyone puts it in the first place.

As for the rest, when the scores came out, a very interesting thing happened.

Sima as like as two peas, Zhuge Wei Hong, and a Ye Liangchen who is not authoritative, Ye Liangchen's score in the book is exactly the same.

If one, two or three people have to be ranked in this ranking, they can only be ranked according to the strokes of everyone's surname.

Therefore, when the results came out and the people sang, Sima Guwen only ranked third. His hand gripping the fan was a little tighter.

Just when Zhuge Weihong complained about so many strokes of his compound surname, Sima Guwen looked at Gu Zheng and ye Liangchen.

Who thought that ye Liangchen, who had been lowering his head and whispering with Gu Zheng, raised his eyes and looked at Sima Guwen together.

There were three points of provocation, three points of contempt, and visible hatred.

What does that mean?

Have you ever offended him?

Sima Guwen frowned, leaned back and recited the resume of Ye Liangchen in his heart.

Ye's merchants in the golden kingdom.

The name of the richest man in the five countries is sitting steadily.

He has an engagement with the legitimate daughter of the Wu family in the kingdom of Jin.

Remember, when I first visited the kingdom of Jin, I spent some time exploring the most famous mountains and rivers with the rich children of the capital of the kingdom of Jin.

At that time, there were few women who recommended themselves to the pillow beside him.

Among them is the daughter of the Wu family. What's her name?

Wu Bailu? Wu Caifeng? Wu xun'er!

And what did you promise?

Sima Guwen seemed to hear that she had a very unhappy engagement, and the object of the engagement was the Haoshang Ye family.

It may be that he is also very eager for wealth. If he has enough financial support to defeat his surrounding brothers and finally stabilize the throne of Daqian country, it will not be difficult.

Yes, I almost forgot this unintentional move. Can I be known by the Lord?

Thinking of Sima Guwen here, his expression is a Ling.

If you really offend such a person, I'm afraid you'll become a big trouble.

Thinking of this, ye Liangchen, who had previously looked at him, lowered his head and talked with Gu Zheng nearby as if there were no one else, as if what he had just seen was just an illusion.

This mind, this background, I have to guard against!

Sima Guwen closed his eyes and hung up his confident smile when he opened them again.

Just a woman, or an upside down woman. If necessary, give up.

Just below, when the dark tide was flowing and the atmosphere was low, a huge sign was erected on the garden square where lanterns and candles began to light.

Two blood stones condensed by the blood essence of blood red animals were placed behind the brand. With the slow push of the operators, great changes took place on the brand.

A transparent white jade sign emits a faint white light, which is more and more prosperous. Finally, the square of the flower shop is illuminated.

Then the dazzling light looked over and saw that both sides of the long corridor under the sign were occupied by people who came here to set up stalls.

Among them, there are few stalls selling pen, ink, paper and inkstone, lanterns and riddles.

Some of the flowers, purses and accessories, which are good omens, are sold among the students.

Once in a while, the magic talisman of Daoguan Buddhist temple, one or two incense sticks that are particularly effective, has also become one of the most popular goods.

All this is derived from this brand.

Because this list is reflected on this big brand by hanging for three days and all night.

People who come to the Huachao night market in Daqian country can intuitively know the talents of various countries, which is also the best way for students to become famous.

Since then, the focus of everyone's discussion is the 24 people on this list.

Others will not think that you are the best among your peers and can be ranked in the top 20.

Ordinary people will only think that the 24th place is the last one among them. If it is not publicized everywhere as a negative teaching material, it will be good.

Therefore, when the results of the first competition were hung up, the tourists from five countries who were shopping, strolling and chatting around the bottom put down their things, looked at the list with black gold font and commented on its ranking.

"Look! The list comes out. Look up. It's a word, which means whose calligraphy is the best."

"Gu Zheng, the first Fufeng city in Daqian country, is at the top of the list with a score of 9.9 in the 15th year!"

"He is a student of Daqian Kingdom and the challenger of the five passes!"

How do these ordinary people know?

That's not because there is a gossip manual for working students on the side of the square, and the color of the Challenger on the list is integrated into red and the color of the challenger is integrated into yellow.

This red and yellow, although with black and gold as the background color, it is clearly compared on the list.

This is also the fundamental reason why everyone is talking in full swing.

"God, Sima Guwen of our country only ranked third. This rumor is really untrustworthy."

"Some people say that he is the first genius of literature and Taoism. Sima Guwen is already 22 years old. He will be over 25 years old to win the title in the next five levels, so he can't participate in this challenged competition."

"Of course, such a big age takes advantage. Can he still lick his face and say he is the first?"

"Take a look. The second student, ye Liangchen, is only 18 years old. He is still a child of the proud Shang clan. His background is much shallower than that of our royal family? But he was stunned and took a second."

"What does that mean?"

A student in scholar's clothes said that his saliva flew straight. For a large circle of audience, he asked, "what does it mean?"

"This shows that Sima Guwen's literary and Taoist reputation is all his own. He has a lot of resources. The famous scholars and teachers he meets don't know who he is. In this way, he is also pressed behind by an ordinary clan child, a merchant's son who makes first-class money and doesn't have much literature. What can explain the reason more than this?"

"Either the first two are the talent of Tianzong, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people, or they are their royal children. They are just fishing for fame!"

"Oh, I see."

It makes sense. When we look back at the list and find that most of the mixed challengers are royal nobles, the balance in our heart keeps tilting in the direction of Gu Zheng and ye Liangchen.

For a time, the names of the two people were sung and talked about with relish.

As for the names of those old people who had been pressed in their hearts on the list, they were also lightened.

The noble children of the five countries who can see the flowers among the flowers are called rubbing fire in their hearts.

He couldn't help but transfer the artillery fire to Sima Zhaohe.

"Who the hell is Gu Zheng from Daqian kingdom? Such talents don't win over to take exams and keep them for themselves?"

The other one followed: "what ah, the Sima family's needle nose like mind, who doesn't know. It is estimated that this is the person who has been suppressed. As a result, the cover was not tightly covered and was overturned, and there was no face left."

Another son of the kingdom of gold was smiling: "Oh, I knew ye Liangchen would make money. Isn't he the biggest dandy in China? Why, it's hidden."

"I also said that his fiancee followed others on the dry road. The green hat buckled one after another. He found it. Come to settle the accounts with the Lord."

"Ha ha, the young man has ambition. If he is really a person from the golden kingdom of China, well, such talents will not be like Sima's family. We must provide them for my use!"

"Ha ha, thank brother Gu Wen of Sima family for grinding such a good knife for me. Have a good time!"

Angry Sima Zhaohe, the two big gem rings on his hand were almost pulled down, and the one with his neck sticking was right with the sarcastic man.

Before the two men had a quarrel, the big sign in the square changed again.

"The second list, the second list comes out again!"

"How could it be so fast? What did they compare in their second attempt?"

The content of this second test is very simple, but the quality is invisible to outsiders.

Because this second attempt is broad.

And the so-called wide range of knowledge, in a narrow sense, is how many books a student has read, whether he has a certain understanding of the contents of the book, how many he has learned by analogy, and how many he has read by skin.

The real record of these is naturally the names and sources of these books that have been read, as well as the summary of one word and two sentences.

These are written down and tested by the gentlemen on the judging table.

Nine times out of ten, there will be no cheating, because the premise of fraud is that you have to make up a book that exists in the world.

At this level, if Gu Zheng is allowed to take the test, he can't compare with Sima Guwen and Zhuge Weihong, who have been immersed in the sea of books since childhood.

But is Gu Zheng the kind of person who frankly admits defeat?

He's not.

He is a man who would rather win in every way than lose in despair.

So at this time, the role of laughing and forgetting books was thoroughly reflected for the first time.

At the beginning, Gu Zheng lived at home. He went out for a walk instead of his master. He really did the right thing.

In the database of laughing and forgetting books, the collection is like a huge library, as magnificent as the vast Milky way. Just take out some dry goods, and you can compare Sima Guwen to a bug in the mud.

Because of his self-confidence, Gu Zheng buried himself in books. Because of the huge number, he automatically used wild grass.

He was confident and calm. The 23 people behind him and opposite him didn't grow up for nothing.

Everyone is not afraid of their knowledge.

They are all studying hard all the way. They are more knowledgeable than anyone who is afraid of.

If Gu Zheng used laughter to forget the book, ye Liangchen used the fifty years of his previous life.

The accumulation of years is the most terrible. In order to please a bitch, I spent my whole life studying hard. Now I can't use it?

"Brush"

Everyone wrote quickly. The first student to put down his pen turned white when he saw him finish it first.

This exam is not about being quick and intelligent.

The sooner you finish writing, isn't it the worse one?

The servant who took away the paper handed the student's test paper and wrote three pages on it.

The contents are related to the economy, people's livelihood and examination assistance.

Gentlemen know that this must be the kind of test paper that has achieved fame.

"Alas..."

"It seems that more courses will be added to the Academy in the future. It can't even compare with the amount of reading of an ordinary white body. Isn't it a spokesman for the empty belly?"

"The country can't be single."

One person opened his mouth, and others stroked their beards to answer. The student in question had already blushed and buried his face in his clothes. He was too ashamed to see anyone.

Fortunately, this atmosphere has not been deadlocked for too long. It is inevitable that young people are born in the imperial examination and read less miscellaneous books.

When the comments were finished, most of the people stopped writing.

Gentlemen only need a rough stroke to know that the books presented are the products of reading through, and there is no need for random inspection at all.

But when there are only four people left, those who want to judge can't just wait.

These four people are really fate. How is the order of the first game? The first four left in the second game are still these.

They are like bars on the general, you write a book, I write a book, there is no time to stop.

At the end of the incense burning, it was Sima Guwen. His hands trembled, his face turned white, and he stopped trembling.

He was also the first of the four to stop writing.

"Oh, I'll go! I won!"

Just after his test paper was collected, Zhuge Weihong's pen stopped.

A word that almost didn't annoy Sima Guwen was said from Zhuge Weihong's mouth.

"I write slowly on purpose, which is better than you!"

"You!!!"

Sima Guwen's eyes were bloodshot and pointed to Zhuge Weihong. His hands trembled. When the two were about to get entangled, ye Liangchen, who was walking behind them, also stopped.

"Well, report..."

At this time, Gu Zheng suddenly raised his hand, and several gentlemen who liked him also nodded curiously to let him speak.

Gu Zheng, who got the permission, said something he didn't want to beat: "Sir, who's the first flower? I've roughly calculated that there are no less than hundreds of books transcribed by my wild grass. They write slowly and I write fast. I'm the last one to stop, so I don't have to record everything I've learned?"

"You know, I read a lot, and the gentlemen present may not know more than I do."

The most important thing is that Gu Zheng's erotic words and Huang quer's idle books are not interesting to register.

With these, I'm afraid no one can compare with him in this world.

Gu Zheng said that no one believed the old gentleman in the venue. When he bragged about something good, he took the test paper he didn't bother to write again and compared it.

The first 50 books are familiar to everyone. They are related to knowledge and are quite comprehensive. They can be regarded as read through.

The 50 books in the back have their own merits. People's livelihood in the water, agricultural engineering and other aspects. Some books have not even been read by the great Confucianism of the current Dynasty.

If these are still seen by serious people, it will be difficult for the old gentlemen to identify the next 50 orphaned and widowed classics and remnant records.

Several people circulated it in turn. In this way, there are two books that have never been heard of.

As for the scattered personal records and anecdotes behind them, they are all in legends and do not spread to the outside world.

These people only have big eyes and little eyes and know nothing.

"What can I do?"

How to test the authenticity of these books written by Gu Zheng? Even they haven't seen them. How to judge right and wrong?

Just as everyone talked about it, Sima Guwen also showed an expression of schadenfreude, Gu Zheng lit one of the books we had never seen and recited it for the gentlemen in the venue.

"The great wilderness floating cloud sutra was discovered 150 years ago in the watershed between the great wilderness and Daqian, Baishui and Heishan mountains. Now it should be the Ji family preserved in Fufeng city."

"This book has a total of 78 pages, recording an eminent monk's understanding of Buddhist classics."

"Because it involves the profound meaning of Buddhism and Taoism, some people have realized the supreme Buddhist secret law."

"Later, he was greedy for ink by the Ji family method. Others don't know much about it."

"However, our family has been dealing with Ji family for several generations, and we are lucky to have a look at this book."

"As for this book, it's another story..."

After Gu Zheng picked out several books and said their contents, these gentlemen were surprised at the beginning and admired later.

"Just, how did you finish reading so many books? Your realm..."

But King Wu is on the fourth level.

It's impossible to know by birth.