Chapter 16 Chapter 16
Gao Qi stood behind Gao Qiao without looking sideways. Seeing Gao Qiao look back, he took out a roll from his sleeve, held it with both hands, and stepped forward.
He walked to Feng Wei, bowed to Emperor Xingping, and then turned around, facing the civil and military officials and many famous scholars who were allowed to sit on the observation deck to watch the battle at close range. He breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly: "This volume was written by my husband himself. Before the opening of the seal, no one knew the title except my husband. My husband said that Gao's son-in-law must be both civil and military, and neither of them is missing, so this time, there will be three levels of examination."
He raised his arm and pointed to a wind pavilion standing on the top of a mountain dozens of feet away: "Please look for everyone."
Everyone followed his point and looked up. Only then did they notice that a bundle of dogwood was tied up at the top of the wind pavilion on the mountain. The mountain wind blew, and the dogwood was swaying left and right on the top of the pavilion.
"I said that today is the response, so I will use dogwood as the color. The two people who compete for the exam will start by answering the question together. Who can pass the three passes first and get dogwood as the son-in-law of my husband. The loser will also give gifts to Quehu Villa to express his feelings."
Gao Qi announced that it was finished and handed the roll of paper in his hand to Feng Wei.
The paper roll was sealed with oil wax.
With Gao Qiao's reputation, since he announced it in public, no one would suspect that he secretly leaked his questions in advance in order to choose his son-in-law.
The surroundings became silent, and countless pairs of eyes looked at the roll of paper in Feng Wei's hand together.
Feng Wei spread it carefully, browsed it once, and read it as the book on the paper.
Although there are only three questions today, there are four levels in total, two literature and two martial arts.
The four levels are as follows:
The first level is a text, which is a must-have test. The memory of the two people is tested. The location is at this observation deck. Here, Gao Qiao will present a thousand-character parallel verse, asking the two to recite it one by one. After remembering it, each of them will write it in a pen. Whoever finishes the silence at one time and checks it correctly can set out to the second level. If the middle is broken, or if the silence is wrong, you can read the original text again, but you have to start over. This level does not limit the time, but you must pass this level to continue to go up and take the next test question.
The second level of martial arts is also a must-have test, and the bow technique is tested. Thirty meters away, a target is set, and a zhu coins are embedded in the bull's eye. Whoever can first nail the arrow into the hole in the middle of the zhu coins without hurting the money will be considered passing, and you can continue to the third level, which is the last level.
For fairness, the last level is to choose one of two. The literary test is to make clear accusations, and the martial test is to be Hushan. The two can choose one of them according to their strengths.
Whoever can successfully pass the three passes first and obtain the bunch of dogwood on the Fengting Pavilion on the mountain will be the winner today.
While Feng Wei was reading the question, a good person repeated the question and quickly passed it to the foot of the mountain.
In addition to the people who joined in the fun, the spectators at the foot of the mountain also had many children from inferior gentry, scholars from poor families, as well as military soldiers.
These people are just a little bit too close to each other, but today they are all gathered here, but the camps are clear.
On one side of the scholar and the poor family, there is no one in the middle of the Chu River and Han River.
Today coincides with the Double Ninth Festival. In addition to the senior officials in the court today, the scene also attracted many noble ladies who came to watch the battle. Among them, in addition to Princess Qinghe and Mrs. Lu, it is said that Princess Yu Lin also had the same.
The ladies' seats were naturally separated from the man. They chose another flat ground halfway up the mountain, and set up a curtain. People sat inside and covered them with various curtains. They could see inside, but they could not see inside clearly from outside. From a distance, they could only see shaking figures. But if the luck was good enough, when the mountain wind blew the curtain, they might still be able to peek inside.
The frivolous prodigal sons among these people were originally looking up at the direction where the ladies were. Suddenly, they heard these four questions, and the people stopped reading them, and each side started to clamor.
Most of the scholars were cheering, but the poor people shouted that their husbands were unfair to ask questions, and they obviously preferred Lu Jianzhi. They were noisy for a while.
This is the case at the foot of the mountain, and the same is true at the halfway mountain.
After reading the question, Feng Wei gave the question paper to Emperor Xingping as a testimony.
Lu Guang breathed a long sigh of relief, unable to help himself, his face slightly shining.
Xu Mi immediately stood up and smiled and said, "Depth of Field, Brother Yu is not a nitpicking. You have made such a question, but it is actually biased. The three questions are all not conducive to Mr. Lu! Mr. Lu is talented and wrote a fu at the age of seven, and everyone knows it. He is also good at shooting, and the second martial arts pass is also suitable for Mr. Lu. The last two choices are Qingbian and talk about Xuan, and he is also the director of Mr. Lu. If Li Mu also chose Xuanbian, no matter whether he knows or not, what is metaphysics? If he deliberately makes things difficult for his family, how can he win? If he chooses Hushan and passes through the barrier, Mr. Lu will meet a person who is determined to help him. Wouldn't he pass the test successfully and reach the top early? Again, it seems fair, but I don't believe you, but who can guarantee that Mr. Lu has never read the fu you showed before?"
"Unfair! Unfair!"
Xu Mi sneered and kept shaking his head.
Lu Guang's expression turned unhappy: "What do you mean? Did you question Brother Gao's secretly leaked the title and gave it to Cambodia? Let's take a step back. Even if Cambodia once read the poems shown by Brother Gao in the past, it is also attributed to his daily knowledge and knowledge. Since he studied the article, how could he get it? As for the so-called unfairness of the argument, it is even more ridiculous! If Li Mu was lucky enough to pass the first two passes and was defeated here, he could only blame himself for his lack of talent. What's more, did Brother Gao have another pass? He could play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses and compete with Cambodia!"
The two argued on the stage, and the officials and celebrities below also whispered and whispered.
Gao Qiao slowly stood up from the seat.
As he stood up, the surroundings became quiet again.
"Situ Ke still remembers that I asked Situ to referee with him that day? The fu used in the first level was asked Situ to help me with my help. Situ wrote the fu on the spot on the spot with the title of Double Ninth Festival today. Using Situ's on-site work, he examined his two hearts. What does Situ think?"
Everyone nodded.
Xu Mi then smiled and said, "In this way, I will be ugly."
His eyes turned again: "But in this third level, I don't know who the sacred expert you invited is? If he is willing to favor, I am afraid that Li Mu will suffer a loss."
Gao Qiao smiled faintly: "The famous scholars of metaphysics today are here today. If both of them have passed this level, the Lu family will choose a scholar, give a test for Li Mu, and the Situ will choose a scholar, give a test for the test. How about it?"
Xu Bi pondered for a moment.
At the first level, he could almost conclude that Li Mu would set out later than Lu Jianzhi.
Gao Qiao set this level as the first topic, which seemed unintentional, but after careful consideration, it was quite interesting.
Lu Jianzhi is talented and even has the name of reading it. Li Mu wants to compete with Lu Jianzhi at this level, and his hopes are really slim. Once Li Mu falls too much behind in the first level, he will be impatient. When he reaches the second level, Lu Jianzhi has already surpassed the world. In this case, even if his archery skills are exquisite, they will be affected.
As expected, if it is correct, at the last level, Lu Jianzhi must choose to talk.
Among the famous metaphysics who attended today, there are naturally many people who have affinity with them. Even if Lu Jianzhi is good at this, as long as the man is smart and tries to delay his duration in this level, even if Li Mu is behind in the front, he can take this opportunity to catch up.
With his force, he successfully passed Hushan and then competed with Lu and Cambodia for dogwood. The problem should be no big deal.
In other words, although such an arrangement cannot guarantee that Li Mu will win, at least he will still have the opportunity to compete in such an obviously disadvantaged exam.
After Xu Bi finished thinking, he nodded reluctantly.
"Just according to Gao Yu's arrangement!"
When Gao Qiao returned to his seat, two gazes passed Lu Jianzhi and Li Mu standing side by side.
Lu Jian is so beautiful that he is as beautiful as a handsome tree, just in line with the appearance and demeanor of a man that everyone yearns for now.
From the moment he appeared at the foot of the mountain this morning, the eyes of the woman beside the road fell frequently on him, and even the men cast envious eyes.
Li Mu
But it is another extreme.
Gao Qiao's gaze stayed for a moment in the junior who was silent, or in other words, so deep that he could not see through, and even felt a sense of vague uneasiness.
Over the past few days, Gao Qiao has become more and more aware.
Li Mu seemed to have a sharp blade hidden by a thick sheath. Once he got the chance to be unsheathed, he would test his sharpness with blood.
It was also the first time in his life, Gao Qiao felt that he could not see through someone.
Therefore, even if he does not consider the differences in his identity, from the bottom of his heart, he is increasingly reluctant to marry his daughter to this person.
Feng Wei stepped forward and smiled and said, "Young Master Lu, General Li, if you have no objection, the school entrance exam will begin."
Lu Jianzhi looked solemn and bowed to him.
Li Mu had no expression on his face and nodded slightly.
Feng Wei turned to Xu Mi: "Please ask Situ to write a fu."
Several young children in green carried two tables and placed them on a clearing space left in the middle of the observation deck. They put paper, pen and ink on, and quickly retreated.
Although Xu Mi's literary talent is not outstanding, he can't defeat him by writing a 1,000-word parallel poem.
He came to the desk, rolled up his sleeves, picked up his pen, pondered for a moment, and sprinkled his ink, and soon wrote a thousand-character autumn fu.
Feng Wei read it all over and praised it with great talent, then said to Lu Jianzhi and Li Mu: "You two can start."
All around me became silent, and only the sound of pine waves blew from the mountain wind blew through the forest.
Lu Jianzhi looked at the autumn poem intently, closed his eyes for a moment, opened his eyes quickly, and quickly came to a desk with pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Under the surprised and admiring eyes of everyone, he picked up his pen and began to describe it silently.
Lu Guang glanced at Xu Mi on the opposite side, and couldn't help feeling happy when he saw his face look a little ugly.
Unexpectedly, immediately afterwards, Li Mu came to another desk and began to write quickly.
The onlookers were obviously surprised by this, and a humble voice came from all around.
Xu Bi suddenly became energetic and stared at Li Mu tightly.
The two of them did not pause in the middle, and they did it in one go, and finally put down the pen in their hands almost at the same time.
Feng Wei and Gao Qiao each reviewed one article.
Feng Wei quickly announced that Lu Jianzhi's silent statement was correct and approved.
He showed everyone the font on the paper was as elegant as a dragon, attracting admiration.
Lu Jianzhi turned around and ran towards the shooting range set up in the second level.
Gao Qiao also quickly finished Li Mu's handwritten book.
The font is rugged and the strength is penetrated through the back of the paper, but the aesthetics of calligraphy by people of the times are far from high-quality.
Gao Qiao raised his gaze and his eyes fell on the figure who was quietly waiting for him to let go. He suppressed a kind of unspeakable emotion that surged out of his heart and said lightly: "Li Muke continues the next level."
"Li Mu, hurry up!"
Xu Mi was overjoyed and jumped up from the seat almost all at once, urging him constantly.
Chapter completed!