Chen Shi was shocked and stood up immediately.
"Didn't you see it?"
He loudly questioned Bi Yan and Zhi Zhi, "We are cheating! He is writing explanations for me!" Bi Yan and Zhi Zhi walked around in the hall with dignity.
An examiner shouted: "No noise! ​​Sit down!"
Before Chen Shi could speak, Zhang You smiled and said, "Chen Jieyuan, sit down. This hall is designed for fraud. Even if you write a blank paper and write some rebellious words, what you hand in will still be a smooth and gorgeous article. , you are still on the list."
Chen Shi's eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "Is this hall used for fraud?"
Zhang You said with a smile: "We, the children of the Thirteenth Family, all take exams in this hall. This has always been the case. This literary test is just a show for outsiders. There should be thirteen people here, and there are more than 13 people here this year. Two of them were killed, totaling fifteen people, but I didn’t expect that the other twelve brothers were missing, neither alive nor dead, so only the three of us were left.”
He glanced at the young master and saw that the twelve missing people were originally the young master's allies.
The reason why he didn't die was because he was not an ally of the young master. He was not there when Chen Shi killed him at Qixia Temple.
The young master sat there, looked at the clerk who was writing for him, and said, "Does Chen Jieyuan feel unfair? Don't forget, you have also enjoyed the injustice. You are also one of us."
Chen Shi sat down and was silent for a moment, a little sad, and said: "My father was outside just now and told me how fair and serious this exam is. He said that these two mythical beasts will know everything clearly and that any cheating method, even using ghosts and gods, will be difficult." Escape from their eyes and ears. But he didn't expect that after entering this hall, even the observant Bian and the negotiators would help you cheat. He always thought that the literary test was fair. "
"No whispering," the examiner said expressionlessly.
Zhang You ignored the examiner and said with a smile: "This is why your father's articles were so famous in Xijing back then and why Xijing paper was so expensive. His articles were written from his feelings and had something to say. They were not like our articles, but these small officials It’s just an eight-legged essay.”
Chen Shi sighed and whispered: "How can a poor person compete with an aristocratic family? My father, for example, has been deceived his whole life."
He thought of the situation when Chen Tang did not let him bring various weapons. He was so serious and cautious, and he couldn't help but feel sad for the candidates in other examination rooms. They thought that the literary test was a fair test. They might not be able to compare to the martial arts test. Children of aristocratic families, but in the literary test, their self-confidence is not weaker than others.
They study hard in a cold window, thinking that if they learn the knowledge of the saints, they will be able to practice it effectively, cultivate themselves, manage their families, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. They are really too scholarly!
The young master turned around and said, "So it is necessary for the true king to take charge of the court again to bring order to the chaos. Brother Chen Jieyuan and Zhang You, you should help me!" Chen Shi said indifferently: "Have you washed your neck?"
The young master sighed with some resentment: "You are still so prejudiced against me."
Chen Shi looked at his test paper. The clerk turned a deaf ear to their words and was still writing furiously. His words were written in four or six parallel lines, which were extremely gorgeous, but their words had no meaning and were very empty.
"Furthermore, his understanding of the meaning of the scripture is also wrong. Thunder is in the sky, and it is very powerful. A gentleman should not do anything inappropriate. He thought this sentence means that thunder is in the sky, and a gentleman should not do anything inappropriate. This is a great fallacy.
Chen Shi sneered and thought to himself, "This sentence clearly means that when you encounter someone who doesn't know etiquette, you should first lay down thunder in the sky so that he can't come out of the Yuanshen Yuanying. Then you can use your energy and blood to strengthen my body and knock him down with bravery."
The opponent, trample the ungodly person under your feet! This is clearly a saint teaching us how to fight and how to defeat our opponents."
He sighed secretly and whispered: "They just don't want me to be the top pick in high school and deprive me of the opportunity to show my talent."
His interest was waning, and the thirteenth noble family controlled the government and misinterpreted the knowledge of saints. What could he do no matter how good he was in writing? The top three in the literary examination were determined to be in this hall, but he was by no means the first.
The three clerks quickly wrote their test papers and placed them in front of them. They held them down with paperweights for an hour. After the examiner collected the papers, they were allowed to leave the examination room.
Chen Shi walked out of the Ceremony Department and felt the glare of the sun outside.
Chen Tang stepped forward, a little anxious, but still calm and unhurried, and said slowly: "How do you feel?" Chen Shi looked as normal and said: "It's not bad, it's a topic that Zhu Xiucai talked about."
Chen Tang obviously relaxed and said with a smile: "Zhu Xiucai said, there must be no problem. He is extremely talented. When he taught me, I thought he was just an ordinary ghost scholar. I didn't expect that he would go from the county examination to the provincial examination to become a master.
In the imperial examination, I passed all the tests and defeated the generals, with few opponents."
As the father and son walked and talked, Chen Shi said: "Zhu Xiucai was so knowledgeable. He taught you, his fifth uncle, and me. Maybe grandpa learned from him. Why did he hang himself outside Huangpo Village?"
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Chen Tang was slightly startled. He had thought about this question but had no answer.
Zhu Xiucai was highly talented, powerful, and possessed all kinds of mysterious skills. Logically speaking, such a peerless master would never hang himself to death. But he did.
When he was hanged, he was just a scholar, not the top pick or something. What made him despair and would rather die?
"I don't know." Chen Tang said
Chen Shi said: "I didn't know the answer before, but today I took the big test and I finally know it." Chen Tang looked at his profile and felt that his son had become much more mature.
In the afternoon, I took a martial arts test at the martial arts field of Shenji Camp outside Xijing City.
The Shenji Camp Martial Arts Arena is a shooting range, a place used to fire guns and fire cannons. This time it is a technical test, and the test is about magic.
The targets are set up on the mountains east of Xijing and are divided into ten-mile targets, twenty-mile targets, forty-mile targets, sixty-mile targets, eighty-mile targets and hundred-mile targets.
There are twelve targets in each place. Each target has a number written on it. There are soldiers waiting next to it with flags. If the target is hit, a yellow flag will be raised. If the target is not hit, a white flag will be raised.
The assessment goal is very simple, that is, stand on the altar of the martial arts arena and hit these six targets within one stick of incense time. There is no limit to the number of times. Any spell can be used.
Chen Shi came to the examination room and looked from a distance. The target ten miles away was as big as the tip of a needle and was invisible to the naked eye of ordinary people. Only by using talismans such as the Sky Eye Talisman and the Divine Eye Talisman could he see clearly.
A target twenty miles away can only be seen clearly by using the Nascent Soul.
If you want to see clearly a target hundreds of miles away, I am afraid that only the soul can see it clearly. And the magic limit of the monks in the realm of gods is exactly a hundred miles away.
But this time the magic test not only needs to look at the distance, but also needs to look at the head. It is basically difficult to control the head when a spell is emitted, which can reach hundreds of miles away. Therefore, it is not a small challenge even for Juren in the realm of gods.
If you don't cultivate Nascent Soul, you can't even hit a target ten miles away.
The literary test is extremely strict, but the martial arts test is extremely lax. There are a sea of ​​people outside the venue, all of whom are people from Xijing, coming here to watch the fun.
In front of Chen Shi, there were many Juren who were taking the test. Twelve Juren were standing on different altars. The altars were marked with numbers. The Juren held their breaths and concentrated, offering sacrifices to the Nascent Soul or Golden Pill to activate the spells.
Their spells are also different, including wind, fire, water, thunder, knives, spears, swords, halberds, and even heretical spells such as ghost control and transportation.
There are also some talisman masters who draw talisman in the air, showing extremely high attainments in talisman and casting spells with talismans, which is very amazing.
However, among the twelve people, only five hit the first target, and only two hit the second target. No one could hit the third target, and as for the fourth and fifth targets
Don't even think about the sixth target.
After this group of candidates, twelve more candidates came to the altar. The chief examiner lit a stick of incense and allowed the twelve candidates to do whatever they wanted.
Among these twelve people, there was someone who practiced the Flying Head Technique. Suddenly his head flew out from his neck, carrying his throat bone and heart, and flew into the air. It was really eye-catching. Chen Shi came closer, raised his toes and pointed toward the person.
Looking inside the head and body, I saw that after the man's head, heart and liver flew out, there was no blood flowing out of the body, and other organs were still active.
"Don't fly too far, be careful of other people's spells hurting you!" An examiner also reminded him with a kind heart. The man's head flew halfway, and suddenly his heart dropped, but he was hit by someone's spell.
As soon as the heart and liver fell, the head also fell off. The headless body of the man stood up in a hurry and ran towards the place where his head and heart and liver fell. He ran dozens of feet away. Suddenly, blood gushed out from his neck like a spring, and he fell to the ground with a thump.
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The people watching from the outside were horrified, and the chatter became much louder. Then some soldiers from the Shenji Battalion raised a sign of silence. The next group of candidates who took the exam were much calmer, and it was Chen Shi who brought that group.
Soon, all twelve people hit the ten-mile target, attracting the examiner's attention.
Then, these twelve people hit the second target, causing an uproar. Many examiners hurriedly checked the origins of these twelve people, only to find that they were not descendants of aristocratic families.
On the third target, two people missed the target and failed to hit it. On the fourth target, three more people missed the target.
Many examiners were astonished, and people outside the venue were whispering to each other and talking a lot. Logically speaking, Juren who came from a poor family and passed the college entrance examination was the foil for the children of aristocratic families. Those with excellent qualifications could only hit the first target and the second target.
That’s it. Don’t even think about hitting the third target!
But this time, among the twelve people, most of the third target hit the target!
At this time, there was an uproar from the crowd. Four people hit the fifth target! "These four people have reached the Nascent Soul Realm!"
Many examiners were shocked and looked at these candidates.
The skills practiced by these twelve Juren are definitely no worse than those practiced by the disciples of the aristocratic family, and can even be compared with the techniques practiced by the core disciples of the aristocratic family! The remaining four Juren each activated their spells, and spells passed through the air, leaving behind
Rays of light rush towards the target a hundred miles away!
After a while, the soldier standing by the target raised a white flag, and all four spells failed to hit the target.
The four Juren were dejected, but the examiners were extremely surprised. Although their spells did not hit the target, the spells were not far from the target of a hundred miles! This shows that although these four Juren are at the Nascent Soul realm, their strength is not
Extremely close to the state of transformation into gods!
The skills they practice must be extraordinary!
The twelve candidates came off the stage, passed by Chen Shi, and saluted Chen Shi. "Coach!" "Coach!" "Coach must win the top prize!"
Chen Shi nodded one by one, wondering in his heart: "Why do they call me instructor? Have they also joined the Heavenly Court? No, they should have joined the Hongshan Hall Talisman Masters Association. I am temporarily serving as the instructor in the Hongshan Hall Talisman Masters Association. Every day
The monthly salary is fifty taels of silver."
At this time, twelve more candidates came on stage.
There was an uproar again. None of the ten-mile targets were missed! None of the twenty-mile targets were missed!
Thirty miles of targets, not a single one missed!
This time, the results of the 12th National People's Congress were even better than the previous one, with five people hitting the fifth target!
It's just that the sixth target is the magic limit of the God Transformation Realm. Even if they are extremely good, they can't make their magic penetrate hundreds of miles! The twelve people walked down the altar, passed by Chen Shi, and all greeted him.
"Coach!" "Coach!" "Coach hits three points in a row!" Chen Shi watched them leave.
Juren who came on stage next brought shock after wave. Although he was in the Nascent Soul Realm, his strength was so strong that he could catch up with the masters of the Transformation God Realm!
Moreover, these people often come from the countryside, have no background, and have poor family backgrounds. Their parents are farming or doing small businesses in the countryside, and they themselves are engaged in lowly professions such as talisman masters or alchemy carpenters.
They even compared themselves with many children from small aristocratic families!
What shocked the examiners even more was that there were so many such candidates!
In the past, the appearance of one or two rural candidates was already a big deal. In the future, such candidates will be reused and placed in important positions. But now, there are actually dozens of people, and the number is still increasing rapidly!
When these candidates came down from the altar, they would always pass by Chen Shi and greet him as the leader! "They are the candidates that Chen Shi brought to Xijing!" someone exclaimed in shock.
Chen Shi was quite touched. This scene was even happier than when he passed the Huiyuan exam or even passed the top three!
These candidates who accompanied him to Xijing did not bury their talents in this big exam and lived up to the expectations of their parents. This exam will definitely leave a glorious page because of the brilliant performance of these poor children!
He smiled. What does it mean for a person to be the number one scholar?
It would be interesting to take two to three hundred people with him to pass the Jinshi examination and squeeze out many children from aristocratic families! At this time, he noticed a pair of eyes falling on his back. Chen Shi looked back and met the young master's His eyes. These eyes were cold and full of chill. They no longer had any intention of wooing him, but were full of guarding and fear.
Chen Shi smiled slightly and ignored him.
At this time, there was a roar all around, and many candidates and examiners, as well as people outside the venue, stood up one after another.
Some people activate spells such as the Eye of the Sky, some use mirrors, and some simply grow a third eye on their forehead, or grow eyes on their hands, and look towards the hillside a hundred miles away to check carefully.
"Someone hit the target!" "He's not from a noble family!"
"It's a girl, she's very beautiful!" people exclaimed.
Chen Shi looked over and saw Hu Feifei on the altar looking heroic and proud, with a proud face. "Sister Feifei sneaked in?"
Chen Shi was stunned and thought to himself, "Uncle Hu really knows the big officials in Xijing and brought her in?" Finally, it was Chen Shi's turn to raise people, including the young master and Zhang You.
Chen Shi stood on the No. 2 altar and looked at the target a hundred miles away. He activated his Heavenly Eye spell and the target a hundred miles away was clear and distinct. Young Master was on the No. 1 altar, and Zhang You was on the No. 3 altar.
Suddenly, the young master raised his hand, and the flames filled the sky and swept away. Targets No. 1 and 2 were all burned along the way, and they swept past like a torrent, all the way to the sixth target a hundred miles away!
On the hillside, twelve yellow flags were raised.
The young master walked down the altar and said calmly: "Chen Shi, I will help you hit the target, so you don't have to work anymore."
Chen Shi looked at his back, and the young master felt the murderous intent in his eyes. It was so strong that he couldn't help but be highly nervous and his back tensed. Cold sweat broke out on the young master's forehead, and his walking was no longer natural, and his steps became strange and twisted. .
"It doesn't count if someone else takes the exam for you."
At this time, the voice of the Minister of Rites came, shouting, "Chen Shi will take the exam again."
This shout shook Chen Shi's murderous aura away. Chen Shi looked away, glanced at the Minister of Rites, and suddenly raised his hand. Countless gravels in the field flew into the air, whizzed away, hit hundreds of miles away, and passed through each target. , nothing failed!
Chapter completed!