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Chapter 214 63: Tie Sutra
Although the Qianyuan Academy is located in the downtown area, it has always been covered by the Qimen Formation. Even if the people of Yujing live next to it, it is difficult to see its true face. Get its only scale feather.It is rare for the Qianyuan Academy to accept apprentices, and the common people will naturally not miss the opportunity to watch the excitement. After all, the recruitment of Qianyuan Academy is not as frequent as the regular examinations of Jinshi Mingjing.Changju has them every year, but Qianyuan Academy accepts apprentices irregularly, ranging from two to three years, and the longest interval is nearly 20 years.

There are four exams in the Academy, and only the first three are held in the Gongyuan. Today, the inner three floors and the outer three floors are surrounded by people beside the Gongyuan.Apart from men, women and children, all kinds of cars and chariots can be seen everywhere.The green canopy, golden curtains and colorful peacock fans complement each other in the morning light.Princes and aristocrats in red and purple robes are waiting to catch a good son-in-law at the bottom of the list, while young girls waiting to be married in the boudoir are looking forward to find a husband with bright eyes.

These bustles were separated by a white wall of the Tribute Courtyard. The Qingyang flag on the black tiles swayed in the wind. Nearly four hundred candidates gathered in one courtyard, but the surrounding area was extremely quiet.Everyone was called one after another, and after a while, the shout of "Qingling Li Dan in Lizhou" sounded.Li Chan took a step forward, and was taken by the officials to the Jianzhao Tower to the west.

There is an ancient mirror hanging high on the beam in Jianzhao building, from which the name of this building comes from.This mirror has an extraordinary origin. In ancient times, Ren Zu had a spirit clan under his command, who could recognize people's hearts, and was named "Qu Yishi" by Ren Zu.This ancient mirror is named after "Qu Yi". It is said that it is a miraculous treasure cast and tempered by Qu Yi's family, and it has the magic power to distinguish traitors.Li Chan passed under the mirror and looked up. Although the mirror showed his appearance, his reflected eyes were still as black as lacquer. He was secretly relieved, and was taken aside by the officials of the Ministry of Rites for a search.

The culture of Dayong Kingdom respects talents, so the body search before the exam is not too strict. The officials only checked Li Chan's belongings, and searched several places in his arms and armpits, and then let him out of the Jianzhao Building.

Hundreds of tables have been placed in the open space outside the building and under the verandah.Li Chan glanced over and saw a few familiar faces among the candidates, and then was escorted by the official to sit behind a long table under the verandah on the northwest side.

It was the chilly spring weather, and there was no shelter from the wind around. Those who entered the venue early had been sitting for a long time.Some people add charcoal to the hand stove, some people mention Baici Junchi and add water to the inkstone to grind ink, some people rub their hands in the cold wind, some people put their sleeves together and close their eyes to rest.

Li Chan put the lacquer box he brought with him on the table, arranged pens, ink, paper and inkstone, untied the water bag around his waist and hung it by the table, then put the hand stove under his feet, took out a piece of meat pie from the lacquer box, and served it on the table. It's hot on the stove.After he ate the meatloaf and patted off the oily crumbs between his fingers, all the candidates from Qianyuan Academy had already entered the arena.

The host of the exam this time is quite complicated. The Chongxuan and Xuanchan Second Departments have invited Gao Gong from the two religions to sit in the seat, and the Ministry of Rites is also in charge of the exam. The Qianyuan Academy only came to host the exam. Chen Yuzhai.At this time, it was close to Chenzheng. Chen Yuzhai appeared on the stage, his tongue was full of thunder, and he said something like "Qing and others are rich in learning and poor in poetry, trekking mountains and rivers". There must be nothing left behind." The officials of the Examination Department distributed the examination papers one by one. At this point, the spring examination of Qianyuan Academy officially started.

The first three exams at Qianyuan Academy were similar in form to Jinshi subjects, and the content was also similar to those in Qingque Palace, a holy place of Taoism.The first scientific examination of Qingque Palace is Taoist scriptures, and the first scientific examination of Qianyuan Academy is Tiejing.As for the content of the scriptures, there are [-] passages selected from the nine scriptures of the Three Rites, the Three Biography of the Spring and Autumn Period, Poems, Books, and Books of Changes.Ten scriptures were also selected from the Taoist "Tao De Jing" five thousand words and the Buddhist "Infinite Life Classic", two of the most widely circulated classics of the two religions in Dayong.Paste some of these scriptures on paper and let candidates fill in the gaps.

Just from one subject of this scripture, we can see the difficulty of Qianyuan Xuegong Spring Examination.As usual, only three characters are pasted in the scriptures for the imperial examination, but the number of words in the scriptures for the Qianyuan Academy Examination is uncertain.Not to mention, there were twice as many exam questions.These thirty paragraphs of scriptures, if you understand seven out of ten, you can pass the test.But even if you pass this level, you only have to pass the second level, and you have to successfully pass the next three levels before you have the opportunity to serve as a secretary, extension book, etc. in the academy.As for those who want to compete for the position of direct bachelors who only have twelve, they have to pass all thirty posts without any mistakes, and then they must be admitted to Jiake.

As the saying goes, there is no separation of the three religions. Although Li Chan was a homeless person in his early years, he actually accumulated some knowledge during the two years of studying Taoism in Qingque Palace.After adding the Dao, the mind becomes more and more agile, and it is almost impossible to forget it.According to his expectation, although the contents of the examination of the scriptures in the Qianyuan Academy are many, they are not uncommon.

But after opening the examination paper, he found that he had still underestimated the examiner's ability. Among the thirty scriptures on the examination paper, except for the first few, the others were selected either isolated quatrains or idiots. Words, it is not an exaggeration to say that they deliberately made things difficult.

Li Chan filled out a few scriptures and looked aside curiously.The desks in the examination room are only one foot apart, and there is nothing in between to block the line of sight. Not to mention the practitioners, as long as they have practiced martial arts to innate perfection and developed the eyesight that can detect autumn hairs in a dark room, they can easily see clearly. other people's test papers.

But as far as Li Chan could see, the test papers of others seemed to be a muddy pool of water, and only some handwriting could be vaguely seen.Surprised, Qingyan blinked, and finally caught a glimpse of some strange aura.These qi machines surrounded the entire tribute courtyard, and circulated among the desks. These desks, which seemed to be placed randomly, seemed to be arranged in a formation.

Li Chan was a little curious, and the person who answered the question beside him also had a relationship with him once. When Li Chan first arrived in Yujing, Sun Hengnian was the first one to write a poem in the Xinyuan Collection when Li Chan first came to Yujing.At this time, Sun Hengnian also noticed Li Chan's gaze. He was startled for a moment, then frowned, and turned his body slightly to one side, just blocking the examination paper.

Li Chan raised her eyebrows, fell silent for a while, shook her head and smiled silently, then stopped trying to spy on the formation, and lowered her head to answer with concentration.

Thirty post scriptures require only a few hundred words to fill in, but it takes a lot of energy. All students can't wait to search their stomachs to recall every word of the eleven scriptures, but they can only complete one subject within an hour.In the tribute courtyard, there was the sound of clothes rubbing against the table, breaths and sighs one after another, and the sound of the lotus flower bell under the Minghe Tower was so weak that it was almost imperceptible, but it was the most ear-piercing.

When the Lianhualou turned to Sizheng, the Daoist Gao Gong sitting in the examination room picked up the inconspicuous copper bell and shook it lightly.when!The fist-sized copper bell made a sound like a yellow bell.Some of the examinees put down their pens with confidence, some looked anxious, and some sighed in disappointment.After Li Chan finished writing thirty post scriptures, she was still a little unsure about two of the exam questions, and was still deliberating, but suddenly a corner of the exam paper was lifted by Wumingfeng.

Crashing, with the sound of pages turning, the two examination papers of 390 flew off the table as if they had grown wings, and fell like snowflakes to Chen Yuzhai on the Heming Tower, neatly stacked into three piles.Before the test paper was settled, Chen Yuzhai picked up a test paper, glanced at it, and threw it away casually, but the test paper floated steadily in front of the examiner Wailang.

"Yuzhou Zhangliu, but!"

After Chen Yuzhai sentenced one volume, his hands kept moving, and he picked up another volume.This time, it was "Jingzhou Yuanshoutian, Yike!"

The pages were turned and there was an uproar. Every time Chen Yuzhai said a word, the expression of a candidate in the examination room would change.Although it's only one subject of Tie Jing, there are about three adults, but most of the rest are B subjects, and only occasionally the voice of "such and such a subject" will be heard, attracting envious eyes.By the time Chen Yuzhai reported to be the 300th person, there had already been 39 winners in the scriptures.

After Chen Yuzhai reported the names of the four people in 310, he said no, then put aside the examination paper, and then shouted: "Sun Hengnian of Wuzhou, Division B!"

Hearing the result, Sun Hengnian was finally relieved, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he felt unwilling.This time, there are two scriptures that are too tricky, and they already have some clues, as long as they have a moment and a half to think about it, even Jiake can give it a go.He shook his head and sighed inwardly, turning his head to look at Li Dan beside him, he thought to himself, this person has not shown his face for a long time, yet he has managed to gain some reputation in Yujing City.However, the examination papers are important, but the scriptures are tested on real talents and real learning.When this person looked around during the exam, he didn't seem to be sure. If he couldn't even pass this first test, he would be ridiculous.

"Li Dan, Lizhou, Jiake!"

Chen Yuzhai's shout interrupted Sun Hengnian's thoughts.Sun Hengnian was stunned, but Li Chan also looked over and smiled at him.His lips moved, but he was speechless for a while, coughed dryly, and then recovered, responded to Li Chan's gaze, cupped his hands, feeling all kinds of feelings in his heart, and only squeezed out twice from his throat: "Congratulations, congratulations."

(End of this chapter)