The national teacher does not practice

Chapter 18

"Interesting?" Huang He was at a loss, but he didn't ask too much. The biggest gain from being a doctor is to make him understand what is meant by propriety.

Put the food box on the stone table in the courtyard, and brought out the dishes and rice from it. After finishing these, Huang He saw Ji Pingan went to the pond to wash off the dirt on his hands, and couldn't help but say:

"Young master, let me do such chores as planting flowers."

Ji Pingan wiped off his wet hands, smiled and shook his head:

"Everything pays attention to relaxation. Planting flowers is what I use to relax my mind when I'm tired. What are you fighting for?"

But you haven't done anything serious all day... Huang He muttered in his heart, doubting:

"Is it really tiring to play chess?"

During these days, Ji Ping'an's "interest" changed from sculpture to playing chess. He would spend a long time sitting under the peach tree, facing the chessboard by himself.

They don't need anyone to accompany them, it's just a game of fighting left and right, which lasts for several hours each time. Huang He once looked at it curiously and found that the chess game was ordinary.

Naturally, Ji Pingan would not tell him that he was using the chessboard to perform huge calculations, deducing the exact time when the stars in the universe would return to their positions day and night.

He thought for a while, then smiled and said:
"Do you think that playing chess is just playing with things? Little do you know that this is the most suitable method for 'star officials' to practice."

Huang He was stunned for a moment, with a look of disbelief, and muttered:
"My lord, you only find me happy. Playing chess can cultivate your sentiments, but what does it have to do with practice?"

Ji Pingan said "Hey", revealing his nature of being a good teacher:
"You know, Go was first used by the ancients to simulate the universe, observe the movement of celestial bodies, and perform divination calculations. The so-called 'national hand' was originally called the official who supervised the sky.

"There are 361 roads on the chessboard, apart from Tianyuan, the remaining 360 roads are combined into 360 Zhoutian; with Tianyuan as the base point, the chessboard is divided into four, referring to spring, summer, autumn and winter; every 90 roads is the number of days in a season; Zhou Dao has 72 roads. , corresponding to the 72nd time...

"The black and white two sons refer to day and night... The layout of the chessboard corresponds to Kyushu... It is called "Fenxing" in astronomy, and "Fenye" ​​in geography..."

Huang He was stunned when he heard it, and suddenly felt that he had benefited a lot, but he always felt that his son was making excuses for being lazy. He hesitated again and again, and said:
"Since you know so much, why don't you want to study hard? I know you are low-key, but it's not good if there are too many rumors outside. They are all criticizing you, saying that you haven't 'opened up' for so long..."

He complained for his son, and wanted to explain many times:

In fact, this year's freshmen are the most talented, and the first to break through is Ji Ping'an.

Ji Pingan smiled and said nothing, he didn't deliberately pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, although in order to avoid some troubles, he would not be too evil in the "practice talent" in the early stage.

But it is still possible to be an "excellent" Si Chen, and besides... if he wants to participate in the "God City Awards" in the summer and represent Qin Tianjian in the battle, he must also show enough talent.

The main reason why he didn't take any action was that he spent too much time on deduction and calculation work, and he didn't want to cause side effects at this stage and delay things.

The second reason is that he still hasn't figured out which "Jianhou" he wants to practice under.

Everyone thought that it was the five chief supervisors who were inspecting this group of freshmen, but no one knew that Ji Pingan was also inspecting his five useless disciples and grandchildren.

"Just...wait for a few more days." Ji Pingan thought:

When you finish the deduction, you can show some abilities appropriately.

"Oh." Huang He didn't believe it, wiped the chopsticks, handed them to the young master, and said casually:

"By the way, are you going out tonight so that I can prepare supper for you?"

Ji Pingan said, "I won't go tonight."

After these days of reading, he had already memorized all the information he wanted, so there was no need to go any further.

……

That night, Jian Zhuang, who was so excited, carried a lantern and stepped into the Library Pavilion early, but he didn't wait for the mysterious senior. He opened the note left behind, and there was no answer.

Immediately disappointed.

"Could it be that the senior didn't come tonight because of something?" Jian Zhuang thought, and spent the next few days squatting every night, but he never got any guidance from the senior.

In the eyes of the Sichens, Senior Brother Jian was out of his mind all day long, and looked in a bad mood.

After another half a month, Ji Ping'an was as usual, showing no progress.

He finally completed this magnificent calculation on the eve of the monthly exam.

Almost at the same time, the teachers in the school also received the notice of the end-of-month assessment.

……

early morning.

When the light illuminated the small courtyard that day, Huang He served Ji Pingan to wash and eat, and carefully prepared pens, inks, papers and inkstones one by one.

Prepare for the "monthly exam" in the morning. Yes, after a month of practice, it is finally the eve of the "Branch School". Which prison candidate will be selected and how much practice resources will be allocated in the future are closely related to the results of the monthly exam. .

Standing in front of the mirror and putting on the light blue robe, the master and servant went to the courtyard where the exam was held together.

When they arrived, there were already crowds of people outside the courtyard. The ministers either closed their eyes and rested their minds, or whispered to each other, or held notes and recited silently to grind their guns before the battle.

When many people saw Ji Ping'an coming, they looked away again. After this month of getting along, they had already "disenchanted" him.

"Brother Ji." Shi Jilun nodded in greeting, hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing, but it seemed that he had already said a lot.

Xue Hongjian, who has the temperament of a noble son, also walked over, with a complicated expression:

"After today, we will be separated. It may be difficult for us to see each other often. If you need anything, you can come to me."

He is worthy of being the son of the Duke... Obviously, in his opinion, Ji Ping'an will have a hard time passing this assessment, and he has not "raised his spirit" for a long time, so he is likely to fail the ranking.

In that case, he can only enter the Fourth Ministry in advance, and try to be an official, and he is willing to help him as a classmate.

Seeing this, the rest of Si Chen also more or less expressed friendliness and comfort.

This surprised Pei Sili, Jian Zhuang and others who were invigilating the exam not far away. They didn't expect Ji Pingan's popularity to be very good.

It's a pity... This world is based on interests after all, and they are still classmates now, but after the official practice in the branch school, they will no longer be in the same circle, just like many people talk about "connections" and think that if they have "connections", they will be able to get along well , but I don't want to think about it, we are not on the same level as each other, why should the nobles help you?
Ji Pingan thanked him with a smile, without any distress.

Huang He, who was following behind him, had a weird expression on his face, thinking that even if the young master's exam results depended on his defense, as long as he showed the state of "nourishing Qi", at least he would have no problem entering the branch school for cultivation.

"Okay, the time has come, the assessment begins."

At this time, Pei Sili, an old acquaintance in a black official robe embroidered with star maps, spoke.

The Chens stopped talking, and entered the corresponding position in the dormitory to answer according to the "number" they were assigned.

"Everyone, let me go to the side to rest first, and wait for the examination papers to be graded." A secretary said.

The number of Sichens is limited, so if you hand in the paper here, the score will be given immediately next door. Today, all the five courtyards sent Si Li to prepare to choose the desired disciple after the results come out.

As a "teacher", Jian Zhuang was also among them. At this time, he worried:

"Is this year's topic too difficult?"

An old Si Li stroked his beard:

"It's okay. If it's difficult, it's probably the last big question. I'm afraid no one can answer it."

The last question was posed by Marquis Li Guofeng, it was extremely difficult and esoteric, and several Sili felt headaches after reading the question.

Pei Sili smiled lightly and said:

"I didn't expect anyone to answer. Master Jianhou's original intention was to teach them the profound knowledge of astronomy and astrology, so as to sharpen their temper and save those astronomy students from being frivolous. In addition, even if they can't answer, just take a look at their thinking." It can be used as a basis for scoring."

……

On the other side, Dang Ji Pingan sat down in his seat, took out his pen and ink, and after unfolding the paper, he saw densely packed questions on the white paper.

He couldn't help but smile, because this set of "monthly exam" and test paper templates were copied from the Earth School, and even the structure of Qin Tianjian and the setting of branches were also referenced by modern universities.

As for the topic...

"Well, it's a little too simple and naive."

Ji Pingan shook his head, and turned directly to the last big question. Immediately, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and became a little angry after a while, thinking that this group of incompetent guys was too shameful.

"How can this question go wrong?"

　Thank you Li Shipu for another 500 rewards. Since the book was opened, every time I see those familiar ids in the background, I feel very emotional. After all, I am so stupid...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)