I have a fortune book

Chapter 87
All three exam questions are issued, and candidates can answer according to their own time. Of course, most people choose to have one exam every three days.

This time distribution is the most reasonable, and it is also proved by countless historical experiences.

Even Zhou Bai didn't plan to finish writing ahead of time, because the Dragon Gate of the Tribute Court would not be reopened until August [-]th, and there were no special exceptions.

What's more, what he wants to take the exam is No. 1, so he must go all out, and his own luck is only enough to win the middle school, so he must be far ahead in terms of literary talent if he wants to be Zhong Jieyuan.

Literary talent and luck are important basis for ranking, and literary talent is the first screening threshold, the examiner will not even give you a chance to see your luck if you write nonsense articles.

In the first session, one poem and five major questions on the interpretation of the scriptures will be tested.

Poems or words are chosen by oneself. This time the rural examination only gave the theme, Tao.

After studying for many years, I would like to ask candidates if you have your own way now, and what insights can be expressed in poetry.

This made Zhou Bai stunned for a moment. The township examination he participated in in his previous life was not this session, but he had done the real test for dozens of sessions, so he didn't remember it was this topic.

He thought of a certain possibility, and his heartbeat slowed down by half a beat. Could it be that there was a change in the subsequent historical development?

But this question is not something that Zhou Bai can research in depth now. Whether it is true or not, he will continue to move forward in this life.

Dao, the way he realized?Zhou Bai lightly raised his head to look at the roof.

Outside there is the mighty blue sky, the supreme Nine Heavens, and they rule the world according to the will of the heavens.

So, with a wave of his pen, Zhou Bai wrote down the title of the poem in two big characters.

Heaven.

It's up to the poor, so why Lao sighed.

After writing the first sentence, there was no change on the rice paper. Judging from Zhou Bai's hopeful perspective, the somewhat red literary spirit drawn out by the pen and ink was firmly suppressed under the words by the force of suppression in the examination room.

But knowing what to do, don’t ask about your future.

In the second sentence, the pale gold literary spirit has been born, but the rice paper just trembled slightly, and there is still no abnormal phenomenon.

Bingxupan is gone in winter, and grass grows spontaneously in spring.

In the third sentence, the pale gold literary spirit suddenly became stronger, staining each word on the rice paper with gold, and the majestic literary spirit seemed to be gushing out.

The shadowy golden light flashed across the rice paper. Of course, this scene cannot be hidden from the invigilators. They are on the high platform where they can clearly observe all the halls, not to mention that they are also fellow Jinshi themselves, and they are extremely sensitive to literary atmosphere.

At this time, the exam time had just passed half a quarter of an hour, and some candidates had completed the golden energy poems. This is their meritorious service in Dingzhou education.

The inspector of Dingzhou was overjoyed, and quickly turned his head to ask the governor and the chief examiner if he should go down and check the situation.

However, as the chief examiner, the Hanlin Bachelor just glanced at the dormitory where Zhou Bai was located, and shook his head slightly.

Dingzhou's literature is not prosperous, although there has been no shortage of Qingwen, but Qingshi has been in the world for half a year.

Even if this student's poetic talent is extraordinary, it can't break the strict layout of the examination room, so there is no need to worry about the phenomenon of the golden poem just now, which will interfere with the order of the examination room.

Sure enough, in addition to the gold medal of the township and the governor's seal, there are other means to suppress the cultural phenomenon.

In the main hall, the invisible magic circle arranged by the Taoist officials worked, and within a short while, the golden light that appeared in the three-line poem disappeared in the void.

Zhou Bai didn't care about the unexpected world, but took a deep breath, and was about to write the last sentence.

Immediately, the majestic luck around him twisted into a ball, and suddenly poured into the writing brush he was holding. Every stroke and every word swung by the tip of the brush was extremely difficult.

Now Zhou Bai felt that what he was holding was not a pen, but a heavy burden, and drops of hot sweat gradually condensed on his back.

What he wants to write is a green poem, which contains Taoism and can be handed down from generation to generation, so it is naturally difficult to accomplish it overnight.

However, Zhou Bai's accumulation is worthy of any fellow Jinshi, his luck can only be possessed by a serious person, and his eloquent literary thinking finally allowed him to finish the last sentence.

Please observe this, the way of heaven is very clear.

As for this sentence, Zhou Bai wrote for an entire hour, exhausting most of his strength, and the blue shirt behind him was already soaked in sweat.

But all of this is worth it. Zhou Bai wrote a poem handed down from generation to generation in the Dingzhou Gongyuan!

In an instant, the pale green cultural atmosphere visible to the naked eye leaked out of the rice paper, rushed straight out of the hall, and pointed directly to the higher roof, where there are layers of legal nets.

However, Hanlin's gold medal and the governor's seal are not in vain. How can Qingqi really attack the magic circle and shake the layout of the town movement.

When most of the candidates didn't realize it, the chief examiner, Hanlin, directly picked up the gold medal and took a photo of Zhou Bai's dormitory No. [-].

Just looking at the shape of his mouth, he probably muttered silently: "The court's laws are above, and all laws are forbidden!"

The domineering and huge suppressing power immediately cut off the pale green spirit that rushed out of the house, and then Zhou Bai saw a gold medal dragon shadow above the poem, suppressing the green spirit bit by bit Back into the thin rice paper.

The examiners in the high hall came to their senses and left their seats to patrol to prevent commotion.

Fortunately, the main examiner reacted quickly, and not many candidates saw the abnormal green energy, and they were only limited to some dormitories in the dormitory area.

When Lei Haomiao, governor of Dingzhou, went to inspect these houses in person, the last slight commotion disappeared.

"Which young man is this? Does the state pay attention?" Lei Haomiao asked the assistant examiner next to him as he walked.

As the governor, he shouldn't be in charge of the exam himself, because it means that he will be locked up in the Gongyuan for nine days and six nights, and it will be difficult to deal with it in time if there is a major event outside.

However, this time the imperial court randomly monitored the key areas of Qiu Wei, and one of them was selected in Dingzhou.

In addition, Longting must have sent high-level gods to monitor, Dingzhou is as stable as Mount Tai at this time, and there must be no omissions.

It's just that Lei Haomiao never imagined that he was so lucky. As soon as the invigilator took the exam, some candidates wrote blue poems. This really gave him a face.

"Back to the governor, I may not know the others, but I still know a few seedlings in each county. Now Suzi No. [-], it should be Zhou Bai, the head of the case in Bei'an County, who was born in Pingcang Township." Inspector The business quality is excellent, and he quickly replied without thinking.

Lei Haomiao was also familiar with this name, and said, "Huh? It's that Captain Yunqi? I remember that an angel from Shenjing reported this situation a few days ago."

While talking, they found Su Zi No. [-], and received a signal, one of the clerks stepped forward and gently opened the curtain.

However, a group of big bosses who were curious about Zhou Bai were stunned when they saw the scene inside. Zhou Bai, a great talent who had just written a green poem, was already lying on the small bed and fell asleep.

If it wasn't for the noise suppression circles arranged in each dormitory, his snoring might have spread to nearby dormitories.

The assistant examiners were a little confused, but Xue Qing, a Hanlin scholar who was the main examiner, smiled knowingly.

"Qing Poetry is not so easy to write. He must have exhausted his mental, literary and physical strength, so he must sleep to recover." Lei Haomiao, as the governor, although the number of proctors is small, he has a lot of knowledge.

"That's right, it's just that this kid's mind is really extraordinary. If he can fall asleep in such a state, it's no wonder he can write green poems."

"Let's have a look." Xue Qing suppressed the excitement of wanting to taste a good poem, and walked to the examination table at a leisurely pace, and everyone followed him to have a look.

The four lines of verses above are neatly arranged on the rice paper, and before reading the content, the inspector couldn't help admiring.

"Good handwriting, strong bones and strong muscles, I didn't expect Zhou Bai's handwriting to be so majestic."

However, after seeing the content of the poem, no one made a sound for a long time. After a while, the few people who walked out of the dormitory were still thinking about it.

"The future of this son is unpredictable!"

……

When Zhou Bai woke up again, it was dusk, and the setting sun outside filtered through the window grille to cast a little afterglow, but it couldn't support the light in the house at all.

Zhou Bai stretched for a long time, and then unhurriedly lit the whale oil on the table, and then opened the door curtain, and brought in the lunch box that was just distributed.

The food of the township test is much better than that of the county test and the county test. The specially hired Chef Tasting Xuan makes all kinds of dim sum, a box full, plus water.

Although this kind of food is mainly light, it is better than a few oil cakes with water, otherwise, who can pass the exam after eating oil cakes for nine days.

After dinner, most of the examinees will burn the midnight oil, because the amount of questions in the three rounds is very large, and they are not particularly confident. Generally, no one will rest so early.

The same is true for Zhou Bai, he has just finished writing a poem, and the biggest topic of the first scene has not been moved yet.

Next is the interpretation of the scriptures. There are five major questions, each of which has quite a lot of small questions, which require detailed and reasonable words to interpret.

However, the classics and meaning questions are not difficult, it only depends on whether the examinee's literary foundation is solid.

In the various Taoist scriptures in the future, there are quite a lot of difficult words and sentences. This is also to test whether you, as a future student, can interpret unfamiliar sentences and whether you are ready to practice Taoism.

"Rather than flattering Ao, what's the point of flattering Zao?"

"Otherwise, if you offend the heavens, you will have nothing to pray for."

"Instead of flattering the God of God, it is better to flatter the God of the Kitchen. What does that mean?"

"It's not like that. If you offend the heavens, it's useless to go somewhere to pray and intercede."

……

In this way, Zhou Bai kept answering at an even speed, stepping through each small question one by one, without encountering any obstacles that were difficult to answer.

After all, these things have been smashed by scholars, and if you want to make it difficult for Juren, you only need the amount of questions.

Two days later, Zhou Bo started the second round of answers as scheduled, trying out a strategy and theory, and trying out edicts, judgments, lists, and edicts.

The amount of questions is not large, but they are complicated and diverse. The imperial court is taking the general affairs test in this session, and it is necessary to screen out talents who can manage the world.

Juren is used as the threshold for becoming an official, and they often serve as small officials of the ninth and eighth ranks. These small officials are related to the operation of the grassroots and are the foundation of the entire court system.

Zhou Bai naturally did not hesitate to deal with official documents such as imperial edicts, judgments, lists, and edicts.

For two whole days, he polished these official documents to be flawless, even if the old officials came to review them, they couldn't find any faults.

It's just that these official documents, although they are mixed with the writing styles of various masters, appear to be complete, but they still lack some spirituality after all.

A golden aura is smoldering under the paper, and even if the words are shimmering with golden light, they can't cause any vision. He is now a key supervisor of the magic circle.

Just look at the examiners on the high seat looking sideways, and you will know that Su Zi No. [-] can't turn the sky here.

Of course, the selection of talents in the world is not only based on whether you can write official documents, but also whether you have the corresponding potential.

After all, the imperial court does not really only hope to recruit a few "laymen", but also hopes that you can have your own thinking on political issues and contribute your own strategies to the imperial court.

In order to express his importance to this topic, Zhou Bai deliberately set aside a whole day to write.

The topic of this rural examination policy theory is very sensitive and novel, and it has never appeared in memory. At this time, Zhou Bai has already faintly understood that the subsequent history may really not go according to his memory.

"On the long-term stability of the dynasty."

This is directly asking the examinees of Ce Yu this year, how the imperial court should continue to maintain a stable rule. Obviously, some farsighted people at the top seem to have foreseen the turbulent undercurrent of the 46-year peace.

Zhou Bai closed his eyes and thought about the direction to answer the question. After a long time, he took a look at the surrounding luck.

The entire examination room of the Gongyuan is like a big steaming box, where the candidates are steamed, and strands of luck are constantly rising, stimulating their literary talents all the time.

In the literary atmosphere, there is actually not much whiteness at this time, most of them are light red or even dark red, and these literary atmospheres do not attract any attention.

Only a trace of gold gas protruding from everywhere from time to time will provoke the timely suppression of the Great Seal of Transport and the magic circle, and an invisible force will cut through it, and the examination room will become a red-dominated world again.

After a rough look, Zhou Bai didn't seem to have found any great talent who threatened him, so he turned his head and buried himself in the discussion to answer.

How to make the dynasty last forever, he smiled and wrote his own title.

On military affairs.

Regardless of troubled times or peaceful times, if the court has enough force, it can calm all turmoil.

"The ordinary military power of the secular dynasty is ultimately the soldiers of the army, not the extraordinary way...every time I see a man of Jiezhou, he holds a lance, and he lives in peace and joy in fighting. Keep it general. Husband! There must be laws in everything between heaven and earth, and there is no such thing as civil and military affairs.

The country's various systems are extensively prepared, and all the laws and regulations of punishment, prison, money, and valley are from time to time, extensive and strict, and new.However, there are very few laws of war, and Jiazi has not seen anyone who has given them any training.How can it be true that peace has been achieved for thousands of years, and nothing is mediocre in martial arts..."

After writing an eloquent and majestic essay, the rich golden aura under the rice paper is close to a qualitative change, but the green aura still hasn't been produced.

This scene made Governor Lei Haomiao very regretful, wishing to go up and ask Zhou Bai to add two more strokes to perfect it, maybe another green article will be published this year.

Only the examiner Xue Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about something, this kid couldn't be doing it on purpose.

If you take the next Chunwei Examination, you can no longer overdraw your literary spirit at will, because most of the winners of the gold list can only write green essays to be safe.

"No, that boy Zhou Bai seems to be targeted by someone, and his luck has been suppressed somewhere?" Lei Haomiao suddenly looked serious, and whispered in Xue Qing's ear.

Xue Qing nodded slightly, and calmly picked up the gold medal and shone it on Su Zi No. [-] again, this time for a little longer.

Sure enough, apart from Zhou Baiwen's style of writing was suppressed, his "tricks" were also revealed.

A small image was revealed on the gold medal, which was Zhou Bai's outer luck.

A poisonous dragon with its fangs and claws was silently staying outside, and the invisible poisonous gas emitted from its body made Zhou Bai's foreign luck have to divide his troops to defend.

"Flood dragon evil? This little guy has offended the royal family?" Lei Haomiao asked in a serious and puzzled manner.

Before Xue Qing opened his mouth, the elusive and mysterious old Taoist suddenly appeared, and he muffled a smile, which seemed to be slightly teasing.

"I didn't expect such a genius to be targeted and abandoned by the court. I'm too narrow-minded. Why don't I just follow my heart and seek longevity."

"Not to mention anything else, Lao Dao will give him my only closed disciple!"

Xue Qing couldn't bear it anymore, and didn't care about any respect, so he snorted coldly and said: "A real person may not think too well. If you dare to snatch the talents selected by the National Talent Ceremony, then you just wait."

"That's right, old man, there's a minister in the state government office, so what's the target of some unworthy descendants of the royal family?" Lei Haomiao also said in a choked voice.

"By the holy decree, external evils are forbidden!" Xue Qing stopped talking, but raised the gold medal coldly and shouted.

A small golden dragon immediately manifested in the gold medal, and rushed straight towards the poisonous dragon. Under the power of a pure real dragon, the mere poisonous dragon could not resist, and disappeared without a trace within a moment.

Seeing this, the old Taoist Yinshen knew that there would be no more chances, so he stroked his beard, made two hey sounds and disappeared again.

August [-]th is the start time of the third session. This session only examines the Daoist scripture interpretation questions, but anyone who answers according to the schedule should have finished the first two sessions by this time.

It's just that those who went as smoothly as Zhou Bai were a minority after all, not to mention the examinees who hadn't finished the first two questions, at this time there were already a group of frail talents who couldn't hold on.

During the process of Zhou Bai's answering, from time to time, a few candidates wrote that they vomited blood, and then they were carried out by the soldiers guarding outside, and there were specialized doctors outside to treat them.

A small number of candidates will come back with strong will, and most of them will never return. They don't have energy and luck, and they don't have enough luck to support them to stay in this big steamer.

After all, the last test is about the interpretation of the Taoist scriptures. Answering these questions about the Taoist scriptures requires a strong spirit.

"Tao is a thing, but it is trance. When it is trance, there is an image in it; in a trance, there is something in it. If it is dark, there is essence in it; if the essence is so real, there is faith in it."

"Everything bears yin and embraces yang, and rushes into harmony."

"...It is the way of deep roots and long-term vision."

To be honest, each of these scripture questions is very mysterious, and different people may get different answers, and this is the charm of the third exam.

There is no standard answer, it just depends on your understanding of the Five Emperors General Outline, those with better comprehension and better expression will be given high marks.

After three days of answering carefully, there was no fluctuation in literary spirit, and Zhou Bai had expected it long ago, and he was not surprised.

On August [-]th, just after Shen time in the afternoon, the crisp sound of the gong resounded through the audience, and the creaking sound of the dragon gate opening was also very clear.

"The exam is over, all the students stop writing and go out from the dragon gate in an orderly manner!"

(End of this chapter)