Be a master through ancient times

Because of the "detour", some students have left in anger, and most of those who stayed have answered the questions.

Rossi pulled himself together and asked a few elders to judge how well everyone answered the questions.These elders looked at it for a long time, and finally judged it.

Because everyone's questions are not the same, there are two piles, one pile is for the answers that meet the meaning of the questions, and the other pile is for the answers that do not meet the meaning of the questions.Among those who do not meet the meaning of the title, a student is the last, and he will be punished.

And the best answer here is an article.This article is rich in rhetoric and literary talent. It must be a very talented person who can write such an article in a short period of time.

The student who got the first place didn't have to worry about being the last one. He was only asked to choose the same talent to perform.

The last student breathed a sigh of relief, then took out the flute he carried with him, stood in the middle and played it.

The north wind stopped at some point, and snowflakes floated from the gloomy sky, falling on the student in the middle.There are falling snow and red plums. In such a beautiful scene, a handsome young man with his eyes closed, playing music, will undoubtedly leave a deep impression on people.

While everyone was intoxicated by the music, Xie Xiangfei walked over with a face full of resentment, and looked through the pile of answer sheets that matched the questions.

Chuci was ranked in the middle because there was only one number.When Xie Xiangfei found him, he couldn't help curling his lips, and then said to himself: "It must be a fluke that he was able to untie it!"

"Yeah, thank you Brother Fei for the question, Xiaosheng is very grateful." Chu Ci approached him and whispered, making Xie Xiangfei jump three steps away in shock.

Everyone looked at him surprised and surprised, and Chu Ci had already changed his expression to be innocent, and looked at him with the same eyes.

Cunning, really sly!Xie Xiangfei was a little annoyed, he was a dignified student from the Northern Province, who was just next to the capital, and was tricked by a person from a remote place.He even started conspiracy theories, thinking that Chu Ci had already calculated that he would change the topic, and thinking about it further, he even felt that Chu Ci was deliberately wearing the same clothes as him to anger him.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh that this person had a deep plan, and looked at Chu Ci with eyes full of fear.

Chu Ci: Black question mark face? ?

Didn't he just say a word, is it necessary to look like this?From that expression, one can tell that Fei Fei has made up a lot of things in his brain, and he really wants to say something to him, brain making up is a disease, and it needs to be cured!

After playing the game, seeing that the snow was getting bigger and bigger, Rossi put the prepared banquet in Merlin's warm pavilion.

Rossi said: "The weather is cold, and ordinary dishes tend to be cold. If you cook them again and again, it will inevitably lose their taste. Today, Xiaosheng has prepared a Boxia offering for everyone. The pots are divided into red and white. You can choose what you like to eat."

"This is good." Everyone nodded. It's like this in winter. No matter what kind of food you eat, it will get cold after a while.This Boxia offering is different, the more you eat, the hotter it gets.

Chuci thought for a while what kind of dish this Boxia offering was, and why it sounded so familiar.After a while, he suddenly remembered that he had read this rosy glow in a book, which introduced the diet of people in the Song Dynasty. It looks extremely elegant.In fact, this is the modern hot pot.

Taking a closer look, sure enough, on every table inside, there is a copper hot pot, which is bubbling and steaming.

There are many dishes on the table, including green vegetables that are not seen in the market now, and they are also on the top.Presumably, they should all be transported from the hot spring Zhuangzi near the capital.It seems that Rossi's family background is not simple!

Chu Ci occupied a table with a few new students, and each took a small plate to make dipping sauce.Chu Ci inspected it, but unfortunately did not find the sesame sauce, so he could only mix some other things into the bowl.

Fortunately, all these ancient ingredients have a natural and rustic taste, just put them in the pot for a while, dip them in a bowl, wrap them in seasonings, and put them in your mouth. It is also very good to eat.

It was snowing outside and steaming inside.Everyone eats hot pot and drinks the clear and mellow plum wine. If they are tired, they open the window to enjoy the red and white plum blossoms in the snow. After a while, they can eat again.

Chu Ci felt that it was quite interesting to participate once in a while, but it was unnecessary to participate every time, so he did not participate again from that time on December [-]th.

The weather is getting colder and colder. Fortunately, there are earth dragons in the rented house, otherwise I really don't know if a pot of charcoal fire is enough to keep warm.

Chu Ci has been studying on the kang these days, and when he gets tired of reading, he walks around the room a few times, exercising.

Time passed slowly in such an ordinary day, and it was already thirty in the blink of an eye.

The curfew was lifted in the capital on the evening of the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year, and it will not return to normal until the [-]th day of the first lunar month.

Thinking of the happy family reunion last year, but this year only he and Zhang Hu were here, Chu Ci couldn't help feeling a little sad.With emotion, he actually made a poem, which he himself felt was better than the ones he had written before. After all, it was something sincere.

Zhang Hu didn't have as much melancholy as he did. He happily prepared everything, and then called Chu Ci to perform various salutes together.

All the New Year's Eve dinners are also prepared by Zhang Hu. Although they look mediocre, they taste pretty good.When he was full of wine and food, Chu Ci chatted with Zhang Hu about family affairs.

Children are like this, if you don't tell him some things, he won't think of them, but once you say them, he will be very troubled.Zhang Hu cried all night with the help of wine, and Chu Ci didn't close his eyes all night, so he managed to keep the year.

Firecrackers are set off on the first day of the new year, and the Lantern Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chu Ci finally came out for a walk.During this period of time, apart from paying homage to Master Mu for a new year, he was just sitting in the room reading and making fusses.

The streets of the capital are especially lively. A wealthy businessman set off fireworks in an open area of ​​the city. The scene can only be described as "the east wind blows thousands of trees at night. It blows down and the stars are like rain".

Carved BMW cars are shuttled on the streets of the capital, and occasionally you can see beauties wearing Er Xueliu with white gauze on their faces, holding palace lanterns, and walking with a burst of fragrant wind.

This bustling scene made Chuci feel in a trance for a moment, thinking of that prosperous era.

"Master, what's the matter with you?" Zhang Hu walked ahead enthusiastically, holding a rabbit lantern in his hand. It was hard to imagine that among the many palace lanterns, he would choose to take a rabbit.

"It's nothing, let's go." Chu Ci smiled at him and continued to walk forward.

After all, he didn't have the luck of Layman Jiaxuan. He wandered all night, but he couldn't "suddenly look back" and find someone "in a dimly lit place".

Xu Shi suffered from a bit of wind and cold that night, and after Chu Ci returned to his residence, he had been coughing a bit, and took several medicines but it didn't help.Zhang Hu was so anxious that he heard a folk prescription from somewhere, and stewed white radish with rock sugar for him to eat.It was strange to say that Chu Ci couldn't hold back him, and after eating for a few days, his cough did heal.

Zhang Hu was very grateful to his mother-in-law who told him the recipe, but Chu Ci privately thought that his body couldn't bear the smell of this weird combination, and he didn't dare to cough anymore.

When he is in good health, he can go to the Ministry of Officials to get the documents for the candidates.

The day before the scientific examination, Chu Ci was a little restless, because his friends Chen Zifang and Jiang Huai hadn't arrived in the capital yet.Of course, it is not ruled out that they may have arrived, but due to the large size of the capital, they cannot be contacted.

Although Chu Ci left a note in the Xijiang Guild Hall.He gave the uncle some money and told him to give the note to Chen Zifang or Jiang Huai if he saw them.

The scientific examination borrowed the venue of the Guozijian, and there were thousands of participants.Chu Ci chose a seat near the door and kept staring at the door.He hoped that Jiang Huai and Chen Zifang would enter the examination room at the last moment and smile brightly at him, just like the TV shows.

He saw Shen Congfei from Junshan County, Li Shangen and others from the Guozijian in Xijiang Province, but he didn't see the two people he wanted to see.

He kept watching the door until it was tightly closed, but he still couldn't see the figures of the two.

I don't know if it was the influence of this mood, but the Chu Ci subject test was not ideal, and he was ranked in the top 300 places.Even worse than the few people who ranked below him before.

Naturally, Li Shangen and the others gloated a little, but while they were happy, it was inevitable that they felt hurt by something.At that time in Xijiang Province, they competed together for the position of Jieyuan.But in this huge capital city, facing students from all over the country, they couldn't help but think that compared to people from other places, this Chu Ci didn't look as hideous as before.

Shen Congfei and Chu Ci have always had a good chat, and he was very worried about his state, so he came to him several times to enlighten him.Chu Ci was grateful for his kindness, and slowly let go of it.

The two of them didn't know what kind of problem they encountered, but he had already said before that he would wait for all of them in the capital.

If he did not do well in the exam because of his worries, he would not only be sorry for his family and the two gentlemen, but also for those classmates and friends who were eagerly looking forward to him.

For the next month or so, Chu Ci worked harder on his studies, and the time was getting later and later, and he truly achieved "the lights on the third watch and the chicken on the fifth watch".

While studying, he did not ignore his body.Wu Qin Xi, which had been suspended for a while, started to practice again.

The first test will be held on the ninth day of February. At this time, the sun may be shining brightly in the south, but the winter in the north is still as cold as ever.

In such weather, it is far from enough to rely on a few unlined clothes and a pot of charcoal fire.If there is no strong body support, I am afraid that the first game will fall down.

No wonder the sages would say that "suffering one's will and laboring one's muscles and bones" can "benefit what one cannot do". How can a great cause be achieved without a little bit of suffering?

A few days before the test, Chu Ci ordered Zhang Hu to stop the earth dragon in his room, and only supported it with a brazier at night.

After a few days of trembling like this, his body gradually adapted to the temperature.

On the seventh day of February, Zhang Hu began to prepare things for Chuci to use for the trial.He had never done this kind of thing before, and he was afraid that he could not do it well, so he went to Ah Wen to learn from him.Ah Wen taught him many things tirelessly, and Zhang Hu listened very carefully.

Chu Ci looked at the things he had prepared, and then praised him a few words. He was so happy that Zhang Huya couldn't see him, and he worked harder.

In addition to Zhang Hubei's stuff, Chu Ci also put some warming and tonic herbs in it, and ginseng was also sent to the medical clinic, and the doctor made it into ginseng slices, which can be contained in the mouth, which has the effect of strengthening the body and nourishing the vitality, promoting body fluid and calming the nerves .

Most of the general examination and the rural examination are similar, and the time for the only examination is shorter, a total of nine days and six nights.

In other words, they entered the venue on the [-]th of February, and then handed in their papers and left on the morning of the [-]th.The time for the real exam is only one day and one night.

It is undoubtedly very energy-consuming to make so many articles in one day and one night.Fortunately, the applicants present had already been screened out by the big waves in the township examination field, so although the time was tight, it was not impossible to complete it.

Chu Ci carried the basket and went through a series of inspections.This test is a little looser than the rural test.This is also because, as soon as you come, most of the people who participate in the test will have the opportunity to become officials in the capital in the future. In case someone with a grudge becomes their top peak, it will be ugly to meet them.

Secondly, most of the imperial examination fraud cases occurred during the rural examinations.There is still the possibility of being bribed by the same examiners or patrol examiners in the township examination. When it comes to the general examination, it is impossible to bribe them.They have both power and money, what else can you rely on to impress them?

Thirdly, no one who is able to participate in the test will not cherish feathers.If something like cheating in a test happens, the whole family will suffer.

Sitting in the small numbered room, Chu Ci felt a little lonely in his heart. He couldn't help but think of his friends who accompanied him into the examination room during the provincial examination, and Kou Jing who brought him water.

In order to divert his attention, he moved his eyes to the number room. There were some students' handwriting in it, which were all positive and inspiring, so they were not erased.

He couldn't help but a longing rose in his heart, if this room was used by one of his two gentlemen, it would be great!

But after searching for a long time, he couldn't find any trace of the two gentlemen, so he could only sigh regretfully.

The wind blew again at night, and the wind blew loudly, slipping into Chu Ci's not-so-thick quilt from the gap in the number room.He curled up tightly, with a slice of ginseng in his mouth, and leaned against the outside of the wooden board, using the pot of charcoal fire underneath to keep warm.

The second day was a rare sunny day, and there were coughing sounds in the examination hall one after another. I think many students were recruited last night.

Not long after, there was a strong smell of medicine in the tribute courtyard. Someone boiled the medicine on the stove. This person was obviously a well-prepared veteran.Most of the novices sucked their noses from the cold.

Chu Ci was very glad that he took ginseng slices yesterday. This kind of old ginseng has strong medicinal properties and is very nourishing. With the help of it last night, he finally didn't catch a cold.

When the time came, the gong sounded, and someone came to distribute the test paper. Chu Ci unfolded the test paper, looked at the seven questions on it, thought for a while, and then began to spread paper and grind ink...