Lu Hui took a piece of silk cloth from the clerk, took apart the red seal, and showed it to everyone, saying, "This is the temporary question of Dazhong Zheng. You must answer it within two quarters of an hour. Those who pass it can climb the mountain."

This is the second level that Zhang Mo was worried about just now. Xu You looked at the title, and there were only a few numbers on it: a five-character poem based on Gushan.

Throughout history, poetry is the most difficult. As long as you meet a famous teacher in classics and study hard in the cold and summer, you can always understand the classics and retell the opinions of your predecessors. However, different poems are different, and you can write them. If you can't write them, you can't write them, and you can't write them, no matter what. And it is two concepts to write them, and it is good to write them, so many scholars in the Twenty-Four Histories have only one thousandth of the famous poems.

"Put the pot!"

The clerk placed the leaking pot on a flat stone beside the road. This kind of pot is water-receiving, with a water-receiving pot and two supply pots, three in one set, also known as a three-level leaking pot. Each liter of water is considered a quarter of an hour.

"Time!"

The clerk opened the water outlet hole, and the clear water slowly flowed out of the dropper, representing the passage of time. Everyone no longer cared about other things, either stood there, sat around the grass, or stood beside the water, or looked up at the wind blowing leaves, or closed their eyes to ponder the beautiful mountains and rivers, and they all tried their best to do it, and they must do it well!

Zhang Mo's poem was quick and instantly accomplished, but he didn't want to show off and was preparing to answer the questions later. He looked at Xu You and asked him how he did it. Xu You smiled slightly, and with his fingers, he was confident, so Zhang Mo felt relieved.

He looked at Chen Qian and Bai Chengtian again. They were immersed in the idea. They thought that there was no big problem. Then they went to see Ji Ying, but saw him holding his robe with his hands tightly, his face was frustrated, and it was very cold, and sweat was flowing from his forehead.

Ji Ying didn't know what was wrong with him. Although he was not very famous, he was quite arrogant in private and often recited poems, which was praised by his country friends. Unexpectedly, his heart would be floating and difficult to calm down, and his mind was blank. Not to mention writing poems, he would forget all the meanings of the scriptures that were familiar to the heart.

Xu You also discovered Ji Ying's abnormality, just like the college entrance examination in later generations. It may not be that he did well in the exam, but that he had good grades in his usual performance. His on-the-spot performance and psychological quality all determined the outcome of the exam. Ji Ying was obviously immersed in the hard performance just now, from extreme tension to instant relaxation, which led to restlessness and complete chaos.

Yes, others think that Ji Ying is truly a gentleman. Xu You thought so at first, but when he found that Ji Ying was so harsh and had other plans, his heart was as if he looked in the mirror and saw through everything immediately.

Ji Ying is a man with robe and brocade, and his old shoes on his feet, and his utilitarian spirit is obvious. However, in life, all he wants is fame and fortune. There is nothing to blame for this, and Xu You will not be so naive that he is biased against Ji Ying because of his clothes. However, when Zhang Mo was hit, Hu Xin was not a good person at first sight. Ji Ying should not have been scrambled to stand out, especially after Zhang Mo clearly told him not to cause trouble, he was still reluctant to give up, and seemed to be more concerned than the victim.

This is not normal!

Xu You never feared speculating on people's hearts with the greatest malice. Ji Ying had no courage and had no need to offend Hu Xin for Zhang Mo who had no friendship. The only reason was that he stood in front of everyone and keenly noticed that someone had come down from the mountain, so he pretended to be righteous. The purpose was very simple, and he had to unexpectedly leave the person with a good impression that he was not afraid of power.

Of course, he didn't know that the person who came was Lu Hui, but he could guess that it must be someone related to Ya Ji. If he bet, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. He became famous and had a reputation. Today, the calculation of the fixed product will be several times greater.

Ji Ying is not like an old gambler who is familiar with the world. From his current mental state, it can be seen that the scene just now made him feel restless until now. It should be the first time he used a trick to get into danger.

So the question is, why did Ji Ying have to take a risk to bet? Decision is a big event for scholars, but not a big event of life and death. If this year fails, there will be next year, next year, and the year after that, Xu You guessed that Ji Ying would have a last resort. This time, the fixed product is of great importance to him and is extraordinary.

Therefore, Xu You was too lazy to reveal his tricks. Zhang Mo did not have the vicious look of Xu You, and was grateful to Ji Ying. Seeing that he became more and more panicked, he walked closer while Lu Hui was unprepared and used a voice that only two people could hear, saying: "The mountains are far away from clouds, the deep valleys are no light. Day and night are fog and rain, and winter and summer are frost..."

A five-character ancient poem is strange and sharp. Ji Ying hurriedly wrote it down. He heard the clerk shouting for two quarters of an hour. Lu Hui ordered people to come forward in turn and oral poems. Any poem is good and the words are smooth, you can pass. Five-character ancient poems are the most difficult among poems. It is not easy to be able to become poems in a hurry. This key is to test the urgent talent of the scholars and not deliberately make things difficult for them, so they are not too concerned about the rigorous and outstanding use of allusions, and parallelism.

About a quarter of an hour, twenty-five of the forty-seven people did not write a complete poem about Gushan, or the poems were not expressed in meaning, or the poems were far-fetched, or half a sentence was left behind, or copied the poems of previous generations. Lu Hui pointed out on the spot, his face was flushed with shame and wished he could get down.

Although Lu Hui was greedy for money and had bad character, he was born in the Lu family and had much better knowledge than ordinary scholars here. It was not easy to deceive him.

Lu Hui picked out the poems of five of the twenty-two people who passed the pass, and asked the clerk to copy them on fine silk, preparing to present them to Dazhong Zheng Yajian. These five people were Zhang Mo, Ji Ying, Hu Xin, Tan Le, and Ji Yutang. Needless to say, Zhang Mo would be difficult to convince the public without choosing his poems. Zhang Mo copied by Ji Ying naturally also entered the selection. As for Tan Le and Ji Yutang, both of the inferior gentry members, Xu You heard the poems he wrote, he could only say that they were ordinary, and they were more than just one step away from Zhang Mo. Being able to be selected should be the result of Lu Hui's balance of the gentry and the poor family.

What surprised Xu You was Hu Xin, not because he was selected, but because his poems were pretty good among the gentry's children, not as good as Zhang Mo, but they were much better than others!

In fact, Lu Hui took Hu Xin lightly just now, and Xu You understood that there must be something wrong with these two people, maybe they are familiar or have other friendships. As long as Hu Xin writes Gushan's poem in full, he will definitely be selected. But he didn't expect that his selection would make no one say anything against it.

Sure enough, looking at people cannot look at the surface. Ji Ying looks like a gentleman, but in fact he is scheming. Hu Xin looks like a reckless man, but he is full of talent. People are so complicated!

Zhang Mo deliberately listened to Xu You's poems and was definitely not inferior to himself, but he was not selected. Instead, Tan Le and others' poems were mediocre, but Lu Cheng valued them. He was about to go forward and talked, but Xu You stopped him, so he persuaded Ji Ying to go back with the words he had just persuaded Ji Ying, and said, "Today's Ya Ji, don't make trouble!"

Seeing Xu You's solemn statement, Zhang Mo was not good at disobeying his wishes. He admired his cultivation of being unstoppable and humiliating, and said, "My husband is familiar with his ability and is far above me!"

Xu You smiled slightly, "Look at the right time to understand life?" Then you misread me. The person I don't recognize the most is fate!

Zhang Mo was about to ask, but when he heard Lu Hui say, "You guys follow me up the mountain, and the others return to the ferry from Xicun Bridge!"

After Lu Hui said that, he did not look at the faces of the unselected candidates, and turned around and walked slowly along the mountain road. From beginning to end, he did not look at Xu You. Even Xu You closed his eyes and rested when answering the questions, not saying anything, as if he did not recognize this person.

Xu You didn't understand why Lu Hui's attitude was so bad, but he didn't take it seriously. The focus of this elegant gathering was Lu Xu, who was just an idle person.

But Xu You never expected that Lu Hui was angry at him because of Su Tang. During this period, he had been staying in Sajinfang. He didn't know that Liu Yu sent several waves of heroes to harass Su Tang day and night. Liu Yu's plan was that Su Tang could not stand it and would go to the county government to ask for help, and then Lu Hui could save the beauty, and take advantage of the situation to take her body and mind. Unexpectedly, Su Tang would rather stay away all day and endure the noise and troubles outside than go to the county government, which made Lu Hui angry and angry, but he loved her little character again. Perhaps this was called asking for help and tossing and turning.

Later, when Liu Tao heard the report, Su Tang's maid threatened that You Xia'er would dare to make trouble again, he told Xu Langjun in Jingyuan and asked Xu Langjun to teach them a lesson. He also said that Xu Langjun had killed someone, and even the county magistrate gave him three points of shame. After hearing this, Lu Hui remembered the rumors between Xu You and Su Tang, and his anger turned into jealousy, which completely broke out during the Ya Ji today.

Fortunately, he still had some rationality and knew that Xu You's participation in the Ya Ji was the result of Gu Yun's recommendation. He didn't dare to stop him in the second level, but he deliberately did not select his poems in the top five, which was a small revenge.

If Xu You knew the causes and consequences, he would definitely cry three times. This is the fault!

Hu Xin Yao glared at Zhang Mo Ji Ying with great might, and followed Lu Hui happily with his friends who passed the pass. Ji Ying couldn't help but want to go in a hurry. He saw Xu You and Zhang Mo not moving from the corner of his eyes. He thought for a while and stopped.

"Chengtian, this time it won't work. Come again next time, don't be discouraged!"

The five people on the same boat, Xu You, Zhang Mo, Ji Ying and Chen Qian, all passed the test, but only Bai Chengtian was defeated. In the exam with an elimination rate of almost 60%, it is a blessing that one person was eliminated by a ship.

But for Bai Chengtian, it was the unfortunate one!

Originally, Xu You could help him, just like Zhang Mo helped Ji Ying. But Bai Chengtian acted as if nothing had happened at the beginning, which was similar to Chen Qian. When he answered, he pieced it together and barely became four sentences. He was completely unaware of what he said, and was eliminated by Lu Hui.

"Hey, I know my own foundation. Even if I pass the second level, I will still be embarrassing when I arrive at Yaji? It's just that. I'm going home. It's not a waste of time to meet you friends."

Bai Chengtian was open-minded and was depressed for a moment and quickly threw it away, clasped his fists and said, "Now, Xincheng County, I will be the host. Please try the chestnut wine there. It tastes sweet and green in color. It is astonishing as you smell it!"

"Okay, if you have free time, you will be bothering me!"

Bai Chengtian was mixed with the dejected crowd and walked along the Xicun Bridge to the ferry. There were light boats but they were not allowed to use them, so he was naturally afraid that they would land from elsewhere. However, there were many onlookers standing at the Xicun Ferry. Such an arrangement would undoubtedly make the scholars look disgraceful.

Zhang Zihua, do you really dislike the scholars in Yangzhou so much?

Or have you just taken office and want to establish your authority?

Or think about the advantages, the sword is sharpened by the sharpening. Zhang Zihua wants this group of people to know shame and be brave. After returning home, study hard, and not improve their knowledge. If they dare not trespass on various elegant gatherings to gain reputation?

Xu You can't see through!

After a long time, he laughed at himself. The power of the state Zhongzheng was so powerful that if people could easily see through it, they would not be able to sit in this seat.

Bai Chengtian walked to the middle of the bridge, turned around and waved to Xu You, who also waved to greet him, watching him disappear on the shore in the distance.

"It's time to leave!"

Xu You turned around and only Zhang Mo and Chen Qian were around, and Ji Ying was gone. After all, he couldn't stand the joy of getting the ticket and hurriedly chased the landing meeting up the mountain.
Chapter completed!