There is a saying in later generations that if you have to cut off the Internet for three days, you will feel abandoned by the Internet. You don’t know any of the above jokes. What is the five-shot whip and what is the rat tail juice? It’s so annoying...

Li Ling originally felt that the pace is slow now and such a thing could not happen, but the facts show that it is not the case. He only stayed in the examination room for three days and had a sleep, but so many changes happened in Xuzhou City, which really made people feel like they were changing.

He knew the cause and effect of the Luo family at least, and he was not too surprised, but what happened to the five corpses’ murder case? Such a big murder case is enough to be shocking in any era. This made him unable to help but be curious and asked Li Moyunlai: "Do you know the inside story of this murder?"

Li Moyun had just eaten all the noodles in the bowl. After hearing this, he wiped his mouth and said vaguely: "I heard that a murder occurred in a house in the city, and all five foreigners were killed. The matter was a big deal, and there were many discussions on the streets."

"Nothing else?"

Li Moyun shook his head: "It's gone, at least the government didn't reveal anything more to the outside world. Oh, by the way, the murderer is said to be very powerful. The five dead men were cut off their throats before they could react, and the nearby residents had never heard of screams."

Li Ling was shocked when he heard this: "This is really a big deal. I didn't expect such a big case happened in the city during the exam."

"I heard that it was because the provincial examination transferred many soldiers and horses in the city to the examination room, which gave the thieves an opportunity to take advantage of... Anyway, Governor Liu is very troublesome now, and the case cannot be investigated at all." Li Moyun also said something from the hearsay, and it disappeared after saying this.

Li Ling shook his head and threw the matter aside, and only called a friend to ask him to prepare another piece of food to bring back by himself. As Xu Cang almost deserves to get up, he has to prepare some food for him.

The facts were as Li Ling thought. When they returned to the cross-agency, Xu Cang walked out of the room in a daze. He looked even more indifferent than Li Ling and weak. Even after dinner, he still sighed depressedly: "This three-day provincial examination is indeed the most harmful. At that time, I felt that I couldn't leave the exam room."

"Everyone is the same, I have recovered until just now. By the way, Master Zhang Ru sent someone to invite us to come here. Do you think you can go today?" Li Ling said casually.

"Teacher..." Xu Cang was quite moved. Although he was in the county school before, no teacher could treat him so sincerely. He immediately said, "Since it was the teacher who summoned me, I naturally have no problem."

"Then I'll go over to visit you later. I think it should be about this provincial examination." Li Ling settled immediately, rested with Xu Cang for a while, then went out to buy some pastries and then climbed to the gate of Zhang Mansion.

Zhang Hefeng obviously had already given instructions. As soon as the two of them explained their purpose, they were invited into the door. Another servant led them to the backyard and met Mr. Zhang Ru again in the study room a few days ago.

When he saw the two of them coming, he laughed: "You guys are coming quickly. I thought I would have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest."

"How dare we delay the teacher (Confucian teacher) summoned each other?" Li Ling and Xu Cang said at the same time, which made him smile again: "Then let's sit down and talk."

After the two of them sat down, Zhang Hefeng didn't go around in any circle and asked directly: "How did you two do in this provincial examination?"

Li Ling and Xu Cang looked at each other and signaled that the latter would answer first. After all, he was already a disciple of Zhang Rushi. Xu Cang calmed down and then said honestly: "This time I felt that I had used all my knowledge. The only regret is that I lacked enough knowledge after all, so there were many problems with those two strategies, and that was also impossible to solve the math problem."

Zhang Hefeng smiled and said, "If it were just that, the problem would not be big, but it would not be able to win the top-notch answer. In fact, strategy and math are quite difficult for ordinary candidates to solve. As long as you can write something, it is rare. What really determines whether you can win the Juren is the major questions of the Sutra, especially the first questions of each. As long as these two articles are done well, it is very likely that they will be directly won. This way, if you still remember, write down both articles and leave them to me for a look."

Xu Cang was very nervous when he said this, but after getting such a result, he felt relieved. He quickly agreed and then wrote an article in front of the table next to him according to Zhang Hefeng's wishes.

"Where are you?" Zhang Hefeng looked at Li Ling again and asked.

"I can't say how I performed well. The only thing I can confirm is that the math question is definitely done correctly, and there is no big question about what Ce asked."

"Haha, you are really confident. You are worthy of being a transfer house clerk in the county town before. These mundane tasks will naturally not defeat you." Zhang Hefeng also laughed, and then asked Li Ling to go to the other side to write down his two major questions of sutras.

This made Li Ling feel that he had answered the answers after the college entrance examination. However, at that time, most questions had correct answers, but there was no standard answer for writing articles. However, with Zhang Hefeng's identity and talent as a great scholar of the generation, his vision should be much different from that of the examiner.

Thinking about this in his mind, Li Ling's writing did not stop. Although his mind was a little drowsy for some reason, it was the article he had written with great effort. At this moment, the dictation was smooth. In just half an hour, both articles had been written.

When he looked up again, he found that Xu Cang had handed the article to Zhang Hefeng first. The old man was watching carefully. Seeing Li Ling looking over, Xu Cang smiled nervously, waiting for the result to come out.

But Zhang Hefeng kept it a secret this time. After reading Xu Cang's article, he did not make a sound. He asked Li Ling's article to read carefully, then looked up and slowly exhaled. Seeing his solemn expression, Xu Cang felt even more panicked: "Teacher, are there any shortcomings in the disciple's article?"

"There are naturally shortcomings. The most obvious disadvantage is that you have too little knowledge. Although the whole article seems gorgeous, it is still a little immature and empty, and cannot be studied in depth. However, your strengths are also very obvious, that is, your understanding of the meaning of the scriptures is very solid, and the quotation of the scriptures is quite good. Especially this Spring and Autumn Question, the writing is smooth and the writing is not bad. If you really enter the main examination, it would not be an exaggeration to just click on you as the leader of the Five Classics."

When Zhang Hefeng spoke, Xu Cang's face was a little dull, but the further he went, the more he looked happy, and he almost jumped up: "Is what the teacher said true?"

"I never joke about articles." The old man said solemnly, "As long as you don't make any mistakes, I think you will definitely be on the list this time when you go to the provincial examination, so just put your heart in your stomach."

"Yes... Thank you, thank you teacher!" Xu Cang was so happy that his body was trembling. The result was so exciting. Thinking about last year, he was a loser who couldn't even pass the exam for a scholar, but now he is likely to become a juren who everyone envies!

Li Ling was also very happy for his friends and said with a smile: "Brother Zhuowu, I have said that your talent is far higher than what you think. Is this time I always believe it?"

"Haha, I'm just a lucky chance. By the way, teacher, what about Wen Zhong's article? He can pass the imperial examination, right?" Xu Cang said modestly, then remembered Li Linglai and asked with concern.

His question also made Li Ling feel nervous. Some people like to make mistakes when speaking, but Mr. Zhang Ru has no hobby. After praising Xu Cang, he then criticized his article as worthless.

Seeing Li Ling's nervousness, Zhang Hefeng laughed again: "Why, do you feel panicked?"

"It's about the future, how can I be an exception for the younger generation?"

"Okay, let's tell you the truth. I'm not easy to judge your article."

Li Ling's heart was hung in the air at this time, and he felt uncomfortable: "Sir Confucianism, what do you mean? With your talent, can you still not see the quality of the article?"

"Because your article cannot be distinguished by a good or bad. You are very smart and have the help of your teacher, so you can easily play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. But these are not the key. The most important thing is that you are good at using the articles of other imperial examination masters for your own use. If I read it correctly, just the title of the Four Books, you have used the views and articles of no less than three people, and spliced ​​them together. It looks gorgeous and meaningful, but in the end it is too craftsmanship and hard to be perfect. What's even more strange is that you use more parallel sentences in your article, which seems to be done for this purpose, and it looks a little weird."

Listening to the other party telling the problems in his article one by one, Li Ling's expression became more and more serious, and he said in admiration: "The Confucian master is indeed as wise as a torch, and he has seen all the disadvantages of his younger generation's articles. In this way, I will definitely fail the exam?"

"Then you don't have to be so discouraged. If I were the chief examiner, your article would be difficult to be won. However, this time the chief examiner was Zheng Xuezheng of this province, that would be a different matter. I have seen many of his articles, and he especially likes to use parallelism. In addition, some of your views are similar to what he usually talks about, and the surface of your article looks gorgeous and harmonious, so it should be able to catch its eye."

"Huh..." Li Ling let out a long sigh. If the other party saw it well, he would have been able to pass the exam this time.

Zhang Hefeng looked at the two young people in front of him with a smile, and had already gained a further understanding of them. It is said that the writing is just like the person, and both of them are well reflected-

Xu Cang is a down-to-earth person and even has a bit of rigidity. In fact, such a person may not be suitable for entering the officialdom. The best destination is to enter the Hanlin Academy to study classics, history, and collections, which would be less trouble. As for Li Ling, this is a person who has no fear of the imperial examination or the classics. For him, the imperial examination is just a means for him to achieve his goals, but only such a person can truly adapt to the officialdom.
Chapter completed!