Chapter 10. Long Yue Xing
The sound of rustling writing around him became more rapid. On the other side, Li Xianyuan thought about it and finally made a decision. Just as he was about to put pen to paper, something strange happened.
Suddenly there was the sound of water and the fragrance of ink dispersed in the examination room. Li Xianyuan couldn't help but raise his head and look outside the examination room.
Someone's poems triggered visions.
"Yi 11, it's Xu Zhitian." The county magistrate said with a happy face.
Chief Wang nodded: "The light fragrance of this ink should be related to the pen and ink."
The chief clerk said with a teasing smile: "Master Wang, the person you have chosen has not made any move yet."
The three of them were old acquaintances, so it was harmless to joke with each other.
The county magistrate came to the rescue for Chief Wang: "In previous years, there were only one or two people who caused strange phenomena in the child examination. I think this year it won't be that good..."
Before he finished speaking, a spot of light suddenly became brighter in an examination room.
The chief secretary and the county magistrate looked at each other, raised their hands and said with a smile: "Congratulations, magistrate."
"Hahaha, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously." The county magistrate was modest, but the smile could not be wiped off his face: "I should say Mr. Wang has a good eye."
"Don't be too quick to be happy, the vision has disappeared." At this time, Director Wang suddenly poured a plate of cold water on his face.
The county magistrate and the chief registrar were startled, and they both looked over there, and sure enough they saw the originally bright vision melting away.
"This..." The county magistrate was puzzled. The chief registrar asked Chief Wang: "Do you think this is going on?"
"This poem is not finished, or it was interrupted for some unknown reason."
"Interruption?" the county magistrate and the chief registrar said in unison.
During the exam, Li Xianyuan wanted to plagiarize a few lines from a poem by the poet Li Bai. Although it was a bit shameless, his livelihood was important.
I just didn't expect that as soon as Fang put pen to paper and finished the first sentence, a vision would appear.
A milky white light the size of a firefly suddenly bloomed above the test paper, gradually spreading as Li Xianyuan wrote stroke by stroke.
After finishing the second sentence, Li Xianyuan decisively stopped writing. The vision gradually shrank and faded, and finally disappeared.
Is it because the poem is not finished yet...
Thinking of the sequel to the poem, Li Xianyuan shook his head. He could not write any more. The poems of the poet Li Bai are not so easy to copy. If the whole poem was written down, it would not only shock the city of Wuhou.
The appearance of the vision made Li Xianyuan realize something. Scholars are not the most important here.
Above scholars there are monks, and above monks there are immortals.
Write down when the bright moon will appear, and ask the blue sky for wine. Maybe you can really summon Chang'e from the Guanghan Palace in the sky.
I wrote about an immortal caressing my head, tying my hair and receiving immortality. Maybe some nosy immortal would jump down and say, "Come with me."
Plagiarism is plagiarism after all, it is not something that belongs to you. Even if you can export it into poetry, your temperament and conversation will always be exposed. And the memories of past lives must not be exposed.
It’s better to do less of this...
Thinking of this, Li Xianyuan put the pen back on the pen hanger, sorted out the test papers and sat upright.
He was calm and calm. On the other side, the county magistrate was very anxious. He was restless in the pavilion and kept saying: "This guy really doesn't make people worry. Since he just caused the vision, he just wrote it down. Why should he interrupt it? It's so stupid, stupid!"
"Don't be impatient, County Magistrate. There may be other reasons."
The copper incense burner and the crude incense utensils burned out.
"Time - time - has come! Seal the paper and put pen to paper! Anyone who acts recklessly will erase this result!" The marking officer stood under the copper incense burner and shouted in a long voice, which was heard in the examination room.
Immediately after he finished speaking, the originally calm examination room was like a lake filled with ripples. Whispered complaints that the questions were too difficult and the time was too short came from all around.
The marking officer turned a blind eye to the complaints, and the soldiers dispersed to collect the test papers from each examination room.
After taking back the test papers, the candidates could move freely. They walked out of the narrow examination room one after another, gathered in small groups, and walked toward the slowly opened red lacquered door.
Among them, the two groups of people gathered together are the most obvious.
One group surrounds Xu Zhitian, and the other group surrounds Li Xianyuan.
These scholars, who were not yet boys, did not understand what interruption meant. They only knew that Li Xianyuan had also summoned a strange vision. They surrounded Li Xianyuan with many tongues wagging.
"Brother, this is Zhang Weimin, sitting next to you."
"You are the one responsible for this case."
"Brother, the exam is over, why don't we go to Wanghu Tower for a banquet together?"
The same goes for Xu Zhitian on the other side. There are a little more people there, but most of them are flatterers.
These candidates are self-aware that they are just green leaves in this exam. If they fail to pass the exam, they will not even be considered green leaves. If nothing happens, the murder case will be born between Li Xianyuan and Xu Zhitian.
Li Xianyuan, who was surrounded by the crowd and walked towards the door, suddenly felt something. He turned his head and looked through the crowd, and he was looking at Xu Weichang. He was also looking towards Li Xianyuan.
Xu Zhitian's eyes were provocative, but Li Xianyuan turned around without a care, walked away from the crowd without saying a word, and walked out of the door, leaving a mess of candidates behind him.
"Eh? Where is the person?"
"Brother, why don't you go to the restaurant?"
"Does anyone remember his appearance? There were too many people and I didn't see him."
The time was now three quarters past noon, and the sun was just beginning. The dazzling sunlight made Li Xianyuan squint his eyes slightly, and he stood on the steps in front of the door, surrounding the crowd waiting outside the examination room, looking for Ji Canghai's figure.
Ji Canghai had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Li Xianyuan coming out to greet him, he chirped like an oriole: "How did you go in the exam?"
"Average." Li Xianyuan said as he walked down the steps.
"That's great, it's best not to pass the Tongsheng examination." Ji Canghai said with a smile. He wished that Li Xianyuan would give up his writing and follow him back to his master's school to practice cultivation.
"Oh? I have only seen people who were lucky enough to pass the exam, but prayed that they would not pass the exam. This is the first time I heard it." A voice cut in. He turned around and saw that the gentle and jade-like young man who had accosted him earlier was standing aside.
He said slightly apologetically: "Sorry, I was waiting for my brother here, and I accidentally overheard the conversation between the two of you, so I asked this question out of curiosity."
Even though he apologized, there was still a smile on his lips.
Li Xianyuan glanced at him and was about to say nothing happened. He was interrupted by shouts coming from the entrance of the examination room.
"elder brother!"
Turning around, he saw a young man of similar age walking out of the door, with a group of candidates gathered behind him.
"elder brother?"
The candidates looked at each other with astonishment on their faces. They stopped making noises and called the young man "Mr. Xu" with their hands as they passed by. The "Mr. Xu" also responded with a smile.
Only then did the young man in brocade notice Li Xianyuan. His eyes stayed on Ji Canghai for a moment and then looked at Li Xianyuan.
"Hey, is it you?"
The young man surnamed Xu asked curiously: "Do you recognize Zhi Tian?"
"Of course I recognize him." Xu Zhitian said with a hint of mockery, "This person also summoned a strange vision in the examination room, but for some reason the vision disappeared."
"Is there such a thing?" The young man surnamed Xu looked at Li Xianyuan and said, "My dear, Xu Weichang, I am indeed a very good person."
This time it was Xu Zhitian's turn to be surprised: "Brother, do you know him?"
"We've met a few times." Xu Weichang said with a smile, and then extended an invitation to Li Xianyuan: "We have already booked a banquet table at Wanghu Tower, why don't we go together?"
The young man had an unruly temperament, but he was quite honest in front of his brother. Even though his eyes looked unwilling when he stood next to him, he still managed to stay honest.
Li Xianyuan refused: "No, I have something else to do."
"Then let's do it next time." Xu Weichang didn't mind either: "My younger brother has a young mind and can't think of anything better than mine. Please forgive me and leave first."
After the two left, Ji Canghai stepped forward and stood side by side with Li Xianyuan, and said with interest: "It's quite interesting to be an elder brother, saying bad things about his own brother."
He reached out to pat Li Xianyuan on the shoulder and said boldly: "Let's go, let's go celebrate. Wherever you want to go, I'll treat you."
"Brothet." Li Xianyuan stepped out and let Ji Canghai take a picture.
Chapter completed!