Chapter 54: Entrance Examination!(1/2)
All the brothers had finished smoking, and Xuruoxue stepped forward, feeling a little uneasy in her heart.
She can memorize a few poems, but if she were asked to compose a poem or essay on the spot, I'm afraid she could just leave.
Xuruoxue clasped her hands together and prayed silently.
Seeing this, Shen Chunan said softly: "With my sister's knowledge, there is no need to be so nervous."
Shen Chuhan kept his eyes on Xuruoxue. After he drew the lots, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he paid attention to Xuruoxue's movements.
Xu Ruoxue smiled at Shen Chunan: "I know."
After saying that, he took out a lotus from the lotus tube with a look of death.
In order to prevent the candidates from cheating, the bamboo sticks only had numbers on them, so Xuruoxue didn't know what she had picked, even though she turned around and handed the bamboo stick to the master.
The master glanced at it and nodded slightly.
Xuruoxue asked nervously: "What did I draw?"
"The title of the article is silent." The Master said calmly.
After hearing this, both Shen Chuhan and Shen Chunan breathed a sigh of relief.
Only Xuruoxue looked confused. She wanted to ask what the word "silent" meant.
However, seeing that the people around him didn't react much, I had to follow him silently to a secluded room, only to hear him point at the table.
The master said slowly: "I will give you two sticks of incense time, one stick of incense to read a book, and one stick of incense to write silently. The more you hold silently, the higher your passing rate will naturally be. Do you understand?"
"knew!"
Xuruoxue felt relieved and secretly rejoiced. She thought it was just writing silently. What's so difficult about it?
Immediately, he walked up, picked up the book, and started reading. After burning an incense stick, he picked up the brush and started writing with flying colors.
This little thing simply doesn't bother her. Think of how much she has memorized for exams as a doctor of medicine over the years.
Shorthand writing and other things are not a piece of cake for her at all.
The two sticks of incense were slowly extinguished, and Xuruoxue curled her lips with satisfaction.
After half a cup of tea, the master slowly reported her results.
"Class A."
Xuruoxue breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, she had passed the assessment.
The master in blue continued to ask: "There is still a martial arts test, do you want to try it?"
This assessment is actually a graded assessment.
Nowadays, those who can be selected to enter Taixue are all outstanding people.
As long as one subject meets Grade A, the entrance exam will be considered successful.
Therefore, when the master saw Xuruoxue's thin arms and legs, he couldn't help but ask one more question.
Xuruoxue thought for a while: "Let's give it a try."
Now that you’ve come here, you can’t help but give it a try.
In the martial arts test, Xu Ruoxue got the shot of archery.
Xuruoxue looked at the bow and arrow in front of her in embarrassment, feeling a little regretful in her heart. She would have just given up if she had known better.
There are a total of five arrows in the hand, all of which must be shot, and three of them must hit the red heart, and the remaining two must not exceed three inches of the red heart.
Xuruoxue looked at the target about ten meters away from her and sighed quietly.
If she can ride a horse and walk two rounds, it would be better to let her get acupuncture for archery.
Xuruoxue pulled the bow and arrow hard and shot towards the bullseye.
Not surprisingly, the arrow didn't even hit the target.
"Ha ha……"
Some of the people who were taking the assessment together suddenly laughed out loud.
"It's really embarrassing for the family to be able to come to Taixue with such a level!"
"Ah, isn't this Shikui Xuruoxue? With such a proficiency in archery, how dare you say that she is the adopted daughter of the General's Mansion!"
…
The more Xuruoxue thought about it, the more she regretted it. If she had known better, she would have practiced in advance.
But drawing a bow and shooting an arrow cannot be accomplished overnight, and I regret it beyond words.
The assessment content is set after the Lantern Festival, in order to catch these students off guard.
The children of the royal family have to know a lot about poetry, books, rituals, music, and archery. Therefore, some children of aristocratic families also raise their own children in the same way as the children of the royal family.
Horse riding and archery is also a skill that women in some families must master.
Xuruoxue heard some comments behind her, and she suddenly felt angry.
I turned around and was about to argue with them.
"Hold on!" A familiar voice suddenly came from my ears.
"Brother Six..."
"Strong your arms, don't just rely on the strength of your hands." Shen Chuhan stood behind Xuruoxue, half-circling Xuruoxue, and gave her a demonstration step by step.
Xuruoxue's tender white hands were held in a wide palm.
Feeling the temperature on her fingertips, Xuruoxue's eyes were a little erratic.
Shen Chuhan looked displeased with her before, why did he come to her and teach her now?
"Pay attention!" Shen Chuhan's displeased voice came again.
"Oh!" Xu Ruoxue nodded.
After Shen Chuhan helped Xuruoxue adjust her posture, she let go of her hand: "Look at the bull's-eye and shoot!"
"Pa!" The arrow landed on the ground not far from the bullseye again.
Xuruoxue's face darkened: "It seems that I don't have any archery talent."
At this time, Shen Chuhan's face no longer had the coldness in the morning. Instead, he said very patiently: "It's much farther than last time. Try again."
As he spoke, Shen Chuhan once again taught her step by step how to adjust the position of the crossbow.
"Fire the arrow!"
Xuruoxue looked nervous as she looked at the arrows that were shot out with a "swish" sound.
"Pfft!" The sound of an arrow hitting the target.
Xuruoxue looked at the scene in front of her in disbelief. Just now she couldn't even shoot the arrow, but now the arrow actually hit the target.
"Brother Six!" Xuruoxue looked at the man behind her happily, "I succeeded, I hit the target!"
"It's still far from the target!" Shen Chuhan curled his lips slightly, but there was a flash of appreciation in his eyes.
Xuruoxue has a high level of understanding. This must be her first time shooting an arrow. It is very rare to be able to hit the target.
Next, Xuruoxue seemed to have found a trick and hit the target again.
"I hit it again!" Xuruoxue smiled happily at Shen Chuhan.
Shen Chuhan nodded lightly.
Xuruoxue seemed to see the encouraging look in his eyes, and continued to hold the arrow and began to aim at the bullseye, then let go again.
But this time, Xuruoxue didn't seem so lucky, and the arrow fell on the ground again.
"Ah!" Xuruoxue sighed in despair.
"The martial arts test is over!" The examiner on the side directly announced that the test was over.
Xuruoxue drooped her head, with a very sad look on her face.
Shen Chuhan walked up to her and patted her shoulder gently: "You are already very good. I will teach you from now on."
Xuruoxue blinked her big eyes: "Brother Six, am I useless?"
"It's okay." Shen Chuhan was not good at comforting others and said casually.
Instead of being comforted, Xuruoxue felt that Shen Chuhan was laughing at her.
He kept his head down and said nothing.
After a while, the results came out: "Xuruo Xue martial arts test, Ding and others."
"It's over!" Xuruoxue cried with despair, "It's so embarrassing!"
"How was your literary test?" Shen Chuhan frowned, and the worry on his face didn't look like he was faking it.
"Class A." Xuruoxue said in a muffled voice.
"Yeah." When Shen Chuhan heard this, he no longer worried.
To be continued...