Did Mr. Fu Yin make a mistake in the test paper? He was obviously praising my article. Why did he include Shen Yichen?

Xu Donghai still couldn't believe the results before him. Maybe this was the first time at his current age that he was experiencing the ups and downs of life...

"Thank you, Master Yin Zhu Yi, for tapping your forehead."

Seeing his test paper being picked up from the circle, Shen Yichen immediately bowed and thanked him.

"Don't thank me too early. I still have to take a test on you."

Li Min had a smile on his face. Although he said this, the operation process was reversed. In theory, he should take the exam first and then pass the exam.

Therefore, the exams that were added later were obviously just going through the motions to avoid leaving a source of criticism for others.

This scene is seen in the eyes of several other candidates waiting to hand in their papers, and their emotions are extremely complicated. The examiner's partiality is too obvious. If he does not have real talent and knowledge, then there must be a secret operation behind it!

"Please ask Mr. Fu Yin to propose a question."

Li Min was really confused about how to come up with questions to test Shen Yichen in class.

The conventionally difficult couplet is certainly not that difficult given Shen Yichen's talent, nor can it demonstrate his strength to convince the public.

If the questions were too difficult, and I would pass the test first and then take the exam, it would really make people laugh if Shen Yichen couldn't answer it.

However, when his eyes glanced at the dissatisfied expressions on the faces of Xu Donghai and others, Li Min immediately had an idea in his mind. Shen Yichen must show two brushes today!

"The field is lined up from east to west, and two cultural lights are competing in the north."

This first couplet is very particular, and each word contains a profound meaning. The field column refers to the east-west setting of the Xiajiang examination shed, Wenguang represents literary talent, and Beidou is even simpler, similar to the way of describing Wenquxing in ancient times.

Therefore, this first couplet is Li Min's self-statement that the candidates he took in the examination were all talented people.

The first couplet has been published, and now it's Shen Yichen's turn to be in trouble. It's not difficult to just match each group of words, but the difficulty is to also contain some deep meaning.

To be honest, if Mr. Fu Yin hadn't already passed the examination in class, Shen Yichen would have suspected that Li Min was trying to make things difficult for me and Shen. How could there be such a difficult couplet in the previous examinations?

Not only Shen Yichen thought so, several other candidates who submitted their papers in advance also murmured in their hearts. I originally thought that Li Min would pass the exam first and then take the exam. The formality was too obvious, and maybe there was something secret behind it. operate.

As a result, when I look at the difficulty of this couplet now, it doesn't look like I can answer it in just two sentences. To be honest, if I put this kind of exam question on myself, I'm afraid I won't be able to come up with a good second couplet for a while.

Seeing that Shen Yichen looked confused and did not answer, Fu Cheng Du Shi next to him smoothed things over and said: "Master Fu Yin, even if I let the subordinates answer this question, it will be difficult to come up with the answer after a while, otherwise Let’s change the question.”

On the one hand, Du Shi was trying to smooth things over, but on the other hand, he was thinking to himself, what the hell is Mr. Fu Yin doing? If you want to win, just win. Why bother to come up with such a difficult first couplet? Now you are frozen.

Not to mention Fu Cheng Du Shi, even Li Min felt a little embarrassed at the moment and couldn't get off the stage. If he had known it, he would have gone through the normal format of taking the exam in class, but on a whim, he wanted to increase the difficulty to convince Shen Yichen.

This is good, but if the public is not convinced, tomorrow there will definitely be rumors that the examiner is showing favoritism, and even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he wouldn't be able to wash it away...

"Why……"

Li Min sighed, regretting his saucy behavior, and planned to take the step given by Fu Cheng and change to a simpler couplet to test Shen Yichen. At this point, the circles have been drawn on the test paper, even if he bites the bullet This process also needs to be completed.

"Go back to Mr. Yin, the student has already thought of the second couplet."

"Oh, tell me quickly."

Li Min immediately felt relieved. He had indeed read Shen Yichen correctly. Wasn't there a second line?

"The curtains are divided into inside and outside, and there is no ventilation at any joint."

The "curtain" in the second line refers to the door curtain of the dormitory, and the joint is a metaphor, referring to favors, money, backdoors, and other acts of bribery and entrustment.

In the first couplet, Li Min claims to be a meritorious person. Although this is more from his own point of view, it also objectively indicates that Shen Yichen is a man of literary talent.

Therefore, in the second line of the second line, Shen Yichen also praised him, saying that there was no bribery or favoritism inside or outside the dormitory, and that the examiner was honest and upright, without any sense of tact.

It can be said that Shen Yichen's second couplet, both in terms of confrontation and conception, is perfect and absolutely perfect!

"Sure enough, you have lived up to the high regard of this government. Yichen, you can go out first. The specific ranking will be announced later."

Perhaps because he was very satisfied, Li Min directly used the more familiar title "Yichen". In theory, in the weightlifting field, there are only examiners and candidates, and no personal favoritism is allowed.

But Li Min still did it, which is enough to conclude that his words of respect were not empty words.

However, Li Min did not name the rankings in the prefectural examination this time, but asked Shen Yichen to wait until the results were released. The reason is that the importance and specifications of the prefectural examination are much higher than those of the county examination. At least he has the title of Tongsheng. , which represents being considered a formal scholar.

"Thanks to Mr. Fu Yin for your kindness, the student resigns."

Shen Yichen bowed his hands and said goodbye, turned around and left in a cool manner, leaving Xu Donghai and others with envious eyes.

Just when Shen Yichen walked out of Duzhi Building, Zhu Qingyu and others also submitted their papers in advance, hoping to be reviewed by the examiner.

When Xu Donghai and others saw the Zhu clan members turning in their papers in advance, they couldn't help but murmur in their hearts that were already convinced.

Could it be that Chengguo Gongfu’s private school has so many talented people that it has completely surpassed the Zhaowen Academy, which is the best in Yingtian? Otherwise, how could it be possible to have only a few students in the government examination and everyone could answer the questions fluently?

Of course, as more and more people submitted their papers in advance, it was impossible for these people to get the opportunity to review them in class. So Li Min just accepted the papers and signaled that they could leave first.

Shen Yichen walked out of the "Dragon Gate" of the examination shed, looked at the warm spring sun, and exhaled heavily.

To be honest, in today's exam, the whole process was not as easy as it looked. Especially for the second question, Shen Yichen was completely unsure. He was just betting that he could find another way to succeed.

Those who may achieve great things do need a little bit of luck, and Shen Yichen's bet was successful. Li Min's perfect idea for solving the problem was not about "propriety", but about "order."

However, this incident also gave Shen Yichen a revelation, that is, in his future imperial examinations, he must not only consider the questions, but also the examiner.

That is to say, know the examiner's writing style preferences in advance, check the test papers that he has selected in previous years, and deliberately choose what he likes, thus minimizing the risk of gambling.

In addition, Shen Yichen almost couldn't answer Li Min's last couplet. The main reason was that he was pressed for time. It was not easy to come up with a neat couplet with a fitting meaning in a very short period of time. things.

In particular, Li Min's exam was so difficult, coupled with the underworld question, Shen Yichen couldn't help but wonder if this Yingtianfu Yin had a bad taste in teasing students?

After adjusting her mentality, Shen Yichen quickly returned to her original state and strode back home.

The government examination is different from the county examination. If he is successful in the exam, he does not need to take the second exam at all. In other words, he only needs to wait at home for someone to announce the good news.

In the small courtyard of her home, Mrs. Shen was weaving cloth while silently thinking about her son's imperial examination. After several years of schooling, this was the closest Shen Yichen was to being a child, and he didn't know if he would be able to pass the test this time.

After all, Shen Yichen will be over 20 before the next government examination, reaching the latest age for men in ancient times. Even schoolboys will be embarrassed to call him by then, and he should change his title to scholarly boy.

Thinking that at the age of twenty he didn't even have the status of a formal scholar, even if Mrs. Shen trusted her son immensely, she couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Just when Mrs. Shen felt worried, the courtyard door was suddenly pushed open from the outside in. When she saw Shen Yichen coming back, Mrs. Shen's first reaction was not joy, but her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that my son finished his exam early?

"Chen'er, have you finished the exam?"

"Well, the exam is over."

Hearing this answer, Mrs. Shen's heart sank to the bottom, and her son really went home early to prepare for the next session.

However, in order not to damage Shen Yichen's information, Shen still forced a smile and said: "It's okay Chen'er, you are still young, we will fight again next year."

"Fight again next year? Mom, should I compete in the provincial examination next year?"

"Provincial examination? Chen'er, did you use your brain too much and talk nonsense in the exam? You didn't pass the provincial examination. How can there be any provincial examination?"

"Mom, who told you that my house failed the test? I only went home after passing it."

Shen Yichen was a little bit dumbfounded. Every time he wanted to give his mother a surprise, the reaction he got was always one of shock.

Maybe it was because she had failed in the imperial examinations so many times before that my mother had developed a habitual thinking.

"Isn't there two exams for the government examination? And it's still early, how could you possibly pass the exam so quickly?"

Shen didn't understand the rules about winning in class. She only knew that the county examination lasted five days and the government examination lasted two days, starting in the morning and ending in the afternoon.

Shen Yichen went home just after noon. The time couldn't be right.

"I was selected by Master Fu Yin in advance, and now I can be called a child."

"Chen'er, are you serious?"

In the eyes of many officials' children, the title of "Tongsheng" is not high at all, but for Shen, her expectation for the imperial examination for so many years was that her son could obtain the title of "Tongsheng" and become a formal scholar.

"Mom, will I still lie to you? In a few days, someone will come to my house to announce the good news and inform me of my ranking in the government examination."

Although Shen Yichen was terrible at studying, he had never deceived himself about his grades in the past, so after hearing this, Shen no longer had any doubts.

"Great, great, Chen'er, you can finally be called a scholar!"

"Mom, you have to fulfill your wish quickly. By the way, you go to the street to buy some good wine and meat, and if you pass the exam, call the neighbors to celebrate."

According to the practice in ancient times, a banquet was held to celebrate the achievement of being a child scholar.

Shen Yichen, mother and son, didn't know much about each other, and because of their special status, there were fewer people willing to contact them, so they just cooked a good meal at home and invited the neighbors.

"Okay, let's celebrate happily today."
Chapter completed!