When Chen Ke appeared in the examination room, despite the strict examination rules, the candidates still burst into cheers, but this triumphant hero, with a sallow complexion, stood there swaying, making people worry that a gust of wind could blow him down.
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‘Can we still take the exam?’ The candidates looked at him worriedly.
Giving everyone a "reassuring" look, Chen Ke sat down in his seat and looked at the test paper in front of him. Only then did he realize that happiness is so simple.
But he no longer felt happy immediately, because he was dizzy and swollen, and his brain was in a blur. How could he answer the test in this state? He had to look at the test questions first... The test questions in the general examination were inherited from the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties.
The Jinshi Examination contains one poem, one poem, one essay each, five essays, ten essays on "The Analects", and ten essays on "Spring and Autumn" or "Book of Rites". It is basically the same as the provincial examination. During the Qingli New Deal, it was revised three times.
system, but due to the nature of the New Deal, it was not implemented in time.
Putting aside the poems and essays, Chen Ke first answered the questions on the meaning of scriptures and ink. This is equivalent to the objective questions of later generations. It does not require any use of brains, just follow the text. However, these questions are as simple as eating and drinking.
Chen Ke didn't dare to answer directly on the paper... He was really worried about his mental state.
When it got dark, he was about to finish answering the essays on the classics. At this time, other candidates had already completed most of the questions, and most of them only had a few policy questions left for their consideration tomorrow.
As soon as the examiner shouted stop, Chen Ke put down his blanket and fell asleep. Before anyone else came out of the examination state, he was already snoring like thunder.
It was another dreamless night, and he didn't wake up until the next day when the invigilator rang the bell. When the candidates went out to wash their faces, the examiners in the same room smiled bitterly and said: "Your snoring last night could lift the roof off."
turn."
"Sorry, sorry." Chen Ke said deeply apologetically: "I'll treat you all to dinner after the exam is over."
Everyone wanted to talk, but the examiner scolded them. They quickly wiped their faces and went back to the examination room to sit down.
After sitting down, Chen Ke felt his stomach growling. On the contrary, he was a little happy. This at least meant that he had regained consciousness. He took out the dry food and chewed it while looking at the questions he had answered yesterday. After taking a look, he couldn't help but secretly
Blushing, why are there so many mistakes?
Quickly revise it and copy it onto the paper.
After answering the objective questions, there are only eight poems and essays left, and there is still more than a day before handing in the paper. But the winter days are short and candles cannot be lit at night. In fact, there are only five or six hours available. Think about it.
It is impossible to write carefully. I can only pick up the pen and write on the manuscript paper.
Fortunately, after sleeping for two consecutive times, his brain became more flexible. He was finally able to cope with it. In addition to quickly composing articles, he had a little energy left. He just paid attention to avoiding taboos. As for choosing words and sentences, he relied entirely on instinct.
Room for deliberation.
He had never agreed so strongly with the saying, "Everything dies like a man" as he did now. He just regretted that there was not enough time. It seemed that it was already dark when he lowered his head or raised his head.
At this time, everyone else had almost finished answering the papers, but Chen Ke still had three strategies to write.
As a result, he didn't close his eyes for the whole night, thinking over and over again in his mind these three articles. By the second half of the night, the three articles were already in mind, but Chen Ke still didn't dare to close his eyes for fear of forgetting them again after falling asleep.
Just like this, he thought casually all night, and as soon as it was dawn, he got up and quickly wrote down what was in his mind.
After all three policy papers were written, there was still more than an hour before the end of the exam. Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at the articles he had written... He suddenly blushed. What kind of stuff is this? It's almost like a vernacular article. The last three
This strategy article is not bad, after all, it took a night of deliberation, but the previous poems and poems, as well as the first two strategies, are really terrible.
It was too late to revise, so he quickly picked up the writing brush and copied it on the paper. He also slightly modified some words and sentences, but that was all. It could not change the rough and rough nature of the article.
It is true that good articles are the result of painstaking efforts. Maybe a great talent like Su Shi can write a lot, but Chen Ke can't do it anyway. What's more, he doesn't have time to think too much and finish answering the paper on time.
That's the first thing.
Almost as soon as he put down his pen, the end-of-examination bell rang. Chen Ke dried the paper and felt relieved. As for how he got in the exam, just let it be damned!
After handing in his papers, he came out of the examination room and saw Wu Lang and Song Duanping at the door. One took his examination box and the other helped him.
Chen Ke shook his head, squeezed out a smile and said, "It's nothing, I can still walk."
"That's good," Song Duanping sighed: "I heard from the examiner that you wrote out the entire "Complete Commentary on the Five Classics" from memory before you could take the exam. How could you possibly finish it?"
"I don't know how I finished writing it." Chen Ke shook his head, unwilling to mention that unbearable memory. He took out a handful of goose feathers from the bookcase and said, "But without this, I definitely wouldn't be able to write so fast."
This is a quill pen made by Leye people, which they brought from their hometown. Chen Ke has always felt that writing with a brush is too tiring and slow. In many cases where there is no need to pay attention to calligraphy, writing with a brush is simply a waste of time. He
I even want to make my own pen, but I really don’t know what materials to use or how to make it.
When he saw that all the people in the money account used quill pens to keep accounts, he was naturally delighted and started learning from them how to use such pens.
The quills given to Leye people are all taken from the five outermost feathers of the left wing of an adult goose. Because the angle of their growth is exactly in line with the pen-holding habits of right-handed writers, and they are the toughest. They defatted the goose feathers.
, then make a diagonal cut at the root to create a small tip. Then use a knife to make a slit in the middle of the pen tip, and drill a hole at the top of the slit. The font written in this way is thicker and looks somewhat similar to calligraphy.
And because of the 'capillary' effect, the pen tube can automatically absorb and store water. Once you are proficient, you can write more than a hundred words with one dip in ink, which is much easier than a brush. Yici Leye also made a copper tube that will
When the quill is inserted, it can be fixed, making the writing feel very close to the pens of later generations. Therefore, Chen Ke got started very quickly. After mastering it, his writing speed increased several times. This is how he was able to complete the impossible task.
sharp weapon.
And this also helped him greatly in the exam. Although the final words on the paper must be neat calligraphy, in fact, during the exam, he spent a lot of time writing on draft paper, using a quill pen.
It can greatly reduce the writing time, otherwise Chen Kezhen would not be able to finish the answer...
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"Did Mr. Wang know you had a quill pen before taking the exam?" Song Duanping has also tried this kind of pen, but he is not used to it. He still likes to write with a quill pen. Unexpectedly, it is really a powerful tool for sketching.
"..." Chen Ke shook his head.
"Then he wants to push you to death?" Song Duanping said in shock: "If you didn't have a quill, you might not have finished writing silently by now."
"That's what he originally thought." Chen Ke said quietly, "He wanted to use this method to keep me out of the examination room."
"Why?" Wulang said in a loud voice. He was already furious: "Why did he want to harm you?"
"I don't blame him. Who asked me to take the exam first?" Chen Ke said with a self-deprecating smile: "After all, I disrupted this exam. If you don't punish me and let me take the exam easily, what will happen to the candidates in the future?"
If anything goes wrong, there will be trouble in the exam. Where are the laws of the court? He wants to use me to scare the monkeys..." Speaking of this, Chen Ke's face showed a touch of anger and said: "It's just this method, really.
It’s so shameful!”
"Yes." Song Duanping nodded heavily and said, "This person is really vicious."
While talking, he followed the flow of people out of the gate of Taixue. Not far away, Chen Ke saw Li Zhong waving to him. Although he was not far from home, the guards still drove the carriage.
Chen Ke's legs felt like they were filled with lead. He wished he had a means of transportation. He hurried over in a few steps and held Li Zhong's arm to get into the car. He was so tired that he forgot about the injury on his back.
He leaned against the wall of the car, gritting his teeth in pain and gasping for air.
"Sir, are you having a hard time these days?" Li Zhong quickly checked his wound. Fortunately, there was no infection, but it was still blue.
"I can't bear to look back, Li Zhong." Chen Ke patted him on the shoulder and said, "I have a favor for you."
"What do you mean, sir? Just give me your orders?"
"That Qin Qi... is the one who framed me. I think he was taken away by people from the Imperial City Department. Do you know where he is being held now?"
"If he was taken away by our people, he should be imprisoned in the Imperial City Division." Li Zhong smiled and said, "Do you want to kill him?"
"No, I promise to spare his life and leave him alone." Chen Ke shook his head and lowered his voice: "Can you ask the secret agents of the Imperial City Division to help me find someone?"
"who?"
"A troublemaker named Chang Baima." Chen Ke said softly: "Qin Qi told me that that troublemaker was the intermediary who contacted him online."
"Where does this man live? Tell me his address and I will go find him right away?"
"He lives in Yuqian Lane, Guanxing Street, Xiasanxingpu, but he must have run away or been silenced." After such a big case, it is impossible for someone to stay at home like nothing. Chen Ke said bitterly:
"I want to see him alive, and he wants to see his body dead. I have to find out the bastard who harmed me!"
"Okay, I'll give them a favor."
"Tell your brothers, if you find Chang Baima, I will give you one thousand guan. If you find out the mastermind behind the scenes, I will give you 10,000 guan. If you can find irrefutable evidence, I will give you 50,000 guan!" Chen Ke said with a ruthless expression like a wolf!
He said sternly, he would never allow anyone to live freely in the world after hurting him like this!