Everyone was sitting upright in the empty hall, quietly waiting for the exam to begin. At this time, no one was talking anymore. Except for Luo Zhang and Hu Luanyao, everyone was extremely nervous. After all, this was their chance to leap over the dragon's gate. , if you catch it, you will soar into the sky, if you fail to catch it, your reputation will fade away and you will become a passerby, who will remember you!
The reason why Luo Zhang and Hu Luanyao were not nervous was because Luo Zhang already had an official status, and he was forced to take part in the scientific examination. It was not an exaggeration to say that he came here to make soy sauce.
And Hu Luanyao was Gao Gouli's envoy in the Tang Dynasty, and he could be considered an official. He came to participate in the imperial examination because he wanted to know more about the culture of the Tang Dynasty. Besides, he was very knowledgeable, so dealing with these was not a problem at all. This is the confidence.
The first test was on Chinese poetry. When an examiner in purple robes took out a scroll and two young eunuchs unfolded it, the title jumped out, "War"!
Just one word, this is the title. This is to ask the candidates to write a poem with the theme of war. Whether you borrow it from others or write it yourself, you just need to make it. Of course, if you write it yourself, you must It can give you a lot of extra points in front of the examiner. If you write better, getting a good ranking will not be a problem!
Seeing this question, all the candidates were in an uproar. This battle is different from ordinary questions. Usually, most of the questions are about clouds, rain, and scenery. Most of them are like this in previous years. But why is there such a question this year? This is too difficult!
Listening to the discussions among the candidates, the examiner coughed and said: "This question is written by His Majesty himself. You must do it with your heart. When the time comes, this poem will be presented to His Majesty for Your Majesty's viewing!"
To be honest, the topic of this article has been discussed a long time ago, but I don’t know what His Majesty was thinking, but he changed it today and came up with the topic himself. There is no problem in His Majesty’s choice of topic.
But this caused many examiners to pass on the news, and their desire to take care of the children of those aristocratic families was completely in vain. Moreover, because the questions were just given in the morning, even if they wanted to pass it on to those aristocratic families who were good to them, they were unable to do so. Without the strength, they can only rely on themselves.
The people who were talking the loudest just now were the children of the aristocratic families. They had already received the test questions before, but they didn't expect that the test questions had been changed. They were different from what they had gotten before. The answers they prepared for them were of course useless. , what should they do? Needless to say, they were anxious, but they had nothing to do. This was a question given by His Majesty. Should they go to His Majesty and ask Him to change the question to the original one? That's not changing the topic, that's looking for death!
Luo Zhang swallowed his saliva and looked to the left and right. They all had frowns and miserable expressions on their faces. Some of them sighed, as if their parents had died.
With just one glance, Luo Zhang knew that those sighing and looking miserable were the children of the aristocratic families, but Li Yifu like him didn't have such expressions. The reason? Naturally, Li Yifu is a child from a poor family and cannot be taken care of at all. I am afraid that this exam question has been passed on to these children from aristocratic families a long time ago, so the question has been changed, and they will behave like this.
Your Majesty is your Majesty, and he is really sophisticated in his methods. Just this move made those children of the aristocratic families feel defeated, and the labor and management liked it.
From this point of view, Li Shimin actually helped Luo Zhang. If he really followed the previous test questions, these children of the aristocratic family would all know the questions and be prepared, so they would do well in the test. However, Luo Zhang had no questions at all, so he was naturally unprepared. The answer is, even if he is a modern person, he may not be able to pass the exams of these children of aristocratic families.
But now it's good, everyone is standing on the same starting line, and the competition is about real skills. The so-called mule is a horse out for a walk!
In addition to Luo Zhang, the most calm person in this literary test was Hu Luanyao. This girl started to write after seeing this word, as if she had thousands of poems in her chest, picking them up casually. This had to impress Luo Zhang. extremely.
As for the other Li Yifu next to him, although he is not as miserable as those children from aristocratic families, he is not much better, and he is thinking hard.
Luo Zhang looked around and quickly attracted the examiner's attention. He frowned slightly, walked slowly to Luo Zhang and said, "Why don't you think about it? Are you already confident?"
"Ah! Oh! I'm thinking. I think differently from others. Others like to shake their heads, but I like to look around, so that I can write good poems!" Luo Zhang said deceptively.
The examiner was stunned. This was the first time he heard such a novel idea, but as long as Luo Zhang didn't disturb others, he wouldn't care too much. He asked Luo Zhang to finish the questions quickly and left without looking around, heading towards the other candidates. I want to see how the poems written by these candidates are doing due to the changes in the test questions this time.
Seeing the examiner leaving, Luo Zhang couldn't help but curled his lips, "What the hell, you can't even look at other people, old antiques, even drinking water will make you choke, just a little!"
"'War'? What kind of poem should I write?"
This text may be difficult for others, but it is the easiest for Luo Zhang. As a modern high school student, he has read countless poems since elementary school. The only worry is which poem to use.
Soon, a poem appeared in Luo Zhang's mind, and his eyes lit up, "This one is good, let's use this one!"
With a smile on his face, Luo Zhang picked up the brush and started to write. Luo Zhang actually practiced this brush for several years when he was a child. It was taught to him by an uncle next door. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have had to take the exam. Passed the exam, unless he can make a quill.
Luo Zhang's writing naturally attracted Li Yifu's attention. He didn't expect Luo Zhang to think of it so quickly, almost as fast as Hu Luanyao, but this was different.
Who is Hu Luanyao? She was a talented woman from Gaoguli. It was not surprising that she could write a poem with the title "War" so quickly, but who was Luo Zhang? What kind of poetry can a man who has been a beggar since childhood and then became a gangster in the market do? And you can compose poetry so quickly? Could it be that Luo Zhang was writing randomly? If that were the case, wouldn't he be afraid of His Majesty Long Yan's anger?
Not only did Li Yifu notice the movement on Luo Zhang's side, but other students who were shaking their heads also noticed the movement on this side. After all, Luo Zhang and Hu Luanyao started writing at the same time as soon as the topic came out, and the others were still thinking about it.
Most people had the same idea as Li Yifu, thinking that Luo Zhang was just writing something random and they just needed to deal with it.
The examiner who had just left just now saw that Luo Zhang, who had had strange thoughts before, actually started writing. He turned around and walked towards him again. He wanted to see what the examinee was capable of, and he could actually keep pace with Hu Luanyao!
Luo Zhang didn't consider the thoughts of outsiders at all. Soon, a poem titled "War" was written by Luo Zhang.
After drying the ink, Luo Zhang read it carefully again, and nodded involuntarily. He was completely satisfied with the poem he wrote, ahem, the poem he copied. It was not too unfair. I wonder if Li Shimin saw him. How do you feel about the poem you wrote?
At this time, the examiner also walked up to Luo Zhang and lowered his head to look at the poem written by Luo Zhang. When he saw it, the examiner froze there, dumbfounded and speechless.
Seeing this, all the examinees showed contempt on their faces. In their opinion, the examiner must have been shocked by Luo Zhang's scribbling, and he probably didn't expect someone to do such nonsense.
"This Luo Zhang just likes to play tricks, but playing tricks also depends on the place. Is this a place where he can play tricks?"
"That's right, a common man wants to take the exam with us, and wants to be among the top three in the imperial examination. It's simply a wishful thinking!"
"Whatever we want him to do, we'd better think about it ourselves. If we can't do it, what's the difference from him?"
"Brother, what you said makes sense. Let's think about how we should write this question. I don't know how your majesty would use this word as the title. It's really hard for us!"
But before these people could start writing, the examiner stood up and exclaimed loudly: "What a poem, what a poem. This poem is definitely a beautiful poem that will shine through the ages. What a great talent. What a great talent."
"What? What does the examiner mean? A beautiful poem that has never ceased to exist? How is this possible?"
"That's right, Luo Zhang can compose beautiful poems that will last forever? I won't believe it even to death!"
"Could it be that Luo Zhang already knew about the theme of "War" and was therefore prepared for it?"
"It's impossible. Your Majesty just asked this question this morning. We don't know about it. How could Luo Zhang know about it?"
"Then what's going on? Could it be that the examiner is blind and saw it wrong?"
