Seeing He Jinchao's lost state and muttering to himself, Wei Chen felt no pity in his heart.
All this is his own fault.
Wei Chen cupped his hands at Lin Yan and said, "Sir, please calm down. Brother He is just dedicated to learning and wants to explore students' methods of writing articles. There is nothing to hide. The students can teach him now."
"Oh, what's the trick?"
Lin Yan raised his eyebrows slightly.
All the students from Shangshe were interested after hearing this. If Wei Chen could make such great progress in a short period of time without cheating, then his learning methods are definitely worth learning from.
It's rare that Wei Chen doesn't hide his secrets and is willing to share it with everyone. Of course, you have to listen carefully.
Lu Qingzhou also quietly moved closer, pricking up his ears to listen carefully to what Wei Chen had to say.
"Without him, as the saying goes, if you read thousands of volumes, you will write like a master. As long as you memorize "Four Books, Major Titles, Small Titles and Wenfu" until you are familiar with it, you will be able to solve any problem you encounter."
"Pfft!"
Tao Dazhi couldn't help but laugh out loud and said with great joy: "Brother Wei is right. There are test questions from past dynasties in the Wenfu, as well as model essays from predecessors for reference. No matter how the examiner changes the test questions, they will always be different." It’s not within the scope of the Wenfu. As long as you memorize the Wenfu, you won’t be able to master any test questions you encounter in the future.”
Tao Dazhi only thought that Wei Chen was deliberately mocking He Jinchao, so he laughed very happily, but all his classmates were disappointed.
Of course everyone understands that what Tao Dazhi says makes sense, but understanding it is one thing and actually doing it is another.
Memorize the entire set of literature?
What a joke!
If it was really that simple, how could there be so many old boys in this world?
These old boys who have failed many times may not have much talent, but what they lack most is time and perseverance.
But even if I started memorizing it when I was a child and continued to memorize it until I died of old age, I have never heard of anyone being able to memorize the entire Wenfu set.
At most, you can barely memorize one or two volumes, and you have to pray that the examiner will ask questions from the parts you have memorized. The chance of passing the test is very small.
Everything depends on luck, and the effort and reward are completely out of proportion. If you have that spare time, why not do more research on the preferences of future examiners!
Lu Qingzhou frowned and said: "Brother Wei, if you don't want to talk, forget it, why bother making fun of your classmates? There are tens of millions of words in the Wenfu, how can it be memorized by human beings?"
The classmates all agreed with Lu Qingzhou's words. A set of dozens of thick books was daunting. It was difficult to read it from beginning to end, let alone memorize it.
Wei Chen said seriously: "As long as you work hard, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle."
Tao Dazhi saw Wei Chen's serious expression, as if he was not joking, and for no reason, an idea came to his mind that even he thought was very unreliable.
He swallowed and asked tentatively: "Brother Wei, is it possible that you really memorized Wenfu?"
Wei Chen said calmly: "Brother Tao, if you don't believe me, you can just give me a test."
"I come!"
Before Tao Dazhi had time to answer, He Jinchao on the side seemed to have suddenly come back to his senses. He stared at Wei Chen with hatred in his eyes and said, "You are ignorant and don't know the heights of the world. How dare you speak arrogantly in front of the teacher? I want to see you." I can’t carry it down!”
With that said, He Jinchao walked to Lin Yan and randomly picked out a volume from dozens of volumes of literature.
Lin Yan watched quietly from the side and did not stop He Jinchao, but there was a hint of imperceptible disappointment in his eyes.
He Jinchao also felt the cold attitude of his teacher towards him, but since he was unwilling to bow his head and admit his mistake to Wei Chen, he could only bite the bullet and continue on.
He Jinchao opened the Wenfu, gritted his teeth and read out: "Learning without thinking is wasteful."
He stared at Wei Chen's lips, afraid that he would reveal something.
The eyes of the other students also focused on Wei Chen. Some wanted to see Wei Chen make a fool of himself in public, while others were looking forward to witnessing the birth of a miracle with their own eyes.
Wei Chen did not answer immediately, but fell into thinking.
Seeing Wei Chen's reaction, He Jinchao felt happy in his heart. He had indeed made the right bet!
He can't carry it!
Since Wei Chen doesn't know how to memorize Wenfu, then what he said about "reading thousands of volumes and writing like a god" is all to confuse the public and deliberately mislead everyone.
In this case, the reason for the improvement of his article level is no longer valid.
Maybe he didn't accuse him unjustly when he said he cheated, but he just used some unknown concealment method to hide it from everyone, including Lin Yan.
However, if you tell a lie, you have to use countless lies to cover it up. This despicable farm boy finally exposed his secret in front of him!
The more He Jinchao thought about it, the more logical it became, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became. He stared at Wei Chen with awe, and waited until Wei Chen couldn't answer, then exposed the villain's true face of fraud in front of everyone.
Unfortunately, He Jinchao was too immersed in his own thoughts and didn't notice the flash of sarcasm on Wei Chen's face.
When everyone was tired of waiting, Wei Chen finally spoke slowly: "If you only study without seeking the heart, you will be in a daze and gain nothing from yourself..."
Wei Chen stared at He Jinchao and slowly spat out each word.
There was silence in the room, except for Wei Chen's exceptionally clear voice that kept echoing in everyone's ears.
He Jinchao was stunned for a while, and then said calmly: "You are lucky this time, I want to see how many more questions you can get right!"
He turned the Wen Fu in his hand to a random page and asked again: "My husband and the people now have to do the opposite."
Wei Chen blurted out without thinking: "The great sage forgives Zou Min's complaint, seeing that Zou Min has taken it upon himself..."
Wei Chen memorized it while He Jinchao compared it word by word, for fear of missing the opportunity to catch Wei Chen's mistakes.
But in the end, Wei Chen didn't recite a single word wrong.
Next, He Jinchao took ten more questions, and Wei Chen memorized ten articles in a row, all of which were word for word.
Everyone present went from being in disbelief at the beginning to being convinced in the end.
He Jinchao's questions were all randomly selected from the fifty volumes of literature, with no rules at all. Wei Chen could memorize them all, which proved that he had really memorized the entire set of literature.
In this way, there is no need to discuss the issue of whether Wei Chen cheated.
With his level, it was enough to take the county exam right away, so why cheat in a monthly class?
He Jinchao's forehead was already wet with sweat, his eyes were red, he was flipping through the book mechanically, and murmured: "The last question, the last question..."
Lu Qingzhou pulled him and whispered: "Stop asking, Brother He, save some face for yourself."
"Stop being so hypocritical, you are not a good person! If something happens, just push me in front and hide in the back to enjoy the benefits!"
He Jinchao smashed the book at Lu Qingzhou and cursed in Shangyuan County dialect: "***, *****! ********!!!"
Lu Qingzhou was startled and hurriedly avoided the books that He Jinchao threw at him. While he was arranging his clothes in embarrassment, he shouted in his mouth: "Crazy, he must be crazy!"
He Jinchao vented for a while, suddenly fell to his knees on the ground, and said with tears: "Han Chuang has studied hard for eight years, but he can't even compare to a child. What hope does he have to go to school in the future? If I can't go to school, then I still have time to study. What’s the use? It’s okay if you don’t read this book!”
Everyone understood that He Jinchao had framed a classmate in front of his teacher this time and broke the rules of the free school. The crime was not a small one.
Although I was very disdainful of what He Jinchao had done in my heart, seeing his true feelings revealed at this moment, as we were all students, we couldn't help but feel a bit of compassion.
Chen Jun knelt down and begged Lin Yan: "Sir, Brother He just made a mistake. Please forgive him and give him another chance."
Lin Changchang sighed: "He has no intention of studying anymore. Even if I am willing to forgive him, I'm afraid he will have no hope of studying in this life."
Lin Yan's words soon came true.
He Jinzhao, whose face was full of tears and snot, stood up without warning, ran out of Youzhai without saying a single hello, and disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.
"Sir, he is..."
"That's all, this is his own choice, let him go..."
