Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 55
Xu Ji's hands trembled a little. When the family was playing word games, his grandfather lost in the last lottery. Is it wise for him to draw such a lottery?

But now he was really stuck, it was him who challenged him, he didn't dare to do it himself, and he lost all face.

Fan Ning laughed beside him and said, "Brother Xu, how about I come first?"

Xu Ji wished that Fan Ning would draw first, but the rule was that the person who proposed the question would draw first, and the lottery would be placed in front of him. He could not afford to be ashamed of pushing the lottery holder to Fan Ning under the watchful eyes of everyone.

He snorted, "Since it's me who set the question, of course I'll come first."

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and pull out a lottery.

The host looked at the signatures, and quickly rummaged through the bookcase for a long time before finding a book. He shook his head secretly in his heart, Xu Xiaoguan was really unlucky, and unexpectedly got a heartbroken lottery.

He said to Xu Ji, "Please recite volume 73 of the "Hanshu"."

The spectators around were silent, they were joking, the old people might read the "Book of Han" in their spare time, and the young scholars were all doing the imperial examinations, who has time to read that kind of boring history books.

Not many people have even read the "Hanshu", and they have to recite one of them. Who would know what the three No. 70 are?
Xu Ji's face was pale, and his forehead was sweating. Under his grandfather's strict requirements, he had indeed read "Hanshu", and he also knew that No. 70 was the biography of Wei Xian, but he wanted to memorize it by himself, but he did it anyway. Can't do it either.

Only now did he know why his grandfather repeatedly told him not to choose the last lottery in public.

At this time, he felt extremely regretful, why didn't he listen to his grandfather's advice, why didn't he have a thicker skin and let Fanning draw the lottery first?

After standing in a daze for a long time, Xu Ji had no choice but to say with a cold face, "I give up on this question!"

There were voices of regret all around, as expected even Xu Xiaoguan couldn't answer.

The host pushed the lottery container to Fan Ning again, and Fan Ning said to Zhu Pei with a smile, "You are always lucky, draw a lottery for me."

Zhu Pei had never drawn the absolute lottery before, and she was also very itchy, so she winked mischievously and said with a smile: "That's what you said! Don't blame me if you get the heartbroken lottery."

She stretched out her delicate white hand and drew a lottery for Fanning.

The host looked at the inscription and said with a smile: "The little official is so lucky that he got a lottery for escape. Please recite Wu Rong's "Red Leaves"."

The most difficult of the top lottery is called the heartbreak lottery, and the simplest is called the escape lottery, which is about the same difficulty as the top-rank lottery.

Zhu Pei's face was flushed with excitement, and he proudly said to Fan Ning: "Hurry up and thank my office for taking care of you!"

Fan Ning cupped his hands, "Thank you for your kindness, we will talk about it later!"

Zhu Pei quietly kicked Fan Ning while no one was paying attention, "If you want to deny it, there is no way!"

At this time, there were whispers on both sides. Although this poem is also very remote and most people can't recite it, it is much simpler than the "Han Shu" just now.

Xu Ji gritted his teeth with hatred, this bastard got lucky and got an escape ticket.

Fan Ning thought for a while, and then recited this red leaf poem: "The dew dyed frost dries light, and the setting sun turns bright..."

Fan Ning recited the whole poem in one breath, and there was applause all around. Fan Ning obviously won the game.

Fan Ning glanced at Xu Ji, saw that he was not convinced, and said lightly: "If I beat you like this, you probably won't be convinced, so let me do it! I will answer the "Hanshu" question for you just now."

This turning point made everyone dumbfounded, and Xu Ji couldn't hold back anymore, "What did you say?"

Fan Ning ignored him, and said in a calm and unhurried manner: "The third volume of "Han Shu" No. 70 is Wei Xian's biography, and the full text is as follows."

His voice was not loud, but every word he said was extremely clear, "Wei Xian's character is Changru, and he was born in Zou of the State of Lu. His predecessor was Wei Meng. His family was originally from Pengcheng, and he was King Fu of Chu and Yuan..."

He recited it to the end in one breath, and the applause outside became more and more enthusiastic, with continuous applause.

Xu Ji's face was swollen like a pig's liver. Before Fan Ning could finish reciting, he stomped his feet, pushed everyone away and fled in embarrassment. Today, he humiliated himself and lost all face. I really don't know how to explain it to his grandfather?
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Fan Ning and the others came out of the Confucian Temple. He lightly weighed five taels of silver in his hand, and complained to the two: "This colorful shed is playing tricks. Since it is called Wuguan lottery, I answered two lottery tickets, so I should give it to you." Ten taels of silver, but only five taels of silver was given to me in the end, hateful!"

Liu Kang said with a smile: "Didn't they explain it to you? The rule is that each person can only answer one lottery. If a great Confucian comes and answers all ten of his five-peel lottery, wouldn't it be a disaster for the color shed. "

Fanning dismissed the explanation.

"It's just an excuse. Since you have to have the awareness of being answered if you put up ten lottery sticks, if you dare to set up a colorful shed for filling in the five classics, will you not even be able to pay fifty pennies?"

Zhu Pei tilted his head and looked at Fan Ning for a while, then sighed and said, "I'm so worried about the money, since I love money so much, the host gave you Xu Ji's five hundred coins, why don't you?"

Fan Ning snorted, raised his head and said, "It's not my money, why do I want it? Although Master Fan loves money, I also get it properly."

"Go! Go! Go! You're obviously a money fanatic, and you're trying your best to put gold on your face."

At this time, Liu Kang suddenly screamed, "It's over! It's over!"

"What's the end?"

Liu Kang said to Fan Ning with a mournful face, "We forgot the appointed time, mother must beat me to death!"

Fan Ning was also taken aback. His mother set him half an hour, which had passed long ago. He hurriedly said to Zhu Pei, "I'll take you to the boat first, we have to hurry back."

Zhu Pei waved his hand graciously, "You don't need to see me off, I have Sister Jian to accompany me back, you guys go quickly!"

Fan Ning and Liu Kang turned around and ran away. Zhu Pei giggled when seeing the two of them running in a panic. Unfortunately, she didn't see Fan Ah'dai being beaten up by his mother.

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With the passing of the Lantern Festival, the Yanying Academy once again resumed the sound of reading aloud.

This morning, Zhao Xiuwen, Xuezheng of Wu County, walked into the gate of Yanying Academy with a look of dissatisfaction.

He walked into Liu Xuezheng's room aggressively, but he was not there. Zhao Xiuwen turned around and asked the little tea boy, "Where's your master?"

The little tea boy was a little frightened, and pointed to the direction of the latrine, "The owner had a bad stomach after eating this morning."

It is extremely rude to disturb others Rugong, but Zhao Xiuwen couldn't care less, he came outside the latrine and coughed heavily.

I saw Dean Liu lazily saying inside: "Everything comes first, first come first, brother Zhao has to wait in line no matter how urgent he is!"

"Old man Liu, come out quickly, today I will pluck out your beard one by one."

"Hehe! It seems that Officer Zhao's family is so poor that they have nothing to eat, and they are going to murder for money."

After a while, Headmaster Liu came out slowly, clutching his stomach. Just as Zhao Xiuwen was about to speak, Headmaster Liu said, "I'll talk to you after I wash my hands, or it would be too rude."

Zhao Xiuwen had to hold back his breath and wait for him. It took him a long time to wash his hands and come back.

Zhao Xiuwen couldn't bear it anymore, glared at him and said, "Will Yanying Academy still participate in the county magistrate selection competition? Today is January [-]th, and you are the only school left in the county that has not submitted the list. How many days will I wait for you?" You just won't come!"

The county scholar selection contest is commonly known as the child prodigy competition by the common people. The young scholars who participated in the boy's solution test were selected, and those who were selected were called county officials.

Then take the state-level examination. If you pass the examination, you will be called a tribute, and the state will recommend you to go to the capital to take the provincial examination.

There are many benefits to be selected as a young county magistrate, such as free admission to the county school, subsidies for studying, parents exempted from hard labor, tax cut in half, and fees for going to Beijing to participate in the boy's examination, etc.

Of course, it is not easy to become a county official. A selection contest is held every three years, and in the end there are only ten county officials.

It is already a great honor to be able to go to the county to participate in the county magistrate selection competition.

Not every school can participate, even if they can, each school has only three places.

Dean Liu waved his hands helplessly and said, "I still want to go to you tomorrow, but I have encountered a little trouble about this matter."

"What trouble do you have?"

"Let's go back to the room and talk!"

Zhao Xiuwen glared at him fiercely, refused to hand in the name list, and had to come to the door himself to urge him, if it was another school, if he didn't hand it in, he would be considered giving up.

Dean Liu invited Zhao Xiuwen to his study, poured him a cup of tea, and then told him about the troubles Yanqing Academy is currently encountering.

Zhao Xiuwen was stunned, "You mean, if Fan Ning wants to participate in the selection of county officials, the other middle school students will collectively boycott?"

Headmaster Liu nodded, "I've talked with them several times, but these guys are very stubborn, and their opinions are surprisingly unified. They are resolute in their refusal to participate with Fan Ning, which gives me a headache!"

Zhao Xiuwen was speechless for a while, and it was the students who were resisting. He had never encountered such a thing.

Zhao Xiuwen frowned, "What's going on? Why did Fan Ning have such a big hatred with them?"

"Isn't it the entrance examination system stipulated by your brother?"

Dean Liu explained the annual examination in detail, and finally sighed: "I have inquired about it, and other schools are performing normally, and the top three are all students from the middle school, but our Yanying Academy has an underachiever. I sacrifice my life, and I'm still No.1, what do you want me to do?"

"You can't handle the conflicts in the school yourself, and you still blame me?"

Zhao Xiuwen said dissatisfied: "Anyway, I don't care, I reminded you today, it's the best of humanity, if you Yanying Academy don't hand in the list, you will give up this opportunity?"

"It's impossible to give up. I want to discuss with you whether we can let Yanying Academy send two teams to participate in the selection competition."

Of course, Zhao Xiuwen was speaking out of anger. Even if the rest of the Yanying Academy did not participate, he would definitely let Fan Ning participate. How could he let go of such a good opportunity after waiting for several months?
Zhao Xiuwen took a few steps with his hands behind his back, but he finally shook his head.

"The rule is that each school has three places. I can't make an exception for Yanying School, otherwise other schools won't do it. Please forgive me for not being able to do it."

Headmaster Liu said unwillingly: "I'm not saying that only Yanying will increase the number of places, and the other three schools will also increase the number of places! As for other ordinary schools, there is no need to consider it."

Zhao Xiuwen knocked on the table, "You have to understand that this kind of change will involve changes in many rules, one is that there is too little time, and more importantly, the county magistrate and county magistrate will not agree.

Of course, I will mention it for you, but I suggest that you do not hold out hope, select three candidates according to the old rules, and you must give me the list tomorrow at the latest, otherwise it will be regarded as Yanying Academy forfeiting the game. "

"Is there no chance at all?" Dean Liu asked with a frustrated face.

Zhao Xiuwen shook his head, "The possibility is too small, I advise you not to miss this competition because of small losses."

(End of this chapter)