Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 74 The Final Four
Early the next morning, the gate of the county school was full of gongs and drums. Dozens of colored flags were fluttering in the wind at the gate of the county school. A huge banner was hung above the gate, with five big characters written on it: "County Scholars Four Finals Competition"

The gate was already crowded with thousands of people who came from all directions to admire the demeanor of the child prodigy. Dozens of archers from the county government maintained order in front of the gate.

Dean Liu took Fan Ning to wait in the playground of the county school. They waited for a while, and Zhu Pei's gorgeous carriage drove quickly and stopped beside the playground.

"Master, I'm really sorry, I overslept a bit today!" Zhu Pei got out of the car a little bit embarrassed.

She was wearing the same clothes as yesterday, a bright blue satin suit, a scholar's scarf, and buckskin boots. She probably didn't have time to change, but the eyebrows and eyes on her face were redrawn, and she was still as fresh as a lotus. pretty.

Headmaster Liu smiled and said, "The time is just right, it's not too late at all."

He looked back at Fanning, and smiled again: "Let's go!"

Everyone walked into the examination room together.

"Did you sleep late last night?" Fanning asked with a concerned smile.

"I guess so!"

Zhu Pei covered his mouth, yawned wearily, and said with a trace of sleepiness: "I don't even know when I fell asleep. When I woke up, it was already dawn."

Director Liu turned back and smiled and said, "Persist a little longer, there are still two days left, and you can go home and have a good rest after the end."

"Master, what is the content of the individual test tomorrow?" Fan Ning asked curiously.

"Basically, it's the same as the team competition. The five classics, poems and miscellaneous items are tested, and policy theory is not tested. They are all strong points for you."

"Then how many people will be admitted in the end?" Jupe asked.

"It's the same every time. The top ten in the selection competition are called county officials. Zhu Pei, you will also have the title of county official."

Zhu Pei curled her lips, anyway, she can't take part in the test, so what does this kind of county official mean to her?
Dean Liu felt a little conflicted. If Fan Ning was admitted, he would enter the county school. This was definitely not the result he wanted to see.

But considering Fanning's future, he can only support Fanning to move on.

Not long after, they came to the competition field. Today is the semi-finals, which is actually the team finals of the county magistrate selection competition.

As far as the contestants are concerned, they have come to this point, and everyone has obtained the upper-middle base score. If they win the championship today, the base score will be the upper-upper.

Like Xu Ji and the others, they were eliminated in the first round, and the bottom score was mid-match. It doesn't make sense to get this bottom score, no matter how well they perform in the individual competition.

But the semi-finals are very important to the four schools, which is related to their rankings and their attractiveness to outstanding students from all over the world.

The four leaders were all very nervous, they sat on the sidelines and watched the battle.

The first is the lottery seat. The Yanying Academy draws the fourth seat, the first seat is the Changqing Academy, the second seat is the County School Affiliated School, and the third seat is the Yuqing Academy.

Except for Yanying Academy which only has two students, the other schools have three students, and they are all the three main teams breaking through from District A.

The five examiners were already seated. They were all professors from the Imperial College. The chief examiner was called Qi Yong, who was in his forties.

At this time, a loud bell rang, and several officials came in one by one. At the front was Zhao Xiuwen, the county academic and political officer, followed by the county magistrate Li Yun, who accompanied Bao Zheng who was inspecting Wu County, followed by the county magistrate, county lieutenant and the chief minister. Thin.

Zhao Xiuwen smiled and introduced to everyone: "I won't introduce you to the county lord. Everyone knows him. In addition to the county lord, there is also a high-ranking official who came to watch our game today. Liangzhe Road Transit Envoy, Mr. Bao, please Everyone welcome!"

Amid the applause of the crowd, Bao Zheng stood up and said with a smile: "My lord, Bao Zheng, has just been transferred from Shanxi Road to Liangzhe Road. I have heard about the county magistrate selection contest in Wu County. It is said that it created the county examination for boys. It is my honor to be able to witness it with my own eyes today, well, don’t disturb the game, let’s start!”

After speaking, he sat down and looked at Fanning with a smile in his eyes. Fanning blinked at him and made an expression that he hadn't seen in many years.

At this time, Li Yun, the county magistrate, nodded to the chief examiner, indicating to him that the competition could begin.

Qi Yong stood up and said: "Today is the semi-finals. The rules are similar to before, but there is one thing that is different. According to Zhao Xuezheng's request, every examiner must score today and publish it, including myself, so that everyone It's all clear.

In addition, every question today has to test the calligraphy of the school, please pay attention to it. "

After Qi Yong finished speaking, seeing that there was no objection from the crowd, he picked up a small hammer and knocked on the bronze chime.

'when! '

With the sound of a crisp chime, the game officially started.

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The little boy went up to draw questions for each school holding the test stick. Zhu Pei looked at the examiner and whispered to Fan Ning, "These guys are all from the prefectural school. Do you think Grandpa Xu Ji will exert influence on them?"

"If he did this, it would be too despicable. He is the chief professor of the government school!"

Zhu Pei snorted, "That's because you don't know what he is like, let's put it this way! He is what kind of person his grandson is, but he is a little more hidden."

Fan Ning thought to himself, 'If this is the case, I should be extra careful today. '

At this time, the boy who gave the question came to them, and Zhu Pei reached out and drew a lottery to open the question.

'The foolishness of speaking contemptuously, if you go against your finger and hear it'

Please speak out the scriptures and recite the full text.

Zhu Pei blinked, thoughtfully, and for a moment she whispered to Fan Ning: "I seem to have read these two sentences."

Fan Ning said with a smile: "These two sentences are from "Han Shu. Yang Chang Biography", which should belong to the top topic, but this article is very famous. It is one of the hundred articles, so the difficulty has dropped again, and it is a middle-grade question.”

Zhu Pei smiled and nodded, "It turned out to be "Book of Baosun Huizong". No wonder I feel familiar. I have also read this article, but I forgot it."

"It's okay! I remember it very clearly."

Fan Ning silently said the beginning, and handed it to Zhu Pei to copy. To get a high score in calligraphy, of course, Zhu Pei had to do it.

The examiner Qi Yong rang the copper chime again, "Time is up! All students stop writing."

Qi Yong drew a lottery in order again. Yu Qingxuetang answered the first question first, and Yanying Academy answered the third question.

What Yuqing School drew was couplets, and they were asked to find a couplet from Tang poems and write out the history.

This question is relatively simple and belongs to the lower class question.

For example, the sun is at the end of the mountain, the Yellow River flows into the sea, etc., but the choice of Yuqing Academy is:
beyond the world;
Whether the mountains are present or not.

——Wang Wei "Overlooking the Han River"

This couplet is not bad and has a lot of charm, and the five examiners unanimously gave it a high score.

Zhu Pei whispered to Fan Ning again: "I have an intuition that the examiner prefers Yuqing Academy."

"Why do you have this intuition?" Fanning asked with a smile.

Zhu Peixiu frowned, "I can't tell. Maybe this couplet is not neat. Look at the river and the mountains, isn't it a little unsuitable?"

Fan Ning nodded. Ju Pei's intuition was correct. If he rated this couplet by himself, he would give Shangzhong at most, and Shangshang was not too hot.

The second one is Changqing Academy’s answering questions. The grading scale was suddenly tightened. Evergreen Academy drew “Mencius” and memorized it completely correctly, but the calligraphy they handed in was slightly altered. Three examiners deducted their calligraphy points , got an upper middle school.

Principal Fei's face suddenly changed, points would be deducted for any alteration, which was simply too picky, but he held back, after all, the other party had a reason.

"The third one, ask Yanying Academy to answer the question!"

The boy signed the test paper and questions back, and the examiner smiled and said: "If you have heard of the stupidity of the words, please tell me! Where did it come from? Then recite the full text."

Fan Ning said calmly: "These two sentences are from "Han Shu. Yang Chang Biography", which is a famous independent article called "Bao Sun Hui Zong Shu". The full text is as follows."

Fan Ning began to recite, "Since Yun lost his title and lived in the house, he managed the property, built a house, and entertained himself with wealth..."

This article has more than [-] words, and Fan Ning recited it all word by word.

Qi Yong passed the calligraphy to the examiners again, everyone read it once, and then began to score, two of them were in the middle and two of them were in the top.

Dean Liu's face changed, and he gave such a perfect answer, why did he give it to Shangzhong?
He knew that the calligraphy must be in Zhu Pei's handwriting. The girl's calligraphy was very beautiful. Among all the participating students, her calligraphy was one of the best. So what could be wrong?

Qi Yong hesitated, and asked an examiner, "Why did Professor Wu give it to Shangzhong?"

The examiner said: "I think there should be two answers to this question, one is "Hanshu Yang Chang Biography" and the other is "Book of Baosun Huizong". Yanying Academy only recited one of them, which is not perfect, so I give it a score. On the."

Qi Yong nodded, and he also hit the middle score.

Dean Liu was so angry that his face was livid, it was nonsense, no matter which one of the two answers he answered, he should get full marks, besides, if the answer was "Han Shu Yang Chang Biography", it would be the last question, and it should be a plus. Only try to appear.

The correct answer should clearly be "Book of Baosun Huizong".

Zhao Xiuwen was also a little restless, and he felt that scoring this question was a bit too harsh.

But out of respect for the examiner, he didn't get up to interfere.

Zhu Pei's face was flushed with anger, and she was about to have a seizure. Fan Ning grabbed her wrist and said in a low voice, "Calm down, this is the first question!"

Zhu Pei finally restrained herself, she gritted her teeth and said, "If I'm not wrong, the school attached to the county school won't get higher marks."

Soon the school affiliated to the county school also finished answering the questions. They were poetry questions, but the result was unexpected. They got one upper and lower marks, five examiners scored, three upper and lower, and two upper middle.

The affiliated school of the county school was stunned. This was something they had never seen before, and they actually scored high and low.

Suddenly, there was a murmur of discussion in the examination room. Everyone knew very well what it meant to get a score of one in the semi-finals.
Unless the other three schools make major mistakes, the school attached to the county school will definitely be out.

Li Yun smiled and asked Bao Zheng, "How does the transfer envoy feel?"

Bao Zheng nodded and said with a smile: "I think this kind of group battle is very interesting. The students are of high level, and the examiners' marks are also very strict. However, the first one gives a little more lenient points. It may be that they are not very good at the beginning. For adaptation's sake."

"Fan Ning didn't let Shi Jun down!" Li Yun asked again.

Bao Zheng laughed, "If that brat dares to disappoint me, watch how I spank his ass!"

Li Yun was startled that Bao Zheng actually used such a tone to comment on Fan Ning. He suddenly realized that the relationship between Fan Ning and Bao Zheng might be extraordinary.

The chief examiner Qi Yong said slowly: "The first question is over, Yu Qing School temporarily takes the lead with an upper score, Changqing School and Yanying School follow closely behind, and the County School Affiliated School is temporarily lagging behind, please don't be impatient , calm down and answer the questions below, and the next question will start."

In the second question, Zhu Pei drew a couplet, and the title gave the first couplet:
Sober up and eat with the fragrance of tea.

Ask for a couplet.

Fan Ning gave the next couplet after a little thought:

Spend the full moon life.

Although the match is very neat and beautiful, Zhu Pei is not very optimistic about the prospects. She has a reason for not being optimistic about the prospects. The second question of the Evergreen School and the School Affiliated to the County School did well, but they were all given to Shangzhong.

As long as there is a heart, any work will have flaws.

Sure enough, the five main examiners unanimously gave the upper middle marks, the reason is that the wine, rice and tea are of the same kind, and Huayueren is not a good match.

Bao Zheng shook his head lightly, and said to Li Yun, the county magistrate, "Fan Ning's second line has a very high artistic conception, and his scores are high and low. The examiner's evaluation is a bit sloppy."

Li Yun was also a little displeased. He felt that the professors of the government school had a kind of contempt for Wu County. This was no longer strict, but a deliberate suppression.

The fourth answerer was Yu Qing Xuetang. Their topic was to silently write a poem by Li Shanfu, a poet of the late Tang Dynasty.

However, Yuqing Academy still answered the question. Qi Yong, the chief examiner, smiled at the other examiners, "That's right, this embroidered mountain should be Jingzhaoli Mountain. I have visited it before."

A strange look flashed in Zhu Pei's eyes, and she suddenly picked up the pen on the table and threw it forward.

Fanning was taken aback, "What are you doing?"

Zhu Pei smiled mysteriously at him, got up to pick up the pen, and the pen rolled directly to the examiner's desk.

Qi Yong suddenly saw a student appearing in front of him, he couldn't help being stunned, "What are you doing?"

"Report to the examiner, the student's pen has dropped!"

Qi Yong waved his hand, "Go back to your seat quickly."

Zhu Pei picked up the pen, but leaned forward to take a look at the answer sheet of Yuqing Academy, and immediately turned back.

"What did you find?" Fanning asked with a smile.

Zhu Pei sneered, "As expected, I will show you a good show later!"

Fan Ning saw that several examiners were grading, so he said calmly: "If you find something wrong, speak up quickly, and it will be difficult to change it after the scores are typed out."

Zhu Pei was right after thinking about it, she immediately raised her hand and said loudly: "Examiner, this question Yu Qing Xuetang answered wrong!"

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