My wife, the eldest princess of the demon clan, I recite poems and become a sword god

Chapter 61 Blessings from Heavenly Officials, Nothing Is Tabooed

Li Cheng suddenly felt that his performance just now seemed to be too pretentious.

Jieyuan of Jiangnan Province!
In a sense, the gold content is higher than that of the provincial champion in his previous life.

Convert it,
If he scored more than 700 points in the college entrance examination in his previous life, even if he walked sideways like a crab, someone would give him a thumbs up and praise him for his steady steps.

After thinking for a moment, Li Cheng put down his chopsticks and spoke uncertainly:
"Master, could it be that you gave gifts to the examiner behind my back?"

The imperial examinations in the Jin Dynasty followed an extremely strict system from beginning to end, making it almost impossible to engage in malpractice for personal gain.

But there are always exceptions to everything.

The test paper for this rural examination consists of three parts. It begins with a poem test and the topic is a classical Chinese sentence.

Roughly speaking,

If the candidate is an old general who has returned home and is bedridden, write a poem about this situation.

Li Cheng, who was in the examination room at the time, didn't think much after seeing the question and wrote a seven-character quatrain:

Stiffly lying in a lonely village, I do not mourn myself, but still think for the country to defend the wheel.

Listening to the wind and rain at night, the iron horse glares into a dream.

He was confident that no one in the audience could write a poem more appropriate to the occasion than Lu You's.

Although the examination papers were copied with unknown names, it would not be difficult to identify Li Cheng's papers based on this poem.

Li Cheng also knew that the examiner Fei Yan was from Jixia Academy.

Therefore, he couldn't help looking at his master Tang San with some amusement.

It was exactly the same as the way Xiao Ye looked at Fei Yan when the results were released.

Sensing the sight of his apprentice, Tang San's expression became a little embarrassed, and he coughed and said:
"Well, when I was at Jixia Academy, I didn't have much dealing with Fei Yan and even offended him.

This time he was able to put aside his prejudices and appoint you as the leader of the Jie Yuan. I was also very surprised. "

Ok?
After hearing this, Li Cheng subconsciously answered the question and asked:

"Master, what did you do to Fei Yan in the past?"

With his understanding of his master, it was definitely not something he could do lightly to make the other person feel embarrassed.

Tang San hesitated for a moment, but when he saw his disciple's eyes burning brightly, he still said truthfully:

“Actually, it’s just a small thing.

Fei Yan's fiancée came to him to break off the engagement. She openly claimed that she fell in love with him as a teacher, and cried and argued that she would not marry unless she was a teacher.

But my teacher is a gentleman, so he had no choice but to make a three-year agreement with the woman, and put it aside for the time being, but finally let it go..."

Li Cheng:......

The corner of his mouth twitched secretly, and the meaning of "you seem to be teasing me" could not help appearing in his eyes.

If even the hatred of seizing his wife can be considered a small matter, then there are not many big things left in the world.

in addition,

He seemed to suddenly understand why Fei Yan's surname was Fei and not Xiao.

After withdrawing his thoughts, Li Cheng was not dazzled by the joy brought by Jie Yuan.

After thinking calmly for a while, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Since ancient times, there has been no first in writing, and no second in martial arts.

Li Cheng is confident that his poetry is invincible, but his answers to the other two parts can only be considered above average.

And in terms of the level of success in the Jiangnan Province examination papers, the level difference between the front row players in the provincial examinations has always been minimal.

In other words,
It was Fei Yan, the chief examiner, who appointed Li Cheng as the Jie Yuan with a stroke of his pen.

Going a little deeper,

The other party would rather put aside the hatred of seizing his wife and give the honor of Jieyuan to Li Cheng, whom he had never met.

What is hidden behind this is still difficult for him to judge.

Seeing his apprentice frowned slightly, Tang San also guessed what the other party was thinking, and said with a smile:
"Since people dare to give it, then we dare to take it.

Don't worry, I'll take care of this favor for you, and I will return it to Fei Yan when I get the chance. "

Looking up, Li Cheng was suddenly speechless, not knowing what to say.

The master's words are completely like a meeting of eunuchs, nothing to say.

If he were Fei Yan, he would probably be thinking about how to hurt Tang San's waist every day.

Where can I still calmly wait to return the favor?

As if thinking of this, Tang San couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

Both the master and the disciple silently lowered their heads and plucked at the rice porridge in their bowls.

In the dining room, there was only the crisp sound of the collision between bamboo chopsticks and porcelain bowls.

When Li Cheng picked up the last chopstick on the porcelain plate to pickle the shredded bamboo shoots,

An old man in gray clothes hurriedly walked out of the wooden door with steady steps.

The opponent's appearance was ordinary, with a scar on the left side of his face and a wine gourd pinned to his waist.

Like a prodigal who retreats to the mountains and forests.

Seeing the other party coming, Li Cheng stood up and said hello:

"Uncle Chen, morning."

Grinning at Li Cheng with a kind expression, Uncle Chen said nothing.

In Li Cheng's memory, the other party seemed to be practicing a technique called closed-mouth meditation.

If you can not speak, try not to speak.

And Uncle Chen is also the only person besides his master and disciples who can enter and leave the core courtyard of the academy unimpeded.

He handed the letter in his arms to Tang San, who turned around and left without any hesitation.

Looking at Uncle Chen's vigorous back, Li Cheng pondered for a moment and said in a light voice:

"With a physique like a Buddhist Vajra, among the fourth-grade experts, there are only a handful of people who can surpass Uncle Chen."

finished,

Seeing that his master didn't respond, he couldn't help but tilt his head, but saw Tang San's smile fade, and his face appeared thoughtful.

"what happened?"

Putting the opened letter paper flat on the table, Tang Sanyan said briefly and comprehensively:
"Xiaobai's uncle is about to die, and the Xie family sent a letter to ask if you have been out of customs.

If you come out of seclusion, they would like to ask you to write a memorial poem for the other party. "

Different from Li Cheng's previous life, in this world because of the existence of the vitality of heaven and earth, the power that poetry can exert can be great or small.

With the help of semi-sacred tools such as cinnabar pens,
Appropriate poetry can even touch incredible realms such as life and death, space, and time.

But the premise is that the poem must have never been published in the world.

Li Cheng, who knew this well, nodded when he heard the words, and agreed without thinking:
"Before coming to the academy, my junior sister was raised by her uncle in Chang'an, and the two of them had a deep relationship.

Due to both emotion and reason, I should go and see my elders on their last journey. "

With that said, he turned around and walked out of the courtyard.

Seeing this, Tang San was stunned for a moment and then asked:

"Are you planning to leave now?"

"Of course, it's better not to delay this matter sooner, and every minute later will cause more changes."

"But," Tang San who followed behind couldn't help reminding:

"In a little while, He Xi's official messenger will come to visit.

In two days there will be a deer singing banquet for the new imperial examination candidates, if you don’t go..."

Having said that,

Li Cheng stopped and turned his head, and looked at Master, Tang San suddenly reacted and said with a light smile:
"If you don't want to go, don't go. It just so happens that you don't have to meet Fei Yan, and you won't be willful just once or twice."

"Thank you, Master."

After patting the eldest disciple on the shoulder, Tang San said seriously:
"I'll ask Lao Chen to accompany you there and bring Xiao Bai back safely when you're done."

"it is good."

With just one word, Li Cheng nodded gently with firm eyes.

……

……

The sun was high and the sun was shining brightly.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, Xiao Ye and the team announcing the good news revisited the old place and came to the mountain gate of Jiangnan Academy again.

However, this time, Xiao Ye, who was not responsible for announcing the decree, was not able to see Dean Tang San.

But that's okay too.

But when he heard that Li Cheng, the banished immortal, had left seclusion last night and left the academy in the morning, his mentality suddenly exploded.

The officials who came to congratulate him received the reward money. Although they regretted not to see the world-famous banished immortal, they were all happy.

Only Xiao Ye, who was wearing purple official uniform, stood among them and looked very out of place.

This act of banishing the immortal can truly be described as the most willful of wills.

However, Xiao Ye suddenly remembered a rumor that was widely circulated among the people.

It is said that when Li Cheng was ten years old, he exchanged a short poem with a Taoist essence for a divine mantra endorsed by the Taoist leader:
Blessed by the heavenly official, there are no taboos.

(End of this chapter)