Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 18

Two hours later, with a crisp gong, the police stopped everyone's writing.

"Now seal the scroll, everyone put down the brushes in your hands."

Taking advantage of the time when the police were collecting the test papers, Fang Yiai carefully checked the test papers, and after confirming that there were no mistakes, he carefully put down the brush in his hand.

Looking at the [-] test papers that were collected, Chief Lin said in a serious voice: "Everyone can share your experience, and I will select a few test papers to comment on."

Saying that, Lin Zhukao took a look at Fang Yiai below, and a treacherous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After the chief examiner Lin randomly selected three test papers, he turned straight to the test paper No. 58 representing Fang Yiai's identity.

Reminiscing about the unsuccessful extortion of bribes before, Chief Examiner Lin looked at Fang Yiai's test paper and couldn't help feeling jealous, "Cultivating virtuous people for the country has always been the important task of the Imperial College, and everyone here is capable and talented. But a certain Some people actually wear commoner clothes to take the exam, isn’t it just playing tricks on the country’s Enke?”

Seeing Chief Lin's words targeting her, Fang Yiai frowned and thought to herself, "Sure enough, I didn't guess wrong!"

"Yeah, he didn't bring pen and ink for the exam, so he obviously didn't pay attention to Enke this time!"

"I really don't know which adult's heir he is, and he came to take the exam in a commoner suit. Could it be that he lost all his money in the gambling house?"

Fang Yiai was very displeased by everyone's flattering and ridiculing, but thinking of the matter of not carrying pen and ink before, Fang Yiai, who knew she was wrong, did not speak out to refute.

Seeing everyone laughing at Fang Yiai, Chief Lin raised his mouth slightly and said, "I hope everyone will take this as a warning and not disappoint the country and parents' painstaking cultivation."

Hearing the church that Chief Lin was taking the exam, all the students responded in unison, and looked at Fang Yi'ai with even more disdain.

After taunting Fang Yiai, Chief Examiner Lin began to comment on the test paper in his hand. When he saw the test paper No. 39, his face showed an expression of approval.

Looking around the audience, Chief Examiner Lin held the test paper in his hand and said with a smile, "Student No. 39, please get up."

Under everyone's gaze, the student who lent Fang Yiai's pen and ink before slowly got up, bowed his hands to the chief examiner Lin and said: "My servant, Li Su, pays my respects to the chief examiner."

Seeing Li Su's elegant and handsome appearance, and the quality of the robes he was wearing, chief examiner Lin immediately aroused his love for talents, "You don't need to be too polite, the calligraphy of this article, young master, is smooth and smooth. It can be regarded as the leader of the hundred articles!"

Facing the public praise from chief examiner Lin, Li Su did not change his face, and cupped his hands and said: "There are so many capable people in my classmates, I dare not entrust you with greatness."

"Well, don't be surprised by favor or humiliation, this is the character that a literati should have!"

After signaling Li Su to sit down, Chief Lin put down the test paper in his hand, put his hands behind his back, and said, "I'm offering wine to Lin Xiuwen at the Imperial College. May I ask you a question today?"

Knowing the identity of Chief Examiner Lin, everyone in the audience cast awe-inspiring gazes. Guozijian Jijiu was a third-rank official. Since the Sui Dynasty, only contemporary Confucian scholars are qualified to hold this position!
After a brief surprise, several students with high emotional intelligence have already changed their names to call Lin Xiuwen their teacher.

"Teacher, please tell me!"

Lin Xiuwen was greatly benefited by everyone's awe-inspiring attitude. Standing on a high platform and looking down at everyone, Lin Xiuwen put on a lofty look and asked, "But I don't know what is the character of a literati?"

"indomitable."

"Confucius and Mencius Lao Zhuang."

"For the country and the people."

Hearing everyone's answers, Lin Xiuwen nodded in agreement, then changed the subject and pointed the finger at Fang Yi'ai, "Candidate No. 58, what do you think?"

Seeing that Lin Xiuwen deliberately made things difficult for herself, Fang Yiai suppressed the displeasure in her heart, and counterattacked: "Don't be afraid of power, don't be afraid of the powerful, and use your talents to become an official and benefit the people. This is the literati's character that students understand!"

What Fang Yiai said was not inappropriate in the eyes of everyone, but Lin Xiuwen knew that Fang Yiai was mocking him for extorting bribes from the students.

Lin Xiuwen saw that Fang Yiai's expression was neither humble nor overbearing, and the jealousy in his heart immediately became a little bit more, "Not afraid of the powerful? Are you not afraid of the powerful if you participate in Enke in civilian clothes?!"

Seeing that Lin Xiuwen made things difficult for her in terms of clothes, Fang Yiai snorted coldly and asked, "What's wrong with wearing common clothes?"

Seeing that Fang Yiai didn't seem to give in at all, Lin Xiuwen refused to lose face in front of everyone, and chattered endlessly, "The Imperial Academy is the highest institution in the Tang Dynasty, and you are showing contempt for the most holy teacher by wearing common clothes for the exam!"

Lin Xiuwen thinks he is well-informed, but in front of Fang Yiai, who has read all the famous Chinese and foreign classics, it is obviously not enough.

After thinking about it for a while, Fang Yiai saw the tricks, and then moved out the allusion of "Confucius was trapped in Chen Cai without food" to counter Lin Xiuwen, "The most holy teacher was also trapped in the land of Chen Cai because of lack of food when he traveled around the world. In the end, didn’t Fan Dan and others borrow food to help? Saints are always in distress, let alone me, an ordinary person!”

Seeing that Fang Yiai is proficient in historical allusions, Lin Xiuwen not only did not arouse his love for talents like Li Su did before, but he hated it so much, "The sage was trapped in Chencai because of bad luck. As the son of an official Could it be that there is no rice and no cooking at home?!"

After finding a breakthrough from Fang Yiai's clothes, Lin Xiuwen was very afraid that he would lose the opportunity to ridicule Fang Yiai, and quickly said: "Yinsheng Enke stipulates that only the offspring of officials with a fifth rank or above can participate, and a son of a fifth rank official can only participate Wearing common clothes? Could it be that you are"

Lin Xiuwen was interrupted by a cold snort as soon as Lin Xiuwen spoke like a cannonball.

"Hmph! Judging people by their appearances, you are in vain as a teacher!"

Although Fang Yiai's voice was not loud, it was still clearly heard by everyone present in the quiet and solemn main hall of the Imperial College.

Seeing that Fang Yiai satirized him for judging people by their appearance, Lin Xiuwen, who felt that he had lost face in front of everyone, became angry from embarrassment, "Son, how dare you!"

Seeing Lin Xiuwen's anger and making noise, Fang Yiai sneered, and asked with a serious face: "My lord, you just said that the Imperial College is a national institution, how can you make such a loud noise?"

"Okay!" Lin Xiuwen was shaken by Fang Yi's hands, resisting the idea of ​​getting angry and cursing, found out Fang Yi's test paper and said, "Since you are so eloquent, your writing must be top-notch, right? "

As he spoke, Lin Xiuwen waved to the policemen beside him, and said, "Show everyone the test paper of candidate No. 58, and remember to read it in order!"

Lin Xiuwen, who has read a lot of poetry and books, has full confidence in finding out the flaws in Fang Yiai's articles. He wants to let everyone read Fang Yiai's test papers first, and then find out the flaws in it to take revenge on Fang Yiai!
Under Lin Xiuwen's order, someone picked up the test paper written by Fang Yiai with both hands, walked slowly to the students, and let the students read it one by one.

"What kind of good articles can a person who can participate in Yinsheng Enke in civilian clothes write?"

"I don't want to look, I'm afraid my eyes will be dirty."

"Wearing civilian clothes to participate in Yinsheng Enke is extremely arrogant. You don't need to read the articles written by such people!"

Seeing that Lin Xiuwen wanted him to read Fang Yiai's test paper, several students who had bribed Lin Xiuwen before all uttered contemptuous and contemptuous words.

Lin Xiuwen was secretly sulking, and when he heard the student helping him to ridicule Fang Yiai, he was in a good mood for a while, picked up the teacup on the table, and said, "It's really unreasonable to attend Enke in civilian clothes."

"Good word!"

"Good calligraphy!"

"The iron draws the silver hook, and the pen draws the dragon and the snake, but I don't know what it is?"

But then, what the students said almost made Lin Xiuwen, the chief examiner, spit out the tea that he hadn't had time to swallow.

Seeing that the expressions of the students in the audience didn't look like they were joking, Lin Xiuwen couldn't help being a little surprised, "What?!"

At this moment, a student who was reading Fang Yiai's test paper suddenly recited loudly: "********,********!"

"Good sentence, good sentence!"

"This is the character and ambition that a literati should have!"

"Brother is a great talent, I admire you!"

Fang Yiai's "wen copying" of Lin Zexu's famous lines made these Tang Dynasty students greatly appreciate them. For a while, many people cast admiring eyes on Fang Yiai.

Seeing everyone praising Fang Yiai's calligraphy and articles in unison, Lin Xiuwen blinked his eyes in disbelief, and then said to the policeman, "Submit the test paper."

After receiving the test paper from the policeman, Lin Xiuwen rubbed his eyes. After seeing the handwriting on the test paper, he felt the stars surrounding his eyes, and he couldn't help shaking slightly.

"What kind of font is this? Why is it so handsome? It looks like italic script but is a little different from it. It is clear and elegant without losing its softness, straight and straight without losing its muscles."

Staring at Fang Yiai's test paper for a while, Lin Xiuwen swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked with a flushed face, "I don't know what font is this?"

Hearing Lin Xiuwen's inquiry, thinking that Song Huizong, the founder of Thin Gold Body, had not yet been born, Fang Yiai couldn't help copying the body for a while, "This was created by students in their spare time, I call it "Slender Gold Body"! "

"Create your own?!"

"My God, he actually created his own font!"

After learning that the font on the test paper was created by Fang Yiai himself, Lin Xiuwen blushed. Looking at the test paper, he immediately found Lin Zexu's famous sentence hidden in the test paper.

"*******, *****."

After reading it silently, Lin Xiuwen admired it and uttered three good words in succession, "Good, good, good!"

Looking at Fang Yiai who was sitting under the stage and dressed in common clothes, Lin Xiuwen dared to show the slightest contempt at this moment.

The talent shown by Fang Yiai far exceeded Lin Xiuwen's imagination. Even Li Su's article, which he had praised before, was obviously inferior to Fang Yiai's test paper.

Seeing Fang Yiai's potential, Lin Xiuwen couldn't help but feel attracted to him. It is obviously impossible for him to be the number one scholar at the age of over half a hundred, but teaching a number one scholar will obviously add to his political career. A thick and colorful stroke, "But I don't know if the young master has a mentor? If you don't dislike Lin, he is willing to lead the way for the young master."

As soon as Lin Xiuwen said this, all the students present gave out admiration in surprise. The Guozijian Jijiu and contemporary Confucianism openly wanted to take Fang Yiai as his disciple!Wouldn't those who waited for Fang Yi'ai in the future have a smooth career and a prosperous official career?

(End of this chapter)