Fighter of the Destiny

Chen Changsheng was slightly startled. Regardless of logic or reason, it was not appropriate for the two of them to talk at this time, but Gou Hanshi asked casually. He had never had any bad feelings towards Gou Hanshi, and the casualness shown by him at this moment made him feel even more comfortable. After thinking for a while, he gave his answer.

"I also think it should be the idea that Mr. Song mentioned when he was giving lectures in Lianxi, but the order I remember is a little different from what you remember."

Gou Hanshi gave his answer.

The two compared it and found that just like at the Ivy Banquet, the difference in content between them still lay in the compilation of the state religion around 1581. The Taoist canon that Chen Changsheng learned was unedited. The revised version is the old one, and Gou Han Shi Xue’s version is naturally the revised version approved by the State Council. One is better because the original meaning is not lost, the other is better because the intention is clear, but I really can’t tell which one is more accurate.

Even though it is still early spring, the two sides of the Shinto are already lined with green trees, blocking the sun and making it very quiet.

Chen Changsheng and Gou Hanshi were walking under the shade of a tree, talking about the previous literary test. Their voices were not loud, and there was no fierce argument. They were just having a calm discussion. It was not like the confrontation between two strong men that people imagined, but there was nothing like it. Those hypocritical sympathy for each other are just two ordinary seekers of knowledge.

Not far away, Luo Luo's figure appeared in the pavilion by the stream behind the tree ahead.

Gou Hanshi saluted her.

Luo Luo returned the greeting, then hugged Chen Changsheng's arm and asked with concern: "Sir, are you tired?"

She did not ask Chen Changsheng whether he did well in the exam, because it was inconvenient to have Gou Hanshi nearby, and because she believed that he would definitely do well in the exam.

"Not tired."

Chen Changsheng rubbed his wrist and asked, "When did you leave Zhaowen Palace? I haven't seen you since."

Luoluo took his hand and said, "I didn't do any questions. I'm just drinking tea here."

She didn't need grades, so she naturally wouldn't waste her energy taking any literary test. She had been waiting in the pavilion outside the palace for Chen Changsheng to hand in his papers. Chen Changsheng was a little confused and thought that if this was the case, why would he specifically ask the Pope to allow you to take part in the imperial examination?

Gou Hanshi understood the reason for this, glanced at Luo Luo, felt a little emotional about Chen Changsheng's good fortune, and said goodbye first.

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Walking into Chaoyang Garden, the lawn is vast, the woods are in the distance, and there is no shade to block the sun.

Luo Luo took out an umbrella from nowhere and opened it to block Chen Changsheng from the sun.

Looking at this scene, the candidates standing in front of the holly bushes had unnatural expressions on their faces.

Being served by His Highness like this, isn't that young man afraid of losing his life? Many people think so.

Chen Changsheng was used to being served by Luoluo in the National Education College, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It wasn't until he saw the looks in the eyes of those candidates that he came to his senses, took the umbrella handle from Luoluo's hand, and took her there. In front of a holly bush, I began to listen to the instructions from the ancestral hall explaining the rules of the martial arts test.

Many candidates who submitted their papers in advance for the literary test had already entered the vast sea of ​​holly shrubs. Only about twenty candidates were still outside at this time, except for Chen Changsheng, Luoluo, Gou Hanshi, and Huai The four young scholars in the courtyard, Tianhai Shengxue, and others.

After listening to the instructions, Chen Changsheng realized that this holly bush turned out to be a maze. The extremely neatly trimmed green forest was like countless barriers, separating countless roads. The first half of the martial arts test. The content is to see who can pass through this green forest. If you can't pass within an hour, you will be eliminated.

Seeing the solemn and even frightened expressions on the faces of the candidates, Chen Changsheng was a little confused. He thought that there were similar mazes in many gardens in Kyoto, and even children could walk out of them. Even the green forest in Chaoyang Garden It’s vast and the roads inside are more complicated. Could it be more difficult than the questions in the literary test?

"This green forest is called Moshi Forest."

Luoluo knew that although he had read Taoism thoroughly, he did not know much about common sense that ordinary people knew. He explained in a low voice: "It is said that in the beginning, it was a game that Wang Zhice used to relax his mind after studying in Kyoto. At that time, he used It was pen and paper. Later, the patterns he made became more and more complex, and it became more and more difficult to pass the level. Many years later, the Pope at that time felt that this game could sharpen the minds of young people and test them. His spiritual consciousness was strong, so he planted a large holly bush according to that pattern in the Chaoyang Garden."

"It's difficult?" Chen Changsheng asked.

"Wang Zhice called this game time grinding back then because it was very difficult and he could grind away all the time." Luoluo said.

It is really difficult to make a legend like Wang Zhice find it difficult.

Chen Changsheng thought for a while and asked: "Wang Zhice's solution should have been handed down a lot, why haven't I seen it in the book?"

Luoluo said: "Wang Zhice used pen and paper and relied on calculation ability. He thought it was a game and not worth recording in notes, so no one knows his solution now."

Chen Changsheng looked at the endless woods and said: "With a pen on the paper, you can draw a picture countless times in a short time. Now the picture has become so big that no matter how fast a person walks, it can't compare with the pen on the paper." The speed, it is really difficult to find a way to pass within an hour."

"So the spiritual consciousness must be strong enough."

Luoluo looked at him and said carefully: "Use your spiritual consciousness as a pen. The stronger it is, the farther away it can be perceived. This means that the pen can draw farther and calculate faster."

"It turns out that the test is about the strength of spiritual consciousness and perception ability. I think... there is no problem."

Chen Changsheng was thinking about his distant destiny star and was very confident. Suddenly he thought of something and asked: "Is there only one correct solution?"

If there is only one correct path, then even if the candidates cannot figure it out with their spiritual consciousness, wouldn’t they be able to follow others?

"According to the statistics and calculations made by the Pope when he was young, this holly bush has more than 4,000 entrances, more than 700 exits, and at least 3,927,400 solutions or routes. Fa, if there are candidates in front of you who successfully passed Naihetian by following a certain route, and you are unfortunate or shameless and take the same route, then I’m sorry and you have to take it all over again.”

The priest of the ancestral temple looked at the candidates and said, "Now, each choose an entrance."

At this time, a young scholar from Huaiyuan asked: "As long as the routes are different, can we enter from the same entrance and separate in the middle?"

Zong Si raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "No."

According to the rules of this year's martial arts test, only candidates who pass the holly forest in Chaoyang Garden are eligible to participate in the final battle. Candidates who cannot make it out will be eliminated directly, and students who pass first will be in the final battle. In the battle, great benefits are obtained, and a particularly important rule is that the martial arts test must be an individual battle - the purpose of the Great Imperial Examination is to break down the boundaries between academies and sects, and to recruit outstanding young practitioners as It is used by the imperial court and the state religion, and of course students from various colleges and sects will not be allowed to participate together. This is in sharp contrast to the Stone Cooking Conference.

As a famous college in the south, Huaiyuan often participates in imperial examinations and stone-cooking conferences. How could it not know these rules?

The young scholar's question was obviously aimed at certain people.

When he spoke, he kept looking at Chen Changsheng and Luo Luo, and his meaning was very clear.

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(These days, I have to work hard. No matter how much, I will write more, but... my neck is a little uncomfortable, I will press it first, and it will be updated at some time in the morning. Please don’t Wait, get up and watch tomorrow, it’s the same, keep asking for monthly tickets!)