Film and TV: Traveling through countless worlds at the same time

Several local Suzhou examiners were already gnashing their teeth in anger.

"Asshole, don't let me know who you are. How did such a scumbag pass the imperial examination and even the provincial examination? If you offend Lord Xu, I will report this to the prefect and have him stripped of his title!"

Honestly, if they could, they really wanted to stop Master Xu from reading this answer sheet.

Unfortunately, they dare not.

So, a moment later, a paper with a name on it was brought in.

Chapter 8 A-1

Amidst the concerns of Suzhou's local officials, Lord Xu took the lead.

Then I looked carefully.

The rest of the people were feeling very nervous at this moment.

Many of them had already closed their eyes, waiting for Master Xu's wrath to come soon.

But as time went by, the expected anger did not appear.

The officials who had their eyes closed opened them again and saw that Lord Xu was still reading the answer sheet.

"That shouldn't be the case. Normally, an examiner like Lord Xu, who graduated from the Imperial Academy, would only take a cup of tea to review a single answer sheet. How could it take him so long?"

It takes a professional examiner two or three minutes at most to review a provincial examination paper.

And now, Du Yiqi and Yin Shan have been walking for almost an incense stick of time.

That Master Xu is still watching.

More importantly, many officials have discovered that Mr. Xu only saw the second page of the answer sheet.

There are several more pages to come.

How come it's so slow?

Smart people reacted quickly.

Could it be that this volume is extraordinary?

Some of the bolder officials had already timidly walked up behind Lord Xu, craning their necks to look over.

When I saw this, I couldn't take my eyes off it.

The first round of the provincial examination mainly tested the interpretation of classics.

Poetry and songs are just incidental things.

After all, no matter how good your poetry is, it only proves your talent as a scholar, not that you can be an excellent official.

As for the examination of the meaning of the classics, as mentioned before, it tests one's understanding of the contents of various Confucian classics.

This part of the content, although the core things will not change in some aspects.

Logically speaking, based on these core concepts, the things derived should be different for each person.

But from ancient times to the present, the imperial examination system has been passed down for hundreds of years.

Over the past few hundred years, all Confucian classics have been interpreted countless times by countless people.

Therefore, in this era, there are basically so-called "standard answers" to many questions about the meaning of the scriptures.

Over the years, any answer to a question about the meaning of the scriptures that was not too different from the so-called "standard answer" would receive a high score.

However, it is precisely because of this that this sutra interpretation assessment appears somewhat rigid.

Often, in an exam, if one or two students come up with an answer that truly catches everyone's eye, it's a truly remarkable achievement.

Papers like this would usually be read over and over again by a group of examiners for a long time.

But what do you see today?

New ideas, all new ideas.

Looking around, Master Xu had his own interpretation of each question on the paper.

And it’s a fresh understanding.

Many of the opinions expressed were completely unheard of by the officials present.

At first glance, I want to refute it, but after thinking about it carefully, I can't agree with it.

More importantly, the essence of all the answers does not deviate from the core ideas of Confucian classics and is not considered heresy.

At this moment, these answers jumped into everyone's eyes.

It's like a gourmet seeing delicious food or a pervert seeing a beautiful woman.

It makes everyone unable to stop and can't bear to take their eyes off it.

Time passed slowly, and after about an hour, Master Xu finally finished reading the answers to the first fourteen questions on the meaning of the scriptures.

Then he took a deep breath, looked up and said.

"This boy is truly talented. Just from the passage about the classics, one can see his knowledge and vision far beyond that of ordinary people. Seeing such an answer makes this trip worthwhile. Everyone, what do you think of this paper?"

Around him, the other examiners had already formed a circle.

Most of them still had an unsatisfied look on their faces.

Just this hour, they finally opened their eyes.

Don't be fooled by the fact that there are only fourteen questions.

But all of you present here are well-read.

Many times, it's not that we don't have the knowledge, it's just that we haven't thought about that aspect.

The fourteen answers on the exam paper before them gave them a lot of inspiration.

During this hour or so, everyone gained new understandings of many Confucian classics.

It's not hard to imagine that after today, as long as they devote themselves to studying for a while longer, their attainments in literature will definitely reach new heights.

Of course, being able to do this was partly due to Lu Xiao's vision far exceeding that of people of this era.

But this is definitely not the main reason.

Novel ideas are novel, but if you want to shock others, at least you have to make them accept it first.

If others don't accept your ideas, then it's useless no matter how new they are.

There was another important reason why the examiners were so easily able to accept all of Lu Xiao's points.

That is - literary spirit.

The literary spirit shared from Dafeng Lu Xiao.

In the Dafeng world, the Confucian cultivation system can be expressed in words and practiced in a way that makes people agree and believe in it.

Although these Wen Qis reached Lu Xiao in the Knowing World, due to the low level of the world, they lost their ability to speak and act accordingly.

But the remaining abilities are not lost.

Everything Lu Xiao wrote and said with the help of literary spirit.

For people today, it is a dimensionality reduction attack.

It was precisely because Lu Xiao knew this that he dared to write the so-called "new stuff" in the first scene.

With the blessing of literary spirit, what he wrote could be blessed by heaven and recognized by heaven.

This is true even if others are reading someone else's copy of Lu Xiao's article.

Extraordinary power is so unreasonable.

Unless there are other extraordinary powers in the world, no one can resist the charm of Lu Xiao's article.

After hearing what Master Xu said, all the examiners were deeply moved.

Someone immediately couldn't help but say, "Excellent, truly wonderful! This student's answer is like a revelation. I'm not as good as him. If the poem he wrote for the last question is any good, this paper would have won first place in the first round of this provincial examination."

As soon as this was said, someone immediately objected.

"In my opinion, even if he didn't answer the last question, he would still be able to take first place in this first round."

The others nodded in agreement.

The first fourteen questions on the meaning of the sutra had completely conquered them.

Hearing this, Master Xu smiled slightly, then opened the answer sheet in his hand.

A poem about plum blossoms jumped into everyone's eyes.

Plum Blossoms Hidden

When the whole city is vying to see the peonies, they disappear into the frost, their graceful beauty hidden.

Wait till the east wind gathers the beautiful bones, leaving only the pure spirit to mend the sky.

When this poem came out, the smile on Lord Xu's face became even brighter.

"Hahaha, it looks like the first place winner has already been announced."

The others also smiled and nodded.

Although no other candidate had yet finished their answers, everyone was certain that there would be no other answer sheet in the first round of the provincial examination that would be better than this one.

Especially when the last poem came out, they were extremely certain.

I dare not say that this poem will be passed down through the ages.

But if it were put into the provincial examination, it would definitely be considered a top grade.

Having said this, Lord Xu no longer hesitated.

He immediately picked up the brush on the desk and wrote two words on the side of the paper.

"Above!"

Chapter 9: The End of the Provincial Examination

Gongyuan.

After submitting his paper, Lu Xiao planned to take a nap.

I woke up too early today and was seriously sleep deprived.

However, the examination room is too small, which is really embarrassing for me, Fat Tiger.

Considering Lu Xiao's 1.8-meter-long legs, even if he cut them in half, he would still feel suffocated if he wanted to lie down and sleep.

After struggling for a while, Lu Xiao finally decided to meditate instead of sleeping.

He certainly couldn't have done this before.

Meditation is also a skill.

Few people can regard this "work" as rest.

Fortunately, with the others to back him up, meditation was now a breeze for Lu Xiao.

Sitting cross-legged on the test room template, it was very easy to enter the meditation mode.

After a while, a light snoring sound was heard.

When the invigilators came over and saw Lu Xiao sleeping soundly with his legs crossed, they were all amazed.

This wasn't their first time invigilating, but it was the first time they had seen a candidate like this.

Unfortunately, Lu Xiao had already handed in his paper.

At this point, as long as he didn't intentionally affect other candidates and didn't leave the Imperial College, he could do whatever he wanted.

Of course, this is definitely a bit of an exaggeration.

But at least sleeping is not a violation.

As soon as I slept, it was already evening.

At this time, the sky gradually darkened.

Some of the better candidates have already finished answering all the test questions.

However, only a few people have the courage to submit their papers early.

After a day of exams, many examinees were already starving and began to eat the dry food they had prepared.