The next morning, the county school gate was beating drums and drums, which was very lively. Dozens of colorful flags fluttered in the wind at the county school gate. A huge banner was hung above the gate with five big words on it: "County Scholars and Four Competition"

The gate was already filled with thousands of people who came from all directions to admire the style of a prodigy, and dozens of county archers maintained order in front of the gate.

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

"Master, I'm so sorry. I've overslept today!" Zhu Pei got out of the car a little embarrassedly.

She was wearing the same clothes as yesterday, bright blue satin scholar's clothes, a scholar's scarf, and deer-skin boots. She probably didn't have time to change her clothes, but the eyebrows and eyes on her face were still fresh and pretty as if they were lotus from the water.

Master Liu smiled and said, "It's just right, it's not too late at all."

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

Everyone walked into the examination room together.

"I slept very late last night?" Fanning asked with a concern.

"I guess it's right!"

Zhu Pei covered his mouth, yawned tiredly, and said with a hint of sleepiness: "I don't know when I fell asleep. It was already dawn when I woke up."

Master Liu turned around and smiled, "Persist in a while, there are still two days left. You can go home and have a good rest after the end."

"Master, what are the personal competitions to test tomorrow?" Fanning asked curiously.

"Basically, like the group competition, you will be strong for you, examining the Five Classics, Poems and Miscellaneous, and not taking the policy and theory."

"How many people will be admitted in the end?" Zhu Pei asked.

"Every class is the same. The top ten in the selection competition are called county scholars and Zhu Pei. You will also have the title of county scholars."

Zhu Pei curled her lips. She couldn't participate in the examination anyway. What is the significance of such a county senator to her?

Master Liu had a little conflicted heart. If Fan Ning was admitted, he would have to go to the county school. This was definitely not the result he wanted to see.

But considering Fanning's future, he could only support Fanning to move forward.

Soon, they came to the competition field. Today is the semi-finals, which is actually the team final of the county sergeant selection competition.

For the contestants, when they have reached this point, each of them has won the upper middle basic points. If they win the championship today, the basic points will be the upper middle.

Like Xu Ji and the others, they were eliminated in the first round, and the bottom score was the best. If they got this bottom score, it would be meaningless no matter how good they performed in the individual game.

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

The four team leaders were very nervous and they sat on the side to watch the battle.

First, the seats were drawn. Yanying Academy drew the fourth position, the first position was Changqing Academy, the second position was the county school affiliated school, and the third position was Yuqing Academy.

Except for Yanying School, there are only two students in the other schools, and they are all three main teams breaking through in Area A.

The five examiners have already sat down. They are all professors from the prefecture school. The chief examiner is Qi Yong. He is over 40 years old. He is the deputy teacher of the prefecture school. He is from the Imperial Academy and looks quite smart and capable.

At this time, the loud bell rang, and several officials walked in one after another. The front was Zhao Xiuwen, the county school manager, and the second was the county magistrate Li Yun accompanied Bao Zheng who inspected Wu County, followed by the county magistrate, county magistrate and lord.

Zhao Xiuwen smiled and introduced to everyone: "I won't introduce the county lord. Everyone knows it. In addition to the county lord, there is another high-ranking official here to listen to our competition today. Liangzhe Road Transporter, Lord Bao, please welcome everyone!"

Amid the applause of the crowd, Bao Zheng, who was majestic, stood up and smiled and said, "Bao Zheng, I have just been transferred from Shaanxi Road to Liangzhe Road to serve. I have heard of the county scholastic selection competition in Wu County. It is said that it has set a precedent for the boys to test the county exam. Today it is an honor to see it with your own eyes. Okay, don't disturb the competition, let's start!"

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

At this time, the county magistrate Li Yun nodded to the examiner and signaled that the competition could begin.

Qi Yong stood up and said, "Today is the semi-finals. The rules are similar to those before, but there is one thing that is different. According to Zhao Xuezheng's requirements, every examiner will be given a score today and will be announced, including myself, so that everyone can understand it clearly.

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

After Qi Yong finished speaking, he saw that everyone had no objection, so he picked up a small hammer and knocked on the bronze chime.

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With a crisp sound of chimes, the competition officially began.

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The little boy came forward with a markup on the exam to draw questions for each school. Zhu Pei looked at the examiner and whispered to Fan Ning: "These guys are all from the provincial schools. Do you think Xu Ji's grandfather will influence them?"

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

Zhu Pei snorted, "That's because you don't understand his character, so say that! What kind of person is his grandson? He is the kind of person, but he is a little hidden."

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

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

‘If you hear the ignorant mind of words and misunderstandings, you will hear the wrong one’s fault’

Please tell me the scriptures and recite the full text.

Zhu Pei blinked and thoughtful. After a moment, she whispered to Fanning: "I seem to have read these two sentences."

Fan Ning smiled and said, "These two sentences are from "Book of Han. Biography of Yang Chang". They should have been the first title, but this article is very famous, called "Reporting to the Book of Sun Huizong". They are one of the hundred articles that must be memorized by county schools, so the difficulty has decreased and belongs to the middle-grade title."

Zhu Pei smiled and nodded, "It turned out to be "Reporting to the Book of Sun Huizong". No wonder I feel very familiar with it. I have read this article, but I have forgotten it a little."

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

Fan Ning silently said the beginning and gave it to Zhu Pei to copy it. He wanted to get a high score in calligraphy, so of course Zhu Pei had to take action.

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

Qi Yong took out the order of signs again, Yuqing School answered the first question first, and Yanying School ranked third.

Yu Qing Academy drew a couplet title, asking them to find a couplet from Tang poetry and write it out.

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

Like the sun is over the mountains, the Yellow River flows into the sea, etc., but Yuqing Academy chooses:

River flows outside the world;

The scenery of the mountains is there or not.

——Wang Wei's "Observation of the Han River"

This couplet is good and has more charming. The five examiners unanimously gave the highest score.

Zhu Pei whispered to Fan Ning again: "I have a sense that the examiner is biased towards Yuqing School."

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

Zhu Pei frowned, "I can't explain clearly, maybe this couplet is not very neat. Look at Jiang Liu's scenery, aren't it a bit unworthy?"

Fanning nodded. Zhu Pei's intuition was right. If he scored this couplet himself, he would at most give it to the upper middle, and the upper middle is still a little short of time.

The second one is Changqing School’s answers, and the scoring scale suddenly tightened. Changqing School drew "Mencius" and memorized it completely correctly, but the calligraphy they handed in was a little bit wrong. The three examiners deducted their calligraphy scores and got one of them.

The Lord Fei's face changed color rapidly, and he would lose points if he made a little correction. This was simply too nitpicking, but he still held it back, after all, the other party had a reason.

"Third, please answer the questions in Yanqing School!"

The child signed the test paper and the question back, and the examiner smiled and said, "If you hear it from the ignorant mind, please tell me! Where does it come from? Then recite the full text."

Fan Ning said calmly: "These two sentences come from "Book of Han. Biography of Yang Chang". It is a famous independent article called "Book of Reports to Sun Huizong". The full text is as follows."

Fan Ning began to recite, "Since Yun lost his title, he managed his property, and started his house and enjoyed his own money......"

This article has more than 2,000 words, and Fan Ning has memorized it all in one word.

Qi Yong passed the calligraphy to the examiners again. Everyone read it and then started to score. There were two tops and two tops.

Master Liu's face changed. He answered so perfectly, why did he give him a senior?

He knew that calligraphy must be Zhu Pei's handwriting. The little girl's calligraphy was very beautiful. She was one of the top students among all the participating students. What would be wrong?

Qi Yong hesitated and asked an examiner, "Why did Professor Wu give him the first grade?"

The examiner said: "I think there should be two answers to this question, one is "Biography of Yang Chang in the Book of Han" and the other is "Book of Reports to Sun Huizong". Yanying School only recited one of them, which was not perfect, so I gave it to the top."

Qi Yong nodded, and he also scored a top mid-pointer.

The Lord Liu's face turned pale and was simply nonsense. The two answers, no matter which one is answered, should be full. Moreover, if the answer is "Biography of Yang Chang in the Book of Han", it would be the best question, and it should be an additional test.

The correct answer should be "Report to the Book of Sun Huizong".

Zhao Xiuwen was also a little restless, and he felt that the score of this question was too strict.

However, out of respect for the examiner, he did not get up to interfere.

Zhu Pei's face turned red with anger. She was almost about to have an attack. Fanning grabbed her wrist and whispered: "Calm down, this is the first question!"

Zhu Pei finally held back, and she gritted her teeth and said, "If I guess correctly, the county school affiliated school will not score better."
To be continued...