Song Mingyue

Chapter 43 Ominous Premonition

During lunch time, Zhao Hao was surrounded by a group of people.

This time, even Wang Jue was not calm: "Two sticks of kung fu, all ten questions are correct, how did you do it?"

Zhao Hao was stunned for a moment, looked at the suspicious eyes all around, and said with a calm smile, "I am trying my best to be stronger, digging walls to borrow light, gathering fireflies as lamps, hanging my head from beams, and piercing my buttocks..."

Everyone around showed disappointment and increasing doubts, and Wang Jue also shook his head with a wry smile.

This guy, digging walls to borrow light... Zhao's mansion covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres, and many places clean oil lamps day and night. What kind of wall did you dig, and what kind of light did you borrow?

No matter whether you are confused or surprised, the math test in the morning has finally been concluded. After lunch, you will take a short rest before taking the music test and the imperial test.

……

"My lady, my lady, Mr. Zhao got No. 1 in the math test again."

Hey~
Another string snapped, poor string...

"You girl, you can't fight me, so you dare to entertain me?" After Wang Xin was a little dazed, she immediately turned angry.

"How dare the servants entertain the lady? It's true, the candidates in the whole garden are going crazy, if you don't believe me, you can ask Xiaoyue and the others." The girl was so anxious that she was about to cry.

Wang Xin frowned slightly, and after contemplating for a long time, she suddenly asked, "Could it be that the test questions were leaked?"

Speaking of the word "disclosure", she couldn't help but feel her heart sink.

The maid Xiaolan shook her head like a rattle drum: "It's absolutely impossible. The gentlemen who wrote the question were all invited from Yangzhou, and they have been locked in the backyard by the officials since the question was written, and they haven't gone out for half a step. , It was not until the three examiners were able to touch the exam questions and read the answer sheets by heart before the exam, and dozens of people in the mansion escorted the exam questions to the exam room.

"Then what did Mr. Zhao say?"

"Mr. Zhao said that he worked hard to strengthen himself, chiseled walls to borrow light, gathered fireflies as lamps, hung his head on a beam, and pierced his buttocks, so he made great progress in his studies."

"..."

After being silent for a long time, he said leisurely: "You don't speak properly..."

However, maybe a miracle will really happen...

……

As usual, Zhao Hao did not participate in the imperial examination in the afternoon. His body and physical strength could not withstand the bumps of the steed. Even if he took the physical strength pill to replenish 20% of his physical strength, he would have to run for half a distance at most. He was exhausted and fell off the horse.

The edge of the racecourse is the bank of the Qinhuai River. There are water trucks drawing water from the river to irrigate the grass on the racecourse, making the grass crisp and tender, and even if it falls to the ground, it will not hurt too much.

The rule of the imperial examination is to run the horse along the edge of the racetrack for five consecutive laps, and the first to complete it is the winner.

What Zhao Hao, who gave up the exam, had to do was sit behind the chief examiner, Wang Jue, and leisurely watch the various postures of the fragile nobles who fell off their horses.

There are geese falling on the flat sand, rocs spreading their wings, some lying on their backs, lazy donkeys rolling, and many people falling directly into the Qinhuai River. All kinds of postures are in a mess.

There are very few who can really finish running along the racetrack. Xie Yu ran No.6, Zheng Yu just came in at the end, and ran tenth. On the contrary, it was Zheng Feng who ran No.5. Then inexplicably fell down.

Although Zhao Hao laughed like a fool, he deeply understood Zheng Feng's sorrow - if he didn't fall, Zheng Yu wouldn't be able to enter the top ten.Even if Zheng Yu didn't enter the top ten in the imperial examination, he would still be able to pass, but with one more score, there would be more hope.

……

In the examination room of the Music Examination, there are all kinds of musical instruments, such as Qin, Se, Zhu, Zheng, Pipa, Ruan, Drum, Cymbals, Zhong...

However, most of the music test takers still mainly play the piano and zither.

There are no more than [-] people participating in the music test, and each person is limited to one song.

The player who is playing in the arena is Mr. Xu from the east of the city.

Guqin, "Mountains and Flowing Water".

The rhythm of the tune is sometimes low and slow, sometimes rapid, ups and downs, continuous, with a meaningful aftertaste.

When the tone jumps, it is as towering as Mount Tai, as if on the top of a high mountain, with clouds and mists lingering, erratic, sudden waterfalls in the clouds, clear springs in the fog, splashes of water like pearls, and reverberating sounds like fairy music.

When the tone is gentle, it is like gurgling water, and then it seems like streams converge into a big river. The river is surging, roaring and roaring, like a river.

Mr. Xu in the east of the city has practiced piano for ten years, which is by no means comparable to ordinary people.

All the people in the audience were mesmerized and sighed to themselves, but Zhao Hao's attention was not on Mr. Xu, and he turned a deaf ear to the clear melody, but stared blankly at the examiner's desk in front of him.

The silk curtain was like snow, lying in front of everyone, a slim figure sat vaguely, mysterious and quiet.

The first piano player in the south of the Yangtze River, Jushi Meilin.

Layman Meilin was the main examiner of the music examination, which was naturally convincing.

Finally, the song ended, and the audience was silent. After a long time, the applause rose like waves.

After the applause had calmed down, a soft voice came from behind the silk curtain: "Mr. Xu's song is so wonderful that it is probably the number one."

Mr. Xu was about 20 years old, holding the guqin, and bowed respectfully towards the silk curtain: "I can win the praise of Layman Meilin, and I will live up to Xu who has practiced the piano for ten years."

Zhao Hao couldn't help frowning slightly: This flattery is smooth enough, without any glitches.

Candidates performed on stage one by one, and when it was Zhao Hao's turn, he was already the last one.

"The last one, Mr. Zhao Hao."

Zhao Hao took a deep breath and walked slowly to the piano case.

His fingers fell on the strings, and the strings trembled slightly, making a humming sound.

The melody continued.

Peaceful and elegant.

The beauty is like jade, you will never forget it when you see it, you will never see it for a day, and you will miss it like crazy, thousands of thoughts and admiration, all in the music of the piano.

However, in a trance, I don't know who is playing this song and who is listening to it...

"Looking to the southeast, there is a song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix". Mr. Zhao's song is comparable to Mr. Xie's "Yangchun Baixue". It's just that Mr. Xie was originally your elder brother, and I taught you piano skills. Live under Mr. Xie."

All of you present here are quite melodious, Zhao Hao's song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" is really exquisite, and Xie Yu's song "Yangchun Baixue" is on the same level, and the two are cousins, it doesn't matter who comes second and who comes third, Anyway, it's a pass.

What is really important is the phrase "I once taught you piano skills, and I dare not be selfish", which not only shows the magnanimity and candor of Meilin Layman, but the point is to let everyone know that Zhao Hao learned from the first piano player in the south of the Yangtze River and was guided by a famous teacher. It is not surprising to play a piece of voiceless.

In Jiangning City, it is hard to find a piece of music by Layman Meilin, but Zhao Hao got Layman Meilin to teach him the piano skills. Apart from being envious, everyone can only envy, but they can't have any doubts.

Zheng Yu's "Yangguan Sandie" ranked fifth, and the ranking is quite satisfactory, but Zheng Yu's sense of crisis in his heart is getting stronger and stronger.

An ignorant dude, first in the book test, first in the mathematics test, and top three in the music test, everything is so weird.

But tomorrow's shooting test will be Zhao Hao's best friend, Wang Jue, the second son of the palace, who will take the test.

Zheng Yu has a deep premonition that if he just sits idly by, Zhao Hao will pass the marksmanship test tomorrow, and thus enter the next round of assessment, becoming the biggest dark horse... Perhaps the enemy of recruiting relatives this time may not be Xie Yu, but Zhao Hao!

Everything seems like a conspiracy.

At this moment, Zheng Yu was sweating like rain.

"I want to find Wang Daguan. I will take the test tomorrow, and the second son of Wang must avoid it."

(End of this chapter)