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When the two of them came this time, without the stubborn Xu Ziguang to stop them, it was a piece of cake for them to go into the warehouse to check the test questions.

Look, after coming over, the two of them entered the warehouse easily.

At this time, there were six boxes placed in order in the warehouse. Except for the first box which was open and the scroll test paper inside had been taken out long ago, the other five boxes were still there intact.

Gu Chan said with a stiff face, "Old Academician, go and take a look at the test questions you set!"

"Yes, my lord." The old academician responded respectfully, immediately walked forward and opened the second box.

This box contains the test questions for the second competition this afternoon.

As expected, when the old academician took out the second test question and checked it, he found that the second test question had also been replaced and was not the original test question they put into the box last night.

The old academician was completely dumbfounded, and quickly checked the test questions in the remaining four boxes. The result was that all the test questions had been replaced, without exception.

Gu Chan sighed and said, "This is a great idea! The test questions have been changed. Due to the face of Jiangnan Academy, you dare not easily leak it to the public. You can only use this test question to make the best of a bad situation."

"My Lord, this has nothing to do with us! We don't know why it turned out like this." The old academician said with a sad face.

You know, in an annual event like the Jiangnan area, if the test questions are secretly replaced, it is a capital crime! Many years ago, this happened in the Jiangnan Poetry Festival. After it was discovered, all the academicians who presided over that poetry festival were beheaded.

Therefore, one can imagine how frightened the old academicians are now.

Gu Chan comforted him at the right time, "Okay, don't look so sad. I know this has nothing to do with you. It must be that after you put the test papers in and hid them last night, someone sneaked in and replaced the test papers."

"Then why did this person do this? What benefits will it bring to him?" the old academician asked in confusion.

"After secretly replacing the test questions, no one else knows what the specific questions are, but only the person who did it knows. In this way, won't this person be able to answer the questions fluently and get a good ranking in the poetry meeting?" Gu Chan said with a sneer.

The old academician nodded with relief.

Gu Chan added, "The person who stole the test questions was sure that this was a capital crime, and you academicians dared not leak it to the public, otherwise you would be the first to be beheaded. That's why he dared to do such a thing so boldly."

"Then, Lord, what should we do now? Should we cancel the next poetry competition?" asked the old academician.

"No need. Since someone is playing this trick, let's pretend that we know nothing and continue the competition. It will also be a good opportunity for me to see who can do well in such a situation where the test questions are replaced." Gu Chan said.

After hearing what she said, the old academician hurried forward and put the replaced test questions back intact.

But at this moment, Gu Chan suddenly grinned, and came up with an idea. She quickly waved her hand to stop the old academician, "Wait."

"My Lord, do you have any other instructions?" the old academician asked doubtfully.

"Don't just put it in like that. Add something to each question to confuse the meaning. When the answer sheets are collected later, if someone still answers according to the original meaning, wouldn't it prove that the question swapping was related to him?" Gu Chan said with a smirk.

The old academician was stunned at first, then he came to his senses and said, "As expected of you, Lord, you have a quick mind. But what if this person sees the misunderstanding in the test questions and doesn't fall for it?"

"What a joke! A person who can do such a thing is obviously uneducated, yet he wants to make himself cultured and admired by thousands of people. If there is a slight misunderstanding in the test questions, I don't think he can figure it out." Gu Chan said with disdain.

The person who switched the test questions must have known what the questions were. He might have memorized the answers long ago and only needed to copy them out and hand them in. So now she was betting that this person was a complete idiot and couldn't tell that she had tampered with the questions she had switched.

The old academician lowered his head and thought for a while, and felt that what Gu Chan said was reasonable, so he stopped talking and immediately took out the brush and began to discuss with Gu Chan. They made some small adjustments to the replaced test questions so that there would be only a slight mistake in the meaning of the test questions, which would be difficult to detect without careful thinking.

Not long after, the two finished their task and put the test papers back into their respective boxes for safekeeping.

Then they pretended nothing had happened, quietly left the warehouse and returned to the pavilion in Wanshu Garden.

Not long after Gu Chan and the others returned, the deadline for the first competition was up, and all the participants in the poetry competition handed in their answers. Then, the old academician led the academicians of Jiangnan Academy to go on stage to review and criticize the poems, and read out the outstanding poems one by one for everyone present to appreciate.

There is no doubt that those who are truly talented wrote poems on the blank scroll, which were indeed amazing and won everyone's recognition, and they successfully entered the second competition in the afternoon.

As for those who just filled in the gaps, their poems were of course completely nonsense and were rejected.

The poem written by Yan Li won applause from the whole audience, but it was a pity that she left before and has not come back until now. No one knows where she went.

Compared with her, the poem that Gu Chan wrote casually after learning it in elementary school actually made it to the next level, and was praised by everyone for being very artistic and talented.

Gu Chan sat on the chair, completely stunned. She tilted her head to stare at Yan Xishan and said, "Master Yan, are you guys trying to flatter me? How come my poem is recognized by everyone? I just wrote it casually!"

"My Lord, you are so modest. Your poem is so meaningful! Especially the last two sentences, 'If you want to see further, you must reach a higher level', which is full of meaning. It is worth exploring the meaning you want to express between the lines. How can such a good poem not be recognized by everyone?" Yan Xishan commented very seriously.

"..."Gu Chan.

Dry!

She really didn't expect that her poems, which were at the level of elementary school students in modern times, would be praised so highly by the ancient people when brought to ancient times.

"Damn it, if this is possible, then I can copy as much as I want! There won't be any copyright issues anyway, and maybe I can copy a great poet later."

After a moment of silence, Gu Chan couldn't help but feel happy in her heart.

She had always thought that in terms of talent alone, she would be like a scumbag in this world, but judging from the current situation, it seems that she was wrong.

She has just shown her elementary school level and already shocked these ancient people. If she shows her junior high school, high school, and college level skills later, won’t they be so surprised that they can’t close their mouths, right?

What’s so great about the Jiangnan area? It’s just like this!