Apprentice of the Heavens

Chapter 237 College Exam
Chang'an City

At the dawn of dawn, traffic jams are rare on the spacious Suzaku Avenue today, with restless horses stamping their hooves, but at this time the street has been blocked by hundreds of carriages, no matter how much they stomp their hooves, they still can't move. The fact that it is impossible to move an inch cannot be changed.

Fortunately, the commander of the city gate army squeezed the candidates for the entrance examination out of the way. Whether they were high-ranking officials or wealthy businessmen, their vehicles were all driven to the last row, because the candidates were more important than them.

After exiting the south gate of Chang'an City, one can immediately see a towering mountain in the distance. Although it is still far away, one can still clearly see its majesty and height.

Under the mountain in the distance is the academy that has been worshiped as a god by the Tang Empire after thousands of years, and it has cultivated countless former famous officials for the world.

The carriages headed towards the mountains in the distance, the patter of spring rain was still falling, the horses' hooves splashed muddy water on the ground, and laughter and chatter came from time to time on the carriages, as if they were quite confident about this admission exam.

However, the closer they got to the academy, the chatter and laughter on the carriage decreased, until the laughter on the carriage stopped abruptly at the foot of the mountain.

Even Ning Que, who was full of confidence, couldn't help becoming nervous at this time. Ning Que stared at the endless black and white buildings on the grass slope for a long time, and then said firmly: "I will definitely be admitted to the academy, and I will definitely be able to enter the second class." One floor, you will definitely become a great practitioner!"

The three sentences must seem to be cheering myself up, and it seems to be comforting Sangsang who is on the side.

"Master, what if you fail the exam?"

Sangsang raised her head and looked at Ning Que worriedly. After hearing that Ning Que was silent for a long time, she said firmly, "There is no reason why you can't pass the exam!"

The carriage entered the meadow, and the students waiting for the exam got off the carriage one by one, lined up in front of a wide stone lawn under the command of the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the instructor of the academy, and then entered the rain-sheltered corridor next to the stone lawn to wait.

There are more than 300 candidates, but this time the academy only admitted [-], and two out of five were chosen. More than [-] people are destined to be eliminated. For a while, the candidates who were resting under the rain covered corridor couldn't help but calm down and strive to recuperate. Be energetic enough to cope with the next exam.

After a while, a burst of Zhongzheng's solemn palace music suddenly sounded all around. I saw the arrival of the Habayashi army, the guard of honor, the officials of various ministries, and the spectators who paid for tickets.

Then the palace guards arrived, His Royal Highness the Prince arrived, and even the Queen Mother and His Majesty the Emperor also arrived, so the students waiting for the exam in the rain-covered corridor cheered up, bowed their hands and shouted long live.

Suddenly, out of the corner of Ning Que's eyes, Ning Que saw a woman with a beautiful face, luxurious clothes, and a peaceful temperament walking up the ship. It was Li Yu, the fourth princess of the Tang Dynasty who had been separated for a long time in Minshan.

Li Yu, the fourth princess of the Tang Dynasty, walked slowly across the stone ping, and passed the envious eyes of the young unmarried students in the corridor, but her eyes did not stop at any of them, and she went straight to the emperor and gave a little blessing. Standing on the left hand side of His Majesty the Emperor, it seemed to be in a confrontation with the Empress Empress on the right.

Ning Que looked at this scene thoughtfully, but inadvertently saw a figure out of the corner of his eye, Ning Que's eyes fixed on that figure for an instant,

That man was handsome and personable, and he was the only younger brother of His Majesty, Prince Li Peiyan, who was also one of Ning Que's enemies. Thirteen years ago, he took advantage of the emperor's trip to Daze and joined forces with General Xiahou to send General Lin Guangyuan of Xuanwei to The culprit who was imprisoned for treason and ransacked all the general's mansion, and Ning Que was the only one who escaped from the general's mansion.

But Prince Li Peiyan didn't care about Ning Que's eyes, or he was used to it. After all, the eyes of hundreds of candidates present were much hotter than Ning Que's. How could he care about an unknown little man? .

Emperor Li Zhongyi glanced at his wife and daughter beside him, the court ministers on both sides, and the candidates below, and then he landed on a minister behind him, and asked, "Master... still haven't come back."

There seemed to be a little loss in the tone, like a child who did a good deed and was not praised.

The minister behind him hurriedly bowed and replied: "The dean hasn't come back for many years, and now the deputy dean is in charge, and this year's exam questions are given by the deputy dean."

Hearing this, Li Zhongyi couldn't help being taken aback, then smiled, and said with a light smile: "I almost forgot, the vice president has returned."

Vice President Li Ming, although he has heard about it but has never met him, now that he is the one who wrote the exam questions, Li Zhongyi is both looking forward to and curious.

While everyone was waiting, in a pavilion more than a dozen miles away from the academy, a monk was drinking tea and having a conversation. The two looked as if they were looking at the academy through a distance of more than ten miles.

The monk was about thirty, with a handsome and peaceful face, and a sense of being free from dust. He looked up at the high mountain in the distance, and suddenly said, "I heard...the master is very tall."

The strong men in the world are all respected by their masters. They once chopped off all the peach blossoms in the mountain, and Chen, the master of the Zhishou temple, dared not land. Many masters in the world have been defeated by the masters, but after a long time, people seem I also forgot how tall the Master is.

The Taoist at the side heard the words but said without hesitation: "Master...it is naturally extremely high."

As for how tall he is, a small person like him doesn't know. Although he is a noble teacher of the Tang Dynasty, he is still a small person in the eyes of great practitioners who have transcended the five realms.

After the two were silent for a long time, the monk hesitated and said:
"I heard that Master's younger brother has returned, do you think he is as tall as Master?"

The monk's eyes narrowed slightly, but he remembered the Washan incident that had caused a lot of noise in the practice world more than a month ago. If he hadn't seen the traces there, he would not believe that practitioners could do that.

The Taoist couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, and then hesitated after thinking for a long time: "Should... be about the same height as Master."

Anyway, both Master and Li Ming are taller than they can see, just like an ant sees everyone as tall, and can't tell the difference in height between people.

While the two were drinking tea and discussing, the entrance examination for the academy also started. There are six subjects in the academy examination, which are Ritual, Music, Archery, Royal, Calligraphy, and Mathematics. The scores are calculated separately, and then the total Sub-enrollment.

The first thing to start is mathematics, which is a headache for many candidates.
Ning Que put the brush on the inkstone, took a deep breath to relieve the tension in his heart, and then opened the test paper. There was only one question on the test paper, about dozens of words, which read:

Today there are pheasant rabbits in the same cage, with 35 heads on the top and 94 feet on the bottom. How many are the pheasant rabbits?These four sentences mean: There are several chickens and rabbits in the same cage, counting from the top, there are 35 heads, and counting from the bottom, there are 94 feet.How many chickens and rabbits are there in each cage?

"Chicken and rabbit in the same cage?"

(End of this chapter)