When he arrived in Xu Zhengqing's room, Fang Zhongyong, as his closed disciple, naturally he would not show mercy and no pressure when he was trained. Even Xu Xian could not escape today, but the level of training was slightly lighter than Fang Zhongyong.

Xu Zhengqing first asked the reason for the departure.

Xu Xian and Fang Zhongyong had already thought of this on the way back.

It is said that Fang Zhongyong had a friend he met a long time ago. This time he happened to be in Jinling City and had a conflict with others. The situation was critical, so the two of them needed to go and rescue him, so they had to leave the seat halfway.

It would be better to hide the matter about Mudan for the time being. Otherwise, no one would know what Xu Zhengqing thinks about this matter. If he was furious after hearing this, he would be very difficult to deal with Fang Zhongyong and Mudan.

"If you have something, please tell me and discuss it with me. I will find a way to solve it for you!"

"After the banquet, you two actually bid farewell without saying goodbye. This is simply inappropriate, disrespectful to elders and rules! Do you know how unbearable it is to let the other three classmates after you leave?" Xu Zhengqing asked angrily.

It turned out that Xu Xian and Fang Zhongyong left. During the subsequent drinking process, Hangzhou Academy was targeted by Jinling Academy everywhere. Every time they arrived at Hangzhou Academy, Jinling Academy would try every means to find some difficult poems, making Hangzhou Academy one of the earliest eliminated academies, and were secretly ridiculed by many people.

If it is normal, even if Xu Xian and Fang Zhongyong are not there, the strength of Hangzhou Academy can be ranked medium, but it will not work if it is targeted.

"And, even if you lose a little bit of shame, I don't care much about it. But your actions similar to "desergeant" will smear you, do you know?"

"Tonight, many people are saying that you are a deceiving the world and stealing the reputation of the world. The so-called name of a talented man is false! If this matter is passed on, your reputation and reputation will be completely ruined!"

Xu Zhengqing said heartbrokenly.

After hearing this, Xu Xian and Fang Zhongyong couldn't help but feel a little angry.

These people are really targeting them everywhere. If you leave in the middle, you will be said to have run away with guilt and become deserters. It seems that if you step on them, you can make them very powerful.

Is it more pleasure to step on the genius?

The two of them immediately promised that they would do their best to start the Jiangnan Talented Literature Association tomorrow, and would not make any trouble. They would use their absolute strength to justify themselves and slap those who look down on them in the face. Xu Zhengqing calmed down a little and did not continue to make things difficult for the two, so they asked them to go back to the house to rest early.

In fact, this is the main competition of the Wenhui Association tomorrow. You cannot do any punishment before the game, you have to accumulate energy.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the two of them to pass the test so easily. They would be punished just by being scolded, and they would have to receive some real punishment.

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The Jiangnan Talented Student Literature Association is different from the imperial examination.

Although the time is still three days, the exam items are different.

There are three items in the literary examination, namely: calligraphy, poetry, and literary fu.

Because the "Jiangnan Talented Students' Literature Association" is, as the name suggests, the one who elects talented people, and there is still a big difference between it and the imperial examination, so articles such as classics and policy theories are not tested, and the focus is on students' various aspects of their literary development.

Secondly, the three days of the literary examination will not be as strict as the imperial examination. The candidates must be in the examination for three days and cannot go anywhere.

The competition system of the literary club is more like the Earth exam in later generations, taking one project a day. After the exam, students can leave on their own and come to participate in the second project the next day.

Of course, if the first event on the first day is unqualified and is at the end of all students, you will not be eligible to participate in the competition the next day.

So unlike the imperial examination, the literary and educational competition does not combine the three items to see the comprehensive results, but separate them.

Literature and Fu is the most important. This last competition will determine who is the talented man of Jiangnan this year; calligraphy is the first screening item. If someone’s calligraphy is not good, even if the poetry and literary and essay are outstanding, it will be useless. He was eliminated in the first round of competition!

This is why even though Shen Zhou and Qiu Ying and other students of Jinling College knew that Xu Xian’s talent in poetry was rare in the ages, they did not feel that it was too threatening to them.

Because of the literary exam, poetry is actually a project that is not important or not.

If Xu Xian had a shallow attainment in calligraphy, he would not have the opportunity to participate in the poetry competition.

If Xu Xian can barely pass the calligraphy method, then poetry is not the final decision-making item, but also depends on literary and fu! Literature and fu are not just about poetry and talent, but the most important thing is the students' thoughts, minds, spirits, etc.!

No matter how talented Xu Xian is and quick-witted his talent, he will definitely be weaker than the students of Jinling Academy in terms of literature and fu.

Why?

Because Xu Xian only studied at Hangzhou Academy, and they studied at Jinling Academy.

The environment of the college and the influence students receive on weekdays are an important factor in literary creation!

The more talented people he comes into contact with and the better education he receives, the more literary essays he creates will be superior in his intentions!

Therefore, in their opinion, Xu Xian is hard to compare with the best in Jinling Academy in this regard.

In fact, it is not just Xu Xian, but few people in Jiangnan can compare with him. This is why Jinling Academy has always been controlling the Jiangnan Cultural Association.

Today is the day when the Jiangnan Cultural Association officially begins. Jinling Academy started to wake up earlier than usual. Before dawn, the dormitory building was filled with conversation and washing.

It snowed last night, and it was very early this morning. Neatly seats and benches were placed around the square where the statue of the saint was erected in the center of the academy, which was used by the candidates to take the exam later.

At the front of the square, there are three Grand Master Chairs, which are used by the examiners and judges of this Jiangnan Literature Association.

Generally speaking, there are three examiners and judges in the literary club.

A great scholar in the Holy Academy occupied the most dominant position and was the chief examiner of the Jiangnan Literature Association.

The other two were an official sent by the court and the general academician in the Jiangnan region.

The officials sent by the court this time were Jiang Haibo, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

As a crisp bell rang, time came, and students participating in the competition in various academies entered the examination room with a solemn expression.

Unlike the imperial examination, there is a ceremony before the start of the literary examination. First, a sacrificial ceremony needs to stand up and recite an article to worship the saint in public, and then lead everyone to bow and salute to the statue of the saint. After burning incense, the candidates took their seats and began to listen to a teacher from Jinling College explaining the rules of the competition.

"The calligraphy competition time is one hour, the number of words is not limited, the content is not limited, it depends on your own understanding and performance..."

After all this trouble, half an hour passed and the calligraphy exam finally officially began.

After Xu Xian sat down, he began to grind ink to adjust his mood and put himself in his best state. He recalled some common sense that Xu Zhengqing, a scholar in his mind, told him about the literary association.

The first level of calligraphy, although the content and number of words are not limited, there are actually some unspoken rules.

The number of words is fine, it doesn’t take too much, and it won’t add points if it’s too much; of course, it’s not OK to be too little, as one or two words are difficult to fully demonstrate the calligraphy skills.

Just be appropriate.

It's best between fifty and one hundred words.

However, what is written is more important and is a very important factor.

For example, your calligraphy is written with non-nutritional words. No matter how good the calligraphy is, it may be difficult to see and will be greatly reduced. If your calligraphy is written in a famous work of history and a very reasonable saying, even if your calligraphy is slightly inferior, it can become a masterpiece.

So what to write is very important.

Xu Xian didn't think much before the exam, nor did he decide what to write.

Sometimes random improvisation in the exam room is better than long-term consideration.

Slow down your breath and your head is clear. When the sound of "rustling" writing sounds sounded around you, Xu Xian didn't start writing.

Many people next to him glanced at Xu Xian. Looking at Xu Xian's appearance that he had been grinding ink but could not write, he couldn't help but sneer, quite disdainful. He thought that this number one talented man in Jiangnan who was rumored by the people was afraid that his calligraphy would be difficult to see and would be wiped out in the first level!

How bad is this calligraphy? You don’t even dare to write a pen? You will eventually make a big joke!

As for the examination room, there are also many people paying attention to the situation in the examination room, and their main attention is on the few people who are most eye-catching in this exam, most hopeful to win the name of a talented man in Jiangnan and become a Confucian scholar.

For example, the three people from Jinling Academy, Shen Zhou, Qiu Ying, and Lu Zijiu, are likely to be the three people who are the leader in the literary gathering this time. For example, Xu Xian and Fang Zhongyong, many people were optimistic that they would become dark horses, but now most people think they are parallel products...

When someone saw Xu Xian not writing, he kept digging ink and staring blankly, the name of parasite goods became even more popular.

No matter how unique your poetry is, it is hard to meet in the ages. If you can’t pass this first level of calligraphy, then everything will be useless!

Even if the calligraphy is too bad, it will become a joke among the people!

Even Xu Zhengqing became anxious when he saw this.

What's going on? Is this kid crazy? Why haven't he started writing yet?

He was very clear about Xu Xian's strength. Although Xu Xian's calligraphy is much worse than his poetry, he is definitely one of his peers, not much different from Fang Zhongyong. After passing the first level of this Jiangnan Literature Conference, there is absolutely no problem at all!

But if Xu Xian was stunned for a while and didn't write, it would be impossible to say it would be very dangerous!

You should know that this calligraphy exam is limited by time. One hour is really not long.

It takes a long time to calculate the number of words to be smaller.

Because in addition to being magical in calligraphy, it is rarely achieved overnight, and can be successful by just writing it once. It often takes several times, or even more than ten times, to write the most satisfactory state.

Only in one hour, that is, when you are in good condition, can you perform best. So after the exam begins, everyone writes quickly, racing against time, fearing that there is not enough time, so how can you be as leisurely as Xu Xian?

If possible, Xu Zhengqing would want to go up and slap Xu Xian and wake him up!

However, time after sticks of incense passed, Xu Xian was still grinding the ink and still did not start writing.

At this time, there were more gazes and ridicule.

At this moment, almost everyone felt that Xu Xian was really making fun of this time, and he must have no chance of this first level of calligraphy competition.

Halfway through, no one can achieve any good results in such a short time.

Xu Zhengqing closed his eyes in despair and silently said in his heart: "It's over, it's over." He couldn't figure out how he had made such a mess last night that he had promised Xu Xian to do well.

Just as everyone was holding this idea, Xu Xian's eyes suddenly lit up, and a trace of inspiration flashed in his mind, as if he was enlightened, and instantly decided what he should write in this letter.

Spread paper, lift the pen, take a deep breath, and concentrate on writing.

Xu Xian wrote these lines very smoothly, like flowing clouds and water, completed in one go, without any pause in the middle. Moreover, he had been brewing for so long, and his condition was unprecedentedly good. He reached the peak and reached the best state after one go.

In the past, Xu Xian would not be able to get into the state immediately after practicing calligraphy. He often had to write several times to achieve the best.

Put down the pen and blow dry the ink marks. In less than half a cup of tea, it was as clean and neat as a peerless swordsman. After drawing the sword to kill someone, the sword returned to the sheath, so fast that it was hard to see clearly!
To be continued...