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Chapter Eighteen

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. During these three days, Su Lin had not gone anywhere, and had been staying in the house, browsing the ancient books and sage books left by the scholar's father.

Here are the classics of various schools of thought that Su Lin is familiar with, as well as the strange and strange things in the ancient Tianren Continent that Su Lin didn't know at all, and some introduce the history and representative figures of the nine kingdoms of Tianren Continent.

Through this systematic understanding, Su Lin had a comprehensive understanding of the current situation. However, he did not understand enough about the entire Tianren Continent. According to the description in the ancient book "Shan Hai Jing", there are endless wilderness and endless seas besides the Great Wall. As for whether there are other worlds outside the Endless Ocean, even the saint Confucius may not know.

"I wonder if the Tianren Continent is the same as the earth, it is the same planet? The ocean surrounds the earth, and then there are different continental plates? Are the demons in the wilderness like monsters in ancient legends? The great saints of the demons are said to have the semi-saints of the human race..."

This is a bizarre world. Su Lin felt the three bricks of holy power in the wisdom orifice. After three days of trial and exploration, he had mastered a trace of holy power. Regarding the initial use of the Dharma Sutra, just like the last time he dealt with the evil slaves of the Dong family, the fire of thought was born from the heart, communicating with the wisdom orifice, driving the holy power, and emitting the sound of holy power.

At present, Su Lin can only issue simple monosyllables, such as "get out" and "kneel" and other commands. The holy power is solidified. As the sound wave turns into actual power, each brick of holy power is fully exerted, with a capacity of 100 kilograms. Therefore, the three "get out" characters Su Lin issued that day were worth 300 kilograms of power, which made the evil slave of the Dong family irresistible and could only fall to the ground.

"When I pass the position of scholar like Xu Lingxiao, I can recite poems and drive the holy power at will. Even if I draw a yard into a prison, it will be easy to talk to the verbal sword."

Although this is a world of Confucianism and Taoism for scholars, Su Lin understood that no matter what world he was in, he could only have the right to speak if he had mastered his power and had enough power. Confucianism advocated benevolence and righteousness, but there were also many disadvantages. It also existed in the Confucian thought of the Tianren continent. For example, women generally could not learn to learn literacy and obtain fame, and transformed people into different levels, using kings, marquis, nobles, officials, scholars to distinguish classes, etc.

"Brother! Brother! Today is the day to release the results, hurry up... let's go and see the results!" Su Ru ran over with an excited look on her face.

"Yes! Three days have passed, and today is the day when the results are released. Let's go! Ru'er, after today, it will be a good day for us brother and sister." Su Lin smiled and stood up, then walked out of the room and said, "When I win the bet, we will buy whatever you want."

"Hehe... Brother, Ru'er doesn't want anything, just keep following her. By the way, Ru'er wants to be the top scorer's sister, so brother, you must be the top scorer." Su Ru smiled a little silly. In her opinion, as long as her brother Su Lin treats her like this, she will be satisfied.

"Silly girl! I will definitely do it, but you have to take it slowly. Soon, you will be the sister of the head of the case. Let's go and see the release of the results." Su Lin looked at Su Ru, who was cute and shy, laughed a few times, and pulled her towards the county government to see the release of the results.

At the same time, in front of Zhao's money house, Zhao Shuang held a folding fan and happily bowed to Zhao Zhi, the clan’s uncle who had just arrived today, and said, “Zhao Shuang welcomes his uncle. Didn’t he revise classics in the Hanlin Academy on weekdays? Why did he suddenly come to Fengle County today?”

"Every year, the first place in the county examination, you can get the opportunity to visit the Great Wall and go outside the pass to experience. This year, the leader is Grand Secretary Hong Jingzhang, and I was also assigned to work as a team leader. Thinking of you in Fengle County, I came here to take a look. Zhao Shuang, I heard that you participated in the county examination this year and wrote a poem about leaving the county? It seems that the position of the case leader is confident? Read with me to listen?"

Zhao Shuang's clan uncle Zhao Zhi, who is a Jinshi Wenshi, is 37 years old this year, and is compiled from the sixth-rank Hanlin Academy. Backed by the Zhao family's big tree, his father was Zhao Xiuwen, one of the eight great scholars of the Wu Kingdom. He once served as the first-rank Grand Tutor and was in the prime minister. Although the great scholar Zhao Xiuwen has retired from the army and returned to the field to attack the semi-saint Wen position, the power and followers of the Zhao family in the Wu Kingdom should not be underestimated.

"My nephew made a bad reputation in front of his uncle. The poem in the county trial this time was 'Autumn'. My nephew occasionally felt something, so he wrote a poem "Autumn Rain" and hoped that my uncle would correct it." Zhao Shuang smiled faintly, fiddled with the folding fan, and recited in a very stylish manner:

"The drizzle and breeze are gradually entering the window,

Xinxin candlelight illuminates the hall.

The autumn waves sweep away the hatred of the country,

Even in the New Year, it will turn yellow.”

After Zhao Shuang finished singing, the surrounding county magistrates and followers all applauded loudly.

"Miaosi! Mr. Zhao is worthy of being talented!"

"It's really a good poem! No wonder the most people bet on Mr. Zhao in the gambling case... I deserve it!"

"By this poem alone, the head of the case this time is Mr. Zhao!"

...

"Well! A well-known poem about Ai Qiu, Zhao Shuang, you can write a poem about the county before you have obtained the title of Tongsheng. It's not easy! I'm afraid no one in Fengle County can compare to you. Let's talk about it, how many more did you answer the scriptures? I heard that this county trial was the most difficult one. There are a few questions that are extremely biased."

After listening to Zhao Shuang's song "Autumn Rain", Zhao Zhi showed a knowing smile and nodded, which was considered affirming this nephew.

"I have not been able to answer the fifty ways of posting scriptures, but my nephew has not been able to answer the forty-seven ways. The remaining three ways have not been answered. Even if my nephew has been searching, he has never read the three meanings of "Yue Wei Lecture Notes", "The Orthodox of the Mediocre" and "The Fu of Benevolence and Righteousness to Take the Scholars".

Although Zhao Shuang said humble words, she had an arrogant smile on her face, because he knew that there were few people in Fengle County and even Wu that could answer the questions that he had not answered correctly.

"Well! It is indeed these three questions that are biased a little bit. Especially the sentence in "The Orthodox of the Orthodox" "He is a mediocre person, but a wise person. The doctrine of the mean is neither biased nor relied, and is randomly moved!" Even I just vaguely looked at the ancient books in Hanlin Academy."

Zhao Zhi was very satisfied with Zhao Shuang's answer and nodded again, saying, "It is said that in our Wu Kingdom, only Lin Wanjing, the legitimate grandson of Lin Daru, in the capital, answered this sentence. However, another sentence comes from the famous line "The Fu of the Success of the Scholars of Benevolence and Righteousness". He did not answer it, but he only answered forty-nine scriptures correctly, but he was already the first case leader in the Beijing County Examination. If you can answer forty-seven, add the poems to leave the county, you must be the leader in Fengle County."

Zhao Zhi leaned over to the roulette of the money house gambling game, and smiled and said, "There are 30,000 taels of silver that you have won the case. It seems that the people in Fengle County know your strength..."

Halfway through his words, Zhao Zhi couldn't help frowning again, because he saw the odds of 100 to 100 in Su Lin's name and the mark of 1,000 taels of silver placing on Su Lin, and said strangely: "Who is Su Lin? Why is the compensation ratio higher than 100? Moreover, there is a 1,000 taels of silver on it. If this person wins the case, wouldn't my Zhao family bank pay 100,000 taels of silver?"

"Uncle, don't worry, even if the position of the chief of the case is not on his nephew, he will definitely not be Su Lin's. He is just a ungrateful wood. He was only fifteen years old, but he wanted to compete with me for the county ranking and humiliate himself." Zhao Shuang shook the folding fan with disdain and said with a smile.

"Oh? Since Su Lin is so unbearable, why is there anyone who can suppress him a thousand taels of silver?" Zhao Zhi said strangely.

"It's funny, uncle, all these thousand taels of silver were bet by Su Lin himself. He naively thought that he could win the case. Uncle, don't worry, after the results were released today, if he didn't have the second word "Qin" and I would send him to prison."

Seeing that it was almost noon, Zhao Shuang said again, "Uncle, the results are almost released. Please move my uncle to go to the county government to watch the rankings."

"Well! Let's go! I also happened to have some matters to discuss with the county magistrate Xu Wenliang. I remember that back then, we were still classmates and were also a Jinshi on the same list."

Zhao Zhi nodded with a smile, got into the sedan chair, and headed towards the county government.

It was almost noon, and it was time for the county trial to be released. At this time, the county government office was crowded with people and they were all watching the fun. Especially the gamblers who made bets were eager to know who the head of the county trial was to fall.

"Brother, don't worry! The head of the case must be yours."

Su Ru and Su Lin were crowded among the crowd, waiting anxiously for the result. Although Su Lin had confidence in his heart, he added all the poems of Dafu. Whose other titles could be his? But if he really had to wait for the results to be released, his heart was still very excited, as if he was waiting for the college entrance examination to check the scores.

Seeing her sister Su Ru comforting herself, Su Lin also smiled with relief: "Of course, Ru'er, thank you."

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! My Master Zhao and the Hanlin Academy editor Lord Zhao are here, and the unruly people are all getting out of the way!"

The Zhao family yelled a few words, and the crowded crowd dispersed and gave way. Everyone watched Zhao Shuang and Zhao Zhi come over with a smile and laughing, and started chattering and talking in a low voice.

"Then... it's Master Zhao, the head of the case this time must be him."

"I heard that the editor of Hanlin Academy, Lord Zhao Zhizhao, was a Jinshi official, and he was a sixth-rank official! He is even one level older than our county master!"

"The Zhao family is the Zhao family of Zhao Xiuwen, the eight great scholars of the Wu Kingdom. The eldest son of Zhao deserves the head of this case..."

...

Zhao Zhi and Zhao Shuang ignored the envy of these people. As soon as noon arrived, the county government gate opened. County Magistrate Xu Wenliang personally held the Holy Book Order with a majestic expression. He walked up straight forward and slowly opened the Holy Book Order. With a finger of the holy power in the wisdom hole, the whole Holy Book Order slowly unfolded. In the air, it turned into a golden sky curtain, and the names of the candidates who passed the exam began to appear on it.
Chapter completed!
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