Di Renjie was a frequent visitor to the Prince of Chu's Mansion, and he even lived in the Prince of Chu's Mansion most of the time.

Princess Jinyang and the others didn't feel strange after seeing Di Renjie.

On the contrary, Lu Zhaolin looked at it suspiciously.

Is this the second senior brother mentioned by the Lord of Yongping County?

With his ordinary appearance, you can't tell how talented he is.

"Second Senior Brother, it's great that you're here. Please help me teach this Lu Zhaolin a lesson, let him know that there is a world outside the world, and there are people outside the world."

When Xiao Corn saw her patron Di Renjie coming over, her face was filled with a happy smile.

"Little corn, since this kid thinks he has a very deep knowledge of Confucian classics, let me compare with him. This is the main examination method of Ming Jing Ke. If I use something from Ming Suan Ke or Ming Fa Ke

When I compete with him, people think I am bullying the younger ones."

Although Di Renjie disdained to argue with a child who looked obviously several years younger than him, in order to support Little Corn, he naturally couldn't do anything.

After all, he himself is only an eleven-year-old man now.

Besides, Di Renjie believed that his attainments in Confucian classics were no worse than arithmetic, but he just focused on studying other things after arriving at Guanshishan Academy.

"Haha, this is what you said. Since Mr. Lang is so confident, you are welcome to be promoted."

A strange smile appeared on Lu Zhaolin's face.

Posting scriptures is what he is best at.

Because the essence of this examination method is to choose the sutra to be studied and cover both ends of it. Only one line is exposed in the middle of the sutra, and some of the words in it are covered with paper stickers to test the candidate's ability to memorize and recite sutras.

To put it bluntly, these are just fill-in-the-blank questions.

As long as you memorize all the articles in the scriptures, you don't have to worry about not being able to fill them in.

"Just come here. You set the questions to test me first. As long as I don't answer correctly more times than you do, you will win."

Di Renjie did not dare to say that he would lose if he answered a question wrongly. After all, "The Analects of Confucius", "Book of Changes", "Shang Shu", "Spring and Autumn Gongyang Biography", "Spring and Autumn Gu Liang Biography", "The Classic of Filial Piety", "

"Book of Rites" and more than a dozen books are considered to be within the scope of the Ming Jing Ke examination.

He couldn't guarantee whether Lu Zhaolin would choose a few unpopular passages to deliberately embarrass himself.

So at most it can only be said that the two sides are tied, and he loses.

"Yan Yuan asked about benevolence. Confucius said: To restrain oneself and restore etiquette is benevolence. If one overcomes one's self and restores etiquette, the world will return to benevolence. Lang Jun, what is behind?"

Lu Zhaolin first found a relatively common content to test Di Renjie's abilities.

"Does it depend on oneself to be benevolent, rather than on others?"

Di Renjie answered directly without thinking.

This passage is considered one of the more classic dialogues in the Analects of Confucius.

After all, it is immediately followed by the famous aphorism "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, do no evil".

"Lang Jun, the passage I am going to test next comes from "Shang Shu", please listen carefully."

Lu Zhaolin was not surprised at all that Di Renjie was able to answer his first question.

However, he felt that the next step was when he would embarrass him. "Being virtuous can never be passed down. It is tyranny that neglects future generations. It has become Tang Zhi, and God's mission is to use the three things."

House."

At this point, Lu Zhaolin stopped and looked to see if Di Renjie could pick him up.

Little Corn has never learned these things, so I don’t know whether this question is difficult or not.

However, as the oldest person present, Sizi had to some extent studied some of the contents in the scriptures.

When she heard that Lu Zhao's neighbor could ask such a question, she became worried for Di Renjie.

But Little Corn's second senior brother, who had high hopes, was defeated by a child who appeared halfway.

Then everyone’s faces would look bad.

"Ke is a house, and it is said that there are three talents, and Ke is Jun. Yan Wei Pi style, Ke uses three houses and three talents. If they are in Shang Yi, use Xie Yu in Jueyi; if they are in the four directions, use Pi style to see virtue."

After Di Renjie thought for a while, he recited this slightly unfamiliar content.

To be honest, he was really surprised.

Generally speaking, for children of Lu Zhaolin's age, it is not surprising that they have learned "The Analects of Confucius", but if they have even memorized "The Book of Documents", it is a bit scary.

Lu Zhaolin wanted to test himself, which at least meant that he could memorize this passage himself, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to answer the question.

Just like Li Kuan himself, if someone asked him to come up with a question using the content in "The Legend of Gongyang in the Spring and Autumn Period", he wouldn't be able to come up with it at all.

"Mr. Lang is very powerful. He has even mastered the Book of Documents. No wonder the Lord of Yongping County admires you so much."

Lu Zhaolin's words were not sarcastic, but Di Renjie felt...

This little guy is very arrogant.

When he praises others, he also praises himself.

"Mr. Di Lang, this is my cousin Lu Zhaolin, also known as Shengzhi. He is the most talented child of the Lu family in Fanyang in recent years."

At this time, Fang Yiyu introduced Di Renjie's situation to Lu Zhaolin.

"Fanyang Lu family? No wonder!"

Di Renjie couldn't help but glance at Lu Zhaolin.

The Di family can be considered a small aristocratic family in Taiyuan, but it is far behind compared to the Fan Yang Lu family.

Except for people like Li Kuan who didn't pay attention to the aristocratic family at all, most people in the Tang Dynasty would still take a high look when they heard about Fan Yanglu's family.

However, because of this, he was somewhat interested in this impromptu competition.

"Second Senior Brother, we can't let him test you all the time. Now you have answered two questions. After answering one more, it will be your turn to test Lu Zhaolin."

Little Corn wanted to see Lu Zhaolin unable to answer the question, so he added some rules for the competition.

"No problem, then I will ask another question, and then I will ask Mr. Di Lang to ask me."

Lu Zhaolin didn't feel embarrassed at all, which made Xiaoyu's teeth itch.

"One of the two soldiers is suitable for Wu, and one of the two soldiers is missing. Please teach me the next sentence, Mr. Di Lang."

At this moment, Di Renjie finally felt that studying with a pile of books every day in his hometown was useful.

Otherwise, it is really possible that the boat will capsize in the gutter today.

"Instead of shooting at the emperor, teach Wu how to ride a chariot, teach him how to fight against Chen, and teach him how to rebel against Chu. Is this correct?"

"That's right, no wonder Lord Yongping trusts Mr. Di Lang so much. He is indeed proficient in Confucian classics. I will ask for your advice below."

There was no trace of worry on Lu Zhaolin's face, it was completely confident.

"Qian is a horse, Kun is an ox."

"Zhen is like a dragon, Sunda is like a chicken."

"Three years of mourning have been over for a long time. If a gentleman does not follow the etiquette for three years, the etiquette will be ruined."

"If you don't have fun for three years, your happiness will surely disappear."

…

Di Renjie asked several questions one after another. Although the choices were not very popular, Lu Zhaolin could answer them immediately.

The two of them repeated this several times, and no one made any mistakes.

This competition was a competition, but Di Renjie and Lu Zhaolin showed their sympathy for each other.

One is eleven years old and the other is eight years old. They are both young and promising, child prodigies.

In Chang'an City, it is really not that easy to find a talented person of similar age to yourself.

"Second Senior Brother, how's it going? Did you win?"

Xiao Maize watched Di Renjie and Lu Zhaolin arguing back and forth, and for a moment she couldn't figure out who was winning.

"Little Corn, I'm really sorry, senior brother lost!"

Di Renjie is magnanimous, but he is not at all unable to lose.

It was already agreed beforehand that a tie would count as a loss.

Now the two of them have asked each other more than a dozen questions, and no one has made a mistake.

So Di Renjie simply gave up.

It's not that he thinks he's not talented enough.

On the contrary, this is because he thinks that he and Lu Zhaolin are both talented people and there is no need to continue the competition.

I was a little older, so I gave up.

"Di Langjun didn't lose. Shengzhi is just good at Confucian classics, so he can compete with Di Langjun till now. If he had switched to arithmetic and law, I would have been defeated immediately."

Although Lu Zhaolin is very arrogant, when he meets a real master, he becomes extremely humble.
To be continued...