Cultivation: I can reincarnate in the heavens

"What?"

"You're not cheating? Are you memorizing it?"

Wang Jiaoxi looked at Xu Xing in surprise.

He frowned and carefully examined Xu Xing's every move.

This calm and calm look does not look like cheating. Just based on Xu Xing's behavior and expression, he believed most of what Xu Xing said.

In the examination hall, there are many scholars with excellent memories.

It is not uncommon to find people with extraordinary memories recorded in ancient books.

For example, Wang Can, one of the seven sons of Jian'an.

"Three Kingdoms" records: "Chan walked with others and read the stele along the road. He recited it by heart without missing a word."

Another example is Liu Kezhuang of the Song Dynasty, who "waited until five o'clock and three o'clock to read ten lines at a time."

Xiao Tong of the Southern Dynasty, "Read several lines and write them down, and memorize them all."

Such examples abound.

All officials who can be honored have a good memory.

Even he himself is like this.

He also has a great reputation, having been elected as a scholar in the 21st year of Tongzhi.

If he were not a candidate for education, he would not be qualified to teach the scholars in the academy.

At least one-third of the scholars in the academy were students (scholars).

"Well……"

"So that's it."

Wang Jiaoxi's anger subsided a lot. He pondered for a while and said: "I will write two questions on the Four Books. You answer them. If you are right, I will personally apologize to you. If you are wrong, you will be expelled from the academy."

Although he believed that Xu Xing had a good memory, in terms of procedures, he still had to verify the authenticity.

"Yes, sir."

Xu Xing nodded.

From time to time, Professor Wang opened "Thirty Thousand Choices of Big Questions" and found two questions on the first ten pages. He wrote them on a piece of paper and handed them to Xu Xing for his answer.

The title of the first four books: "The Master said to Yan Yuan: Use it and you will do it; if you leave it, you will hide it. Only I and you have the right husband!"

The second question of the four books is: "The common people are sufficient, but who is the ruler?"

The two four-book titles are both from The Analects of Confucius, so Wang Jiaoxi showed mercy to Xu Xing.

Xu Xing took a deep breath, stretched out his right hand towards the pen holder and paused.

The atmosphere was a little stagnant.

Just when Wang Jiaoxi was a little out of breath and asked Xu Xing why he still didn't answer, Xu Xing took the pen, dipped it in ink, and started writing like a flowing stream.

Two eight-part essays, completed in one go.

Wang Jiaoxi didn't wait for Xu Xing to hand over the answer sheet, so he picked up the still wet answer sheet and read it slowly, "In the first question, I break the question by saying, 'It is best for a sage to hide his secrets, and only to show them to those who are able."

"This is Han Shu's No. 1 Scholar volume from the twelfth year of Kangxi's reign. It is indeed word for word."

"The second question is broken down to 'Since the people are rich at the bottom, the king is rich at the top'. This is the eight-legged essay written by Wang Qi in the 11th year of Chenghua Examination..."

He nodded as he walked.

First, I am satisfied with the test paper written by Xu Xing.

The second is to read the fine articles written by two ancient people. Reading them is like drinking from the sweet spring water, and the whole body is refreshed. Reading them carefully, it is like wearing rings that resonate with each other, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

After reading, Professor Wang put down the test paper. He hesitated for a moment and asked Xu Xing to stand up. Then he lifted up his robe, bowed to Xu Xing solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "Xianda teaches, and I have never been like this as a teacher." Those who are suspicious of their own students, please... accept this apology as a teacher..."

If you do something wrong, you have to admit it.

He had wronged Xu Xing, and an apology was inevitable.

Xu Xing quickly took a step back and walked aside, refusing to accept Wang's instruction in this ceremony.

Let’s not talk about Professor Wang’s kindness to him. His step-by-step plan from today’s exam to now has no good intentions. Besides, he really cheated.

It's just that this cheating method cannot be discovered by Wang Jiaoxi or even the people in the world.

He deserved this gift.

"Furuan, therefore, one should be content with one's studies and be close to one's teacher, be happy with one's friends and believe in one's teachings. Therefore, even though one is separated from one's teacher, one will not rebel..."

"Xu Xing, this is the principle practiced by the academy. You don't have to refuse."

Wang Jiaoxi saw that Xu Xing refused to accept the courtesy, so he said these words seriously.

This saying comes from the "Book of Rites", which means: Only when a student is close to his teachers can he believe in the knowledge and principles taught by his teachers, and be willing to be friends with them and respect the moral principles they respect. Even if I leave the teacher's assistant, I will not abandon the teacher's previous teachings...

"Yes, sir."

Hearing this, Xu Xing accepted a bow from Wang Jiaoxi and bowed to Wang Jiaoxi as well.

The meaning of returning this gift is that he has received the teachings from Wang Jiaoxi today.

"You go out, it's late."

"As for your ranking... you can only rely on the imperial examination essay for a while, not for a lifetime. It is easy to pass the county examination and government examination with essay essay, but when it comes to the Taoist examination..."

"I will rank you in the middle. I hope you will study hard in the future and not bury your talent."

After Wang Jiaoxi returned to his seat, he shook his head and said.

Xu Xingshili walked out of the lecturer's apartment.

When he exited, he also closed the door.

"what happened?"

"Why did Wang Jiaoxi suddenly call you here?"

Zheng Zhaifu and Chen Jian'an outside the door saw Xu Xing walking out of the apartment and asked anxiously.

Both of them looked concerned.

"It's about cheating."

"I'm not familiar with Confucianism. What I wrote... is a model essay for "Thirty Thousand Selection of Big Questions"."

Seeing this, Xu Xing thought about his words and replied.

After the exam, Wei Jing Academy will post the rankings, which is called the "Red List." Next to the red list, the candidates' test papers will be posted in order according to the names on the list.

In a few days, his answer sheet will be made public, so there is no need to hide it...

In addition, the reason why he chose to write the imperial examination essays on his answer sheet was to tell everyone in the academy that he was a genius with an excellent memory. In this way, when he succeeds in the imperial examination in the future, it will not shock too many people.

"It's nothing but a blockbuster", this kind of thing is not suitable for the imperial examination.

When an unknown person suddenly wins the election, everyone will be suspicious.

As for why I only filled in two sample essays during the exam, not three.

That's... going too far is not enough!

"What?"

"Is this the case?"

"No wonder...Wang Jiaoxi wants to find you. Cheating is not a trivial matter."

After hearing this, Chen Jianan felt relieved.

However, he quickly glanced at Xu Xing suspiciously, "You were released by Wang Jiaoxi, with a relaxed look on your face... Could it be that you have memorized the 30,000 big questions, right?"

If it was cheating, it would be impossible for Professor Wang to let Xu Xing go so quietly.

Then there is only one explanation.

Xu Xing answered the test paper based on his true ability.

"Never finished memorizing it."

"I only memorized a few articles such as "Shanglun", "Xialun", "Mencius", and "The Doctrine of the Mean". Some of them only memorized broken questions and did not memorize sample essays. So I only filled out two articles for this exam and the other one. No writing..."

"It was a fluke that I bumped into the exam question."

Xu Xing replied "truthfully".

He did not finish copying these scientific examination books, but only selected some key points.

A blind cat meets a dead mouse, all three articles have met.

"So that's it..."

Chen Jianan breathed a sigh of relief.

If he had memorized so many imperial examination essays in just a few days... Xu Xing would be such a monster.

Filling in the two missing ones, although he was still a little jealous, he felt better.

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ps: The questions and meanings of the two four-book questions are explained in this chapter.