Happy Little Scholar

In Kyoto, in various academies, when they heard a few bells ringing from the palace, the written examination officially began.

Li Yi had already received his test paper. The questions on the test paper covered a wide range of topics, including poetry, classics, governance, and even science...

However, the first few questions on the test paper made Li Yi smile.

He did not think and started writing.

However, after the other candidates received the test paper, they glanced through it roughly, and their hearts immediately sank. They cursed the fat man who had just sold them the test paper.

Damn it, they spent dozens of taels of silver to buy the secret papers with the predicted questions, but not a single question was predicted.

What's more hateful is that in order to memorize the questions on those secret papers, they have been up all night for several nights...

It's better not to buy it!

However, they didn't dare to curse in their hearts for too long. After all, the test time was only two short hours, and all the grudges would be settled after the test.

When they were about to do the questions, they were stunned again.

Question 1: Ignoring air resistance, two stones, one light and one heavy, fall from the same height. Which one will land first?

There are four options below.

A: The heavy one.

B: The light one.

C: They land at the same time.

D: I don’t know.

Question 2: Wang Xiaoming’s father has three sons. The eldest son is called Damao, the second son is called Ermao, and what is the third son’s name?

There are also four options below:

A: Sanmao.

B: Simao.

C: Wumao.

D: Wang Xiaoming.

Question 3 is very simple, with only one sentence: How many plum trees are planted in Furong Garden?

Needless to say, the first question, two stones fell to the ground at the same time, which was personally verified by His Majesty, and must not be answered wrong. The second question seems inexplicable, but it is actually a math question. The eldest son is called Damao, the second son is called Ermao, and the third son must be called Sanmao, free points.

As for the third question, how many plum trees are planted in Furong Garden, how do they know!

The third question was skipped. Fortunately, the following questions were going normally. With limited time, the talented students began to write furiously...

Outside the examination room, the inspectors from the academy gathered together to analyze a test paper.

They were satisfied with the overall quality of the test paper, but they were helpless about the first three questions on the test paper.

The first two questions were asked by His Majesty himself, and they did not dare to raise any objections.

The question of the two stones falling to the ground had already been determined. If someone still got it wrong, they would have to suspect whether they were undercover agents sent by other countries. Even if they were not, they did not even know the famous "Law of Free Fall of Small Rings". They were too ignorant and disrespectful to His Majesty. Therefore, anyone who got the first question wrong would be eliminated directly.

As for the second question, they could only understand that the person who got the question wrong might have some problem with his brain, and the talented person with a problem with his brain naturally could not marry the princess. Those who got the question wrong would also be eliminated directly.

The third question was asked by Princess Shouning herself. They didn't know how many plum trees there were in Furong Garden. However, this question was not worth any points, but there was a rule.

If you answered the first two questions correctly, you can directly enter the martial arts test if you answer this question correctly, no matter how you answer the following questions.

Li Yi sat in the examination room, almost sure that the first question must have been asked by the shameless Li Xuan.

And he had an 80% chance that he would eliminate the person who answered this question incorrectly.

As for the third question, there was no doubt that it was asked by Shouning.

She said in her previous letter that she had named each of the 36 plum trees in Furong Garden. She didn't ask these people what the name of the tenth plum tree was, which was very restrained.

He was distracted for a while and continued to answer.

Not far away from him, the fat man bit the pen and was in a trance.

He took the exam not to marry the princess, but to make money by selling fake test papers.

So he didn't plan to answer, but if he handed in a blank paper, would he be arrested for disrespecting the princess?

He couldn't take this risk, but he couldn't answer too well. If he passed the literary and martial arts tests, he would definitely be beaten to death by those who paid a lot of money to buy his test papers.

To be safe, he only answered the first three questions.

He picked up the pen and looked at the first question.

Ignoring air resistance, two stones, one light and one heavy, fell from the same height. Which one would land first?

Is there any need to choose? It must be the heavy one. However, to be safe, he still planned to choose the wrong one.

Choosing the heavy one would be the right choice. Choosing the light one seemed a bit too stupid. Choosing the unknown one seemed a bit too perfunctory. So he just randomly chose one that landed at the same time.

After checking option "C", he continued to look at the next question.

Wang Xiaoming's father has three sons. The eldest son is Damao, the second son is Ermao, and what is the third son's name?

He was a little suspicious of the intentions of the question setter. Two easy questions in a row, this can't make the difference between the levels of the students...

The eldest son is called Damao, the second son is called Ermao, and the third son must be called Sanmao. Those who choose 40-50 have never learned mathematics. To be safe, he has to answer this question wrong. Well, choose Wang Xiaoming!

When he saw the third question, he finally frowned.

How did he know how many plum trees there were in Furong Garden? When he wanted to fill in a number at random, he turned around and looked at the stingy guy next to him, and happened to see his answer.

Thirty-six trees.

He wrote "thirty-six" on the horizontal bar, then stood up, handed in the paper, and left the examination room.

He left too late, and he was afraid that he would be surrounded and beaten to death outside.

There was no time for a cup of tea before the exam started, so someone handed in their papers and left the exam room early. There was a commotion in the exam room, but Li Yi was not disturbed. Although most of these questions rely on memory and can be solved by cheating, all the questions must be written. , it still takes a lot of time.

Two hours later, the bell rang again, and papers were handed in at the same time in all examination rooms in Kyoto.

Everyone walked out of the examination room, some with sad faces, some with high spirits.

"Hey, I haven't finished writing..."

"I almost finished writing..."

"Who knows how many plum trees there are in Hibiscus Garden!"

"That fat guy selling test papers didn't get a single question right. Let's see if I don't beat him to death!"

"Is there an error in the second question? Da Mao, 2 Mao, 3 Mao plus Wang Xiaoming should not be four sons. How could it be three? I pointed out the error in the question. Do you think they will give me extra points? "

…

The imperial court attaches great importance to this literary examination. After the examination, the imperial army will transport all the examination papers to the palace as soon as possible. Nearly a hundred academy gentlemen will be used to mark all the examination papers within one day. , according to the ranking, select one hundred heroes who enter the martial arts test.

In Furong Garden, Shouning looked at his mother-in-law and said dissatisfiedly: "Obviously I was chosen to choose my consort, but I can only answer half of the questions, and even the emperor can answer two questions. This is not fair..."

Concubine Yan looked at her and said, "If you didn't ask them what the name of the tenth plum tree in Furong Garden is, you would have found two more."

A eunuch came in from the outside holding a tray and said respectfully: "My Lady, all the test papers have been reviewed. The top 100 test papers are all here."

Concubine Yan took out one at random, frowned, looked at the blank test paper, and asked, "What's going on?"

The eunuch bowed and said, "Back to the Concubine, although this person only answered three questions, he was one of the two people who answered the first three questions correctly. According to the rules, he can directly enter the martial arts test."

Concubine Yan thought for a while and asked, "Who is the other person?"

"The other one is the only one who has answered all the questions and the only one who got full marks." The eunuch said respectfully: "He is the first in this literary test!"

"What's his name?"

"Muzi."

…

"Muzi..." Shouning took a deep breath, walked over and said, "Where is his test paper? Show it to me."

The eunuch handed her the top test paper.

She took the test paper and did not open it immediately. Her eyes even dodged a little. After taking another deep breath, she slowly opened it.

After a long time, she closed the test paper and gently put it back.

She covered her face and pinched it, then suddenly looked at Concubine Yan and asked, "Mom, have I gained weight recently?"

Concubine Yan nodded and said, "I want you to eat less on weekdays."

"Ah!" A look of shock appeared on her face, and she ran away quickly, ran to her room, stood in front of the mirror, pulled her elastic face, and said in distress: "I'm really fat, what should I do, what should I do? …”

After being so distressed for a while, a smile appeared on her face again, and she threw herself on the bed, rolling around and giggling...

Smiling, she sat up quickly, tidied her clothes and hair, stood in front of the mirror, smiled lightly, and acted like a lady...

…

It was only one day before the literary test, and a huge red list had been posted on the high palace wall.

This is the list of one hundred people who passed the literary test and entered the martial arts test.

Thousands of people took part in the literary test this time, but in the end only a hundred people were left. Most people just came to take a look and then left with a sigh.

Naturally, there are also those who are famous on the list. They stand at the bottom of the list, with faces full of surprise and unwilling to leave for a long time.

"This guy surnamed Mu is just a beast. He can get full marks on that kind of test paper!"

"Not only that, it is said that even Prime Minister Shen and several adults in the court were full of praise for his political commentary. They bluntly said that most of the adults in the court could not compare with him!"

"Moreover, his poems and essays are almost going crazy in the court. Some people even say that his poems and essays are as good as those of King Jing..."

"Fortunately, there is still a martial arts test. When the time comes, we must unite and clean him out first!"

"Who is that Peng Er? He is ranked second. I have never heard of it before. Today's Kyoto is really a crouching tiger, hidden dragon..."

…

Under the imperial list, there was a lot of noise. Some people were on the list, laughing loudly, while some people were crying after failing the list.

In a corner of the crowd, a fat man looked at the name on the imperial list, just below "Muzi". His face was earth-colored and his body was shaking like chaff.

His lips were trembling, and he kept muttering: "Shadow, shady, there is a shady!"