The people of Zhou's mansion returned happily, and Liu Wen had already gone to repay him first, and the mansion was in a hurry. Some were truly happy and some were false, but the smile on everyone's face was fully revealed.

The mansion held a banquet and invited many old masters of Duke Qi, Duke Weijun, Zeng Wen, Jiang Min and others to come one after another. This time it was different from the previous meaning of being on the list. This was Chen Ao's first time to participate in the imperial examination. Being on the list means that he officially entered the temple from Bai Ding. Although he was just a idle position, if he wanted to be an official, he still had to participate in the imperial examination, but it was also a pleasure.

Duke Shijun looked gentle and elegant, but he was extremely strong when drinking. After several times, after drinking more than a dozen glasses of wine, he was still energetic and in high spirits. He encouraged him. Chen Ao listened on the side and nodded, as if Shi Ying was the protagonist this time, and Chen Ao was just a foil.

"It turns out that this Shijun Gong is a wine-loving person." Chen Ao thought to himself, but heard the sect come and say, "Lord Tang Yantang is here."

The group went to greet him. Tang Yan carried a few pots of wine, but came like a spring breeze. Chen Aoda said ashamed: "How can you work for the master to come? It's really damn."

It doesn't matter if it was Duke Shijun, Zeng Wen and Jiang Min personally went there, but Tang Yan was a teacher, the king and the king of heaven and earth. For Chen Ao, its significance was extraordinary. He came to congratulate each other in person, which made Chen Ao frightened in terms of etiquette. He took Lord Tang's gift and invited Tang Yan in. Tang Yan smiled and said, "I just heard the news, and happened to pass by, so I came to take a look." Then he bowed to Zhou Zheng and the others, sat down according to the main and the second, and had a great conversation.

Later, even Yang Jian came, and Yang Jian's reason was the same. He said that he happened to pass by and came to congratulate him. Chen Ao invited him in, but Yang Jian did not take a step forward and said, "The family has something to do. Let's record this wine for now. After you pass the palace examination, the family will ask for your water and wine. Chen Ao, the official family has mentioned you these days."

Seeing that Yang Jian had a different meaning, Chen Ao said, "What did the official say?"

Yang Jian smiled and said, "The official said that you will be surprised when the palace examination."

"I was shocked?" Chen Ao curled his lips, but looked respectful again, and said with awkward smile: "I wonder what surprises the officials want to surprise the students? Could it be that some treasures are given?"

Chen Ao, this guy, had a lot of imagination. Yang Jian quickly corrected his attitude and said with a smile: "You will know then. Chen Ao, the family will leave first."

Chen Aohe nodded and sent Eunuch Yang out. Chen Ao had no disgust towards Yang Jian. Although Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng were not actually good people, he was already kind enough to himself. He came from afar to congratulate him and left with only a few words of advice. In addition to being grateful, Chen Ao would not have any disgust towards Eunuch Yang!

Not all the eunuchs in this world are bad people. Perhaps Yang Jian is unforgivable in other people's senses, but in Shen Ao's opinion, he looks different.

A night passed, and the book exam was again in the morning. Chen Ao was completely numb to the exam, but he seemed familiar with it. When he got up early in the morning, he took a bath with pleasure, and then rushed to the examination room. This time, Chen Ao was not sure about the book exam. It is said that the chief examiner of the book exam was Cai Jing, the Grand Tutor Cai who had already retired. Cai Jing had already retired, but his influence on the court was still quite large. This time, the emperor taught him to preside over the book exam, which seemed to be sending some political signal. Yesterday, he accompanied Zhou Zheng and Shi Ying and others to drink, and then he heard from them that the emperor had the intention of resuming Cai Jing, which made him take the exam, which might be the first step in testing the waters.

In fact, Cai Jing has experienced several ups and downs. He has retired to his posts and resumed again. He is already quite old, but the emperor cannot do without him. Many people expect Cai Jing to resume this time, and no one can stop him.

The reason why Chen Ao was guilty was that he was worried that Cai Jing was Chen Ji's disciple, which was well known to everyone. Cai Jing and Chen Ji were like fire and affected, and when they handed over their test papers, they mostly had to use them to wipe their butts.

This is fine, and it is said that even Cai Lun took the exam this time. Last time Cai Lun was humiliated by Chen Ao, he no longer went to the Imperial College for classes. Most of them studied hard at home and prepared for revenge. The Cai family has been masters of calligraphy for generations, and his level is as good as that of the three fathers and sons of Zhao who painted. Cai Lun has guidance from famous teachers and has a revenge heart. The level of running script must have made great progress.

On one side is an enemy, on the other side is his great-grandson. How does the old thief Cai Jing choose? Is there any need to think about it?

But Chen Ao finally decided to take the exam. He applied for this one by himself and should start and end well.

After entering the examination room, the invigilator was already familiar with him. He walked to Chen Ao's examination room and said with a smile: "Young Master Chen, do you want to participate in this book test? Tsk tsk, it's indeed a talented man in Bianjing."

Chen Ao was kind to him. When the clerk was about to enter the examination room to check the cheating items, the clerk just took a look and said, "Young Master, if you take the exam well, you will definitely become famous all over the world."

When the test questions were posted, Chen Ao calmed down and opened the test questions, he saw that the words "Welcome to the Spring Festival" were written on the test questions.

Welcome the spring? Chen Ao immediately realized that it is winter now and everything is revived. The examiner teaches the candidates to write a poem about spring in running script. This is not only a test of the candidates' poetry ability, but of course, more importantly, it is more important to observe the level of running script.

When I first tried the painting, I used a poem to teach the candidates to paint, but now I also taught people to write poems to describe it. Chen Ao thought with silence that it seems that no matter whether it is a painting test or a calligraphy test, I must first pass the classical test. This is only the first level. After that, not only will the candidates' ability to paint and run scripts, but also the understanding of poetry.

In fact, the difficulty of the art exam is no less than that of the imperial examination. The imperial examination only requires writing classical articles, and the other poems are just formalities. However, in the art exam, it is not just a level of the candidate, but it has a bit of a quality exam.

Chen Ao pondered for a while, and he was very sure of running script, but he had to spend some time writing poetry. Writing poetry was his weakness, but fortunately he was able to copy poetry after the Northern Song Dynasty and had been able to get through the obstacles. However, he did not remember many poems, but there were only dozens of poems. It was not easy to find an appropriate poem.

Chen Ao made up his mind in his heart that he would really study and write poetry in the future. Otherwise, if he would just copy it, he would copy it until the time? Just like a classic article, didn’t he slowly master the skills?

When he thought about this, he immediately eliminated the distracting thoughts, picked up his pen, and put it on rice paper. He used Wu Ju's rice calligraphy, who was from the Southern Song Dynasty and had extremely high attainments in running script. It is said that he had no other hobbies, and he enjoyed copying the running calligraphy of Zhong Yao and Wang Xizhi every day. In his later years, he slowly integrated his style into his calligraphy and finally became a master of calligraphy.

His calligraphy is not the best among all the masters of calligraphy in history, but his calligraphy is extremely handsome and at first glance it is very comfortable and has a sense of spring, so he became famous.

Chen Ao liked to write with rice books in his previous life. Once his handwriting fell, his pen was so vigorous that he stopped. The style of the structure was immediately reflected. A pen wandered through rice paper and the whole running script was completed. It was much easier than racking his brains in the painting test.

He first went to read the characters, which were quite well-known by Wu Ju, and it was very charming. There was no problem with being shortlisted for such a level. Moreover, in running script, Chen Ao gradually integrated into his own style. At first glance, there was a spring atmosphere between the lines, as if the new buds bloomed from the old tree were full of vitality everywhere.

Chen Ao smiled with satisfaction, but he knew in his heart that his running script had improved a lot. When he came to this world, his running script was mostly copied and excerpted. Although his copying style had reached the point of being fake and real, a person could not integrate into his own characteristics, and it was unlikely that he could make any breakthroughs in the level of calligraphy.

Perhaps because of his relationship with his previous career, he used to be an art thief and often copied the original works to distort the real ones. But now, there is no need to force himself to go to Handan to learn how to run the other people's running scripts for this purpose. The pressure is reduced. When writing, he involuntarily adds a bit of Chen Ao's own personality, and this is also the first step for Chen Ao to become a real famous artist.

He sighed and felt a little proud. When his skills reached his level, any slight progress would be enough to make him look excited.

Then Chen Ao went to read the poem he wrote. The full text of the poem was: You should pity the teeth of the clogs, the moss sealed, and the small wooden door could not be opened for a long time. The spring scenery in the garden could not be closed, and a red apricot tree appeared on the wall.

This poem is popular in later generations. The whole poem is simple and has a deep charm. The general meaning is that the poet wants to go to his friend's garden to see the spring scenery, but after knocking on the door for a long time, no one comes to open it. The owner is probably not at home, or maybe he is worried that the tourists will break the moss on the ground and deliberately do not open the door. However, although a wooden door closed the tourists, it cannot close the spring scenery of the garden. A red apricot blossom has already poked out of the wall.

Although the whole poem is short, it also secretly says that it cannot hide the footsteps of spring. How can the wood gate stop the pace of spring? It also extends the poet's love for spring.

Chen Ao sighed and sat down to wait for the exam to end. The exams these days made him feel tired, and soon he fell asleep unknowingly on the desk.

When he woke up, he heard the sound of the buzzard that had fallen into the exam and quickly handed over the paper. As the candidates came out one after another, he couldn't help but think: "Whether you can pass the book test this time depends on the old thief Cai Jing." He did not have much hope, and knew that Cai Jing's character was obviously not high, and maybe he would not even give him the qualification for the palace examination.

Thinking of this, he immediately laughed and said, "He has tried his best to take the exam anyway. As for Cai Jing, don't you give me any love? There is no so much sorrow in life. Teacher Chen Ji, who licked his face and bowed. Since he made a choice, he should face it calmly.

After leaving the Imperial Academy, I saw a young man in a gorgeous dress waiting for a long time and was wandering around in the crowd. When I saw Chen Ao from afar, I smiled and walked over and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, Brother Chen is the same as before."

Chen Ao smiled at this person. The person who came was nothing but Cai Lun. Cai Lun seemed to have lost a lot of weight. He no longer had the dashing demeanor he used to be, and he was a little depressed. However, his eyes were filled with a breath of energy and he looked at himself with a smile, and his provocative heart was undoubtedly revealed.

"Ha, it turns out it's Brother Cai. Why haven't Brother Cai been studying in prison for a long time? Alas, I'm still quite worried. I wanted to visit Cai's mansion, but I was afraid that it would be too presumptuous. It would be great to see you here." Chen Ao smiled on his face and said earnest words sincerely, but he was thinking in his heart: "When it comes to hypocrisy, you Cai Lun is still far from being apart. If you want to play this game, I will accompany you to the end."

Cai Lun laughed, but he was like a friend who had been away for many years and said, "I was sick a few days ago, so I couldn't enter school. Actually, I was also very concerned about Brother Chen. Brother Chen had the first place in the painting exam. I heard that I admired and was happy for Brother Chen. Did Brother Chen also take the book exam?"
Chapter completed!