Chapter 213: The Bird of Wings

The new jade turned into old jade, which was originally a problem that troubled countless liars. This problem was a solution in ancient times. As for later generations, various physical and chemical methods were extremely common. After all, it was the problem that liars had culture.

Chen Ao made fakes and did not do much depreciation. When he saw the examiners asking, he thought of the way to transform new jade into old jade in this era. He smiled slightly and said, "The person who made this fake must have stuffed this jade into his bull stocks. In this way, even the new jade will become old jade in a year."

Chen Ao would not try this technique, but he once saw a colleague dig out a piece of Hetian jade from the cow's butt. The patina was thick and seemed to be a different life. The friend said that the counterfeiter used the ass to shoot the cow's butt, put the new jade in it, and then sewed it on. The old cow plowed the land, rubbed it frequently, and the patina accelerated formation. Using this method is equivalent to a thousand years.

In this era, many novel ways to change the old can't be used, but this ancient method saves time and effort.

Chen Ao said this, and several examiners were stunned and laughed. One of them stroked his beard and said, "Yes, I have indeed heard of this method. Mr. Chen is a talented man, but this jade bi is not small. How can he dress up in a bull stock?"

Chen Ao glanced at the examiner and chuckled purely. This question had already involved biology, and even a little disgusting. Chen Ao had to say with certainty: "You should dress up."

"Oh? Could it be that Mr. Chen had something to do with it?" The examiner refused to give in, and the question was very sharp.

Chen Ao was in a dilemma for a moment. If he said that he had done this, he would be laughed at by these examiners. But if he denied it, wouldn’t he say that he was just hearing what he said and couldn’t do it true? He said seriously: “If the adults don’t believe it, you can ask someone to come and try it.”

The examiner smiled and said, "Young Master Chen is so smart and verbal. Yes, this jade bi is indeed a fake that imitates the Zhou Shi Panlong jade. You have extraordinary eyesight. Before half a stick of incense has arrived, you can tell the authenticity. I have revealed the history. I admire you very much. This jade exam is considered excellent."

Chen Ao hurriedly said, "Thank you, Lord."

Another examiner said, "Young Master Chen doesn't have to thank you. We are just choosing talents impartially." Then he picked up the teacup and went to drink slowly.

Chen Ao knew that this implied the meaning of seeing off guests, so he quickly stood up and said goodbye. He came out of the self-examination room and felt quite relaxed. He finally finished the four exams, and the results of the jade exam were excellent. I believe that the qualification for the palace exam must have been obtained. In three days, the palace exam will be. For Chen Ao, the palace exam is the real beginning.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly. The painting test had to face Zhao Boqiu's provocation. The biggest enemy of the book test was Cai Lun, who was ignorant of the strength. Ruan Se's own score was only third. The first two people were extremely powerful, and the last jade test. The eldest prince who had never met had known what his strength was!

In the four palace examinations, each opponent is very strong. It is probably not easy to stand out.

He stretched his waist tiredly, decided not to think about anything, and took advantage of these few days of leisure to have a good rest.

When he returned to the Duke Qiguo Mansion, he first went to the Buddhist temple to accompany his wife to worship the Buddha. Then he tiptoed out and took out the two books borrowed by Tang Yan and went to return them.

When he borrowed books, returned books, borrowed them again, and returned them again, Chen Ao found it funny, but he understood Lord Tang's intentions and felt sorry for his parents in the world. Tang Yan had only this daughter, and the most worried thing was his daughter's marriage.

In this era, a woman is already a leftover woman when she reaches her 10th age. If she is older, no matter how outstanding Miss Tang is, she is afraid that fewer and fewer people will talk about the matchmaker.

Lord Tang was anxious to marry his daughter, but Tang Moer looked down on the man in Bianjing. The arrogant Miss Tang wanted to find a husband who was a more agile than her and was more familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. Otherwise, who would have listened to the mystery that the talented woman in Tang said was full of pearls and gems?

Chen Ao felt that the talented woman in Tang was somewhat similar to the doctoral woman in later generations. If she was looking for a lower education, what kind of common language did the couple have? Instead of being in such pain, it would be better to continue to be in the boudoir.

He came to the Tang family with a familiarity. Tang Yan was no longer here today. Mrs. Tang squatted in the courtyard to pick vegetables. When she saw Chen Ao coming, she put down her work and opened the door for Chen Ao excitedly, saying, "Mr. Chen, why are you here again? Oh, your master has been friends today, I am afraid it will take a day to come back."

She deliberately said the word "Ruo" very seriously, as if she said, "I don't welcome you very much, but there was a smile on her face and she was very attentive."

Chen Ao knew Mrs. Tang’s intentions and laughed in his heart. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Tang had some tricks and quickly said seriously: “The students are here to return books.”

"Return the book?" Mrs. Tang suddenly woke up in confusion: "Oh, I remembered that Mr. Chen had borrowed a book, come in, come in quickly." She also complained: "There is no need to rush to return this book in a hurry. Look at you, you look so dusty, even the bags in your eyes are in black circles."

Chen Ao laughed and said, "The students have benefited a lot from reading this book, but the examples in this book are already familiar with them. I wonder if there is another book."

Mrs. Tang said happily: "Yes, yes, there's a whole box."

So many? Chen Ao was so happy. It seems that this book must be borrowed at least dozens of times before it can be calculated. It has been enough for half a year. Lord Tang is indeed worthy of being Lord Tang. He used a long line to catch big fish, and the line was too long.

Mrs. Tang's hand was wet and she smiled and said, "Young Master Chen went in first, I chose the food and went to make tea. By the way, let's leave the meal here today."

Chen Ao put the book on the windowsill under the eaves, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Since the student is here, how can the teacher's wife choose vegetables? The student comes to do it for him. The teacher's wife is here to supervise him."

Mrs. Tang smiled and said, "What are you, a scholar, choosing vegetables? You and that Lord Tang are both nobles. You should do this as a whole." She said the three words "Lord Tang" and deliberately elongated the tone. I wonder where Tang Yan offended her again.

Chen Ao had no choice but to smile embarrassedly, "Then I'll go in and sit in." He was not polite at all. He entered the small hall converted into a room. There was no one in the hall. He found a stool to sit down, but saw a book of poems on the table. Chen Ao picked it up and read it, and couldn't help laughing.

This poem book is the collection of Sui Ya's poems from the previous issues, and it is obviously a relatively inferior pirated version; however, the Tang family is not well off, so it is very difficult to buy pirated versions. The genuine poem book is a few cents, and it was sold out as soon as it was released. Where can the Tang family be willing to buy it?

He flipped through it casually and found that the quality of the poems in Suiya's poem book has improved a lot recently, including some poems written by famous scholars in Bianjing, which are very impressive.

The Sui Ya poetry album was now printed and released, and the quality was getting higher and higher. At the beginning, Shen Ao was led by him, and a group of young men with some skills whine without any illness. Later, many talented men joined in. After all, their poetry and essays were printed into books, which was quite attractive to the scholars of this era. In this way, due to the continuous supplement of talented men with superb skills, the quality was naturally rising.

"Young Master Chen is also good at poetry?" At some point, Tang Mo'er came over. She was wearing a loose and ordinary silk skirt, her clothes fluttered, her gait was light, her eyebrows and nose were clever under her eyes, and a dimples appeared on her cheeks, showing a dignified smile.

Chen Ao smiled and looked at Tang Moer and said, "Look at some occasionally and just let me chat." After saying a word, he couldn't help but say, "Did Miss Moer not sleep well last night? Why is her face not good?"

Tang Mo'er's face looked a little pale, and there was a faint black shadow under her beautiful eyes. She said tiredly: "It's nothing, it's just that something makes people feel uneasy."

Chen Ao saw that she was lost in her mind and knew that she was going to talk about her worries. He couldn't help but think that Miss Mo'er was willing to reveal her worries, so she regarded herself as her closest friend. She quickly sat up and waited for Tang Mo'er to continue speaking with a scruple.

Seeing his appearance, Tang Moer asked in confusion: "What is Mr. Chen doing?"

"I heard you reveal your worries." Chen Ao smiled pursed.

Tang Moer couldn't help but say coldly: "Who said I want to reveal my worries?"

Chen Ao was ashamed and made a mistake in judgment! It seems that his level of observing words and expressions has dropped slightly.

Tang Moer smiled again and said, "Okay, I'll tell you a little bit of my worries!"

The road to the top turned! Chen Ao learned the lesson just now, looked as if he was not surprised by honor and disgrace, and said, "Please tell me Miss Mole."

Tang Moer said, "Young Master Chen will take me to the backyard to see."

She stood up and led Chen Ao through the back compartment. Open the back door. There was an open open space, which was surrounded by fences, just like the front yard, and the neighbors were the next room. The back yard was not big, but there were a lot of flowers and plants planted, with the spring breeze swaying and the fragrance was swaying.

Tang Mo'er walked to the eaves along the wall. When Chen Ao looked, he saw a bird lying in the paved hay. The bird's feathers were white and the feather base was slightly pink. There was a long willow-shaped crest on the back pillow; the skin on the forehead and cheeks were exposed, bright red.

"Is this... a red-crowned crane?" Chen Ao was slightly shocked. He had only seen this rare bird in the film festival. The red-crowned crane was also on the verge of extinction in later generations. Such birds are extremely precious.

Then I thought that in the Song Dynasty, there were only a lot of red-crowned cranes, so I curled my lips and didn't care.

"Last night, two naughty children killed a male bird, and the female bird whined on the roof all night. Today, it landed on the windowsill of my house. I sought water and rice to feed it, but it didn't eat it. It really hurts." She stroked the red-crowned crane bird carefully. It turned out that the insomnia last night was caused by this bird.
Chapter completed!