Suddenly a spring breeze comes overnight, and thousands of pear trees bloom.

Even those who have not seen the picture of the wonders of September on the long table in the inner hall, when they hear these two sentences, a beautiful picture will automatically and easily appear in their mind.

wrong.

The beauty is not the picture scroll, but the poem.

The mountains covered with snow and the lush forests are by no means a beautiful sight, especially in August and September, when all you can feel is the biting chill.

But this poem, as if in the cold ice and snow, gives people infinite vitality.

There is no need to read carefully or to study deeply. The poems of "Song of White Snow" are easy to understand, but they are endlessly memorable.

This is the quatrain.

Not far from Hong Meng, Zhang Wei was equally shocked and said: "Qin Mo composed a quatrain poem."

"Now, we are even worse than him."

"Their physical tests are better than ours."

"The cultural class is better than ours."

"Another quatrain poem was written in the imperial examination."

"It's so unreasonable that he is more handsome than us."

"Hey? Hong Meng, what's wrong with you?"

"Are you feeling unwell?"

"Look, I just said you need me, and I'll help you go over there to rest for a while."

"Stop being stubborn, can you still stand firm on your own? You are almost fainting, and you are not in a hurry to watch the imperial examination. For a while, I will help you over there and read you the result of the first question slowly.

The leader was Qin Mo, and he made another quatrain..."

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Zhuangyuan Hall.

The ratings and results of the first question were all sealed into files by Zhan Qinghai and asked to be sent out by the people in the Document Hall.

After the first question, the candidates in the inner hall had different expressions, some were happy and some were sad.

Those who do well in the exam and have high ratings will feel much less stressed and can face the second question more easily.

Those who did not do well in the exam felt so stressed that they shook their legs anxiously.

Twelve years of hard study, just for the present, especially some literary masters, even gave up martial arts for this reason. They have a clear understanding of their own abilities, know that it is difficult to do two things at once, and only focus on the path of literary masters.

Today's palace examination will determine their fate in the college entrance examination and even their future lives.

Whether it’s a physical test or a cultural class, if you don’t do well in the exam, the country has a policy of reducing points.

There is no shortcut to the imperial examination.

The lower the score, the lower the university you can attend.

In the second level, Zhan Qinghai sat on his chair and did not move. It felt like I was quietly watching your performance. The master of the Document Hall came out holding a scroll.

The Master of the Document Hall gently stroked the scroll with his palm, as if he was stroking a work of art. Looking at the scroll in his hand, thick and complex emotions appeared in his eyes.

After a while, I saw him finally untying the red rope tied to the scroll, laying it flat on the table, pushing it gently with his index and middle fingers, and the gray gauze-like scroll slowly spread out.

The surface of the scroll has been worn away and white paper fiber velvet has appeared, obviously it has been viewed frequently.

The master of the Document Hall said calmly: "The second question uses paintings as words."

Using painting as poetry again?

Qin Mo has a headache. Isn't it a hidden painting like Zhan Qinghai's September Wonders?

He is not sure that he will write another poem about the Wonders of September. It would be too embarrassing for Qin.

Being able to compose a poem is already the limit.

"It's so beautiful." Lin Youyin couldn't help but exclaimed as the scroll was rolled out, her eyes sparkling. Qin Mo was also guided by this exclamation to look at the painting, and was immediately attracted by it.

To be precise, he was attracted to the woman in the painting.

The first thing you see is a woman with a figure in commoner clothes. The woman in the painting is sitting on a railing and looking into the distance. Although the woman is wearing commoner clothes and does not apply makeup, her beauty cannot be concealed. She is like a flower blooming in duckweed.

The lotus flowers on the tree are swaying in the wind and rain, and are delicate and refined.

This is a figure painting.

Painting with people, there is no doubt that this topic is about people.

The candidates in the hall suddenly became more active in thinking and began to make guesses.

There is a picture of a beauty. Does the clerk want them to write a poem praising the beauty?

Almost at the same time, this idea came to the minds of all the candidates present.

Throughout the ages, there have been countless poems praising beauty.

They have also observed and imitated many of the famous golden verses and quatrains that have survived in the world.

If they really write words of praise for others, then this second question really won’t trouble them.

Writing about people is even simpler than writing about scenes.

but

With the lessons learned from the first question, none of the candidates present were in a hurry to write the words for the second question immediately. Who knows if the Master of the Document Hall and the City Lord Zhan Qinghai were as scheming as they were given a hidden picture.

The candidates surrounding the painting began to observe it carefully, so seriously that they wanted to put on a magnifying glass and lie down on the painting to look at it.

This painting is also not complicated. The most important object in the painting is this delicate woman wearing commoner clothes.

Therefore, it is not difficult to observe.

Qin Mo never took his eyes away from the painting.

"Look, her eyes." Quickly, an examinee pointed to the eyes of the woman in the painting.

Qin Mo heard the sound and quickly looked at the eyes of the woman in the painting. Sure enough, these were not a pair of eyes filled with joy, but full of worry and longing.

Sure enough, it's not that simple.

"Characters are the surface.

The real core is missing.

This is a painting that expresses longing."

Shen Mengsheng suddenly spoke, as if he had understood the essence of the painting, and he was very confident.

Hearing this, the other candidates all nodded in unison.

The painting is centered on longing, and the title given by the master of the document hall is not about people, but about feelings!

This question, which the Chief Examiner of the Document Hall will ask everyone, is a poem that expresses love.

While everyone was thinking, Lin Youyin walked up to the painting with her straight legs, frowning and wondering: "There is another question. Is the person the woman in the painting misses her parents and brothers, or her lover? This painting

Is it family affection or love that the painting expresses?"

Lin Youyin's words immediately made everyone who had just solved the puzzle fall into thinking again.

Yes, is the woman in the painting missing her relatives or her lover?

They couldn't guess this.

There is a huge difference between family affection and love.

Qin Mo was also immersed in deep thought. It was true that this was a painting with the theme of longing. The next step was to determine whether this picture expressed longing for relatives or longing for a lover.

There are no prompts at all in this painting. It is also possible that the master of the clerk's palace did not give any prompts on purpose to relax the scope of the question for them.

Whether it is about family affection or love, it is the correct answer.

Think about it this way.

Qin Mo's mind suddenly flashed, and the complex expression of the Master of the Document Hall who just opened the scroll came to mind.

Be good!

Qin Mo secretly smacked his tongue, the woman in this painting wouldn't have any improper relationship with the master of the Document Hall, right?

Isn't it the mistress that the master of your clerical palace is keeping outside?

hiss

The more Qin Mo thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

Is this painting a painting of missing my lover?

The woman in this painting looks like she has dark eyebrows and delicate and white skin. She could be your daughter when she is around twenty years old at most.

This is a typical old cow eating young grass.
To be continued...