Chapter 87 Have you memorized it?
When these words were spoken, not only the people in Mingyu Academy, but even the people in Heihe Village were stunned.
Master Li squinted his eyes and looked at Ye Yanshun with a haughty expression. "Looking at the way you're dressed, you don't look like a scholar. Which academy are you from?"
Ye Yanshun said: "Those who wear long gowns are not necessarily ambitious, and those who farm are not necessarily farmers. Why judge a person based solely on his clothes? I am not from any academy, I am a scholar who farms!"
The scholars burst into unbridled laughter.
"Hahaha, a scholar who farms the land? This is the first time I've heard of such a term!"
"You're not going to be plowing the fields while fantasizing about reading?"
"You're just a farmer, why don't you work in the fields to make a living? Why do you come to town to associate with Huo Zhongnian?"
Ye Yanshun was calm and composed, neither ashamed nor annoyed.
The scholars continued to mock, "Have you read the Three Character Classic?"
"Do you know what book 'Thousand Character Classic' is?"
"Tell me what the Augmented Collection of Wise Sayings says?"
Ye Yanshun stood with his hands hanging down, and said calmly, "I could recite the books you mentioned by heart when I was just four years old."
"Hahaha!" The scholars laughed again.
Someone laughed so hard that tears came out. "Why don't you just blow your own trumpet? You said you could recite it by heart at the age of four. Why don't you recite it to us now?"
Ye Yanshun said, "I don't understand what you're laughing at. I've had a photographic memory since I was a kid, so reciting something backwards is a piece of cake for me!"
Master Li snorted disdainfully, "I've raised countless people in my life, and I've seen many young people who speak with such bragging rights! But none of them are as outrageous as you! Since you're from the same hometown as Zhongnian, I won't argue with you. Please leave!"
Ye Yanshun refused to retreat.
"Master, you didn't even try, and you're already saying I'm lying. How can you be so arbitrary as to teach and educate people? Are you afraid that I'll expose Huo Zhongmian's true face of seeking fame and reputation, and bring shame to you?"
Master Li was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, "You ignorant country bumpkin! I didn't want to get entangled with you because you're so young! But since you insist on humiliating yourself, I'll grant you your wish! You said you have a photographic memory, so let me see how you can do it!"
Then he beckoned a scholar over and said, "Give him any book!"
The blue-shirted scholar looked unhappy and threw a copy of "Book of Southern Qi" to Ye Yanshun with a stern face, "I just bought it, it's cheap for a peasant like you!"
Master Li said, "I'll give you one stick of incense. If you can recite the first five chapters of this book, you win!"
"good!"
"But what if you can't recite it?" Master Li said.
"Master, what do you want from me?" Ye Yanshun asked.
The scholars shouted, "If you can't recite it, you should kowtow to Huo Zhongnian and apologize!"
"You still have to kowtow and apologize to Mingyu Academy! Because you slandered Huo Zhongnian, you ruined the reputation of Mingyu Academy!"
"Okay, if I can't do it, I will kowtow and apologize to Huo Zhongnian and Mingyu Academy!" Ye Yanshun said.
Someone lit incense, and Ye Yanshun lowered his head to read the book.
After a while, he closed the book.
The incense stick had only burned to one-tenth of its original size.
"What's the matter? Are you giving up?"
"Can't you even recognize all the words in it?"
"Hurry up, kneel down and kowtow!"
The scholars all made sarcastic remarks.
"I'm fine." Ye Yanshun said.
"You can what?"
"I can recite it now!"
"Hahaha!"
The scholars burst into laughter again, thinking that this man was most likely a lunatic.
"Then go ahead and recite it! If you get even one word wrong it won't count!"
"Okay!" Ye Yanshun said.
The villagers of Heihe Village couldn't help but remind him, "Yanshun, he gave you an incense stick of time. There's still a lot of time left. Don't be anxious. Just take some time and continue reciting!"
Ye Yanshun smiled and said, "No need, I've already memorized it."
The scholars all rolled their eyes to the sky, "Master, let him recite it!"
The blue-shirted scholar came over and snatched the book from Ye Yanshun's hand. "I can't wait to see you make a fool of yourself. When you kneel down and kowtow, I will definitely laugh the loudest!"
"Huo Zhongnian, he will kowtow to you later, don't forgive him so quickly!"
Huo Zhongnian's buttocks were covered in blood. He lay on the ground in a mess, with a gloomy and unclear expression.
"Start reciting!" said Master Li.
Ye Yanshun cleared his throat, "Emperor Taizu Gao's taboo name was Daocheng, and his courtesy name was Shaobo..."
As Ye Yanshun recited more and more, the contempt and ridicule on the scholars' faces gradually disappeared.
They crowded around the blue-shirted scholar, comparing the words in the book with his, their expressions becoming increasingly strange.
Not a single word is wrong!
Not only was it correct, but he also recited it with intonation and fluently!
Who is this young man?
If Huo Zhongnian meets him today, he will probably be in great danger!
Ye Yanshun quickly finished reciting the first five chapters, then stopped and asked, "Do you need to continue reciting?"
"You can still recite it?!" The scholars were shocked and speechless.
Ye Yanshun nodded, "I can recite it from beginning to end."
The scholars were dumbfounded. How could this be possible?
For an ordinary person, it would be considered good if they can finish reading the first three chapters in such a short time!
But he said he knew them all by heart?!
Is this something a human can do?
Madam Li looked at Ye Yanshun angrily. "Since you are a scholar, why do you insist on saying you are a farmer? You are pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, deliberately misleading us!"
"There's no such thing as misleading. I'm indeed a farmer. I attended a private school for two years, and after that I was self-taught. You can ask anyone in Heihe Village for confirmation."
"Yanshun is telling the truth! We can all prove it!" said the villagers of Heihe Village.
Master Li said unwillingly, "Have you memorized this "Book of Southern Qi" before?!"
When Master Li said this, the scholars immediately started to speak in unison, "Master, you hit the nail on the head! He must have memorized it before!"
"He was just lucky, he happened to get a book that he could recite!"
Ye Yanshun shook his head, "This is the first time I'm reading this book today."
"I don't believe it!" Master Li said sternly. "I've seen many students like you who are full of lies!"
Ye Yanshun sighed helplessly, "If you say so, Master, I will never be able to prove myself! Because no matter what book I recite, you can always say that I have memorized it before!"
"Young man, you can't say that." A majestic voice came, and an old man in a black robe walked over.
Master Li and the scholar quickly bowed and saluted, "Greetings, Master!"
The person who came was the head of a college of Mingyu Academy.
The headmaster came up to Ye Yanshun and said, "Young man, I have a rare book here. I can guarantee that no one has read it except me. Would you like to give it a try?"
Ye Yanshun nodded, "I do!"
Not long after, Ye Yanshun recited the unique copy.
The dean clapped his hands and laughed heartily, his face and eyes full of admiration. "When I went out today, I suddenly heard the chirping of magpies, and I had a premonition that something good was going to happen! It turned out that God had sent me a young prodigy! When you were reciting the text just now, I could see that you have real talent! Young man, come to Mingyu Academy to study!"
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