Chapter 219 Wen Rufeng's Test: "Roast Duck Theory"
Wen Yueyin was also a little panicked.
She swallowed and said comfortingly, "Brother, don't worry. Maybe the officials are already on the way."
Wen Rufeng murmured, "But as a top scholar, I should be the first to be informed of the good news. However, it's almost dark and I still haven't heard the good news. Could it be that the official died on the way?! Eh!"
He sighed deeply and paced back and forth anxiously.
Xie Shian gloated, "I think you didn't even make it to the Juren exam, let alone the Jieyuan exam!"
The other guests present nodded in agreement.
"Impossible!" Wen Rufeng was anxious. "I... I studied hard for many years and drank the holy water from Tianzhu. How could I not even pass the imperial examination?! Xie Shian, stop talking nonsense!"
Wen Xingluo was watching a show when Cuicui suddenly ran over and stuffed something into her arms.
It is the announcement of the results of the provincial examination.
Wen Xingluo looked over as Cuicui pointed and saw Wei Ying standing in the corner of the corridor holding a sword.
Obviously, she had just stolen this notice from outside.
She unfolded the notice.
When the people around her saw that she had the good news about the provincial examination in her hand, they gathered around to watch.
There were many names densely written on the notice. Wen Xingluo read it from beginning to end, but he didn't find Wen Rufeng's name. Instead, Chen Yu unexpectedly passed the exam and became a juren.
Xie Shian, enjoying the fun, shouted with a smile, "Wen Rufeng, you failed the exam!"
"impossible!"
Wen Yueyin's reaction was even greater than Wen Rufeng's, and he snatched the notice away.
Her face was pale and her hands were shaking. She read the whole thing carefully twice, but she really couldn't find Wen Rufeng's name.
Wen Ruyun was shocked, "How...how could this happen?"
Wen Rulei was unusually calm.
He recovered his memories of his previous life, and he knew that his elder brother was able to pass the imperial examination in his previous life thanks to Wen Xingluo's supervision and advice.
She always woke her eldest brother up before dawn, and personally served him with writing every night. She even arranged his daily schedule and what books he should read at each time period.
But in this life, there was no Wen Xingluo watching over him. Not only did the great scholar we had invited run away halfway, but there was also no one to patiently watch my eldest brother study at night. My eldest brother slept until noon, and his study efficiency was not even half of what it was in his previous life!
Hearing the falling stars...
Wen Rulei looked at the charming young girl in green at the table, watching her talking and laughing with Xie Shian, his eyes full of frustration and regret.
What exactly should he do to get Wen Xingluo back to him?
If God gave him another chance, he would definitely love Wen Xingluo well, and he also hoped that Wen Xingluo could bring him blessings again.
Wen Rufeng snatched the good news from Wen Yueyin's hand.
He also read it carefully from beginning to end.
But no matter how hard he stared at the happy news, he still couldn't find his name.
"how so?"
Wen Rufeng's lips trembled, and his face was covered with a dull bluish-gray color.
"I clearly… I clearly wrote down the answers to every question. I filled every corner of the paper with answers. My ideas flowed like a god, and my performance was better than ever. How could… how could I fail?"
He suddenly threw the good news to the ground, stomped on it fiercely, and shouted, "The examiner must have made a mistake! I don't accept it. I want to ask to see the paper!"
Xie Shian scratched his ears impatiently. "You really have too much free time! I checked the test papers over and over again. How could I have made a mistake? If you didn't pass, you didn't pass. Why are you making excuses?"
"I refuse to accept!" Wen Rufeng yelled like a madman, his face gradually turning crimson, his throat rasping with gasps as he waved his arms high. "I want to check my paper! I want to check my paper! Some candidate must have seen that I did well and bribed the officials to steal my place!"
He kept pacing back and forth, making a lot of noise, like a rooster with its feathers standing on end.
The guests were afraid that he would hurt someone, so they all kept their distance from him.
The movement here was quickly reported to Xie Jing.
Xie Guanlan was playing chess with Xie Jing in the study. Upon hearing this, he said calmly, "If he wants to check the paper roll, let him check it."
Xie Jing sighed, "I think Sisi and the others aren't that stupid. They just focus their attention on other things, so they've grown up in a wrong way."
Xie Guanlan guessed that Wen Xingluo was also there, so he put down the chess piece on his fingertips and suggested, "Father, let's go and take a look."
The father and son came to the garden, and the lanterns in the garden were lit one after another, and the trees and flowers were as bright as day.
Xie Shian took Wen Xingluo's sleeve and came over to greet him, "Father, Big Brother!"
Wen Xingluo bowed and said, "Father..."
She didn't dare to look into Xie Guanlan's eyes, but lowered her head and whispered, "Brother."
Xie Guanlan's gaze fell on the gold hairpin on the side of her bun, his narrow eyes were gloomy, and he hummed softly.
Xie Jing pointed at Wen Rufeng, who was pacing back and forth in the crowd, panting heavily, and whispered, "Ningning, is your brother crazy? I heard that there was a man named Fan who passed the imperial examination and went crazy in joy. I didn't expect your brother to go crazy after failing the exam!"
Wen Xingluo smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer.
The Shu County provincial examination was held in Chengdu, and the papers were kept in the Imperial Examination Hall in Chengdu.
Not long after, Wen Rufeng's roll of paper was found and sent to the Zhenbei Palace.
The examiner was very angry about Wen Rufeng's slander of him for taking bribes, so he stood on the podium and personally showed his test paper to everyone.
Xie Jing looked over and asked in confusion, "Ziheng, why does his test paper look so good to me? Look, every corner of the paper is filled with writing!"
"Dad," Xie Shian squeezed in next to him, "You're so stupid! Filling in the blanks doesn't necessarily mean everything is correct. When I was studying at Baihe Academy, I also tried to fill in the blanks. The teacher said that the examiners would give sympathy points!"
Wen Xingluo looked carefully.
Her elder brother did write a lot.
However, the content is very strange.
For example, the topic of the policy essay was "The way of university is to manifest the bright virtue, to love the people, and to stop at the highest good", but her elder brother gave a long speech about how to make roast duck, how fat the duck should be, how much garlic, ginger and onion should be used to remove the fishy smell, what kind of heat should be used for roasting, and what kind of fruit charcoal should be used. In short, he strayed completely from the topic.
Not only did he finish writing "On Roast Duck", he also thoughtfully drew a fat duck next to it.
Wen Xingluo was silent.
So after his elder brother drank the magic water, he hallucinated about roast duck?
The guests read his answers and chuckled at first, but later they couldn't help but burst into laughter. They pointed at Wen Rufeng and the air was filled with a happy atmosphere.
Wen Rufeng was sweating profusely.
He stared at the rolls of paper, his body trembling slightly.
He wanted to tell everyone loudly that this was not his answer!
But the handwriting cannot be forged, it is his own handwriting.
He clearly remembered that he had answered perfectly, quoting from every source in the universe, like Cao Zhi himself, a man of unparalleled talent. When had he written such absurd things?!
Wen Ruyun, standing by, suddenly shouted, "Wen Xingluo, it's all your fault! If you hadn't worn white clothes when sending him to the exam, how could Big Brother have done so badly?! It must be your white clothes that offended Wenquxing, the God of Literature, and put Big Brother in a state of terror!"
Wen Xingluo laughed in anger, "Second brother, what you said is really ridiculous. Shen Yu was there at the time, so how could he have performed so well and passed the imperial examination? I think there is something wrong with the magic water that eldest brother drank."
A prominent official among the guests exclaimed in astonishment, "Holy water? Wasn't it discovered that this stuff contained hallucinogenic and highly poisonous mushrooms, and the commander ordered it to be destroyed? Wen Rufeng, where did you buy the holy water?!"
Hallucinogenic, highly poisonous mushrooms...
Wen Rufeng felt dizzy.
He suddenly stared at Wen Yueyin.
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