Chapter 018 Dead Wood(1/2)
"There is a path for the mountain of books and diligence is the path, and the sea of knowledge is endless and hard to make a boat."
"What a mountain of books, it really gives people deep thoughts and reflections."
After climbing to the top of the mountain of Books, Zhuang Buzhou looked down, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit of emotion in his heart. This first level can be said to be a good intention, directly pointing out that there is no shortcut to the road of literary and art. If you want to reach the peak and keep moving forward, you can only understand the true meaning of the situation by taking diligence as the way, working hard with hard work, and reading thousands of books. You can achieve success from it.
This first level is really not difficult.
If you can understand the true meaning of the first level, then any student who can read can easily pass it. Of course, if you cannot carve the rotten wood and cannot comprehend the meaning at all, you can stop in front of the mountain of books and climb, and you will not be able to climb.
The higher you go, the greater the pressure you are under.
In fact, there is a big test of understanding, opportunity, and piety.
When encountering difficulties, a devout scholar will unconsciously read the words of sages he has learned. At this time, as long as you pay attention, you will be able to detect changes and immediately understand how to pass this level. Unless it is really a rotten wood.
Therefore, the first level, those who cannot pass are either rotten wood or ordinary people who are ignorant of their eyes.
I saw Yunqing River, Xia Wuya, Su Qiu who had already climbed the Shushan Mountain, but there was still a thin monkey who had not come up. Looking down at the Shushan Mountain, as long as I climbed to the top, the fog on the Shushan Mountain had no effect, and all the scenes could be seen. The thin monkey was currently wandering back and forth at the bottom of the mountain.
I completely disdain the books that grew on the sage tree next to me.
"It's over. The thin monkey is illiterate and has never read books. He has a headache when he sees the books. Even I teach him how to practice the exercises. If this continues, he will not be able to pass this first level."
Xia Wuya's face looked ugly.
My junior brother knew that the thin monkey was completely illiterate, and letting him study was more painful than killing him. This Shushan was very unfriendly to him and it was difficult to go up the mountain. This time, he would definitely be defeated.
"There is something weird in this Book Mountain, and there is some special rule. There is no way to cheat in this place."
Yun Qinghe said softly.
"I don't know what the punishment is for not passing the test now."
Xia Wuya showed a look of worry on her face.
There is no hope for the skinny monkey. If he can pass, there will be a ghost.
However, now, no matter how worried you are, you can only wait for the result. At this time, any measure may cause you to be fatally threatened.
Time passes quietly.
Before I knew it, a day had passed.
The time for climbing has passed.
The gentleman appeared on the mountain of Shu and looked at the students who had not yet reached the top of the mountain. His face turned cold and he waved his hand and said, "Time has come, and you are really not carved. Even if there is a path to the mountain of Shu and you are diligent, and you don't understand the principle of hard work on a boat. If that's the case, then you can be a rotten tree at the foot of the mountain. There are thousands of talented men in the mountain of Shu and I hope that you can be enlightened."
In his words, he was filled with anger that he was so angry that he could not make a steel. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that those who had not passed the pass suddenly fixed their bodies at the foot of Shushan, and then changed at a speed visible to the naked eye. He completely turned into a rotten tree.
Can't move!
Can't speak!
Can't watch it!!
You can only listen to the sound of reading aloud from the tree of sages.
But they can still think. They have thoughts, but cannot move, cannot say, and cannot see. For a person, this is definitely one of the most terrifying tortures in the world and the most unbearable torture.
The terrible punishment immediately made many students on Shushan unable to help but take a breath and swallow secretly.
"I dare to ask sir, although they did not pass the first level, sir has not said that there are three levels here. If you pass any level, you can enter the inner courtyard. If they turn them into rotten wood, how to participate in the next assessment."
Xia Wuya gritted her teeth, stepped forward, and asked.
"Don't worry, they become rotten wood and will receive ten days of punishment. After ten days, they can continue to perform the second level assessment. However, it will be done after you, and the academy is fair."
The gentleman said calmly.
This is equivalent to making up for the exam.
"Thank you, sir."
Xia Wuya hurriedly said thanking.
Although I know that the Skinny Monkey is afraid that the levels in the future will be difficult to pass, at least I know how long the punishment will be. No matter how you calculate it, you can still tolerate it. It will not cause irreparable damage.
"Very good, now start to enter the second level."
The gentleman nodded and said.
"This second level is couplets. If you get right, you will pass. If you don't match, you will fail directly."
The gentleman did not make any mistakes and spoke directly to the second level.
After hearing this, many students showed a hint of relaxation. You should know that couplets are the basic skills for scholars. Anyone who has been studying has almost any experience. Ordinary couplets can make sense even if they are right or not very neat.
Therefore, I am still somewhat sure about couplets.
"Sir, please give a question."
Many students spoke.
"Um!"
The gentleman nodded and said, "I will give you a couplet. Each couplet can be spoken by ten people. The right ones are neat and exquisite, and they can pass the test. If the bull's head is not right, it will be considered a defeat."
"Now listen to my first couplet."
"A father and son three lyricists!!"
The gentleman said the first couplet.
"If you have a student, please listen, sir."
A student's eyes lit up and immediately stepped forward and said, "Brothers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are a family."
"Okay, pretty neat, it's past!!"
The gentleman nodded and said when he heard this.
"There are students too, sir, please listen." Another student stepped forward and said, "The five fingers are combined in one palm!!"
"It's a little rough, you're passing."
The gentleman frowned slightly and said, but he passed it. The test was not about how exquisite it was. The final test was only the students' basic skills.
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Then, a student came forward to answer.
Ten students came up.
Then the gentleman came out the second and third couplets.
Students continued to participate enthusiastically and answered.
Zhuang Buzhou nodded secretly after listening to it. He didn't find it too difficult to see these couplets. In his previous life, various information was too rich. Even if he didn't deliberately study it, he could hear a lot of things.
Even elementary school students are learning - the sky is against the earth, the rain is against the wind, the continent is against the sky, the mountain flowers are against the sea, and the red sun is against the sky.
These basic routines are still clear.
Following these routines, even if it is not exquisite, you can still make the word neat.
It is not difficult, it is completely within the scope of what you have learned.
Suddenly, he was confident that this second level could not help him.
Therefore, it was instantly decided to complete this assessment as soon as possible and overcome this second level.
"Please listen to the question now."
The gentleman then spoke again: "But teach my disciples with poetry and books!!"
"Sir, please listen."
After hearing this, Zhuang Buzhou knew it in his heart and walked forward with a confident look on his face and said, "Don't judge heroes by success or failure."
In the voice, it is clean and neat, confident and natural.
"Huh?" After hearing this, the gentleman couldn't help but wonder, looked at Zhuang Buzhou, looked carefully, nodded and said, "No, very good, right neat, and extremely exquisite, with good meaning. It can be said to be the finishing touch. What's your name?"
"Student Zhuang Buzhou."
Zhuang Buzhou smiled indifferently.
"Okay, you've passed the test."
When the gentleman heard this, he looked at him deeply, obviously he had already remembered him.
Afterwards, the assessment continued, and a student spoke out one after another.
Some failed, some succeeded.
It can be seen that the number of people is gradually decreasing.
Xia Wuya, Su Qiu, and Yun Qinghe did not respond. Especially Su Qiu, it could be seen that there was a hint of discomfort on her face. She knew a few words, but the problem was that she really didn't learn much, and she was even less careful. When she thought about this pair, her head was like a paste.
"In the garden, there is peach blossoms, lotus blossoms, osmanthus blossoms, flowers blossoms, flowers blossoms."
The gentleman spoke out.
This time, Xia Wuya and the others obviously couldn't escape. Because there were only a few of them left, and together, there were no more than ten.
To be continued...