area51novel Chapter 173
Chapter 173
"Su Chen!"
Suddenly, the voice of Princess Changle came from behind, calling Su Chen.
Su Chen stopped and walked towards Changle. "Li Zhi, what's wrong?"
Li Shimin and others looked back and continued to follow the examinee to the cafeteria.
"Take Xiaoling with you to participate in the training. Don't worry, she can read and write." Princess Changle smiled slyly and said.
Su Chen looked at Princess Changle's sly smile and understood instantly.
The maid Xiaoling was probably fooled by Changle and came to the manor school to be a teacher.
Su Chen was overjoyed. When teaching primary school students to read, sometimes female teachers are more patient.
"Okay, I promise to complete the task." After saying that, Su Chen patted his chest.
The maid Xiaoling looked back and forth between Su Chen and Princess Changle several times, feeling that something was wrong.
"Thank you, Princess, and Lord!"
"Xiaoling, have you forgotten what I said to you?" Princess Changle stared at Xiaoling and questioned.
"I'm sorry, Miss. Xiaoling remembers it." Xiaoling quickly admitted her mistake.
Princess Changle nodded with satisfaction, "Su Chen, take her there. I'll go see if the two girls have returned to the manor." After saying that, she turned and left.
"Lizhi, wait!" Hearing Princess Changle mention her two best friends, Su Chen instantly thought of a good idea.
"What's the matter?" Changle asked with a blink of his eyes.
"Uh, can you fool... No, can you ask your two best friends to teach those candidates to recognize pinyin?" Su Chen asked sincerely.
It would be a waste to let Li Tai, such a talent, teach them to recognize pinyin.
It's okay to teach those lowercase numbers and addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Those candidates can basically master them all in one day. They are all talented candidates for the imperial examination.
But it is estimated that it will take at least three to five days to teach Chinese Pinyin.
"No problem, I promise to complete the task."
Princess Changle agreed confidently. Just as she was about to imitate Su Chen's action of patting her chest, she immediately realized that something was wrong.
She glared at Su Chen fiercely: "Rogue!" After scolding, he turned and left.
Su Chen was scolded inexplicably, "Why am I a rogue? What did I do?"
Looking at Princess Changle leaving, Su Chen shook his head. "Let's go, Xiaoling!"
"Yes, Lord!"
...
When Su Chen brought the palace maid Xiaoling to the cafeteria, all the candidates had taken their seats.
The housekeeper Jin'er had already ordered people to prepare brushes and forms.
Everyone filled out the forms carefully, as if they were back in the examination room again.
Li Shimin and others were also holding a form and reading it.
"Xiaoling, go get a form, find a seat and sit down to fill it out."
"Yes, Lord!"
Su Chen came to sit next to Li Tai.
The form did not contain much content. After filling it out, some candidates put down their pens and stood up because they were not clear about the process.
"After you have filled it out, put down your pens and do not need to stand up." Li Tai said to everyone, and ordered the attendants to collect the filled forms.
Several candidates who had already stood up bowed and sat down again.
Soon, the attendants had collected all the forms and handed them to Li Tai.
"Everyone, now I will call the names. If I read the names, please stand up and answer." Li Tai took the form and began to call the names.
"Liu Jinwen!"
"Zhang Guangxu!"
"Liu Dagen!"
The candidates whose names Li Tai read stood up and sat down again after a few breaths.
...
There were probably more than 70 people called by Li Tai, and Su Chen had never heard of any of these names.
While Li Tai called the names, he also paid attention to the handwriting on the forms. He put the forms with excellent calligraphy aside.
Those candidates with good calligraphy could be arranged to make movable type molds. The character mold also needs to be written in normal text first, and then carved into a positive character mold.
The quality of the handwriting directly affects the printed product.
"Wang Mingyu!"
"Ma Zhou!"
"Zhao Xianheng!"
"Wait~wait~wait~!" Su Chen, who was originally listless, suddenly shouted excitedly.
Su Chen picked up the form with the names that Li Tai had just read out.
"Ma Zhou!"
Below, the man named Ma Zhou stood up again. Because he was called for the second time, Ma Zhou did not sit back immediately.
Ma Zhou is about 27 years old and has a medium build. Unlike other candidates, Ma Zhou does not have a strong scholarly aura.
Instead, he is more like a person who often drinks and plays cards, with a sense of wide social interaction.
Su Chen put down the form and walked towards Ma Zhou with a smile, looking a bit like a lackey.
Because the cafeteria is equipped with an eight-immortal table, when Ma Zhou stood up, his back was facing Su Chen and Li Tai.
Therefore, Ma Zhou was not aware of Su Chen's abnormal behavior.
But his deskmates saw it clearly.
"Bin Wang!" Wang Mingyu (Zi: Ziyu), who was sitting at the same table, saidRemind, and signal with eyes.
Ma Zhou slowly turned around and found that the young marquis was walking towards him with a strange look.
He immediately bowed and greeted him, and was very confused.
It was not only Ma Zhou who was confused, but Li Shimin and others were even more confused.
They had never seen Su Chen's demeanor at this time. Even when Su Chen faced Empress Changsun, he never showed such a look.
"The old Tang Book records that Ma Zhou met Yuan Tiangang, who said that Ma Zhou was not a long-lived person. It's a good time to see if it's true. Hehe!"
"Are you Ma Zhou?" Su Chen asked with a smile.
"That's right, I don't know what the marquis has to say!" Ma Zhou replied respectfully.
"Have you seen Yuan Tiangang? Did he say anything to you?"
Ma Zhou was shocked when he heard this! "There was no one else present at the time. How did the marquis know that this person knew Taoist Yuan?"
Two months ago, that was the last time Yuan Tiangang went down the mountain to see Li Chunfeng.
Ma Zhou accidentally met Yuan Tiangang outside Chang'an City, and took the initiative to read his fortune.
Yuan Tiangang said: 'Wealth and honor cannot be described, and the relationship between the monarch and his subjects is harmonious. However, his face is red and his life gate is dark, so I'm afraid he won't live long. '
"My Lord, do you... know Taoist Yuan?" Ma Zhou asked.
Su Chen waved his hand and smiled, "No, I don't know him. Don't be nervous, I'm just asking casually."
"I'm not nervous, this is about my life, I was half-believing and half-doubting at first. Now it seems that it is mostly true, Zhou will not live long!"
"Ma Zhou, don't worry, Taoist Yuan got the first half right that time, but the second half was wrong."
Su Chen saw that Ma Zhou looked a little bad, and comforted him randomly.
Ma Zhou was even more shocked. If this Lord really didn't know Taoist Yuan, it would be scary.
"When this matter is over, tie that boy up for me. I will definitely ask him clearly."
Li Shimin was confused and curious about Ma Zhou. Su Chen didn't like ordinary people. He only recognized famous people.
"Ma Zhou, what do you think about the appointment of court officials?" Su Chen asked meaningfully.
Ma Zhou looked at Su Chen and hesitated.
"Ma Zhou!"
"Your Majesty!" Ma Zhou immediately bowed to Li Shimin.
"Answer whatever the boy asks you. Follow your heart and speak frankly."
Li Shimin said to Ma Zhou in a calm tone.