Liaozhai Ghost Story

Chapter 376 He Xian

Changshan Wang Ruiting, who is good at divination, can invite God to the earth. The invited god called himself He Xian, a disciple of Lv Dongbin, and some people said that he was a crane crossed by the Taoist ancestor. Every time He Xian came, he talked about poetry with people, and his literary talent was out of vulgarity. Taishi Li Zhijun worshipped him as his teacher and asked for teaching questions. He Xian reviewed the article and was well organized. Li Taishi got his help before he thought about it. Finally, he was on the golden list.

For this reason, He Xian's reputation was great, and literati and scholars scrambled to make friends. During the years of Xinwei, Lord Zhu Wenzong patrolled Jinan and presided over the township examination. There was a candidate surnamed Li Mingyi, who was quite talented. After the scientific examination, his friend sent his article to He Xian for evaluation and asked about the ranking.

He Xian said, "In terms of literary talent, it should be ranked first. But Li Wei was unlucky and could only succumb to the fourth class. Wen Cai is quite inconsistent with the ranking. There must be something wrong with this matter. Is it that Zhu Wenzong was ordered to take a scholar, no matter whether the article is good or bad? Wait for me to go to the government office to find out what's going on. After saying that, he disappeared.

Suddenly, He Xian went back and said, "I just went to the university mansion. I saw that Lord Wenzong was busy with official business and had no time to review the examination papers at all. All the admissions are handed over to my subordinates. His group of examiners are mixed, and many of them are students and supervisors. Who is qualified to judge the advantages and disadvantages? In their last life, these people were wandering souls of hungry ghosts, begging from all directions, and some even stayed in dark prisons for more than 800 years. The essence of their eyes was depleted, regardless of good or bad. No wonder Li Tuo is unlucky.

Everyone asked, "Is there any way to save it?" He Xian said, "There is a way. Everyone knows it. Why do you have to ask more?" Everyone was informed of this matter to Li. Li Yu was worried, so he took the article and went to Sun Taishi's house to visit it. Taishi read Li's article and greatly appreciated it. He said, "This article is in the first place."

Sun Taishi is a great master in the literary world. Naturally, there is no doubt about his comments. Hearing this, Li Wei was immediately relieved and had already forgotten the words of He Xian's criticism. Soon it was the day when the list was released. Unexpectedly, Li Si only got a fourth-class place in the end.

After Sun Taishi heard the news, he was terriffed and comforted Li Yu and said, "Zhu Wenzong has always been famous. If he reads the papers, it would never be ridiculous. The ranking this time must have been done by the drunks in his staff. At this point, the only way is to ask He Xian for help and ask him to test the future by the way.

Li Wei visited He Xian according to his words. He Xian said, "You don't have to be discouraged. You can transcribe more test papers and spread them widely. If you take the exam again next year, you will be transferred." Li Wei listened to the teachings and spread his articles everywhere according to He Xian's instructions, which soon spread to Zhu Wenzong.

After reading the test paper, Zhu Wenzong comforted Li and ordered him to come back next year. In the imperial examination the following year, Li Ni was indeed among the top.