The candidates who were still answering the questions seriously were confused at this moment.
They didn't even eat and focused on answering the second assessment question.
As a result, now I heard that Zhao Chen wanted them to return to their hometown?
Everyone who comes here is thinking of enrolling in Chang'an Military Academy.
Who doesn’t want to honor their ancestors and return to their hometown with honor?
Why are you being driven back to your hometown?
The examination room was so quiet that Cheng Chumo could hear the sound of the examinee breaking the writing brush from the middle with his hands.
He also doubted whether Zhao Chen said something wrong.
It should be those who eat and return home, not those who are still answering questions.
"What's going on?" Cheng Chumo didn't ask Zhao Chen, but asked Li Ke who was standing next to him.
How could Li Ke know what Zhao Chen was thinking.
He only knew that Zhao Chen's original intention was not to ask these candidates to draw some topographic map.
Rather, it is a test of how well these candidates can implement his orders.
It's really strange that people who want to eat only stay here, and those who don't eat are driven away.
"Why?"
"Why can the people they eat stay?"
"Those of us who answer questions seriously will be driven away."
"Even if it's a topographic map competition, I learned from the old generals in the countryside before, and I'm sure I can draw better than some of them."
"Why should we be driven away?" One of the candidates was very angry and shouted at Zhao Chen.
"You're right, what right do they have to stay, and we will be driven away."
"Some of their topographic maps are simply scribbles."
"Many of them don't deserve to be here."
More and more candidates are speaking out, and they feel that they have been cheated.
They really don't understand where they lost.
The government officials were also shocked.
They hurriedly maintained order on the sidelines, but even they didn't understand the reason for Zhao Chen's behavior.
The candidates who were eating aside were also confused at this moment.
But even their doubts could not suppress their inner joy.
Unexpectedly, just by having a meal, I could become a member of Chang'an Military Academy.
Among the candidates, only Pei Xingjian looked thoughtful.
Zhao Chen stood up and glanced at everyone.
Although he is young, wherever he looks, the candidates all lower their heads.
No one dared to look at Zhao Chen.
"The purpose of this assessment is not to let you actually draw the terrain."
"To be blunt, who among you can draw a standard topographic map?" Zhao Chen said.
There was a look of shame on everyone's faces.
They really don't have anyone who can complete a standard topographic map.
They are just ordinary people. They are extremely lucky to be able to survive seven days of living in the mountains and forests.
Topographic map?
They just sketched out their own ideas on rice paper.
"The topographic map is not the point. The point is, I need to know how many of you will carry out this order seriously."
"But it's not bad. Except for a dozen people who were kicked out, you are all qualified."
"But Chang'an Military Academy recruits more than just good babies who know how to take orders."
"What we need is military geniuses who are always insightful."
"When we came over for lunch just now, only one of you noticed the number of bowls and chopsticks placed next to you."
"Come on, come out." Zhao Chen pointed to Pei Xingjian, who was holding bowls and chopsticks to eat.
Pei Xingjian was stunned.
It was also the last time he noticed something was wrong with the number of dishes and chopsticks.
But he didn't expect that Zhao Chen would notice him.
Thinking about his mentor Su Dingfang saying that Zhao Chen was a genius that was rare to see in ten thousand years, Pei Xingjian inevitably began to agree with Su Dingfang's words.
"Dean." Pei Xingjian walked up to Zhao Chen and bowed his hands.
"Tell me, what did you just discover?" Zhao Chen asked Pei Xingjian with an expressionless face.
"Reporting to the dean, the student just saw below that there are not more than 700 sets of bowls and chopsticks."
"This means that many of us don't have lunch."
"So the students thought that the college only admitted three hundred students, so they realized that only those who have enough food to eat are likely to stay at Chang'an Military Academy." Pei Xingjian told Zhao Chen about his findings.
The sound also reached the ears of other candidates.
Everyone looked at Pei Xingjian in surprise.
They didn't think much of it.
They just felt they were hungry and it was time for them to have a meal.
Hearing this, many candidates who had not eaten had a look of shame on their faces.
None of them expected that one meal would determine their future.
"Dean, I'm not convinced."
"Even if he sees the problem, what about the others?"
"They just relied on luck."
"They just have better luck than us. Based on their ability..."
"Sometimes, luck is also a kind of strength." Zhao Chen interrupted the examinee expressionlessly.
"unfair……"
"unfair!"
The candidates were still shouting, but Zhao Chen had already asked the government officials to take him away.
The other candidates who couldn't stay here also left dejectedly.
They lost, lost to themselves, and lost to luck.
"What's your name?" Zhao Chen looked at Pei Xingjian.
"Hey, Lao Pei, I didn't expect you to have such ability."
"What a pity. If you had come to Chang'an earlier, you would definitely be no worse than Zhao Chen."
After the assessment, it was time for two days of rest.
Li Zhi took Pei Xingjian to Chang'an for fun, and talked to Pei Xingjian about the assessment on the way.
Pei Xingjian smiled and said, "His Royal Highness, King Jin, must not say that, even though I only met the dean once."
"But I believe in my heart that there will never be another person in the world who can compare with His Highness the King of Han."
"I was just lucky in yesterday's assessment."
"Otherwise, it would be really difficult to get into the eyes of His Highness the King of Han."
"Is Zhao Chen that powerful?"
"I don't usually see it."
"Every time I meet him, he bullies me. He is just a bully bastard." Li Zhi felt a little strange.
He didn't understand why others thought Zhao Chen was so powerful.
But he thought Zhao Chen was a bastard.
Still a bastard who only bullies himself.
"Then I would like to ask your Highness, King Jin, to think about why His Highness the King of Han does not bully others but only you, His Highness the King of Jin?" Pei Xingjian asked with a smile.
"Maybe he just thinks I'm easy to bully." Li Zhi muttered, but didn't say anything more about it.
Li Zhi heard many stories about Zhao Chen.
But he didn't understand why Zhao Chen, who was very kind to others, always had a dark face towards him.
It's like I owe him money.
"Is the Wangyou Restaurant ahead?" Pei Xingjian pointed to the restaurant in front, his face full of expectation.
Su Dingfang warned him repeatedly in his letter.
When he arrives in Chang'an, let him go to Wangyou Restaurant and buy him a batch of Wangyou Restaurant's fine wine.
Pei Xingjian was also very curious when he saw what his mentor was thinking about.
Is the wine at Wangyou Restaurant really that good that it can make his mentor so fond of him?