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As soon as Kongde's voice fell, Ke Changzhi in the crowd quickly raised his hand and said loudly: "Ke Changzhi, a semi-sage family member of the Liao Kingdom, is willing to ask the fourth question."

Du Ning looked at Ke Changzhi and smiled slightly.

As expected, Ke Changzhi finally couldn't sit still and would choose to take action at the last moment.

Fan Heshan looked at Ke Changzhi, Ye Jinghong looked at Ke Changzhi, and many scholars looked at Ke Changzhi, each with a different expression.

"Please ask Mr. Ke to propose a question."

Du Ning was the first to speak, and before anyone else could speak, he accepted the other party's challenge.

Ke Changzhi said: "I asked Yun Qijun to answer the first three questions at the same time in a concise style. It is best to use the simplest verses to express the meaning of the poem. It must not only conform to the previous

The meaning of the question must be in line with the meaning of the 'simplified' word."

Scholars from all over the world were stunned. They had previously said that Ji Yansheng's topic was too tricky and had almost pushed Du Ning into a desperate situation.

But now it’s nothing compared to Ke Changzhi’s question.

Use Ke Changzhi's requirements to answer three questions at the same time, which are interlocking. Where is this question? It is clearly a smash!

"Ke Changzhi, are you sure you are asking a question and not making trouble unreasonably?" Fan Heshan said with cold eyes.

"Of course not, I set the question for Du Ning strictly in accordance with the rules of the Holy Academy." Ke Changzhi said proudly.

"Nonsense, I think you are clearly ruining the situation!" Ye Jinghong scolded.

"That's not necessarily the case. With Yun Qijun's literary talent, I'm afraid Ke's 'Jian' question won't be enough for him." Ke Changzhi said.

"Do you dare to swear by your literary courage when you say this?" Ye Jinghong asked.

Ke Changzhi's expression changed instantly, he avoided Ye Jinghong's eyes, and said to Du Ning: "I have admired Du Jun for a long time. In this grand event that attracts everyone's attention, I don't think Du Jun will run away from the battle, right?"

Du Ning glanced at Ke Changzhi with disgust and said slowly: "I accept Mr. Ke's challenge, so what is your punishment?"

"The loser will also fulfill the punishment proposed by the three previous question makers." Ke Changzhi said.

Everyone was shocked. Ke Changzhi's move was even bigger. He actually asked the loser to perform all the previous punishments at the same time. This meant that once Du Ning made a mistake or failed to complete a question, he would have to accept the fourth question.

Punishment.

Ji Yansheng's punishment was extremely humiliating, and Ke Changzhi's punishment was even worse.

You must know that the grudges between the Ke family and Du Ning cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

No matter who loses, the first punishment of worshiping the opponent as half a master is enough to make the opponent's courage crack.

This is no longer just an ordinary dispute over literary titles.

Ye Jinghong said angrily: "Mr. Ke, don't you think you are going too far?"

"The fight for literary names is so cruel, and don't forget, if I lose, I will also fulfill the three previous punishments at the same time. This is very fair to both parties." Ke Changzhi said disapprovingly.

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Ye Jinghong's expression was terrifyingly calm, and he said slowly: "It seems that your Ke family is also ready to break the pot. Anyway, your Ke family has become a shame in the Liao Kingdom, so why not take this gamble?"

, either it will never recover from the fall, or it will destroy Du Ning's literary courage to revive the reputation of the Ke family. Am I right?"

"If Mr. Ye insists on treating our Ke family this way, then I, Mr. Ke, have nothing to say." Ke Changzhi said with a smile.

"You Ke family are really inferior to each other. With your virtues, do you deserve to call yourself a semi-saint family? Bullshit!" Ye Jinghong cursed.

"Presumptuous!"

Ke Changzhi said angrily: "In public, even if you are a great scholar of the Yun Kingdom, you cannot humiliate my Ke family like this. This is extremely rude!"

"Then what should we do if you made unreasonable troubles at the confederation ceremony? Do you dare to say that you were not deliberately retaliating?" Ye Jinghong asked.

"What? You still don't allow me, Ke, to participate in the literary society and give a question to Yun Qijun? I'm sorry, this is not the Yun State, but the Holy Academy of Kongcheng. This is the literary society of the people of the world, not your Yun State.

Wenhui, so it’s not you, the great scholar of the Yun Kingdom, who has the final say!” Ke Changzhi said angrily.

"What did you say?"

Ye Jinghong looked angry, really angry at Ke Changzhi's shameless behavior.

"Mr. Ye, calm down."

At this moment, Du Ning opened his mouth and said: "There is no need to argue with this person, he is just a young person and cannot achieve anything."

Ke Changzhi's eyes turned cold and he said slowly: "Du Jun, how can you humiliate me with the word "xiaoxiao" in front of the public?"

"I only said that young people can't make a difference, and I didn't name you Ke Changzhi. Why did Mr. Ke take the seat himself?" Du Ning sneered.

"You..."

Ke Changzhi was furious, it was so hateful to be played by Du Ning like this!

"Haha..."

Many scholars burst into laughter. Du Ning was truly a man of iron teeth, and Ke Changzhi was embarrassed by just a few words.

"In a word, does Mr. Yunqi agree with the punishment I proposed for the loser?" Ke Changzhi asked.

"Since Mr. Ke wants to completely destroy the reputation of the Ke family, I will help you today and smash your broken jar completely, not even a stone or dregs will be left."

Du Ning readily accepted it, which made Ke Changzhi very happy.

"Well, you are indeed Yunqi-Jun. As expected, a skilled artist is bold. I want to see if Yunqi-Jun has the ability to completely destroy the sign of our Semi-Saint Family!"

Ke Changzhi was so proud that he simply did not believe that Du Ning was able to solve such a tricky problem.

Even if Du Ning really has that literary talent, it would still take a lot of time.

At this conference, time is very limited.

Therefore, Ke Changzhi firmly believed that Du Ning could not complete the four difficult questions perfectly.

Even if there are some flaws, it can be a reason for Ke Changzhi to "fight with reason".

Du Ning handed over to Kong De and said: "Now that we include Ke Changzhi's topic, we have the challenge for tonight. Mr. Kong, can I start creating?"

"Of course."

Comte nodded slightly, and then said to everyone: "According to the tradition of the Imperial Literary Society, Yun Qijun has to accept the challenge of four questions, while other scholars participating in the literary society choose one of the topics to create, and then many

Daru on-site review."

"Now, the cultural meeting begins."

After the words fell, scholars from various countries began to choose topics to create.

Some people are deep in thought, some are formulating topics, and some are frowning.

Ke Changzhi and Ji Yansheng were contented. After they looked at each other, they both saw a deep smile in each other's eyes.

Du Ning sat there meditating, and everything was quiet.

Many readers whispered.

"The four challenge questions are more difficult than the last. Do you think Yun Qijun can complete these four questions perfectly?"

"In my opinion, Yun Qijun should be able to complete the first three questions, but only the 'Jian' question written by Ke Changzhi is very difficult. It can be said to set obstacles for Yun Qijun's creation. If Yun Qijun writes

The poems cannot fully reflect the meaning of a 'Jian' question. Even if you can pass the first three questions, you may fall down on the 'Jian' question."

"Yes! Ke Changzhi asked Mr. Du to compose poems in a concise style. In other words, Mr. Du answered the first three questions on the basis of answering the question of 'Jian'. They were interlocked and became a dead end!"<

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"The first question is a palindrome poem, the second question is a palindrome word, the third question is a poem-turned-word, and the fourth question requires Du Ning to answer the first three questions based on the 'simple' word question.

,Tsk tsk... Do you think this is something that ordinary people can do?"

"It's over! It's over! How could Du Ning answer these four questions perfectly? Even if all the great scholars were tied together, it would be impossible! Unexpectedly, he had just completed the ceremony of becoming a king, and his name would be treated like this.

A major blow, maybe it will really become a joke."

"Hmph! Except for Ke Bansheng, almost no scholar in the Ke family of Liao Dynasty is a good person. We must destroy the reputation of the Ke family before we can give up!" Someone couldn't help but cursed.

A member of the Ke family immediately shouted angrily: "How outrageous! Who dares to slander my Ke family! This is simply rude and arrogant!"

There was a commotion everywhere.

"Quiet! Quiet!"

Comte immediately shouted: "If you want to make a quarrel, go out and make a quarrel. Don't disturb the scholars from all over the world writing poetry!"

Those who spoke loudly quickly shut their mouths and did not dare to speak any more.

After a long time, scholars on the scene have completed their works one after another and submitted them to the judges' bench for comments by many great scholars.

The great scholars immediately commented on everyone's poetry works and warmed up the literary meeting, and there were bursts of applause from time to time.

Du Ning is still planning and taking the exam. Although there are many people present, no one dares to rush it. After all, it is a very difficult question not only for him, but also for many great scholars.

Ji Yansheng suddenly said: "Yun Qijun, don't be impatient. There is a lot of time today. You can take your time one question at a time. We are all scholars, and we can afford to wait even until the early morning."

Ke Changzhi said: "A gentleman has something to do and something not to do. But doing something when he knows he cannot do something is not what a gentleman does. If Mr. Yunqi has all his talents but just insists on persisting, he will not win anyone's applause in the end.

We can simply admit defeat and have a reputation of being aboveboard."

"Shut up!"

Ye Jinghong scolded: "Du Ning is deep in thought, how can you deliberately disturb his mind? Is it because you are worried about Du Ning's poetry, so you use this despicable little trick?"

"It's ridiculous! We are scholars, how could we do that kind of thing?" Ke Changzhi said disdainfully.

"I don't know if it's possible for others, but the despicability of your Ke family is obvious to all, so that's the most likely possibility." Ye Jinghong said angrily.

"You..." Ke Changzhi suddenly became angry from embarrassment.

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