Confucian and Taoist scholar

After hearing Du Ning’s personal opinions, Ji Changan and others’ expressions changed.

"You are all students of Suzhou Academy of Arts after all, but you can't even understand such a simple truth. You are really short-sighted and naive." Du Ning sneered.

"You..."

Ji Changan glared at Du Ning. Although Du Ning was right, it was a shame that Du Ning actually commented that he was short-sighted.

"I have to go to class, so I'll say goodbye."

After Du Ning left these words, he passed by Ji Changan.

"You are just talking nonsense! I don't believe that this young prince can have any talent for governing the country. How can a person who has never even participated in the imperial examination know how to govern the country? Ridiculous!" Ji Changan said angrily from behind.

Du Ning waved his hand and ignored Ji Changan at all. He was too lazy to discuss this kind of topic with him.

"Du Ning is getting more and more presumptuous. Brother Ji is also a descendant of the Wenzong family after all. He actually turns a deaf ear to your words. He simply doesn't know how to behave." Someone shouted in a low voice.

"Hmph! He is just relying on Yue Tianyi's appreciation. If not, how dare Du Ning treat Brother Ji like this?"

"The villain succeeds! This kind of person would rather support a child to become the emperor than support the Eight Wise Kings. I really don't understand what he is thinking in his heart."

"The little emperor is too young and has no way to strategize. One day, everyone will understand who is truly suitable to be the emperor."

A strange light flashed in Ji Changan's eyes, and he looked at Du Ning's leaving figure with contempt.

"Among the kings, no one can be king but a virtuous king!" Ji Changan shouted in a low voice.

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The new emperor ascended the throne, the barbarians marched northward, and the Xiongnu marched southward, which became a hotly discussed topic in Suzhou Academy of Literature.

Students gathered in groups and were discussing these things.

Some people think that instead of letting Emperor Hongxuan succeed to the throne, it is better to let other princes ascend the throne, which may be able to deter the barbarians and Huns from suddenly sending troops.

Some people also believe that the barbarians and the Huns waited for Emperor Jingwen to die of illness before launching a war. No matter who was the emperor, the result would be the same.

There were also people who made in-depth analyzes of the kings, but they strongly supported Emperor Hongxuan in power, and were ridiculed by others for their ignorance.

The whole day passed like this.

It's already night time.

A ship flew in from the distant sky. It was the Qingyun Sky Boat unique to the Semi-Saint Family. It was driven by the great righteousness of the great scholar and could carry people flying in the sky.

However, this is not the Qingyun Tianzhou that belongs to the Yun Kingdom, but the Qingyun Tianzhou from the Liao Kingdom.

Standing on the Qingyun Tianzhou are a group of young students, all of whom are Confucian and Taoist candidates.

They looked at the night view of Suzhou City, and their faces showed extremely strong confidence.

"This is Suzhou City."

"Wherever our Ke family fails, we must stand up."

"In the literary battle tonight, the Ke family will definitely win!"

Ke family students are full of pride.

A great scholar came out. It was none other than Ke Changzhi, who had been here once before.

Ke Changzhi stood on the bow of the boat and said with the power of a great Confucian: "I, Ke Changzhi, led all the children of the Ke family, a semi-sage family in the Liao Kingdom, to come to Suzhou to fight in Suzhou."

The words fell, awakening many sleeping students in the liberal arts college.

The Qingyun Tianzhou slowly landed in the square in front of the Suzhou Literary Academy. All the members of the Ke family held their heads high and held their chests high, as if they were kings over the world.

Many students got up one after another and went to the outside of the liberal arts college to find out what was going on. They all showed surprise when they saw that it was a Qingyun Tianzhou that only belonged to a semi-saint family. They had never seen anything like this before.

Ke Changzhi led the Ke family students down.

"Bold!"

A voice that was extremely frightening and angry rang out, and Ye Jinghong arrived at the entrance of the liberal arts college on the back of a flying cloud.

"Mr. Ke, what do you mean by this? Come to Suzhou Wen Dou in the middle of the night, how can you do this!"

Ye Jinghong showed displeasure.

Ke Changzhi said proudly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ye, our Semi-Saint family has privileges in the human race. We can challenge any country to designate a state at any time to initiate a literary challenge. From now on, within the time of burning an incense, Suzhou Academy of Literature Students must be sent to engage in literary struggle, otherwise it will be deemed a failure."

"Despicable!"

Ye Jinghong cursed, he didn't expect the Ke family to be so shameless and actually used the family's privileges to start a literary fight in the middle of the night.

"How presumptuous! Ye Jinghong, you are not allowed to insult the Semi-Saint family!"

"How can it be considered despicable if we use reasonable means of fighting?"

"Ye Jinghong, you have to pay attention to your attitude in front of the Semi-Saint Family!"

Everyone in the Ke family yelled at Ye Jinghong angrily, looking as if they would not take it seriously even if a semi-saint from the Yun Kingdom came to visit.

Only a few members of the Ke family turned away and said nothing.

"Shut up!"

Ye Jinghong looked at these Ke family members with disdain, "Ke Changzhi, a defeated general under your command, you actually dare to come to Suzhou to fight. According to the normal fighting process, you should first issue a letter of challenge to Suzhou and choose a time for the fight so that we can Suzhou was prepared, but I never expected that in order to win, you actually took advantage of the privileges of the aristocratic family and flew directly to Suzhou Wen Dou, catching us off guard. It disgraced the Liao people and disgraced themselves as scholars. integrity."

The Ke family was immediately angry. Although Ye Jinghong's words were not unreasonable, Ye Jinghong called Ke Changzhi a defeated general in front of the Ke family, which was an obvious insult to the Ke family.

There was a hint of hatred in Ke Changzhi's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

"Could it be that when the enemy decides to attack you, he will tell you the specific attack time in advance so that you can be prepared? Soldiers are not afraid of deceit. War always comes suddenly, even in literary battles. As a student of Suzhou Academy of Literature

College students should always be prepared for literary battles."

Ke Changzhi said: "We, the scholars of the Semi-Saint Family, are very busy. Please hurry up and send your students to fight. We will leave after the literary fight is over."

"You..."

Ye Jinghong's face is very ugly. In just one stick of incense, where can he find students to challenge him?

After the last dragon boat battle, many humanities palaces were damaged and have not yet recovered, so they are probably not suitable for the battle.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.

"In that case, let me, Du, come and meet you for a while."

Everyone followed the sound and saw a young scholar coming here.

The moonlight is bright, and its light falls on the young man.

Walking gently, the night wind blows my robes.

The corners of his mouth were raised, and the smile on his face was one part cold arrogance and one part contemptuous, truly looking like a gentleman reader.

"Master Du."

"So you're here too."

The crowd took the initiative to make way for Du Ning to go to the front.

Du Ning glanced at the Ke family and said slowly: "Today, the barbarians are going north, and the Xiongnu are going south to attack my country of Yun. You, the Ke family, have been coming sooner or later, but why are you here at this time?"

After the words fell, the faces of all the students in Suzhou changed. Thinking that the Yun Kingdom was in crisis, the Liao Kingdom came to engage in a civil war again, and they couldn't help but show a little anger.

Ye Jinghong's eyes when he looked at Ke Changzhi were also extremely cold. At this time, if Wen Dou allowed the other party to defeat the students of Yun State, it would be a big blow to the literary world of Yun State.

Ke Changzhi laughed and said: "The barbarians went north and the Xiongnu went south. The imperial court dispatched troops and generals and strategized. What does it have to do with you?"

"If one day the demons and barbarians attack the Liao Kingdom, our students from the Yun Kingdom will definitely return this gift!" Du Ning said loudly.

The Ke family was furious.

"Well said!"

The students in Suzhou were immediately excited. Du Ning's words were tit for tat and showed no signs of weakness.

"Oh, by the way, why don't we see Ke Hongxiu tonight? How come he suddenly knows how to behave with his tail between his legs when he is usually so domineering?" Du Ning sneered.

"Haha..."

Suzhou students laughed.

"Presumptuous!"

"Crazy guy!"

The Ke family members shouted angrily and looked at Du Ning with murderous intent.

"Stop barking like a dog, and those who have the guts will immediately come up and fight with me. Your Ke family is very busy, so I won't let you spend the night in Suzhou." Du Ning said.

"Hmph! Who do you think you are? A mere ninth-grade scholar is qualified to fight with us? Who do you think you are?" A member of the Ke family said with disdain.

Ke Changzhi said solemnly: "He is Du Ning!"

"What? Are you Du Ning? Are you the one who caused my brother's Wendan to break?"

After learning Du Ning's identity, everyone in the Ke family looked at Du Ning with hostile eyes.

Ke Hongxiu's literary courage was shattered, which was an indelible shame for their semi-saint family.

Since Du Ning is here today, it’s time to settle old and new grudges together.

And according to the news, Du Ning has gathered his literary courage in advance, and his talent and strength are no different from those of Juren.

From now on, even if you face Du Ning, a ninth-grade scholar, winning will not be regarded as bullying.

A member of the Ke family stood up and looked at Du Ning, a fierce light flashing in his eyes.

"I, Ke Hongtian, please give me some advice from Mr. Du."

As Ke Hongtian spoke, he threw a prepared volume of Wen Dou Shu in front of Du Ning.

Other students brought pens, inks, paper and inkstones for use.

Du Ning opened the book and signed his name on it with a brush.

Ke Changzhi said: "According to the rules of Wen Dou Yizhou, both sides must select ten students to participate in the battle. The side that wins ten Wen Dou will be the winner of the Wen Dou. Our Ke family has prepared ten Juren students, so

You, Suzhou Literary Academy, should also take advantage of this time to quickly identify the nine students who will appear later."

"Don't worry, Mr. Ye will look for you slowly. I'll wait here first."

Du Ning threw Wen Dou Shu aside and looked calm.

"What do you want to compare? I'll let you."

"Okay, happy!"

Ke Hongtian said: "Since you have shattered Ke Hongxiu's literary courage, then in this first literary battle, we will decide the winner based on our literary courage."

"Ke Hongxiu is not my opponent, how sure do you think you can win?" Du Ning said disapprovingly.

"Even if I fail, there are still nine members of the Ke family behind me, and there will always be one person who can beat you!" Ke Hongtian said with a smile.

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