The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Tong Li's friends slowly retreated, and they also recognized the style of the sword. Although the status of the royal monarch is not as good as that of a semi-saint, the lower Hanlin is nothing in front of the monarch, not to mention that they are just students.

The imperial guard saw Tong Li give up running, sheathed his sword, and looked at the dragon boats on the Yudai River.

After the lyrics of "Dragon Boat Race" were completed, the No. 2 dragon boat where Fang Yun was was speeding at a terrifying speed. The dragon boat was so fast that it was almost flying on the water. The drummer was so scared that his legs went weak. He threw down the drumstick and held the drum stand tightly, fearing that he would fall off.

In just a few breaths, the No. 2 dragon boat approached the No. 1 dragon boat of Qingguo.

Qian Juren roared: "Shi Dehong, last year you said that there was no one in my Jingguo, dare you say it again today!"

The two boats approached and separated, and everyone could see each other's expressions.

Except for Yan Yukong, the expressions of the six people from Qing Kingdom did not change. The expressions of the other people were particularly wonderful, especially Shi Dehong, the disciple of Shi Jun. His expression was as if he was sleepwalking. He still didn't believe that Fang Yun could write a war poem without the word "boat" but could speed up the boat. Even his mentor's friend "Ci Jun" took a long time to write such a poem.

The dragon boat passed by quickly, bringing a lot of water. Everyone in the No. 1 dragon boat was splashed by the river water, and no one dared to say anything.

The dragon boat where Fang Yun was continued to move forward. Qian Juren turned around and said: "Fang Yun, I will never forget your kindness today. Without you, my Jing Kingdom will never turn over!"

Another person said: "If there is a mission in the future, our Yuhai Ye family will definitely help!"

"It's an honor to be in the same boat with Fang Yun!"

"You are too polite." Fang Yun smiled modestly.

The dragon boat quickly sailed under the Dragon Head Bridge and was controlled by the power of the official seal and stopped quickly. The drummer holding the drum stand wiped his sweat lightly and sat down weakly.

Mr. Qian stood up, his face flushed, and pulled out the flagpole with trembling hands and waved it vigorously.

Countless Jingguo people on the bridge and on both sides cheered loudly. Those unmarried girls who had been waiting on the Dragon Head Bridge early threw their embroidered handkerchiefs to the dragon boat. Everyone's goal was the last elegant young man.

Fang Yun looked at the handkerchiefs falling towards him. It was not right to catch them or not to catch them. He simply pretended not to see them.

This is the custom of the Ten Kingdoms. In any such literary gathering, unmarried women can express their love. If the person who gets the handkerchief agrees, they can go directly to marry without considering other red tape. Many talented men and beautiful women get rid of arranged marriages in this way.

The girls on the bridge giggled. They didn't have to marry Fang Yun. They just wanted to have fun and get some joy. They hoped that their future husbands would be as talented as Fang Yun.

"Win the championship and take the dragon head!" Waves of people began to shout.

"Win the championship, take the lead!"

The last time the people of Yuhai City shouted these six words in unison was seventeen years ago.

Mr. Qian held the flagpole but couldn't make it. Finally, he turned back to look at Fang Yun and said, "Fang Yun, come on, you are the biggest hero!"

The girls on the bridge also shouted loudly.

"Let Fang Yun come!"

"I haven't thrown my handkerchief yet, let him come over, and I must throw it on him!"

Many women were playing.

Fang Yun said, "Brother Qian, you should come."

Mr. Qian hurriedly said, "I am not participating in the dragon boat race to show off, but to wash away the shame of Jingguo. As the greatest contributor to this dragon boat literary event, you must be the one to pick up the brocade!"

Fang Yun said seriously, "I let Brother Qian take the dragon head because I know that Brother Qian is not a vain person. The people of Yuhai City have shouldered too much for Jingguo. Today's honor should be taken by the people of Yuhai City! Brother Qian, please!"

Mr. Qian was stunned for a moment, and soon his eyes turned red. The annual dragon boat literary event between the two countries is held in Yuhai City. Every time Jingguo loses, people from other places will scold the people of Yuhai City.

Even though they know that it is difficult to beat Qingguo in the dragon boat literary event, even though they know that they will be embarrassed afterwards, Mr. Qian and other Yuhai literati still insist on participating in the dragon boat literary event. They can lose in the literary competition, but they cannot lose face!

The literati of a city have been a foil for the enemy country for seventeen consecutive years!

Only the scholars of Yuhai City who personally participated in the Dragon Boat Festival understood how difficult this process was.

"Fang Shuangjia is a man of high moral character. If anyone ever tarnishes your reputation again, I will wash it with the blood of my enemies!"

"Thank you, Brother Qian." Fang Yun smiled slightly.

Mr. Qian raised his head and shouted loudly: "Win the championship, take the dragon head!" He shouted out all the resentment in his heart for seventeen years, and then used the red flag pole to pick up the brocade held in the dragon's mouth at the Dragon Head Bridge and raised it high.

"Good..."

The cheers were thunderous, and the ground of half of Yuhai City seemed to be shaking.

Not far away, Yang Yuhuan and Zhao Zhuzhen smiled and watched, and the crowds on both sides cheered. Under the bridge, a dragon boat lay on the blue waves, and the red flag and brocade on the boat fluttered in the wind.

After seventeen years, the Dragon Boat Festival in Yuhai City once again had the atmosphere that the Dragon Boat Festival should have.

On the No. 1 dragon boat, which was still far away from the Dragon Head Bridge, Yan Yukong looked at everything calmly, his face remained unchanged.

"I will never accept this insult! I cannot be a sinner of Qing!" Shi Dehong clenched his fists and roared in a low voice. He couldn't believe that Qing's 17 years of hard work was ruined in his hands. He couldn't believe that he, as a Juren, lost to a Xiucai, and he couldn't believe that he, as a disciple of Shijun, lost to a poor boy.

Yan Yukong said calmly: "Why don't I feel this is an insult?"

"I'm different from you! You don't care, but the one our Shi family is attached to will compete for the next head of the Xun family. If I can beat the luck of writing 'People are born with good nature', that person will naturally be there. If the Xun family is valued more, they will definitely value our Shi family more."

"You can give it a try. If he loses to you, then there is no need for me to wait for him in Xuehai." Yan Yukong said.

Shi Dehong calmed down and said, "Don't worry, even though Fang Yun is familiar with scriptures, he still has irreparable flaws. I have a way to defeat him!"

"Are you talking about Shushan?"

"Shushan is just a back-up. The Imperial Examination tests 'Essence', while Shushan tests 'Miscellaneous'. How can he, a boy from a poor family, learn hundreds of arts? We and other wealthy families have the money to learn hundreds of arts, the Six Arts of Gentlemen and many other miscellaneous things. , How can he, a poor scholar, surpass us? Maybe he is born with talent, but he is not born with everything!"

"That's true. I didn't understand why my teacher asked me to learn those seemingly useless things at first. It was only after I got Bunshin that I understood. The mountain of books is indeed too difficult. Even Yi Zhishi and I can only get the middle grade. Wen Xin. However, the so-called Kao 'Za' is only for the first three mountains. Starting from the fourth mountain, I can't say the details. After all, except for the saints, everyone's memory in Shushan is blurry. I can only know roughly.”

Shi Dehong wiped the water on his face, looked at Fang Yun's back under the Longtou Bridge, and said firmly: "Today the river water splashed on me, I will repay it with the water of the river in the future! His Fang Yun underestimated my Qingguo He may not be able to climb the Shushan Mountain if he underestimates the power of the Semi-Saint Family.”

Yan Yukong's eyes changed slightly, and he said sternly: "Do you want to use... the power of the Holy Court?" Yan Yukong glanced around after speaking, but did not say the complete sentence.

Shi Dehong glanced at the Jingguo officials not far away without any scruples, and said confidently: "I used an upright conspiracy, and they can't do anything to me. What's more, we have other help. In June, the imperial examination, the Holy Court The imperial examination inspection team will definitely come to Yuhai City!"

Yan Yukong was stunned for a moment, then finally shook his head and recited the content of "The Analects" in a low voice: "The Master said: I should do my duty to the teacher. The Master said: A gentleman is chaste but not forgiving..."

His voice seemed to have a strange power, making Shi Dehong's belief purer. He firmly believed that he was doing justice for the family, which made Wen Guan unwavering.

Yan Yukong recited "The Analects of Confucius" in a low voice while looking forward. His eyes became empty again, with only heaven and earth in his eyes.

On the high floor, Magistrate Dong and Feng Yuanjun looked at each other with angry expressions on their faces. Their official seals shrouded the river, and they could hear the words of Yan Yukong and Shi Dehong clearly.

Magistrate Dong said: "You are so arrogant. You and I are treated like nothing!"

Emperor Feng Zimo said in a low voice: "I didn't expect them to be so despicable! Once the imperial examination inspectors intervene, any flaws will be magnified infinitely. Those people are good at finding fault with eggs, but they still abide by the rules. I will not participate in the celebration party, I want to go to Dayuan Mansion to report to Mr. Li personally.”

Magistrate Dong nodded and said: "Go ahead. I am the chief examiner of the imperial examination. Even if someone from the Holy Court dares to violate the holy precepts, they must go through my verbal confrontation! I will go to Jinghai Tower to prepare for the celebration banquet."

Fang Shouye on the side was shocked and said: "What's going on? Why are the imperial examination inspections sent out? Those people are just like awls, and they will poke a hole without any problem."

Magistrate Dong told what happened, and the surrounding officials were furious. It was obvious that Shi Dehong deliberately said that, to tell all Yuhai officials that even if Qingguo lost the Dragon Boat Festival, it could be recovered elsewhere.

"This Shijun disciple is too arrogant!"

"We must ask our semi-saint family to stop them."

However, no one responded next, and even the expression of the young official who spoke was darkened.

The Xunzi family is one of the six major Yasheng families, second only to the Confucius family, and no other family in Jingguo can compare with it.

Fang Shouye said slowly: "Unless Chen Sheng leaves seclusion and goes to the Holy Court in person, no one in Jingguo can stop him. The Xun family is the family of Yasheng after all. As long as the head of the family can win the Jinshi, he can enter even if he has no progress. In the Holy Academy, he successively received talent initiations and achieved the rank of Confucian scholar. . However, all the heads of the Yasheng family have been proud, and no one has accepted the talent initiation. They have given this opportunity to other members of the family, but this is enough for the Yasheng family to always have a great scholar, and sometimes there are even multiple great scholars. Comparable to my Jingguo.”

"It is precisely because the Yasheng family is deeply rooted that Shi Dehong is so arrogant. It is a pity that the old family leader Xun does not have much time and will not care about this kind of thing. Otherwise, we jointly request that he will not let the Xun family be the one to suppress the great talents of the human race. thing."

"We don't have any other options?"

"The Holy Court is too complicated. Once the Yasheng Family takes action, other families will not stop it unless they break up with each other."