The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Everyone watched the death of hundreds of demon commanders, and they all bowed their hands to the ancient sword of lightning and talent.

The Ancient Sword of Caiqi trembled slightly, making a clear sword cry, and then suddenly flew forward, passing over the woods where the hawk demon appeared.

"boom……"

Fang Yun looked down and saw that the ancient sword of talent was clearly flying through the air, but it was plowing a deep furrow in the woods, and it was continuously extending. Smoke and dust were everywhere, trees were broken, and there were faint screams accompanied by demonic screams.

After a while, the dust fell to the ground, and a deep ditch nearly one mile long, ten feet wide, and three feet high appeared in the forest.

The deep ditch was covered in blood and flesh, and countless demons and barbarians died.

Feiye Kongzhou continued to move forward.

"This ancient sword is so powerful." Fang Yun praised.

Dong Wencong looked at Fang Yun and said with a smile: "How is it? Is what I said just now right?"

"Master Dong has foresight." Fang Yun said.

"The semi-saint seals the mountain, and many monsters are unable to come down the mountain. These monsters may have been lurking outside the Five Monster Mountains for a long time."

Fang Yun said: "It's impossible that these are the only demon commanders lurking in other places. The demon tribe only sent out demon commanders to kill me. It should be a test."

"It seems so. It doesn't rule out that they are pretending to let these handsome men die to make us become careless."

"Since the Holy Court has sent people to protect it, they will naturally not leave. Everything they do is in vain."

"With Lei Daru Ye Hongyu here, those clowns are nothing to worry about." Lu Hongyi said.

Fang Yun suddenly realized that it was Ting Lei Da Ru.

After the thousand-year no-war treaty ended, a large number of demon barbarians emerged from the Five Demon Mountains and captured human cities. A large number of human scholars went to meet the enemy.

Fenglei Mountain is on the edge of Li Yao Mountain. It is prone to thunder due to climate reasons and is very close to one of the exits of the demon world. Ye Hongyu led everyone in the Holy Academy to Fenglei Mountain to destroy the demon.

After Ye Hongyu arrived at the main peak of Fenglei Mountain, he couldn't even sit still for a long time. He chanted the scriptures of the saints every day, and the demons and barbarians under the demon princes within three hundred miles would die if they heard this.

Whenever there is thunder and lightning, or powerful monsters come, Ye Hongyu will kill them with the ancient sword of talent.

Ye Hongyu has been sitting on the main peak of Fenglei Mountain for ten years, but no monster can make him stand up.

Ten years later, three great demon kings led thousands of demons out to surround and kill Ye Hongyu. Ye Hongyu stood up and said: "Ten years of listening to thunder, I will test the sword with you."

Amidst the lightning and thunder, an ancient sword of talent surrounded by thunder and lightning instantly killed a big demon king.

The rest of the monster clan fled like crazy. From then on, no powerful monster in Fenglei Mountain dared to invade the human world.

Later, the main peak of Fenglei Mountain was named Tinglei Peak, and the title of Tinglei Great Confucian Ye Hongyu also spread.

Fang Yun said: "It is said that Ting Lei's great scholar is not only a powerful verbal sword, but also an extremely powerful war poem written by Ting Lei ten years later."

"It's true." Feng Zimo said.

"Every great Confucian is a legend." Fang Yun couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the biographies of those great Confucians.

"Yes, there are no great Confucians who have become saints by sitting at home, so their path to the Holy Path is widely known. Even those great Confucians who are not good at fighting have killed countless demons and barbarians." Dong Wencong said.

"Let's talk about something else. It's disrespectful to talk about this with the great Confucian by your side. If you have this time, why not talk about the fine wines of Dayuan Mansion, and why not talk about Marquis Fang Wen's imperial examination." Dong Wenceng said.

Fang Shouye said: "Everyone, please come and stay at my house together today. Fang Yun's place is too small and has been uninhabited for a long time. If you stay together at my place, you will be taken care of."

"You are a wealthy person, so of course I have to eat at your house when I go to Dayuan Mansion! How can I go to the inn to be as comfortable as Fang Mansion!" Yu Xingshu said with a smile.

"That's fine, I also live at my uncle's house." Fang Yun said.

"Since the imperial examination is approaching, let's talk about Fang Wenhou's articles. By the way, Magistrate Dong, I heard that you once advised Fang Wenhou on his policies?"

Dong Wencong's eyes were a little erratic, then he shook his head and said: "That's absolutely not the case. I have exchanged strategies with Fang Yun, but it is definitely not advice. Fang Yun's strategy is still better than mine, and I am far from being able to guide him. "

Fang Yun was stunned. Dong Wencong had clearly pointed him out, so why didn't he admit it? But after thinking about it carefully, he vaguely understood.

Feng Zimo smiled and said: "You didn't want to give advice to Fang Wenhou, but you found out that he wrote better than you, so you changed your words. Let's communicate, right?"

"That's absolutely not the case!" Dong Wencong said firmly.

Feng Zimo knew etiquette in his heart, and when he saw Dong Wencong's different attitude, he immediately realized that he should not ask more questions, turned to look at Fang Yun, and said: "You are so good at overpowering a state with your writing. It is just like the legend, Fang Zhenguo has God's help." , God will help you again in the imperial examination this time.”

"How do you say this?" Fang Yun asked curiously.

"you do not know?"

"I have been studying at home these days. Except for those bad friends of Wudaohe and Zeng Yuan and others who frequently send letters, the rest of the people rarely contact me." Fang Yun said.

Feng Zimo smiled and said: "Most of them are not from Jiangzhou, so of course they don't know. This year, many talents in Jiangzhou who are good at writing poems and classics have given up on this examination. Many people's reason is that if you dominate the state in literature, if you grab If you lose your state, you will be sorry for the people of Jingguo, so you must give up the exam. "

Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, suddenly feeling ridiculous, and said: "Master Feng, you can't joke, can you? This is impossible!"

"How is it impossible! After your literary success in a state, several geniuses who originally wanted to argue with you gave up on their own initiative. Several of them were very sure of their success in the examination, and were even certain to be among the top ten in a state, but they respect your literary talent. For example, have you heard of the names of Huang Hexi and Cai Yingda? "

"I heard that they are the best among the scholars. The reason why these two people are taking the examination now is to be the first in the examination. Otherwise, they would have become the examiner two or three years earlier." Fang Yun said.

"They really don't want to compete with you. But not everyone is like those people. Instead, they think they are afraid of you. As a result, many scholars who want to improve their grades through poetry or classics have given up this time. Not only did those talented people who were good at policy analysis not give up on taking the exam, but many people who didn’t want to take the exam suddenly made up their registration in the last few days.”

Fang Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "How could this be? There is only one A in each of the three subjects of Poetry, Classics and Theory, but there can be multiple Bs. There is no need for the rest of the people to give up the exam."

Feng Zimo smiled and said: "Which scholar in Jiangzhou who is good at poetry or classics doesn't have the ambition to compete for the first place? Without you, who dares to say that they have no chance to compete for the first place?"

"Zimo is right. If it were me back then, I wouldn't argue with you. After all, there is a big difference between a little chance and no chance." Dong Wenceng said.

Fang Yun said: "Let's not mention poetry for now. My reputation for classics and meanings does not seem to be very big."

Dong Wencong glanced at Feng Zimo and said, "I have to thank you for being such a good teacher. I have praised you for your classics and righteousness since before you took the scholar exam. I have been praising you until now, and I still regard your previous practice as a jade sea." Teach students the model essays from Fuwen Academy. It was not widely circulated at first, but after your essay became popular in one state, it became so great that not only all the literary academies and academies in Jiangzhou used your model essays on classics and meanings as teaching materials, but also the academicians from several other states came to ask for it, and even from other countries. All the officials sent people to buy it at a high price."

Feng Yuanjun laughed, looked at Fang Yun who was in a daze and said: "I arranged your collection of scriptures in chronological order. After reading it, those old gentlemen who lectured on scriptures exclaimed that your progress was incredible, and they persuaded their students to Don’t argue with you about the merits of scripture.”

Dong Wencong added: "There is another reason why those scholars who are good at the classics and righteousness gave up the exam. A few days ago, you fought ten members of the Xun family alone. Some people were not convinced and said that you did not understand the classics and righteousness and did not master the holy way. As a result, someone said in public He came up with his own speculation and said that the meaning of your scriptures is most likely the "Indecent Rituals" for the Confucians to study a few days ago. It was spread all over the place. The scholars in Jiangzhou who were good at the scriptures and meanings immediately expressed their support for Quanfang Zhenguo and did not agree with him. You argue for the yuan.”

Fang Yun thought to himself, could this be the legendary pie in the sky? I originally didn’t want to compete for the first place in poetry and classics in this national examination, but from this point of view, even if I didn’t compete, I still had a good chance of getting the top three! !

However, anything can happen before the results are released, Fang Yun said: "No matter what, I will prepare my own test papers."

Dong Wencong said with a smile: "It's a pity that time is too tight. Otherwise, I would be like Zimo, praising you for your policy practice, and then send your policy practice work to various liberal arts colleges or academies, and then those scholars who are good at writing policy essays will also quit."

Feng Zimo said: "Fang Yun's reputation as a policymaker has not spread. Those talents who are good at policymakers will definitely participate in this year's National People's Congress Examination, and there may be a fierce battle. It's a pity that the National People's Congress Examination lasts for three days. We all have important positions and can't hold on all the time. Stay in Dayuan Mansion, otherwise we will have to wait until the results are released and we can go down to Shushan."

Lu Hongyi, who rarely spoke, said: "Xibi, starting from tomorrow, as the governor of Jiangzhou, I will secretly inspect Dayuan Mansion and the military affairs of various counties. You must not reveal my whereabouts."

Chen Xibi was stunned for a moment, then immediately lowered his head and saluted: "I have the order."

Fang Shouye immediately said with a flattering smile: "Your Excellency, I am the general of Yuhai Prefecture, which is adjacent to Dayuan Prefecture. Brothers and soldiers should learn from each other. I am willing to follow you and learn from Dayuan Prefecture together. military experience."

"Yes." Lu Hongyi said.

Other officials could only stare. This Lu Hongyi was the highest official in the Jiangzhou military. He could go wherever he wanted, and Li Wenying had no control over him. However, there was Gezhou Mu above other civil servants, and Li Wenying above the officials of the Academy of Arts. , it is difficult to stay in Dayuanfu for a long time.

Dong Wencong gritted his teeth and said: "My Yuhai Mansion is the largest commercial mansion in Jingguo. I have been sending money to the court and various governments, but I don't have much left. Tomorrow I will go find Mr. Zhou Mu, and I will ask everyone in Yuhai Mansion The building here is in disrepair and I won’t leave until ten million taels of silver are allocated!”

Feng Zimo immediately said: "Gong Jianmei is going to the Holy Court to prepare for the position of Great Confucian. I want to discuss important matters with my colleagues in Dayuan Mansion, and I will stay there for five or six days."

So everyone showed their abilities and came up with ways to stay in Dayuan Mansion.

Fang Yun pretended not to hear or see anything.

"People's hearts are not the same as before, and the world is getting worse." Fang Shouye shook his head, and all the generals sighed together, making the civil servants so angry that they only looked at them with blank eyes.

Listening to Lei Daru Ye Hongyu's presence, the demon clan never came to sneak attack again.

Under the hazy night, Feiye Kongzhou successfully arrived at Dayuan Mansion and landed in the courtyard of Fang Mansion.