The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

"Why do they think I gave up the exam?"

Fang Yun thought about it carefully and realized that the information obtained by these people had changed hands several times. It should have changed from "Fang Yun may give up the exam" to "It is inferred that Fang Yun must give up the exam" and finally evolved into "Everyone will give up the exam". Everyone saw that Fang Yun gave up the exam."

The Queen Mother's words are very obvious. It seems that the Queen Mother was very angry at first. Later, she used the power in her hands to check and found that she did not abandon the exam at all, so she said it was a close call. However, the Queen Mother obviously still couldn't be sure. After all, people outside the examination room had many different opinions, and she had to wait for the results to come out before making a final conclusion.

Fang Yun re-read the letters and found that Cai He didn't mention abandoning the exam at all. Dayuan Mansion was very close to Ji County. It seemed that the information Cai He got was more accurate.

Therefore, Fang Yun first replied to Cai He: "I answered the exam papers in advance and then left. Some people misunderstood that I gave up the exam, but in fact everything was normal. As for the inside story, I can't tell the truth. All the truth will be revealed after the results are released."

"That's it. In fact, it's okay for you to leave early. I'm afraid that someone will use this to accuse you of despising the holy way and despising the semi-saint examiner. If my prediction is correct, tomorrow there will be a lot of accusations from the ten countries, and it will get more and more intense. Even if you finally If you win, they will label you as someone who despises half-saints!"

Fang Yun's expression became extremely grim, because before Cai He reminded him, Zong Wude said that some Qing people had united to attack his literary name, and had even started.

Fang Yun did not reply immediately. He stood by the dark street and thought quietly. After a while, he sent a letter to Cai He again.

"Thank you, Mr. Cai, for reminding me. I didn't want to say more about this matter, but since some people think they can slander and attack me at will, they are totally wrong! Don't they want to cause trouble? Then I will help them add fuel to the fire! Mr. Cai, How about you do me a little favor?"

"Oh? How can I help?"

"They said they broke up with me because I gave up on the exam, and claimed that I actually had to leave the exam room early. The reason why I said I had finished answering was just to cover up my lack of knowledge!"

After a while, Cai He came with a message.

"I vaguely understand what you mean, but are you sure you can make a strong reply?"

"Since I dare to do it, I am absolutely sure!"

"Okay! Then we will follow Zhou Yu's example and play a trick! I will take care of this matter and make sure it is done perfectly. Let's wait for the good news together on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year!"

Fang Yun thanked Cai He and began to think about how to send a message to the Queen Mother. This was the first time for him to contact the Queen Mother. Even if he was just sending a message, he couldn't be careless. So I recalled the books I had read before, and after confirming the Three Kingdoms, I began to call the Queen Mother Her Highness.

"Your Majesty the Queen Mother, I have been studying hard day and night, and I have been admitted to the imperial examination by divine grace. I am grateful in my heart, and I have no disrespect for the imperial examination, the semi-saint, and the holy way. It's just that my strategy has been favored by the semi-saint today, and the examination papers have been decided, so I left. Examination room. I am devoted to the Holy Spirit, but the villains from the enemy country have formed a gang to taint me. However, there is no law to punish such villains, so I discussed with Cai He, the magistrate of Ji County, and punished the villains with a small amount of flesh and blood. Warning to the world.”

After a long time, Fang Yun received a letter from the Queen Mother.

"The Ai family knows."

Afterwards, Fang Yun gritted his teeth and continued to implement his bitter plan. Except that the letter to Li Wenying was different, the letter to everyone was the same.

"I gave up the exam because I wanted to be alone."

After the letter was passed, Fang Yun changed his direction and no longer went to his uncle Fang Shouye's house, but to his own house in Dayuan City. Although he had not lived there for many days, he had hired people to take care of him and could live in him at any time.

Along the way, Wenhou Jinyin continued to receive letters, and Fang Yun read them one after another.

"We will all return to Dayuan Mansion tomorrow, wait for us!" Li Fanming's reply was extremely simple, but full of power.

"See you tomorrow." Yan Yukong's answer was simpler.

Friends of Shengxu replied one by one, simple and warm.

Fang Yun felt guilty for deceiving them, but remembering that his poem in the Holy Ruins was leaked, he could only make up his mind to continue the cruel trick and make amends to them when it happened.

The rest of the people responded one after another. Fang Yun thought that those people he knew well would be angry or resentful, but he did not expect that the answers from those people were surprisingly consistent.

"Don't think about anything, take a shower and have a good sleep."

"Sleep well and see you tomorrow."

"I gave up taking exams for three years, and then I finally realized what I was doing. It's nothing to you. If you find someone to drink with, remember to call me!"

"If we meet, I won't beat you up. I'll find a way to get you a royal hawk demon. If possible, I'll try to get a saint clan one, but don't expect it." Fang Yun smiled secretly and Zhang Poyue comforted him. People's methods are really bad.

After reading all the tracts, no one criticized him.

Fang Yun felt happy and guilty at the same time, thinking that if the final result came out and his plan succeeded, he must apologize together.

Fang Yun returned to his house in Dayuan Mansion, chatted with the housekeeper for a while, and ordered the door to be closed and no one to come.

An hour later, the number of Hongyan letters received by the official seal reached another small peak, and Fang Yun received important news one after another.

"The Queen Mother summoned all the officials overnight to take away your title. She will issue a reprimand soon."

"Although the left prime minister and other civil servants expressed regret on the surface, many people were secretly happy."

"The Queen Mother was extremely angry, and despite the objections of the ministers, she decided in just two quarters of an hour to remove your title and seize your title! She also sent Wen Xiangqin to arrest you and take you to the capital, and banned you from the academy for three years!"

"It is said that it made His Majesty cry. Many officials from the Left Prime Minister's group found excuses and cursed one after another, saying that it was you who made His Majesty cry."

"Qingguo students have taken action overnight and started writing all kinds of crooked poems and essays to attack you."

"People from the Wu Kingdom have also gathered together, and they even held a literary gathering overnight. The group of people with broken literary courage in Juwen Pavilion are brewing, and they will definitely taint you tomorrow."

"I didn't want to tell you this news, but in order to prevent you from getting into trouble due to your ignorance, I told you the truth. I hope you can bear it. A wealthy family in Shu has declared to boycott you, thinking that you despise the semi-saint examiner, and has even set off to The Holy Court wants the Holy Court to severely punish you. The father of this family leader is the great scholar Sai Xiaoyu. You must also know who his mentor is. I am afraid that this matter will get worse."

After reading the last letter, Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands and laughed, then stood up and bowed in the direction of the Holy Court.

"Sage Shemi helps."

The great scholar Sai Xiaoyu is the disciple of Mi Fengdian, the semi-saint of the Shu Kingdom, and Mi Fengdian is the semi-sage examiner of today's civil service examination!

Fang Yun never expected that the half-saint would also help him. It seemed that the semi-saint couldn't stand those people jumping up and down. The three characters "A" might have been written by Mi Fengdian.

Fang Yun was smiling all over his face. With Mi Fengdian's help, this matter could be said to be foolproof. Everything was ready except for the final release of the results.

Various letters came in one after another. Although those people didn't want to tell him the serious news, they all understood that it would be better to tell him later than to tell him sooner. If Fang Yun didn't know about it and something happened again, it would be even more unthinkable.

Fang Yun knew that his friend was probably anxious now. The Queen Mother asked Wen Xiang to arrest him. This was simply the most severe punishment, because Wen Xiang was a great Confucian, and even traitors could not send out Confucian scholars. Sending Daru to take action was an obvious sign of distrust, thinking that he might escape.

Not long after, new news came.

"The army of Yuhai Mansion has received the military order and will put you under house arrest immediately!"

After Fang Yun got the news, he thought that the Queen Mother was really amazing. She really thought of all the details. Even though he and Cai Zhixian played the cruel trick until they died of exhaustion, a few words from the Queen Mother and Mi Fengdian were not as effective.

Fang Yun could already imagine how excited those literati who slandered him would be. I'm afraid they wouldn't even be able to sleep. Early tomorrow morning, there would be a lot of comments or poems attacking him.

"Write, the more ruthless you are, the better. Show the most despicable things in your hearts! We will find out when the results are released on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year!"

Fang Yun walked out of the bedroom, came to the courtyard, and looked up at the stars in the sky.

There was no moon visible on the night of the second day of the lunar month, but the stars in the sky were as bright as gems, and the Wenqu star in the sky was even brighter.

Looking at Wenquxing, Fang Yun couldn't help but feel a sense of intimacy in his heart.

After a while, Fang Yun thought of Yang Yuhuan, walked into the study, took out his pen and ink, and started writing.

"When will the bright moon come? Ask the blue sky for wine... I hope that we will live forever and share the beauty of the moon thousands of miles away. I also cherish the jade ring."

The talent activates the vitality of heaven and earth, the paper page burns, and a bright full moon appears in front of him, like a round gate.

Through the Full Moon Gate, Fang Yun saw Yang Yuhuan playing the lute with her eyes closed, the little fox lying on her lap and listening quietly, and a small meteor spinning in the air as if dancing.

Nunu's ears twitched and she looked forward suddenly, and saw Fang Yun walking out of the Full Moon Gate. At this time, Fang Yun's body was composed of translucent moonlight, and he was extremely chic, as if he were a heavenly being descending to earth.

"Hey!" Nunu jumped into Fang Yun's arms, then rolled around like a baby.

Yang Yuhuan was overjoyed at first, stood up hurriedly, and then asked in surprise: "Xiaoyun, why are you here? Aren't you taking the Juren Examination now? Aren't you in the examination room? It's impossible to use this poem to see me."

Fang Yun smiled and said: "I have finished the exam, so I came to see you. But there are some surprises. You have to be prepared and we will see the results on the fifth day of the new year."

"Well, with little luck and great talent, the exam will naturally be faster than others. What surprises could there be?" Yang Yuhuan asked with a smile.

"It's a long and complicated story. You'll know when the rankings are released on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. Don't go out these days, just stay at home. If someone suddenly treats you badly, write it down carefully. Do you understand?"

"Yeah." Although Yang Yuhuan was confused, he still nodded and obeyed.

Fang Yun stroked Nunu and said to Yang Yuhuan: "On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, you pack your things at home. There is no need for you to go to Dayuan Mansion. If nothing happens, I will pick you up and go to the capital together."

"Okay, then I'll get ready. I heard it's very cold in the capital and the wind and sand are strong, so I need to get ready."

"The sandstorm outside the city is bigger than in Jiangzhou, but there is a holy temple in the city, so there will be no sandstorm."

"Then you have to be prepared, just in case. I will ask people who have lived in the capital before and get all the things that need to be prepared. I am not familiar with the capital, so I will definitely be in a hurry when I first go there."

"You have the final say in matters at home. The power of this poem is about to be exhausted. I will go back. You should rest early."

"You go to bed early too."

Nunu happily waved her claws at Fang Yun.