The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Mr. Wang shook his head and said: "The thundering holy sound can only consolidate, but has no power to increase wisdom. If you are not familiar with "Shangshu", how can you know its meaning? How can you solve the problem? As for the thundering holy sound, your talent is amazing. , are all like cultural treasures in your hand. If you can't control them, how can you use them? Even if you can solve the problem with witty words, it is because you have the ability to use cultural treasures. If you continue to be humble, you will be hypocritical.

Fang Yun had no choice but to remain silent and bear it calmly.

Mr. Wang immediately took advantage of the topic and said to the five people: "You have seen such a genius with your own eyes. Will you still be proud of being among the top five talents in the future?"

"Students don't dare." The five people replied in unison.

Mr. Wang sighed: "The road to the holy path is extremely difficult and dangerous. It is like sailing against the current. If you are not careful, the boat will be destroyed and people will be killed. There will be no winner among the ten thousand. I have countless students in Jingguo. In the past two hundred years, only Chen Guanhai and Chen Shengneng can Be the first and everyone else How? They all turned into loess, and there are very few people who have left their names. If you don’t believe it, I just want to ask: Chen Sheng was a blockbuster in Beijing and won the first prize. This is known to everyone, but who remembers it? The second-best name?”

The five scholars shook their heads. Not to mention the second place picks more than a hundred years ago, even the number one picks a hundred years ago can't be remembered.

Fang Yun whispered: "Wu Huanyi."

There was silence in the classroom.

"What did you say?" Mr. Wang asked kindly.

"Please forgive me for being rude, but the second-place finisher in the same year as Chen Sheng is named Wu Huanyi."

Mr. Wang blushed slightly and said, "Even if we know the second place, what about the third best?"

"Zhao Linjia." Fang Yun replied helplessly.

Mr. Wang's face turned redder.

The five scholars suppressed their laughter and lowered their heads.

Mr. Wang couldn't hold it in and smiled helplessly: "You can laugh if you want."

The youngest Lu Yu and Ning Zhiyuan covered their mouths and laughed, and the other three older people also smiled. They didn't expect that their good reasoning would turn out like this.

Mr. Wang was not angry and asked gently: "How can you remember?"

Fang Yun said: "I bought a book a few days ago that records the history of Jinshi in Jingguo. Because when I turned to the page about Chen Sheng, I remembered these two people. I didn't mean to target Mr."

Mr. Wang waved his hand and said openly: "It doesn't matter. My words are just to inspire your younger generations. If you can even remember this, you are naturally a great talent. You will embark on the road of sainthood without my encouragement."

"Student, stop talking." Fang Yun remained silent.

Mr. Wang smiled and nodded, and continued to carefully evaluate Fang Yun's problem. His words were so wonderful that the other five talents nodded repeatedly. Fang Yun was able to write this broken question only by chance. After Mr. Wang's analysis, his understanding deepened.

The class passed quickly and Mr. Wang left.

Fang Yun was packing his book boxes when Lu Yu said, "It's your first day here and you're not familiar with the liberal arts college. Let's go to the cafeteria to eat together. After dinner, we'll take you for a walk around the liberal arts college to get familiar with the place."

Fang Yun said: "That's fine, but I'll go out and tell my followers first."

"Then let's accompany you together."

The six of them came to the gate of the liberal arts college together. Fang Yun asked Tan Yu and the others to go back to eat. He stayed here for lunch and asked them to come back at five o'clock in the afternoon.

Fang Yun and five classmates walked to the cafeteria talking and laughing.

The cafeteria of the State Liberal Arts College is divided into two halls for officials and teachers and students, and the food is actually the same.

Fang Yun walked in, feeling a sense of familiarity that he had not seen for a long time, and joined the others in lining up to get the dishes, dishes, and chopsticks.

After the six people finished their meal, they found an empty table and gathered around to eat and chat.

Before they finished eating, five people came over. The oldest of the five handed over to Fang Yun and asked, "But Fang Yun is double-A?"

His voice was not loud, but Fang Yun was originally a famous person in Dayuan Palace. Today, a semi-sage told the people in Dayuan Palace that he had great talent, which made many people look here.

Fang Yun looked at it and thought that this meal was not good again. He swallowed the food in his mouth, stood up with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "That's right."

"Are you willing to join my second class?"

"Chang Wanxu, what do you mean!" Lu Yu was annoyed, stood up and glared at Chang Wanxu.

Chang Wanxu smiled and said: "It's not interesting. We just think Fang Yun is such a talented person and we admire him very much. We hope he can join our class."

"Fang Yun just entered the State Liberal Arts College today, so naturally he wants to join our first-year class." Lu Yu said.

"Fang Yun is an extraordinary talent. The one-year course is too easy for him, and the three-year course is too difficult. Joining us for two years is the most suitable. Right Fang Yun?" Chang Wanxu smiled, and several people behind him also Smiling and looking at Fang Yun.

Fang Yun glanced at the others. Except for the young Lu Yu and Ning Zhiyuan, the other three were not angry. Tang Shanyue even smiled as usual.

Fang Yun vaguely understood that there should be competition among the scholar classes in the state liberal arts academy, but there would be no life-and-death feuds. It would probably be literary competitions and poetry competitions.

"Thank you, Brother Chang, for your kindness, but I have just become a child, and I have already reached the sky in one step when I came to the State Academy of Literature. I can't aim too high, just be in the first class."

Everyone in class one was very happy, but everyone in class two was very regretful. It was obvious that they really wanted to be classmates with Fang Yun.

Chang Wanxu said regretfully: "Well, we can't force it, but we hope that the literary competition between the two classes will not affect the harmony among our students. With you here, we will never dare to compete with the first class again." Poetry.”

"Of course, peace is the most important thing. We are all citizens of Jingguo. We cannot waste our efforts on trivial matters."

"That's right. I would like to entertain all the students in our scholar class tonight. I wonder if you can appreciate it."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yun knew that there was no malice and it was obviously an exchange of feelings, so he looked at the other five people in Class 1. Except for Lu Yu and Ning Zhiyuan, who were not very happy, Li Yuncong all nodded and said they were fine.

Fang Yun said: "In that case, let's go to the banquet together as a class."

"Okay, it's settled. We'll be at the main gate together after school, and we'll go to Xiyue Tower together."

"It's a deal."

Both sides bowed their hands and said goodbye.

Unknowingly, hundreds of people in the cafeteria turned their attention to Fang Yun, and many people whispered that the word "Fang Yun" appeared very frequently.

Fang Yun was a little uncomfortable, but he still ate normally. After taking a bite, he asked, "Is it okay for our first and second classes?"

Li Yuncong smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's an old rule of the liberal arts college. In order to prevent the junior students from being arrogant and arrogant, they deliberately let the three classes take exams together, level demons or other things. They become scholars first, and then they have to be taught by the teacher for a year. , our first-year class is naturally everywhere We are lagging behind, but Class 2 is the same in front of Class 3. We are not angry, but we are always unhappy when being suppressed. However, Class 2 also understands the importance and will not really hurt each other after graduation. Take care of us, we are classmates after all.”

"That's good. Maybe it will be interesting to talk about the past years after everyone graduates."

Li Yuncong and the other three nodded.

Lu Yu said reluctantly: "That's true, but I'm not happy every time I see Chang Wanxu's triumphant look."

Fang Yun smiled and said, "If he makes you happy, then the teachers will not be happy."

"That's true." Lu Yu whispered.

Suddenly, someone shouted: "But Fang Yunfang Shuangjia?"

Fang Yun turned around and saw six people walking over. He didn't recognize those people, but one of them was wearing a Juren uniform, so he guessed that these people were all Juren.

The entire cafeteria suddenly fell silent. Both teachers and students looked over, and some even pretended to be watching the show.

Fang Yun stood up and said, "That's right."

Li Yuncong on the side suddenly whispered: "Be careful, the person speaking is called Zhuang Wei. He is Liu Zicheng's brother-in-law and an important figure in Yingshe."

Fang Yun took a closer look and saw that the man didn't have any anger at all and was very calm. He probably wasn't avenging Liu Zicheng.

Zhuang Wei didn't use any pretense to lift people up. He cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I have long heard that Fang Shuangjia is extraordinary. When I see him today, he is such a handsome young man. He has a great reputation."

"Brother Zhuang, you're welcome. Brother Zhuang is a top-notch talent." Fang Yun said.

Zhuang Wei suddenly bent ninety degrees and bowed deeply to Fang Yun.

Fang Yun hurriedly took a step sideways to avoid it and said, "Brother Zhuang, what are you doing?"

After Zhuang Wei stood up, he said helplessly: "I apologize to you on behalf of my brother-in-law Liu Zicheng. I know that he is used to flirting with women, and I will persuade him every time we meet. I know that he is attracted to your child bride. It's okay if he doesn't admit his evil thoughts. I apologize to you, but you said he wanted to kill you. This is absolutely impossible. We have known each other for ten years. He may have bad deeds, but he will never commit murder. thing."

Fang Yun's face grew colder and he said: "Brother Zhuang, before you defend Liu Zicheng, can you go to Jixian County and ask Mr. Lu? He saw with his own eyes that even after I told him that I was a child from Shengqian, Liu Zicheng still used paper tactics to kill me. . I have said that I forgive Liu Zicheng today in the Fuwen Academy, but if you slander me, then I can only take back this forgiveness."

Zhuang Wei was no longer as polite as before and said: "He just used paper tactics to scare you. How can you say he wants to kill you?"

"In "Jing Lu", attempted murder is also a crime. Do you want to subvert "Jing Lu"?"

"Would he be stupid enough to kill someone in public?"

"Even the Lord of Guards wants to force me to death with the help of a semi-saint in public, so what does it matter if Liu Zicheng is stupid?" Fang Yun responded unceremoniously.

People in the cafeteria only knew that Fang Yun had passed the Holy Election, and most of them didn't know what happened there. After all, they had all been in the classroom before, so when Fang Yun said this, everyone felt incredible.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Lord Weiyuan is the Lord of the First House, how could he force you to death in public? It's simply unreasonable." Zhuang Wei said angrily.

Lu Yu immediately said: "Fang Yun is right, Mr. Weiyuan is dead!"

"What!" Many people blurted out involuntarily. He was a Jinshi, a sixth-rank official.

At this time, a lecturer said: "What Fang Yun said is true. I heard it from the Registrar before I came to the cafeteria. When the saint was invited to choose, the half-sage originally liked Fang Yun's talent and wrote three couplets Forget it, but Weiyuan Jun took revenge and made the half-sage change the test questions to memorize "The Analects" backwards within two hours. "

The cafeteria was boiling.

"Doesn't this mean that Fang Yun can memorize The Analects of Confucius backwards and forwards? That's fake!"