The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

The examination started on the first day of December and ended on the morning of the fourth day of December, no more, no less, exactly three days and three nights.

The rest of the candidates finished the first test of the Jinshi Examination and left the examination room one after another, except Fang Yun who was still sleeping soundly.

The examiners in the academy did not wake up Fang Yun, nor did they even go to review the examination papers. They continued to stand in front of the temple and wait.

The reader who is waiting for the shocking saint.

Fang Yun didn't wake up until long after the examination was over and it was approaching evening.

Fang Yun opened his eyes drowsily, feeling exhausted all over. He wanted to stay in bed, but with Wen Guan's presence, his body was almost out of control at this time, and he sat up instinctively.

Fang Yun sat on the edge of the bed with his head lowered. His mind was in a state of confusion. He always felt that something big happened yesterday, but his mind was filled with all kinds of memory fragments and was chaotic.

After a while, Fang Yun finally woke up and recalled what happened yesterday.

Fang Yun hurriedly looked at the desk and saw that the poems, classics and strategies had all been taken away.

Fang Yun hurriedly got up to check his body. He was severely injured yesterday, but today there was no damage except for body aches.

"It should be the Holy Temple that saves me..."

Fang Yun thought to himself, took a deep breath, braced himself, quickly packed all his things, and picked up the book box.

While walking out of the examination room, Fang Yun looked up and around.

The sky above the capital was still bright, and the winter sunset shone on me, making me feel particularly comfortable. Far away from the capital, leaden clouds hung low and heavy snow fell. I wonder if it was affected by yesterday's vision.

Fang Yun looked up again, where the divine punishment came yesterday, but there was nothing today, it was as peaceful as usual.

"What happened after the Eight-sided Sword of the Holy Path entered the demon world? What will happen to me if the divine punishment in the demon world fails this time? How high will my ranking be on the Great Confucian Hunting List? I hope I don't directly enter the list of saints. The list of saints is not It’s just the Human Race Ranking, but the Ten Thousand Realms Ranking. It’s not an ordinary ranking. It contains mysteries, but I don’t know it yet.”

Fang Yun thought to himself as he stepped out. There was no official seal in his hand now, and he didn't know how long he had slept.

After walking out of the examination room area, Fang Yun came to the edge of the Temple Square and saw all the examiners looking at him.

"I've met Fang Xusheng!" Literary Minister Jiang Hechuan bowed first, and the rest of the people followed and bowed to greet him.

Fang Yun hurriedly bowed and returned the gift, saying: "Wen Xiang is a disgrace to the students. Could it be that my holy statue has entered the Xusheng Garden?"

Jiang Hechuan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Although your statue has not entered the Void Saint Garden, but the six sub-sages have awakened because you are a Void Saint, then you are a Void Saint!"

The other examiners nodded lightly. Yesterday, King Wen of Zhou once said, "Who hurts my human race's virtual saint?" This is the legendary "holy word conferment". Only the sub-sage can object, and the half-saints of the entire human race are not qualified to object. .

Ya Sheng personally gave the Holy Gift, not to mention that Fang Yun is a virtual saint who deserves the name. Even if Fang Yun is penniless and Ya Sheng says he is a virtual saint, he is a virtual saint!

Only then did Fang Yun realize it, so he said: "It is the love of the six sub-sages, and the students cannot deserve it."

Those people originally wanted to persuade Fang Yun not to be humble, but when they thought about it carefully, "being loved by Ya Sheng" could not be considered modest. No sub-sage has been born in the human race for hundreds of years, and even those semi-sages are unable to express their love for sub-sage. Fang Yun's words really have nothing to do with humility.

Fang Yun saw that everyone was looking at something wrong and didn't know why, so he hurriedly interrupted: "Excuse me, what day is today?"

"On the fourth day of the lunar month, you just slept for one extra day, and you didn't sleep for too long." An examiner kindly reminded me.

"Thank you! Thank you for your hard work, examiners. The students have to go home, so I won't say more." After speaking, Fang Yun turned around and left, but was stopped by Jiang Hechuan.

"Wen Ying became a great scholar not long ago. Today he is leaving for the ancient land of Huangcheng to train. Many scholars from Jingguo are seeing each other off. I can't go, so you can see me off on my behalf."

Fang Yun immediately said: "The student decided that contemporary times are to convey the meaning of the text. By the way, the student wants to ask, when Duke Jianmei became a great Confucian, how many layers of clouds were there, how many layers of towers, how many stars were there?"

Jiang Hechuan looked around and said, "It doesn't matter. Three layers of clouds, three layers of towers, five stars."

Fang Yun was overjoyed and said: "Yunta's horoscopes have all exceeded three, and even more have exceeded five, so there is hope for sainthood!"

Jiang Hechuan said: "It's nothing if the Yunta astrology exceeds three. I have also passed three in a row, but the star is not as good as Wenying. If we really want to say that there is a chance of becoming a saint, the Yunta astrology must exceed five at least. Nayi Zhishi is the real The hope for canonization is six-layered clouds, five-story towers, and five stars.”

"Then the student will go see Duke Jianmei off." Fang Yun turned around and left again, but was stopped by Jiang Hechuan again.

"Wait a minute!" Jiang Hechuan's tone was suddenly filled with coldness.

Fang Yun was slightly shocked and looked at Jiang Hechuan seriously.

Jiang Hechuan looked serious and said slowly: "Although you are a virtual saint, you are still a Jinshi."

"Students know that students are not complacent." Fang Yun felt a little strange. Although he was not as determined as the saint, he would not be looked down upon so much.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Hechuan said: "You have to think carefully about the snow plum blossom festival tomorrow! The plum blossoms are in full bloom this year, which is a good sign."

Tang Shoude, the national examiner on the side, suddenly said: "Brother Hechuan, you are talking nonsense before the examination is over. Be careful, I will go to the Holy Academy to take your exam!"

"Rebel!" After Jiang Hechuan said this, he turned and walked towards the marking room, holding his head proudly.

Some examiners followed closely. The strange thing was that some of these examiners were examiners from the Holy Academy and should have a good relationship with Tang Shoude.

Tang Shoude raised his chest and raised his head, and also walked towards the marking room. The examiners who had been motionless followed closely behind them, and there were actually many Jingguo officials among them.

The two great scholars seemed to have suddenly turned against each other, but some officials following them were smiling.

Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help laughing. This involved an interesting story of scholars, which lasted for hundreds of years and became more and more powerful.

Fang Yun shook his head and walked out.

The examiners hurried into the examination room.

Jiang Hechuan and Tang Shoude seemed to be irreconcilable, but they made peace in front of the examination room. The two smiled and made a gesture of invitation and entered together.

The moment they entered the examination room, all the examiners' eyes were shining, and they quickly scanned the examination room, and finally their eyes fell on a place where the talent was so strong that even the temple could not suppress it.

Others' examination papers were loaded with hundreds of copies in one cart, but Fang Yun's examination papers alone took three ox carts!

Unlike the Tongsheng exam, Xiucai exam and Juren exam, the first round of the Jinshi exam will be graded twice. The examiners present will grade once, and the three semi-saint examiners will select the best ones to grade in person, which is the semi-saint review.

But no matter what, the three semi-saints will be asked to make the selection at the beginning. This time, Jingguo admitted 200 Jinshi and 100 Tongjinshi, and the semi-saints will select 600 test papers, which will be arranged by the examiners in the examination room, and the owners of the first 300 test papers will be admitted.

However, the examiners present completely forgot to worship the three saints, and walked quickly to the place where the talent was strong, with a bright look and a slightly red face.

There, the three test papers all emitted a faint light.