The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

"Master Futai, we are examiners, grading papers." Chief Zhou coughed lightly.

"Tomorrow, the Holy Court will send someone to take away the meaning of this scripture. Of course, we must study it carefully today!" Magistrate Dong said.

As Magistrate Dong spoke, he spread out the four pages of scriptures one by one, placed them on the table, and then concentrated on reading each word carefully.

Feng Yuanjun and Master Zhou also stood aside and read carefully. The three people read in exactly the same way. They didn't just simply read and remember, but printed everything into their own minds.

They not only need to understand the content of the article, but also keep in mind the stroke characteristics of each word, because after an article reaches a higher level, every word contains the author's charm, thoughts and words will inevitably resonate, and others can also read it The text resonates with the original author.

In the process of trying to memorize this article, the talents of the three examiners were gradually exhausted.

Master Zhou was the judge, and his talents were exhausted first. After a while, Feng Yuanjun began to take a rest, but Magistrate Dong persisted until the end.

"You guys should come and take a look, too." Magistrate Dong said to the other members of the Academy of Arts, and walked to rest next to Chief Zhou and Lord Feng.

Magistrate Dong sighed softly and said: "I used to only think that Fang Yun was talented in poetry, but not necessarily outstanding in other aspects. After reading his scriptures, I realized how terrible this person is. Although his solution to the topic is clever, it is still just a summary of the past. , but when it comes to discussing the future rituals, every word is like a star, shining in the sky to capture the beauty of the rituals.”

"What I feel most deeply about is his writing. A few months ago, I said that his writing has the style of everyone but no reality. Now, his calligraphy has touched the threshold of the first level, and I can't do this. It's just a matter of degree." Master Zhou said.

Feng Yuanjun nodded and said: "His words are deeply integrated with their meaning. Especially when it comes to the gift of the future, I feel similar to Master Futai. I feel as if I am in a starry sky, and the stars are holy stars." The Tao is righteous, and the black night sky is also the Holy Tao, and Fang Yun is like a man picking up stars."

"Indeed. We are promoting people to Jinshi. When we go to the Holy Land to look at the handwriting of the Half-Saint, we cannot understand it. Fang Yun's article is more important to us than the Half-Saint's authentic handwriting. This Fang Yun is really strange. He is so old, but the article actually has It’s a ‘star-studded’ literary meaning, which is really terrible.”

"Stars spread across the chessboard? I only realized it when you said that! Indeed. It is said that it is the literary meaning that can only be obtained after a half-saint flies to the sky and wanders in the starry sky. Using stars as characters makes the article as exquisite as a chess game. Each word represents a world, and each article represents a world. Qiankun. It’s amazing that Fang Yun seems to know the secrets of the starry space at such a young age.”

"Perhaps, this is his talent. But it is too early to call it a star-studded chessboard. He probably doesn't understand a star-studded chessboard yet. It is just because he has some understanding of the trajectory of the starry sky that he was unknowingly affected by it, thus making the layout of the article Dotted with shadows.”

"That makes sense!"

Chief Zhou smiled coldly and said: "Now that I think about it, Inspector Geng is not stupid, but just unlucky. He has the backing of Qingguo, Wuguo and the Yasheng family, so he thinks that he can harm a genius even if he is discovered by a semi-sage. will be severely punished, but not I once thought that Fang Yun wrote this article in a similar "star-studded" layout. The three half-sages observed millions of children. If no one is left behind, they must be the first to discover that Fang Yun's article has spread all over the world, and then immediately cover it up, even us. Lied."

"At that time, who would have thought that there would be someone in the government examination whose scriptures could be spread all over the world. It was impossible to connect the shock of the liberal arts academy with Fang Yun's success in spreading the world. However, I suddenly wanted to laugh. Think about it, Fang Yunchang wrote a few words A vision appeared, but it was covered and hidden by the saints, so he must have thought something was wrong. What do you think he is feeling now?"

The others laughed.

"The saints have deceived the secrets of heaven. As long as this article spread to the world does not reach the Holy Court, it will not increase the talent of Fang Yun. I am afraid that he still doesn't know how well the meaning of this scripture is written."

Master Zhou said: "I know Fang Yun very well. He has always been cautious. I'm afraid he is still suspicious now. He will never relax until the results are released tomorrow."

"What a pity. I really want to see how frightened he looks. This kid is better than us in everything. We finally have such an opportunity and we can't miss it! Let's go out together before the results are released tomorrow."

"It's a deal!"

While the three unscrupulous examiners were discussing and watching Fang Yun lively, the family banquet in Fang's house had ended. Fang Yun drank a lot of wine today, did not study at night, and lay in bed thinking wildly.

"Alas, there must be something wrong with that sutra. If there is no problem, it will definitely appear in my Wen Gong Xingkong. But until now, it has not appeared in my Wen Gong Xingkong. It is the same as the ordinary sutras and meanings written before. It seems something is really wrong.”

In his wild thoughts, Fang Yun fell into a drowsy sleep.

The next day was the day when the results were released. Fang Shouye came here specially. Qian Juren and others originally wanted to come, but were persuaded away by Zhao Hongzhuang. Zhao Hongzhuang didn't come this morning. She went to the liberal arts college in advance, knowing that Fang Yun felt uncomfortable and didn't want to see anyone.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, a group of people came to Wenyuan Street. It was the same as every time they came here. It was crowded and extremely noisy.

Fang Yun held Yang Yuhuan with one hand and held Nunu with the other hand and walked towards the entrance of the Academy of Literature.

Fang Shouye was following him. If anyone dared to hit Fang Yun too much, he would definitely take action.

Pang Juren followed a little further away, scanning the people around Fang Yun from time to time. He was very alert in his heart, but on the surface he didn't seem to care about anything.

Fang Yun was recognized before he even reached the entrance of the liberal arts college. Everyone was still enthusiastic about him, but many students waiting for the results couldn't help but show regret and began to talk in low voices.

"It's a pity. I heard that Fang Yun had a problem with Jingyi yesterday and was humiliated by Shi Dehong and Tong Li."

"Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. You can't blame Fang Yun."

"The problem is, if Fang Yun can't get into the top ten scholars, he won't be able to go to Shushan, which means he has lost. He will definitely destroy the Wen Palace. What a pity."

"But it's impossible to say for sure. Maybe there is nothing wrong with Fang's luck."

"Well, as a Yuhai person, who doesn't want him to be better? It's just that I heard yesterday that Shi Dehong and Tong Li had already celebrated in advance."

Fang Yun walked forward silently. Although these people sympathized with him and did not ridicule him because of this incident, he still felt a little blocked in his heart.

Yang Yuhuan held Fang Yun's hand hard and leaned against him tightly, hoping to soothe his mood.

Nunu also noticed Fang Yun's mood, stopped playing around, and stayed with him silently, occasionally sticking out his tongue to lick Fang Yun's hand.

Everyone in Yuhai City is paying attention to Fang Yun's Shushan Gambling Game, and the children who participated in this year's exam are well known to everyone. Therefore, as soon as Shi Dehong and Tong Li spread the word yesterday, all the children everywhere knew about it.

"Fang Yun, we believe in you! Don't be slandered by those villains!"

"Yes, we believe you have great talent!"

Some children who did not want to see Fang Yun fail encouraged Fang Yun one after another. Some were very excited and did not believe that Fang Yun could not even pass the scholar examination.

Fang Yun could only force a smile and nod his thanks to these people.

The children made way for Fang Yun in a tacit understanding, and the two of them quickly reached the wall where the gold list was posted.

This is almost the most crowded place, but the people around are very polite to make some space for Fang Yun and Yang Yuhuan. This is the only way for the children of Yuhai Mansion to express their gratitude.

"Brother Fang, I heard that your writing of classics and meanings is excellent. At least for Mingzhou, you must be the most talented person in Yuhai Mansion this year!" A familiar voice suddenly sounded from the side.

Fang Yun turned to look at Tong Li, his eyes cold.

Tong Li continued to say loudly: "Congratulations to Fang Maocai! If my prediction is correct, starting from today, your new nickname will be Fang Wujia! Tsk tsk, this is unprecedented in the Ten Kingdoms! Wait for the day when you become the number one scholar , you will definitely become the famous Fang Quanjia.”

The children on the side all heard that Tong Li was ridiculing Fang Yun, and one of them couldn't help but said angrily: "Tong Li, how can you be so shameless? Do you still have any conscience at all when you join forces with the people of Qing State to harm the people of Jing State? "

Tong Li asked in surprise: "Brother, are you a spy sent by the demon barbarians to sow discord among the human race? The ten countries used to fight each other, but since the thousand-year no-war agreement with the demon barbarians has expired, we, the ten countries, are not allowed to fight against each other. The only way to conquer each other's territory is through literary competition. It can be said that the ten countries are united. In recent years, the Qing Kingdom has also sent troops to help our Jing Kingdom kill demons and barbarians. How can I be shameless now to learn from Brother Shi? "

"You..." The boy was so angry that his face turned red. Although Tong Li's words were sophistry, they made sense. Qingguo and Jingguo once had a national feud, but that was decades ago. The Holy Academy has been downplaying the conflicts between the countries, striving to twist the human race into one before the massive invasion of monsters and barbarians, so that it can exert greater influence. strength.

Therefore, even if Tong Li and Shi Dehong had frequent contacts, many high-ranking Jingguo people would not rebuke Tong Li to avoid being labeled as sowing discord among the human race.

"Brother Fang, don't you think so? I, a Qingguo native, have traveled thousands of miles to come here just to cooperate with the literati of your country to fight against the demons and barbarians." Shi Dehong, Shijun's disciple, said with a smile.

Fang Yun was in a very bad mood, and after looking at the two of them, they did not speak to each other. The two of them were obviously trying to induce him to speak, and then made him angry. When the list came out, they would deal the most fatal blow.

At this moment, the main entrance of the Literary Academy opened, and many guards in black clothes came out to separate the crowd and isolate a passage leading to the notice area.

After a while, many officials came out of the Literary Courtyard.

Among a group of people in official uniforms, a young man in casual clothes stood out, standing out from the crowd. There was a touch of desolation between his brows, which did not look like the look that a young man should have.

Everyone was respectful to the young man, except for a few officials who were extremely flattering, but the young man didn't even look at those flattering officials seriously.

Many people did not know this person, but Shi Dehong looked happy, glanced at Fang Yun and the others with pride, and walked towards the person with his head held high.

Tong Li hurriedly followed and asked, "Brother Shi, do you know this man? This man has such an extraordinary temperament, he must be a Hanlin at least, right?"

"Hanlin? You underestimate him too much. He was already a bachelor four years ago, one step ahead of my teacher."

"How do you compare him with Shijun? Don't let your master hear it." Tong Li kindly persuaded.

"Hahaha, it's not that I compare him with my mentor, but my mentor keeps saying that he is not as good as this one."

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