The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

The scholars on the mountain were trying to climb and think, while the scholars below the mountain were discussing. Like Fang Yun, they had already guessed that this year's climb to the Book Mountain was more difficult than usual, and they were all guessing how high Fang Yun could climb.

"Back then, geniuses like Yan Yukong all stopped at the Three Mountains and Three Pavilions, and this year's Book Mountain is particularly difficult. So even if Fang Yun has the same talent as Yan Yukong, he may only be able to reach the Three Mountains and One Pavilion."

"That's right. I admit that Fang Yun can be compared with Yan Yukong of our Qing country in terms of talent alone, but don't forget that although Yan Yukong was born and raised in our Qing country, he is a collateral descendant of Yan Zi. After he passed the Tongsheng exam, he was sent to Yan Zi's family for training. What he learned is definitely not comparable to Fang Yun. I doubt Fang Yun can even get to the third mountain."

"You Qing people are so powerful. Just now, more than a dozen people died because of our Jing people's literary courage. It's really amazing! This year's Dragon Boat Literary Meeting, Yan Yukong seemed to be suppressed by Fang Yun. It's really not comparable to Fang Yun."

A scholar from Yuhai City couldn't help but sneer. He saw Fang Yun win the Dragon Boat Literary Meeting with his own eyes, and saw Shi Jun praising Fang Yun with his own eyes. Fang Yun's position in his heart is second only to Li Wenying, and he must not let the enemy insult him.

The scholars from Yuhai City simply exposed the scars of the scholars from Qing. They were already angry about the failure of the Dragon Boat Festival. Many people from Qing were shaken of their spiritual consciousness by Fang Yun before. They knew Fang Yun was right and dared not speak out. But now even ordinary scholars from Qing are stepping on him. The scholars from Qing are angry.

A Qing countryman was furious: "You Jing country only won once, but you are so arrogant! It was Fang Yun who won our Qing country, not you! Shameless!"

"Shameless? It was Fang Yun who was on the Book Mountain, and you Qing people who enjoyed the fruits of his labor not only didn't know how to thank him, but cursed him for not being able to climb the three mountains and three pavilions. This is truly shameless."

"We are just judging, not cursing!"

"As long as someone passes one pavilion on the Book Mountain, we can stay an extra hour on top of the six hours. You have seen the current situation, Fang Yun must be the first. You enjoy the time brought by Fang Yun, but don't know how to thank him, don't know how to congratulate him for climbing a higher mountain, but think he is not as good as others. What else is this but a curse?"

"Lies!"

The hatred between Qing and Jing has lasted for hundreds of years, especially those whose ancestors died at the hands of the other side. The national hatred and family hatred added together, and they immediately quarreled.

Soon, the topic of the quarrel shifted from Fang Yun to other aspects, and began to compare the merits of the semi-saints of various countries, and began to pick on the ugly deeds of the other side, etc.

People from other countries just watched from the sidelines. The people of Wu State laughed secretly. The deeper the hatred between Jing and Qing, the better it was for Wu State. The three neighboring countries had never been in harmony.

After a while, a scholar from Qi State could not hold back and shouted: "Come on! Let's start gambling!"

"Qiao, the gambler, this is the Book Mountain. If you leave the Book Mountain, you will forget everything. What can you gamble with? Aren't you afraid that we won't compensate you if you lose the bet? We are afraid that you will run away if you win the bet. Your father is the big boss of the gambling house in Qi State, but you are just a little gambler. How can you compare with your father? No gambling, no gambling!"

Many people laughed.

Qiao Xiucai smiled and said, "Why can't we gamble? Scholars from Jing and Qing, stop arguing. If you are a man, just gamble! What's the point of arguing?"

The people from the two countries glared at Qiao Xiucai together.

Qiao Xiucai was not afraid at all, and shouted: "Wuguo and Qingguo, don't you agree with Fang Yun? Don't you think Fang Yun can't reach the Three Mountains and Three Pavilions? Jingguo, don't you think Fang Yun is worse than Yan Yukong? Why don't we make a bet! If Fang Yun reaches the Three Mountains and Three Pavilions, all the people of Wuguo and Qingguo will jump into the Weak Water River. If Fang Yun can't reach the Three Mountains and Three Pavilions, all the people of Jingguo will jump into the Weak Water River. Do you dare?"

The people of Jingguo and Qingguo shut up. In fact, they didn't have this confidence.

A scholar from Wu State was annoyed and said, "What does the quarrel between Jing and Qing have to do with Wu State?"

A man from Qing State said in a gloomy tone, "You Wu State has been trying to sow discord between our two countries. Does it matter? Six years ago, you won five prefectures from Qing State by fighting with words. Three years ago, you won three prefectures from Jing State by fighting with words. We all remember this account, and of course it has something to do with you."

The scholars from other countries saw that it was going to be bad. National disputes have always been the most exciting topic for people from all countries. A few decades ago, the main object of "loyalty" was the country, so the hatred between countries was very deep.

It was not until the millennium non-war agreement expired in recent years and the monsters and barbarians were mobilized in large numbers that the Holy Academy had to change the highest concept of "loyalty". Loyalty should first be to the human race, and secondly to the country.

However, it is difficult for people from all countries to agree immediately. Many people still want their countries to unify the Shengyuan Continent. Only then will loyalty to the country be equal to loyalty to the human race.

Even Fang Yun now, because he has seen too much of the history of Jingguo being bullied by Qingguo and Wuguo, wants Jingguo to unify Wuguo and Qingguo, not to mention them.

Qiao Xiucai immediately shouted: "Stop talking nonsense! Bet or not! You Wuguo usually show off your power, look down on this country and that country, and often attack Fang Yun before. Now there is a bet, you dare not bet?"

A Wuguo man shouted: "Of course we dare to bet, but all Jingguo people dare not bet!"

"Oh? If we Jingguo people dare to bet, you Wuguo people down the mountain dare to bet?"

The Wu people shouted: "Wu's literary friends, I believe Fang Yun is a great talent, I even admire Fang Yun, but don't you think these Jing scholars are too noisy? Fang Yun's future has nothing to do with these people! A group of successful villains, who didn't even dare to raise their heads in front of us Wu people before, now want to ride on our heads? No way! Good men of Wu, do you dare to bet!"

"Dare! When has our great Wu country ever been afraid of Jing country!"

"I'm afraid of Fang Yun, but I'm not afraid of these cowards in Jing country!"

"It seems that Fang Yun can't be suppressed. We can afford to lose, but we can't lose to other Jing people!"

The Jing people were extremely angry. Even many people who didn't want to gamble decided to gamble, because many people knew in their hearts that Fang Yun would definitely be able to go to the Three Mountains and One Pavilion, but by that time, there should not be much time left. Even if they didn't jump into the Weak Water River, they wouldn't be able to stay in the Book Mountain for much time.

Soon, all the Qing people and Wu people under the Book Mountain stood on one side, and the Jing people stood on the other side.

Scholar Qiao laughed secretly. Fortunately, they were all scholars who had just passed the exam. If they were juren, no one would bet. He smiled and said, "Okay, that's it! If any country regrets, the other seven countries will push the regretters into the Ruoshui River."

A Jing country man shouted at Fang Yun on the mountain: "Fang Yun, whether you can make those scholars from Qing and Wu countries jump into the river depends on you!"

Nine peaks were arranged in a horizontal row, parallel to the Ruoshui River. Fang Yun went down the first mountain and came between the two mountains.

There was also a strange wind between the two mountains.

The strange wind here was more than five times stronger than the strange wind by the Ruoshui River, but under the protection of the power of the literary talent, this strange wind could not make Fang Yun's clothes move at all.

Many scholars in the distance secretly envied him. At this moment, Fang Yun was extremely chic, and he was as calm as if a mountain was pressing down on him.

After passing the strange wind, Fang Yun stepped into the first pavilion of the second mountain and saw the word "number" written on the plaque.

Mathematics is one of the six arts of a gentleman. In ancient times, not knowing mathematics was considered derogatory. A scholar's mathematics should not be too bad.

"I don't know what the 'number' of the mountain of books is. If it is advanced mathematics, I am afraid that even if there are ten strange books in the world, it will be a tragedy." Fang Yun thought.

A piece of white paper quietly emerged, with three questions on it. Just answer two questions correctly. Fang Yun smiled involuntarily when he saw it.

The first question was a poem.

The towering academy is in the mountains, and I don't know how many students there are in the academy.

Three hundred and sixty-four bowls, let's see if there is any difference in the bowl.

Three people share a bowl of rice, and four people share a bowl of soup.

Please ask the sir who knows how to calculate how many students there are in the academy.

"This means that there are 364 bowls in a college, three scholars share a bowl of rice, and four people share a bowl of soup. How many scholars are there? Suppose there are X students in the college, X divided by three plus X divided by four equals 364, find the value of X." Fang Yun thought to himself.

So, a question that many scholars would rack their brains to solve was solved.

Fang Yun wrote down the number 624 after the first question.

"Alas, is my algorithm a bit bullying?"

Fang Yun thought to himself and looked at the second question.

There are ten thousand trees in the forest, arranged in a line. One tree has one leaf, and then one leaf is added. Ten thousand trees have ten thousand leaves. How many leaves are there in the forest?

"The first tree has one leaf, the second has two, and so on. The ten thousandth tree has ten thousand leaves. Even if you have almost forgotten the formula for summing an arithmetic sequence, those who are familiar with Gauss's childhood story can figure it out. The sum of the first and last trees is ten thousand and one. Multiply by five thousand and you'll get the answer. I just don't know if other people will use this method."

So Fang Yun wrote "fifty million and five thousand leaves" on it.

Suddenly, the old man appeared in front of Fang Yun. The old man looked stern and asked, "How do you explain this question in detail?"

Fang Yun was startled, as if he had been caught cheating, and then he quickly realized that he really didn't cheat this time. After a little thought, he stretched out his hands and said, "When I was playing by the river, I wrote from one to ten on my ten fingers. I put my hands together and my ten fingers were facing each other. The sum of each two fingers was eleven, and eleven times five is fifty-five. Although this question is ten thousand, it is not much different. The sum of the leaves of the two trees before and after is ten thousand and one, multiplied by five thousand is the answer."

"Good!" The old man nodded and disappeared.

Fang Yun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fang Yun looked at the third question, revealing a thoughtful expression.

Nine hundred and ninety-nine coins, and pears were bought for one thousand.

Eleven coins for nine pears, and four coins for seven fruits.

Question: How much do pears cost?

Fang Yun looked at it and said, "Nine hundred and ninety-nine coins bought pears and fruits. The sum of pears and fruits is one thousand. Eleven coins can buy nine pears, and four coins can buy seven fruits. How many fruits and pears are there? How many coins did each cost? This question is very difficult."

After saying that, Fang Yun seemed to have completely forgotten how he did the first question, and thought hard.

After a long time, Fang Yun wrote down the answer.