The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Fang Yun successfully passed the second pavilion of the third mountain, and after arriving at the third pavilion, he found that the plaque had the words "poetry and painting" written on it.

The third mountain exam question appeared in front of Fang Yun, and it actually required him to create a poem and painting of birds singing in the mountains using the second level of calligraphy, "Wonderful brushwork," and the second level, "lifelike" painting.

Fang Yun looked at the question in a daze.

"Impossible! If this kind of question were asked in the Third Mountain and Third Pavilion examination, no one would be able to pass, let alone the scholar, even the Jinshi. To specialize in poetry and prose, and to be proficient in all kinds of arts, is the highest pursuit. Only if you cannot specialize in poetry, Only by settling for the next best thing can you specialize in hundreds of things. One or several skills. Although the first two mountains are difficult, as long as you have enough talent, you can pass them. Even if you don't know the method, you can slowly figure out the results. But these two realms of poetry and painting are a line for any scholar. It’s a line that no one can cross.”

"There's a problem, there's a big problem!"

Fang Yun thought over and over in his mind, but he still couldn't figure it out and felt uneasy. However, he vaguely felt that there might be another mystery to the matter. After all, this book mountain was created by Kong Sheng, so it was impossible to harm him specifically. After much thought, he finally decided to give up, but before giving up, he carefully looked at the entire mountain of books.

A few hours later, everyone was sent away from Shushan.

"Is this just a failure?" Fang Yun was very unwilling.

As Fang Yun reached the Three Mountains and Three Pavilions, reaching the limit like the geniuses of all generations, officials from the entire Yuhai Mansion came to the Academy of Literature to congratulate him, and even Li Wenying came in person.

However, just in the middle of the congratulations, the court became anxious and the wolf barbarians invaded in large numbers. Before Fang Yun could react, Li Wenying took out a flying leaf boat and took some officials and Fang Yun to Mizhou.

Fang Yun sat in a daze on the flying boat, still unable to figure out why Li Wenying suddenly took him there. This was completely different from what he had expected before. Everything was too sudden.

On the Feiye Kongzhou, Fang Yun kept frowning, and his frown became tighter and tighter, as if he was encountering a huge problem.

The flying boat quickly flew over Mizhou. When passing by Ning'an County, Fang Yun was thrown down by Li Wenying.

"Ning'an County is not the front line, but it is very important. It is the hub for the transportation of grain and grass. You will practice here for a few days. You can go to the government army office in Ning'an County and there will be someone to support you." Li Wenying left after saying this.

Fang Yun always felt that Li Wenying had been acting strangely since he left Shushan, and that Li Wenying's behavior was also strange, or that he might have some ulterior motives. He couldn't figure out why, so he could only follow the military orders and go to the government army station in Ning'an County.

The person in charge of the Ning'an County government army was a deputy general from the fifth rank. When he saw Fang Yun, he immediately threw a waist badge and said: "Are you a fellow of Jianmei Gong? Go to the Escort Department immediately. I will temporarily appoint you as Cong Jiu." The clerk of Pinpin is responsible for transporting grain and fodder with the third battalion of grain guards. If you are delayed, you will be killed. "

Fang Yun didn't expect that his treatment would be so poor. He had to participate in dangerous food delivery before he could figure out the situation here. But now he was temporarily recruited and became a soldier. He could not disobey orders and had to go to escort the transportation as a secretary. manage.

An hour later, Fang Yun, as a secretary, followed the third battalion of the Tongfu Army and escorted the grain and grass to Huaitian County. Before leaving, the entire team received help from Jinshi County Magistrate's expedition poem "Chang Wu", and their physical fitness increased several times.

Thousands of armored cattle grain carts and a battalion of 500 soldiers lined the road for several miles.

Fang Yun is not familiar with the place here and has been following Zhong Yingxiao.

The entire team is well-trained. Although they are government troops, because they are at the border, their strength is no less than that of the troops commanded by the generalissimo.

Fang Yun felt that the atmosphere in the team was very depressing, and he did not dare to say or ask more questions. He just kept observing and learning the rules of the army.

There is a tamed hawk demon soldier in Zhongying School. The hawk demon soldier will fly into the sky every once in a while. Except that its body is larger, it is not much different from an ordinary goshawk.

At night, the third battalion was about to arrive at Songlin Village. They were going to stay there for one night and set off tomorrow. However, before they arrived, the Eagle Demon Soldier reported a cruel news. There were more than 200 people and more than 20 people in Songlin Village. All the government troops were dead. A team of two hundred wolf barbarians was carrying the corpses of the villagers and fleeing to the northwest. The leader was a barbarian general who was the same as Zhong Yingxiao.

"The first team stays here to guard the food and grass. The second team, the third team and the others will kill the enemy with me! If I can't come back, the task of transporting food will be handed over to you!" Zhong Yingmao looked at Fang Yun and asked after speaking. "Secretary Fang, do you want to stay here or destroy the barbarians?"

To fight or not to fight?

Fang Yun said without hesitation: "Everything is decided by the general!"

"Okay, then join me in destroying the barbarians!"

The team of more than 300 people immediately rested and ate on the spot, and then killed the wolf barbarians along their escape route.

Fang Yun secretly complained in his heart. Before the imperial examination, he went to the holy temple to pay homage to the sages and learned the enemy-killing poem "Song of Yishui", the protective poem "Walking with the Son", the uplifting poem "Ode to Xingtian" and the comforting poem "The Gentleman Yu". service".

However, these war poems cannot be mastered just by learning them. They must be practiced and comprehended over many years. He originally wanted to study for a while after he got off the mountain of books, but who would have thought that he would be sent out now.

"These government troops were protected before leaving. It is not a problem for more than 300 government troops to kill more than 200 wolf barbarians. I have received four talents from the sky. After the baptism of the Eight Pavilions, whether it is Wen Gong or Wen Dan, My body is already better than that of an ordinary person. I can kill a demon soldier with one arrow. If it doesn't work, I will ask the saint to keep silent. Anyway, the first time will be the second time. "

The team of more than 300 people moved forward quickly. Broken limbs of people appeared constantly on the road, and there were even signs of women being raped.

The anger in everyone's hearts grew stronger and stronger.

To hide or not to hide?

"Stop hiding your strength! Try your best to kill all these beasts! If I retain a little strength, it may lead to the death of more than a dozen soldiers! If I am not careful, I myself may die here." Fang Yun made up his mind in his heart. .

An hour later, the team chased out of the forest and came to the unprotected plain. The wolf barbarians discovered the human soldiers and immediately turned around and fought back with howls.

Under the night, the two sides got closer and closer.

"Defend!"

All the soldiers immediately took action quickly and formed a defensive formation. Schoolmaster Zhong Ying and all the scholars put down their uniforms and were ready to talk on paper at any time.

Fang Yun, like other ordinary scholars, took out his brush and ink bottle and spread paper on the pallet.

At this moment, Fang Yun's talent has reached six inches. He thought in his mind that the poem "Capturing the King" only consumes one inch of talent, but the poem "Arrow in the Stone" for killing enemies is too powerful. It is much stronger than "Song of Yi Shui" and it will consume more. A scholar has two inches of talent, so he must calculate the opportunity to kill the enemy and not waste it.

When Zhong Ying was about to write a poem about strong soldiers, Fang Yun said: "Master Zhong, I have learned a poem about strong bows. Please let me be in charge of the archers."

Zhong Yingxiao stared at Fang Yun for three breaths and said, "That's up to you!"

The power of the strong bow poem was much stronger than the ordinary strong soldier poem, but its duration was very short, only about a hundred breaths, so Fang Yun began to calculate the time for the wolf barbarians to charge, and then lowered his head to write "Capture the King".

After the last sentence, "Capture the thief first, capture the king" was written, the page burned and turned into light. After entering the bodies of thirty archers, there was no excess light. There were still twenty archers who did not receive protection.

At this moment, the wolf barbarian just entered the bow and arrow range.

Those wolf barbarians who rushed at the front all held shields, most of which were iron shields captured from the human race. Ordinary bows and arrows could not penetrate them, but they were greatly compromised in the face of Fang Yun's "Capture the King".

"shooting!"

Fang Yun and others drew their bows and started shooting.

The wolf barbarian who rushed at the front suddenly shouted in a demonic language to be careful, then his blood surged and he spit out a gust of magic wind.

This bloody gust of wind blocked all the bows and arrows. Even the bows and arrows blessed with poems about lifting people and strengthening soldiers would be easily blown away by this witchcraft gust. However, after these king-capturing arrows passed through the witchcraft gust of wind, their power was only weakened to that of ordinary bows and arrows. To the extent that it shoots on the wolf barbarians' shields or on their bodies, killing a wolf barbarian by accident.

All the wolf barbarians were surprised, all the human soldiers were ecstatic, and many turned their heads to look at Fang Yun.

Schoolmaster Zhong Ying laughed and said: "Okay! Exchange a volley for a sorcery and make a lot of money! If our army can win today, you will be lucky enough to be credited with the first achievement! Shoot!"

In the second round, thirty arrows were fired. This time the wolf barbarian general did not use magic, but roared for the other wolf barbarians to disperse.

However, the thirty king-capturing arrows had incredible strength, speed and accuracy, and landed on the foreheads of thirty wolf barbarians, killing thirty of them instantly and reducing the wolf clan's team by one-seventh.

The wolf barbarian general was furious, took a deep breath, and suddenly aimed at the Fang Yun human sergeant and howled, while all the other wolf barbarians also howled while running.

"It's ghosts crying and wolves howling! Be careful! My literary courage is not enough to offset it! Confucius said: Three armies can seize the commander, but one man cannot seize the will!" Zhong Yingxiao shouted, and the power of literary courage was integrated into the original words of Confucius in "The Analects of Confucius" , immediately formed an invisible force to protect everyone.

The ghostly cries and howls of more than two hundred wolf barbarians formed a black mist in the sky and rushed towards them, severely crushing the literary courage of Zhong Ying School.

Zhong Yingxiao took a step back, feeling secretly resentful in his heart. If there were two Juren who had gathered their literary courage, they would definitely be able to block the howl of ghosts and wolves. But now that he was the only Juren, the forty or fifty people in the front would definitely be frightened by the power of the howl of ghosts and wolves, and therefore lost their lives. Fighting spirit.

"Don't move unless you have profit, don't use it unless you have to, don't fight unless it's danger!" Fang Yun suddenly praised the content of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", especially the last sentence, which said not to start a war unless it is in danger, which is very consistent with the current situation.

The power of literary courage was integrated into Sun Tzu's famous sayings, and immediately formed a force that was 50% stronger than Zhongying School, pushing back the power of howling ghosts and wolves, and counterattacking.

Everyone in the human race burst into cheers.

The wolf will have to roar again and use the ghost cry and wolf howl to intercept Fang Yun's power. Because it has used the magic three times in a row, its pace has slowed down a little.

"Okay! We will win!" Zhong Yingxiao was inspired by Fang Yun's power and immediately recited the Great Wind Song.

The morale of the human race was greatly boosted, and another round of arrows to capture the king was shot.

The two sides finally came to blows.

Fang Yun had stopped shaking at this moment and secretly hid behind a few soldiers. He knew that since he decided to take action, he had to be more proactive. I am writing "Arrow in the Stone" at an extremely slow speed, looking for opportunities to take action, rather than relying on Zhongying School to create opportunities.

The human soldiers stopped the wolf barbarian general, but the wolf barbarian general was extremely powerful. With two wolf claws, he could kill or knock away an ordinary soldier. Only the child soldier could barely block his blow.

The wolf barbarians were about to attack the crowd, so Zhongying school used rat weapons and had to use the wind song to kill other wolf barbarians.

While the wolf barbarian general was not paying attention, Fang Yun decisively completed the scholar's war poem "The Arrow in the Stone"!

With the appearance of the original treasure light, the poetry soul treasure light and the handed down treasure light, coupled with the power of the demon pen and dragon blood ink, the power of Fang Yun's "Arrow in the Stone" increased by three times and 40%, and its lethality was already stronger than that of ordinary people. The ordinary war poem created by him also has the magical effect of poetry soul, which has terrible penetrating power.

However, this time the Shihun Baoguang did not summon Li Guang's shadow, but condensed into a giant bow one foot high in the sky.

Arrows shoot out, wind blows, blood splashes, and wolves howl.

This arrow was so fast that General Langman only guarded against Zhong Yingxiao and did not take Fang Yun into account at all.

Wolf Man staggered back, looking in disbelief at the fist-sized blood hole in his chest, which penetrated his chest and back. It looked up at Fang Yun, not believing that a mere talent could inflict such heavy damage on it.

"The human race will win!" someone shouted, and the morale of the human race was unprecedentedly high. Even the effects of their expedition poems, inspirational poems, and military strength poems were increased by 10%.

"Okay!" Zhong Yingxiao immediately spoke out and kept attacking the wolf barbarian general.

The wolf man was unable to resist and wanted to escape, but was stopped and finally killed alive!

As soon as the wolf barbarian general died, the other wolf barbarians immediately lost their fighting spirit and were killed by the human race.

"Fang Yun, take Sanshi's men to search ahead. I see there seems to be a fish that has slipped through the net."

"Yes, sir!" Fang Yun selected three or forty-five people to search forward. These border soldiers were rebellious and best at bullying the young new commander, but in front of Fang Yun, they were better behaved than rabbits. Because they knew that if the battle continued for another half-quarter of an hour, at least half of the forty-five people would die.

The group of people headed towards the place where the wolf barbarians passed by, and soon discovered the human corpses and cattle and sheep corpses that the wolf barbarians had thrown away when they turned around.

The thick smell of blood filled the air.

"There are wolf cubs!" More than a dozen soldiers rushed forward and grabbed two three-foot-tall wolf cubs with wolf heads and human bodies, all covered with fur.

A wolf cub looked fierce and kept barking and biting, but was controlled. There was also a timid one who was motionless, seemingly frightened, and stared blankly at Fang Yun.

"Master Fang, please give the order whether to kill or release."

Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, not expecting that he had become Master Fang in the army, and then looked at the little wolf barbarian who kept barking wildly.

There was blood on the corners of its mouth, and there were pieces of human skin stuffed between its teeth.

To kill or not to kill?

"Kill!" Fang Yun shouted.

The sword flashed, and the little wolf barbarian's head flew up.

"Wow..." The other little wolf barbarian was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Fang Yun and begging for mercy.

"My lord, to kill or not to kill?" a soldier asked, holding a knife.

Fang Yun looked at the little wolf barbarian and found traces of human blood in its little paws.

"kill!"

The sword flashed again, and the two wolf cubs died.

"go back."

The group returned to Zhongying School and reported their passing.

Zhong Yingxiao praised: "Back then, a Hanlin released a few barbarian cubs because of the kindness of women. A few years later, the Hanlin was killed by the barbarians he let go. Letting the tiger return to the mountain is a taboo in war! This is not a civil war among the human race, but It’s a life-and-death battle of genocide!”

Suddenly, the pile of wolf barbarian corpses that had been piled together began to move. More than a dozen wolves stood up quickly, their eyes glowing green, which was extremely scary at night.

"No! It's a conspiracy! That wolf general actually has a miserable soul hidden in his body!"

Before Zhong Yingxiao could finish speaking, the corpse of the wolf barbarian suddenly jumped up into the sky, and two sharp claws stabbed Zhong Yingxiao directly.

The two soldiers rushed to stop them at the risk of their lives, but several others were stunned, and Zhong Yingxiao also hurriedly retreated.

Fang Yun is beside Zhong Yingxiao. At this moment, he has only two choices, escape or help Zhong Yingxiao.

"If I run away, School Zhong Ying will most likely die. Without School Zhong Ying, these corpse wolves will definitely kill us all. I only have two inches left to escape. If I help School Zhong Ying, there is still a glimmer of hope."

To save or not to save?

Fang Yun rushed towards the wolf barbarian general.

"Zhongying School, it's up to you!" After Fang Yun shouted, severe pain came from his left arm, and he fainted from the pain.

Not long after, Fang Yun opened his eyes and saw himself lying in a large room, and his left arm disappeared.

"That's all. Losing your left arm is better than losing your life. If you have the fruit of a thousand years of life, you can definitely recover as before."

Not long after, Li Wenying arrived, apologized to Fang Yun and took him back to Yuhai City.

Fang Yun was studying and recovering from his injuries in Yuhai City.

A year later, Fang Yun participated in the state examination, ranked first in the high school examination, and became the leader of Jiangzhou.

Another year, Fang Yun went to Beijing to take the exam, and won the third place in the Jinshi exam, becoming the third flower in the imperial examination.

Two years later, Chen Guanhai died.

Another year has passed...

The autumn leaves have fallen, but they still miss the warmth of the branches, spinning in the air, reluctant to return to their roots.

People were coming and going on the streets of Yuhai City, and the sound of storytelling came from a place surrounded by crowds.

"But it was said that the Demon King Bai Niang held the Dragon King Talisman and summoned a flood of water, shrimps, soldiers and crab generals. The great scholar Cai He was not willing to be outdone, and he was full of righteousness, and all the demons bowed their heads..."

A group of children ranging from six to seven years old were sitting or squatting in the inner circle. Behind them were many lazy men, young ladies and young wives. There were also some passers-by standing behind. Some stopped to listen, and some listened for a while. If you don't understand, leave.

Not long after, two teenagers came over. They heard someone reading a book and came closer.

The young man in brocade robes said curiously: "This beggar has a calm demeanor and an extraordinary temperament. He does not rely on kowtowing but storytelling. His words are correct and smooth, without any flattery. His arms and legs are cross-sectioned and his face does not change. He is truly a righteous beggar. Reward him with a tael of silver." "

The commoner attendant hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "Master, you must not do this."

"Why is it absolutely impossible? If this beggar's legs and feet are intact, it will not be a problem for him to become a scholar."

"Sir, this is the most beautiful girl in Jingguo back then!"

The Jinpao Master's face changed drastically, and he asked in shock: "Is he the Fang Yun, the most talented man in Jingguo who scolded the left prime minister in the court?"

"Of course it's him."

"But why did he become like this!" Young Master Jinpao had an angry look on his face.

"Alas, although I am from Qing country, I also admire such people with integrity. Back then, he climbed the three mountains and three pavilions as a scholar. Although he did not pass the three pavilions, he climbed the Book Mountain twice after passing the imperial examination and finally passed the third mountain and won the Wenxin. Later, he passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi." The young man in brocade robe said: "I know all this. Later, he joined forces with Wen Xiang to fight against Liu Shan. He was originally full of vigor and vitality, but when he was at the peak of his career, Chen Guanhai died. The Langman invaded in large numbers. Wen Xiang, Zhang Poyue, Li Wenying, Fang Yun and others fought bloody battles against the enemy, But he was betrayed by Zuo Xiang first, and then surrounded, and finally defeated. Li Wenying was the first to die in battle, and Wen Xiang transported Fang Yun thousands of miles away before he died. I also heard some of what happened later, but I am not very clear. "

"Later, the armies of Qing and Wu marched straight in and divided Jing, and several wealthy families joined forces to capture Fang Yun for the crime of deserting the battlefield, crushing his courage, destroying his palace, crippling his limbs, and forcing him to beg for a living in Yuhai City. But this Fang Yun is really a talent. When no one dared to help him, he had no talent and no talent. Hands and feet, he actually unified the beggars in Yuhai City, and lived more freely than many ordinary people.

The young man in brocade robe sighed: "He is really a rare genius. He is the best among people when reading books, and the best among beggars when begging. If I had fallen to this point, I would have committed suicide by jumping into the sea. He is so good that he can't publish books and sell his works, but he actually tells stories and begs. He is really a peerless national talent. All the scholars in the world are really outdone by him.

The commoner follower said with regret: "Fang Yun is too miserable. First he was betrayed, and then he watched his comrades die in battle one after another. In the end, he was abandoned by the Holy Court, and was tortured by the villains... ahem, but he is still alive. This courage alone is beyond the reach of ordinary people. But he offended the wealthy family of Qing State, so you must not give him money. "

"What a pity."

"Look at him, his spirit is not decadent at all, and his temperament seems to be more restrained than before. If his literary position is restored, I am afraid he can directly become a university scholar."

"Let's go."

Suddenly, the whole time stopped, and everyone was motionless, except Fang Yun.

Fang Yun's eyebrows moved slightly, and he continued to talk to himself: "Xiao Qing was defeated by Cai He, and vomited blood and flew out..."

The old man in the book mountain quietly appeared in front of Fang Yun.

"Why do you live in shame?"

"I can't die before my friend's great revenge and the hatred of the destruction of my country are paid."

"What if you have the ability of a half-saint?" The old man asked again. Fang Yun answered calmly: "Kill the entire Liushan clan, slaughter the royal families of Qingwu and Wu, eliminate the wealthy families of the two countries, reorganize the Holy Court, and destroy the demons and barbarians."

"You are ambitious."

"I only have ambitions left." Fang Yun smiled slightly.

"Have you gained anything?"

Fang Yun said loudly: "Therefore, when God is about to give a great task to a person, he must first make his mind and will suffer, labor his muscles and bones, starve his body, and make him poor, so as to make him feel uncomfortable and harden his nature, and increase his ability."

Every time Fang Yun said a word, it was as if an invisible hammer hit the world, and the whole space shook, and finally a large number of cracks appeared in the whole space, like broken glass.

The whole world collapsed, like countless broken glass falling.

In front of Fang Yun, there was a pavilion, and the words on the plaque changed and finally fixed.

Illusionary dream.

At this moment, Fang Yun was still in the second pavilion of the third mountain.

At this moment, it was less than an hour since Fang Yun set foot here.

Fang Yun smiled and said, "I never thought that I would also dream of becoming a scholar. Old sir, can I pass this pavilion?"

"Of course." The old man disappeared.

Fang Yun turned around and found that the people of Jingguo at the foot of the mountain were looking at him eagerly.

"Jingguo is still there."

Fang Yun walked towards the third pavilion of the Three Mountains.

A roar that was enough to overturn the mountain of books broke out at the foot of the mountain.

Not only the people of Jingguo were roaring, but people from other countries also shouted to congratulate Fang Yun.

"I am convinced!" A Qingguo man jumped into the Ruoshui River.

The rest of the people from Wuguo and Qingguo jumped into the river one after another.

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The previous chapter was not written by Xu Xiake, but by Li Daoyuan. It was a typo. The two chapters were combined into one for the plot.