The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1545 "The Long Night"

First, hundreds of people from the Lumenhou family and the Wei Changxian family knelt outside the Chu Palace in mourning, demanding a thorough investigation of the deaths of Lumenhou and Wei Changxian and severe punishment of the murderer.

Second, the King of Chu asked Fang Yun to return to Jingzhou to report on his work and report the war of the five barbarians in person.

Afterwards, rumors spread all over the country of Chu, and many people suspected that Fang Yun had colluded with the barbarians, and that the dead barbarian kings and barbarians were fake. Some even said that even if it was true, it might be a self-torture trick of the barbarians.

Fang Yun sat in the Marshal's Mansion, holding the official seal, watching the king's order.

After thinking for a long time, Fang Yun replied that in order to prevent the letter from being wrong, he would wait until the original king's order from the post station arrived.

As a result, that night, a top scholar in the capital, who had risen to prominence, rushed thousands of miles, went straight into the Marshal's Mansion, and personally delivered the original king's order to Fang Yun's desk.

The seal of the King of Chu was clearly visible.

Fang Yun looked at the Hanlin, then at the document, without saying a word.

After a long while, Fang Yun opened the document, and the content was exactly the same as the king's order, both of which ordered him to return to Jingzhou.

Fang Yun stared at the Hanlin until he was frightened, then said: "To prevent the counterattack of the monsters and barbarians, this marquis will stay in Zhucheng. A general is not subject to the king's orders when he is away!"

The Hanlin's face changed slightly, but he still bowed slightly and said: "Please think twice, Lord Zhujiang Hou."

"Every time I think of those soldiers who died in the battle, I can't tell whether they died at the hands of the barbarians or the court, which is quite puzzling. I hope the King of Chu will not force me. If I do something that will bring shame to the Chu State, it will be embarrassing. I am a little tired after fighting for days. Let's talk tomorrow." Fang Yun leaned on the chair and issued an order to expel him. His eyes were shining lightly in the night, and he looked at the Hanlin opposite with deep meaning.

The Hanlin showed a look of regret and said, "In that case, I will return overnight and report the words of the Marquis to the King of Chu truthfully."

"Well, then report it truthfully." Fang Yun said.

"I'm leaving!"

"I'm sorry I can't see you off."

After the Hanlin disappeared, Fang Yun snorted coldly.

The next day, the King of Chu issued a royal decree, ordering the military, the censors and the court judges to send people to Zhucheng to investigate the battle of Lianshan Pass and the death of Lumen Hou.

After Fang Yun learned about it, he immediately sent a letter to the Great Confucian Hall, relying on the privileges of the Grand Secretary, asking the Great Confucian Hall to send people, and at the same time asking the Zhou Emperor and the kings of various countries to send people to supervise.

The Great Confucian Hall quickly handled the matter impartially, requiring Chu officials not to take any actions before the arrival of the staff of the Great Confucian Hall, and even not to enter Zhucheng, otherwise they would be punished for blaspheming the Great Confucian Hall.

The status of the Grand Scholar in the Confucian literary world is almost equivalent to that of the Great Confucian in the Shengyuan Continent. Any monarch who dares to investigate the Great Confucian must be witnessed by the Holy Court, and the Holy Court has absolute veto power. Any unruly behavior will lead to the interruption of the investigation.

In the Confucian literary world, the Grand Scholar also enjoys similar privileges.

Not long after, the Great Confucian Hall announced that the Great Confucian Hall will send personnel to lead Zhou Dynasty officials and officials from the six countries of Han, Zhao, Wei, Yan, Qi and Qin to Zhucheng, arriving in fifteen days.

After seeing this news, Fang Yun smiled slightly, and almost saw the expression of the King of Chu eating a fly.

In the history of the Confucian literary world, the shortest case of investigating the Grand Scholar was three years and six months. The result was that the Grand Confucian Hall found him not guilty. Then the Grand Scholar of Yan State went to the Zhou Dynasty with his family and defected to Qin State a year later.

Fang Yun believed that the officials sent by various countries to be witnesses might not be able to accomplish great things, but their ability to stir up great things was absolutely first-class.

Fang Yun never had the habit of sitting still and waiting for death. That night, he asked Zhang Qingfeng to post an article on the discussion board. On the surface, Zhang Qingfeng expressed his feelings about the war between the five barbarians, but the focus was on what Hu Mu said, implying that the King of Chu cooperated with the barbarians in order to kill Zhang Longxiang.

As soon as Zhang Qingfeng's article came out, the Confucian literary world was in an uproar. After someone posted the article to the Shengyuan Continent, it also set off a considerable wave of enthusiasm.

The scholars of Qing, Gu and Lei, led by the Zong family, launched a crazy attack on the King of Chu. There were even great scholars of the Miscellaneous School who righteously rebuked the King of Chu, and even said that if Zhang Longxiang died, they would sneak into the Confucian literary world and let the King of Chu bleed five steps.

Fang Yun saw that the Miscellaneous Family and the Lei Family supported him so much, so he specially posted an article on the discussion board of the Confucian literary world to thank him, and attached a poem to express his current mood.

Long night.

Accustomed to long nights in spring, my son and wife died and my hair was gray.

In the dream, I vaguely remember the tears of my loving mother, and the flag of the king changed on the top of the city.

I can't bear to see my friends become new ghosts, so I look for a little poem in the midst of swords.

After reciting the poem, I lowered my head and had no place to write, the moonlight shines on my black clothes like water.

As soon as this poem came out, there were cries of sorrow under the articles on the list.

"The sadness and indignation in this article is far less than 'Flowers shed tears when feeling the time, birds startle the heart when they are separated', and even less than 'One general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of people'. The surface meaning of the poem is quite charming."

"Although the surface meaning of this poem is meaningful, it is also ordinary. The poet is used to spending long and sleepless nights in spring. Thinking of his deceased wife and young son, he found that he had white hair on his temples. When he fell asleep, he seemed to see his mother's tears, and the flags of the human race and the barbarians kept changing on the top of the city. How could he watch the soldiers of the Pearl River Army being killed without any reaction? So he woke up from his dream and angrily prepared to write a poem to criticize them, knowing that he would be suppressed by the powerful like a knife. However, after reciting the poem in memory of his old friend, he found that this poem was destined to be banned, and he could only stare blankly at the watery moonlight shining on his black clothes."

"If we ignore the deep poetic meaning of this poem and only talk about the simple verses, it is really full of wonderful verses. The sentence 'accustomed to spending the spring night' carries endless melancholy, which makes people hum it repeatedly after reading it, which is quite artistic."

"The two sentences 'I vaguely remember my loving mother's tears in my dream, and the king's flags on the city wall are also very outstanding, but my favorite ones are 'I lowered my eyebrows and had no place to write after reciting, and the moonlight shines on the black clothes like water'. Simple plain description is more powerful than any exaggeration, and it hits the soul directly."

"This poem cannot ignore the deep poetic meaning, otherwise it cannot be read. Zhang Longxiang was a Hanlin before, wearing a white and black plum dress. Now he is a university scholar. He should not have received the university scholar's clothes given by the Great Confucian Hall. Even if he wears it, it is still a blue dress. Black The clothes are black. Is he wearing the clothes of a juren? How can we interpret it literally? Obviously not. But why did Zhang Mingzhou write "black clothes"? Did the poet read it wrong? No, it's because the clothes on his body were stained black by the long night! So, what is the long night? "

"It is normal to write poems in the long night. Poems should not be superficial, and they should not be over-interpreted. However, who did not associate the first sentence of this poem, "Used to spending the spring night", with Zhang Longxiang's recent experience after reading it? A "usual" heart is full of sadness, and this is the case on a beautiful spring day, which is even more sad! Why can the night hurt people? It's all because the King of Chu made a long night! "

The sentence "Why can the night hurt people? It's all because the King of Chu made a long night" quickly spread on the discussion board together with this "Long Night".

After a night, Fang Yun got a rumor that the King of Chu smashed another table.

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