The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1801 The Punishment of the Three Rites

Fang Yun was holding the huge black pearl and was about to speak when Zong Wuyuan suddenly bowed to Wu Jiu and said, "Wu Ge Lao, there is something I don't understand. Please enlighten me."

"If it is related to this case, you can ask, but don't waste too much time." Wu Jiu said.

Zong Wuyuan said, "The Lei family did not congratulate Fang Yun when he was crowned as a virtual saint, and was punished with the Three Rites Fire. Of course, I admit that although the Lei family did not commit a crime, they made a mistake. After all, the Lei family is equivalent to the virtual saint family. According to the merits, the Lei family is not much different from ordinary families. Fang Yun killed him, and he could not produce evidence to prove that Lei Chongmo killed him first. This is a typical violation of the great etiquette. Is what I said true?"

Wu Jiu nodded and said, "The virtual saint killed the head of the virtual saint family. Even though it is outside the Shengyuan Continent, according to convention, the Criminal Palace cannot directly punish him. However, with the presence of the Li Palace and the Holy Court, they will still discuss the punishment. When the evil king killed Fang Xusheng, someone in the Li Palace proposed to severely punish the evil king, but at that time, the status of the two was very different. Fang Xusheng not only did not die, but his literary status was improved, so no one mentioned this matter again. "

"Okay! This matter was done by Fang Xusheng alone, and the Li Palace and the Holy Court cannot punish his family. And the severity of this matter is far greater than the Lei family's failure to give gifts to Xusheng, so the level of punishment must be above the three rituals of fire, and the "great three rituals of punishment" should be imposed!" Zong Wuyuan said.

Wu Jiu looked at Zong Wuyuan in astonishment.

The whole audience was silent.

"How can this be!"

The person who spoke was Jiang Hechuan, who was always good-tempered. At this moment, he was so angry that his hair and beard stood up, and his face was full of anger.

"The young people of the Zong family are getting more and more unruly!" A university scholar of the Kong family refuted without hesitation.

"Wu Yuan, that's too much!" Yan Yukong's voice exploded in the air. As a Qing citizen, Yan Yukong expressed his opinion in public for the first time.

Many Qing citizens looked at Yan Yukong with complicated eyes, but a few showed admiration.

Ao Huang stopped looking at the discussion board and asked Fang Yun: "I know about the fire of the three rituals, but why have I never heard of the punishment of the three great rituals? It looks very powerful?"

Fang Yun nodded and said: "The punishment of the three great rituals is a very serious punishment in the ritual hall. The punishment above is the deprivation of the literary position."

"What are the three great rituals?"

Fang Yun said: "The word 'ritual' and its meaning actually come from worship. Worshiping the heaven, worshiping the earth, and worshiping the ancestral temple are the three most important rituals, so they are called the three great rituals."

"Why are these three rituals the greatest?" Ao Huang always likes to ask questions.

Fang Yun continued, "Humans worship the sky to show their reverence for the laws of nature; they worship the earth to express their gratitude for the earth's nurturing of the human race; they worship the ancestral temple to commemorate the sages. You see, although the human race of Shengyuan Continent also worships those illusory ghosts and gods, and creates legendary figures, what they respect most in their bones is still the sky, the earth and their ancestors. This is the purest and most simple belief, because we Chinese descendants know what raised us. On the contrary, those barbarians believe in ghosts and gods more than they believe in their ancestors. Why? Their hearts are too fragile, their minds are too confused, and at the same time, they Our desires are too strong. "

"Think about it, when we worship our ancestors, what they have done and what they have achieved are all real, and do not need to be proven. No one can deny it. Our belief is "true". At the same time, our ancestors will not let us live forever or receive any preferential treatment after death. Our worship of our ancestors is the purest form of gratitude. This belief is "sincere". "

"Think about it again, when the barbarians worship those illusory ghosts and gods, they themselves cannot prove it, they can only make up stories, and they do not need to deny it. You can tell at a glance that it is fake, so they Their beliefs are false and empty; at the same time, they preach that ghosts and gods are omnipotent, can make people immortal, and even let people go to a better place after death. So a little deduction can be concluded that their beliefs are the most utilitarian and greedy. They use their own time and money to exchange for those things. This is not belief, it is simply a business transaction! Why do those monsters like to proclaim that they have beliefs and mock humans for having no beliefs? "

"True beliefs flow in the blood and are rooted in the bone marrow. Only business can shout repeatedly. "

Ao Huang suddenly realized and said: "Strange After being banned from entering the human race, I always felt that the demons and gods of the demons were ridiculous. I understand that the human race’s belief is a true belief, and the demons’ belief is essentially a kind of greed. ”

Fang Yun said: “However, even among the demons, there are truly sincere and pure ones, such as the Star Demons, so their beliefs are no different from those of the human race. You have to remember that it is not those ghosts and gods that are bad, but those false beliefs. Those who like to say how bad the human race is and how good the demons are must be ignorant and stupid, and at the same time very greedy. ”

“What is the punishment for the three great ceremonies?” Ao Huang asked.

Fang Yun continued: "The punishment of the three great rites is punishment from the three aspects of heaven, earth and ancestral temple. The first punishment is to weaken a person's connection with the star of Wenqu, the second punishment is to weaken the connection with the vitality of heaven and earth, and the third punishment is that he cannot enter any temple in this life unless he is promoted to a semi-saint."

Ao Huang glared and said angrily: "This punishment is too great. Doesn't it mean that as long as you are in Shengyuan Continent, you will never be promoted to a literary position in your life?"

"That's right." Fang Yun said.

"The little bastard of the Zong family is really ignorant of the world! I just saw on the discussion list that a man named Zong Wuyuan wanted to worship Zhang Longxiang as his teacher, but was rejected by you, and he was still unconvinced. Haha, I almost laughed out loud at that time, is it this person?" Ao Huang looked at Zong Wuyuan with interest.

Zong Wuyuan gritted his teeth and said loudly: "If the Li Palace punishes Fang Yun lightly, I will definitely call on scholars all over the world to protest at the foot of Daofeng Mountain!"

"I will go there myself!" Zong Ganyu's words were powerful.

The people of Jing looked at the father and son with contempt. They were desperate because of the failure of Jiao Sheng. Only by punishing Fang Yun could they avoid total defeat.

Wu Jiu sighed softly. Zong Wuyuan was right. If the rules of the Li Palace were to be strictly enforced, the punishment for Fang Yun would definitely be above the fire of the three rituals. This kind of punishment is not a law explicitly stipulated by the Criminal Palace. Even if Fang Yun is a virtual saint, it can only be weakened, not offset.

After a few breaths, Wu Jiu said: "Fang Xusheng, what do you think of this matter?"

Fang Yun was like an old Confucian scholar who looked at the world from the top of a mountain. He said calmly: "The premise of punishing me with the three great rituals is that there is no evidence, and now, I have evidence!"

After Fang Yun finished speaking, he injected a trace of dragon power into the black pearl through the Wen Palace Panlong.

Suddenly, the black pearl emitted countless rays of light, which finally shot towards the sky, forming a vivid light and shadow in the sky.

Many people looked at the light and shadow and exclaimed, because the light and shadow seemed to have turned into a real world, where the sky was overcast and the ground was as hard as iron.

Right in front of them was the back of a young human in a brocade robe, and in the distance, sat a blue-robed university scholar.

The university scholar was muttering to himself: "This child who doesn't know the height of the world needs to be taught a lesson, so that he can learn to respect his predecessors."

The university scholar looked exactly like Lei Chongmo's portrait, but was far more real than the portrait.

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