The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 184 Fierce Saint, Fierce King

Before Meng Linyu spoke, he held a cultural treasure in his hand, and the power of his talent isolated the sound of conversation from the outside world.

Fang Yun was shocked when he heard what he was saying. He didn't expect that the Meng family would target him so quickly.

The Mengsheng family is different from most semi-saint families.

The origin of the Mengsheng family was Meng Tian, ​​the general of the Qin Dynasty. He was revered for his improved brushes, but he was not a semi-sage. His status was equivalent to that of Xusheng. Some people also called him the brush saint.

More than a hundred years ago, an ordinary collateral descendant of the Meng family suddenly rose up and gained support from the head of the Meng family. He also obtained the relics of many generals and even semi-saints of the Qin State such as Meng Tian, ​​Bai Qi, Lu Buwei, Shang Yang, etc., from which he could learn about various saints. Tao Zhili, later became a great Confucian, and attacked the semi-sages.

Later, he repeatedly failed to attack the semi-saints, and his temperament became even more extreme. He even monopolized the Meng family's belongings. He conflicted with the master's family, abolished the master's family, established his own direct lineage of the Meng family, and drove the original master's family to the desert border.

Seeing that there was no hope of becoming a saint, he led his troops to kill the enemy and fought on the battlefields of Jingguo, Qingguo, Qiguo and the barbarians. He used the enemy countries and barbarians as whetstones, with Bai Qi's military strategists as the main body, supplemented by Lu Buwei and others. Shang Yang's technique, fighting all the way, finally found his own way of courage and was successfully canonized.

Because of his strong character, tough methods, and vicious plans, he is feared by both our enemies and ourselves. He is known as the "Sage of Fierce", but he doesn't even care and happily accepts this title.

Meng Sheng built the foundation of the Holy Path with desperate thoughts and military killings, which had great hidden dangers. Soon after becoming a Saint, he realized everything and became introverted. He has been cultivating silently, and finally disappeared without a trace. The Holy Academy did not announce anything about him. News, listed as a missing half-saint.

Later generations analyzed that Meng Shengcuo was too aggressive in killing the human race, and his character was too extreme. It was a taboo to major in the equally extreme holy way of courage. Zi Lu, a disciple of Confucius at that time, was also reckless and brave, and finally got the guidance of Confucius. With righteousness and courage, he became a semi-saint.

After being sanctified, he almost never appeared again, and he did not even write his own book on the holy way. Even the candidates for the imperial examination did not have his works, and occasionally asked about the time of his sanctification.

The Meng Sheng family also fell silent, because they had too many enemies, and some Semi-Saint families did not even recognize Meng Sheng's status as a Half-Saint.

Because many of Meng Sheng's words and deeds conflicted with the orthodox military strategists, military families such as Sun Tzu's family and Sun Bin's family never interacted with Meng Sheng's family.

It wasn't until the Meng family's new genius Meng Lintang emerged fifteen years ago that the Meng Sheng family appeared in everyone's sight again.

Meng Lintang, who calls himself Northwest Kuangsheng, swore when he became a Hanlin scholar five years ago that once he becomes a bachelor, he will seize the position of the four great talents of this generation, and is known as the Fierce King.

The Fierce Lord is just like the second Fierce Saint, but he is more rational than the Fierce Saint. Fang Yun has heard of Meng Lintang's reputation for arrogance, and has offended many famous families and even ruined a clan, but he has never heard of offending a half-saint. Family.

Fang Yun knew that Meng Linyu should be Meng Linyu's brother of the same generation, and said: "I don't know where Brother Meng got this news."

Meng Linyu smiled and said: "Ji family."

Fang Yun glared angrily, and couldn't help but think of the three people that day, and said angrily: "Despicable!"

Fang Yun's expression was very direct, but countless thoughts flashed through his mind. He couldn't help but feel that the other party was secretly mobilizing military power.

Meng Linyu sighed softly and said: "The Ji family is in decline. They have always been cautious and unwilling to conflict with you. They also hated you to get the fur before them, so they secretly spread this news in an attempt to use the influence of other aristocratic families or our Meng family. I will get rid of you with my hands. Although Lintang has a bad reputation, it is mostly smeared by his enemies. He is just a straight-tempered person. He is afraid that you will misunderstand him, so he sent me to explain it to you. "

There was still anger in Fang Yun's eyes, and he said, "The Ji family doesn't dare to take the fur directly. Is it because they are afraid of Lord Dongsheng?"

Meng Linyu looked like he was thinking, shook his head and said, "I don't know about that." Then he shut up.

Fang Yun's anger gradually dissipated and he said: "Brother Xie Meng reminded me that if Brother Meng hadn't come here, I might have been deceived by the Ji family."

Meng Linyu sighed: "The only problem you have now is that you don't have a deep foundation. If you had a foundation, who would dare to provoke you?"

"I understand, this is my shortcoming." Fang Yun said sincerely.

"Actually, your mentor is not a semi-saint." Meng Linyu suddenly said.

Fang Yun said helplessly: "To be honest, I don't know if he is. He never said anything. I am not a Jinshi, so I have no right to know his identity."

Meng Linyu said: "Recently, the All Saints Family has concluded that your mentor cannot be a half-saint, so the people from the Qing Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom are already ready to make a move. I shouldn't say this to you, but in order to reflect my Meng Family's Sincerity, I should tell you this."

Fang Yun said calmly: "I have never used the name of my mentor to deceive. It doesn't matter what others think. I don't think Lord Dongsheng helped me kill the great scholar of Qing Kingdom for my mentor."

Meng Linyu didn't speak, nodded, and said after a moment of silence: "Sure enough, he is Fang Maocai, who is famous in ten countries. He is very courageous! I heard that after you win the imperial examination in the state, you will have to compete in the state; after you win the Jinshi in the Beijing examination, I want to go to Wen Zhan Qingguo and regain a state, but is it true? "

"I'm tired of Qingguo's endless suppression of Jingguo. In order to be able to study quietly in Jingguo in the future, I have to deal with the mosquitoes around me, right?" Fang Yun looked at Meng Linyu with a smile.

Meng Linyu nodded and said: "This is reasonable. If Lintang hears it, he will definitely like your approach. Well... In addition to talking about the Ji family, I also want to exchange something for the fur. Of course, I will never force you. When I tell you what we are prepared to exchange, if you refuse, I will pretend that I have never asked, so as not to hurt the relationship. "

"If the Meng family sincerely exchanges, I will definitely reciprocate." Fang Yun said.

Meng Linyu said: "Do you know how to order a military platform?"

Fang Yun looked stern and said solemnly: "But it belongs to Huaiyin Marquis Han Xin, who is known as the God of War by later generations?"

"It was Han Xin's commanding officer. According to "Historical Records", Han Xin had great achievements and was already under suspicion. Later, he colluded with the traitor Chen Xi. When Taizu of the Han Dynasty attacked Chen Xi, he pretended to be ill and was finally killed by Empress Lu. Designed to be executed. After all, Han Xin was a military strategist. Before he died, he asked to inject his talents into the official seal and turn it into a military platform, which became an extremely powerful cultural treasure, far beyond the ordinary scholar's cultural treasures. "

"I also know about this. It's a pity that a generation of war gods, humiliated under the crotch, secretly crossed into Chencang, fought a last-ditch battle, and became an unparalleled national warrior, ended up like this. If he were born now and had not been suppressed by the strong Han national destiny, I am afraid he would have successfully become a new military sage. However, In the end, he was named a Xusheng and his family became a wealthy family. " Fang Yun felt sorry for Han Xin. In terms of military achievements and military skills, Han Xin would definitely become a saint.

"It is indeed a pity. He is a great man of his generation." Meng Linyu said.

Fang Yun asked: "The more Han Xin's troops are ordered, the better. It is said that this Han Xin's troops station has a very magical effect. Is the Meng family really willing to replace it?"

Meng Linyu said: "Everyone in our Meng family is reluctant to part with it, but in order to show our sincerity, we will use the Dianbing platform in exchange for the fur. How about comparing the price offered by the Ji family?"

"Much higher than the Ji family." Fang Yun said.

"Then you agree to the exchange?" Meng Linyu asked.

Fang Yun asked: "I will think about it for three more days. Is Brother Meng willing to wait for three days?"

"It's only three days, I can afford to wait! However, if you don't agree after three days, I have no choice but to leave. Han Xin's Dianbing Platform is a valuable weapon for military strategists and has extraordinary power. It is impossible for anyone to exchange this kind of cultural treasure for that piece of fur. "

Fang Yun said: "The Ji family said that the fur is worth an ordinary Confucian scholar's treasure at most, but why is the Meng family willing to exchange it for a top Confucian scholar's treasure?"

"Oh, it's actually nothing, but please don't tell outsiders." Meng Linyu said.

"Don't worry, if the Meng family is sincere, no matter whether there is an exchange in the end or not, I will not mention this matter to outsiders."

Meng Linyu said: "Not long after our ancestor was canonized, he found that the foundation of his holy path was unstable, so he looked for ways to make up for it, and finally disappeared. Based on various signs, our Meng family inferred that our ancestor may have entered the holy ruins from the demon world, and that The fur is probably related to my ancestors.”

"It turns out that you are here to trace the traces of your ancestors. Well, when you say that, I really want to exchange it right away. By the way, since the Ji family has told this to you, the Meng family, other half-saint families must also know about it."

Meng Linyu said: "Everyone in the two worlds is staring at the Holy Ruins. Of course, this kind of thing cannot be hidden, but many people don't know the purpose of the fur and don't care. After all, the Holy Ruins has many secrets, and each family may know something. , not less than a piece of fur.”

"That's it. It seems that if I don't exchange with the Meng family, I will be under a lot of pressure. Okay, let me think about it more." Fang Yun said and stood up.

Seeing that Fang Yun was about to see off the guests, Meng Linyu stood up and said, "I'll come back in three days."

"Brother Meng, walk slowly." Fang escorted Meng Linyu out.

After Meng Linyu left, an old man with a straight temper said solemnly: "Fang Yun, Meng Sheng massacred two of my cities back then and had a blood feud with me, Jingguo. Don't forget it."

Another old man said: "What you may not know in Yuhai City is that I have traveled around various countries over the years and heard and seen many things. The talent of Meng Lintang is even greater than that of Meng Sheng, and he has also cultivated the way of military killing. After becoming a After becoming a Jinshi, he used his status as a Half-Saint family to exploit and expand the Meng family. The Half-Saint family originally only had one town, but their Meng family occupied the entire Meng County. Disciples from all over the Meng family studied there and became prosperous. "

"Wu Kingdom's royal family doesn't care?" Fang Yun asked.

"It's not worth falling out with a semi-saint family for the sake of a county. You must be careful. Meng Lintang cultivates the holy path of Meng Sheng. Although it is more restrained than Meng Sheng, it is still extremely ruthless. It is said that he originally majored in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", I wanted to become an orthodox military strategist, but later I was stimulated by something unknown, and I vowed to reaffirm the holy way of Meng Sheng and wash away the shame of my ancestors, and I must let "Meng Sheng's Art of War" appear in the holy words."

"I really don't know. After all, this place is tens of thousands of miles away from Meng County in Wu State." Fang Yun said.

The old man looked serious and said: "We all don't like Meng Lintang, but he is really vicious and is plundering wantonly. He will do whatever it takes to strengthen the Meng family. It is really possible that the Meng family can return to its former glory. A few days ago, one of my elders from the Wu Kingdom A friend once sent me a letter from Hongyan, saying that Meng Lintang actually forced the wealthy Han family and Zhang family to hand over the Art of War "Three Chapters of Han Xin" and other cultural treasures. Later, someone from the Sun family spoke out because of this, and Meng Lintang had to temporarily convergence."