The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Today is the day when the county takes the test for children. Fang Yun is a candidate, but Fang Yun is full of despair about his future.

Fang Yun is a typical student from a poor family.

Those students from prominent, famous, rich, sainted families and even the supreme Confucius family don't have to worry about food and drink, and are not distracted by their livelihood and family, but their luck is not good.

They could go directly to the best school or academy, but that would not work.

They could hire any kind of teacher they wanted, and they could ask teachers whenever they wanted, but it didn't work.

They can buy whatever classics, commentaries, biographies, interpretations, collections, etc. they want without even having to buy them at home, but it doesn't work.

For students from poor families such as Fang Yun, living is already very difficult. Being able to read a few books is already the limit. As for being named on the gold medal list, flying youth, and having a wonderful life, they are all beyond the scope of children from poor families.

Fang Yun couldn't help clenching his fists.

Later, Fang Yun found himself in a desperate situation. The most critical issue now was not worrying about his family's reaction after his death, but survival.

Just last night, the original Fang Yun was beaten to death by four masked men on his way home.

"Who wants to kill that Fang Yun?"

Fang Yun quickly thought of the only possibility.

Before the Qingming Festival, Fang Yun took his child bride sister Yuhuan to the Wuhou Ancestral Hall fifty miles away to offer incense and ask Wuhou Zhuge Liang to bless him to pass the county examination and become a high school student.

On the way back, the two men met a man in a carriage.

The man asked with a smile the way to Wuhou Temple, and Fang Yun politely pointed in the direction.

Unexpectedly, the man started talking after thanking Fang Yun, and introduced himself as Liu Zicheng. He was a high school scholar three years ago, and he was a member of the famous Liu family in Dayuan Prefecture. His brother was very remarkable, and he was It was Jieyuan who was the first person to win the exam in Jiangzhou last year.

Liu Zicheng's mere reputation is nothing, but scholars in Dayuan Prefecture all know that the Dayuan Liu family has a powerful distant relative in the capital, Liu Shan, the left prime minister, the first of the four ministers in the Jingguo cabinet, a lonely and important minister in the care of the late emperor, and even some people It is said that half of the officials in Jingguo are Liushan's disciples.

Fang Yun's biggest wish is to pass the county examination and become a boy. As for passing the government examination and becoming a scholar, it is an unattainable dream for him. However, Liu Zicheng is polite, extraordinary and an enviable scholar. , so Fang Yun was unprepared, and he answered whatever Liu Zicheng asked.

Later, Fang Yun asked Liu Zicheng for advice on how to take the county examination, and Liu Zicheng gave him all his advice. Fang Yun was extremely grateful.

Fang Yun respected Liu Zicheng even more when he learned that Liu Zicheng had visited "Book Mountain", one of the three holy places, and even climbed to the second pavilion.

After that, Liu Zicheng asked Fang Yun and Yuhuan to go home in his carriage. The two scholars had a pleasant conversation along the way, and in the end they even called themselves brothers.

That night, Liu Zicheng stayed at Fang's house and talked by candlelight, which made Fang Yun even more grateful.

The next day, Liu Zicheng left twenty taels of silver notes and a letter and left. The letter said that he fell in love with Fang Yun at first sight and hoped that Fang Yun would accept the banknote. If he really didn't want to accept it, he would wait until Fang Yun was named on the gold list and return it to him.

After seeing this, Fang Yun thought that Liu Zicheng was truly a gentleman. However, he gave the banknote to Yuhuan and asked her to keep it, and he was determined not to use other people's banknotes.

Unexpectedly, Yuhuan said that Liu Zicheng seemed to have ulterior motives, but Fang Yun was furious and scolded Yuhuan for judging the heart of a gentleman with a villain's heart.

Later, Liu Zicheng came several times and gave Fang Yun some books one after another, and the friendship between the two gradually deepened.

Yuhuan said twice that she didn't like Liu Zicheng, but Fang Yun scolded her both times and never said it again.

Until one day, Yuhuan encountered a gangster when she went out to buy groceries. Liu Zicheng happened to pass by, so Liu Zicheng inspired the power of Wenbao's "Mountain Pen" and killed more than ten gangsters with a sword, saving Yuhuan, which made Fang Yun burst into tears.

Just half a month ago, Liu Zicheng talked about Fang Yun's attitude towards Yuhuan, and even pointed out that Fang Yun's family background would only harm Yuhuan.

Fang Yun also felt that he owed Yuhuan and said that he felt sorry for Yuhuan, so he did not marry Yuhuan and entered the bridal chamber even though his relatives had been persuading him. He had vowed to marry Yuhuan in a glorious way when he was named on the gold medal list.

Liu Zicheng asked Fang Yun how sure he was to be a Tongsheng. If he wanted to be successful, he had to at least become a Juren. How sure was Fang Yun about becoming a Juren?

Fang Yun was silent.

Therefore, Liu Zicheng said that he was willing to take Yuhuan as his concubine and was willing to pay a betrothal gift of two thousand taels of silver.

Fang Yun looked at Liu Zicheng in shock, but still didn't realize Liu Zicheng's true purpose.

At this moment, Yuhuan came out and told what happened.

It turns out that every time Liu Zicheng came, he would deliberately try to please Yuhuan, but Fang Yun didn't believe Yuhuan's words, so Yuhuan designed to deceive Liu Zicheng, saying that as long as he could convince Fang Yun, she would marry Liu Zicheng as a concubine.

Liu Zicheng fell into the trap, and Fang Yunfan suddenly woke up, cursed Liu Zicheng, and threw the banknotes and various things presented by Liu Zicheng out the door.

Liu Zicheng became angry and threatened Fang Yun. If Fang Yun did not sell the jade ring to him as a concubine before the county examination, he would make Fang Yun have no hope of being a child student for the rest of his life.

Fang Yun recalled Liu Zicheng's words.

"Shameless! I married Yuhuan as a concubine because I wanted to create a good story: Liu Zicheng helps poor children, and a poor scholar entrusts a beautiful girl to marry him! I have already told my brother that I will marry a beautiful concubine, if he likes me You can send it to him, but if you don’t agree now, how can I have the honor to see him! If Yuhuan disobeys me before the county examination, don’t blame me for being evil! This Jingguo, our Liu family has the final say!”

After Liu Zicheng finished speaking, he walked away. Fang Yun still can't forget Liu Zicheng's laughter, nor Yuhuan's words.

"I, Yang Yuhuan, am a member of the Fang family in life, and I am the soul of the Fang family in death!"

However, there was deep helplessness and sadness in Yang Yuhuan's eyes, and even a hint of despair.

That Fang Yun was just ashamed and moved, but now that Fang Yun thought of the scene at that time, Yang Yuhuan actually felt tragic and heroic about dying!

Fang Yun felt pain in the back of his head. He stretched out his hand and touched it, and hissed slightly, and his head was broken.

"Since I'm alive, Liu Zicheng will definitely continue to take revenge! I can't escape now. The only way is to pass the county examination and become a Tong Sheng. With fame and academic status, he will never dare to kill me in Ji County! Tong Sheng is only the equivalent of "Reserve talents", scholars are the basic talents, so the county examination is the simplest. It only tests the two subjects of "Qing Shengyan" and "Poetry". As for "Jingyi" and "Policy Theory", we have to wait until later."

"The imperial examinations in Shengyuan Continent are somewhat different from those in ancient China. However, let's make peace with it."

Fang Yun thought to himself and walked out of the alley. His body was too seriously injured, his whole body ached, and his clothes were wet. It was particularly uncomfortable to wear them, but he gritted his teeth and persisted.

When Fang Yun walked out of the alley, he met an acquaintance, Duan Hu, who worked as a waiter in a restaurant with him. He was four or five years older than him.

Fang Yun was about to say hello with a wry smile, but Duan Hu was stunned for a moment, then showed hesitation and lowered his voice and said, "Go home quickly, something happened at home."

Duan Hu also wanted to say that shopkeeper Zhen at the door of Jixiang Restaurant five feet away shouted: "Xiaohu, are you itchy? Go buy groceries quickly. If you're late, I'll break your legs!"

Duan Hu sighed helplessly, gave Fang Yun a look that warned him to be careful, and turned away.

Fang Yun didn't expect that something would happen to his family, so he didn't care about arguing with shopkeeper Zhen and accelerated his pace.

Unexpectedly, shopkeeper Zhen gloated and shouted: "I said three years ago that I could buy your family's Jiangzhou Xishi for you to study. Is it okay now? The Liu family of Dayuan Prefecture is targeting you, and you can't get a penny." ! There are only two prominent families in our county, and there is not even one famous family. The Liu family is a famous family. Look at the wounds all over your body. Is it from the Liu family?"

Shopkeeper Zhen is wearing a green official robe and a black melon cap. He is in his early forties, has a wife and two concubines, and is mean. Because his surname has the same pronunciation as the word "needle", the waiters in the restaurant privately call him "needle eye little".

One time, Fang Yun saw that Yang Yuhuan was too thin, so he stole some meat left over from the guests and wanted to give it to Yang Yuhuan, but was discovered by shopkeeper Zhen. As a result, shopkeeper Zhen took the meat and threw it on the ground, before stepping on it and kicking him. For the yard dog.

"I won't give it to you even to the dog!"

Fang Yun still remembers shopkeeper Zhen’s contemptuous look when he spoke.

Fang Yun suppressed his anger and continued to move forward.

Shopkeeper Zhen said proudly: "Do you think I hired you as a clerk because of your ability? I did it to get close to Yuhuan. Unfortunately, Yuhuan was obsessed with her and kept away from me, so I took it out on you. Since you have offended the famous Liu family, I can't cause trouble. Upper body, you are fired!"

Fang Yun stopped, turned around and looked at Shopkeeper Zhen coldly, and said, "Then please pay Shopkeeper Zhen the remaining wages."

"You have offended the famous Liu family, and my restaurant is likely to be angered by the Liu family. It's good that I won't let you pay. You still want wages? Get out! If you dare to come to my auspicious restaurant again, be careful I will break your dog legs!" "Shopkeeper Zhen glared at Fang Yun fiercely.

Fang Yun glared at shopkeeper Zhen and said, "I remember what you said. If you don't pay me the wages you owe me today, I will ask you to pay back a thousand times in the future!" After that, he left.

"You are so poor that you are not afraid of flashing your tongue when you talk big!" Shopkeeper Zhen sneered and entered the restaurant.

Fang Yun gritted his teeth and walked quickly. He wanted to go home to see what was going on, and then took the pen and ink to take the exam. If he failed to pass the exam, Liu Zicheng would take action for the second time in three days at most, and he would definitely die by then!

As long as he is admitted to Tongsheng, his luck will be safe for the time being. Even if Liu Zicheng is from a well-known family, he would not dare to kill a well-educated Tongsheng in Ji County.

Fang Yun didn't care about the opinions of passers-by at all. He digested the newly acquired memories while walking, and found that there was a huge gap between Shengyuan Continent and ancient China. Due to the emergence of talents, coupled with the conflict between ten kingdoms and the evil eyes, pragmatism obviously took over. Upside.

For example, the scholars here usually write in regular script and running script, but the battlefield is changing rapidly. When using "paper tactics", they will use simpler cursive script to complete it as quickly as possible, resulting in the continuous simplification of cursive script over hundreds of years.

The imperial examination system here is also very different. The ancient imperial examination on earth started from the Sui Dynasty, but here it started from the Han Dynasty, seven or eight hundred years earlier. Moreover, the imperial examination was not held once every three years, but every year.

The Shengyuan Continent is also much larger than China, with a total of ninety states, and one state is equivalent to one province.

Fang Yun soon discovered that his extra memories not only included the memories of Shengyuan Continent, but also some books that he had never read, including "A Complete Collection of Exam Papers of the Ancient Number One Scholar's Palace", "Spring and Autumn Gu Liang Biography", "Guide Record", Zhu Xi's "Five Classics", "Three Character Classic", "Complete Tang Poems", etc.