The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 364: Words from Heaven in Mouth

Seeing the two people like this, many officials thought something big had happened and looked around cautiously.

"How unbecoming! Did a monster break into the academy? Look how frightened you two are!" Magistrate Sun was furious. He didn't expect his subordinates to be so miserable.

Later, the officials noticed something was wrong with the expressions of the two officers.

The officer who was the first to fall to the ground said excitedly: "No...no...it's good news, it's great news. You guys can go to Fang Yun's examination room and you'll know. We don't dare to get the test papers. Really?" Don’t dare!”

Magistrate Sun was still angry and was too lazy to pay attention to the two officers. He was about to continue shouting and scolding, but he immediately shut up, restrained his anger and said, "Why on earth? But it doesn't matter."

Another officer patted his clothes and said: "Master Magistrate, we really don't dare to say anything about that thing. If it is not true, we are afraid of a big disaster. So please take a look, your lords, and make your decision."

The officials were even more surprised. Magistrate Sun said, "You two will lead the way."

"yes."

Two officers led the way, and all the officials walked to Fang Yun's examination room together.

Zhao Jingkong lazily followed the other officials forward, walking like an old beggar, but without the beggar's arrogance, because his eyes were blank and unfocused.

Everyone quickly walked to Fang Yun's examination room. Magistrate Sun was walking at the front and noticed a faint golden light on the table. He was puzzled. He walked a few steps and took a look, and was immediately stunned.

"How could this be so!" Magistrate Sun was ecstatic and shouted loudly, but then he shut up. This was the examination room area.

"What's wrong? Let's take a look." The other officials asked in a low voice and hurried over to bypass Magistrate Sun to read the examination papers.

Magistrate Sun quickly stacked Fang Yun's three test papers together, then rolled them up in his hand, turned around and walked back quickly.

"The examination room is an important place, so no noise is allowed." Magistrate Sun continued to walk away after saying this. The other officials could not stop him and could only follow silently.

Until he left the examination room area, Magistrate Sun finally couldn't help it and laughed wildly.

"Hahaha, it's true that I'm stupid, it's true that I wrongly blamed Fang Zhenguo! Okay! Okay! When the imperial examination is over, I will hold a banquet to make amends even if I sell my property and lose my fortune! Hahaha, come on! Come on! I really wish that Marquis Fang Wen was here, so cruel Slap me hard twice! Haha..."

"Master Futai, what's wrong with you? Don't scare us!"

"There must be some mystery in the test paper. Mr. Sun, don't be too pretentious and take it out quickly!" An official was eager to grab it.

Magistrate Sun smiled and said: "Let's go to the pavilion. I'll let you see the most outstanding scholar in our Dayuan Prefecture... No, it's the examination paper for the people's examination! Haha, I was so angry just now. He is Fang Zhenguo. , How can he be inferior to us! From now on, I will never doubt him again!"

Everyone became more and more curious, and even Zhao Jingkong's dazed eyes began to change.

Walking to the stone table in the pavilion, Magistrate Sun carefully placed the three test papers on the stone table as if holding a baby.

Everyone cheered and gathered around, dumbfounded, and then gasped one after another. An old official even covered his heart with his hand and gasped.

The eyes of Zhao Jingkong, who had been in a daze, became brighter than the bright moon. He was still dressed in rags, but he had a sense of being out of the world. He no longer looked like an old beggar, but like a hermit.

"Holy pen rating?" a Juren official asked tentatively.

"Nonsense! Even if you give Fang Wenhou ten thousand courages, he won't dare to use gold paint to write three letters on his test paper, pretending to be a saint!"

"It's amazing. Before I even finished the examination, the Half-Saint gave me his own rating. This is simply the highest praise!"

Zhao Jingkong scratched his neck with his hand and groaned: "The Ten Kingdoms have to blow up the pot! What kind of fate is this? It can shake the world all the time. Is it the reincarnation of the firecracker demon? If he follows me to beg for food, he will be invincible. !”

Laughter spread everywhere. The metaphor of the firecracker demon was so bizarre that only the beggar uncle could come up with it.

"Come on, let's start with the poems! If you don't read it today, the Holy Court will definitely take it away as soon as the imperial examination is over." Magistrate Sun said, opening the title page of the poems, and the original text of "Recalling Hometown" written by Fang Yun appeared.

"This poem is quite sentimental. It explains very well that time is like passing water, and it never comes back. Perhaps it was written too hastily, and there is a certain gap between it and his previous poems."

"After reading this poem, I breathed a sigh of relief. Fang Zhenguo is finally back to normal. It would be so bizarre if every poem was unique in the world!"

"That's right. But this poem is vaguely extraordinary. There is a vague meaning of destiny in it. It is higher than ordinary poems in terms of conception. I remember that Dong Wencong, the prefect of Yuhai, said that in terms of conception, the meaning of Fang Yun's classics is better than that of Jingguo Wu. Out of the question."

"Then let's look at the meaning of the scriptures."

After reading the poem, not only were everyone not disappointed, but they were even more excited, because this poem obviously could not attract the Semi-Saints. If the meaning of the scriptures or strategies could attract the Semi-Saints, it would be more important than the poems.

Magistrate Sun turned to the first page and saw the sentence that broke the title: "Destiny lies in man, but there is no limit to heaven." He praised it.

"Okay! As expected, the goal is to conquer the country without two sides. He is worthy of being stared at by the demonic and barbarian saints, and he points directly at the world of heaven and earth!"

"Quickly separate the pages and let us take a look."

"Let me go in and take a look!"

The stone table in the pavilion is small, and eight people can fill it. However, there are nearly twenty officials in the examination room, and the people behind can only stand on tiptoes and crane their necks to watch.

Magistrate Sun picked up Fang Yun's Jingyi test paper, held it in both hands and handed it to Zhao Jingkong, saying: "Please also ask the old uncle to give me the words of heaven."

Everyone took a step back and bowed their heads slightly to the "old beggar" to show respect.

Zhao Jingkong touched his chicken coop-like hair, took the test paper with a smile, and then slowly recited: "Destiny lies in man, but the sky is endless..."

Zhao Jingkong's voice was not pleasant at all, even a little hoarse, but everyone listened with interest and nodded from time to time.

This voice seemed to resonate with heaven and earth, and had the power to influence people's hearts. No matter what these people originally thought, no matter what their emotions were, the moment Zhao Jingkong opened his mouth, they were immersed in it, like a spring breeze.

Under the influence of the strange power, Zhao Jingkong's words turned into words and were directly imprinted on their minds. What everyone heard was not only the words, but also Zhao Jingkong's understanding of this article.

When a great scholar travels, he rises to prominence, and when he lectures, he speaks the words of heaven, conveying the mysteries and truths in the words to the audience. It is like the words of heaven, which everyone can quickly understand.

The state pastors or chief governors of each state in the Ten Kingdoms can be Hanlin, but the president of the state liberal arts academy must be a bachelor. This is because only a bachelor can teach students by speaking the words of heaven. No matter how talented the Hanlin is, it is impossible for him to teach by speaking the words of heaven. The world.

Although everyone was listening, the words really appeared in front of everyone's eyes. This was the highest level of Tianyan. Everyone respected Zhao Jingkong more. It seemed that Zhao Jingkong was not as good as Li Wenying in killing monsters and savages. Not inferior in terms of Tao.

As a bachelor, Zhao Jingkong's understanding of the classics and meanings was far superior to everyone present, and his Tianyan fully explained what Fang Yun wanted to write.

Several old gentlemen were shaking their heads, as if they were drinking fine wine, intoxicated and overjoyed.

When Zhao Jingkong finished reciting Fang Yun's sutra, everyone was speechless. They were still immersed in the truth contained in this sutra and thought about it for a long time.

After a while, Ge Zhoumu smiled and sighed: "It's really wonderful. I seem to be able to move around my desk and write quickly."

"I feel that the words are heavy. When Fang Yun wrote this article, his sweat must be as heavy as mercury. The old uncle's understanding is not wrong."

"I saw him standing on the top of the mountain, looking down upon the world. It's your destiny to do what you do, good!"

"No wonder Fang Yun fell asleep early yesterday. I'm afraid he was too tired from writing this article."

"The human race is surrounded by monsters and barbarians, but they still have to open up ancient lands. I originally thought it was unnecessary, but I suddenly realized it until I read this article. Thank you Fang Yun for your wonderful article, and thank you Emperor Uncle for your heavenly words."

Magistrate Sun said: "The weight of this article is very similar to that of a history book. Fang Yun seems to have seen a huge country that was closed to the outside world and was complacent and felt something in his heart. He has an indescribable sense of mission and humiliation, so he can deeply understand it." He understands "Heaven is Endless", so he believes that the human race should not be content with the status quo."

"Master Sun is worthy of being born in Tanhua. After you told me, I realized that Fang Yun's vision is truly evil."

"It's not that I don't understand it well, but that the emperor's eloquence is very powerful. He can explain the article and the world situation thoroughly."

Zhao Jingkong smiled and returned to normal. He didn't have the aura of a great scholar or the majesty of an imperial uncle. He looked like an ordinary old beggar.

Magistrate Sun handed "Pingman Policy" to Zhao Jingkong again and said: "Let's look at this policy review. This policy review is a single article, nearly a hundred pages thick. It is extremely rare. I am afraid it is most closely related to the semi-sage's appointment."

Zhao Jingkong took "Ping Man Ce" and read it with great concentration. His expression changed slightly, his eyes were particularly bright, and even the wrinkles on his face relaxed, as if he was four or five years younger.

However, everyone around him stared blankly at the beggar uncle. Some people picked out their ears, while others patted their ears sideways, as if their ears were filled with water.

Finally, they looked at each other with great surprise.

"Can you hear the sound?" Magistrate Sun asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

"Can't hear it."

"I can't hear anything at all. I know lip reading, but I can't understand what he's saying."

Everyone's expressions changed. Some people's eyes were extremely sad, some people sighed softly, and some people clenched their fists in great dissatisfaction.

Gezhou Mudao: "It stands to reason that no matter how important the examination paper is, we examiners will have the opportunity to see and hear it. At worst, the Half-Sage will keep his mouth shut, so we can't leak it. But the Half-Sage is not allowed to read this article, and only the bachelor examiners are allowed to read it. Only those who are qualified to read it seem to be more important than the scripture that Fang Yun wrote during the scholar examination. "

"Yes, it must be of great importance and cannot be leaked."

"The old uncle is so lucky."

Everyone looked at Zhao Jingkong with envy.

Magistrate Sun's eyes flashed, as if he thought of something, and his envy became even stronger.

People on the side kept walking back and forth in the pavilion, and some complained in low voices, like a hundred claws scratching their hearts. They really couldn't stand a policy that might be spread all over the world but couldn't see the true content in front of them.

Someone went around to look behind Zhao Jingkong and found that he could clearly see the words on it, but there was an invisible force cutting off his thinking. He could neither recognize what those words meant nor remember them.