The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Governor Sun bowed to Li Wenying and said, "Someone once said that if the holy road is unobstructed, you only need to have the will, but the holy road is full of thorns, and only those with fearless courage can move forward. Therefore, scholars of our generation must condense their literary courage, so that they can settle the literary palace, pick the literary heart, and embark on the holy road. Jingguo has few talents like Fang Yun, and there is a fearless literary courage like Jianmei Gong, so why worry about not being able to flourish. The "Humble House Inscription" must belong to you."

Li Wenying said, "Since the "Humble House Inscription" can cultivate literary courage, it is inconvenient for me to monopolize it. I will exchange a Jinshi Wenbao and a dragon blood ink ingot for the reading rights of the "Humble House Inscription" for half a year. After half a year, you can find Fang Yun on your own."

Li Wenying said and walked towards Fang Yun's house.

Governor Sun and others were convinced, bowed slightly, and then left one after another.

After those officials left, the scholars present were immediately excited and talked about it.

Those who originally felt sorry for Guan Yaoyuan and Yan Yue also distanced themselves from them. If Li Wenying, the Grand Secretary, came to visit Fang Yun personally, Fang Yun would surely rise to prominence. No matter how powerful the Left Prime Minister was, he would not want to offend Li Wenying.

He Yutang looked at Yan Yue and Guan Yaoyuan, shook his head, and said: "Intrigue, a crooked poem, fame and fortune blinded the eyes; the empress dowager's decree, a piece of writing to stabilize the country, an instant of literary courage broke the evil heart. Don't be a good person, but be a dog of the Liu family, lamentable, hateful, and a pity."

Everyone left one after another. Guan Yaoyuan was helped to the carriage by the coachman. He lowered his head and gritted his teeth after a long time and said: "The greater your literary reputation, the more Liu Zicheng wants to kill you. Liu Zicheng is cruel and cunning, but he has been planning behind the scenes, and one day he will ruin your reputation. I don't believe you can escape it a second time after escaping it once! Fang Yun, the day you enter the literary academy, I will watch you become the laughing stock of Dayuan Mansion! If you step into Liu Shao's trap, even the Minister of Literature can't protect you, and you will inevitably become the enemy of all officials, hahaha!"

The people at the alley gradually dispersed, and Fang Yun welcomed Li Wenying in the yard.

Li Wenying was tall and thin. If you ignore his strange sword-like eyebrows and official uniform, he would look like an old-fashioned teacher.

Fang Yun, Yang Yuhuan, Wan Xuezheng and Tang Dazhang greeted him in the courtyard.

"Hello, Lord Yuanjun." Fang Yun and others bowed to greet him, and Yang Yuhuan followed in a panic and bowed.

Yang Yuhuan didn't expect that she had just received the Queen Mother's decree and had not had time to count all the good things before she welcomed the famous Li Wenying. In the eyes of the common people in Jiangzhou, Li Wenying was more famous and respected than the left prime minister, second only to the king and the minister of literature.

Yang Yuhuan had never seen such a big figure before, she just silently served tea and stood aside and watched quietly.

At first, Yang Yuhuan secretly observed this Li Daxueshi who was famous in the ten countries, but after a while she realized that Li Wenying's visit was actually because of Fang Yun's "Humble House Inscription", and he wanted to exchange it for the Jinshi Wenbao!

Yang Yuhuan couldn't help but look at Fang Yun, her eyes full of surprise. It turned out that the real Fang Yun was a hundred times more powerful than the Fang Yun in her mind.

"Xiao Yun has become even more powerful. He is really masculine at this time, just like the man in my mind..." Yang Yuhuan blushed immediately, and didn't dare to think about it anymore. She left in a hurry, fearing that she would be discovered.

Fang Yun said: "Since Jianmei Gong is only borrowing it for half a year, just take it, no need to exchange. You have guarded Jiangzhou for many years and saved hundreds of thousands of Jiangzhou people. You are a role model for all scholars. I can't take your things."

Li Wenying smiled and nodded, saying: "I'm glad you have this intention. Jinshi Wenbao and Longxue Mozhuo are not so much an exchange as a thank you. This "Humble House Inscription" is very likely to surpass Zhenguo and become famous in the world in the future. There is a world of difference between your first manuscript and your own understanding. Before, I was only 30% sure of Cheng Daru, but now, I am 40% sure. Wenbao and Mozhuo are nothing."

Fang Yun saw that Li Wenying was determined, so he said: "The elders are generous, and the student thanks you."

Li Wenying handed the dragon blood ink ingot to Fang Yun, revealing a sad look, and said: "The demon-killing pen is in my house. I will ask someone to deliver it to me tonight. The demon-killing pen was injected with talent by a deputy general who was a Jinshi before his death. It does not carry poems, but the words of the Jinshi before his death, "Hold this pen and kill the demon for me", and also carries his fighting spirit and unwillingness before his death. The war poems written by this pen can only increase the power by more than 10%, but if it attacks the demon clan, it will increase by a full 50%."

Fang Yun, Wan Xuezheng and Tang Dazhanggui were all moved. A pen that increases the power of war poems by 50% is very rare. Generally, only the literary treasure pen made of the bones and hair of the big demon can increase the power of war poems by 50%. Above that, the bones and hair of the demon saint are needed.

Manager Tang asked tentatively: "Is that the former top scholar of Yuhai City and one of the candidates for the next generation leader of Mohism?"

"It is him. Apart from the people of Mohism, who else would still insist on "non-aggression" against the human race, not make offensive literary treasures, and only use this pen to target the demon race before his death? After I became a university scholar, the pen was no longer suitable for me, and I have always wanted to find a suitable owner for it. Fang Yun, you have literary talent, literary reputation, and can write this "Humble House Inscription", you are the best candidate to use the demon-killing pen."

"Thank you, Lord Yuanjun, for your appreciation." Fang Yun said.

"It's a pity that your "Humble House Inscription" is too short. If it is longer, when you become a juren, you can use a long article to gather your literary courage. We are not as good as you. Most of the articles that gather literary courage are famous articles of saints. If you can write an article that gathers literary courage, you must write it at all costs. Before you are canonized, you must not let anyone know the content of the article. Do you understand?"

"Students are taught." Fang Yun remembered it in his heart. No one told him this because no one believed that he could stand shoulder to shoulder with all the saints before.

After Fang Yun finished speaking, he handed the "Inscription on the Humble Room" to Li Wenying.

After Li Wenying took it, he said, "I'll have someone give you the demon pen as a gift when you get home." After that, he turned and left.

Fang Yun and others sent Li Wenying away and returned to the house.

Nunu, who had been hiding in the house, came out quietly, sniffed gently with his nose, scanned the surroundings warily, then returned to normal, jumped onto Fang Yun's lap and lay down quietly.

The shopkeeper of Tang Da smiled and said: "In the past, if someone said that a great scholar came to visit a child in person, I would never believe it. But now that the facts are happening, I have no choice but to believe it."

Wan Xuezheng said solemnly: "Fang Yun, after the county examination, I have been sending letters to Magistrate Cai, and I have been paying attention to your affairs. I have never doubted your talent, but I have always been afraid that you will be proud and complacent. Magistrate Cai gave My biography says that after Fang Zhongyong passed the Tongsheng examination, he was His father swaggered around and was forced to write poems and lyrics, and he must compete with you. However, his father rarely asked him to study the scriptures of the saints, and he did not care about the meaning of the scriptures. Magistrate Cai once wrote, "A and B of the Fang family." When two children are born, they will meet each other one day. Do you understand?"

Fang Yun naturally understood that the sky was the sky and the abyss was the abyss, which was greater than the gap between heaven and earth.

"Thank you, Lord Wan, for your advice. Students should remember your and Master Cai's teachings and never learn from Fang Zhongyong. I read the scriptures of all saints intensively every day. From now on, I will write a scripture meaning every three days."

"Okay, I'm relieved if you have this intention. Can you lend me the dragon blood ink ingot for a look?" Wan Xuezheng didn't want to make the atmosphere too serious, so he changed the subject with a smile.

So, the three of them chatted about demon blood ink ingots, some of which were not found in the world of strange books. Fang Yun remembered it and planned to buy some related books in the future to make up for his shortcomings in this area.

After chatting for a while, shopkeeper Tang Da said: "Fang Yun, Mr. Jianmei has high expectations for you. He obviously wanted to give you the demon pen and dragon blood ink ingots, but he said that they were exchanged for half a year for the "Humble Room Inscription", which is quite meaningful. Do you know?"

Fang Yun pondered for a moment and said: "Firstly, in order to protect me, this "Humble Room Inscription" is very important to those who are eager to break through the literary ranks. People will inevitably come one after another, and some people will even use despicable means. But now "The Inscription on the Humble Room" is in Mr. Li's house, and I Secondly, "The Inscription on the Humble Room" is a priceless treasure to many people, but since it needs to be loaned out, it must have a price tag. Mr. Li set the price for borrowing it for half a year as a Jinshi cultural treasure and a square dragon. The blood ink ingot is equivalent to drawing a line for others. "

"What a man, Fang Shuangjia, who sees things so clearly! What do you think about the cooperation?" Shopkeeper Tang Da asked.

Without waiting for Fang Yun's answer, Wan Xuezheng stood up and resigned, implicitly stating that he was not suitable to participate in this topic.

After seeing Wan Xuezheng off and going back to the room to sit down, shopkeeper Tang Da said, "Fang Yun, are you willing to cooperate with my Xuanting Calligraphy Company?"

"Of course I want to cooperate, but the method of cooperation needs to be carefully discussed." Fang Yun said with a smile.

Shopkeeper Tang Da said: "As for the promotional method of selling books, are you willing to sell it for five thousand taels?"

"Even if I don't sell it, it won't take long for you to learn how to sell it. Five thousand taels will naturally be sold. But only giving five thousand taels for the sole sales right of "The Romance of the West Chamber" is too little. You Xuanting Bookstore wants others to only buy your house book, but my purpose is to promote the literary name, not to make money. In other words, our interests are contradictory. "

Shopkeeper Tang Da was silent for a moment: "Your mysterious teacher is really powerful. I thought you couldn't see the stakes, but you hit the nail on the head. That's good. Talk smart words to smart people. What do you want?"

Fang Yun said: "As long as you, Xuanting Bookstore, can ensure that my books are sold in every country, every state, every prefecture, and every county in the ten countries, and allow all bookstores except your competitors to purchase and sell them. , then there is a possibility for us to talk.”

Shopkeeper Tang thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said: "There are more than 8,000 counties in Shengyuan Continent, and about 500 counties are not within the sales scope of my book store. However, if you are willing to give me the sales rights for all future poems, novels, etc. Leave it to Xuanting, and I promise to have our cooperative bookstores in more than 500 counties within three months. If we can't, we will open our own bookstores."

"No, I'm only going to hand over my popular novels to your bank for distribution. As for other books, I'm not sure yet." Fang Yun said.

"This...if this is the case, then your value is far less important than I thought." Shopkeeper Tang Da said.

Fang Yun smiled and said: "Then if I write at least one novel every year with a sales volume no less than "The Romance of the West Chamber", or even a novel that is more widely circulated than "The Romance of the West Chamber", then what is my value?"