The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Fang Yun never dreamed that after reading thousands of books, he would be able to enter the world of Spring and Autumn and watch the magnificent history of more than two hundred years, and a smile could not help but appear on his face.

Fang Yun felt very tired and wanted to fall asleep, but as soon as he closed his eyes, chaotic historical scenes appeared in front of him.

In the temple of the State of Lu, Cao GUI talked eloquently to Duke Zhuang of Lu, and then personally followed Duke Zhuang of Lu to fight against the State of Qi. He conquered the State of Qi with "one vigorous effort, then weakened again, and three exhausted", and became famous in one battle.

In the Wu Kingdom, Wu Zixu was in charge, and Sun Tzu was in charge of the army. Sun Tzu used the method of "when he goes out, he will return, and when he returns, he will go out." The life of Chu State took six years. After six years, Wu State won five out of five battles, and Chu was almost destroyed. country.

Xiaobai, a simple name, Fang Yun watched him step by step from the young master to the position of king, and became Duke Huan of Qi. With the assistance of Guan Zhong, the famous Prime Minister of the Spring and Autumn Period, he became the first of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and became famous throughout the ages.

Prince Chong'er fled all the way. His experience was more tortuous than that of Duke Huan of Qi. He first married the daughter of Duke Huan of Qi, the leader of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, and then was given away by Duke Mu of Qin, one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, to the five daughters of the clan. One of them was even Duke Huai of Jin. His wife, Jin Huaizheng was Chong'er's nephew.

With the support of Duke Mu of Qin, Prince Chong'er fought his way back to the state of Jin. After twenty years of exile, he officially succeeded him as Duke Wen of Jin, and then killed his nephew Duke Huai of Jin. Later, Duke Wen of the Jin Dynasty went to war with the Chu State. He kept his word and won the battle of Chengpu by "retreating to three houses", establishing his status as one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Every time Fang Yun looks at the deeds of Duke Wen of Jin, only four words come to mind: Winner in life.

When Duke Wen of Jin fled, he was poor and hungry, so the famous official Jie Zitui cut his flesh to offer to the king. However, after Jin Wengong came to the throne, he rewarded all the ministers, but did not reward the hero Jie Zitui. As a result, the ministers competed for rewards, but Jie Zitui returned to live in Mianshan. Later, Duke Wen of the Jin Dynasty regretted that he was looking for Jie Zitu to push him out of the mountain. Because the mountain was densely forested, he could not find it. He listened to the villain and ordered people to set fire to the mountain on three sides in order to force Jie Zitu to push down the mountain, so that Jie Zitui was burned to death. In order to commemorate Jie Zitui, there was a Cold Food Festival, and no fire was lit on that day.

Fang Yun had no feelings after reading this story before, but this time he saw Jin Wen Gong burning Mianshan with his own eyes. He would never think that Jin Wen Gong was so stupid that he first forgot about Jie Zizi's great contribution of cutting meat to the emperor and then burned the mountains to force people. He only thought of eight In this word, rabbits die and dogs are cooked, killing people is silenced.

Another King of Chuzhuang, one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, succeeded to the throne during a turbulent period. At that time, the ministers of the Chu State were strong but the king was weak. When King Chuzhuang was at his most dangerous, he was even captured by his rebellious ministers, and was later successfully captured by a senior official of the Chu State. rescued.

After many years of silence, King Zhuang of Chu seized the opportunity to dominate the Central Plains. After three years of silence, it becomes a blockbuster; after three years of silence, it suddenly soars into the sky.

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The major events recorded in "Spring and Autumn" for more than two hundred years passed by Fang Yun's eyes one by one. Every time he saw a scene, Fang Yun felt that his understanding of history was deeper, and he could vaguely realize the truth behind it. Ren , righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trust, loyalty, courage, etc., etc.

No teacher can tell Fang Yun where benevolence is, who is righteous, and where etiquette is, but Fang Yun understands that everyone is between benevolence, righteousness, and etiquette, and everything is within the holy way.

You can only realize it yourself.

Fang Yun seemed to have gained enlightenment and kept smiling happily.

Fang Yun slowly recalled the history recorded in "Spring and Autumn" and slowly absorbed the real rewards of the Ten Kingdoms Competition.

Unknowingly, Fang Yun fell into a drowsy sleep.

In the early morning of the second day, it was bright and clear, and eight Jinshi men wearing white sword uniforms stood outside Fang Yunmen.

"It's already midnight, why hasn't Fang Yun gotten up yet? In terms of military hours, it's seven o'clock in the morning. If he couldn't afford it in the military, he would have been punished by military law, with at least forty sticks!"

"Fang Yun was too tired yesterday. It doesn't hurt to take a little more rest. Anyway, there are still two quarters of an hour before the official match. We can wait another quarter of an hour to go. Huh? Where is Yan Zewei?" Qiao Juze looked around.

"I seemed to hear someone visiting him last night. It should be his friend in Kongcheng." Younian said.

There was a dark cloud in Qiao Juze's eyes, and he said, "Let's go and have a look at Yan Zewei's bedroom!"

Other Shangshe Jinshi immediately noticed something strange in Qiao Juze's tone and hurriedly followed him.

Qiao Juze didn't knock on the door at all, he just opened the door bolt with his words and opened the door continuously. Finally, he found that Yan Zewei's bed was neat and no one was there.

Eight people stood in Yan Zewei's bedroom, silent.

Qiao Juze said: "I will send him an urgent letter first to ask about the situation!"

Qiao Juze did as he said and everyone waited silently.

After a long time, Qiao Juze said coldly: "He hasn't come back yet. He is either imprisoned or has his official seal taken away. He cannot receive the urgent summons! I will report it to the Grand Master of the Academy immediately! You guys go to Fang Yun's gate and wait. Wake him up in half an hour!"

After Qiao Juze finished speaking, he strode out, and the rest of the people walked out slowly, all of them looking anxious, and a few of them had eyes burning and wanted to curse.

"Despicable! Don't think too much, it must be the methods of the Qingguo people! They don't dare to be tough, I'm afraid they bribed Yan Zewei's friends, invited Yan Zewei out, and used the wine from the demon world to get him drunk, enough to make him sleepy One day and one night! This kind of thing has never happened before other Wenbi, but I didn't expect it to happen to us." You Nian was furious.

"The key point is that this approach does not hurt anyone and is not illegal. If it is traced afterwards, the punishment should not be too heavy. The Ten Nations Competition will not change the time. If we cannot find Yan Zewei within two quarters of an hour, the competition will be over. That’s it.”

Chen Lile glanced at Cui Wang and said, "We made a miscalculation. I thought that if they really wanted to take action, they would target Cui Wang, who was the last to enter the upper house, and keep a close eye on him. Who knew that they would actually find Yan Zewei?"

"What should we do?" Cui Wang asked.

"What else can we do? Just wait and lose. No matter how much worse we are in this third place, we can still be ninth in the end, which is at least one step better than last year."

"We can lose, but I'm not willing to lose by this method!" Zhang Chengyu said through gritted teeth.

Gong Yangyu clenched his fist tightly and said: "After today's competition, I will fight with Qingguo Jinshi Wen! I may not be able to win, but I will let them know that since I have done such a thing, I need to pay the price! "

"Alas... Since Brother Gongyang is like this, I will go with him. I'm not good at anything else, but Wen Dou's verbal quarrels may not be afraid of Qingguo's Shangshe Jinshi!" Zhang Chengyu said.

"This is an act to protect Jingguo's reputation, and I am also involved." Ye Shoumo said.

Several others joined in one after another, but two people did not answer.

Not long after the seven people walked to Fang Yun's door, the door opened. Fang Yun, wearing white casual clothes, said, "You guys come in, I'll wash up and change clothes first... What happened?"

The sleepiness on Fang Yun's face quickly dissipated and he looked at the seven people carefully.

"Yan Zewei went out privately last night and has not returned yet. He is afraid that he was held back by other people's dirty tricks." You Nian said.

Fang Yun glanced at Cui Wang subconsciously, but he didn't expect that the one who was in trouble was not the youngest Cui Wang, but the very experienced Yan Zewei. Yan Zewei is the favorite disciple of Zuo Xiang Liushan, and Zuo Xiang Liushan is in cahoots with Qingguo, and Qingguo's current leverage is lower than that of Jingguo. Even if Younian only said "other country", Fang Yun knew that this matter was most likely to be Made by Qingguo.

Fang Yun took a deep breath, glanced at the seven people, and said, "Then what should we do? What did the Grand Master say?"

Gongyang Yu said: "Brother Qiao has already gone to see the Grand Master of the Zhangyuan Academy. This trip to Wantihai will definitely fail, so a few of us have already made an agreement to find Wen Dou, a Jinshi of Qingguo Shangshe, after the competition!"

Fang Yun nodded and said: "If we lose to Qingguo in this competition, I will also participate in the civil fight! I, Fang Yun, can afford to lose and cannot afford to be humiliated!"

"Okay!" Everyone was excited.

"Yes, I, a Jingguo student, can afford to lose, but I cannot afford to be humiliated!"

Younian nodded and said: "Although we haven't seen it with our own eyes, we have all heard about what happened to you Wen Dou Xizhou. Your proposal can be 'Only the use of Juren Zhan poetry' or 'Only the use of Jinshi Zhan poetry'. Unless you are a star-ranked Jinshi, any Jinshi has at most a 50% chance of winning against you! Those people in Qingguo are not descendants of the aristocratic family, and they have no star-ranked people like us, so your chances of winning are very high!"

"Fang Yun can even fight against top Jinshi like Xun Long, and he is not afraid of them at all! You are a juren, and the one with lower literary status will first block you with suggestions. There is no way they can defeat you!" Cui Wang had a hint of joy in his eyes.

"That's what I meant!" Fang Yun said.

"But... I'm still a little unwilling. Fang Yun, you will probably become a student of the Holy Academy before next year's competition. This is probably our only chance to enter the top eight in Jingguo. However, it was ruined by the despicable means of the Qingguo people! "Chen Lile's eyes were red.

The others sighed softly, Jingguo finally had such an opportunity, even if it failed in the end, it could let the people of Jingguo know that Jingguo had a chance to defeat Qingguo!

However, now even the last chance is gone.

"Forget it, our chances of winning against Qing Guo in the third game are not great anyway. It would be good to be ninth. There is no need to fight Qing Guo Wen just for one breath." Ke Yuan said softly.

Fang Yun said slowly: "Sometimes if you can't fight for it in one breath, the path to the Holy Path will be cut off."

"I can't swallow this breath!" Chen Li said.

Fang Junjun put on his clothes and put some snacks and fruits on the table to drink Jiangbei. As he walked out, he said: "Go to the venue first. Maybe Yan Zewei can enter before the competition."

"Even if he can enter, a hangover will affect his mind, and I'm afraid his score will be low because of too few answers." Qiao Juze walked in from the outside.

"What did Grand Scholar Guo say?" Cui Wang asked.

"His old man has gone to negotiate with the Kong family, asking the Kong family to find out Yan Zewei's whereabouts. But Kong City was built by Kong Sheng himself, which is of great significance. If you want to use Kong City's power to search, it will take a certain amount of time to ask for permission. Academician Guo said that we had better prepare ourselves mentally. The time is too tight and it will be difficult to find Yan Zewei before the start of the third game. "

Fang Yun nodded. Kongcheng was built according to the Eight Diagrams of Queen Wen Houtian and was connected to the Holy Court. Although it never showed its power, even the demon clan could guess that both Kongcheng and the Holy Court had unknown secrets.

Qiao Juze gritted his teeth and said: "This matter will never end here. Yan Zewei must be severely punished, and revenge must be carried out on the relevant people! As for the mastermind behind the scenes, once verified, no matter which country it is, it would be best if they can fight civilly. If you can’t fight in a literary way, go all out to compete in a literary contest!”

"Let's go, let's wait until after the Ten Nations Competition." Fang Yun said.

"Let's go!" Everyone followed Fang Yun to the competition venue.