Calculating the days, there is less than a month left before the re-examination of the court examination, which is also the pre-examination of the palace examination, and it will take almost half a month to set off from Beishan Village to Yanjing City.
Fang Zhengzheng did not delay any longer in Beishan Village. After explaining some things clearly, he kowtowed in the ancestral hall accompanied by Zhang Yangping, Fang Houde, Qin Xuelian and others.
After everything was done, he rode alone towards the direction of Yanjing City.
And just when he left Beishan Village, shocking news was circulating in the Daxia Dynasty. Chi Guyan did not return to Shenhou Mansion but went straight back to Tiandao Pavilion.
And, he swore an oath in front of Tiandao Pavilion.
She will accept Fang Zhengzheng's challenge on the condition that Fang Zhengzheng must pass the disciple selection of Tiandao Pavilion, and then she will compete with Fang Zhengzheng in front of everyone in the world.
The loser will be a slave for a month.
As soon as the news came out, it was like a tornado that ravaged the entire Daxia Dynasty's court halls, military gates, teahouses, and alleys. Even five-year-old children sang nursery rhymes.
Everyone is thinking, is Fang Zhengzheng crazy
He actually dared to challenge Chi Guyan!
If Fang Zhengzheng had followed the agreement made eight years ago and silently waited two years before having a casual fight with Chi Guyan and then losing shyly, then forget it.
But now, Fang Zhengzheng was obviously not like this.
Not only did he issue a challenge, but he also took the initiative to advance the date of the challenge by two years? !
A person can overestimate his abilities, but you cannot be so shameless as to use your overestimation to insult the leader of the Double Dragons, the inheritor of the Holy Word of Heaven.
This is like a supreme god who is revered by thousands of people, and is suddenly despised by others. Moreover, they say that this god is just a bastard who is just waiting to die. Then, they pour a basin of dirty water on the god.
Who can bear it
Not to mention now, even two years later, no one would think that Fang Zhengzheng had even the slightest chance of winning this duel.
"Too arrogant!"
"Should a person always have a little bit of self-awareness? What's that sentence called?"
"You know what you are doing!"
"Yes, a person who can't even figure out how much he weighs. He is simply a scum among men of letters!"
Fierce denunciations spread throughout all the prefectures and counties of the Great Xia Dynasty, like a spark falling from a pile of dry firewood, burning everyone's hearts with the force of a prairie fire.
In fact, there's really no need for a challenge to arouse so many people's ire.
But if the person being challenged is Chi Guyan. The challenger was just a boy born as a commoner in the countryside, and he had just entered the Amaterasu realm.
The result is very different.
It feels amazing.
Just like the most noble goddess in a person's mind, but is called ugly by others, he always has to argue with her.
in particular. When there was also resistance from the common people trying to challenge the authority of the family, this anger and incitement was fueled by many well-intentioned people.
As a slave!
The majestic double dragon leader, the daughter of the God's Marquis, the proud daughter of heaven, the future military marshal, the number one goddess in the heart of the noble family of the Great Xia Dynasty, how could she be given to a shameless person as a maid? !
Not to mention a month, not even a day!
wrong!
I can’t even think about it!
Chi Guyan is holy, generous and noble. She can ignore Fang Zhengzheng's provocation and accept his challenge calmly, but we cannot accept it.
When people are angry, there will always be people who follow the crowd.
Such as Pingyang.
Pingyang didn't know that Chi Guyan accepted Fang Zhengzheng's challenge and made such a bet, because she happened to be sleeping soundly in the back room that night.
However, after learning about this bet, Pingyang was "kind and righteous" and fell in love with Fang Zhengzheng.
"That shameless guy went so far as to bully others. He acted like a landlord and forced Sister Yan to spend fifteen thousand taels of silver to stay at his house for one night!"
Pingyang explained the "darkness" in Fang Zhengzheng's heart in one sentence.
It also successfully pushed Fang Zhengzheng to the point where people and gods were angry. No wonder the dignified Double Dragon leader couldn't bear it. No wonder he would accept the challenge of such a gap that is almost like heaven and earth.
"Fang Zhengzheng must go to Tiandao Pavilion to repent for his actions!"
"You have to kowtow and kneel from the bottom of Tiandao Pavilion all the way to the top to atone for your sins!"
"Such behavior. Extremely shameless!"
Sound waves rumbled throughout the Great Xia Dynasty.
Everyone is denouncing Fang Zhengyi for using shameless means to "force" Chi Guyan to fight in order to gain fame.
Pingyang was very satisfied with the result. However, Fang Zhengzheng refused to tell her how to convince the fifty teachers. However, Fang Zhengzheng always looked self-righteous.
"When that guy is so scolded, I will be very generous and come to the rescue, hahaha..."
Thinking of Fang Zhengzheng's expression when he asked himself to explain to everyone. Pingyang could wake up with a smile even in his dreams, with strong expectations in his clear eyes.
Is this love and death
Pooh!
Who falls in love with that shameless guy!
Pingyang's push obviously played a leading role, and then, the talented people from all over the Xia Dynasty gathered in Yanjing City and proposed how to give Fang Zhengzheng an unforgettable clan in Yanjing City.
Among them are the top ten young talents on the Qianlong List and Shenglong List.
Because Fang Zhengzheng was already Amaterasu, although the elites on the Qianlong List were angry, they were still somewhat rational. Most of them joined the condemnation queue, only speaking out but not taking action.
The Shenglong list is different.
To be ranked in the top ten on the Shenglong Ranking, which one is not the peak strength of Amaterasu Realm
Picking out any one of them can stomp out Su Dongling, who was shamelessly defeated by Fang Zhengyi in the late stage of Amaterasu Realm with four-on-one tactics. The higher the ranking on the Shenglong Ranking, the harder it becomes.
It represents a huge gap in the same realm. Anyone who can reach the top ten is a true genius in the dynasty.
And then, these geniuses announced their participation in this year's palace examination or this time's selection of Tiandao Pavilion disciples.
After all, some of them have successfully passed the palace examination and directly obtained the qualifications to participate in the selection of disciples for Tiandao Pavilion.
Unfortunately…
The most anticipated news has yet to come.
Nangong Hao, the peerless genius of the Nangong family and ranked second on the Shenglong list, has yet to express his willingness to participate in the palace examination amid this turmoil.
Then, whether Nangong Hao will participate in the palace examination has become a matter of concern to everyone.
After all, as long as Nangong Hao declares to participate in this palace examination. He will definitely challenge Fang Zhengyi. As for why Nangong Hao would challenge Fang Zhengyi.
This no longer requires explanation.
Because everyone only cares about one thing, as long as Nangong Hao challenges Fang Zhengyi. That Fang Zhengzheng means that he has no chance of passing the Tiandao Pavilion disciple selection this time. If he doesn't even have the chance to participate in the Tiandao Pavilion disciple selection.
Then how can you challenge Chi Guyan
Everything is just a joke.
…
Fang Zhengzheng calculated the time from Beishan Village to Yanjing City very accurately. It didn't take much brain power to calculate this, just divide the distance by the speed.
However. But he failed to reckon with the troubles he would encounter along the way.
The last time he and Yan Xiu rode together, they rode on the snow dragon pony along the way. No one dared to offend them when they passed through the county and government. They arrived in Yanjing like a gust of wind.
But this time...
Everything he passed along the way seemed to be illuminated. No matter where he passed, he could see people pointing behind him.
So, out of curiosity, Fang Zhengzheng spent some money to make a pot of tea in the teahouse and listened to the rumors.
It didn't take long for him to understand.
It turned out that Chi Guyan really fulfilled his promise. After announcing his engagement with her in front of everyone in the world, the Snow-Stepping Dragon Horse he stepped on became a living sign.
As a result, it will be difficult to walk on the main road in Fucheng, and we will have to take smaller roads instead.
Take a trip around the mountains and rivers.
Fang Zhengzheng's idea was beautiful, but the reality was cruel. He didn't know if he didn't check the almanac when he went out. In short, all the bridges he wanted to cross were broken, and then, without exception, the paths he wanted to take were all broken. Hit a landslide. Heavy rain... and a series of force majeure factors.
"What the hell is that?" Fang Zhengzheng looked at the wooden bridge that was broken into two parts again, cursed, and then helplessly dismounted and took off his clothes.
I can only swim over.
…
Not far from the wooden bridge, everyone's beard is white. The old man, who was barefoot and wearing a wide white robe, silently looked at Fang Zhengzheng, who was already swimming across the river with the snow dragon pony.
There isn't much expression on his face.
It wasn't until Fang Zhengzheng changed his clothes again and rode the snow dragon horse away that the old man slowly walked towards the wooden bridge. He walked slowly and took very small steps. But, the weird thing is...
It took him very little time to reach the wooden bridge.
What's even weirder is that he did not swim across the river like Fang Zhengzheng, but stepped onto the wooden bridge. However, the moment he stepped on the wooden bridge, the broken wooden bridge seemed to have come to life. , quickly restored to its original state.
"There is a mixture of things, born in advance of heaven and earth. It is lonely, independent and does not change, and it moves around without dying. It can be the mother of heaven and earth. I don't know its name, but the word is Tao, and the name given by Qiang is Great... Human Law and Earth , the earth follows the sky, the heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature."
"This is your fate. You should follow nature and force yourself to change your destiny. What a tragedy!"
The old man muttered in a low voice, and then his figure slowly disappeared. In a moment, there was no trace of him on the wooden bridge anymore, and everything returned to its original state.
…
Fang Zhengzheng felt that the difficulty of his journey was not an exaggeration at all, so when he left the Northern Desert and came to the 'Donglin City' on the border between the Northern Desert and the Eastern Capital, he also decided to change his outfit. .
"I'm going to put on makeup. If you have the ability, can you still recognize me?"
A person who is not envied is a mediocre person. Fang Zhengzheng has never felt that he has anything to do with the word mediocre. Therefore, he does not feel that this kind of thing makes him angry. On the contrary, he has always been fully mentally prepared. .
However, the time now is really urgent.
If he had "passed the test" along the way, the day lily would have been cold by the time he arrived at Yanjing City, let alone the preliminary test for the palace examination.
However, it is obvious.
He still underestimated Chi Guyan's influence in the Great Xia Dynasty, and also underestimated the number of children of aristocratic families who admired and pursued Chi Guyan in the Great Xia Dynasty.
When he led the Snow-Taking Dragon Horse into Donglin City, he was stopped.
"Fang Zhengyi, I advise you to go back to your village and stay in peace. Don't take part in the palace examination this time, lest you end up missing an arm or a leg!"
Amidst the wild laughter, a large number of talented people came to Fang Zhengzheng.
At the front, there stood a twenty-six or seven-year-old young man with a dark complexion and thick eyebrows, but he was wearing white clothes.
"Oh... we're in a hurry, let's go together!" Fang Zhengzheng sighed slightly. He didn't know how many waves of such "rabble" he had fought off along the way, and he was really too lazy to spend any effort.
"Come together?! Hahaha... Fang Zhengyi, open your eyes wide and see clearly, this is 'Yu Wengu' who is ranked tenth on the Shenglong Ranking. He is at the peak of Amaterasu Realm!" Standing in white clothes is the young master. When a young man next to him heard Fang Zhengzheng's words, he laughed so hard that he almost burst into tears.
"Ranked tenth on the Shenglong Ranking?" Fang Zheng looked at Yu Wengu, who was at the head, with a smile on his face.
"Fang Zhengyi, I don't know if you are unlucky today or if I am too lucky. I had already announced my participation in the palace examination and wanted to defeat you in the palace examination, but I didn't expect to meet you here." Yuwen Gu was also smiling, and, laughing It's extremely rippling.
"So?" Fang Zhengzheng looked curious.
"I'm also very helpless. It's really God's unkindness that prevents you from going to Yanjing City!"
"Why?"
"How can a person with a broken leg go to Yanjing City to take part in the imperial examination? Are you right? Oh... I almost forgot that you are now a dignified fourth-grade sword wielder, and you cannot break your legs casually. In that case, it is really... It is an insult to the dignity of the minister, so I have to change my clothes first."
While Yuwengu was talking, someone behind him immediately and respectfully gave him a set of court clothes and put them on for him. Yuwengu put the clothes on without any haste, with a bright smile on his lips: "From the Fourth Rank Ming Dynasty Tai Duwei is not as good as Lord Shang’s fourth-grade Swordsman, but it doesn’t matter, plus a hereditary title is enough! Right? Lord Swordsman!”
"What you said... makes perfect sense!" Fang Zhengzheng nodded in agreement.
…
Nothing is permanent.
Just when countless talented people rushed to Yanjing City, trying to step on Fang Zhengzheng's head to ascend to the throne, defeat Fang Zhengzheng in one fell swoop, and then gain a reputation of praise.
A piece of shocking news was like a counterattack storm, shaking the entire Daxia Dynasty. It even made a wave of talented people who were halfway there freeze in place as if they had been struck by lightning.
The reason is…
Yu Wengu, who was ranked tenth on the rising dragon list, met Fang Zhengzheng by chance in Donglin City, and then his leg was broken. Finally, he reluctantly announced his withdrawal from the palace examination in public.
At this point, Fang Zhengzheng's ranking on the Shenglong List jumped from fifty-third to tenth.
He became the first terrifying existence in the history of the Great Xia Dynasty to be ranked in the top ten of the Shenglong List less than half a year after breaking through the Amaterasu Realm.
(There are quite a few unexpected things during the Chinese New Year, sorry!) (To be continued.)