The people of Qing State left, Tong Li left, but the celebration banquet at Jinghai Tower continued.
Seventeen years of accumulated resentment were released in one day, and no one could control their emotions.
The people in Jinghai Tower were drunk, and half of the people in Yuhai City were also drunk.
Fang Yun could no longer tell whether this was a celebration banquet or a drinking party. Anyway, he was constantly toasted and drank. If he didn't have talent in his body, he would have lay down under the table long ago.
When the celebration banquet was about to end, Governor Dong took out the rewards of the Dragon Boat Festival, two cultural treasures of the Juren degree, a dragon blood ink ingot, and a chessboard with mountains and rivers.
One of the two cultural treasures is the Canglang Pen, which uses talent to transform the war poem "Canglang Xing" into huge waves, and the other is the Shanyue Inkstone, which carries the power of "Shanyue Fu" and can be transformed into the power of the mountain to protect oneself.
That mountain chessboard is more valuable than the other three combined.
There were a total of six people participating in the dragon boat race, and Fang Yun made the greatest contribution. Fang Yun did not hesitate to choose the mountain and river chessboard.
However, the other five people refused to take the other three items. They said that Fang Yun had washed away the shame of the whole city and gave up the limelight to let Qian Juren win the brocade. If they dared to take the reward, not only would they be criticized by the whole city, they would probably be splashed with ink and smashed with inkstones by those old scholars before they even left Jinghai Tower.
Fang Yun was not blinded by greed. He insisted that he alone could not win the game. The other five people had contributed and he could not take all the credit.
The six people pushed back and forth, and finally had to ask Governor Dong to judge. Governor Dong decided to distribute according to the merits, so he gave both the Shanchuan chessboard and the dragon blood inkstone to Fang Yun, and then asked Fang Yun to choose one from the Canglang brush and the Shanyue inkstone, and the remaining one was shared by the other five.
Fang Yun could only accept this distribution method that was beneficial to him. He chose the Mountain Inkstone, which had strong protective capabilities, and one person got three prizes.
Prefect Dong asked Fang Yun to put the Shanchuan chessboard away. This Shanchuan chessboard does not carry any war poems, so it is not a cultural treasure. It can only be regarded as raw material, but even so, it is enough to exchange for a Jinshi cultural treasure. After all, only a few pieces are produced in the entire Shengyuan Continent each year. It is a top-quality chessboard in the eyes of Go masters.
After the celebration banquet, Fang Yun returned with a full load. Not only did he obtain treasures that could not be bought with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver at this Dragon Boat Festival, but he also became famous throughout Yuhai City and officially laid a solid foundation for his literary reputation in Yuhai City.
When he got home, the concierge handed over many visiting cards and invitations. There were also holy pages sent by Tong Li, plus the holy pages rewarded by the Holy Academy, so he already had seven holy pages in his hands. Fang Yun believed that Li Wenying did not have so many personal holy pages, and most of them were used.
In June, the rewards for May's "Holy Way" will be distributed, and at that time there will be eight more holy pages.
Fang Yun tasted the sweetness of carrying the holy pages with him last time, and decided to carry two with him in the future to prevent any unexpected situations.
On the night of the Dragon Boat Festival, Feng Zimo, the Lord of Yuhai Prefecture, came to Li's Mansion in Dayuan Prefecture and entered Li Wenying's study under the guidance of a servant.
"Your humble servant greets Lord Li." Feng Zimo bowed respectfully.
"Zimo, why do you come here in person?" Li Wenying asked kindly.
"Your Excellency, Shi Dehong, a disciple of Shi Jun, is out of selfish desires. He attempted to use the power of the Xunzi family to persuade the imperial examination inspectors of the Holy Academy to come to Yuhai to inspect the June prefectural examination, with the intention of obstructing Fang Yun from competing for the title of a talented person. He also disturbed his mind and prevented him from going to the Book Mountain. Shi Dehong is a disciple of Shi Jun. He is also connected with the Semi-Saint family, and I am unable to deal with him. I have come here to ask you to make a decision."
"How dare you!" Li Wenying shouted in a low voice, and the whole house echoed. The invisible force spread in all directions. There were no mosquitoes, flies or pests where Li Wenying lived, but there were in the neighbor's house. Now, with his low shout, the pests in all the houses within half a mile were frightened and fled in panic.
People nearby were amazed at the pests scattering all over the sky and migrating all over the ground, wondering what was going on.
"Tell me what happened in detail." Li Wenying said.
"yes!"
Feng Zimo recounted the whole story, and then he secretly looked at Li Wenying, guessing that he would be as furious as before, and might even attack Yuhai Mansion.
Although Shi Dehong is the disciple of this generation's poet, and this generation's poet is more talented than Li Wenying, Li Wenying is the number one person in the previous generation except for the four great talents. He became a university scholar earlier than this generation's poet and is capable of killing this generation's poet. He is not afraid of killing a mere disciple of this generation's poet.
Unexpectedly, Li Wenying was not angry, but smiled contemptuously and said, "Idiot. Go back. I will handle this matter while I am editing the book and talking to my good friend from the Mengzi family."
Feng Zimo didn't know what method Li Wenying used, but he felt relieved when he saw that he was confident. He said, "If the Imperial Examination Inspectors of the Imperial Academy participate in the examination on the day of the provincial examination, what should we do?"
"Just don't lose the backbone of the Jing people. If he dares to make things difficult for Fang Yun, the day he leaves the examination room will be the day he dies!" said Li Wenying.
Feng Zimo thought to himself that this was the famous Wind and Rain Sword Poet Li Wenying, who killed all the monsters that could be killed and all the people that could be killed.
"I'll take my leave."
Feng Zimo walked out of Li's house and looked up at Wenquxing, the brightest star in the sky.
"If Fang Yun makes mistakes in the provincial examination and fails to become a great talent, I will kill Shi Dehong and Tong Li to break Fang Yun's predicament!" Feng Zimo made up his mind, his literary courage was clear and his steps were brisk.
After the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May, on the morning of the sixth day, Fang Yun hung a notice outside the door saying "No visitors", declined all social engagements, and concentrated on studying at home.
Everything returned to normal. Fang Yun began to recite the original works of the saints every day, then practiced calligraphy, specializing in Liu style regular script. After that, he quickly read the annotations and scriptures of the great scholars in the world of strange books. He wrote an article on the scriptures every morning, noon and evening, and sent them to his neighbor Mr. Pang for comments.
Every five days, Feng Zimo, the Lord of the Court, would come in person to instruct Fang Yun on the interpretation of the classics, and would point out the shortcomings in Fang Yun's interpretation of the classics without hesitation.
The Wonderful Book World allowed Fang Yun to learn a large amount of knowledge in a faster and more effective way. His literary courage made his will more resolute, and his talent made his thinking more flexible and his mind smarter. Thunderous Holy Sound and the Five Movements of Wenqu made him improve all-round, so he made rapid progress.
Every time Feng Zimo pointed out the deficiencies in the classics, Fang Yun would write them down with a pen, think over them repeatedly, and improve them if they could be improved, or avoid them if they could not be improved. In this way, he would make the same mistake at most twice, and never a third time.
A month passed in a flash.
On May 30th, Feng Zimo once again came to Fang Yun's house and carefully reviewed the interpretations of the scriptures that Fang Yun had written in the past few days. He found that except for the lack of in-depth explanation in some places, he could not find any mistakes in these interpretations of the scriptures. If they were put in the provincial examination, they would definitely be ranked B.
Feng Zimo was extremely surprised and praised: "No wonder your saying 'correct what you have done wrong and make more of it' has inspired the voice of the Holy Way. You really put this saying into practice. Great!"
Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized. He thought to himself, no wonder he was always able to find mistakes the fastest when interpreting the scriptures these days, and remember them firmly. He never made more than three mistakes. It turned out that those eight words played a certain role. He had a deeper understanding of the power of this world in his heart.
"So that's how it is! The sacred scriptures are not just knowledge, not just principles, but also power! It's just that it's difficult for ordinary people to use them. But if you can really touch the holy way, you can completely transform those knowledge and principles into your own power! I only knew about it before, but today I officially comprehended it!"
"Literature carries the truth. It is not just about using literature to explain and spread truth, but also about using literature to carry one's own truth and power. No wonder these eight words can form a dragon gate and allow those ordinary fish to have the possibility of turning into dragons, because these eight words contain the power of 'correctness'."
Fang Yun was happy and smiled widely.
Feng Zimo on the side slowly took a few steps back and nodded with satisfaction.
Not long after, Fang Yun returned to normal and found that his talent had improved further, rising to three inches.
Feng Zimo smiled and said, "I just gave you a hint and you were able to quickly understand the truth. You are truly a genius. Do you often understand the truth in this way?"
Fang Yun immediately used his old trick again and said, "When I was a child, I liked to sit by the river and think. Maybe the experiences during that period made me better at understanding various principles."
Feng Zimo said, "I remember the river in your home. You have said many times that many of your achievements today are based on that river. When the prefectural examination is over, I will go to the river in your hometown to think. Perhaps there is a magical power there that can help me gain enlightenment like you."
"... Maybe." Fang Yun was sweating in his heart. The so-called enlightenment by the river was just a nonsense excuse to cover up the inspiration for "Fox Couplets" and "Three Character Classic". If Feng Zimo really went there, absolutely nothing would happen.
Feng Zimo smiled and said, "If it is thanks to you, I can also gain enlightenment by the river. There must be something magical there. I will ask my friends to go there to gain enlightenment as well."
Fang Yun could only pray in his heart: You must not attain enlightenment. If you happen to attain enlightenment, rumors will spread and who knows what kind of trouble will arise.
Feng Zimo said, "This year's provincial examination was originally scheduled for June 15th, but I heard that due to changes in the astronomical phenomena, the semi-saint exam was moved forward to the first day of the lunar month, which is very disadvantageous to you. You must not be careless. Your words of invitation to the sage and poems are not bad, and it is not difficult to get a B grade in the interpretation of the scriptures, but it is still a bit difficult to get an A grade. However, I have seen that your interpretation of the scriptures often has surprising words and is full of novelty, but when I think about it carefully, it is reasonable. This may be the key to your A grade interpretation of the scriptures."
Fang Yun said: "Thank you Master Feng for your guidance. I will definitely carry this forward."
"Ruzi is teachable."
Fang Yun knew in his heart that what Feng Zimo called "astonishing words and novel atmosphere" were actually what he had learned and heard on Earth. Many of the things he had originally forgotten, but because his mind was strengthened by the infusion of talent, those vague memories became clearer, and the knowledge that was originally unclear also gradually deepened, which had an impact on him and made him "have astonishing words."
If those shocking words were written in ancient times on Earth, they would certainly be attacked by everyone, but in Shengyuan Continent, these literati would take them seriously with an objective attitude. As long as they are reasonable and do not violate the holy way, no matter how absurd the things are, they can be accepted. (To be continued...)