Fang Yun sat in the examination room, waiting for the officer to collect the papers, and continued to think about the strange scene that had happened before.
Under the shade of a tree in the Academy of Literature, Feng Zimo, the master of the Academy, said, "The Academy of Literature is in shock. This is very serious. Now that the examination is over, I will report it to Lord Li immediately."
After Feng Zimo finished speaking, he held the official seal and injected his talent into it. Then he saw many black characters flying out of the official seal. Those characters connected in a line to form the shape of a wild goose. The wild goose flapped its wings, flew into the top of the holy temple, and disappeared into thin air.
All the officials present were uneasy, fearing that something big might happen.
A hint of mockery flashed in Inspector Geng's eyes. The greater the disaster in Jing State, the happier he was. But he then said, "This matter is indeed very serious. Perhaps someone cheated in the examination room and the saints are furious." After saying that, he also sent a letter via carrier pigeon to report the matter to the Holy Academy.
Prefect Dong has been worried all the time, saying, "If only the Academy of Literature was shaken, maybe someone could have written a famous scripture but failed, but even the Holy Temple was shaken, which is of great significance. I am afraid that if Holy Temples in various places are shaken at the same time, there will definitely be a great change in the world. I will send a letter to ask other prefects."
Prefect Dong was delivering a letter to Prefect Sun of Dayuan Prefecture. Not long after, a wild goose made up of black words flew in front of Prefect Dong. The goose disintegrated, and words were hung in front of Prefect Dong.
"No unusual phenomenon has occurred in Dayuan Prefecture. I'm afraid this matter is only related to Yuhai Prefecture. Perhaps there is a change in the dragon clan. I will inform General Zhang right away." After saying this, Governor Dong sent a letter to Zhang Poyue Hongyan, the governor of the Jiangzhou provincial army.
After the wild geese flew into the holy temple, they flew across hundreds of miles in an instant with the blessing of talent and power, and appeared over a sea area.
Three pirate ships are surrounding a merchant ship flying the Qing flag.
There were three pirate ships, one large and two small. The largest one was a full hundred feet long. Anyone with a little knowledge could recognize that it was the famous dragon patrol ship of the Ten Nations.
Although the sea area of the Ten Kingdoms is large, there are only five patrol dragon ships, two of which are in Jing Kingdom. One belongs to the Jiangzhou State Army and is the vehicle of Zhang Poyue, the governor of Jiangzhou, and the other belongs to the Holy Court and is used by Li Wenying to go to sea.
The dragon patrol ship is the product of cooperation between the Mohist school of the Semi-Saint family and the Gongshu school of the Virtual Saint family. Each ship can carry an article by a great scholar. Any dragon patrol ship has the strength to confront the big monster head-on, which is equivalent to having a great scholar in charge.
The patrol boat originally flew the Jing Kingdom's flag, but now it was replaced by a large piece of white cloth with a large sword painted on it, an extremely ugly sword. It looked like a child casually drew it with a brush. If a real pirate was here, he would burst out laughing.
The people on the Qing merchant ship surrounded by three warships were simply furious. They had seen pirates before, and even government ships pretending to be pirates. But using the five patrol boats of the ten countries as pirate ships was unheard of.
What's even more bizarre is that everyone on the ship is wearing Jing country uniforms. The word "Jing" on both sides of the ship's side is crossed out, and it's unclear whether it's to conceal that it's a Jing country warship or to show off its identity.
On a chair on the bow deck, a bearded man was holding a large basin of lychees, peeling and eating them non-stop, his beard full of lychee juice, while smiling at the Qing merchant ship ahead. The soldiers on the side all pretended not to know this man.
A wild goose with words on it suddenly flew out from the official seal beside Zhang Poyue, landed in front of him, and spread out like a letter.
"Oh? The holy temple is shaking?" Zhang Poyue blew a breath, and the words shattered and disappeared.
Zhang Poyue reached out for the towel, wiped his beard and mouth with a smile, and looked at the Qing merchant ship again. His eyes suddenly became extremely sharp, as if they could cut through the sea.
The soldiers around him immediately straightened their heads and chests with serious expressions.
"If you don't surrender after sixty breaths, we will sink the ship! If you dare to resist, we will kill you all!" said Zhang Poyue.
"Yes! General!"
An official who had passed the imperial examination shouted loudly: "As we are all human beings, our general... no, our boss will give you sixty seconds. If you resist, you will be rammed and sunk immediately! There is a fish monster waiting not far away, you can figure it out for yourselves!" His voice spread far away with the power of his talent.
The people on the Qing merchant ship were so angry that they almost vomited blood. An official from Jing who was dressed in official uniform let the cat out of the bag and acted so confidently was simply infuriating.
A man on the merchant ship shouted into a conch: "General Zhang, we are transporting goods for the Xunzi family. We have always abided by the laws of the two countries and have never made any mistakes. I don't know why General Zhang treats us merchants like this." Although his voice was not as loud as the thunder of the scholar's tongue, it was able to be heard clearly by the people on the dragon patrol boat due to the effect of the strange conch.
Zhang Poyue said calmly: "Oh, I see, there are still forty breaths left."
"Speed up!" an official shouted, and the dragon patrol boat rushed straight towards the merchant ship.
"Zhang Poyue, fuck your ancestors!" someone shouted.
"You have such a strange hobby, then I will fulfill your wish and send you to meet them." After Zhang Poyue finished speaking, he spit out a white light, and then the talented spear drew a white line in the air and hit the head of the person who scolded him in the blink of an eye.
With a loud "bang", the man's head was blown up by the Talent War Gun, and yellow, white and red splashed in all directions. The unlucky people were either sprayed in the face or had something splashed into their mouths, causing them to vomit loudly.
"We surrender!" The captain had to announce that he would give up resistance.
Zhang Poyue said: "Get on board and take away all the valuables. Women and children should keep their clothes, but all men should be stripped naked!"
"General, those old clothes are worthless."
"Be a rag!"
"The general is a truly frugal man. I admire him."
Zhang Poyue said: "There are two pickled monster turtle eggs in this merchant ship. Remember to search carefully and send one to Fang Yun when you return."
"Yes, General."
The captain of the Qing merchant ship asked sadly, "General Zhang, I've always heard that you are a hero of the human race and a hero who killed monsters, but why are you making things difficult for us! The thousand-year agreement has ended, and the ten human nations can only fight with words and not with weapons. Why don't you even give us a chance to fight with words?"
"Go back and ask your boss Shi, he knows why. I am different from Li Wenying. He likes to kill people after the fact, but I like to take revenge in advance. Oh, and if your Shi family and Xunzi family didn't harm our former sage, Fang Yun, please apologize on my behalf. I owe you a shipload of goods, and I won't rob next time I should."
The captain didn't expect Zhang Poyue to come and rob the ship without any evidence. He rolled his eyes and fainted from anger.
Zhang Poyue looked at the people of Qing as if they were a group of pigs and dogs, without a trace of emotion in his eyes, and said, "If the people of Qing dare to harm the talents of Jing in my jurisdiction again, I will kill a whole ship of people. By the way, Fang Yun is an exception. If you harm him again, I will kill a hundred ships of people. If you harm him a third time, I will throw the body of a young dragon into the Tongjing Port of your Qing country."
The people on the Qing merchant ship were so scared that they said nothing. The dragons would not avenge those who died in direct battle. If the body of a young dragon appeared in Tongjing Port, at least a dragon saint would take revenge personally. If it was a sneak attack, Tongjing Port, which had a population of one million, would be flooded in an instant. If it was the strongest East China Sea Dragon Saint who took action, even the two half-saints of Qing would not be able to stop him.
"Let's return after we finish the robbing." Zhang Poyue said, and returned to his seat. He held the bowl of lychees and continued to eat them with a smile on his face. After a while, his beard was covered with lychee juice again.
After finishing a bowl of lychees, Zhang Poyue muttered to himself, "I wonder how Fang Yun did in the exam."
The provincial examination was over and the candidates left one after another. Fang Yun walked out carrying his book box.
Familiar people walked together in twos and threes, talking about something.
"This year's request for the Holy Word was so difficult that I almost banged my head on the table."
"Alas, my prayers are only C-level at best."
"C is good! As long as I don't get D, everything will be fine."
"Alas, my sutras may be judged as D grade."
"Why?"
"After the test, I realized that I wrote too hastily. I did nothing wrong in terms of impoliteness, but I'm afraid I made a mistake in terms of unrighteousness. Sigh..."
Fang Yun walked out quickly, not wanting to make Yang Yuhuan wait too anxiously.
As soon as he walked out of the main gate of the Academy, he saw a huge crowd of people in front of him. Countless people were looking here. Fang Yun took a glance and was about to walk out when he heard someone shouting, "Fang Shuangjia, when the results are announced tomorrow, can we change your name to Fang Wujia?"
The voice was too familiar. Fang Yun didn't even look at the disciple of Shi Jun and continued walking out.
Shi Dehong came over quickly and said with a smile, "Brother Fang, why do you ignore me?"
Fang Yun then looked at Shi Dehong and said, "This Qing countryman, please make way. I still need to go home for dinner."
When Shi Dehong greeted Fang Yun at the beginning, many people around were already paying attention. Now when they heard that Shi Dehong was from Qing country, everyone became alert, especially a few middle-aged men and women with hot tempers.
"Fang Shuangjia, don't be afraid. This is the gate of the Holy Academy. The people of Qing dare not do anything to you! If he dares to touch you, I will tear his clothes into pieces and say he molested me!" said an aunt.
"Is he a juren or a xiucai? I will tie him up first and then shut his mouth. I don't believe he can still talk eloquently!" said a middle-aged student.
"The people of Qing still want to touch our little Shijun? Don't dream!" said one person.
Shi Dehong forced an ugly smile and said, "Everyone, you misunderstood. I am not trying to embarrass Fang Yun. I just want to discuss something with him in detail."
"What good things can you Qing people say? You are full of bad intentions!"
"Fang Yun, don't pay attention to him. Come on, we'll take you out, and then you can come back to pick up my son."
At this time, Fang Yun heard Tong Li say loudly from behind: "Fang Yun, how did you do in the exam? I guess you can become a great poet again. What a pity, the scholars are ranked based on the interpretation of classics. You have only been studying classics for less than three months. I am looking forward to seeing how you will do in the exam." His tone was full of joy, and it was obvious that he did very well.
Shi Dehong immediately agreed, "Talent in poetry emphasizes talent, while talent in classics emphasizes learning, and talent in policy essays emphasizes ability. Your talent, Fang Yun, overwhelms Jiangzhou. If your talent and learning can also overwhelm Jiangzhou, then you will be a talent of a century. Talent in the prefectural examination will reveal itself. Fang Yun, how much talent do you have in classics? If you are really talented, your talent in classics should at least be at the top of the county, right?"
Fang Yun kept silent. The meaning of the scripture was very strange and he could not say a word. (To be continued...)