The Path of the Sage

Chapter 120: Consequences of cheating

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The scholars on the mountain are working hard to climb and think, and the scholars at the bottom of the mountain are talking a lot. Like Fang Yun, they have guessed that this year's mountain is more difficult than usual, and they are all guessing where Fang Yun can climb.

"Back then, geniuses such as Yan Yukong stayed at three mountains and three pavilions, but this year's Shushan is particularly difficult. So even if Fang Yun is equally talented as Yan Yukong, I'm afraid he can only go to three mountains and one pavilion."

"That's right. I admit that in terms of talent alone, his luck can be compared with Yan Yukong from our Qing Kingdom, but don't forget that although Yan Yukong is a native of our Qing Kingdom, he is a collateral descendant of Yan Zi. After he was born in Zhongtong, he was sent to the Yanzi family for training, and what he learned is beyond Fang Yun's level. I doubt that Fang Yun can even go up to the third mountain."

"You Qingguo people are so powerful. Just now, you were shocked by the literary courage of our Jingguo people. More than ten people died. It's really awesome! This year's Dragon Boat Festival, Yan Yukong seems to be crushed by Fang's luck. It's really not Fang's luck." It can be compared.”

A scholar from Yuhai City couldn't help but sneer. He saw Fang Yun win the championship in the Dragon Boat Festival with his own eyes, and saw Jun Shi praising Fang Yun with his own eyes. Fang Yun's status in his heart was already second only to Li Wenying's, and he absolutely couldn't do it. Let the enemy be insulted.

The scholars in Yuhai City have simply opened the scars of the Qing Dynasty scholars. They were already angry about the failure of the Dragon Boat Festival. Many Qing people were shaken away by Fang Yun before. They knew that Fang Yun was right and did not dare to speak out. But now Even the ordinary scholars of Qing State came to step on him, and the scholars of Qing State became angry.

A Qingguo man was furious: "You, Jingguo, only won once, but you are so arrogant! It was Fang Yun who defeated me, Qingguo, not you! Shameless!"

"Shameless? It's Fang Yun who is on Shang Shu Mountain. You Qingguo people who are enjoying the benefits not only don't thank him, but curse him for not being able to climb the three mountains and three pavilions. This is the real shamelessness."

"We are just judging, not cursing!"

"As long as someone passes a pavilion on Shushan, we can stay an extra hour on top of the six hours. You have also seen the current situation. Fang Yun must be the first. You enjoy the time brought by Fang Yun, thank you. I don’t know how to congratulate him for climbing a higher mountain, but think that he is inferior to others. What is this but a curse?”

"Bad talk!"

The hatred between Qingguo and Jingguo lasted for hundreds of years, especially for those whose ancestors had died at the hands of each other. The hatred between the country and the family immediately started to quarrel.

Soon, the topic changed from Fang Yun to other aspects, starting to make more contributions than the semi-saints of various countries, starting to find scandals about each other, and so on.

People from other countries just looked on. The people of Wu State laughed secretly. The deeper the hatred between Jing and Qing, the better for Wu State. The three bordering countries have always been at odds.

After a while, a scholar from Qi State couldn't hold himself back and shouted: "Come on, come on! The gambling is on! The gambling is on!"

"Qiao Gugui, this is Shushan. After leaving Shushan, you will forget everything, so what are you betting on? You are not afraid that we will not compensate you if we lose the bet, but we are afraid that if you win the bet, you will run away. Your father is a gambling house in Qiguo Big boss, you are just a little gambler, how can you compare with your father? "

Many people laughed.

Qiao Xiucai smiled and said: "Why can't you gamble? Scholars from Jingqing and Qing Dynasties. Just stop arguing. If you are a man, just gamble! What's the point of arguing?"

The two people glared at Qiao Xiucai together.

However, Qiao Xiucai was not afraid at all and shouted: "People from Wu State and Qing State, aren't you dissatisfied with Fang Yun? Don't you think that Fang Yun can't go to the Three Mountains and Three Pavilions? From Jing State. Don't you think that Fang Yun is better than Yan Yukong?" How about we make a bet! If Fang Yun gets to the Three Mountains and Three Pavilions, you people from the Qing Kingdom of Wu will collectively jump into the Weoshui River. If Fang Yun fails to get to the Three Mountains and Three Pavilions, do you dare? "

People from Jingguo and Qingguo kept their mouths shut. In fact, they didn't have the confidence.

A scholar from the Wu Kingdom got angry and said, "What does the quarrel between Jing and Qing have to do with my country of Wu?"

A Qingguo man said in a neutral tone: "You, the Wu Kingdom, have done a lot to sow discord between our two countries, Jingqing. Doesn't it matter? Six years ago, you won the five prefectures of Qingguo with a literary fight. Three years ago, you used Wen Dou won the three palaces of Jingguo. We all remember this in our hearts, and of course it has something to do with you. "

Scholars from other countries look bad at first glance. National disputes have always been the most exciting topic for people in various countries. A few decades ago, the main object of "loyalty" was the country, so the hatred between countries was extremely deep.

It was not until the Thousand-Year No-War Contract expired in recent years and demons and barbarians came out in large numbers that the Holy Academy had to change the highest concept of "loyalty". Loyalty should first be loyal to the human race and secondly to the country.

However, it is difficult for people from all countries to agree immediately. Many people still want their countries to unify the Holy Yuan Continent. By then, loyalty to the country will be equal to loyalty to the human race.

Even now Fang Yun, because he has seen too much history of Jingguo being bullied by Qingguo and Wuguo, he also wants Jingguo to unify Wuguo and Qingguo, let alone them.

That Qiao Xiucai immediately shouted: "Stop talking nonsense! To gamble or not to gamble! Your Wu Kingdom usually flaunts its power and looks down on this country and that country. In the past, it often attacked Fang Yun. Now that there is a gambling game, you don't dare to gamble anymore?"

A man from Wu State shouted: "Of course we dare to bet, but no one from Jing State dares to bet!"

"Oh? Then if we people from Jingguo dare to bet all, how about you people from Wuguo down the mountain?"

The man from Wu State shouted: "Literary friends from Wu State, I believe that Fang Yun is a great talent. I even admire Fang Yun, but don't you think these Jingguo scholars are too noisy? Fang Yun will have a bright future with these people. What does it matter! A bunch of successful villains didn’t even dare to raise their heads in front of us Wu people, but now they want to ride on our heads? No way! Good men of Wu country, do you dare to gamble?”

"Dare! When did our Dawu Kingdom ever fear Jingguo!"

"I'm afraid of Fang Yun, but I'm not afraid of cowards like Jing Guo!"

"It looks like Fang Yun can't hold it anymore. We can afford to lose, but we can't lose to other Jingguo people!"

The people of Jingguo were extremely angry. Even many people who didn't want to gamble decided to gamble, because many people knew in their hearts that Fang Yun would definitely be able to reach the Three Mountains and One Pavilion, but by that time, there shouldn't be much time left, even if they didn't jump Weishuihe doesn't have much time to stay in Shushan.

Soon, all the Qingguo and Wu people at the foot of Shushan stood on one side, and the Jingguo people stood on the other side.

Qiao Xiucai secretly laughed. Fortunately, they were all scholars who had just passed the exam. If it were a candidate for Juren, no one would bet on it. He smiled and said: "Okay, that's it! If any country regrets it, the other seven countries will regret it." Promote the weak water river."

A man from Jingguo shouted at Fang Yun on the mountain: "Fang Yun, it's up to you whether you can make those scholars from Qingguo and Wuguo jump into the river!"

Nine peaks were arranged in a horizontal row, parallel to the Ruoshui River. Fang Yun descended the first mountain and came to between the two mountains.

There are also strange winds between the two mountains.

The strange wind here is more than five times stronger than the strange wind by the Ruoshui River, but under the protection of Wen Dan's power, this strange wind cannot move Fang Yun's clothes in the slightest.

Many talented people in the distance were secretly envious. At this moment, Fang Yun was so free and unrestrained, as if he were overwhelmed by Mount Tai without changing his expression.

After passing through the strange wind, Fang Yun stepped into the first pavilion of the Second Mountain and saw the word "number" written on the plaque.

Mathematics is one of the six arts of a gentleman. In ancient times, not knowing how to count was demeaning. A scholar’s mathematics must not be too bad.

"I don't know what the 'number' of Shushan is. If it is a high number, I'm afraid it will be a tragedy even if there are ten strange books in the world." Fang Yun thought to himself.

A piece of white paper quietly appeared. There were three questions on it, and only two of them could be answered correctly. Fang Yun looked at it and couldn't help but smile.

The first question is a poem title.

Weiwei Academy is located in the mountains and forests. I don't know how many students there are.

Three hundred and sixty-four bowls, look at them all.

Three people share a bowl of rice, and four people share a bowl of soup.

I would like to ask you sir, who knows how to calculate how many lives you will have in the temple.

"This means that there are three hundred and sixty-four bowls in an academy. Three scholars share one bowl of rice, and four people share one bowl of soup. How many scholars are there? Suppose there are x students in the academy, x Divided by three plus x divided by four equals three hundred and sixty-four, find the value of x," Fang Yun thought.

As a result, a question that would make many intellectuals break their heads was easily solved.

Fang Yun wrote the number six hundred and twenty-four after the first question.

"Hey, isn't my algorithm a bit bullying?"

Fang Yun thought to himself and looked at the second question.

There are thousands of trees in the forest, arranged in a row. A tree has one leaf, and then one more leaf is added. Ten thousand trees have ten thousand leaves. How many leaves are there in the forest

"The first tree has one leaf, the second tree has two leaves, and so on, and the ten thousandth tree has ten thousand leaves. Even if you have almost forgotten the formula for summing up arithmetic sequences, those who are familiar with the story of Gauss when he was a child can still calculate it. Come out, the sum of the first tree and the last tree is ten thousand and one, multiply it by five thousand, and the answer will come out. I just don’t know if other people will use this method.”

So Fang Yun wrote "fifty million and five thousand pieces" on it.

Suddenly, the old man from before appeared in front of Fang Yun. The old man looked sternly and asked, "How can I explain this question in detail?"

Fang Yun was startled, as if he had been caught cheating, and then quickly realized that he really had not cheated this time. After thinking for a moment, he stretched out his hands and said: "I was playing by the river and wrote from one to ten on my ten fingers. , put your hands together, with your ten fingers facing each other, the sum of each two fingers is eleven, eleven times five is fifty-five. Although this question is ten thousand, it is not much different. The leaves of the two trees before and after add up to ten thousand zero. One, times five thousand is the answer.”

"Good!" The old man nodded and disappeared.

Fang Yun couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

Fang Yun looked at the third question with a thoughtful expression.

Nine hundred and ninety-nine coins, in time I can buy a thousand pear fruits.

Eleven cents are worth nine pears, and seven pieces of fruit are worth four cents.

Question: How much does pear fruit cost

Fang Yun said while looking at it: "Nine hundred and ninety-nine cents bought pears and fruits. The sum of pears and fruits is one thousand. Eleven cents can buy nine pears. Four cents can buy seven fruits. Fruits How much did each cost? This is a difficult question."

After saying that, Fang Yun seemed to have completely forgotten how to solve the first question and was thinking hard.

After a long time, Fang Yun finally wrote the answer. (To be continued...)