This carriage was originally a royal carriage of the Chu Kingdom. It was taken by Fang Yun when he was released from prison. The interior is very spacious.
The old man in black sat down opposite, lifted his hat, revealing a familiar face.
In the Holy Academy, Fang Yun was tired of Lei Tingzhen's face. In many places such as the Holy Academy's parliamentary meetings, Lei Tingzhen repeatedly opposed and suppressed him, without caring at all about his identity as a great scholar.
Now that he suddenly appeared in Confucius' literary world, Fang Yun felt extremely strange.
"I wonder if Mr. Lei has any advice for me?" Fang Yun stared at Lei Tingzhen's eyes.
The old scholar had a ruddy complexion and a long breath, but in his eyes, Fang Yun saw a few very fine bloodshot veins, which were rarely seen in normal scholars. This meant that Lei Tingzhen was either physically injured or there was something wrong with his holy way.
"Show your talent." Lei Tingzhen said, and his literary power spread outward, covering the entire carriage.
Fang Yun continued to stare into Lei Tingzhen's eyes without saying a word, his eyes flashing with an indomitable fighting spirit.
Lei Tingzhen smiled slightly and said, "I have no ill intentions. I just want to give you a blessing and help you on the path to sainthood. I took a ray of your talent just to verify your identity."
Fang Yun frowned, showing his talent, and then continued to stare at Lei Tingzhen.
A ray of orange light flew out and quickly dissipated. Lei Tingzhen reached out and grabbed it, and the invisible force wrapped around Fang Yun's talent. Then he closed his eyes and felt it carefully.
After a long time, Lei Tingzhen nodded and said, "Yes, it is not the talent of the people in Shengyuan Continent, and it is completely different from the talents of people I have seen, and... it is exactly the same as your talent more than ten years ago."
Lei Tingzhen said this and took out a pen holder from his sleeve.
Fang Yun could not recognize this pen holder, but he deduced that this pen holder was used by Zhang Longxiang for many years and was imbued with the aura of Zhang Longxiang's talent.
Fang Yun smiled coldly in his heart. Not to mention Lei Tingzhen, even if the patriarch himself came, he would not be able to detect that the "Yi Zhuan" written by Confucius himself had been playing a role. Even if he said something wrong, the "Yi Zhuan" could cover it up and even directly change Lei Tingzhen's perception.
"I have heard of the name of Mr. Lei for a long time, but what can the great scholar do in person? If he wants to take Zhang's life, it would be a waste of his talent." There was a hint of hostility in Fang Yun's tone.
Lei Tingzhen laughed loudly and said, "I have said that I will give you a great blessing. I want to ask you, are you willing to wash away the stigma and avoid persecution? Are you willing to become the Duke of Pearl River from the Marquis of Pearl River? Are you willing to take revenge on those who have taken advantage of your Zhang family?"
Fang Yun snorted coldly: "Of course! Are you trying to help me? However, even if you are a great scholar in Shengyuan Continent, it is difficult for you to influence the State of Chu!"
Lei Tingzhen smiled calmly and said, "Of course, I can't influence the King of Chu, but the combined efforts of our Lei family, Zong family, Gu family, Dragon Clan and other forces are enough to do it!"
"I'm very curious, why does Mr. Lei want to help me?" Fang Yun vaguely guessed a possibility.
"It's very simple. As long as you can win the favor of others at a literary conference, you can get everything you dream of!" Lei Tingzhen said proudly.
Fang Yun was stunned, and suddenly realized. Everything that he couldn't understand before suddenly became clear, and then he felt both ridiculous and absurd.
Let your own writing overwhelm you
"This..." Fang Yun looked puzzled.
Lei Tingzhen was very satisfied with Fang Yun's reaction and said, "I don't need to say who Fang Yun is. I believe you are also clear about our purpose. You are only a Hanlin now. Even if you are promoted to a Grand Scholar, it will be useless in front of the King of Chu. Of course, being promoted to a great scholar will be different, but the premise is that you can live to be promoted to a great scholar. You now have only two ways to go, either be forced to death by the King of Chu and the civil and military officials, or get our help to fulfill your wish and start revenge!"
"I don't believe in pie in the sky, nor do I believe in the pie you draw. What's more, Fang Xusheng is such a big shot, how can I suppress him with words? Mr. Lei, please go back, but don't worry, I will never leak this matter. Otherwise, you will take my life before King Chu takes action." Fang Yun said.
Lei Tingzhen smiled and said, "Marquis Zhujiang, you are too kind. How could we kill you? Let's talk about things one by one. I came here with goodwill and treasures, not empty promises. Please take a look, Marquis Zhujiang."
Lei Tingzhen said this and handed the Hanhu shell in his other sleeve to Fang Yun.
Fang Yun took the lake shell with half belief and half doubt, and after mobilizing his energy and seeing what was inside, his eyes instantly widened in disbelief.
Lei Tingzhen smiled even more widely.
"In that box, there are the legendary half-saint clothes and hats?" Fang Yun never expected that the Zong and Lei families would be willing to give up such treasures.
Lei Tingzhen smiled and said, "This is a set of semi-saint clothing and crown that the West Sea Dragon Palace obtained back then, and it belongs to Tao Yuanming, the Tao Saint. Wearing this semi-saint clothing and crown can not only use a little bit of holy power, but also because Tao Yuanming is a master of poetry, the power of all war poems will be doubled!"
Fang Yun remained silent.
Lei Tingzhen continued, "This semi-saint robe and crown can only be used by great scholars. The reason we took it out is to show our sincerity. The West Sea Dragon Palace guarantees that as long as you compete with Fang Yunwen in poetry, this semi-saint robe and crown will be lent to you until you die."
Fang Yun snorted and said, "Since this semi-saint robe is a loan and not a gift, then the great scholar's treasure 'Wu Hou Chariot', three university scholar's treasures, twenty holy pages, three drops of semi-saint blood, five ingots of dragon blood ink, one life-giving fruit, and one life-extending fruit inside, are they all just loaned to me?"
"The Half-Saint Clothes and Hats are holy treasures that are enough to allow a great scholar to exert power close to that of a Half-Saint. Naturally, I can't just give them to you casually. As for the rest, they can all be given to you! As long as you agree to compete with Fang Yun, all the other treasures will be yours!"
"I don't believe there is such a good deal in the world. In that case, as long as I compete with Fang Yunwen, even if I lose on purpose, I can still get these treasures." Fang Yun said.
Lei Tingzhen smiled slightly, his eyes flashing with coldness, and said: "You dare not! You must go all out! Do you think you still have a way out now? If you lose on purpose, or don't try your best in the literary competition, then we will cut you into pieces and kill all your clans!"
Fang Yun laughed and said, "Lei Daru, please go back! I, Zhang Longxiang, have been in prison for ten years and suffered a lot, but I never bowed to anyone. If you want to kill my entire clan, go ahead!"
"Haha..." Lei Tingzhen laughed, "As expected of Zhang Mingzhou, who has spent ten years honing his skills, you are so brave! If it weren't for your courage, you wouldn't have been able to write those masterpieces. The threats are just jokes from this old man. The reason why we are willing to give you the treasure is, first, because we believe in your integrity, Zhang Mingzhou, and you will never deal with it carelessly once you agree. As for the second reason, it is because we have absolute power, and the consequences of deceiving us are far worse than being killed by the King of Chu!"
"Let me think about it again." Fang Yun looked tired.
"Zhang Mingzhou, you and I are both smart people. We have already investigated your life experience and what happened in the past few days. You have no choice now! If you really have other choices, I will cut off that path first and then meet you again!"
Lei Tingzhen looked at Fang Yun proudly.
.(To be continued.)