Fang Yun lowered his head slightly and remained silent.
"If I sneak in here, there is a risk of being exposed. I will only give you half a quarter of an hour to consider!" Lei Tingzhen issued an ultimatum.
After only a few breaths, Fang Yun raised his head and said with a wry smile: "Do I have any choice? I'll keep this Hanhu Shell."
Fang Yun said this and put the lake shells into the bag.
Lei Tingzhen laughed loudly and said, "Great! A man who knows the current situation is a hero. Your future achievements will surely be the best in the literary world, and will definitely surpass me!"
Fang Yun said: "You said before that we should talk about things one by one. Now that we have finished talking about these treasures, can you continue to talk about why I can compete with Fang Yunwen in poetry?"
Lei Tingzhen smiled and said, "This is not difficult. There are many forms of literary competitions, and there are endless ways to compete. We have decided to write poems about "worrying about the country and the people" or "sadness and anger". We can make Fang Yun unable to refuse by using some tricks. We have studied it. Although Fang Yun's poems also involve some content about worrying about the country and the people or grief and anger, they are far inferior to yours. You have rich experience and have gone through painful experiences. You are far better than Fang Yun in this aspect! We believe that as long as you cooperate with us, you will definitely be able to surpass Fang Yun in literature!"
"Hearing what you said, my chances of winning are probably about 60%." Fang Yun said.
"Our goal is to increase your chances of winning to 80%! If you defeat Fang Yun, you will not only be able to obtain the Half-Saint robes and hat, you will not only gain the full support of our major families, but your status will even be higher than that of the King of Chu! You must know that no one has ever defeated Fang Xusheng, even the Demon King failed once! As long as you defeat Fang Yun, you will definitely go down in history and be remembered for eternity! As for the negative impact caused by your Zhang family's suspected rebellion, it will disappear without a trace!"
"Okay! I swear that as long as I am alive, I will compete with Fang Yunwen in poetry! However... I hope to send my son Jing'an to the secret place of Confucius' literary world to practice, so that he can get similar treatment as the children of the Kong family!" Fang Yun said.
"This... Apart from the children of the Confucius family, the semi-saint families can only send one child to the secret place of the literary world to study every five years. Zhang Jing'an is too old, I think... we need to discuss this."
Fang Yun said: "The Pearl River Army is about to go to Liangjie Mountain. Before I send troops to Liangjie Mountain, if Jing An cannot enter the secret place to practice, our agreement will be invalid. I will return all the lake shells and treasures."
Lei Tingzhen was hesitant, and after a few breaths, he nodded and said, "I will discuss this matter with the various families, and I hope I can give you a place."
"Thank you, Mr. Lei." Fang Yun said.
Lei Tingzhen said: "Swear an oath."
Fang Yun nodded and began to swear an oath to his literary advisor, his family and Confucius.
The Confucian literary world is the place left by Confucius. No matter how many tricks the people in the literary world have, they cannot deceive the power of Confucius.
"Very good! You have three Grand Secretary's treasures and the Holy Blood and Holy Pages, which are enough to protect yourself. As for the Wu Hou Chariot, it is just to motivate you. After all, it may take you several years to be promoted to Grand Secretary. In my opinion, you should give up other things and focus on poetry. That poetry-crazy old man is quite extraordinary, you should always ask him for advice in the future." Lei Tingzhen's tone was very kind and full of concern.
Fang Yun nodded, but he was laughing in his heart. He didn't expect that he would be sitting in the carriage. He was so happy. His former enemies gave him so many treasures. Although he had the Holy Pages and Holy Blood, the more of these things the better. As for the Wuhou Carriage and the Half-Saint Clothes, they were priceless. These two treasures were treasures that could not be bought with any amount of money. Even if he was a Virtual Saint, it would be difficult to get them.
After thinking for a while, Fang Yun said: "Mr. Lei, I have been hiding my strength. If nothing unexpected happens, I will be promoted to Grand Secretary within a month or two!"
Lei Tingzhen's eyes lit up. He said happily, "Good! It seems that you have more potential than we expected! Good, very good! You must study poetry in depth. If you can create a war poem that will be passed down through the ages, no. Just a poem that will be passed down through the ages will make you famous! How confident are you that you can be promoted to Grand Secretary within two months?"
"One hundred percent sure!" Fang Yun raised his head proudly.
"Okay! Since you are so confident, I will go back to Shengyuan Continent to make arrangements! We will continue to build momentum for you in secret, so that your literary reputation will grow. As long as you throw out a poem every few days, we can make your momentum comparable to Fang Yun! After that, we will fan the flames and use some other means, such as letting you humiliate Fang Yun's friends, so that he can be easily forced out to compete with you in literature!" Lei Tingzhen became happier and happier as he spoke.
"I wish us a pleasant cooperation." Fang Yun said.
Lei Tingzhen smiled happily.
After Lei Tingzhen left, Fang Yun sat in the car with a strange smile on his face.
"I originally suspected that they were here to sabotage my three ascents to the Book Mountain, but who knew that they were actually here to help me pass the test of the ninth mountain. It's like a timely help! Although the Half-Saint Cloth and Crown are powerful, they are of little use to me now. But the Wu Hou Chariot is too important to me. Once I am promoted to Grand Secretary, I can use it immediately! Lei family, Lei family, you have finally done a great thing! I will thank you very much in the future!" Fang Yun thought to himself.
Early in the morning, the army set out for Huidong County. An hour later, they were attacked by the Barbarian King Xiong Bei and Lang Dan. Unlike before, this time there were no barbarian generals participating in the attack, only barbarian kings, barbarian lords and barbarian commanders. Except for the barbarian king, the number of barbarian lords and barbarian commanders had increased.
However, this battle lasted only a quarter of an hour before the Barbarian King retreated. They were afraid that the human race would use the holy temple to move other university scholars or great Confucian scholars to nearby counties and then attack them from both sides.
The quarter-hour battle was like a training exercise for the experienced Lumen Army. Not only did it not affect the morale, but it made the soldiers more confident.
The army continued to move forward, and Fang Yun felt relieved. They would be able to reach Pengcheng tonight, and tomorrow the army could board ships in batches and cross the Lingdingyang to reach Zhucheng.
An army of 150,000 plus more than 50,000 auxiliary troops as well as military equipment and food supplies would require dozens of large ships to transport them back and forth several times.
In the evening, when the army had just arrived near Pengcheng, the generals in the front gathered together to discuss the matter in a panic.
Not long after, Fang Yun heard the soldiers in front of him talking about the water tribes suddenly taking action and blocking most of the Lingdingyang and the lower reaches of the Pearl River.
Lingdingyang is the estuary of the Pearl River. It is a huge trumpet-shaped river bay, very wide, and aquatic creatures rarely appear there.
"Things are not good..." Fang Yun immediately took out the map of Chu State from the Hanhu shell.
"If the area near the mouth of the Pearl River is blocked, the army can only go east along the north bank of the Pearl River, all the way to Guangzhou, then cross the bridge from Guangzhou to the south bank of the Pearl River, and finally go to Zhucheng along the south bank. The original straight water route has become a slanted herringbone route. Not only will the army have to travel several more days, but it will also encounter unpredictable accidents! What's more, Guangzhou City is within the guard range of the Qishan Army, and I am very likely to meet Qishan Marquis Gou Bao! I stole the Qishan Army's flag and the Gou family's talent jade. I'm afraid Qishan Marquis will not let me off easily!"
.(To be continued.)