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Qingming Festival is a major festival for mankind. Scholars from all over the country contacted their friends in Zhucheng and asked them to send Zhang Longxiang's poems to them as soon as possible.
However, these people soon received sad news that Zhang Longxiang actually gave up participating in the literary meeting because he resisted Lu Menhou's censorship of poetry.
Before the literary gatherings in various places began, the matter began to be discussed on the literary forums. Not only did other people laugh at the State of Chu and Marquis Lu Men, but even many people of Chu joined in the ranks of ridiculing Marquis Lu Men.
"When will poetry be written? I asked the heavens over a cup of wine. The heavens said: Lumen Hou will not allow it to be written!"
"Looking northwest to Chang'an, I feel pity for the countless mountains; looking southeast to Zhucheng, I feel pity for Lu Guanyan!"
"I dare not forget my country even though I am in a low position, and I will not allow a scholar to sit in a meeting!"
"If a poem can shake the morale of the army, then there is no need for such an army or such a country!"
"If you just tell us that we are suspected of being traitors and cannot participate in the literary gathering, we will believe it."
Soon, a new article appeared on the literary list with the title "I have something unclear and would like to ask Marquis Lu Men for advice. Who among you would like to pass on the letter?", but there was no content on the article.
Some scholars suddenly became excited.
"I am willing to pass on the letter together!"
"Take me one!"
"How can we miss such an interesting event!"
"Let's go, let Marquis Lumen see how powerful our Hongyan Yading is!"
"I heard that the official seal will explode if it receives a large number of letters in a short period of time. Why not destroy the official seal of Marquis Lumen today? I will send ten letters today!"
"I'll pass on twenty books!"
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Everything was going on as usual at the Qingming Literary Festival in Zhucheng. Suddenly, many people noticed that the usually calm Lu Menhou's expression changed slightly. Everyone knew that Lu Menhou never showed his emotions on his face, and even when he was angry, he seldom showed it in front of others. But now his expression suddenly changed. No one knew what had happened.
A few people continued to stare at Lu Menhou, and slowly, others were also attracted, and everyone in the audience looked at Lu Menhou.
Suddenly, Lu Menhou stood up and stepped back, then threw something into the air.
When everyone looked closely, they saw that what was flying into the air was actually the official seal of Marquis Lumen. The official seal of Marquis Lumen should have been made of silver, but now it was completely red.
Many people looked at Lu Menhou and saw him suddenly retract his right hand into his sleeve. People with sharp eyes discovered that Lu Menhou's right hand was burned and the skin was torn.
The smell of barbecue spread in all directions from where Lu Menhou was.
Most people didn’t know what had happened. Although they all knew that official seals in the literary world were not as good as those in the Shengyuan Continent, they wouldn’t suddenly become defective products and burn the hand of a Hanlin.
Suddenly, someone whispered, "Go check the discussion board. It's related to the article at the top."
Everyone hurriedly opened the discussion board and was shocked to find that tens of thousands of scholars were responding to that article.
Zhang Qingfeng took a look and was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. At first, only a few hundred people responded to the article out of anger, but people who came after thought it was interesting and joined in just for fun. As a result, many people not only watched the fun, but also started to join in the fun, not even thinking it was too much fun, so much so that a large number of scholars outside the State of Chu joined in the fun.
"It's the holiday season..." Zhang Qingfeng said in a low voice, and the people around him chuckled.
Lu Menhou looked up at the sky with a dark face. In his eyes, hundreds of thousands of wild geese carrying messages were circling in the sky, like dark clouds covering the sky.
After a long while, everyone reacted. Wei Changxian hurriedly held the official seal to communicate with the holy temple. Then a clear light enveloped the official seal of Lumen Hou. The temperature of the official seal continued to drop, and it returned to normal after a few breaths.
Marquis Lu Men hurriedly took back the official seal, closed the door and received the letter sent by the wild goose, and then he felt at ease to take it away.
Afterwards, many scholars on the literary discussion board cheered and were happy for their victory over the despicable Lu Menhou.
Such a thing has never happened in the literary world for thousands of years, so much so that a great scholar who could read the literary discussion lists posted this incident on the discussion list of Shengyuan Continent as a funny story.
Soon, many scholars from Shengyuan Continent began to respond.
"People in the literary world know how to have fun."
"I don't know what the material of our Shengyuan Continent's official seal is. If we have the chance, let's take the opportunity to have some fun. Who should we start with?"
"Should we start with the Patriarch of the Lei Family, or with the Left Prime Minister of the Jing Kingdom?"
"You guys always want to make a big event!"
The commotion that occurred on the discussion board did not affect Fang Yun.
Fang Yun stood on the south city wall of Zhucheng, looking to the south. After a long time, he picked up his pen and wrote.
Things happening in Zhucheng.
Farmers were recruited to chase the ships.
Spring grass is green all over the fields.
Try to climb up the city wall and look at the south.
There are new smoke in several places during Qingming Festival.
After writing it, Fang Yun posted it on the discussion board. Just as he was about to leave, he noticed something strange out of the corner of his eye. So he carefully read today's popular articles and smiled. He didn't expect that someone would actually blow up the official seal of Marquis Lu Men. It was truly a strange story.
After Fang Yun's poem appeared, the number of people playing around decreased and they all responded.
"Zhang Mingzhou, since Marquis Lumen will not allow you to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival, we scholars in the literary world will hold a solo Qingming Festival for you on the discussion list!"
"Who cares about the Pearl River Literary Society? Now we are holding a literary society gathering. Literary friends from all over the world, please come and support us!"
"When discussing poetry, don't go off topic!"
"The first two lines of this poem can only be regarded as clichés. The people were conscripted into the army and no one farmed, resulting in thousands of acres of fertile land being occupied by green grass. But the line 'There are new smoke in a few places on Qingming Festival' is really a good line. Cooking stoves are forbidden during the Cold Food Festival, and fires are lit on Qingming Festival. There should be smoke everywhere, but the poet wrote that there are only a few places with new smoke, which shows how few people there are in the south of Zhucheng. This is a criticism of Lumenhou's poor performance in the battle, which is very incisive. It is worthy of Zhang Mingzhou!"
"The phrase 'try to climb up the city wall to peek at the south' is also a subtle irony. Think about it, a Hanlin can only 'peek' at the south from the top of the Pearl River City Wall. Is Zhang Longxiang afraid? He is not afraid. He has tried to fight several times but failed. It is the Lumen Army that is afraid, it is the Chu State that is afraid! Even if he is afraid, what is he afraid of? Of course he is afraid of Lumen Marquis and the King of Chu, because these two people even forbade him to leave the city, so he can only 'peek', not look."
"Zhang Mingzhou's satirical poems are truly unique. They have already overwhelmed Fang Xusheng."
"I didn't send twenty letters in vain. This poem is worth it!"
"What a pity! Marquis Lumen will definitely retaliate."
"I can tolerate the Marquis of Lumen and the King of Chu attacking the suspected traitor Zhang Longxiang, but I cannot tolerate them attacking the famous poet Zhang Longxiang!"
"There are new smoke in several places during Qingming Festival. Alas, if there is no human race in your heart, how can you find such a desolate scene?"
"I think it will be difficult for Zhang Mingzhou to write satirical poems in the future."
Fang Yun didn't read too much of the discussion and went home.
That night, Fang Yun got drunk and cursed Lu Menhou, and was confined to his house for ten days.
Fang Yun's actions have been praised by scholars from all over the literary world. Some of Zhang Longxiang's old friends revealed that Zhang Longxiang loved drinking back then, but they did not expect that ten years later, he finally returned to his old ways. They did not know whether to be happy or sad.
The next day, the Ministry of War issued a warning, and the censors wrote letters of impeachment, asking the King of Chu to deprive Fang Yun of his military power.
.(To be continued.)