Most of the time, Fang Yun would read the letters with a smile. There were four people who sent him letters most frequently.
"Son" Zhang Jing'an, the new king of Chu, the prime minister of Qin, Zhu Fengqiong, who is a Confucian scholar of the Lei family, and Lei Tingzhen, a great scholar of the Lei family.
Zhang Jing'an would send a letter every five days. The contents of the letters were very similar. They were nothing more than talking about his own experiences and reading experience, and then asking Fang Yun about some things or ways of reading.
The new king of Chu sent a letter every day, reporting to Fang Yun in detail what happened in Chu that day. The new king of Chu was humble in the letter, and there was no change even during the days when Fang Yun was accused by the Lei family.
As for Zhu Fengqiong, the prime minister and grand secretary, he was almost driven mad. He had clearly agreed to join forces with the Zong and Lei families to fight against Fang Yun, but his letters were like a drop in the ocean and he never received a reply. His recent letters were just full of curses.
The letter just sent was relatively polite and humble, hoping that "Zhang Longxiang" could participate in this Mid-Autumn Literary Festival. However, it required "Zhang Longxiang" to put forward conditions. Since Fang Yun decided the time and place, Zhang Longxiang should decide the way of literary competition, and the winner must be determined by creating military and frontier poems.
Lei Ting is truly worthy of being a great scholar. Even after experiencing the death of Lei Chongmo and even though Fang Yun did not respond from beginning to end, he did not lose his composure. There was just a hint of threat between the lines, attacking "Zhang Longxiang".
Lei Tingzhen's most recent letter is similar to Zhu Fengqiong's, asking "Zhang Longxiang" to agree to the literary competition, but he has to put forward conditions, otherwise he will never agree.
Fang Yun only replied to Lei Tingzhen with sixteen words.
"As promised, from now on, we will go our separate ways and owe nothing to each other."
After a few breaths, Fang Yun published an article on the forum of Shengyuan Continent under the identity of Zhang Longxiang.
The article begins by saying that Zhang Longxiang can go to the Mid-Autumn Literary Meeting at Yueyang Tower, but he must decide the topic of the competition by himself, otherwise, he will never participate and will do his best to compete for the position of the top four talented men.
The first time that "Zhang Longxiang" published an article on the Shengyuan Continent Forum, countless replies immediately poured out under the article. Most people talked about his poems, some discussed his contributions in Liangjie Mountain, and only a small number of people asked Zhang Longxiang to control his admirers and ask them to stop comparing him with Fang Yun.
There are also some people who firmly support Fang Yun and hit back at those who attacked Fang Yun under the article.
As a result, people who supported Fang Yun and those who supported Zhang Longxiang started a fight under the article.
After half an hour, the melee came to an abrupt end.
Fang Yun himself replied under the article with only one word.
"Can."
Nothing is more valuable than this.
Afterwards, "Zhang Longxiang" replied to Fang Yun.
"See you at Yueyang Tower on August 15th."
Scholars all over the world were excited.
"Go to Baling! Go to Yueyang Tower!" an ordinary Jinshi wrote a message to shout.
A plain article had great appeal, and many readers racked their brains and tried every means to go to Yueyang Tower.
Only a few people sighed in despair and wrote articles saying that Fang Yun had done everything he could to make Yueyang Tower surpass Yellow Crane Tower, even if it would tarnish his own reputation. However, no one believed this, and the article was soon drowned in the discussion list.
On the night of August 12, the Kong family suddenly announced that this year's Mid-Autumn Festival in Kongcheng would be merged with the Yueyang Tower. The Kong family would use the Confucius Literary Circle to move all participants of the Mid-Autumn Festival to Xun County, Fengzhou, which is very close to Xiangzhou, on August 14 and 15. At that time, the Xunzi family would arrange carriages and horses to send people to Baling City. However, the number of places was limited, and only 100,000 people could be transported.
The scholars in Kongcheng were extremely excited and praised the family of Confucius.
The scholars in other countries of the human race were dissatisfied, and they asked the Holy Academy and the holy families in their own countries to learn from the family of Confucius and use the literary world to move scholars to Baling.
Soon, some children of aristocratic families had to come out to explain that the gap between the aristocratic families of the saints and the Confucius family was too big, and the cost of transferring people by using the Confucius literary world could be made up soon, but for each person transferred by the other aristocratic families, if converted into silver, it would be equivalent to about 10,000 taels of silver, which could buy a luxurious mansion in any city in any country except the capital.
Fortunately, scholars from various countries were just making a fuss and did not really want to force the holy families to use the literary transfer, so the situation was quickly calmed down.
Afterwards, the discussion board was full of interesting stories. Some scholars rented several dragon horses and prepared to rush to Baling City, traveling day and night, hoping to arrive at Yueyang Tower in the evening of August 15th.
The Kong family also sent letters to some officials in Baling City, hoping that the Baling City government would join hands with the Kong family to host this unique Mid-Autumn Festival. The Baling government had no experience and was eager to join forces with Kong City, so they readily agreed.
Although many scholars were destined not to go to Baling City, this did not affect their enthusiasm for the Yueyang Tower Literary Gathering. So they still stayed on the discussion board, chatting and discussing things related to the Yueyang Tower Literary Gathering.
Near the evening, a blockbuster news appeared on the discussion board. The King of Qing posted on the discussion board that he would visit Yueyang Tower on August 15th!
Previously, scholars simply wanted to see the literary competition between Fang Yun and Zhang Longxiang, but now seeing that Qing Jun is going there in person, it is almost foreseeable that the Yueyang Tower Literary Gathering will be a bloody affair!
Many scholars expressed their opinions under Qingjun’s article.
"Support Qingjun!"
"The Qing Kingdom is mighty!"
"I'm sorry, we in Jing country do not welcome Lord Qing. Such a foolish and incompetent monarch, please do not defile the land of Jing country again."
"The king of a country has no respect for his dignity and has forced his way in. I think this Yueyang Tower literary gathering is not simple."
"I have heard a rumor a long time ago that the Kingdom of Qing has been trying to cause trouble for Fang Xusheng. If Fang Xusheng loses to Zhang Longxiang at the Yueyang Tower Literary Conference, the King of Qing will definitely take advantage of the situation."
"Without a 90% chance of defeating Fang Xusheng, Qing Jun would never come out in person. There must be something fishy about this matter. Fang Xusheng's relatives and friends, please tell Fang Xusheng after seeing my reply. I'm afraid Qing Jun will use insidious means to obstruct Fang Xusheng and help Zhang Longxiang!"
"I smell a faint smell of blood..."
"Zong Ganyu, the head of the Zong family and the chief elder of the Dongsheng Pavilion, has just announced that he will also go to the Yueyang Tower Literary Gathering in person!"
"The head of the Chen family, Chen Mingding, also announced that he would go and expressed his support for Fang Xusheng."
"How dare the Chen family go to the literary gathering? Hurry up and hand over that deserted city to the Zong family. Accept the loss! Is a semi-saint family so great?"
"What do you think? Will the noble families that lost the bet collectively denounce Fang Yun at the Yueyang Tower Literary Conference? And will the Zong family and other noble families that won collectively thank Fang Xusheng? If that is the case, it will be very interesting."
"I beg you to find a way for Yun Nation to reach Baling within three days. I am willing to spend all my wealth!"
The human scholars were stimulated by the continuous news, and the topic returned to how to arrive in Baling City on August 15th.
That evening, a piece of news made all the scholars who could not go to Baling City overjoyed.
The Four Seas Dragon Palaces have joined forces to create temporary sea eyes at the edge of the ocean and some rivers and lakes on the Shengyuan Continent. All the sea eyes lead to the Yangtze River outside Baling City. Tomorrow, the Four Seas Dragon Palaces will release a distribution map of the sea eye entrances. On August 15, the sea eyes will be officially opened for four hours, and will be closed after the Yueyang Tower Literary Festival begins.
.(To be continued.)