Li Fanming smiled and said, "Since Brother Fang thinks highly of me, Li Fanming, then I will take care of this matter. From now on, I will send you a letter as soon as possible regarding any matter involving you."
"Then let me thank you in advance." Fang Yun said.
Whether it is Yuhai City or Jing Kingdom, they are small places after all. The Holy Academy, the Ten Kingdoms and the Two Realms are the big stage. With the help of the power of the Semi-Saint Family, things can go more smoothly.
Not long after, Li Fanming stood up and said, "We have said everything we need to say, and it's time to go drink some wine. Brother Fang, are you willing to come with us?"
"I won't go."
"Then I'll take my leave. When you come to our Qi Kingdom next time, I'll treat you to drinks!" Li Fanming left in a free and easy manner.
After seeing Li Fanming off, Fang Yun returned to the house, thought for a long time, and finally his eyes fell on the piano.
There are many war songs in Shengyuan Continent, but the strongest one is recognized to be "Guangling San", followed by "Feng Lei Yin" composed by people of the Zhou Dynasty. Although "Gao Shan" and "Liu Shui" by the Saint of Qin are also war songs, they are more powerful in momentum but not as murderous as the previous two.
However, these four war songs require at least a great scholar of the third level of the art of playing the zither to play them in full, so they were modified by famous zither players. The length of the songs played varies according to the level of the zither.
Fang Yun thought about it and decided that instead of learning these four war songs, it would be better to adapt "The General's Order".
"The General's Order" is the music used by the royal family of the Tang Dynasty to lead the army to war in ancient China. The background of the music is divided into four parts, namely, the blowing of horns in the military camp, the general giving orders, the army marching quickly and the battle between the two armies. The meaning of the music embodies the majestic spirit of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
The song "A Man Should Be Self-reliant" which often appears in martial arts films in later generations was adapted from the General's Order. It is passionate, generous and heart-wrenching.
"The General's Order" is a guzheng piece, and Shengyuan Continent has a method to change guzheng pieces and other instrumental music into piano music, especially using talent to stimulate the Wenbao Qin to play, which can completely retain the original meaning of the song.
The process of modifying the music score was extremely complicated. Fang Yun had to go out and visit all the shops selling music scores and music books in Yuhai City, and buy all the books related to composition and music score modification. He spent a day studying with his talent and the world of strange books. After reading a lot of examples of music score modification, he began to modify the music score slowly.
The sound of ordinary guqin is low, which is not suitable for playing the high-pitched and intense "General's Order", but the range of Wenbaoqin is extremely wide, far exceeding that of guzheng. There is no need to consider too much about the melody. The key is how to achieve it with fingering. Fortunately, Fang Yun has the strange book Tiandi, which knows all the fingerings for thousands of years. His efficiency in changing the score is far higher than that of the famous guqin masters in Shengyuan Continent.
Every night at midnight, Fang Yun would go to the deserted lakeside, experience the chill of autumn wind, play "Autumn Wind Tune", let his emotions blend with the sound of the piano, then play "Good Night" to calm his emotions, and then change to "General's Order".
When revising the "General's Order", Fang Yun was fortunate to have the memory of commanding the army in the Book Mountain Fantasy and the days when he was an ordinary soldier in the past few days. With both experiences, Fang Yun could fully understand the meaning of the "General's Order" and revised it with ease.
Unconsciously, Fang Yun incorporated the cold autumn atmosphere into "General's Order".
The first day of August is the day when the monthly "Holy Word" is published.
Except for the enemy country Qingguo's academy of literature, which had surprisingly few people in front of it, the academies of literature in other countries were still crowded with people, especially the academy of literature in Jingguo, which had several times more people than the normal first day of each month.
At daybreak, Fang Daniu excitedly left the Fang family and went to the Academy of Literature in Yuhai City to buy "The Holy Way" and "Wen Bao" for Fang Yun.
When Fang Daniu arrived at the entrance of the Academy of Literature, he saw that the Academy Bookstore was not open yet. He listened to other people chatting. Almost everyone was talking about Fang Yun, and most of them were talking about the Qixi poem "Magpie Bridge Fairy". The more Fang Daniu listened, the happier he became.
A student said, "Huh? I discovered something big! Since April, Fang Yun's poems and essays have appeared in the Holy Way every month. Today, on the first day of August, there must be more. This is the fifth consecutive month that his poems and essays have appeared in the Holy Way."
"Fang Zhenguo is indeed worthy of his reputation! Not only did he create the four texts coexisting, which was unprecedented, but now he can also publish "The Holy Way" every month. If he can hold on until December, I'm afraid there will be no one who can surpass him."
"He alone holds up the sky of my Jing country."
In his heart, Fang Daniu wished that Fang Yun could be included in the Sacred Way every month, but he stroked his chin in a pretentious manner and said to those people, "You praise Fang Maocai too much. If his poems and essays are also included in the Sacred Way next month, he will be tied with Tao Yuanming. When Tao Yuanming was at his best, only six of his poems were included in the Sacred Way for six consecutive months."
"My dear brother, what you said is wrong. Fang Maocai's classics, policy essays and articles cannot be compared with those of the semi-saints, but his poetry ability has surpassed many semi-saints. Don't forget that he is a scholar who surpasses the poet! Once he becomes a university scholar, I don't know what amazing poems he will write."
Fang Daniu thought, why do you need to tell me? I know much more than you do. But he said, "That being said, we have to wait a few years before we can see that he is not qualified to compete with a half-saint."
"Whatever you say, all of our classmates in the academy believe that Fang Yun will become a great scholar, and his possibility of becoming a semi-saint is second only to Yi Zhishi!" The student seemed a little unhappy.
The student at the side glared at Fang Daniu unceremoniously and said, "Don't bother with people like this. Every time Fang Yun publishes a new work, there are always people who find fault with it."
When Fang Daniu heard that he was misunderstood, he laughed inwardly.
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "It's on sale!"
Fang Daniu immediately stretched his neck to look towards Wenyuan Bookstore. Before he could take a step, he was pushed forward by the surging flow of people. There were people everywhere, and it was very noisy. Many people raised their hands high, holding the copper coins tightly in their hands for fear of being squeezed out.
However, Fang Daniu soon discovered that there were too many people today. They were like crazy, afraid that they would not be able to buy "The Holy Way" if they were too late.
"Don't push, don't push!" Fang Daniu said as he relied on his strength to squeeze in.
"How can I not squeeze in? The young master is waiting at home. He said that if I buy it late today, he will skin me alive!"
"Don't mention it! Ever since our young lady read Fang Zhenguo's poem "Magpie Bridge Fairy", she has been like a demon. If I can't send "The Holy Way" to her before breakfast today, so that she can smell the scent of ink and read "What's the big deal about day and night", she will be so angry that she will get sick."
Seeing that the man was also dressed as a servant, Fang Daniu smiled and said, "You remember this word too?"
"I can't help remembering it. My young lady keeps talking about it every day. When I pass by various restaurants, I hear people singing this song. I even heard an old scholar muttering the other day that the whole city is full of "Magpie Bridge Fairy"."
Fang Daniu was even happier. He stopped pushing and thought that as Fang Yun's long-time attendant, he should give way to these people and have a bit of the bearing of Fang Zhen's country!
In the Wenyuan shop, after a large number of books were placed on the bookshelf, a bookseller handed the first book to a man in scholar's clothes with a smile and said, "You'd better look at the first page first." Then he continued to sell books.
The scholar took the book curiously, and regardless of the urging of the people behind him, he habitually opened the cover, and then turned to the front page. Because the front page is often left blank, just a page of white paper. It is used to show the importance of the front page. The front page is often blank for several years, so he developed the habit of turning the page directly.
However, just halfway through, he was stunned for a moment, then stopped turning the pages with an expression of disbelief, and pinched the front page with trembling fingers.
Inscribed by the Eastern Saint King Jinglong!
The seven words "The contribution of education to the world" are extremely eye-catching.
"Three Character Classic" and "Fang Yun" are listed below.
The scholar's hands trembled even more violently, and at the same time, his blood rushed up, his face flushed, and he wanted to shout that Jing Guoren's article was on the front page. But he was too excited and too happy, his mouth trembled, and he couldn't speak.
A person nearby bought the Holy Way and curiously opened it to take a look. He widened his eyes and said to himself, "Fang Yun is on the front page? On the front page of Holy Way? Am I seeing things?"
"What? Front page? Are you kidding me? It takes a saint to say that for the front page to be allowed."
"Stop the bullshit! Hurry up and go. We're still waiting to buy books!"
Suddenly, another person excitedly unfolded the front page and held it above his head, shouting, "Front page! Fang Yun is on the front page! Lord Dongsheng praised him for his 'greatest achievements in education'! Look! Look! It's true! Fang Yun has achieved great achievements in education!"
Even a six or seven-year-old child knows the meaning of the front page, and even more so the meaning of the inscription by the saint. The crowd was silent for a moment, and then all kinds of emotions such as ecstasy, surprise, excitement, and excitement broke out at the same time, and the atmosphere in front of the Wenyuan Bookstore suddenly changed.
Before, the place was still as noisy as a vegetable market, but now the crowd was brewing an atmosphere of thousands of troops charging on a battlefield.
“I’ll buy it first!”
“I was here first!”
"Don't push! My shoes are gone!"
Fang Daniu stood there stupidly with his mouth wide open for a long time. He thought that as Fang Yun's long-time attendant, he knew Fang Yun better than anyone else here. He thought that "The Holy Way" would never surprise him. However, he was so shocked by the news that Fang Yun was on the front page that he was speechless.
Fang Daniu was pushed further and further back, and when he came to his senses, he found that he had actually retreated more than ten feet.
"No one please push me, I'm determined to grab it!" Fang Daniu, who had just decided not to grab it, used all his strength to separate the crowd and squeezed forward desperately.
A full quarter of an hour later, Fang Daniu, with his clothes in disarray and a silly smile on his face, rushed out of the crowd, holding August's "The Holy Way", and ran home barefoot.
At the same time, the same thing happened in front of the Wenyuan bookstores across the Ten Countries. There had not been a famous article on the front page of the Ten Countries for several years, and every time there was a front page of "The Holy Way", the sales were calculated in billions, and almost every household would collect a copy.
The capital of Jing State.
At Liu Mansion on Changle Street, Zuo Xiang's family was having breakfast. Zuo Xiang and his wife, two sons and daughters-in-law, a daughter and son-in-law, and several grandchildren were all there.
More than ten people ate at two tables. They didn't talk while eating or sleeping. The room was so quiet that the children even covered their mouths with their sleeves when they coughed. Then they secretly looked at the seemingly kind and calm old man at the main seat. When they found that the old man didn't care, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If the old man had looked over, they would have been slapped on the hand.
Suddenly, a loud shout came from the door: "Oh no! Fang Yun's article was on the front page of "Holy Way", and Lord Dongsheng personally wrote an inscription, praising it as 'the contribution to education that surpasses the world'!"
"Shut up! Someone, cover his mouth, drag him to the backyard and beat him up!" The old butler suddenly shouted.
"Butler, I... wuwu..."
Inside the house, the beef the old man was holding fell onto the dining table. (To be continued...)