Prefect Sun bowed to Li Wenying and said, "Someone once said that if the path to sainthood is unobstructed, one only needs to have the will, but the path to sainthood is full of thorns, and only fearless courage can move forward. Therefore, scholars like us must condense our literary courage, so that we can settle the literary palace, pick the literary heart, and embark on the path to sainthood. Jingguo has few talents like Fang Yun, and has a fearless literary courage like Jianmei Gong, so there is no need to worry about not being able to prosper. The "Humble House Inscription" is the best work for you, sir."
Li Wenying said, "Since "Humble Dwelling Inscription" can cultivate literary courage, I can't monopolize it. I will exchange a Jinshi Wenbao and a dragon blood ink ingot for the reading rights of "Humble Dwelling Inscription" for half a year. After half a year, you can find Fang Yun on your own."
Li Wenying said this and walked towards Fang Yun's house.
Magistrate Sun and others were sincerely convinced and bowed slightly before leaving one after another.
After those officials left, the scholars present were suddenly in an uproar and started talking about it.
Those who originally felt sorry for Guan Yaoyuan and Yan Yue now distanced themselves from the two. If they allowed Grand Secretary Li Wenying to visit them in person, Fang Yun would surely be promoted. No matter how powerful the Left Prime Minister was, he would not want to offend Li Wenying.
He Yutang looked at Yan Yue and Guan Yaoyuan, shook his head and said, "Intrigue and conspiracy, a crooked poem, fame and fortune blinded the eyes; the Queen Mother's decree, a piece of writing to protect the country, an instant of literary courage broke the evil intentions. Instead of being a good person, you have to become a dog of the Liu family. It's lamentable, hateful, and a pity."
Everyone left one after another. Guan Yaoyuan was helped to the carriage by the driver. He lowered his head and said through gritted teeth after a long while: "The greater your literary reputation, the more Liu Zicheng wants to kill you. Liu Zicheng is cruel and cunning, but he has been plotting behind the scenes and will bring you disgrace one day. You escaped once, and I don't believe you can escape a second time! Fang Yun, the day you enter the Academy of Literature, I will watch you become the laughing stock of Dayuan Prefecture! If you step into Young Master Liu's trap, even the Minister of Literature cannot protect you, and you will inevitably become the enemy of all officials, hahaha!"
The people at the alley entrance gradually dispersed, and Fang Yun greeted Li Wenying in the yard.
Li Wenying is tall and thin. If you ignore his strange sword-like eyebrows and official uniform, he looks like a conservative teacher.
Fang Yun, Yang Yuhuan, Wan Xuezheng and the shopkeeper Tang were there to greet them in the courtyard.
"Greetings, Lord Yuanjun." Fang Yun and others bowed to greet him, and Yang Yuhuan hurriedly followed suit and bowed.
Yang Yuhuan didn't expect that she would welcome the famous Li Wenying, the Grand Secretary, just after receiving the Queen Mother's decree and before she had time to count all the goodies. In the eyes of the common people in Jiangzhou, Li Wenying was more famous and respected than the left prime minister, second only to the king and the prime minister.
Yang Yuhuan had never seen such a big shot before, so she just silently served tea and water and stood aside and watched quietly.
At first, Yang Yuhuan secretly observed this famous scholar Li, but after a while she realized that Li Wenying came to visit her because of Fang Yun's "Praise of the Humble House", and he wanted to exchange it for the Jinshi Wenbao!
Yang Yuhuan couldn't help but look at Fang Yun, her eyes full of surprise. It turned out that the real Fang Yun was a hundred times more powerful than the Fang Yun in her mind.
"Xiao Yun has become even more powerful. He is really manly now, exactly like the man in my mind..." Yang Yuhuan blushed immediately. She didn't dare to think about it anymore and left in a hurry, fearing that she would be discovered.
Fang Yun said, "Since Master Jianmei is only borrowing it for half a year, just take it. No need to exchange it. You have guarded Jiangzhou for many years and saved hundreds of thousands of Jiangzhou people. You are a role model for all scholars. I absolutely cannot take your things."
Li Wenying nodded with a smile and said, "I'm glad you have this intention. Rather than an exchange, the Jinshi Wenbao and the Dragon Blood Ink Ink are more of a thank you to you. This "Humble House Inscription" is very likely to surpass the Zhenguo in the future and become famous all over the world. There is a huge difference between reading your first manuscript and my own understanding. Before, I was only 30% sure that you would become a great scholar, but now, I am 40% sure. The Wenbao and the ink ingot are nothing."
Seeing that Li Wenying was resolute, Fang Yun said, "The elder has given me a generous gift, and I thank you for it."
Li Wenying handed the dragon blood ink ingot to Fang Yun, revealing a sad look, and said: "The Demon-Slaying Pen is in my house. I will ask someone to bring it to you tonight. The Demon-Slaying Pen was injected with talent by a Jinshi deputy general before his death. It does not carry poems, but the words of the Jinshi before his death, 'Hold this pen and kill the monster for me', and also carries his fighting spirit and unwillingness. The war poems written with this pen can only increase the power by more than 10%, but if it is used to attack the monsters, it will increase by a full 50%."
Fang Yun, Wan Xuezhen and Manager Tang were all moved. A pen that could increase the power of war poems by 50% was extremely rare. Usually, only a literary pen made from the bones and hair of a great monster could increase the power of war poems by 50%. To increase the power of war poems by 50%, one would need the bones and hair of a monster saint.
Manager Tang asked tentatively, "Is that the former top scholar of Yuhai City and one of the candidates for the next generation leader of the Mohist School?"
"It was him. Apart from the Mohists, who else would have insisted on 'non-aggression' towards the human race, not creating offensive literary treasures, and only using this pen to target the demon race before his death? After I became a university scholar, that pen was no longer suitable for me, and I have always wanted to find a suitable owner for it. Fang Yun, you have literary talent and a literary reputation, and you can also write this "Humble House Inscription", so you are the best candidate to use the demon-slaying pen."
"Thank you, Lord Yuanjun, for your appreciation." Fang Yun said.
"It's a pity that your "Humble House" is too short. If it were longer, when you become a juren, you could use it to gather your literary courage. We are not as talented as you. Most of the articles that gather literary courage are famous works of saints. If you can write an article that gathers literary courage, you must write it at all costs. Before you are canonized, you must not let anyone know the content of the article. Do you understand?"
"The student is learning." Fang Yun kept it in mind. No one had ever told him this because no one had believed before that he could stand on equal footing with the saints.
After Fang Yun finished speaking, he handed "Praise of the Humble Dwelling" to Li Wenying.
After Li Wenying took it, he said, "I'll have someone give you the Demon-Exorcising Pen when you get home." Then he turned and left.
Fang Yun and others saw Li Wenying off and returned to the house.
Nunu, who had been hiding in the house, came out quietly, sniffed gently, glanced around vigilantly, then returned to normal, jumped onto Fang Yun's legs and lay quietly.
Manager Tang said with a smile, "If someone had said before that a university scholar personally visited a student, I would never have believed it, but now that it is happening right before my eyes, I have no choice but to believe it."
Wan Xuezheng said solemnly, "Fang Yun, after the county exam, I have been communicating with Magistrate Cai, and I have been paying attention to your affairs. I never doubt your talent, but I am always afraid that you will be proud and complacent. Magistrate Cai wrote to me that after Fang Zhongyong passed the examination, his father took him around to show off, and forced him to write poems and lyrics to compete with you. However, his father rarely let him study the classics of the saints, and he didn't care about his classics. Magistrate Cai once wrote that the two students of the Fang family, A and B, will be as different as the sky when they meet in the future. Do you understand?"
Fang Yun naturally understood that heaven is the sky and abyss is the abyss, which is even greater than the difference between heaven and earth.
"Thank you for your guidance, Master Wan. I will remember your teachings and those of Lord Cai, and will never learn from Fang Zhongyong. I study the sage scriptures carefully every day. From now on, I will write a commentary every three days."
"Okay, I feel relieved if you have this intention. Can you lend me the dragon blood ink ingot to take a look?" Wan Xue Zheng didn't want to make the atmosphere too serious, so he changed the subject with a smile.
So, the three of them chatted about the Demon Blood Ink Ink Ingot. Some of the information was not available in the Strange Book World. Fang Yun remembered it and planned to buy some related books in the future to make up for his own shortcomings in this area.
After chatting for a while, the shopkeeper Tang said, "Fang Yun, Master Jianmei has high hopes for you. He clearly wanted to give you the Demon-Slaying Brush and the Dragon Blood Ink Ink, but he said it was in exchange for half a year's "Humble House Inscription". There is a deep meaning behind it. Do you understand?"
Fang Yun pondered for a moment and said, "First, in order to protect me, this "Humble Dwelling Inscription" is very important to those who are eager to break through the literary position but cannot, so there will definitely be people who come one after another, and some people will even use despicable means. But now that "Humble Dwelling Inscription" is in Lord Li's house, I have saved a lot of trouble. Second, "Humble Dwelling Inscription" is a priceless treasure to many people, but since it is to be borrowed, it must have a price tag. Lord Li set the price for borrowing it for half a year as a Jinshi Wenbao and a dragon blood ink ingot, which is equivalent to drawing a line for others."
"What a great Fang Shuangjia! He sees things so clearly! What do you think about the cooperation?" asked the shopkeeper Tang.
Without waiting for Fang Yun to answer, Wan Xuezheng stood up and left, implicitly indicating that he was not suitable to participate in this topic.
After seeing Wan Xuezheng off and sitting back in the house, Manager Tang said, "Fang Yun, are you willing to cooperate with my Xuanting Bookstore?"
"Of course I want to cooperate, but the method of cooperation needs to be carefully discussed." Fang Yun said with a smile.
Manager Tang said, "Then are you willing to sell the promotional method for selling books for five thousand taels?"
"Even if I don't sell it, you will be able to learn it in no time, so I will sell it for 5,000 taels. But 5,000 taels is too little for the sole sales rights of The Romance of the Western Chamber. Your Xuanting Bookstore wants people to buy only your books, but my goal is to promote literary reputation, and making money is secondary. In other words, our interests are contradictory."
Manager Tang was silent for a moment. "Your mysterious teacher is really amazing. I thought you couldn't see the stakes, but I didn't expect you to be so sharp. This is good. Talk smart to smart people. What do you want?"
Fang Yun said: "As long as your Xuanting Bookstore can guarantee that my books are sold in every country, every state, every prefecture, and every county in the Ten Kingdoms, and allow all bookstores except your competitors to purchase and sell them, then we can have a chance to negotiate."
Manager Tang thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said, "There are more than 8,000 counties in Shengyuan Continent, and about 500 counties are not within the sales range of my bookstore. However, if you are willing to hand over all the sales rights of poetry, prose, novels, etc. to Xuanting in the future, I promise that within three months, those 500 counties will have our cooperative bookstores. If we can't do that, we will open our own bookstores."
"No, I only plan to let your bank publish my popular novels. As for other books, I'm not sure yet." Fang Yun said.
"This... If that's the case, then your value is far less important than I thought." said the shopkeeper Tang.
Fang Yun smiled and said, "If I can write at least one novel every year that sells as much as The Romance of the Western Chamber, or even one that is more widely circulated than The Romance of the Western Chamber, then what is my value?"
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