The twelve successful candidates soon heard the last fourth question, and several of them looked at Fang Yun with regret.
Kong Deyu, who had ridiculed Xun Li before, sighed and said, "The third question is very similar to the fourth question. The poems for blocking the enemy and the poems for marching are not like the first question, which only considers talent and ignores other factors. They also consider literary status and talent. Jinshi has a much greater advantage than Juren. Fang Yun, it's a pity for you."
"However, you can at least get nine chips or even nine chips and a half. In the next two rounds of the 'Ten Thousand Word Competition', you still have a huge advantage. Although you can't get the full thirty chips as required by the students, twenty-nine chips are enough to rank first among the students. If you can exceed twenty-nine chips and a half, you will be the best in the history of the Ten Kingdoms Competition." The person who spoke was Ma Yuan, a senior Jinshi from the Wu Kingdom, and a disciple of the great Confucian scholar Nangong Leng. That day, Nangong Leng praised Fang Yun as a "young phoenix" at the Chongyang Literary Meeting, which not only made Fang Yun famous, but also made the scholars of the Ten Kingdoms respect Nangong Leng more.
Xun Li smiled and said, "Fang Yun, as a juren, you can lead in three questions in a row. I admire you very much. Unfortunately, let alone these famous juren from the Ten Kingdoms, even I am enough to beat you in the front!"
Kong Deyu smiled and said, "Fang Yun, you are a good person in every aspect, but you can't change the fact that you are prone to being bitten by dogs."
Xun Li's face quickly turned purple.
Fang Yun touched his face and said with a smile: "The root of my childhood illness. My mother said that if you have a chubby face, don't blame the dog for thinking about you."
The scholars standing by looked at Fang Yun, Kong Deyu and Xun Li with smiles in their eyes.
Fang Yun and Kong Deyu didn't take Xun Li seriously at all, and they sang the same tune, making Xun Li very angry.
Xun Li said angrily, "Fang Yun, I am a top scholar, how can you humiliate me like this! Do you dare to compete with me? Let's see who will reach the end first on this journey of thousands of miles! I want you to know that if a mere scholar dares to act arrogantly in front of a scholar, there will be no good end!"
Fang Yun smiled calmly, without even looking at Xun Li, looking at the black land in front of him, and said: "I have read about famous mountains in books. I like Mount Lu very much. I traveled in my dream and got lost in Mount Lu. After waking up, I came up with a poem. I hope you can give me some advice."
"Please!" Kong Deyu immediately stopped smiling, and the others also bowed their heads slightly, like students meeting an old gentleman who was well-read in poetry and books.
Xun Li opened his mouth, but ultimately did not dare to stop him.
Fang Yun recited slowly: "When you look from the side, you see a mountain range; when you look from the front, you see peaks; they look different from different distances and heights. I cannot see the true face of Mount Lu because I am inside it."
This is the poem. Everyone was stunned, and then many people shouted "Oh no!"
Boom…
Then I saw the ground in front of me cracking, the sky and the earth roaring, a mountain range rising from the ground, stretching endlessly, blocking the sunlight, forming a huge black shadow that fell on everyone.
The mountain range has endless peaks, countless trees, and boundless clouds and mist. It is like the gate of heaven and earth standing in front of us, and no one can pass through.
Tang poetry emphasizes emotion, while Song poetry emphasizes reason.
Fang Yun knew that his talent was not enough to write a magnificent poem, so he took a different approach and borrowed Su Shi's famous poem "Inscription on the Wall of the West Forest".
This poem is neither heroic nor majestic. It describes the appearance of Mount Lushan almost like a plain sketch. However, the sentence "Just because I am in this mountain" contains a profound truth, which vividly explains the saying "Those who are involved are confused. Those who are on the sidelines can see clearly."
Kong Deyu smiled bitterly and said, "You are so good, Fang Yun! I just finished speaking for you, and you wrote such a poem! This sentence 'I don't know the true face of Mount Lu. It's because I am in this mountain' is too poisonous! It contains the ultimate truth. There must be a destiny in the dark. As long as we enter, we will be 'in this mountain', and then we will definitely 'not know the true face' and finally be trapped inside!"
"His words are simple but his meaning is profound. He returns to simplicity and nature, and is worthy of being Fang Zhenguo." Yun Xunsong, the top scholar in Yun State, sighed softly.
"This is a competition among ten nations, not a chase by barbarians. You wrote such a wonderful poem, as if you were treating us as barbarians. I'm very sad!" A student from Shu said half-jokingly, covering his left chest.
Ma Yuan laughed and scolded, "Asshole Fang Yun! We were feeling sorry for you just now, but you turned around and harmed us! This poem is too powerful! It must be a poem that is passed down from generation to generation to stop the enemy! If you don't believe me, when you write it down, there must be a precious light that will be passed down from generation to generation for us to learn from!"
"It may not be passed down from generation to generation. I don't believe it." Xun Li muttered in a low voice in dissatisfaction.
Fang Yun ignored Xun Li and walked forward.
Kong Deyu glanced at Xun Li, then bowed to Fang Yun and said, "I am Kong Deyu, a student. I would like to learn this poem that has been passed down through the ages to stop the enemy. I would like to ask Master Fang for guidance."
Fang Yun did not look back, and walked away saying: "Let's name it "Lushan Game". The mountain is like a chess game, the players are confused, but the bystanders can see clearly."
"Good!" All the scholars present were moved.
“Although this poem does not blend emotions and scenes, it reflects emotions and reason, and has the power to stabilize the country!”
"A wonderful poem with a wonderful sentence, today's competition is really exciting! What a saying, 'Those involved are confused, but those who are on the sidelines can see clearly', this sentence will surely spread throughout the ten countries along with this poem!"
Kong Deyu immediately picked up his pen and started writing "Lushan Bureau" on paper. As soon as he put pen to paper, he heard the sound of flowing water and wind blowing through the trees in the mountains.
The first realm of calligraphy is when every stroke of the brush makes a sound.
When I wrote the third sentence, white petals bloomed around each word.
The second realm of calligraphy is the wonderful writing.
Unless one is a master of the four realms of calligraphy, only war poems and poems to stop the enemy can show calligraphy phenomena when they are written.
After Kong Deyu finished writing "Lushan Bureau", the piece of paper burned, and he saw a ten-zhang-long phantom of Lushan Mountain falling in front of him. This was the first time Kong Deyu wrote this poem, and he could not fully understand it, so the poem he wrote to stop the enemy was currently very weak.
Kong Deyu waved his hand, and the shadow of Mount Lu disappeared. He turned his head and looked at Xun Li, saying, "I have verified that this poem is the poem to stop the enemy. Are you convinced?"
Xun Li stood there, saying nothing.
Kong Deyu looked at Fang Yun's back and said, "Xun Li, you want to compete with Fang Yun, but he is confident but doesn't answer you. Do you know why? Because you are not worthy!"
"You..." Xun Li was furious. He couldn't imagine that Kong Deyu would repeatedly expose his shortcomings during the Ten Nations Competition. This was already the third time!
Kong Deyu stretched out his fingers to brush his sleeves, no longer looking at Xun Li, looking into the empty space, and said slowly: "Don't worry, I won't do this to you again in the future."
Xun Li's expression eased, but the next sentence almost made him furious.
"Because you don't deserve it."
The other top Jinshi candidates from various countries shook their heads slightly. Although they would not scold Xun Li like Kong Deyu did, they would stay away from Xun Li. The reason was just as Kong Deyu said, he was not worthy.
Xun Li glanced at everyone and noticed that their expressions had changed. He then looked at Fang Yun, who treated the mountain as nothing, and gritted his teeth, biting them tightly.
Ma Yuan said: "We must quickly write poems about mountains and form ten mountains as soon as possible, so that Fang Yun, that bastard, can climb them slowly!"
Unexpectedly, Yun Xunsong laughed and said, "Fang Yun's Mount Lu is as good as ten of our mountains. Therefore, the goal of our Yunguo Academy is not to stop Fang Yun, but to stop the people from other countries. Naturally, we can't be impatient!"
"You are also a bastard!" Ma Yuan scolded with a smile. (To be continued...)