No one spoke for a long time.
The four bodies gradually froze.
Fang Yun sat quietly on the straw with his eyes closed. He could hear all the movements around him, whether it was the breathing of the people, the friction sound of shaking bodies, and even the sound of insects that could move in the cold weather.
The prisoners in the cell finally began to whisper.
"Who is this person? He seems different from us. He was sent here by the Punishment Hall. He is not an ordinary big shot."
"He was wearing the uniform of a juren scholar, and his killing method was clean and neat, as if he had just come down from the battlefield."
"Don't guess. His name is Fang Yun. I've heard of him before I came here. If even he dies here, the human race will be finished."
"We are all going to die here anyway, so what does it have to do with us whether the human race is dead or alive? But this person is very unusual?"
"Then let me tell you about his deeds..."
Fang Yun felt that the crowd was no longer hostile. He closed his eyes and kept thinking in his mind. He quickly went over what had happened in the past few days in his mind and understood a lot of things.
"I'm afraid that the Lei family and the Zong family started planning after I left Denglongtai, and eventually forced me here step by step. However, they still don't want to bear the stigma of killing me. The four prisoners just now were definitely not sent by them. They should put all their hopes on the Moon Tree Divine Punishment."
"They stopped me from entering the Void Holy Garden, but I don't know why the other Saint Families didn't care. If I'm right, they should have made some preparations, but I don't know to what extent. If the other Saint Families really don't help me, then the number of rebellious scholars in the human race will at least increase tenfold!"
Fang Yun thought about many things, and at the same time was thinking about ways to escape from the predicament, and then chose the best one from several ways to escape from the predicament.
After a long time, Fang Yun opened his eyes and found that it was getting light outside and it was already morning.
The cell was extremely cold at this time, and Fang Yun listened quietly. Everyone's breathing was very weak, and one person had stopped breathing.
Soon, there was a clicking sound from the cell door.
"dinner time!"
All the prisoners suddenly stood up, and even those who were sleeping rushed to the cage door in the blink of an eye.
Fang Yun stood up and found that the atmosphere in the prison suddenly became tense and everyone was on guard against something.
Soon, four jailers came over, three of them carrying barrels, one was empty-handed, and the one carrying the barrel stayed where he was, while the other three began to move forward.
Fang Yun turned his head and saw four pairs of hands stretched out in front of Jiayi's cell. The empty-handed jailer took out a piece of coarse grain cake made of unknown material from a wooden barrel, and took out a piece of pickled vegetables as thick as a thumb from another barrel and handed it to the first person.
After receiving the food, the man quickly retracted his hand as if struck by lightning, hid in a corner, and chewed the food carefully while looking at others vigilantly.
Fang Yun didn't expect that these felons had common sense. Chewing food carefully can help absorb it better, and if you eat it in a hurry, it will inevitably be wasted.
Soon, three jailers came to the door of Cell B13 and Fang Yun stretched out his hand.
The three jailers didn't even look at Fang Yun. They handed him a whole grain cake and a piece of pickled vegetable just like they did to other people.
"Thank you." Fang Yun still did not give up basic courtesy at this time and place.
The three jailers looked at Fang Yun in surprise. Two of them said nothing, and the jailer distributing things nodded and continued to move forward.
Fang Yun took a closer look and found that the coarse grain cake was made by steaming a mixture of various grains. He put it under his nose and sniffed it gently. A strong musty smell filled his nasal cavity. There was nothing wrong with the pickled vegetables except that they were over-pickled.
There are scholars in various parts of the human race who control the wind and rain. Except for areas adjacent to the barbarians such as Mizhou, grain is harvested in abundance every year. Even the food in prison should not be so bad.
Fang Yun knew that there must be corruption involved, so he didn't think any more about it. He put the hard grain cake into his mouth, bit off a piece, and chewed it quietly.
"Well… "
Fang Yun almost vomited, but in the end he endured the discomfort, held his breath, continued chewing, took a bite of the pickles, chewed them a few more times, and finally swallowed them.
Mencius' famous saying naturally emerged in Fang Yun's mind.
Therefore, when Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on a man, it will first test his mind and will, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body, and deprive him of all deprivation, and make his plans frustrated. This is to stimulate his heart and harden his nature, so as to increase his ability to do what he could not do before.
After Fang Yun came to the Shengyuan Continent, he had suffered a lot, but except in the illusion of the Book Mountain, he had never really suffered.
I tasted it today.
Moldy grain cakes may make others sick, but Fang Yun has a strong body and is not afraid of such moldy things. With pickles, he only needs to eat one piece to sustain himself for a day.
Soon, the fourth jailer came with a bucket. Every time he passed a cell, he would use a wooden spoon to scoop a spoonful of water for the person to drink, and then continue to feed the next cell.
When the jailer arrived at Cell B13, Fang Yun took a look at the turbid water and said, "Thank you, but that's not necessary."
The jailer immediately sprinkled the water on the ground and continued to feed the next person.
Fang Yun waved his hand, and the pure water vapor between heaven and earth condensed into a ball of water in front of him, and he opened his mouth and drank it all.
The prisoners and jailers who saw this scene were amazed.
After breakfast, Fang Yun took a short break and began to recite the holy scriptures, starting with the "Book of Changes", the first of all scriptures. His voice spread throughout the entire underground prison.
Fang Yun has experienced seven initiations of talent. In terms of quality, he is not as good as a grand scholar, but in terms of frequency, he has exceeded that of a grand scholar and is equal to a great scholar.
When he became a juren, Fang Yun's words were close to the "words of heaven" of a grand scholar. Now that he has become a shengjinshi and received seven empowerments of talent, he has the complete "words of heaven".
Fang Yun recited normally, but with the power of the words from heaven in his mouth, his understanding of the Book of Changes naturally turned into a mysterious spiritual imprint, like the words of heaven entering the ears of everyone present.
Even some illiterate people immediately learned the words Fang Yun recited and understood the meaning of the "Book of Changes" after listening.
However, although these people knew the meaning of the "Book of Changes", they could only be regarded as Fang Yun's best students. Without a lot of learning and accumulation, all of this would gradually be forgotten.
The prisoners present were just listening casually at first, but as they listened they realized that Fang Yun's recitation was different from that of others.
Soon, those who had read books instinctively knelt down before Fang Yun, with their heads lowered, like disciples listening to their teacher's lecture.
Then, the rest of the people knelt down before Fang Yun one after another.
Many people gradually immersed themselves in the mystery of the classics, completely forgetting the cold weather and the shaking earth, and also throwing away all their worries and sufferings.
After reciting the "Book of Changes", Fang Yun began to recite "The Analects of Confucius".
When Fang Yun read out "no discrimination in education", a prisoner suddenly burst into tears.
"I was wrong! I was wrong, I shouldn't kill anyone! I should die as a token of my sin!" Then a man slammed into the stone wall.
Boom... Boom... Boom...
In the end, the man was hit to death.
Confucius said that everyone can receive education. It was under this concept that Confucius broke the monopoly of education and became the first real teacher in human history.
Some people cried while listening and confessed their sins.
One person murmured to himself, "I would like to be exiled to the north, fight for the human race to wash away my sins. If I have the chance, I will study hard and pass the imperial examinations to gain fame!"
"Although the government has no evidence, I deserve to die!"
"I am really wronged..." (To be continued...)