Ao Huang followed Fang Yun, turned his head and looked at Qing Jun, showing a sinister smile, and said: "Shameless Qing Jun, when Fang Yun arrives at the Qing Kingdom Palace, I will definitely show up! These days, I was afraid of being scolded by Fang Yun, and I was originally full of anger! First, you forced a hero like Qiu Chongshan to embarrass Fang Yun and exhausted him to death, and then let Zong Wuyuan, who is equally shameless, curse Fang Yun to death. This revenge must be avenged!"
Qing Jun did not dare to rebuke Ao Huang, so he could only explain: "Prince Huang is wrong. The war of words is a battle between two countries, each showing its ability. Fang Xusheng was not hurt at all, and in addition to Qiu Chongshan, even Qu Hange was killed in our Qing country. It is obvious that we lost, why are you still so aggressive?"
"What does Qu Hange's life or death have to do with me? He is courting death. Fang Yun has already warned him not to destroy the True Dragon Ancient Sword. Who can he blame for not listening? You shameless bastard, do you still think you are right? Just wait for me!"
Qingjun and Zong Wuyuan were extremely embarrassed by Ao Huang's constant calling them "shameless" left and right, but they didn't say anything and endured it.
"You are smart and know to shut up! You shameless bastards!" Ao Huang rolled his eyes at Qing Jun, shook his head and wagged his tail as he followed Fang Yun.
Some of the Jing State officials held back their laughter and followed Fang Yun onto the ship, while the rest of the Jing State officials stayed where they were, ready to continue the negotiations.
The officials of Qing State looked at each other in bewilderment. Although Fang Yun's words were calm, they faintly hurt people's eardrums. Ordinary thunderbolts could not have such a sound. It was obvious that Fang Yun had made up his mind, which caused the words of Xu Sheng to trigger the response of the vital energy of heaven and earth.
"Everyone, tell me, what exactly does Fang Yun want to do to His Majesty?"
"They won't kill him in the Golden Palace, will they? The Sage of the Sect can turn him into ashes with just one hand!"
"Of course he won't kill people in the palace, but judging from his tone, it seems very unusual."
"Thinking about the previous literary battle, it was obvious that he wanted to avenge Qiu Chongshan, but. I don't know what means he used."
"Even if he becomes a semi-saint, the most he can do is come to the palace and reprimand Lord Qing. He won't be able to take revenge at all. After all, there are semi-saints in Qing."
"He doesn't want to defeat Zongsheng and then attack Qing Kingdom, right? "
"It may take decades, by which time Jing Kingdom will have been destroyed. It may just be a momentary angry remark."
"However, this time, the face of our Qing country has been completely lost! Last time Fang Yunwen defeated Xizhou, fighting one against ten. That was just a literary battle, which was understandable. But this time, the literary battle was lost miserably. One of the ten great Jinshi was killed. Who in our Qing country will dare to fight a literary battle with Jing country in the future? All the courage was scared away by Fang Xusheng."
"That's not the case. From the perspective of the two countries, this matter is disadvantageous to our Qing Kingdom. But if we consider it from the perspective of the human race, our Qing Kingdom forced him to write two war poems that have been passed down through the ages. One is "Liangzhou Ci", which evokes Yumen Pass and is invincible under the Hanlin Academy! The other is "Red Dust Killing", which is mysterious and subverts the fighting methods of the Jinshi and Hanlin of the human race. This credit should be shared by our Qing Kingdom!"
"Nonsense! Are you still a Qing countryman..."
The people of Qing kept discussing, but Fang Yun boarded the Skywalker and set sail.
The Kongxinglou ship was flying faster and faster. Fang Yun walked to the stern and looked at Xiangzhou.
Birds flew across the sky. In the far distance, the sky was covered with dark clouds and spring rain was falling. In the near distance, the sun was shining and flowers were blooming. Birds and animals were walking through the mountains and forests.
Fang Yun lowered his head. Below him was the Yangtze River, which was hundreds of miles wide and surging. There were boats passing through and water monsters catching fish, just like a small ocean.
"I'll be back again!"
After Fang Yun finished speaking, he turned around and had a chat with the scholars from Jing State.
Those scholars were very interested in "Liangzhou Ci" and "Hongchen Sha". Those with low literary status wanted to use these two war poems to enhance themselves, while those with high literary status wanted to learn the two war poems and write war poems of similar nature but higher literary status. It didn't matter whether they could be passed down or not, as long as they could use them themselves.
Everyone first discussed "Liangzhou Ci". After discussing it for a long time, they always felt that this poem was too difficult to surpass. This poem was at least a national poem, especially the two lines "The Yellow River flows far away among the white clouds, there is a lonely city and the mountains ten thousand feet high", which simply summarized all the scenes outside the Great Wall in two sentences, giving people a feeling that the vast frontier was spreading out before their eyes.
Many people have tried to change a few words to revise the poem, but they have always only achieved the form but not the spirit. Without the charm and the power of Yumen Pass, it is impossible to form a war poem.
Afterwards, everyone discussed "Red Dust Killing", in which the line "putting oneself in the white blade, killing people in the red dust" aroused high praise. Just looking at the text, there is a faint sense of sacrificing one's life for justice. Once this kind of fearless war poem is blessed by the holy way of justice and the holy way of courage, its power will be raised to a higher level. I wonder what kind of changes it will form.
The journey was smooth and there were no more monsters or barbarians to obstruct the way. Before dusk, the sky-walking ship landed in the Jingguo Academy.
Including the Queen Mother and the Left Prime Minister, all the high-ranking officials in the capital, heads of aristocratic families, heads of wealthy families, and famous scholars were waiting below, while tens of thousands of students from the academy surrounded them.
Boom…
The Kongxinglou ship came to a steady stop, the ladder was lowered, and Fang Yun appeared in everyone's sight.
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
"Very Victorious..."
Everyone present cheered loudly, even the Queen Mother and the Left Prime Minister shouted a few times. The young prince was particularly excited and kept shouting.
Fang Yun bowed to everyone and walked down with a smile. Ao Huang also looked like a triumphant hero as he followed Fang Yun with a swagger, occasionally raising his little paw and pressing down, signaling everyone not to be so enthusiastic and to remain calm.
A beam of white light suddenly appeared and flew into Fang Yun's arms. Then Nunu was seen rolling around in Fang Yun's arms, trying hard to squeeze into Fang Yun's chest, like a happy puppy.
Fang Yun smiled and stroked the little fox and got off the boat smoothly.
What followed was a grand welcome ceremony, after which Fang Yun and everyone else went to the palace to hold a celebratory banquet that was far more grand than any previous literary gathering.
At the celebration banquet, the empress dowager announced publicly that since Fang Yun had recaptured Xiangzhou, a large number of officials would go to Xiangzhou and many county magistrate positions would be vacant. This year, an additional fifty county magistrate positions would be provided to newly promoted Jinshi to take over.
The newly-appointed Jinshi who ranked 51 to 100th in this year's imperial examination were originally not going to have a chance of taking the palace examination, and the top 50 newly-appointed Jinshi who ranked 51 to 100th had even taken up their posts. They did not hold out any hope at all. But unexpectedly, Fang Yunwen won a battle in a state, which resulted in 50 more vacancies for acting county magistrates.
The difference between an ordinary Jinshi and a Jinshi who passed the palace examination is almost equivalent to the difference between an old Juren and an ordinary Jinshi.
At the celebration banquet, the fifty Jinshi repeatedly toasted Fang Yun, and more than twenty of them even directly addressed Fang Yun as "teacher", confirming the teacher-student relationship.
Today is the day of carnival for the Emperor's party. The people from the parties of the Left Prime Minister and Prince Kang are just like supporting roles. They are enjoying a luxurious palace banquet, but it tastes like chewing wax.
At the celebration banquet, Ji Zhibai looked at Fang Yun from time to time. Finally, he sent a letter to the officials of Ning'an County.
"We need to time tomorrow's literary meeting right when he arrives. Then, let him know what it means to be caught off guard!" (To be continued...)