Fang Yun vaguely understood what Fang Shouye was going to say.
Fang Shouye said, "He is well-informed in Yuhai City. After learning today that your academic record will be transferred to Yuhai Prefecture, he immediately went to find his grandfather's friend General Gan Luoxing and criticized you for being despicable and shameless, saying that you were afraid that you would not be able to pass the exam in Dayuan Prefecture and came to Yuhai Prefecture to compete for the top ten."
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"Tong Li is not afraid of you passing the exam, but he is afraid that you will steal his title of scholar. However, he is not the only one making trouble, many students with good backgrounds are also blaming you. You should know that only the top ten in a prefecture can enter the Book Mountain. If you take up a place, then the one who could have been in the top ten will definitely not be able to go to the Book Mountain, which is a huge loss. Therefore, today, people everywhere are saying that you are afraid that you can't enter the Book Mountain in Dayuan Prefecture, so you can only come to Yuhai City to compete for the top ten."
Fang Yun knew the importance of Maocai and Shushan. Not to mention that he was just a genius from a poor family, even if he was a child of aristocratic family, those people would try their best to get a place in Shushan.
Fang Yun sighed helplessly and said, "I didn't want to come at that time, but there was no way. Mr. Wang and Zhou Zhubu consulted Lord Li Wenying together, and Lord Li finally made the decision. I originally wanted to finish the prefectural examination before coming."
"You did nothing wrong in this matter. You can only blame the rebellious scholars and the demon tribe! Don't worry, as long as your uncle is here, no one will dare to harm you like Liu Zicheng did. However, you can't embarrass yourself. If he challenges you to a literary competition openly, you cannot lose." Fang Shouye said.
"Alas, we are all scholars. He won't deliberately suppress me because of this matter, right?" Fang Yun said helplessly.
Fang Shouye smiled coldly and said, "You think too highly of them. I suspect they will join forces to force you to give up participating in the prefectural examination."
Fang Yun was anxious and asked, "Why? I was assassinated by the rebellious scholars because I killed a monster. Not to mention for the sake of the human race, at least I was forced here because I did something righteous. Why can't I take part in the prefectural examination? If they can use this as an excuse to punish me, who will dare to kill monsters in the future?"
Fang Shouye showed a bit of strangeness and said, "According to our military intelligence analysis, your identity as a Saint Scholar was not exposed. The people of Jingcheng Peak wanted to kill you for some other reason."
"How could this happen? Since the rebellious scholars didn't know my identity as a scholar before the Saint, why did they send so many people to kill me? That's equivalent to five Jinshi and dozens of Juren. The army of a prefecture is no match for them. How did I offend them?"
Fang Shouye said helplessly: "In fact, you were harmed by the saint."
"Ah? Is there a saint who wants to harm me?" Fang Yun was even more confused.
"No. Do you still remember that your "Humble House Praise" was included in the "Holy Way" yesterday?"
"I remember." Fang Yun was puzzled.
"The demon tribe has been active recently. There are demon disasters of varying degrees in various parts of the Ten Kingdoms. The rebellious scholars have contributed greatly. The saint wants to warn the demon tribe and the rebellious scholars to stop them from acting rashly. Your "Humble House Inscription" happens to be a courage-refining article, which is suitable for adding power to attack the courage and palace of the rebellious scholars. So the saint has drawn talents from the holy temples in various places and sent them to the "Humble House Inscription" of "Saintly Way". It is of great benefit to us ordinary scholars to read the "Humble House Inscription", but the rebellious scholars will inevitably trigger hidden power when reading the "Humble House Inscription" that has been changed by the saint."
Fang Shouye took a sip of water and continued, "You can guess what happened next. The rebellious scholars were in trouble. They couldn't kill the saints, so they came to kill you. Unfortunately, we didn't know at the time. We just thought that your identity as a saint was leaked. After killing them, we didn't cover up your identity as a saint. As a result, it's too late now. The demon tribe wants to kill you even more."
"Am I taking a huge blame?" Fang Yun asked in a deep voice.
"I guess so. However, your "Praise of the Humble House" has made great contributions to the human race after all. Even if something happens this time, the saint will see it and help you." Fang Shouye said.
"What if they really make me unable to take the provincial examination?"
Fang Shouye immediately said, "If they use despicable means to harm you, I guarantee that they will never be able to take the imperial examination! Don't say that Tong Li's grandfather is the Minister of War. Even if he is the Minister of War, we Fang family members are not afraid! However, if they use legitimate means to obstruct you, I can't do anything. Since you are already a scholar, you are more likely to be in the top ten next year. Why do you have to participate in the prefectural examination this year?"
"One step slow, every step slow. The left prime minister's faction and the Liu family are watching me, and those rebellious scholars will also watch me. If I can't pass the exam to become a scholar this year and climb the mountain of books, and if I don't try my best to improve my talent and strength, I will definitely die if I encounter an emergency. Uncle, tell me the truth, is this Yuhai City absolutely safe?"
Fang Shouye was stunned. After a moment of silence, he said, "If the demon world and the rebellious scholars are determined to kill you at all costs, and the demon saint takes action, no one can stop them. But don't worry, you won't make them pay such a high price to kill you. If the demon saint takes action to kill you, the saints of the ten countries will dare to move the holy academy into the demon world and make the demon world restless! So, you are absolutely safe in Yuhai City."
Fang Yun was annoyed and said, "Those rebellious writers are really disgusting. Even if my "Humble Dwelling Inscription" was not there, the saint would have other ways to hurt them. Tong Li and others are equally hateful. They knew that it was the foreign enemy demon tribe that forced me, but they did things that made the demon tribe applaud. To put it bluntly, since "Humble Dwelling Inscription" hurt so many rebellious writers, it must have been a great achievement. Let alone coming to Yuhai City for the exam, I can calmly accept it even if the saint personally appoints me as a talented person!"
"Alas... Some things are just helpless. We are not afraid of Tong Li, but if they spread the word that you are here to snatch the position of Yuhai Mansion's scholar, the students of Yuhai Mansion will definitely exclude and isolate you."
Fang Yun pondered for a long time without saying anything.
"Well, let's take it one step at a time. I will accompany you to the Fuwen Academy tomorrow. I don't believe they dare to stop you in front of me!" Fang Shouye said.
Fang Yun said: "Don't bother uncle, they are willing to sit down and talk with me, everything can be discussed, even if I don't take the exam this year. But if they want to force me, then they chose the wrong person! I, Fang Yun, am not a soft persimmon that they can squeeze at will!"
"You really don't need me to go?" Fang Shouye asked.
"Really! If I can't even solve this problem, how can I kill monsters and barbarians in the future?" Fang Yun said.
"Okay! If they are in the wrong, you can make a big fuss and then involve Lord Li and see how they end up! They even dared to obstruct the hero who killed the monster, what else can they not dare to do!" Fang Shouye said.
Fang Yun said helplessly: "I originally wanted to go and see the Dragon Boat Festival, but now I really don't want to go. By the way, where is the Dragon Boat Festival held?"
"There is a Yudai River between the North Sub-City and the Main City. Dragon boat races are held in the Yudai River every year. If you don't want to participate, just stand by the river and watch." Fang Shouye was also in a bad mood.
"Um."
The two continued chatting, and Fang Shouye slowly introduced the customs of the people in Yuhai City, the relationships between the various factions, the situation of the dragon clan and water monsters, etc. It was past ten o'clock in the evening before Fang Yun and Yang Yuhuan left.
After returning home, Fang Yun was in a very bad mood. He kept practicing calligraphy to calm himself. He wrote for an hour before he calmed down. He continued to study the classics of the saints, and then, as usual, he wrote an article on the meaning of the scriptures before going to bed.
At eight o'clock the next morning, a scholar clerk under Li Wenying came and wanted to take Fang Yun to confirm his academic status and then sign up for the provincial examination next month.
Fang Yun followed the scholar and the clerk into the car and headed for the Academy of Literature.
After getting off the carriage at the entrance of Yuhai Mansion Academy, the two entered the academy and headed to the Registration Office, which was responsible for handling student registration. Soon, Fang Yun saw a big door with the words "Registration Office" written on the plaque above, but there were more than a dozen people standing in front of the door, including three scholars.
The scholar's clerk looked worried, but walked in anyway.
"Wait a minute! Clerk, what's the name of the person behind you?"
The clerk lowered his head and said nothing.
Fang Yun had already guessed the identities of these people. He bowed to them and said with a smile, "Are you from the Ministry of Justice or the Holy Court? If you want to check my identity, please show me your badge and I will answer truthfully."
"Dayuanfu accent! Are you Fang Yun?" Then a boy stepped forward and glared at Fang Yun.
"It's Fang Yun from Ji County." Fang Yun said calmly.
The student said, "How despicable! I thought you were an upright scholar, but who knew you were so despicable! In order to enter the school, you even used your power to transfer your student status. I will never believe anyone again. You are just a tyrant who robs people by force!"
"We were so blind before!"
"Go back to your Dayuan Mansion. We in Yuhai Mansion don't welcome you!"
"Go back to Dayuan Mansion!"
Everyone shouted together, attracting people not far away to look over here.
Fang Yun suppressed his anger and suddenly said loudly: "There are some things I don't understand, and I hope you can give me some advice! I didn't come to Yuhai City on my own initiative, but Lord Li Wenying ordered me to come. If you question this order, why don't you go to Lord Li Wenying?"
"Who knows if you used despicable means!" one person said.
Fang Yun said: "Oh, so you don't know whether I used any tricks or not, and you don't even know why Lord Li Wenying transferred me to Yuhai City. So, you have no evidence at all, but you are using the banner of justice to slander me, the Saint Scholar, and Lord Li Wenying! You are the truly despicable ones!"
Everyone was speechless for a moment, especially the timid ones who were even scared when they heard the slander against Li Wenying.
Fang Yun took a step forward, looked directly at the student who had scolded him first and said, "Since you think I took it by force, then you think that this position of scholar belongs to you? But this position of scholar does not belong to you, but depends on your ability. How can you say that it was taken by force?"
"Why did you suddenly change your school status?"
Fang Yun shouted, "Why? Because of "Humble House Inscription" that killed and injured hundreds of rebellious scholars! Because I was used as bait to lure and kill two demon commanders, three Jinshi and a large number of others! Because I have made great contributions to the human race! If anyone of you has made greater contributions than me, I will immediately apologize and leave Yuhai Mansion! You want to force me to leave, a bunch of people who failed to kill demons but just like to fight among themselves? Dream on! I will definitely fight for the title of the number one scholar in Yuhai City!"