"Tong Li!" Zhao Zhuzhen looked at Tong Li angrily.
The sound of swords being drawn could be heard from Jinghai Restaurant. All the guards had drawn their swords and were ready to kill at any time.
Even those who didn't know Zhao Zhuzhen could guess her identity.
Shi Dehong said, "I'm afraid only the aunt of the current Monarch of Jing State, Great Elder Princess Zhao Hongzhuang, would lead the Imperial Bodyguards on a journey as a woman at such a young age. However, I heard that you like to be called Great Elder Princess. Let's call you that then. "
"Great Elder Princess!"
Since Shi Dehong revealed her identity, everyone had to salute and greet her.
"Just treat me as Zhao Hongzhuang." Zhao Hongzhuang said.
"Tong Li, leave now!" Magistrate Dong shouted.
Tong Li stared at Fang Yun and said, "You destroyed my Divine Path. Do you dare to bet with me? If you are really a scholar and confident, why don't you give me a chance to defeat you? What are you afraid of? "
"Tong Li, are you sure you want to die?" Fang Yun asked.
"Shi Dehong is right. If I can't defeat you, the higher your achievements, the more unstable my literary palace will be. It will be destroyed one day! However, I want to bet with Shi Dehong. You have to defeat both of us at the same time. If you defeat one of us, you can only tie. How about it? "Tong Li was like a crazy demon because he knew this was his only chance.
Shi Dehong didn't care that Tong Li called his name. He said, "Alright! Tong Li, I underestimated you before. It turns out that you are also a good man! Fang Yun, do you dare to bet with us? "
Fang Yun looked at the two of them and suddenly smiled. He said, "Juren Shi, since your teacher is Lord Shi Jun, he must have a good opinion of you, right?"
"Of course." Shi Dehong said.
"Then, what position does Lord Shi Jun think you will eventually reach?"
Shi Dehong cupped his hands in the direction of Gyeongo and said, "My teacher once said that I will be a scholar!"
Fang Yun nodded. He said, "Good! But it's not good either. "
"Why do you say that?" Shi Dehong felt uneasy. He didn't expect Fang Yun to be so calm, so calm that it was frightening.
"It is good to destroy the literary palace of a future Grand Scholar and eliminate a small hidden danger in Jingguo. You're still a human after all. It's not good to shatter your literary palace. However … Since you want to suppress the literati of a nation and attempt to sever my Divine Path and instigate others to gamble with me, I will destroy your literary palace! I agree to this bet! "
Fang Yun's voice was loud and clear.
"That will depend on whether you have the ability to destroy my Wen Palace!" Shi Dehong sneered.
Juren Qian immediately said, "Fang Yun, all of us scholars in Jade Sea City support you! Not only will you become a genius of the Jade Sea Manor, but you will also become a genius of the Jade Sea Manor. He will definitely reach the Third Mountain's Second Pavilion and suppress Shi Dehong! "
"Tong Li, if you dare to attend our Tanhai Society's literary gatherings in the future, I'll break your legs!"
"Brother Liu, you don't have to do anything. When the Book Hill ends in June, Tong Li's literary palace will definitely be destroyed."
"That's true."
Magistrate Dong said gloomily, "Shi Dehong. Since you made a bet with Fang Yun, you will have to stay in Jade Sea City until Fang Yun leaves the Book Hill. "
"Of course. I like the scenery of Jade Sea City very much. There's no harm in staying for a month. Maybe I can even stay for a few more months to participate in the annual Demon Suppression Poetry Gathering and compete for Lord Li's Dragon Blood Ink Ingot. "
Magistrate Dong said, "You misunderstood. What I want to say is if Fang Yun wins. Since you have the ability to avoid gambling and oaths, you have to be prepared for me to personally destroy your literary palace! "
Shi Dehong's eyes flashed with a trace of panic before he calmly said, "This is a bet between me and Fang Yun. I hope Lord Dong won't interfere and break the rules."
"I only kill those who break the rules."
Shi Dehong said angrily, "If you dare to kill me, my teacher will definitely not let you off!"
"Then let him come! Our Jade Sea City isn't even afraid of Dragons, so why would we be afraid of a mere scholar? Who said that the Sage Dao has no bones? First, there was the Hundred Schools of Thought. Kong Sheng stood out. If Kong Sheng didn't fight, how could our human race flourish? Where are the bones beneath Kong Sheng's feet? Later, there was the Legalism School of Thought that helped Qin unify the continent. If Qin Emperor didn't fight, how could there be scholars, carriages, and measurement? Where are the bones beneath Qin Emperor's feet? If Lord Shi wins, we will be his whetstone. If Lord Shi loses, he will be our stepping stone. That's all! Ever since I comprehended armchair strategies, I only believed in the brush in my hand and the Dao beneath my feet! "
"Hmph!" Shi Dehong snorted and no longer spoke. In front of Magistrate Dong, he was still too inexperienced.
Fang Yun had lived in a world dominated by the theory of evolution. He naturally believed in natural selection and the survival of the fittest. This was the Dao that no world could escape from.
An old scholar sighed and said, "Little Li, I was schoolmates with Assistant Minister Tong, and I once hugged you. Apologize to Fang Shuangjia, and he will definitely forgive you. Don't gamble, you can't win. When Fang Yun was on the dragon boat, I felt like I saw Li Wenying in his youth. When he was a scholar, he never lost in the Dragon Boat Literary Competition. Even those scholars of Gyeongo who were more talented than him couldn't beat him. "
When Li Wenying was mentioned, even the people of Gyeongo were convinced. Li Wenying's talent was not only inferior to the Four Great Scholars, but he was also inferior to the Four Great Scholars. If the scholars of the previous generation were to rearrange the Five Great Scholars, then other than the Four Great Scholars, the Fifth Great Scholar would definitely be Li Wenying.
Tong Li had already regained a bit of his rationality and said, "Mr. Cheng, Magistrate Dong has already said that the Sage Dao is difficult, and we can only fight. If Fang Yun doesn't lose, I will never be able to let my talent flow smoothly, and I will never be able to stabilize my literary palace! This year's Book Hill is my only chance! I have to defeat Fang Yun! Things have already come to this, and if I continue to go back on my words, my literary palace will be destroyed before I reach Book Hill! I don't know what's right or wrong, I only know that I have no way out! "
"You …" Juren Cheng was speechless.
Shi Dehong said, "Tong Li, I am the Top Scorer of a prefecture. If you are interested, I can go to your residence tomorrow and compare notes with you on poetry. How about it?"
Tong Li was delighted, "Senior Shi is really willing to help me?"
"You and I are both humans, and we should help each other."
"Thank you, Top Scorer Shi! If I can defeat Fang Yun, I will definitely repay your kindness. "Tong Li's face revealed a look of joy.
Juren Cheng said angrily, "Tong Li, you can't keep making mistakes!"
Shi Dehong immediately said, "Sir, what you said is wrong. Tong Li is pursuing his own Sage Dao, and I want to defeat Fang Yun fair and square through Book Hill. What's wrong with that?"
Fang Yun said slowly, "Zeng Zi said, 'I reflect on myself three times a day.' Even the Secondary Sage Zeng Zi has to reflect on his loyalty, trust and diligence. You are just a mere High Scholar, how can you say that you are not wrong? If there's something wrong, change it, and if there's nothing wrong, reinforce it. This is the Sage Dao, how can you go against the Sage Dao! "
Fang Yun's words were the same as usual, but there was a slight difference between the words "if there's something wrong, change it, and if there's nothing wrong, reinforce it". It spread far and wide, but no one noticed it immediately, and no one thought in that direction.
Shi Dehong was slightly shocked. He had just used the Holy Words to provoke Tong Li, and he succeeded in one fell swoop. He didn't expect Fang Yun to use the Holy Words to criticize him.
Many Jingguo scholars smiled and nodded, but a strange scene occurred. These people were obviously supporting Fang Yun, but some of their smiles froze on their faces, some of them smiled even more happily, and some of them stopped smiling and started thinking hard.
Almost all of the scholars suddenly forgot about the dispute between the few of them, and many of them whispered the words "if there's something wrong, change it, and if there's nothing wrong, reinforce it".
The arrogant Yan Yukong immediately turned his head to look at Fang Yun, and his eyes flashed with unprecedented splendor.
Fang Yun cursed inwardly. The words "if there's something wrong, change it, and if there's nothing wrong, reinforce it" were Zhu Xi's annotation of "I reflect on myself three times a day" in the Analects of Confucius. In his opinion, these words were very common. However, these words had never appeared in the Saint Origin World, so their meaning was different.
In the eyes of the crowd, Fang Yun was extending and explaining Zeng Zi's words in the Analects of Confucius. A scholar was actually annotating the words of a Quasi-Sage!
In the Saint Origin World, the Sacred Scriptures couldn't be annotated casually. Ordinary Grand Scholars didn't dare to write books to explain the Sacred Scriptures, and the Sacred Scriptures were usually annotated by Grand Scholars.
It wasn't a crime for a Grand Scholar to annotate the Sacred Scriptures, but if there was a mistake in any of the annotated sentences, they would immediately be attacked by the crowd. This was a battle of the Sage Dao, and there was no room for mistakes.
Therefore, even if a Grand Scholar were to explain the Sacred Scriptures, he would still use the Grand Scholar's annotation. It was somewhat similar to "Sacred Words", and at most, he would add his own explanation on top of the Grand Scholar's annotation, which was called "Commentary".
However, Fang Yun's words were directly annotating the Analects of Confucius!
Tong Li suddenly lowered his head, and a fierce look appeared in his eyes. He tried his best to think about Fang Yun's words, trying to find a loophole in them. However, this thought only lasted for three breaths, and he felt his literary palace begin to shake.
"Not good! This annotation has great principles and great knowledge! I can't refute it. " Tong Li was shocked, and he hurriedly stopped thinking. Sweat flowed down his back, and his heart was filled with regret. However, he knew that there was no way out.
Tong Li's heart was filled with despair.
Shi Dehong also immediately lowered his head to think, and a mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He secretly thought that Fang Yun was overestimating himself. Every sentence in the Sacred Scriptures had the principles of heaven and earth, and had infinite power. In the early years, many people had carelessly annotated it, and their literary palaces had been destroyed. Now, without becoming a Grand Scholar, no one dared to speak carelessly.
Shi Dehong quickly thought about the eight words, "If there is something, change it; if there is nothing, add to it." He wanted to find a loophole and cut off the relationship between these eight words and Zeng Zi's famous words, so that he could completely deny Fang Yun, and then cause Fang Yun's literary palace to crack.
He kept thinking, and soon found that these eight words were impeccable. As a scholar, he would never be able to find a loophole in them.
Not only that, the more Shi Dehong thought about it, the more he felt that these words contained the principles. If someone said that this was the work of a certain Half-saint, he would definitely believe it.
"How is this possible! Why do I feel that his words are reasonable! "This disciple of Lord Shi roared in his heart.
Magistrate Dong excitedly praised, "Fang Yun is really a great talent. This sentence contains the sound of the Holy Path! Perhaps many years later, this sentence could become a question in the imperial examinations! "
"That's right! Just now, that was indeed the sound of the Holy Path. Although it's still very far from the words of a saint, it's still close to the Holy Path. "
Fang Yun hurriedly said, "Everyone, please don't say anymore. I just said this sentence by accident. How could it be the sound of the Holy Path?"
Magistrate Dong's expression changed, and he walked to the window. Looking at the Jade Belt River outside, he smiled and said, "Whether it's the sound of the Holy Path or not, we'll know with one look."
Everyone immediately rushed to the window, and even those seventy to eighty-year-old elders were incomparably excited.
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