Fang Li's attitude became even more respectful. He was also half a scholar and had often seen his son compose poems. However, it was rare to see a mere chair being able to compose a poem to encourage learning. His son had not been able to do it in the past, let alone now.
Fang Yun nodded and said, "Since you understand this principle, what will you do in the future?"
Fang Zhongyong moved his mouth and glanced at his father. In the end, he lowered his head, speechless.
Fang Yun looked coldly at Fang Li.
"Lord Wenhou, please instruct me. I will do whatever you say in the future. I will not disobey."
At this moment, a joyous voice came from outside the door.
"Congratulations to Fang Yun … No, it should be this official who congratulates Fang Wenhou for becoming a high scholar." A familiar voice sounded.
Fang Yun turned his head and saw a middle-aged man in a white blademaster robe walk in. The small silver swords on his sleeves and collar were particularly eye-catching.
Fang Yun was about to speak when Fang Li stepped forward and shouted, "Impudent! Is this a place for a mere county magistrate like you? You tempted me and Zhongyong to betray Fang Wenhou. Fortunately, I was prepared and sent a letter to Lord Wenhou in advance. Otherwise, I would have been condemned by you! Despicable scoundrel! For a mere official position, you are willing to give up your scholarly heart. In a few days, your scholarly courage will be crushed! "
Fang Li became more and more excited. With his imposing manner, he would scold even the prefect of a prefecture, let alone a county magistrate.
Cai He and Fang Yun were stunned and laughed at the same time.
Cai He pointed at Fang Li and said to Fang Yundao, "This cousin of yours is stupid. I wanted to scold him that day, but unfortunately, I couldn't ruin our plan."
Fang Li's face turned from red to white. He stared nervously at Fang Yun, afraid that Cai He was telling the truth.
Fang Yun said half-jokingly, "County Magistrate Cai is really fast. I only sent a letter to you fifteen minutes ago. You actually arrived at the Great Origin Prefecture now. Is it because you have a meteoric rise under your feet? "
Cai He laughed as she walked. "After the results were released, there were over a thousand letters cursing me. Do you think I can sit still? After dealing with the matters at the county yamen, I came all the way here in a carriage. I wanted to find you as soon as possible to clear my name. In the end, as soon as he entered your house, he was scolded by this Fang Li. "
Fang Yundao: "The Legend of the White Snake is right. That Grand Scholar Cai He is indeed cunning. "
"Don't talk about this, or I'll fight you to the death! Why did you write me as a baldy and give me the nickname Fa Hai? Do you know how my wife laughs at me? Now, if you call me Fahai for no reason, who can stand it?! "
Fang Yun and the others laughed together.
Fang Li hurriedly bowed and said, "County Magistrate, please forgive me. I didn't know that you and my cousin were playing the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence. Please forgive me, my lord. "
Cai He smiled indifferently and said, "If I were to bicker with someone like you, this county magistrate would die of exhaustion three times a day! Today, I will be attending Fang Yun's celebration banquet. I won't argue with you. "
"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! "Fang Li thanked him profusely.
"Just now, I heard Fang Zhongyong say that you wrote a new poem? Zhongyong. Recite it again, "Cai He said.
Fang Zhongyong immediately recounted the whole story and finally recited 'The Square Chair' again.
Cai He sighed and said, "Marquis Wen, in the past few days, you have probably understood what it means to be deserted. To be able to incorporate your own experience into your poem, it's a first-class poem!"
"Marquis Wen is naturally talented," Fang Li hurriedly flattered.
Fang Yun suddenly revealed a strange smile and said to Cai He, "I have two matters to discuss with you, but if you want to hear the second matter, you have to help me complete the first matter."
"Oh? What is it? "Cai He asked.
Fang Yun's expression gradually turned cold. He looked at Fang Li and then at Fang Zhongyong. Finally, he said, "Fang Zhongyong was originally a child prodigy of our Ji County. He was not even twelve years old. He should have been studying, but his ignorant father brought him everywhere to show off. He was treated as a commodity and sold to others! In just a few short years, he went from being outstanding to being a nobody! County Magistrate Cai is in charge of the county's education. How should we deal with such an act that goes against the Divine Path? "
Fang Li was stunned, and so was Fang Zhongyong.
Cai He's eyes flashed as he glanced at Fang Li unhappily and said, "Fang Li's actions are against the way of education. From today onwards, Fang Zhongyong will be like the other children. He will study in the county's school every ten days and will take a day off. He is not allowed to leave the county at night. Anyone who tries to stop him will be seen as violating the country's laws! Fang Zhongyong will never become a scholar. This cannot be changed! "
Fang Li was seething with anger. All these years, he had relied on his son to sell his poems to earn a lot of money. He had already sold most of his poems in the county. Now, he could only sell his Literary Name's poems in the Dayuan Prefecture or the neighboring prefectures to earn money. If he had to study in Ji County, it would be equivalent to cutting off his own source of income and taking away half of his life!
Fang Li said angrily, "I refuse to accept this! Zhongyong is my son. He has to do whatever I tell him to do! Father, son, and son are the principles of human relations. Anyone who dares to stop me is going against the Divine Path! I want to overthrow Sage Kong's world! If you dare to drive a wedge between us father and son and force us to separate, I will report this to the Imperial Court! I will ask for the Holy Court's judgment! I will kill myself in front of the Notre-Dame and let the two of you go down in history in infamy! "
Fang Yun snorted and said, "Ask for it. As the saying goes in Ji County, if you don't dare to ask for it, then you are the son of a sweet potato spirit!"
The High Scholars almost burst out laughing. They had all heard of demons, but a sweet potato spirit? Ji County's way of scolding people was too novel.
Fang Li's face turned red, but he did not dare to open his mouth.
"There is someone who dares to ask for the Holy Court's judgment in front of Fang Yun?" Cai He laughed.
Li Fanming laughed and said, "Fang Yun has gone through the Holy Court's judgment, Holy Selection, and Holy Judgment. These few months, he has kept the Sages busy. They must hate him. You should immediately ask for the Holy Court's judgment and let them punish him! Actually, we can't stand it anymore! What right does he have to be so close to the Sages? I refuse to accept this! "
"I refuse to accept this too! Fang Li, we are on your side. Quickly ask for the Sages' judgment and destroy Fang Yun's arrogance! "Zong Wude joined in the commotion.
The rest of the High Scholars laughed evilly.
Fang Li's face turned even redder.
Jia Jing An said angrily, "A shameless person like you wants to ask for the Holy Court's judgment? Not to mention that it is impossible to do so. Even if you did, the Sages would send you flying! "
Fang Li's face turned red as he shouted, "You are all bullies!"
"So what?" Fang Yun asked.
Fang Li almost went mad with anger.
"You … Don't think that you can bully the commoners just because you are a High Scholar! Zhong Yong must listen to me! If he doesn't, he is unfilial! Jingguo's royal family, the Zhao family, rules the world with filial piety. If I were to report this to the Emperor, the civil and military officials would not forgive you! You are all murderers who destroy filial piety! You are worse than the demons and barbarians! "Fang Li shouted.
Fang Yun said calmly, "Fang Li, I will give you one last chance. Give up on murdering Zhong Yong and let him continue his studies. Let him take the High Scholar or even the Grand Scholar exams. If you continue to do this, you will destroy him! "
"This is our family's business. Outsiders like you have no right to interfere! Zhong Yong, come with me! "Fang Li said as he pulled Fang Zhong Yong away.
Suddenly, a white light sword flew out from Cai He's mouth and rested on Fang Li's neck.
"Don't! Don't! Let's talk this out! "Fang Li was so scared that he did not dare to move. His eyes kept darting downwards.
Fang Yun looked at Fang Zhong Yong and said, "You are also a scholar. What do you think?"
Fang Zhong Yong looked at his father and saw that his father was glaring fiercely. He quickly lowered his head and said, "Filial piety cannot be violated. Please spare my father."
Fang Li hurriedly said, "Listen to me! Let me go. Are all of you worse than a child? "
Fang Yun glanced at Fang Li and then slowly recited the story of Zeng Zi in the Confucius Family Sayings.
"Zeng Zi cultivated melons and cut off the roots by mistake. Zeng Zi was angry and built a large staff to strike his back …"
This story was told before he became a saint. Zeng Zi made a mistake and was beaten by his father. In the end, he was beaten unconscious.
After Zeng Zi woke up, the first thing he did was not to check on his injuries but to check on his father's anger. Moreover, to prevent his father from worrying about him, he played the zither and sang loudly to convince his father that he was not wrong.
When others heard this, they all praised Zeng Zi for his filial piety. However, Confucius was very angry when he heard this and told his disciples not to see Zeng Zi again.
Zeng Zi felt uneasy when he heard this. He did not know what he had done wrong, so he asked someone to ask why Confucius did not want to see him.
That person went to find Confucius. Confucius said that the ancient ruler Shun was a filial son. No matter when his father went to find Shun, Shun would always be there. However, when his father was about to kill Shun, Shun was not there.
Confucius then said that if Zeng Zi was only punished lightly, he could accept it. However, if he was beaten with a large staff, he had to avoid it. If Zeng Zi was beaten to death by his father because he did not run, that would be setting his father up for injustice. Wouldn't that be the greatest unfilial act? Zeng Zi was also a citizen of the Son of Heaven. If Zeng Zi's father killed Zeng Zi, wouldn't that be a great crime? This was foolish filial piety!
When Fang Yun finished reading, Fang Li was covered in cold sweat. In his heart, he cursed Fang Yun for being so ruthless. Once this "Confucius's Family Sayings" was read, he would not be able to defend himself.
Fang Yun then said, "Zhongyong, just a few days ago, I wanted to write an article called" Wounding Zhongyong ". I wanted to use you as an example to warn everyone. If you do not calm down and study, relying only on your talent, you will be surpassed by your peers in the end, and your father will inevitably carry a bad name for tens of thousands of generations. If you really listen to your father and don't study, you will be setting your father up for injustice. That is the greatest unfilial act! Our human race needs talents, but because of your foolish filial piety, you will personally strangle a future scholar or even a great scholar. That is disloyal and unjust! "
The tip of Fang Zhongyong's nose was covered in sweat.
Finally, Fang Yun shouted, "Fang Zhongyong, did you study for nothing?!"
Fang Yun's voice faintly contained a strange power. Everyone felt that Fang Yun's words were like the truth. Even Fang Li nodded inexplicably. However, he soon came to his senses and glared at Fang Yun.
Fang Zhongyong knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily. Then, he raised his head and said, "Thank you for reminding me, Uncle. Zhongyong almost committed a great crime of disloyalty, unfilial piety, and unrighteousness!"
A hint of surprise flashed through Yan Yukong's eyes. Others might not be able to detect it, but as a direct disciple of Half-saint, he could detect that Fang Yun's words faintly contained the meaning of "Divine Word". Although it was not the complete power of Divine Word, it was still no small matter.
Divine Word was a gift from the heavens that only scholars had. It required at least six Qi Imbuements to obtain it.
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