"Lei Qingyin." A Jingguo Hanlin cupped his hands and said.
Veins popped out on Leiyuan Ding's forehead. His voice was too feminine, which was what annoyed him the most.
"If you dare to fight, then come. If you don't, then scram. You're the shame of Hanlin!"
"Only dogs can bark, but people can't open their mouths?" That Hanlin smiled. Fang Yun saw that he was Gong Yilang, who worked in the Cabinet. Gong Yilang was a second-rank official, which was higher than the assistant minister but lower than the minister. He was in charge of various matters in the Cabinet. It was difficult for him to hold the position if he had a bad temper.
This person was promoted by the Minister of the Left. He knew that Fang Yun was about to die, but he still stood up to help. This made many people admire him.
Leiyuan Ding raised his chin and said, "Have you ever been to the Sea of Learning?"
The whole place was silent. Gong Yilang's smile froze on his face.
Gong Yilang was a Jinshi. To put it bluntly, it was because Jingguo or the human race needed to recruit some people who were not ranked.
The Jinshi were divided into three grades according to their grades. Those who scored A were qualified to enter the Sea of Learning from the Holy Temple. Jinshi were not in the top three in the Saint Origin World. They were Jinshi outside of the top three. Not only could they not enter the Sea of Learning, unless they became a great scholar, their status would always be a stain. They would not be able to raise their heads in front of those who were Jinshi.
In front of tens of thousands of people, Leiyuan Ding humiliated those who were not Jia A, and even scolded those who were also Jinshi.
Fang Yun smiled and said, "The highest ranking person in the Holy Temple has never been to the Sea of Learning." In other words, Confucius was also not a Jinshi. After all, the Imperial Examination only appeared after Confucius became a saint.
This time, it was Leiyuan Ding's turn to be stunned. He was speechless. If he dared to continue, it would be equivalent to humiliating Confucius. Even if he was a hundred times more arrogant, he would not dare to refute. If there was a loophole, then his Literary Name would be ruined.
The Grand Scholars present secretly heaved a sigh of relief and looked at Fang Yun gratefully.
"I've seen you before. You're the Fang Yun who indirectly killed my Lei Jiu!" Lei Yuanding squinted as he looked at Fang Yun. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew around him, and a sharp aura shot out in all directions. But in the next moment, the power of the Holy Temple descended and sealed all of his power.
"I just couldn't save him in time," Fang Yun said indifferently.
"If you hadn't snatched his Dragon Qi, he might have been able to escape with his life!" Lei Yuan Ding's voice became even sharper.
"Let's not talk about the fact that I didn't take the initiative to snatch the Dragon Aura. Was the Dragon Platform a dangerous place or a school for children? That was a place where everyone fought for the Dragon Qi with their own abilities, not a place where one could play house while wearing diapers! Lei Jiu was poisoned to death by Fierce Monarch, you didn't go to the Meng Family to ask for the real culprit, but instead came here to look for irrelevant people, you are a disgrace! "Fang Yun bluntly criticized.
"At that time, the Fierce Lord was under the control of an evil spirit. How could I find him?"
Fang Yun smiled indifferently and said: "Do you dare to swear to Wen Dan?" After that, Fang Yun turned around and ignored Lei Yuan Ding.
Lei Yuan Ding was stunned. Even an idiot would know that the Fierce Lord was not completely under the control of the evil dragon. But this matter could not be said.
Many Jingguo people looked at Lei Yuan Ding with a smile.
"The examination begins. Those who are not involved, please step back!" The National Examiner of the Notre-Dame, Tang Shoude, waved his hand and a great force emerged, slowly pushing the non-candidates and examiners back.
Lei Yuan Ding shouted: "Then I will wait outside the Holy Temple for three days. I will send you off! "
The people of Jingguo were furious. This was cursing Fang Yun to die in front of the people of Jingguo.
"Who gave you the courage to humiliate me, a Jingguo Scholar!" Li Wenying waved his hand and slapped Lei Yuan Ding who was a few hundred feet away.
The crisp sound of the slap echoed throughout the Holy Temple. Lei Yuan Ding's face was swollen.
Fang Yun was speechless. He knew that Li Wenying was not a person who spoiled children. He was even more domineering after becoming a Great Scholar.
"You are a Great Scholar, how dare you …"
"Slap!" Li Wenying slapped Lei Yuan Ding's face again and the other side of his face was swollen.
Lei Yuan Ding kept his mouth shut.
"If you are not convinced, then I will put my hands and feet down. I'll bind my hands and feet so that I don't have to speak eloquently. I'll suppress my talent and other aspects to the level of Hanlin. I'll only fight you with words. "Li Wenying coldly looked at Leiyuan Ding.
Lei Yuanding took a deep breath and was about to agree. He was a member of the Lei Clan, and the materials he used to nurture his sword were far superior to Li Wenying's. Li Wenying not only had to suppress his War of Words to the level of Hanlin Academy, he also did not have to use his famous Wind and Rain Sword Poem. With his strength, he had a 60% chance of victory!
However, Lei Yuan Ding let out a sigh of relief.
He suddenly realized that he had a 60% chance of winning. However, his opponent was Li Wenying. Even if Li Wenying suppressed his strength, his chances of winning were less than 10%. It could even be said that he would lose without a doubt.
"Today's enmity will be engraved in my heart!" Lei Yuanding glared at Fang Yun and turned to leave.
"I await your revenge." Li Wenying said indifferently.
Soon after, the examination officially began. The examiners and candidates first prayed to the Saints. Then, a large number of wooden tablets shot out from the Holy Temple and landed on each of the examiners. The wooden tablets indicated each examiner's examination room.
Fang Yun and the others did the same. They bowed to the Holy Temple and then searched for the examination room with the wooden tablet in hand.
This was different from the Tong Scholar, Elementary Scholar and High Scholar examinations. The moment Fang Yun wanted to find the examination room, it was as if he had gained an omniscient vision. His vision suddenly pierced through countless people and examination rooms, landing on his own examination room. It was as if he was suddenly sucked there.
Fang Yun blinked and realized that he was still standing in the same spot. He then followed the route to his own examination room.
There was no need for a body search. No one could hide from the Half-saint, and no one dared to do so.
Most of the examiners were silent. Only the young High Scholars who were participating in the examination for the first time whispered.
"The questions in the examination have always been more difficult than the other examinations. After hundreds of years, the three Half-saint examiners must have racked their brains to make things difficult for us."
"I have already betted on many questions in the Academy. Considering the current situation of the human race, I believe that I can at least get one essay right. After all, it is the same thing all the time."
Fang Yun nodded. There were ten questions in the essay. Unless there was a Half-saint who gave an A grade before the end of the examination, everyone would have to answer three of the ten questions.
The ten questions involved the military, politics, medicine, industry, agriculture and so on. Almost every year, there would be people who got the questions right. After some slight modifications, it could be used for the examination.
"I hope there won't be any deviant questions. I hope there won't be any deviant questions …"
Fang Yun heard the murmurs of the High Scholars around him and smiled.
Fang Yun walked to the examination room and looked up at the sky.
It was winter and the sun was very cold. However, under the power of the Divine Temple, it was very warm. Everyone felt as if they were bathed in the light of spring.
Fang Yun looked around the examination room. The furnishings were very simple. There was a table, a chair, a brush washer and a bed. However, it was much bigger and more comfortable than the examination room he had been in before.
Fang Yun opened the box and slowly took out the four treasures of the study. Finally, his eyes fell on the two green paperweights. His eyes were filled with warmth.
Back then, his family was poor and could not afford to buy good paperweights. Yang Yuhuan went to the river and picked up two green stones. She ground them into chopstick-sized paperweights and used them to press the edges of the paperweights.
Fang Yun would bring this pair of paperweights with him every time he took the Imperial Examination.
After putting away the things that he needed to take out from the box, Fang Yun sat on the chair and closed his eyes to rest.
Other than the necessary examiners in the Divine Temple, all the scholars and scholars in Jingguo were flying towards the Half-saint Chen family mansion. They even brought along Zhao Hongzhuang and the masked woman.
The masked woman held the imperial seal of Jingguo in her hand.
Fang Yun abandoned his selfish thoughts and closed his eyes to rest. He did not even think about the Sacred Scriptures. He just let his mind go blank.
Fang Yun smiled. He was in a daze. He used to be in a daze when he was young. However, ever since he came to the Divine Origin World. He even forgot to be in a daze.
After a while, a voice roared in Fang Yun's heart.
"How can I be satisfied before the demon race is destroyed?!"
Fang Yun's expression changed several times. Finally, he took a deep breath and returned to normal.
Not long after. A strange bell rang. It sounded near and far. Then. A dignified voice sounded in the ears of all the examinees.
"Qin!"
Fang Yun was stunned. Then, he heard many exclamations from the nearby examination rooms. There was also the sound of tables and chairs being messed up. It was obvious that this question was not what the examinees expected. Then, all the noise was suppressed by the power of the Divine Temple.
Fang Yun's expression was bitter.
"It's a one-word question. It uses the word 'Qin' from the Qin Dynasty as the question. They want us to write a poem, a scripture, and three policy essays. It's going to make my brain explode! "
Fang Yun immediately recalled the records of the one-word question in the Imperial Examination tutorials. The one-word question was only presented once every thirty to forty years. Every time it was presented, the examinees would cry out in grief.
The Imperial Examination was meant to test the students' knowledge. However, the students had to understand the examiner's intentions. The more words there were in the question, the more obvious the examiner's intentions would be. However, there was only one word. It was too difficult to understand the examiner's intentions.
The word 'Qin' did not only refer to the Qin Dynasty that Qin Shihuang had inherited. It also referred to the State of Qin.
Five hundred years before the Qin Dynasty was established, King Ping of Zhou had enfeoffed a vassal state called 'Qin'. The first vassal was Duke Xiang of Qin.
The examinees first had to consider whether they should write about the first dynasty of the human race or the State of Qin that had existed for five hundred years. Should they praise the State of Qin or attack the State of Qin?
The poem was simple. As long as it was correct, it would be fine. However, the scripture was difficult. This was because they had to find a sentence or article related to 'Qin' in the scriptures. Then, they had to solve the question.
Generally speaking, the scriptures were chosen from the Book of Songs, Book of Rites, Book of Changes, Spring and Autumn, and Book of Tunes. They had to choose a suitable topic from the vast sea of books. They had to be more careful.
As for the policy theory, they had to choose three topics to describe the military, political, agricultural, industrial, and other aspects of the State of Qin. It seemed that there was a lot of freedom, but it was more troublesome. This kind of one-word question could be written in any way. However, it was too difficult to write it well.
One poem, one scripture, and three policy theories. This meant that they had to write about 'Qin' from five different perspectives. However, there could not be any conflicts. If there were conflicts, they would be reduced.
Fang Yun looked up at the sky. He did not know why. The sky was clear, but Fang Yun felt that there were transparent dark clouds in the sky.
The dark clouds were above his head, above Jingguo, above the human race!
Above Fang Yun's heart.
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