Bai Ye continued: "Junior Brother Ci, you probably attended the Fifth Courtyard Tea Party for the talent banquet. I think with your talent, you will definitely be able to win the championship."
"Senior Brother Bai, you think too highly of me." Ci Song said quickly.
"No, no, no, I admire your talent. What's more, this is also the result of the deliberation between the dean and Mr. Ning. They said that if you can't win the championship, then I'm afraid we can't either."
"Senior Brother Bai, you think too highly of me. None of you are less talented than me." Ci Song waved his hand.
Hearing this, Bai Ye stopped, looked at Ci Song seriously, and said, "Junior Brother Ci, I know that you have a humble personality and have no airs about others. This is your advantage."
"But I hope that at the tea party of the Fifth Academy in half a month, you can put aside your modesty for the time being and show your arrogant side to the other three courtyards and Confucius-Sheng Academy."
Hearing this, Ci Song didn't quite understand, "Senior Brother Bai, why is this? Do we, Yan Sheng Academy, have any issues with them?"
Bai Ye nodded deeply and said: "Junior Brother Ci, you are thinking too simply. Three thousand years have passed since Kong Sheng ascended to the throne. The original close relationship between the five courtyards has long been wiped out by time. In the final analysis, it is nothing more than one word: profit."
"The Confucius-Sheng Academy is still okay, and it is still connected with the other four academies, but the relationship between our other four academies can be described by the four words 'seemingly in harmony but spiritually separated.' Each academy has its own plans. Everyone is on guard against each other.”
Bai Ye looked up at the starry sky and continued: "The Five Academy Tea Party is a stage for major academies to show their strength. To put it bluntly, it is a war without smoke. Our relationship with other academies is already tense. If we can participate in this tea party, If you defeat students from other academies, the reputation of Yan Sheng Academy will definitely rise to the next level."
"That's why I let you show your arrogance at the tea party. If you can win the championship in the talent banquet, you can even compare with students from other academies. Only in this way can we wash away the humiliating title of Kuchiki Academy."
"Kuchiki Academy?" Ci Song didn't quite understand this title.
"Our Yan Sheng Academy is the only academy that joins the world and accepts scholars from all over the world. In the eyes of our Yan Sheng Academy, such behavior is the implementation of Confucius' teaching as a teacher, that is, 'teaching without distinction'."
"But in the eyes of the other three colleges and Confucius Saint Academy, everyone in the world is rotten wood, and rotten wood cannot be carved. We at Yan Saint Academy are just wasting our time by doing this. In addition, our academy's results in the past few years are indeed the best among the fifth colleges. Bottom line, the name of Kuchiki Academy has just been passed down."
As he spoke, Bai Ye clenched his fists subconsciously, and the "creaking" sound between the joints reached Ci Song's ears, as if he was venting Bai Ye's dissatisfaction.
"Since they are not part of the world, how will they accept the new students?"
"Each college is different, but they all refer to the Confucius and Saints Academy. The Confucius and Saints Academy will issue a decree called 'Heavenly Grant' to talented children. The world interprets it as 'selected'. The selected children will be A few days later, he was sent to Penglai Immortal Island for assessment by Wen Zhi."
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Along the way, Bai Ye and Ci Song talked a lot about the details of the Five Courtyard Tea Party, but he did not explain the "battle between heaven and man" to Ci Song. Bai Ye's explanation was that Ci Song's current strength is too weak and cannot be defeated at all. Participate in the battle between heaven and man, so instead of explaining to him, it is better to let him concentrate on preparing the talent feast.
When Ci Song returned to his yard, he found a faint light flickering in the room. When Ci Song walked in, he found that it was his teacher Ning Ping'an.
"Teacher." Ci Song saluted his teacher.
Ning Ping'an nodded, and then said: "Are you back? It seems that Bai Ye has almost arranged everything. Is there anything else you want to know? I can answer it for you."
"Teacher, didn't you say you wanted to test my knowledge about that book?" Ci Song then asked.
"There's no need to take the test. You just need to remember which books to read when you encounter difficulties that you can't solve. I believe you can find the answer." Having said this, Ning Ping'an paused and said, "By the way, the day after tomorrow On September 15th, you go home and pay homage to your brothers."
"Brothers?" Ci Song suddenly remembered that Gongsun Cuo reminded him when he was at home before, saying that he would go home on the ninth day of September. Gongsun Cuo did not tell him what to do specifically.
Ci Song had already known this when he was a Ci writer. Although he was the biological son of General Ci, before him, his father had adopted four children, three boys and one girl. Each of them was a genius with extraordinary talents. The two boys started writing calligraphy at the age of 7, and the youngest among them, a girl, started writing calligraphy at the age of 6. This talent is already comparable to that of Ci Qibai back then.
After this news came out, the four children of the Ci family became famous for a while. The emperor even went directly to the General's Mansion to meet with the four children. He even personally gave them the title of "Four Sons of Zhongzhou", saying that they were the future literati of Daliang. hope.
Later, an accident happened. Four children died one after another. No one lived past the age of ten, and they all died on September 9th. Such strange things naturally aroused speculation among the world. Some people It is said that the evil spirit of the massacre of the general was so strong that he killed four children. What is more, the emperor was too afraid that the poet would harm the imperial power in the future, so he was secretly ordered to be executed by the emperor.
For a time, the talent of the Ci family withered. As the head of the family, Ci Qibai, the father of four children, began to go to the Confucius Temple every year to worship Confucius after the death of his youngest daughter. He even knelt down to pray. The appearance of a believer.
Perhaps it was really Kong Sheng Fuze. General Ci's parent-child Ci Song actually lived past the age of ten, but this parent-child did not show talent like his elder brother and sister, and instead became the number one playboy in Zhongzhou. The world can only sigh, things are impermanent.
"Teacher, do you know the truth about the death of my brothers and sisters?" Ci Song asked sitting on the chair next to him.
"I don't know the specific reason. Back then, your father asked me to find out the truth. After searching again and again, I couldn't find any doubts. These children all seemed to have died in their sleep. among.
I've carefully examined their bodies and can't find anything abnormal at all. "
"Perhaps your father really offended Kong Sheng. After all, what he did back then was really too much."
"Teacher, what did my father do back then?" Ci Song took the opportunity to throw out one of the biggest doubts in his heart.
"What your father did back then was not only to subvert the entire Confucianism and Taoism, he wanted to overthrow the truth of the world and start over."
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