"Ci Qi Bai Ji? I wonder if my father's poems are included here?" Ci Song was curious and began to look through them.
Ci Song originally thought that the bamboo slips would contain his father's poetry collection, but when Ci Song opened it, he found that the words on the bamboo slips had been erased.
This made Ci Song feel a little strange. The person who erased these words obviously wanted to hide something.
"Brother Ci Song, you don't need to read it. Apart from this school building, you can't find anything else related to Uncle Ci in the entire school, let alone the poems he wrote back then. They were smeared by others. It's not strange to look like this." Mo Yao explained when he saw that Ci Song looked a little strange.
Hearing this, Ci Song put down the bamboo slips in his hands and said slowly: "I see. It seems that the influence of what my father did back then among the literati was enough to make Confucius Sheng Academy fearful."
Mo Yao stood up and patted the dust on her clothes, "Okay, since there is nothing to see here, let's go elsewhere first and wait until others clean up here before we come back."
"good."
The two of them left this dusty school together.
Mo Yao took Ci Song to the back mountain of the school. There was a small lake in the back mountain. It was still early and several figures could be seen fishing beside the lake.
"These small lakes in the back mountain were dug together by Kong Sheng and his disciples. Master would usually take us here to fish," Mo Yao introduced.
"Since it was excavated by Kong Sheng, then the fish here must not be ordinary, right?" Ci Song asked while looking at the lake.
Mo Yao shook his head, "These are indeed just ordinary fish, and they are all varieties that can be bought in the market."
As soon as these words came out, Ci Song immediately lost interest. He was not a fisherman himself. If the fish in the pond were just ordinary fish, there would be no need to observe anymore.
"Brother Ci Song, do you want to go fishing?" Mo Yao asked curiously.
"It's better not to go. Let's talk about this literary war with me. What I want to hear more is this."
"Um."
Ci Song and Mo Yao came to a pavilion by the lake and sat down, and Mo Yao began to explain to Ci Song the origin of the Wen Dao Zhan.
"The so-called literary battle is a battle that uses culture and talent as weapons. In ancient times, martial arts battles relied on fists, feet, and weapons, while literary battles are similar, relying on talent and literature."
"Literary battles are also a way to test students' talents and wisdom. However, unlike martial arts battles, generally speaking, there is no life or death in literary battles, only victory or defeat."
"General? Does that mean there are exceptions?" Ci Song asked curiously.
"That's natural. In a literary battle, students make friends through literature. The Master once said that a literary battle is a battle between gentlemen, not a battle of force. All students should point it out. However, if two people really If there is a grudge, and both parties think it cannot be resolved, then they can apply to the master to upgrade the civil war to a murderous battle to prove the civil war."
"Killing proves the virtue. It sounds so domineering."
"That's natural. I heard Master say that when he attended the Tea Party of the Fifth Academy, the literary movement of Confucius and Saints Academy was in decline, and the other Four Academy wanted to 'win fame', so Master and his two senior brothers attended During the tea party of the Fifth Academy, in that cultural war, the other four Academy tried to join forces to strangle the younger generation of Confucius and Saint Academy."
"Then what?"
"Then? Then the master got angry and completely upgraded the literary battle into a murderous battle. The master and two senior brothers worked together to kill all 288 students of the generation from the other four houses who participated in the tea party of the fifth house. Killing him will cause the Fourth Courtyard to lose a generation."
Hearing this, Ci Song took a breath. He didn't expect that the master, an approachable little old man who was happy to meet everyone, could be such a cruel person before.
"Sure enough, people cannot be judged by their appearance!" Ci Song thought in his heart.
"After that, Master made a statement at the tea party of the Five Colleges that if the civil war was to escalate into a murderous war, then he would have to kill to prove his civility and die to prove his will. Since then, Master's reputation has spread throughout the five colleges, and then No one dares to underestimate him.”
Ci Song sighed: "I didn't expect Master to have such a glorious history back then. It's really admirable."
"Of course. Although the Master has retreated behind the scenes and is only responsible for answering everyone's questions, his reputation is still there. Whenever a new batch of students are admitted to the hospital, the senior brothers will tell the Master's story, so now this No one in Kong Sheng Academy dares to disrespect the Master," Mo Yao said.
"By the way, if the literary war escalates into a murderous war, it means that the conflict has escalated from students on both sides to one between the academies. Unless one academy voluntarily admits defeat, there is no other way to end the murderous war. And if there is If one academy loses, then within five years the culture of the losing academy will be suppressed.”
When Mo Yao said this, Ci Song became a little curious. He asked: "Cultural suppression? What kind of suppression method?"
"That means that in the next five years, ten students will be sent to the winning academy as study slaves every year, and five of these ten students must be direct disciples."
"So cruel?"
Although Ci Song was surprised, he thought about it. After all, in a literary battle, if one side loses, it means that the masters and students of this academy will have to work as slaves in other academies, which will have a negative impact on the academy. Reputation will also be greatly affected.
"So, if this literary battle escalates into a murderous battle, it will become a battle that neither side can afford to lose?" Ci Song asked.
"Exactly. If the literary battle escalates into a murderous battle, both academies will definitely suffer heavy casualties. But if it really comes to this point, Master will personally preside over this murderous battle."
"Oh? Master, you want to take action personally?" Ci Song asked curiously.
"Naturally. Although Master doesn't take action easily, whenever a literary battle escalates into a murderous battle, Master will personally preside over it. Because after all, murderous intent can easily make people fall into madness."
"Of course there is another important reason, which is to ensure that outsiders cannot interfere, and to ensure that only one student from the academy can get out of the killing battle."
"What if there are students on both sides who are good friends and don't want to live or die?" Ci Song asked curiously.
"A killing battle is not a child's play, that master will kill him on the stage."
"So cruel?"
People in Ci and Song Dynasties were dumbfounded. He originally thought that he was participating in a simple, point-to-point competition trial, but he did not expect that this simple trial could turn into such a terrifying killing battle. Suddenly, Ci Song was sweating profusely.
"But I'm so lucky, I shouldn't encounter this murderous battle, right?"
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