Chapter 68: Stay Calm and Remain Calm in the Face of Change

At the hour of Mao, three first-class Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty stood in a row, waiting to be summoned by their boss.

Ou Zanghua glanced at Yang Shen and Zou Shouyi, who had been looking down and listless, and asked curiously, "What did you two do last night? Didn't you go to bed early?"

Yang Shen and Zou Shouyi looked at the energetic Ou Zanghua at the same time, feeling a little surprised.

After attending the Jinshi Enrong Banquet yesterday, the three brothers' outrageous remarks had already spread.

As soon as Yang Shen returned home, he was scolded by his father Yang Tinghe, who said that he was arrogant and conceited because he had won the top spot in the imperial examination and dared to criticize the teachings of the sages.

Zou Shouyi was not much better off. His father was a judge in the Nanjing Dali Temple and could not scold him, but the legal advisor that his father left by his side spent an hour or so explaining Neo-Confucianism to him last night, which completely numbed him.

What made the two even more worried was that when they came to express their gratitude today, they felt that all their colleagues looked at them with amusement.

This is what they call a single boast that results in a lifelong stain.

Suddenly realizing something, Zou Shouyi looked at Ou Zanghua and asked, "Jingyu, when you went home last night, didn't your elders give you any advice?"

"No!" Ou Zanghua shook his head and said seriously: "Maybe it's because I am the most promising one in the family!"

Yang Shen and Zou Shouyi's eyes widened immediately. How could this be possible?!
At this moment, the voice of an official from the Honglu Temple came from the Hall of Supreme Harmony: "Announce, the new Jinshi enter the hall!"

The three of them quickly adjusted their expressions, walked into the hall without looking around, performed the ceremony of five bows and three kowtows, and waited for the emperor to speak.

Emperor Zhengde looked at the three people and recalled the content of the Jinyiwei's report last night. He suddenly felt a sense of sympathy:
As expected, you are the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 selected by me, you really embody my style!
He looked at the official from the Ministry of Rites and nodded.

The official of the Ministry of Rites came out holding the imperial edict. He opened it with a solemn expression and said in a loud voice: "The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, proclaims that you, the new Jinshi, who have bright and clear talents and are loyal and faithful, and have extensive knowledge and express it with literary style, are to be appointed as editors of the Hanlin Academy by Yang Shen, and as editors of the Hanlin Academy by Zou Shouyi and Ou Zanghua. I hope you will cultivate virtue with frugality, be kind to people and cherish things. I decree this!"

"We sincerely thank God for his grace!" Ou Zanghua and the other two bowed in gratitude again.

When they got up, they were led out of the hall by officials from the Ministry of Rites and changed into the court robes, crowns, belts and Jinshi treasure notes awarded by the court.

Then on the next day, Ou Zanghua and the other two had to go to the Imperial College to reunite with their classmates, pay homage to the Confucius Temple, and inscribe their names on a stele.

The second-class and third-class Jinshi had to wait for the court to grant them official positions, but the three brothers who were first-class Jinshi had completed the entire imperial examination process.

How far we can go in the future depends entirely on how we realize our ambitions.

When Ou Zanghua returned to Cheng's house, Tan Wuxia and his group had already left.

Miss Tan originally wanted to find Ou Zanghua to learn martial arts and give him guidance on life difficulties, but it turned out that Ou Zanghua's status is different now, so it is difficult to learn from him.

As for guiding people through life's difficulties, there is no need for that anymore.
Ou Zanghua stood in the yard, looking at the flower buds growing on the ginkgo tree. He felt a little emotional. He thought he should buy a yard. Otherwise, when Qingqing came to Beijing in the future, she would have to rent someone else's house. How inappropriate would that be?
Thinking of this, Ou Zanghua immediately called Xiang Danian and asked him to look around Chongwenmen Street and Xuanwumen Street and buy a larger yard.

Xiang Danian took note of it and then asked, "Brother, do you have any other requests?"

"Nothing."

"okay!"

At the same time, in the Jingshi of Junji Palace in Songshan, Fei Bin, the Great Songyang Hand, hurried in. Seeing Shi Dengda standing guard at the door, he asked, "Master Brother, haven't you come out yet?!"

"Replying to Fourth Master," Shi Dengda saluted and said, "According to Master's estimate before his retreat, he will not come out until tomorrow."

"Do we have to wait until tomorrow?!" Fei Bin paced back and forth, feeling very annoyed.

At this moment, the wooden door of the quiet room slowly opened, and a thin, sixty-year-old man with deep eyes walked out slowly.

The head of Songshan Sect, leader of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, and the third person in the righteous martial arts world, Zuo Lengchan, appears ahead of schedule!
"master!"

"Senior Brother Head!"

Fei Bin and Shi Dengda saluted at the same time and greeted him. Zuo Lengchan nodded, then looked at Fei Bin and frowned slightly and said, "Fourth Junior Brother, I taught you that you can defeat the enemy only if you don't panic when encountering things and remain calm in the face of changes. Look at you now, do you look like a 40-year-old man?"

"I'm sorry, Master, I was too anxious!" Fei Bin said with some guilt. He was so shocked after receiving the news that he lost his composure.

“Tell me! What happened?” Zuo Lengchan was very satisfied with his fellow apprentice’s attitude of admitting his mistakes and correcting them, so he stroked his beard and asked.

Fei Bin took a breath and tried to keep his voice calm: "Nanyue Hengshan School Liu Zhengfeng's senior disciple Ou Zanghua passed the exam and won the third place."

"Oh, you believe this too?"

After hearing this, Zuo Lengchan sneered and said, "I have only been in seclusion for half a month, are the rumors in the martial arts world so outrageous?"

Shi Dengda also laughed out loud. Is the Nanyue Hengshan Sect being forced into a corner?
"Master, it's true." Fei Bin said with a somewhat embarrassed look, "The news from the Beggars' Sect was confirmed by the Cao Gang."

Zuo Lengchan tightened his grip and pulled off a few strands of his beard. He stared and said, "This is impossible! To be the third place winner, one must pass the provincial examination first. If this is true, why didn't Lu Lianrong send back any news when he passed the provincial examination?!"

Fei Bin analyzed: "Lu Lianrong is a treacherous person. He saw that Songshan was strong, so he defected to us. Now that the situation has reversed, he will naturally disregard the moral principles of the martial arts world."

Zuo Lengchan's breathing quickened. He had just found out a while ago that Liu Zhengfeng had an unclear relationship with the Demon Cult elder Qu Yang. He originally wanted to use this information to force the Hengshan Sect.

Among the Five Mountains Sword Sects, Mo Da is just an old loach, not involved in any cause and effect.

Liu Zhengfeng is a variable. Although he has a bad relationship with Mo Da, they are still brothers after all, and their relationship is not so bad that they will never have anything to do with each other again.

Zuo Lengchan's original plan was to take advantage of Liu Qu's friendship to force Mo Da, that old loach.

If your junior fellow apprentice is in trouble, will you save him or not?

If we rescue them, we will be violating the moral principles. How will people in the martial arts world talk about the Hengshan Sect?
If I don't save him, I will be disregarding the friendship between fellow disciples, and then let Lu Lianrong stir up trouble.

So no matter whether he is rescued or not, Mo Da’s time as the leader has come to an end.

How could such a flawless and invincible plan have such a twist? !

And there is Lu Lianrong!
This chatterbox knows a lot about Songshan's plan for Hengshan. Will he confess the truth to his nephew who won the first place in the imperial examination?
By then, wouldn't his ten-year plan and Songshan's century-long foundation be destroyed in an instant? !

Thinking of this, Zuo Lengchan felt a surge of blood rushing to his heart and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Senior Brother Head!"

"master!"

Fei Bin and Shi Dengda were shocked and quickly supported Zuo Lengchan.

But Zuo Lengchan raised his hand to stop the two men's actions. He said with a cold look, "Fourth Junior Brother, send someone to check and confirm whether this news is true!"

"Yes!" Fei Bin responded and looked at his senior brother with some concern.

"Go quickly!" Zuo Lengchan shouted, and Fei Bin felt relieved and immediately turned around and left.

Zuo Lengchan sat on the stone bench, he couldn't figure it out.
Is Liu Zhengfeng's Xinqiu sick?

For a disciple of a righteous martial arts sect to be able to pass the imperial examination and get the third place, it means he must have good talent.

You don't let him learn martial arts to revitalize the sect, but let him learn literature.

You fuck!
At this moment, all the dirty words that Alliance Leader Zuo had used in his life were dedicated to Liu Zhengfeng.

(End of this chapter)