So Du Ning said to Chen Mingwang: "I think Mr. Zhang is right, so I will ask Mr. Chen to stay and guard the ship and wait for our return."
"Yes."
Chen Mingwang immediately accepted the order, and then said to Zhang Zewen: "I can stay here and wait, but how can we keep in touch with other people? General Zhang please make it clear."
Zhang Zewen said: "Our Seven Islands Overseas Congress has special messengers to help you deliver letters, so that you can keep in touch anytime and anywhere. In addition, you can also use the letter-passing treasure 'Hongyan Seal' to connect to the temple for information transmission. Our Seven Islands
The holy temple in the Sea Kingdom has been improved and has similar functions to the holy temple in your Holy Forest Continent."
After hearing this explanation, everyone felt a lot more relieved. If they were worried about the messenger, they could use the Hongyan Seal to transmit information in real time. As long as they were within the scope of the temple, they could enter the Talent Network at any time.
Chen Mingwang said to Du Ning and others: "Du Jun, we people are waiting for you here. The tasks of the Holy Court can only be left to you to complete."
"Don't worry, Mr. Chen, we will definitely complete the task." Du Ning said seriously.
"I believe you."
Chen Mingwang smiled slightly and then led the people back to the cabin.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Zewen and others showed very satisfied smiles.
"You are all guests. We will definitely treat you as landlords and will never neglect you. Please come with us to the Central Island to settle down. I will take you to Hajj to see the king early tomorrow morning. Please!"
After Zhang Zewen finished speaking, he led the way.
Du Ning and others followed along.
"Is this your first time to visit our Seven Islands Sea Country? Speaking of our Seven Islands Sea Country, it can be said to be a wonderful place with outstanding people and a history of thousands of years..."
Like a guide, Zhang Zewen began to enthusiastically introduce the history of the Seven Islands and Sea Kingdom to everyone, with a proud expression on his face, and the atmosphere between them seemed much closer.
"Oh, by the way, in fact, you scholars in the Holy Forest Continent are also closely related to our Seven Island Sea Country. At the beginning of our founding, many sea residents went to the Holy Forest Continent and never came back.
A hundred years ago we were still the same family."
"Haha..."
The people of the Seven Islands Sea Country gave out friendly laughter.
Du Ning immediately said: "General Zhang's words are wrong. Our human race in the Holy Forest Continent and your ancestors were of the same species more than a thousand years ago. Later, when the Great War broke out, some of the human race went to the sea and came to the Seven Islands.
It took a long time for the sea country to become what it is today."
After the words fell, the expressions of some people from the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom instantly became very unnatural, and some even showed a little anger.
Doesn’t this mean that their ancestors were deserters from the Holy Forest Continent?
Although Du Ning was just stating history and had no such thoughts, Zhang Zewen and others would inevitably not have such thoughts.
Under the leadership of Zhang Zewen, everyone boarded another sea ship and sailed towards the central island.
There are other sea ships constantly coming and going on the sea, some are very small, and some are very large.
If you look under the sea, you can see a variety of colorful fish swimming underwater.
After Zhang Zewen's introduction, there are fish everywhere in the waters of the Seven Islands Sea Country. There is a fishing period for half a month throughout the year. During other periods, fish are raised at sea.
In some special sea areas, fish monsters are raised, which are hunting places for scholars in the Seven Island Sea Kingdom. By fighting fish monsters, scholars can hone their ancient swords.
Half a day later, the ship docked, and everyone landed on the central island of the Seven Islands Sea Country. This is the largest island with many small and large towns. It is simply a huge maritime city.
The group of people arrived at the city gate, only to find that the gate was closed.
This made Du Ning and others look puzzled. The Central Island is connected in all directions, and it is broad daylight. How can there be any reason to close the door at this time?
Fan Rulong glanced at Du Ning, as if to remind him of something.
Du Ning nodded slightly, showing that he was sensible.
"General Zhang, why is the gate of this pass closed?" Du Ning asked.
"Normally, this door is always open and never closed. Please wait a moment, Du Jun, while I step forward to ask."
Zhang Zewen pretended to be respectful, stepped forward and said loudly: "Who is so bold as to close the gate of Central Island? Where is the official guarding the gate? Let him come out to see me quickly!"
"General Zhang, I'm really sorry. It was me who ordered the city gate to be temporarily closed. Please forgive me."
After the words fell, a Confucian and Taoist scholar appeared on the tower, and he bowed his hands to Zhang Zewen to express his apology.
This person is the general guarding the gate here.
"Presumptuous!"
Zhang Zewen scolded: "Lei Hua, you are so brave. You dare to order the city gate to be closed privately. Do you want to rebel? Open the door for me quickly. There are distinguished guests visiting our country today. Don't neglect all distinguished guests." p>
"Are the distinguished guests that General Zhang mentioned are scholars from the Holy Forest Continent?" Lei Hua asked.
"Exactly."
Zhang Zewen pointed at Du Ning and said: "This person is Du Ning, the Yunqi Lord who was consecrated by the Holy Academy in the Holy Forest Continent. Lord Wen is here, why don't you open the door quickly!"
"Haha... It turns out that it is the Wenjun of the human race who is here. I am disrespectful and disrespectful."
Lei Hua hurriedly bowed to Du Ning and apologized: "The human scholars who have admired the Holy Forest Continent for a long time have read poems and books, and are very talented. Then I will take this opportunity to ask for advice from the Wenjun of the Holy Forest Continent. We have
This is a wonderful first couplet, but there has never been a second couplet so far. I would like to ask Du Jun and other literary friends for their advice."
The other person had a smile on his face, and his eyes flashed, as if he was mocking.
Du Ning and others suddenly realized that they had deliberately closed the door to give the scholars of the Holy Academy a showdown in the name of asking for advice.
After they officially entered the Seven Island Sea Kingdom, Zhang Zewen had secretly sent people to close the gate in advance, and then arranged for Lei Hua to prepare for the alliance to block everyone's way.
If we fail here, the Holy Court will definitely become the laughing stock of the Seven Islands Sea Country.
If you don't dare to accept the challenge, you will still be looked down upon by the scholars of the Seven Islands Sea Country.
"What if Du Jun and the others can't write the second line?" Zhang Zewen asked.
"Then wait until they show off the second line, and then I'll let you in." Lei Hua said proudly.
Fan Rulong, Tian Feipeng and others suddenly became dissatisfied. The Seven Islands Sea Country presented them with a difficult problem. If they could figure out the lower line, they would naturally be able to enter the customs smoothly.
But if they cannot answer the question within a short period of time, or if no one can answer the second line, Lei Hua will not let them in, in order to humiliate the scholars of the Holy Academy.
"Bold!"
Zhang Zewen shouted angrily: "Lei Hua, do you know what you are doing? How dare you embarrass the distinguished guests of the Holy Court in this way? Your words and deeds just now are disrespectful to Lord Wen. Why don't you apologize to Lord Du quickly!"<
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"Hehe... I'm just asking for advice from everyone. With Mr. Wenjun's talent, he will definitely be able to answer my first couplet. When all the distinguished guests answer the second couplet, I will naturally apologize to Du Jun." Lei Hua said with a smile. p>
Zhang Wenze dressed helplessly and said to Du Ning: "Du Jun, I'm so sorry, Lei Hua is the official in charge of the Central Island Customs. This person likes to fight with each other in his life, and he often uses the same method to make things difficult for scholars in the past. He is not
My subordinate, so I have no way to order him to open the door, so I can only ask Du Jun to try to answer his second line."
At this point, they were already showing their sword to Du Ning secretly. If they want to successfully enter the central island, they need to meet Lei Hua's first couplet. Otherwise, they will have to be rejected here, let alone complete the Holy Courtyard.
The task assigned to them is that they are not even qualified to enter the court to meet the king.
However, Fan Rulong, Tian Feipeng and others all know that Du Ning has great literary talent, so he should not be able to deal with games like pairs.
"It's just a pair, so let's try it!"
Du Ning raised his head and said to Lei Hua: "Please let Mr. Lei express the first couplet. We are willing to give it a try."
"Then please listen attentively."
Lei Hua was overjoyed and immediately said: "My first couplet is, switch on and off early, close off late, let the passerby pass."
Fan Rulong, Tian Feipeng and many other scholars suddenly frowned.
This first couplet is based on local materials and is extremely suitable for the situation. If you want to match the second couplet, you must also deal with the current scene. Otherwise, even if the second couplet is matched, if the artistic conception is not enough, you will be at a disadvantage.
"There are actually four 'Guan' characters in a first couplet, and except for the second 'Guan' character which is a verb, the other 'Guan' characters are all nouns, so the second couplet must also conform to this characteristic of the first couplet.
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"How come such a tricky first couplet came out? What should we do?"
"Don't panic, everyone may find a solution by using local materials."
Everyone started talking quietly.
When people from the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom saw this, they all made mocking comments.
"This was written by Lin Hengyu, a great scholar of our Seven Islands Sea Country, three years ago. At that time, it was posted on the city wall and no one could break it within half a year. It was listed as an eternal treasure of the Seven Islands Sea Country. How could they, the Hanlins and Jinshi,
Can you figure it out?"
"That's right! Look at that boy named Du Ning. Although he is a literary monarch canonized by the Holy Academy, isn't he still just a Hanlin scholar? I don't believe that his literary talent can be higher than that of our Seven Island Sea Country.
Bachelor."
"Since it is eternal and absolute, doesn't it mean that they will never be able to enter the barrier?"
"Haha... of course not. Mr. Lei just wants to give these scholars of the Holy Academy a show of strength and tell them that the culture of our Seven Island Sea Country is stronger than their Holy Academy and their mainland human race."
"Then we'll just watch them embarrass themselves."
Many people from the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom showed malicious smiles, looking at Du Ning and others with expressions full of contempt and ridicule.
Zhang Zewen and Lei Hua looked at each other with satisfied expressions.