"If Mr. Wang insists on thinking so, then I have nothing to say."
Du Ning sighed softly at first, and then continued: "However, the pirate force of the Hailong Gang is no small matter. They come from the Lingwu Continent and make a living by plundering various islands in the endless sea. Their power is growing day by day. Sooner or later, one day
, they will launch a large-scale war against the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom, please think twice."
"Haha..."
After the words fell, the officials of the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom laughed loudly as if they had heard a big joke. Many people even showed very contemptuous and disapproving expressions.
"It's just a pirate force. It can only bully some weak tribes. Why bother?"
"Don't forces like the Hailong Gang dare to attack our Seven-Island Sea Country? Ridiculous! That's simply digging your own grave!"
"I never take the bullshit Sea Dragon Gang seriously. If they dare to come to our seven-island sea country, they will never come back."
The civil and military officials of the Seven Islands Sea Country are extremely confident.
The corners of Prime Minister Wang's mouth raised slightly, he looked at Du Ning and asked: "Please speak frankly, in the eyes of your Holy Court, our Seven Islands Sea Kingdom cannot defeat sea pirates like the Hailong Gang, and we are worried that our Seven Islands Sea Kingdom will be defeated
The Hailong Gang was destroyed, so your Holy Court used this as a reason to attack the Hailong Gang?"
Du Ning's face changed slightly. Unexpectedly, Prime Minister Wang had guessed the actual situation, but this fact would probably cause a big blow to the Seven Islands Sea Country.
After hesitating for a moment, Du Ning nodded lightly and said, "Master Wang is right. The Holy Court does have such concerns, so it wants to send warships to attack the Hailong Gang."
"Haha...haha..."
Once again, everyone couldn't help laughing wildly.
Even Emperor Guangde couldn't help his emotions and laughed while sitting on the dragon throne.
"Does your Holy Court really think that the navy of our Seven Islands Sea Kingdom cannot defeat the Hailong Gang? What a joke! This is really a big joke! Your Holy Court really doesn't take our Seven Islands Sea Kingdom's fighting power seriously.
?"
"The combat effectiveness of the navy of our Seven Islands Sea Kingdom is far better than that of your Holy Forest Continent. If even our navy of the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom cannot defeat the Sea Dragon Gang, what ability does your Holy Academy have to defeat the Sea Dragon Gang?"
"That's right! Your Holy Court simply sits in a well and looks at the sky, without any shame. Today we all really saw it."
Many officials couldn't stop laughing, some looked at them with disgust, and some even looked down upon Duning and the others.
Du Ning said: "Lingwu Continent is a continent where martial arts are popular. They are highly skilled in martial arts and have very terrifying fighting power. Even our Holy Court does not dare to underestimate it. If you, the Seven Island Sea Country, underestimate the enemy too much, you will definitely attack them."
Hailong's men have suffered greatly, please be careful."
"That's enough! Stop talking!"
Prime Minister Wang said impatiently: "Mr. Du, as the Seven Islands Sea Country, we have always kept a distance from the Holy Court, but I never expected that you would look down on us, the Seven Islands Sea Country, so much. In this case, how dare you talk to our Ministry of War?
Scholars compete in literary competition?"
"Master Wang is right, don't you claim to be better than our seven-island sea country? Then do you dare to accept the challenge and engage in a literary fight with us?"
"We also want to take this opportunity to see the combat effectiveness of the so-called scholars of the Holy Academy."
"We will compete in literary competitions, and we will only decide the winner. Do you dare to fight?"
The officials of the Ministry of War immediately came out. At this moment, they were all full of fighting spirit, with strong fighting spirit burning in their eyes, eager to compete with the scholars of the Holy Forest Continent to show the power of the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom. p>
Emperor Guangde also said proudly: "My dear friends, what you said makes sense. Mr. Yunqi, since you keep saying that you want to wipe out the Hailong Gang, you must show some real skills. Otherwise, your Holy Academy will not be needed for matters in the sea area."
Intervene, and we, the seven-island sea country, can solve the problem ourselves."
"May I ask Your Majesty, if we can win, can your country agree to the Holy Court's request and let the Holy Court's warships pass through your waters?" Du Ning asked.
"Then we have to see if you can defeat the scholars from our Ministry of War."
Emperor Guangde laughed. He did not agree with this sentence, but the implication was that it could be considered.
Even if Du Ning and others can win, they can only let Emperor Guangde consider it.
After all, this matter was of great importance, and Emperor Guangde really did not dare to take risks easily.
"Okay, then our Holy Court accepts your challenge." Du Ning said.
"Haha... You are indeed Wenjun, you are really brave!"
Emperor Guangde immediately said: "My dear friends, please follow me to the school grounds. I will personally be the judge."
"According to the order." The officials of Haiguo immediately accepted the order.
Then everyone came to the school grounds outside Jinluan Hall.
Emperor Guangde sat on the dragon chariot, with many officials accompanying him.
Du Ning and others stood on the left, while officials from the Ministry of War stood on the right.
Emperor Guangde said to everyone: "This literary fight is hosted by me. Since it is a literary fight, I will give you a treasure as a lottery. If the people from the Ministry of War win, this thing will be rewarded to the Ministry of War. If the scholars from the mainland win,
, then they will be awarded to literary friends in mainland China."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The leader of the Ministry of War, a Hanlin, immediately bowed and thanked him. The two sides thanked each other directly before the contest, which was equivalent to taking the lead in announcing the victory of their Ministry of War.
"Come here, go to my study and get my 'Tai Yi Brush'."
"Yes."
An official bows to take orders.
After a while, the official took out a writing brush.
This is a very special writing brush. The Bagua pattern is clearly engraved on the pen barrel, exuding a strong spiritual power.
Everyone felt that this pen was extraordinary after just one glance.
Fan Rulong said: "The Taiyi Brushstroke... Your Majesty is a descendant of the Emperor Zhou. Could it be that this brushwork contains the power of "The Book of Changes"?"
"Have eyesight!"
Emperor Guangde said proudly: "My ancestor King Wen of Zhou deduced the Book of Changes. As King Wen, we can use some of the power of the Book of Changes. This Taiyi pen contains the power of the Book of Changes.
If you use this pen to write war poems, the power of the war poems can be greatly doubled. It is the pen of the emperor!"
"The pen of the emperor!"
Everyone present exclaimed.
If explained in this way, the Taiyi pen can indeed be called the emperor's pen, at least in the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom.
The emperor's pen, written by me, is a token of the imperial envoy who patrols the sky on behalf of the emperor, and can exercise the emperor's prerogatives at special times.
However, if Emperor Guangde gave this pen as a gift, he would lose the corresponding official power, no longer have a symbol of imperial power, and become an ordinary cultural treasure.
Even so, the officials of the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom looked at Taiyi Bi with fiery eyes, as if they wanted to put Taiyi Bi in their pockets.
In the eyes of many scholars in the Holy Forest Continent, the Taiyi Brush is also a very rare treasure. After all, this treasure contains part of the power of the "Book of Changes". If used properly, it can have a surprisingly successful effect in literary battles.<
/p>
"I really didn't expect that His Majesty would have such a pattern and be able to use the emperor's pen as a bonus. It seems that he is very confident in the officials of his Ministry of War!"
"If the officials of the Ministry of War win, they will give the Taiyi pen to the officials of the Ministry of War to promote the relationship between the emperor and his ministers. It is completely a favor."
"That's right. To take a step back, even if we win this lottery, His Majesty can still use the power of "Book of Changes" to do a few more emperor's pens. The loss to himself will not be great, but it can inspire us.
To engage in a civil struggle, you are worthy of being the king of a country!"
The scholars in the Holy Forest Continent began to discuss among themselves.
Emperor Guangde saw that the scholars on both sides were very interested in his Taiyi pen, and his face showed a proud look, and he said slowly: "Now, let me introduce the rules of literary fighting."
"Each side sends a scholar to engage in literary combat and compete with ancient swords from the Imperial Palace, but they are not allowed to use any war poems or other auxiliary cultural treasures."
"There are two ways to win. The first is to make your opponent admit defeat, and the second is to knock the opponent out of the field."
"Come on, draw the line!"
After Emperor Guangde finished speaking, officials immediately drew a boundary on the scene, indicating that anyone who went out of the boundary would lose.
Fan Rulong whispered: "Let us fight with ancient swords, but we are not allowed to use any war poems or other auxiliary cultural treasures. This is an extremely favorable condition for military strategists, because military strategists take the lead after becoming Jinshi.
What you practice is your own Wen Gong Ancient Sword, and the second is Zhan Shi Ci."
Everyone nodded slightly.
Fu Yue analyzed: "Your Majesty must have worried that our Holy Forest Continent's literary talent in poetry is better than that of the Seven Islands and Sea Kingdom after viewing the strange poem written by Du Jun yesterday, so there was such a restriction in order to maximize their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.
Effect."
"Don't be careless..."
Tian Feipeng said: "The ancient military swords of military scholars are extremely powerful. If we compete purely with the ancient swords of the literary palace without the help of any auxiliary cultural treasures, even the ancient swords of Confucian and Taoist scholars can be as good as the ancient swords of Confucian and Taoist Hanlin scholars."
Compared with others, when it comes to practicing ancient swords, the Bing family will always have far better talents than others."
Du Ning couldn't help but recall Yue Tianyi. Yue Tianyi was a scholar of the military strategist. Last year, Yue Tianyi used his military strategist's ancient sword to easily defeat Ke Changzheng, a bachelor of the Ke family. That scene was very important to Du Ning.
, it is still vivid in my mind and unforgettable.
Therefore, Du Ning is deeply aware of the powerful power of the ancient military sword. If he is not careful, he may be defeated.
However, most of the scholars present who came with Du Ning were experienced men who had fought from the Three Realms Mountains. They had already experienced battlefield training, so their ancient swords might not lose to the military strategists of the Seven Islands Sea Kingdom.
people,
If it's a life and death battle, there's nothing to be afraid of.