Taoist Chunfeng shook his head, expressed deep regret, and sighed to Zhao Ran: "Zhao Xingxing, you see, this incident has caused a lot of trouble. This fellow Taoist Wei should be more cautious in what he says in the future..."
Zhao Ran said expressionlessly: "I'm afraid you, Taoist friend Fang Zhengfang, should be more cautious when speaking? He even said curse words. In vain, he wears the clothes of a scholar, but he doesn't know why he hurts others with his words?"
Fang Zheng took a few steps forward, pointed at Zhao Ran and said angrily: "Do you know what etiquette is? The most important thing is to repay kindness! Reciprocity should be reciprocated, but it is not polite to reciprocate! Your family doesn't know etiquette, so they don't know how to do it.
Speak, and I will repay you with courtesy!"
Is this bullying Zhao Ran for being uneducated? Reciprocating courtesy but not reciprocating is considered indecent. Is this what you mean?
Zhao Ran would not be stumped by Fang Zheng's sophistry, so he immediately pushed back: "If you lose morality, then you will be virtuous; if you lose morality, then benevolence; if you lose morality, then benevolence; if you lose benevolence, then righteousness; if you lose righteousness, then etiquette!" My senior brother is straightforward and natural, with a kind nature and simple words.
, In line with the true meaning of morality! Only those who lose virtue, lose benevolence, and lose justice can talk about etiquette all day long!"
Zhao Ran had studied Taoist classics diligently back then. He did not tell the other party roundabout ways to say that you were sophistry, but directly criticized the etiquette emphasized by Fang Zheng in his sophistry from the root. If Fang Zheng wanted to continue the debate,
You have to first ask that the Taoist set of scriptures is wrong, but does he dare? Nowadays, Taoism is all over the world. If you want to use Confucian scriptures to refute Taoist scriptures, you first need to ask whether Taoism’s knife is faster or not!
Fang Zheng was immediately retorted by Zhao Ran's words. There were obviously many things he could say to refute, but he couldn't say them in his heart. Forget about the discomfort! He blushed and said, "It's not that I have sharp teeth and a sharp mouth.
Is the cultivation level of the Three Palaces mediocre? Let’s wait until the subordinates see the real chapter! Dare you dare or not? Don’t blame Fang for bullying you, little Huang Guan, just to show off your words, this is not what a gentleman does! "
Pei Zhongning suddenly interjected from the side: "You know that Senior Brother Zhao is Huang Guanjing and you still want to compete with him? Is this what you are doing as a gentleman?"
Fang Zheng said loudly: "I will teach him a lesson first, and then fight with the Taoist priest named Wei. Isn't the one named Wei a mage? They are in the same realm, let him see what his average cultivation level is!"
Wei Zhizhen seemed to have no awareness of the vicious words he had just spoken. He looked at his teacher Jiang Tenghe in confusion, then at Fang Zheng, and explained: "I am a poor Taoist, tell the truth. Please forgive me if you Taoist friends think that I am a Taoist."
If you are wrong, I will defeat my fellow Taoist first, and your fellow Taoist will naturally understand."
Fang Zheng was very happy: "Haha, Taoist priest surnamed Wei, you are really crazy. You think you will win before you even take action? Fang has traveled all over the world and has never seen anyone so confident."
Wei Zhizhen continued to say seriously: "What Pindao said is really true. Judging from the appearance and performance of fellow Taoists, this battle will be defeated. It is written like this in the book."
The blabbering words immediately made everyone a little confused. Zhao Ran was about to ask "what book", but was interrupted by Taoist Chunfeng.
Taoist Chunfeng looked at Zhao Ran with an apologetic look on his face and said: "Zhao Xingxing, look at this, oh, then everyone is just going to show off and make gestures?"
Zhao Ran looked back at the teacher and saw the teacher nodded, so he said: "Okay, let's make some gestures to see which one of you is better at San Gong, or our Lou Guan sect." He had great confidence in his teacher, and he was very confident in San Gong.
Senior brother Luo Zhiqing is more confident, and he is more confident in senior brother Wei Zhiqing. In short, he is very confident, and he thinks it is an opportunity. Aren't you from the capital? Then take this opportunity to spread Lou Guan's reputation to the capital.
Suddenly I heard Lan Tianyu, the oldest Confucian scholar, say: "Since we are going to fight, how about we fight three games?"
Zhao Ran asked: "What does the old gentleman mean?"
Lan Tianyu stroked his white beard and said with a smile: "My two disciples and I are going to end. How about you choose any three of us and win two out of three battles?"
Zhao Ran still doesn't know what these people are doing here inexplicably. After hearing what Lan Tianyu said, he thought that there is no need to ask anymore questions now, just wait for him to make it clear.
I heard Lan Tianyu continue: "A few of us were traveling here, and suddenly we heard that there was a war between monsters and beasts in Taihua Mountain. We were afraid that the war would lead to a loss of life, so we rushed over. Later, I heard that all the fellow Taoists had established a joint arbitration
court.
Originally this was a good thing, as it could prevent the war from spreading, but we found out that the arbitration tribunal was suspected of favoring one side when dealing with it. After discussing it, I felt that there might be something wrong with this matter. It must be because you all focus on practicing Taoism on weekdays.
, was not good at managing things, so he volunteered to come here, hoping to join the arbitration tribunal, so that we could discuss together to calm down the war and bring peace to this place.
Since we talked about a battle of skills just now, we will agree on the outcome of the battle. If we lose, we will go down the mountain immediately and stop meddling in these nosy matters. If we are lucky enough to win, then we will join the arbitration tribunal and learn how to do things and how to respond.
I think we still have some experience and methods, so we can make suggestions for this battle. I wonder what Master Jiang Lian wants?"
So, Zhao Ran understood clearly, and suddenly asked the Taoist Guanyun who had been silent and his eyes were rolling around: "Taoist Guanyun! I have a question. Where did that spirit fox Qingqiu come from?"
Taoist Guanyun's eyes were still rolling on Pei Zhongning who was behind Zhao Ran. He said "Ah" and subconsciously said: "Qingqiu Mountain, Nanzhili." Suddenly he realized that his face was very ugly, and he hurriedly said to Zhao Ran:
"I heard about it, Pindao also heard about it. I don't know the details yet."
Zhao Ran nodded and said to the old Confucian scholar Lan Tianyu: "Old sir, the fighting competition is just a fighting competition, what does it have to do with the arbitration tribunal? The arbitration tribunal is set up by our Taoist sect, and it is not convenient for outsiders to join."
Lan Tianyu said: "We also want to do our best for peace in this world, so Zhao Xingxing shouldn't refuse, right?"
Zhao Ran shook his head: "I'm sorry, this is really inconvenient. The arbitration tribunal is jointly composed of monks from the four prefectures of Dufu, Long'an, Baoning, and Tongchuan. The Taoist sects of the four prefectures are all here. After all, this
It’s a Taoist affair and has nothing to do with anyone else.”
Lan Tianyu's face darkened: "Then what's the point of fighting? What's the point of winning and losing?"
Zhao Ran smiled and said: "It's of great significance! First, to verify my senior brother's words, let's see how powerful the monks of Shangsan Palace are. We are in a remote Sichuan Province, thousands of miles away from the capital. How can we compete with the masters of Shangsan Palace in the capital?
Of course, we can't ask for a discussion! Secondly, the war between monsters and beasts has caused disasters within a hundred miles, and countless people have been displaced after the war. Let's take advantage of the competition to raise some silver coins and help these people return to their homes."
Lan Tianyu was startled: "What are you raising money for?"
Zhao Ran simply explained: "We will play three games, each game will get one thousand taels of silver. Whoever loses will pay."