The melon is sweet, but the knife is not sharp.

In order to blend in among the scholars, the young man known as Xiaoliu deliberately slowed down the speed of chopping melons, deliberately restrained his skills, and looked like ordinary people.

Although the speed is slow, juice splashes out with every cut.

Outsiders can't see anything and think the watermelon is just juicy, but in the eyes of experts it's a different phenomenon.

Qi Gua Xiaoliu's Qi leaked out with every strike he made. This person was a solid Qi practitioner, but his state was not very stable. The more he deliberately restrained himself, the easier it would be for Qi to leak out.

Yunji glanced at it and immediately saw the opponent's skills.

If such Qi practitioners were placed in the Wu Kingdom, not only would they be the targets of the rich and powerful, at least ordinary people would have to look up to them and call them practitioners with respect.

However, when he fell into the Jiyun Kingdom, he became an outlier among the scholars. Not only did he not have any respect, he was also marginalized and looked down upon by others.

Corrupt Confucianism is harming the country.

Yunji sighed in his heart, mixed two pieces of watermelon and gnawed it. After eating, he wiped his mouth and threw the watermelon rind into the river along the bow of the boat.

The moment the little melon was thrown up, he suddenly became the focus of the audience.

The melon-eating scholars were as motionless as wood carvings and clay sculptures. Even Liu Sanniang forgot to steer for a moment and was dumbfounded.

As the melon peel fell into the water, everyone woke up like a dream.

"Such a sweet melon, do you have any more?"

Yunji was laughing and wanted to eat, but as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a splash in the water below the bow of the boat, and a strange fish broke out of the water, holding half a piece of melon rind in its mouth and jumped onto the deck!

The strange fish has a flat body and has fangs over a foot long in its mouth. It moves up and down and makes a clicking sound. It jumps around on the deck and bites indiscriminately.

"It's the giant toothed pomfret!"

"Be careful not to get bitten!"

"Run away!"

"What a big fish!" Yunji rolled up his sleeves and yelled: "Stew it, let's all drink the fish soup together!"

"Stew your head! You have caused a big disaster!" Liu Sanniang picked up an oar and hit the giant pomfret, complaining: "Who dares to throw melon rinds in the middle of the Jingshui River?

They are fish monsters. If they are provoked and they rush onto the boat, they will eat people!"

A piece of melon rind is like a fish bait. You can easily catch a giant pomfret without using a fishing rod or line.

The fish monster got on the boat, and even though it had no arms and legs, it was still extremely ferocious, frightening the soldiers to the point where their faces turned pale and they retreated continuously.

The fat man was clumsy. He failed to run well and tripped and fell backwards. This fat man was unlucky. Maybe the giant-toothed pomfret thought he was fat and jumped over in this direction.

"Help, help, help!" The fat scholar was so frightened that his legs and feet became weak and he couldn't even get up.

Seeing the giant-toothed pomfret approaching, Xiaoliu, who had previously cut the melon, rushed over and raised his knife with his true energy, cutting the giant-toothed pomfret into two pieces.

The ferocious fish demon couldn't die for a while. The fish head and tail were splashing on the deck, and soon fell into the river.

The shocking scene happened in an instant. By the time everyone reacted, the ship was already safe.

"What a pity. Why did the pot fall down before I found it?" Yunji lay on the bow of the boat and expressed great regret. Then he gave a thumbs up to Xiao Liu who was taking out the knife: "Good knife skills!"

Xiao Liu was breathing heavily. He used all his strength to cut off the giant pomfret with one blow. He was still in a daze. Hearing someone praise him, Xiao Liu's eyes were full of surprise.

No one has ever praised his sword.

Although he had worked very hard and even embarked on the path of cultivation, he still had difficulty integrating into the ranks of scholars.

In Jiyun Kingdom, no matter how sharp the sword is, no matter how strong the sword is, it cannot compare to a beautiful article.

The fat young man who was almost eaten had a high status among the scholars. At this time, he was helped up by several people. Others did not dare to laugh at his shabby appearance, and some of them were holding back their faces until they turned red.

"Damn you guy! Who threw the melon rind! Are you blind or deaf? Did you know this is the Jingshui River?" The fat young man did not thank Xiaoliu, but cursed.

"I know. If it's not the Jingshui River, I won't throw it away." Yunji glanced at the other party and said, "What, you want to be thrown in too?"

Seeing that the other party was so strong, most of the fat young man's arrogance suddenly disappeared, and he shrank and said: "Vulgar people, insulting the gentlemen! What the disciples of the saints preach are doctrines and articles, and they are not as knowledgeable as the common people. In the future, if there are scholars riding in the boat

, you common man, don’t board the ship!”

"A disciple of the saint?" Yun Ji said with a smile: "If the saint knew that his disciples were all pretentious people, he would be angry to death."

"How dare you! If you insult a saint, you will be punished by heaven!" The fat young man seized the initiative and shook his head.

"I condemn your grandma for being a disciple of a saint even though she doesn't understand what she's saying. Am I scolding a saint? What I'm scolding is a loser like you." Yun Jida said.

"You, you, you are just a white lady, but I am the top scholar!" The fat young man raised his head and said in dissatisfaction.

"It turns out he's the number one scholar, I'm disrespectful." Yunji cupped his fists and handed over his hands. When the other party was just feeling proud, he said again: "How much did you buy it for?"

"Fifty thousand taels..." The fat scholar was feeling proud and muttered smoothly.

The surrounding scholars initially stood with the fat scholar, but when he quoted the price, everyone's expressions became extremely embarrassed.

A scholar secretly swallowed his foam and muttered in a low voice: "You must have been taken advantage of. My number one scholar only cost thirty thousand taels..."

"Thirty thousand taels is too expensive. I heard the current price is 20,000 taels."

"So cheap? It's already 20,000 taels?"

"Isn't that right? Even if you don't look at how many big cities there are in Jiyun, they have one city test every season, and each city will get four top prizes in a year."

The Jiyun Kingdom's reputation is a bit special. There is a rural examination first, and then a direct city examination. There is no palace examination to win the first prize. Since the princes stand side by side to carry out their own affairs, each city is equivalent to a small country, and the city owner can directly establish the qualifications for the number one scholar.

In the beginning, there was only one test every year. Later, in order to make money, some greedy city owners directly changed it to one test every season. One city could actually get four top picks in a year.

Later, other towns followed suit, and Jiyun Kingdom was full of champions. At this time, there were three champions on the ferry, not counting the fat man.

"Fifty thousand taels is not a small amount. Which saint taught you how to use money to buy fame?" Yunji asked the fat scholar.

The fat scholar hesitated and was speechless, and lowered his head with a guilty conscience.

Yunji looked around at the scholars and said in a concentrated voice: "The sword is not only capable of cutting melons, it can also be used to kill enemies in rivers and eliminate demons. The four characters "Wen Tao and Wu Lu" are not listed in order. Wen rules the world and Wu determines the country.

The words complement each other, but you have to break off half of them. How can the world be like this for a long time? When the butcher's knife comes, what articles will you use to block the enemy's sharp blade?"

What he said made all the scholars on the boat mute and speechless. No one could refute, except for the scholar who was Xiao Liu, whose face was filled with gratitude.

Liu Sanniang originally attracted the giant pomfret in Qiyunji, but after hearing her impassioned speech, Liu Sanniang's eyes widened even more, and there was a sense of awe in her eyes.

The imperial ship was sailing side by side next to the ferry. The two ships were less than ten feet apart. Everything that happened on the deck was seen and heard by King Ji Yunguang.

"The book has its own Yan Ruyu, the book has its own golden house, and the article has its own beauty, which cannot be compared with swords." King Ji was deeply fascinated by the idea of ​​rejuvenating the country through cultural context. He stood on the side of the scholars and said loudly on the building: "A real man

Establishing merit and fame in life will bring comfort to one’s life.”
Chapter completed!