Chapter 2018: Not as Good as Beasts

After getting rid of these horse thieves, Zhao Guo's mission moved forward again, and this time the soldiers were no longer panicked as before. After that, everyone didn't encounter any more troubles, and they arrived in Daliang very smoothly, and were welcomed by Wei Wuji, one of the four sons of the Warring States Period, Lord Xinling.

Originally, Ji Yanran and Fang Zheng planned to say goodbye and leave, but along the way, the third princess of Zhao Guo and Ji Yanran also had feelings for each other. Now that they were in the bridge, they were even more nervous. I hoped that Ji Yanran could stay with her, and Ji Yanran He couldn't bear to let the three princesses go, so he agreed, and since Fangzheng had nothing to do, he simply accepted Lord Xinling's invitation to attend the reception dinner.

Logically speaking, when a princess of a country comes to marry, no matter what, there should be a big banquet. But the fact is that at the banquet, not only King Anli, the nominal husband, did not show up on the pretext of being unwell, but even nearly half of the princes and ministers of Wei State did not show their faces. With enough face, I got together the banquet.

Otherwise, there would be no place for Mr. Xinling's face.

Although the atmosphere at the banquet was quite lively, the third princess didn't look happy. Fangzheng looked over occasionally, and could still see a trace of sadness and anxiety flashing in her eyes. From this banquet alone, it can be seen that this princess will never end well in Wei State in the future.

"This is the sadness of a daughter born into a royal family."

Sensing Fang Zheng's gaze, Yan Ran sighed softly.

"I don't know what will happen to the third princess in the future..."

"What will happen in the future depends on their own choices, and I don't think there is anything sad about it."

Fangzheng shrugged his shoulders and took a sip of his wine.

"As the saying goes, what is gained is bound to be lost. The third princess has golden branches and jade leaves, and she has been prepared for this since she was a child. If she was born in a common people's family, with the beauty of the third princess, wouldn't she be sold by her family to become a prostitute? , just being picked up by a big family as a private house, compared to their lives, the three princesses are pretty good."

"Yan Ran can't agree with these words."

Hearing this, Ji Yanran couldn't help frowning.

"It's true that the official family can't help themselves, but they don't even have the qualifications to be pitied. It's too sad."

"The world is never fair. If you want to be happy, you have to work hard."

Fangzheng raised his wine glass, squinted his eyes and stared at the fine wine in the glass.

"It's the same for common people, princes and nobles, and princesses and ladies. If you want to change, you have to show courage, otherwise, you can just accept it obediently. You can't take all the good things in this world, There is no such reason, is there?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Ji Yanran shook her head helplessly, but before she could say anything, a voice suddenly sounded.

"Mr. Fang's words are wrong!"

"Um?"

Fangzheng turned his head, only to realize that sitting on a seat not far away was a stout man with a ferocious face staring at him viciously. And Ji Yanran frowned slightly, looking at the man.

"Who is this………"

Hearing Ji Yanran's question, the man hurriedly raised his chest like a rooster, and responded loudly.

"I am Qi Guoxiao Wei Mou, I wonder if Miss has heard of it?"

"It turned out to be Mr. Wei who advocated learning from beasts..."

Hearing Xiao Wei Mou's name in the newspaper, Ji Yanran also showed a look of sudden realization.

"But let me ask you, if humans are no different from animals, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

"Hahaha."

Facing Ji Yanran's question, Xiao Wei Mou just laughed.

"Miss lives in the city for a long time, so of course she doesn't understand the world of animals. Xiao takes nature as a teacher and observes the life of birds. Only then can I know that only by following the nature can I not violate the principles of heaven. If you force yourself to suppress it, it will only be harmful and useless. Makes people hypocritical."

Hearing Xiaowei Mou's answer, Ji Yanran's eyes lit up, but Fangzheng remembered the famous joke before rebirth, and couldn't help laughing out loud. Hearing Fang Zheng's laughter, Xiao Wei Mou glanced at him unhappily, and asked.

"Why is Mr. Fang laughing? Could it be that he has some opinion on Xiao's opinion?"

"Sorry, no comments, no comments, just hearing what you said, I remembered an interesting story."

"story?"

Hearing Fangzheng's story now, Ji Yanran immediately turned her interest back.

"Master Fang has any interesting stories, how about telling them for everyone to hear?"

"Okay, it's not a joke that can make it into the Hall of Elegance, but since everyone asked this question..."

Faced with Ji Yanran's question, Fangzheng thought for a while before speaking.

"The story says that there was a heavy rain one day, and a Confucian scholar and a woman hid from the rain in the temple. The woman was young and beautiful, and the Confucian scholar was young and handsome. Refuse, saying that I don’t know you before, if I’m just happy with you, wouldn’t I be like a beast? After listening to the Confucian scholar’s ​​words, the woman smiled and asked back——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Or is it worse than a beast?"

After listening to Fang Zheng's joke, everyone around was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly reacted, bursting into laughter.

"Hahahaha, I'm afraid no man in the world can answer this question!"

Even Mr. Xinling laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up, and the others were also laughing so hard that they almost fainted. Although this era is open-minded, such jokes are unheard of before. After listening to Fangzheng's speech, everyone thought about it carefully, and felt that this... It seemed that no matter how they chose it, it was wrong!

Either a beast, or a beast is inferior to...

Even Ji Yanran looked like she couldn't laugh or cry, but she couldn't say much, after all, she asked the question on her own initiative, and Fangzheng also said that it was not a joke that could be considered elegant... But Ji Yanran didn't think about it either. , the other party would actually tell such a rogue story.

Only Xiao Wei Mou looked ugly, staring at Fangzheng. Originally, he wanted to use his words to attract the attention of the beauties, but Fang Zheng actually used his words to attract the attention of the audience, even the famous talented girl Ji paid a lot of attention to him. This made Xiao Wei Mou suddenly angry, and when everyone came to an end, he immediately got up and walked in front of Fangzheng.

"Xiao has heard of Mr. Fang's name for a long time. Mr. Fang has traveled around the world to wipe out bandits. He must be good at swordsmanship. Mr. Xiao is not talented. I want to ask Mr. Fang to teach me a thing or two."

Hearing this, the people around stopped talking immediately, and all showed expressions of watching the show. Almost all the people present were human beings, so it was obvious that Xiao Wei Mou wanted to challenge Fang Zheng. Originally, someone should come out to speak at this time, but Fang Zheng is not someone from any of the parties present. Strictly speaking, Fang Zheng is even on Ji Yanran's side. Naturally, she gritted her teeth in hatred, and of course she would not come out to speak for him now.

As for Xiang Shaolong and others, they wanted to talk, but this was a banquet hosted by Lord Xinling and Ji Yanran, and as guests, it was not appropriate for them to say anything.

Hearing this, Ji Yanran wanted to say something, but at this moment Fangzheng had already stood up.

"no problem."

"Master Fang?"

Faced with Fang Zheng's answer, Ji Yanran was a little surprised, although she knew that Fang Zhengyin's killing skills were unparalleled in the world, almost equal to invincible in the world. But right now this is a sword competition, Ji Yanran has never seen Fang Zheng holding a sword. Moreover, although martial arts in this era also compete with skills, strength still occupies the core position. That Xiao Wei Mou looked rough and majestic, full of murderous looks, and he knew that he was a swordsman not to be trifled with. Fang Zheng, on the other hand, seemed like a powerless scholar in comparison, at least he didn't look like the kind of person who would go out and kill the enemy.

"Master Ji, do you mind if I borrow a sword?"

"certainly."

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Ji Yanran also nodded, and quickly took out a sword.

"This is Yanran's accompanying sword, I will give it to Mr. Fang now."

"Such a precious sword... well, I'm still a gentleman and don't take away people's love."

Fangzheng pulled out the long sword from the scabbard, took a closer look, and then put the sword back into its sheath.

"how come………"

"Hahaha, Ji, don't worry, if I take your sword away, I'm afraid someone will be dissatisfied."

After saying this, Fangzheng walked out of the seat. At this moment, the others had returned to their seats, leaving room for Fangzheng and Xiao Weimou. And Xiao Wei Mou saw that Ji Yanran gave Fang Zheng all her own swords as a gift, and Fang Zheng didn't want it, and was even more angry that her nose was not her nose, her eyes were not her eyes. At the moment, she also stared at him coldly.

"Swords have no eyes, Mr. Fang, please be careful."

"Oh."

However, facing Xiao Wei Mou's words, Fang Zheng just stood there with his hands behind his back and looked at him.

"That depends on whether you have the courage to draw your sword in front of me."

As soon as Fangzheng said this, everyone around was shocked. Xiaowei Mou was also considered a famous swordsman in the Qi country, and it was really surprising that Fangzheng was humiliated in this way in front of so many people in public. And Xiao Wei Mou's face turned livid, and he snorted coldly.

"Then, let Xiao Mou come and learn Mr. Fang's clever tricks!"

Having said this, Xiao Wei Mou turned sideways, then stretched out his hand to hold the hilt of the sword, wanting to draw the sword......!

However, the moment he drew his sword, his movements suddenly stopped.

"........."

Fangzheng just stood there, staring at him lightly, motionless. But Xiao Wei Mou felt a very terrifying, almost frightening coercion pressing down on him, and he couldn't even breathe. The invisible pressure was like a terrifying wild beast opening its mouth wide, trying to swallow him in one bite.

Xiao Wei Mou even had the illusion that as long as he drew his sword an inch, he would be bitten to the point that he couldn't even leave his body.

For a moment, his whole body was nailed there.

"...?"

At this moment, other people also sensed that something was wrong, they looked at Xiao Wei Mou who was posing in surprise, and didn't know what to say. In their eyes, Xiao Wei Mou looked like a sheep that had encountered tigers and leopards. He could not stop curling up, sweating profusely, and even trembling slightly.

In front of him, Fangzheng just turned his hands behind his back, casually holding Ji Yanran's long sword, and looked at him silently, as if the king who controlled the world was looking at an insignificant person.

"Humph---!!"

Xiao Wei Mou also noticed the surprised gazes of other people, and was also angry at the moment, and wanted to draw his sword with a muffled grunt. However, at this moment, he felt that Fang Zheng's gaze fell on him as if in reality. At this moment, what Xiao Weimou felt was not just the gust of wind, but the collapse of the mountain. He tried desperately to endure the visceral fear, but his body just wouldn't listen.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xiao Wei Mou just fell to his knees with a "plop", and then fell straight forward, completely losing consciousness.