195. The Emperor Who Was Tricked (Part 1) (Page 1/2)

After listening to Cui Xian's words.

Chen Chong was too embarrassed to stay any longer and walked off the debate platform trembling with shame and anger.

All around, the crowd was still silent.

One reason is that Cui Xian’s claim just now that as many as twenty sutras were missing was really too shocking.

The second reason is that no matter how arrogant and absurd his statement that "the Twenty Classics have loopholes" is, it cannot cover up the fact that the great scholar Chen Chong was defeated by him in just two rounds!

so.

Long after Chen Chong stepped down.

Among all the scholars in the audience, no one stood up and asked, "Are you the only one awake?"

Chen Chong asked a question and was kicked off the stage on the spot.

What if they follow up with questioning and Cui Xian directly says, "If you don't agree, come up and debate with me," what should we do?

Who has the guts to go up there?!

This has led to the current weird and embarrassing situation.

Even though everyone knew that Cui Xian's words were unorthodox and arrogant, no one dared to stand up and refute him!

The dazzling young man in red clothes on the debate platform——

With knowledge, he alone can overwhelm the whole audience!

Mr. Dong Lai was watching from the side, looking both pleased and proud, yet also worried and distressed.

Because the road that the young disciple is about to take is countless times more difficult than the one he had back then!

Finally, no one spoke.

Cui Xian looked around and took the initiative to say, "If you have any questions, feel free to ask!"

That's very doubtful!

After hearing what Cui Xian said, a scholar hesitated for a moment, then stood up and asked, "Excuse me, Senior Brother Cui, are you serious about the statement that 'the twenty classics have loopholes'?"

Cui Xian replied: "Of course."

He answered so clearly and concisely that it was obvious that the scholar who asked the question was at a loss.

After opening his mouth several times, the scholar finally found his train of thought and asked tentatively and tactfully, "If someone holds a different opinion from Senior Brother Cui...?"

Under the gaze of countless astonished and dull eyes.

Cui Xian on the debate platform raised his eyebrows, showed a wanton and ostentatious smile, and said loudly: "The above twenty scriptures have loopholes in every one of them."

"From today on, I will hold a debate here every three days. If you hold different opinions, you are always welcome to come on stage."

"As for the topic of the debate, you can choose from these twenty sutras!"

Wow!

This statement is even more shocking than "all twenty sutras have flaws".

Although the imperial examination requires extensive reading.

But everyone has their own strengths, so how is it possible to be proficient in so many books?

Cui Xian opened the stage alone and announced that his opponents could choose any of the twenty classics to debate with him!

What a self-confidence, or rather, what arrogance, this requires!

Therefore, after Cui Xian said this, the whole audience was stunned.

In total silence.

A certain old scholar could no longer hold back, and pointed at Cui Xian on the stage, saying angrily in a trembling voice: "You slandering the twenty classics is like cutting down the pillars of heaven..."

You can see it if you look carefully.

When Cui Xian said that all twenty sutras had flaws, the others were just shocked.

But the faces of the old scholars in the audience were all distorted.

For those who insist that "Scripture is sacred and inviolable", changing even a single word is unforgivable!

What’s more, the ‘Twenty Sutras are flawed’?

On stage.

Cui Xian didn't wait for the old scholar to finish speaking. He looked in the direction of the voice and said with a smile: "If you have a different opinion, you may come up and discuss it with me."

In full view of the public.

The old scholar was like a rooster with its neck pinched, his face flushed red and he suddenly lost his voice.

Chen Chong has already lost, how dare he go up and "compete" with her?

"Since everyone has no objections, then we will see you in three days."

Cui Xian smiled and bowed to everyone in the audience.

Then, together with his teacher Dong Lai, they walked down the debate platform and left in a carriage.

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When he came here before, he attracted a lot of attention.

Now when he leaves, he is still the well-deserved focus of the whole audience!

The carriage slowly left the prefectural school.

The crowd automatically parted to make way for him.

Waited for a long time for the carriage to leave.

The crowd realized that the debate was over and finally broke the silence with all kinds of noise and clamor!

"Oh my god, Senior Brother Jia Shao and Senior Brother Cui Xian are actually the same person! This news will definitely cause a sensation in Daliang's literary world!"

"Senior Chen Chong can't last more than two rounds against Senior Brother Cui Xian!"

"Brother Cui Xian's decisive debate just now will definitely become a classic in the history of debates!"

"All twenty sutras have loopholes? Senior Brother Cui Xian is too bold. There will definitely be countless old Confucian scholars who will come to trouble him next!"

"The most shocking thing is that Senior Brother Cui Xian said that the twenty classics can be debated at will! This is a declaration of war to the old Confucian scholars of the ancient text school in the entire literary world!"

So exciting!

Today, Cui Xian fulfilled his five-year promise and made his first debate in Kaifeng, which was an explosive success from beginning to end.

Every link is enough to make people gasp and exclaim "Wow!"

Cui Xian, who had not been out for five years, started the "bombardment" mode as soon as he showed up, "blowing up" the whole Kaifeng in awe!

No, not just opening.

Soon, the entire Daliang literary world will be in turmoil because of him!

This is not an exaggeration at all, because——

The old scholar who had just been invited by Cui Xian to compete on stage, and who had been as quiet as a chicken, now stood in the crowd and roared: "Arrogant Cui Xian!"

"To slander the Twenty Classics is like cutting down the pillars of heaven. Would you not be afraid of the prophecy of 'Mars enters the Southern Dipper, and the Emperor will leave the palace'?"

The old scholar's words immediately attracted angry responses from a group of old faces.

"Not being a descendant of Confucius, but arbitrarily imitating and revising - this is what Yan Hui called 'the superficial learning'!"

"Pretending to make gains and losses, but actually destroying the holy relics - haven't you heard that 'the villains don't know the will of heaven and don't fear it'?"

"Everyone! We study the books of sages and saints, and we will never allow this sutra thief to come and mess around!"

"The hateful scripture thief Cui Xian, relying on his knowledge, bullies us and attempts to tamper with the books of sages. How despicable!"

"We wrote to Mr. Huan Ying, Mr. Xun Zhang, and Mr. Ban Lin, asking them to come out of retirement and come to Kaifeng! I just don't believe that no one in the Daliang literary world can punish Cui Xian."

This group of old scholars had ferocious expressions and sharp voices.

They even planned to gather together and go to the Kaifeng government office to ask the governor to expel Cui Xian from Kaifeng!

If the Lord of the Mansion doesn't agree, they will kill themselves outside the government office!

This crazy scene made countless people's scalps tingle.

Cui Xian, what kind of difficult people have you provoked?

Yan Siyuan and other black fans felt inexplicably subtle when looking at that group of old Confucian scholars.

Cui Xian is a person who will never lack haters.

The onlookers gradually dispersed, discussing today's debate.

Talking about the handsome appearance of the little prodigy Cui Xian.

The group of scholars, on the other hand, has been shocked to the point of being numb.

If nothing unexpected happens, there will surely be more old Confucian scholars who have been famous for many years rushing to Kaifeng from all directions of Daliang to teach Cui Xian a lesson on stage!

Today, Cui Xian’s first debate ended.

But everyone knows that this is just the beginning!

An academic war without the smoke of gunpowder but enough to cause rivers of blood is about to begin.

A war unilaterally provoked by Cui Xian!

And the battlefield is in Kaifeng!

On that day, countless letters from old Confucian scholars were sent out from Kaifeng, about to detonate the entire Daliang literary world.

Including Cui Xian, the first thing he did after returning from the debate stage was to write a letter!

Write a letter to the emperor!

Everything else is not important for now. The serious matter is to appease the person sitting on the dragon throne first!