After dealing with these horse thieves, the Zhao delegation moved forward again. This time, the soldiers were no longer as panicked as before. After that, they did not encounter any more troubles and arrived in Daliang very smoothly. They were greeted by Wei Wuji, Lord Xinling, one of the four princes of the Warring States Period.

Originally, Ji Yanran and Fang Zheng were planning to say goodbye and leave, but along the way, the third princess of Zhao State and Ji Yanran had developed feelings for each other. Now that she was in Daliang, she was even more nervous and uneasy, and hoped that Ji Yanran could stay with her. Ji Yanran couldn't bear to leave the third princess behind, so she agreed. Fang Zheng had nothing to do, so he simply accepted Xinling Jun's invitation and attended the reception dinner.

Logically speaking, when a princess of a country gets married, there should be a big banquet. But the fact is that not only did the nominal husband, King Anli, not show up at the banquet on the pretext of being unwell, but even nearly half of the princes and ministers of Wei did not show up. In the end, Xinling Jun had to invite Ji Yanran together to finally give enough face and put together a banquet.

Otherwise, Xinling Jun would have no place to put his face.

Although the atmosphere at the banquet was quite lively, the Third Princess did not look happy. Fang Zheng occasionally looked at her and could see a flash of sadness and uneasiness in her eyes. Just from this banquet, it was clear that this princess would not have a good ending in Wei State in the future.

"This is the sorrow of being born into a royal family."

Noticing Fang Zheng's gaze, Yanran sighed softly.

"I wonder what will happen to the third princess in the future..."

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

Fang Zheng shrugged and took a sip of wine.

"As the saying goes, there is gain and loss. The Third Princess has been living a life of luxury since she was a child. Wasn't that what she was prepared for? If she was born in a commoner family, with her beauty, she would have either been sold by her family to become a prostitute, or been taken in by a wealthy family as a concubine. Compared to their lives, the Third Princess's is already pretty good."

"I cannot agree with this statement."

Hearing this, Ji Yanran couldn't help but frown.

"It is true that the officials and noble families have no choice, but it is too pathetic that they are not even qualified to be pitied."

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

Fang Zheng raised his glass and squinted his eyes to look at the wine in the glass.

"It's the same for common people, princes, nobles, princesses and ladies. If you want to change, you have to be brave, otherwise you can only bear it obediently. You can't take all the good things in the world for yourself, it doesn't make sense, right?"

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

"Mr. Fang, what you said is wrong!"

"Um?"

Fang Zheng turned around and found a stout man with a ferocious face sitting in a seat not far away, staring at him fiercely. Ji Yanran also frowned slightly and looked at the man.

"This is..."

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

"I am Wei Mou, the King of Qi. I wonder if you have heard of me, young lady?"

"So it's Mr. Wei who advocates learning from animals..."

When Ji Yanran heard Xiao Weimou give his name, she showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

"But may I ask, if humans were no different from animals, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

"Hahaha."

In response to Ji Yanran's question, Xiao Weimu laughed.

"Young lady, you have lived in the city for a long time, so of course you don't understand the world of animals. Xiao, I take nature as my teacher and observe the lives of birds. Only then can I know that only by following nature can we avoid violating the principles of heaven. If we suppress it by force, it will only do harm and no good, and will only make people become hypocritical and two-faced."

Hearing Xiao Weimou's answer, Ji Yanran's eyes lit up, but Fang Zheng remembered the famous joke before his rebirth and couldn't help laughing. Hearing Fang Zheng's laughter, Xiao Weimou looked at him unhappily and asked.

"Why is Mr. Fang laughing? Do you have any opinion about what Xiao thinks?"

"Sorry, I don't mind, it's just that when you said that, I remembered an interesting story."

"story?"

Hearing Fang Zheng telling a story, Ji Yanran immediately regained her interest.

"Mr. Fang, do you have any interesting stories? Why don't you tell them for everyone to hear?"

"Well, it's not a joke that can be accepted in a formal forum, but since you asked, Master Ji..."

Facing Ji Yanran's question, Fang Zheng thought for a moment before speaking.

"The story goes that one day there was a heavy rainstorm, and a scholar and a woman took shelter in a temple. The woman was young and beautiful, and the scholar was young and handsome. They fell in love at first sight, so the woman invited the scholar to have fun. But in the face of the woman's invitation, the scholar flatly refused, saying that he and I didn't know each other, and if we had fun together, wouldn't it be like a beast? After listening to the scholar's words, the woman laughed and asked back - do you want to be a beast, or worse than a beast?"

After hearing Fang Zheng's joke, everyone around was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was going on and burst into laughter.

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

Even Xinling Jun couldn't straighten his back from laughing, and the others were almost choking from laughing. Although people in this era were open-minded, jokes like this were unheard of. After listening to Fang Zheng's story, everyone thought about it carefully and felt that... it seemed like no matter what they chose, it was wrong!

Either a beast, or worse than a beast...

Even Ji Yanran looked at a loss for words, but she didn't know how to say much. After all, she was the one who asked the question, and Fang Zheng also said that it was not a joke that could be presented in a formal audience... But Ji Yanran never thought that the other party would tell such a shameless story.

Only Xiao Weimu looked unhappy, staring at Fang Zheng intently. He had just wanted to use his words to attract the attention of the beauty, but he didn't expect Fang Zheng to attract the attention of the whole audience with his words. Even the famous Ji Cainu was quite interested in him. This made Xiao Weimu suddenly angry, and while everyone was talking, he immediately stood up and walked in front of Fang Zheng.

"I have heard of Master Fang's great name for a long time. Master Fang has traveled around the world, eliminating bandits. I believe his swordsmanship must be very good. I am not very talented, so I would like to ask Master Fang for some advice."

Hearing this, the people around him suddenly stopped talking, and all showed expressions of watching a good show. Almost everyone present was smart, and they could naturally see that Xiao Weimu was going to challenge Fang Zheng. Originally, someone should speak up at this time, but Fang Zheng was not from any party present. Strictly speaking, Fang Zheng was even on Ji Yanran's side. Now Daliang knew that Fang Zheng had gone out to travel with this talented woman before, so he naturally hated him and would certainly not speak up for him at this time.

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

Hearing this, Ji Yanran wanted to say something, but Fang Zheng had already stood up.

"no problem."

"Mr. Fang?"

Facing Fang Zheng's answer, Ji Yanran was somewhat surprised. Although she knew that Fang Zheng's sound killing technique was unparalleled in the world, almost invincible. But this was a sword fight, and Ji Yanran had never seen Fang Zheng holding a sword. Moreover, although martial arts in this era also competed in skills, strength still occupied the core position. That arrogant Wei Mou looked rough and majestic, full of murderous aura, and it was obvious at a glance that he was a swordsman who was not easy to mess with. In comparison, Fang Zheng seemed like a weak scholar, at least he didn't look like the kind of person who would go on the field to kill the enemy.

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

"certainly."

In response to Fang Zheng's question, Ji Yanran nodded and quickly took out a sword.

"This is Yanran's sword. I will give it to you, Master Fang."

"Such a precious sword... Well, I'll stick to my ways of not taking away what others love."

Fang Zheng pulled the long sword out of the scabbard, took a close look at it, and then put the sword back into the scabbard.

“How could it be…”

“Hahaha, don’t worry, Ji. If I take your sword, I’m afraid someone will be dissatisfied.”

After saying this, Fang Zheng walked out of the seat. At this moment, the others had returned to their seats, leaving space for Fang Zheng and Xiao Weimu. Xiao Weimu was so angry when he saw Ji Yanran actually gave her sword to Fang Zheng, but Fang Zheng didn't want it. He was also staring at him coldly.

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

"oh."

However, in response to Xiao Weimou's words, Fang Zheng just stood there with his hands behind his back, looking at him.

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

When Fang Zheng said this, everyone was shocked. Xiao Weimou was a famous swordsman in Qi State, but it was really surprising that Fang Zheng humiliated him in front of so many people. Xiao Weimou's face turned pale and he snorted coldly.

"Then let me learn from Master Fang's skills!"

Having said that, Xiao Weimu turned sideways, then stretched out his hand to grasp the hilt of the sword, wanting to draw the sword...!

However, at the moment of drawing the sword, his movements suddenly stopped.

“…”

Fang Zheng just stood there, staring at him calmly, motionless. But Xiao Weimu felt a very terrible, almost terrifying pressure coming down on him, even making it impossible for him to breathe. The invisible pressure was like a terrifying prehistoric beast opening its bloody mouth, wanting to swallow him in one gulp.

Xiao Weimu even had an illusion that if he drew his sword an inch, he would be torn to pieces without leaving even a complete body.

For a moment, he was nailed there.

"……?"

At this moment, the others also realized that something was wrong. They looked at Xiao Weimou in surprise, not knowing what to say. In their eyes, Xiao Weimou was like a sheep that had encountered a tiger or leopard. He kept curling up, sweating profusely, and even trembling slightly.

In front of him, Fang Zheng just put his hands behind his back, casually holding Ji Yanran's sword, and looked at him silently, as if he was a king who controlled the world looking at an insignificant little person.

"snort--!!"

Xiao Weimu also noticed the surprised looks of others, and at this moment he was also furious. He groaned and wanted to draw his sword. However, at this moment, he felt Fang Zheng's gaze falling on him as if it were real. At this moment, what Xiao Weimu felt was not only the strong wind blowing in his face, but also the collapse of the mountain. He tried desperately to endure the fear from the bottom of his heart, but his body was completely out of control.

In full view of everyone, Xiao Weimou fell to his knees with a plop, then fell forward and completely lost consciousness.