"Oh no! What a loss!"
“What a loss!”
Some of the immortals who had held Feng Menglong captive for heavy punishment immediately cried out. Feng Menglong tapped the ash from his pipe on the jade steps outside the Inspection Office and asked, "What's the loss?"
At this time, the immortal holding the purple gold wine gourd said, "We are placing bets at the opening, betting on who will be punished more severely between you and Yue Youyou."
Feng Menglong smiled upon hearing this and said, "Then you may all be disappointed."
"Oh?" The gods all looked at Feng Menglong.
Feng Menglong said, "Although Master Hongqing respects me very much, I can't make things difficult for him, can I? So I said to Master Hongqing, 'Then you should each give me a beating. That would be fair.' Master Hongqing listened to me and had Master Wang punish me and the little girl by making us sweep the streets of Penglai for a thousand days."
"Street sweeping?"
The gods were stunned, but then they reacted and said, "It's a draw, no one wins or loses!"
Feng Menglong looked at the noisy crowd, smiled faintly, put his pipe into his waist, stood up and left the inspection office.
As soon as Feng Menglong left, the remaining people gradually dispersed. Only the immortal who opened the market first and held the purple gold wine gourd was still wandering outside the Inspection Office, glancing inside the Inspection Office from time to time, as if he wanted to go in, but was a little hesitant.
At this moment, Fang Jian and Zhang Lou were standing behind the screen wall leading to the main gate of the Inspection Office. They heard Feng Menglong's words clearly.
Zhang Lou was heard saying, "This Feng Xian is really good at bragging."
Fang Jian smiled faintly and said, "At least he's right about one thing. I did read his books when I was a kid."
"Oh?" Zhang Lou asked curiously, "Master Hongqing has actually read his book? I wonder what it is?"
Fang Jian frowned, and slowly walked out of the screen wall. He glanced outside the Inspection Office, then turned and smiled, "Those are some very good books: Stories to Enlighten the World, Stories to Warn the World, Stories to Awaken the World, and finally, The Wisdom Nugget. If you have some free time, you can look for them and read them. Even if you don't learn anything, you can still broaden your horizons."
"Yes, even Master Hongqing recommends it so highly, so it must be a good book. I'll buy it and read it carefully tomorrow."
As they were talking, Zhang Lou and Fang Jian had already walked into the inner courtyard of the Inspection Office, leaving only the immortal with the purple gold wine gourd tied around his waist still hesitating and wandering outside the Inspection Office.
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