Following Mr. Chen of the academy and walking up to Zhuzi Mountain, Cao Yun, Zhang Zixi and Pang Shiyuan were all silent and upright, and the Confucian students behind them no longer discussed. The two rows of the mountain have Qiongzhi jade trees, which are verdant and towering, and they set off a kind of majesty.

There are many statues of sages on Zhuzi Mountain, and there is a heroic and righteous spirit emanating from it. This majestic righteousness has been left here by countless scholars who have visited the statues of sages with sincere admiration for hundreds of years. After several years, there is a mighty righteousness across the mountain, extremely huge, people without righteousness walking in this mountain will only feel the heart trembling, there is a feeling of not being able to raise their heads.

When he arrived at the top of Zhuzi Mountain, looking at the marble carved statues of Zhuzi, Cao Yun felt the heaviness on his face, and his breathing was a little difficult. The Confucian students in the back didn't dare to come out.

These statues have been around for a long time, and their appearance is a little old, but no Confucian scholar dares to look at these statues directly. This is a wide mountaintop, two rows of statues stand on the top of the mountain, the statue in the center of the two rows is the statue of Confucius, Cao Yun is to be crowned in front of the statue of Confucius. At this time, there were already some Confucian scholars standing in front of the statue of Confucius, all of whom were scholars of the academy.

Walking past many statues of sages, Cao Yun and Chen Ye arrived in front of the statue of Confucius, and Zhang Zixi and other Confucian scholars stood behind at a distance.

Cao Yun bowed down and met all the gentlemen one by one.

"When the hour comes, the Duke of Virtue and the civil officials will come to give you the crown salute, and you wait patiently. Chen Ye said to Cao Yun.

"Students understand. Cao Yun bowed slightly and said.

It didn't take long for the Confucian students behind him to make a small sound, and Cao Yun turned around and saw Pang Gong and Zhang Ya, the civil official of the crown, walking side by side, followed by several academy gentlemen and civil officials.

"The students have seen the Degong, the adults, and the gentlemen. Cao Yun stepped forward and bowed one by one.

"Well, the hour has come, and the crown salute can begin. Zhang Ya said.

Immediately, Pang Cheng straightened his clothes, walked carefully to the statue of Confucius, lit the nine-pillar incense with a candle, and worshiped heaven and earth, and bowed to Master. Then he read aloud a crown ceremony.

As soon as Pang Gong finished reading the crown ceremony, Zhang Ya, the civil official of the crown, walked up with the square crown in his hand and handed the square crown to Pang Gong.

Pang Gong stood next to the statue of the master after taking the square crown, and Cao Yun walked up and stood in front of the statue of the master.

Seeing Cao Yun standing like that, Pang Gong, Zhang Ya and the gentlemen of the academy were a little surprised, and some of the Confucian scholars behind laughed quietly, laughing at Cao Yun who didn't understand the rules of the crown ceremony, and didn't kneel down in front of the statue of the master.

Chen Ye, who led Cao Yun up, changed his face, and seeing that Cao Yun had not yet reacted, he glanced at Pang Gong and hurriedly walked to Cao Yun's side.

"Get down on your knees. Chen Ye bent over Cao Yun and said.

Someone in the back of Confucianism had already whispered criticism of Cao Yun, and Zhang Zixi also looked at Cao Yun anxiously. Cao Yun had also watched the crown salute, how could he not know that he wanted to kneel down on both knees?

Pang Shiyuan looked at Cao Yun with wide eyes and surprise, very puzzled by Cao Yun's behavior. Cao Yun had definitely seen others perform crown salutes before, why didn't he kneel, this was a great disrespect to the master. Pang Shiyuan's eyes rolled rapidly, thinking about why Cao Yun was like this.

After Chen Ye finished speaking, he retreated, and Cao Yun looked up at Pang Gong.

Cao Yun really didn't expect to kneel down for the crown salute, after all, he was possessed, and many memories that he didn't think were important were ignored. Now that I was reminded by Chen Ye, I remembered that in the past, I had to kneel respectfully when I saw people doing the crown salute. After all, for scholars, it is a great honor to be able to become a Confucian scholar. However, for Cao Yun, being a Confucian is just to satisfy the vanity of his grandfather Cao Xian, but it is dispensable, and he has no reason to kneel down to others.

"Please give the students a crown salute. Cao Yun waved his hand towards Pang Gong.

"Haven't you read the "Record of the Crowning Ceremony", and don't you know that the crown ceremony is to kneel in front of the master on both knees to show respect?" Pang Gong said with a calm face.

"Students know the truth, but students have never knelt to anyone, not to the sky, not to kneel, even if their parents are close to them!" Cao Yun said indifferently. Later, when the Confucian scholars heard Cao Yun's words, the discussion became louder.

"What kind of system is this?" the civil official Zhang Ya scolded loudly, a person who doesn't even kneel down his own parents, what a disrespectful etiquette law.

Pang Gong's face was already pale, and Mr. Shuyuan also looked at Cao Yun angrily, and the Confucian students behind him were even more sarcastic. If it weren't for this Zhuzi Mountain, I'm afraid Cao Yun would have been scolded by these Confucian scholars.

Daming is a country that attaches great importance to etiquette, everyone values etiquette more than life, and respecting the prince of heaven and earth is the reason they have received education since childhood, and now, Cao Yun stands in front of the statue of the master, in this crowning ceremony, at the moment of great attention, he said the words of not respecting the prince of heaven and earth, what a great rebellion.

When Zhang Zixi heard this, he was even more nervous about Cao Yun, looked at Cao Yun, and then looked at the civil officials Zhang Ya and Pang Gong, for fear that Cao Yun would be disqualified from Confucianism.

But Pang Shiyuan's eyes narrowed, still looking at Cao Yun, but his eyes were a little trance, as if he was thinking about something, and he felt Cao Yun's ambition a little.

"Heaven and Earth Monarch, you don't stop, what else can you restrain in your heart, could it be that you are the devil without any restraint?" Pang Gong asked in a deep voice, his hands trembled a little, and he seemed to have the urge to drop the square crown in his hand.

"Heaven and Earth Monarch Teacher, you can be respected by me, but you can't be surrendered by me! The only thing that can restrain me is the starry sky above my head. Cao Yun said in a strong voice, and a momentum of contempt naturally emanated.

As soon as Cao Yun said this, the Confucian scholars in the audience immediately quieted down, and they all looked at Cao Yun in surprise, not expecting Cao Yun to reply like this.

Hearing this, a glimmer of light flashed in Pang Shiyuan's eyes, and he looked at Cao's back, looked at the statue of Confucius, and looked at the clear sky.

Zhang Zixi was stunned when he heard this, looking at Cao Yun's standing back, only to feel that Cao Yun at this time had hundreds of millions of domineering emanations.

"This human nature is really unruly"

"Hmph, the heavens and the earth don't kneel, this is a big rebellion"

"What does this son want to do, the only thing that can restrain him is the starry sky above his head, what does it mean?

"You、、、 you 、、、" Pang Gong was speechless for a while, holding the square crown in one hand and pointing at Cao Yun with the other.

The face of the civil official Zhang Ya also changed in various ways, if Cao Yun was not too guarded by his grandson, Zhang Ya would probably immediately order the cancellation of his Confucian qualifications, and even the title of scholar would be deprived.

"Duke De, it's not that Cao Yun is arrogant and doesn't look for ancient rites. Scholars are ambitious, and every scholar should have his own principles. In Cao Yun's view, a man's knees are more important than his life. ”

Cao Yun waved his hand at Pang Gong and said, then Liu Shan became the Qingzhou Mu, Cao Yun felt that his ambition had been hit, if he knelt down on his knees again, then he really didn't think about what he could do in the future. The character has been suppressed.

Zhang Ya looked at Cao Yun's insistence, and then looked at Pang Gong, who was about to leave the anger, and hurriedly said loudly.

"Degong, scholars have their own ambitions, and I am a Confucian, paying attention to guidance and not suppressing them. Cao Yun only knelt on one knee, and I think I can understand it with the courage of a master. ”

Zhang Ya knows the current situation in Qingyang City, although Liu Shan has become the state pastor, but the entire Qingzhou is already dominated by the Cao family. I can't afford to have a festival with the Cao family for some etiquette, and I have to suppress this matter by myself, this Cao Xian has always paid attention to reputation, which owes him a favor.

Pang Gong took a deep breath and read aloud: "With the righteousness of the year, the order of the month, the salt and the crown of you, and the celebration of the sky." His voice trembled a little, and he seemed to be very angry inside.

After reading it, he took off Cao Yun's black crown, and put the square crown on Cao Yun very rashly with one hand, and after putting it on, he snorted heavily and left.

"Eh, scholar's ambition, your ambition is too great. The civil official Zhang Ya walked up to Cao Yun and left after saying a word. Those academy gentlemen had already left with Pang Gong, and the crowning ceremony was hastily over.

Cao Yun got up slowly, and Zhang Zixi walked to Cao Yun's side, "Brother Cao, you have good ambition." ”

"The way of ambition is not good or bad, it's just my own principles, my knees can only kneel to my ancestors. ”

"Anyway, Brother Cao is a person of great courage, but in the future, Brother Cao will be among Confucianism, I'm afraid..." Zhang Zixi looked at Cao Yun and said.

"Hmph, let those sour Confucians ridicule me and ridicule me, and the truly ambitious Confucian students will definitely agree with my approach. Cao Yun raised his head and said.

"Well, although I don't have great ambitions, I also agree with Brother Cao's approach. Zhang Zixiyan said with a smile, feeling that Cao Yun is becoming more and more courageous now.

At this time, Pang Shiyuan slowly walked in front of Cao Yun, looked at Cao Yun, and did not speak. Cao Yun also looked at Pang Shiyuan. Both fell silent.

Zhang Zixi next to him looked at the two who were silently staring, thinking that Pang Shiyuan was not going to be friends with Cao Yun because of Cao Yun's behavior just now.

"Shi Yuan has always thought that I am the only one who is a rebellious person, and today I don't want Brother Cao to be more than me. After Pang Shiyuan finished speaking, Ha Lu laughed.

After Cao Yun heard Pang Shiyuan speak, a smile appeared on his face, he knew that Pang Shiyuan might become a confidant with him, and both of them had their own domineering in their bones.

"Brother Pang, I'm still worried that you will say that I don't respect the law of etiquette and disrespect Confucius. ”

"Brother Cao has great ambitions, where is it disrespectful to Confucius, but in the future, Brother Cao is afraid that he will be prepared to be scolded by some Confucian students!" Pang Shiyuan said with a smile.

"Ha Luha, there are many pedantic Confucian scholars, and the real Confucian scholars should be like Brother Pang and agree with my approach. How can a man bow down on his knees!"

"Brother Cao is very confident. ”

Seeing Cao Yun and Pang Shiyuan talking happily, Zhang Zixi was also very happy.

The three of them immediately walked side by side towards the foot of Zhuzi Mountain, some Confucian scholars who had not yet left looked at Cao Yun with complicated eyes, and all kinds of discussions echoed, some bluntly said that Cao Yun destroyed etiquette, and some were shocked by Cao Yun's domineering.

"Brother Cao, I see that my uncle is very angry, I will go to see him and try my best to intercede for Brother Cao. After walking to the foot of Zhuzi Mountain, Pang Shiyuan said to Cao Yun.

"Then it's troublesome Brother Pang. Cao Yun waved his hand at Pang Shiyuan. After all, Pang Gong is the dean of the academy, and Cao Yun still doesn't want Pang Gong's impression of himself to deteriorate completely.

Pang Shiyuan then turned around and walked towards the academy, while Cao Yun and Zhang Zixi walked towards the gate of the academy.

"Brother Zhang, you just said that there has been something in your family in the past few days, has something happened in your family?" Cao Yun asked with some confusion.

"Eh, that's why Liu Shan sent someone to my house to propose marriage. Zhang Zixi said with a sad face.

"Did Liu Shan propose to you?" Cao Yun asked in surprise.

Zhang Zixi nodded, "So everyone in our family has been talking about it these days, some want me to marry Liu Shan, and some ask me not to marry." My father also grounded me and did not let me come out again, and today I begged my father in every possible way to come out to your crown. ”

Cao Yun pondered when he heard this, "Although this Zhang family only moved to Qingzhou last year, it is a family and has a great influence among the Confucian students in the entire Ming Kingdom. Liu Shan wanted to take Zhang Zixi and use the prestige of the Zhang family to enhance his influence on Confucianism!"

Zhang Zixi saw Cao Yun frowning and pondering, and asked, "What is Brother Cao thinking?" But there was a hint of joy in his heart, thinking that Cao Yun was unhappy when he heard that Liu Shan proposed to her!