In less than an hour, the whole thing spread throughout the world through discussion boards and letters sent by wild geese.
Many people were so excited that they seemed to be injected with chicken blood, and they attacked crazily on the discussion board.
"The great Void Saint is so cruel and mad that he massacred an entire village. He is like a demon or a barbarian!"
"Fang Yun is about to turn against his parents, why is the Holy Academy still not handling it?"
"How can such a cruel official be the top scholar of a country?"
"People of integrity and insight, please unite and write to the Holy Academy to remove Fang Yun from his position as a virtual saint!"
"The butcher! The butcher whose hands are stained with the blood of the human race! How many people have had their literary courage destroyed by him? And now he is attacking innocent civilians!"
"The people of Changxi Village died so tragically. I have a relative in Changxi Village. They would never do what Fang Yun framed and slandered them!"
At first, not many people objected because many people did not know the specific situation.
When the inside story of the Changxi Village incident was revealed, many people on the discussion board cursed loudly, but this time they were not cursing Fang Yun, but the Zuo Xiang's party, and even the Queen Mother and even the late Emperor of Qing.
The people of Wu were especially fierce in their cursing. The people of Wu were tough and their laws were harsh, so it was impossible for such a thing to happen. Once it happened and the court did nothing about it, the Legalists and Military Strategists would surely unite in secret and massacre the entire village.
Afterwards, Wu Guo and many scholars began to support Fang Yun and refute the others.
"The villagers of Changxi have hearts as vicious as snakes and scorpions, and look like monsters and savages. They are not worthy of being human beings! Well done to Saint Fang Xu for killing them!"
"I originally looked down on Jingguo, but I didn't expect that Jingguo would produce a brave man! If there was such a place in Wuguo, I would definitely lead my troops to wipe out that village!"
"Law? Fang Yun always follows the law! He killed the police first, and then took up arms against the county magistrate. Fang Xusheng actually gave them a chance. If it were in our Qi Kingdom, we would have rushed in directly!"
"Are you still living in the past? The dispute over etiquette and law has been over for so many years, you don't know the current situation!"
“I’m talking to you about the law, and you start talking about righteousness?”
"You guys. You said before that Confucianism is too benevolent. Now Jingguo is facing the invasion of monsters and barbarians from the south. In troubled times, we need to use harsh punishments. And you want to use benevolence as a weapon to attack Fang Yun?"
"Fang Yun is a man of great benevolence and righteousness!"
"Shun was the emperor, Fang Yun was the officer, and you guys stole my wealth and ran away!"
When someone used the allusion from "Mencius" instead, many scholars laughed.
Mencius' student Tao Ying once asked Mencius a question: If Shun was the emperor and learned that his father had killed someone, and Gao Yao, who was in charge of punishment, wanted to arrest Shun's father, would Shun stop him
Mencius replied no, and said that in Shun's eyes, power was as worthless as a pair of worn-out shoes, and Shun would definitely run away without telling his father.
The man quoted an allusion from Mencius to criticize some people who felt as if their parents had died when they saw criminals being killed.
A large-scale debate broke out on the discussion board. Except for a few people with bad tempers who started to curse, most of the scholars did not swear, but they played word games in more insidious ways than each other.
Fang Yun was handling government affairs in his study when Fang Yingwu came in hurriedly.
"Aren't you going to say something on the discussion board? If you go and see, they are describing you as an unforgivable devil." Fang Yingwu suppressed his anger.
"What did you say?"
Fang Yingwu opened his mouth and said, "Poor family butcher, Ning'an executioner, rebellious demon, bloodthirsty cruel official, bloody hand false saint, tyrannical imperial scholar... There are too many, some of which I can't even name."
Fang Yun nodded and said, "Yeah. Do you think ordinary people would be afraid of me when they hear these titles?"
"It's more than just scary, it can actually stop children from crying at night!"
"Well, if it can deter those villains, the more vicious my reputation is, the better! You go contact the Holy Academy and put a bloody handprint on the front page of the next issue of the Literary Newspaper. Print all my cruel nicknames in large letters. Changxi Village is just the beginning! I want the whole world to know my vicious reputation! Even if it is more vicious than the demons, I don't care! Even if it can only scare one villain, even if it can only save one innocent person, it is worth it!"
"You..." Fang Yingwu was shocked by Fang Yun's words.
"The palace examination is about to end, and I am about to go to the Sea of Learning. Please help me prepare and see what I should do. After the Sea of Learning, it will be the competition for the first place in the country. Only if you get the first place in the country will you be qualified to go to the Mountain of Books for the third time." Fang Yun said.
Fang Yingwu said helplessly: "My cousin, it's already this time, and you're still thinking about Xuehai? This time, those people will definitely take advantage of this incident to ruin your future. Just wait and see, there's no need to wait until tomorrow, today, they will not only ask the three saint examiners to sentence you to the Ding grade in civil administration, people's livelihood, criminal justice, and education, but they will also directly impeach you as the county magistrate and deprive you of your status as a palace examiner. Even this is nothing, someone will definitely ask to cancel your virtual sainthood!"
"The chirping of mosquitoes and flies cannot cover the beauty of summer, so there is no need to worry about it." Fang Yun said.
"How is that possible? You think the matter is too simple. I'm afraid even the Li Palace will take action this time."
"Don't worry, even if they want to punish me, it will be the Punishment Hall that does it. The Punishment Hall will never let the Etiquette Hall interfere in this matter." Fang Yun flipped through the book nonchalantly without raising his head.
"You are right. But you have killed so many people after all. You must give an explanation for this."
Fang Yun raised his head, holding the scroll in his hand, and looked at his cousin Fang Yingwu calmly, his eyes were deep and majestic, and like the sea of stars.
“Who do I have to answer to?”
Fang Yingwu only felt a roar in his ears and was speechless. Only then did he realize that the current Fang Yun was no longer the young scholar who had just graduated. What Fang Yun said was right. In the whole world, except for the semi-saints, no one was qualified to ask Fang Yun to explain.
Holy Courtyard, East Holy Pavilion, Holy Residence.
An old man sat behind a desk, holding a scroll of bamboo slips emitting green light in one hand and reading it carefully.
The old man would spend a long time reading each word. The strange thing was that his eyes would not immediately reflect the words on the bamboo slips, but it was as if an invisible carving knife was slowly carving each stroke in the reflection of his eyes.
Wang Tongfu, the elder of the East Saint Pavilion, was standing opposite the old man. This nearly 100-year-old man was highly respected and never showed his emotions. In the eyes of the scholars in the Saint Academy, he seemed a little rigid. But now, this great scholar looked as sad as a child.
"Grandpa Zeng, this matter is too difficult to handle. The impeachment letters from various countries to Fang Yun are like snow and cotton. I can't even read them all. This time Fang Yun went too far. Those old scholars in the Li Hall slammed the table. They usually respect Fang Yun the most."
The old man who was reading ignored it.
"Don't be silent, old man. Are you going to go through the process of impeaching the Void Saint? I dare not make such a decision. In fact, I am not afraid of anything else. They are just minor incidents. I heard that the Zong family is ready to make a move, and the Lei family is not hiding it. Even the West Sea Dragon Clan sent a conch shell message, saying that they did not expect that the dignified human Void Saint would kill human compatriots. They are very disappointed with the human race. If you don't give enough reasons, they, the West Sea Dragon Clan, will break with the human race."
The old man still didn't speak.
"The Holy Academy is in chaos. Many people are clamoring to go to the Holy Temples to kowtow to the three examiners. They want to play blood remonstrance. Fang Yun will never be let off this time. Grandpa Zeng, please say something."
The old man suddenly blinked, and the bamboo slips moved slightly, revealing a new piece of bamboo slip with new words on it. But in the old man's eyes, there was not a single word on that piece of bamboo slip.
"Just one villager." Dong Sheng Wang Jinglong said, and continued to stare at the bamboo slips.
(To be continued…)