Fang Yun pondered for a moment and made a simple reply to thank Ao Yuwei. After all, the relationship between the two was not close, so he didn't say much.
Afterwards, Fang Yun fell into deep thought.
As for the great figures of the imperial family, there are only a few glimpses of them in the ancient demon tradition, without seeing the full picture, so it is impossible to guess who they are.
Back then, Confucius and the other saints of the demons and barbarians used the starry sky as a chessboard and the stars as chess pieces. They played a real big game of chess. In the end, they relied on the power of Wenquxing to suppress all the stars and formed a strange starry sky. That starry sky was the Chaos Star Chessboard.
It makes sense to say that it is the power of the Chaos Star Chessboard.
As for the Cang Gu Galaxy, it was mentioned two or three times in the memories passed down by the ancient demons. All we know is that it is the most precious treasure of the imperial family, but we have no idea of its specific shape or use.
"Forget it. I guess even the saints of the human race don't know that it is power."
Fang Yun didn't think about it any more.
When the time came, a golden light flew out from the Holy Court and transformed into a huge golden character "甲", hovering above the Holy Temple.
Afterwards, golden lights appeared and transformed into one "甲" character after another, and then a cross appeared across the sky, which was a spectacular sight.
Seeing this unprecedented golden ten armors, some scholars could not help but feel emotional and their eyes became moist.
There were also many scholars from other countries who came to Ning'an County to provide assistance, and they kept exclaiming in amazement, saying that this was truly a miracle that had never been heard of before.
Many people cheered loudly, because they heard that every time they got one first-class place, the local area would get some benefits. Now that they got ten first-class places, Ning'an City will become a blessed land in the future. If there is no threat from monsters and barbarians, a large number of people will definitely move here.
Some people from Qing who came to help Fang Yun lamented in their hearts.
Not only do the Ten Kingdoms Competition and the Jinshi Hunting Ground determine the number of admissions to the human race's imperial examinations, the Palace Examination also plays a decisive role!
There is only one A grade and no reward, but the Holy Academy has a clear rule that for each country to get one more A grade, it will have 10% more places in the imperial examination in the second year.
Fang Yun got the top ten places, which almost doubled the number of places Jingguo would get in the imperial examination next year.
This is more important to a country than obtaining countless gold and silver.
Jingguo was originally a small country, not only inferior to big countries like Wuguo and Shuguo, but even inferior to medium-sized countries like Qingguo and Jiaguo, so naturally there were very few places for admission.
But things have been different since Fang Yun came into being.
Last year, Fang Yun relied on the Book Mountain to snatch some quotas from the Kingdom of Qing and the Kingdom of Wu. Together with the Ten Kingdoms Competition and the Jinshi Hunting Ground, plus the top ten in this palace examination, and the quota from Xiangzhou that was just regained, the Kingdom of Jing will have more quotas for the imperial examination next year than all the big countries!
After being suspended for a moment, the Ten Armored Ones turned into a golden list, which listed the top scorers of the ten human nations.
There is no doubt that Fang Yun is at the top, and he is ranked A in every one of the ten subjects.
The second one is Yan Yukong. He is either in the upper B or the middle B, not even in the upper B. It is heartbreaking to see him.
Fang Yun smiled helplessly and secretly sent a letter to Yan Yukong.
"Don't be sad, you are the strongest armorless champion in the history of the human race!"
"You... I want to take revenge during the Sea of Learning and the competition for the first place in the country! By the way, scholars from various ancient lands will also enter the Sea of Learning and compete with us for the first place in the country, so you have to be careful. People from various ancient lands are a little special, they are rarely inclusive and extremely pure. In the past, when they went to the Sea of Learning, they would occasionally surpass the scholars from Shengyuan Continent. As for the first place in the country, it's hard to say, the rules of the competition require you to have absolutely overwhelming power. This year, there are so many outstanding people."
Fang Yun chatted with Yan Yukong about some things about Xuehai and the country's leader.
The golden list of the palace examination will be hung for three days.
The people of Ning'an County sang and danced, celebrating Fang Yun becoming the first top ten scholar in history. However, Fang Yun remained calm and stayed in the academy for only an hour before returning to the back court.
Ning'an County became a sea of joy. But Fang Yun's study was quiet, with only the sound of the brush hitting the paper.
Fang Yun did not indulge in the joy of being the top ten scholar in the imperial examination, but began to write the second volume of "History of Ancient Monsters".
Fang Yun vaguely felt that there must be a great reason for the return of the ancient monster. He must write the "History of Ancient Monsters" as soon as possible to let the human race and the saints understand the ancient monsters and prepare to resist the monsters.
When he was a Jinshi, Fang Yun wrote "History of Ancient Monsters" very slowly because it consumed too much of his talent.
Now Fang Yun is already a Hanlin, with talents as vast as a hug. Although it is only one inch high, it is more than the total talent of the previous Jinshi. What's more, he now has a total of five talents.
Fang Yun knew clearly that there was a huge gap between the "History of Ancient Monsters" he wrote and Confucius' "Spring and Autumn Annals", because he merely transformed the ancient monster heritage into words, while the "Spring and Autumn Annals" contained the holy truth.
However, even so, "History of Ancient Demons" will contain enormous power. After all, it is the history of a clan of hundreds of thousands of years. Once it is completed, it will shock the world.
The text can be deleted and recompiled later. After all, even the "Spring and Autumn Annals" was not unchanged word for word. Even after Confucius was canonized, it has been continuously improved.
Unless Fang Yun majors in history, it will be difficult for "History of Ancient Demons" to reach the level of "Spring and Autumn Annals".
Fang Yun didn't care about this. He had three purposes in writing "History of Ancient Demons". One was to let the human race understand the ancient demons, two was to obtain the power of "History of Ancient Demons", and three was to broaden the path of history. He did not regard "History of Ancient Demons" as the basis for his own canonization.
What's more, "History of Ancient Demons" is, after all, the history of ancient demons, not the history of humanity. Humans can gain enormous power through it, but they can never be canonized as saints by it.
"My creation of the History of Ancient Demons is a great thing for human history, but will there be any changes in the ancient demon clan?"
Fang Yun put this thought behind him and continued writing quickly.
While writing "History of Ancient Monsters" with a quick pen, Fang Yun was also doing two things at the same time, reading books in the world of strange books.
It has almost become Fang Yun's habit to concentrate on reading in the world of strange books. He does this as soon as he opens his eyes every day and continues to do so until he closes his eyes.
In the afternoon, Fang Yun was unable to write his book properly because officials from Ning'an County came one after another and met with Fang Yun individually under the pretext of handling official business.
In three days at most, Fang Yun will leave Ning'an County.
Most of those officials did not say much. Some simply thanked Fang Yun for helping Ning'an develop, some expressed regret for joining Zuo Xiang's party, some asked for advice on the next government affairs, and some even asked Fang Yun how to deal with family affairs.
More than half of the people asked Fang Yun if he had time to give some advice on their poems, essays or classics before leaving.
The gift of Wenqu from heaven means that an additional imperial examination will be held, which is almost certain. These officials will be qualified to take the imperial examination again, so they will naturally seize this opportunity.
Night fell. Fang Yun sent a letter to everyone, saying that he would give individual lessons to all officials and private soldiers tomorrow, which would last for three hours.
After dinner, Fang Yun gathered everyone in the family and announced that he would leave Ning'an County and return to Quanyuan in the capital, so they should be prepared.
Fang Yun stood in the courtyard, caressing the slave in his arms, and wanted to do something else, but thought about it. It is better to abide by the ethics of outgoing officials, not to worry too much, and return to the capital when the time comes.
If you really want to do it, come back and check it out later when your foundation is more solid.
Early the next morning, Fang Yun entered the Academy of Literature. Not only the officials of Ning'an County and his private soldiers with official titles came this time, but also two thousand private soldiers with noble titles were all present to listen to the lectures together.
Fang Yun sat cross-legged in the square of the Academy of Literature and began to teach.
The talk lasted until the afternoon. Fang Yun stood up.
Even after Fang Yun left the academy, those people were still immersed in Fang Yun's words, unable to extricate themselves, and continued to learn the beauty of them.
Fang Yun left the academy and got on a carriage to inspect the workshop.
Upon learning that Fang Yun had arrived, a large number of people in the workshop walked out of the workshop. They all knew that Fang Yun was about to leave, and everyone's eyes were filled with reluctance.
In Ning'an County, Fang Yun might be just a saint who always speaks his mind, but in Ning'an Workshop, Fang Yun is the truth!
These people don't know how to flatter their superiors, nor do they know how to seek personal gain. They don't even know much about poetry and prose, but they know that government agencies are a great force!
The mechanism is everything!
These workers admired Fang Yun's engineering skills and also respected his fairness, because Fang Yun was the only one in the world who truly valued ordinary workers like them and opened up real channels for their advancement, instead of treating them as high-level slaves like those businessmen and bureaucrats.
All the workers' eyes were red.
Fang Yun smiled.
A sage should not show his joy or anger on his face.
The stubborn old man Liu Yu walked quickly towards Fang Yun, smiled and said loudly: "Little County Magistrate Fang, are you here for inspection?"
Fang Yun nodded.
"When are you leaving? Then everyone in the workshop will see you off!" Liu Yu still had a smile on his face.
Fang Yun seemed to be infected by Liu Yu's smile and said with a smile: "Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I don't want to mobilize a large number of troops, so I will leave quietly."
Liu Yu said: "I think you'd better announce it in advance. If you say so, we will definitely take turns guarding the gate of the county government office. Once we find out you are leaving, we will start beating the gong to alert the whole city!"
Fang Yun was stunned. The people of Ning'an County would definitely do this.
"Okay, since we have to leave, let's be quick. I'll set off tomorrow morning." Fang Yun said.
"It's settled then! We'll see you off tomorrow morning, so don't try to sneak away!"
"good!"
"I'll accompany you on the inspection. You don't have to worry about them. They're all good-for-nothings! You're going to the Holy Academy in the capital to get a promotion. It's a great joyful event. You should smile!" Liu Yule said with a smile.
Liu Yu accompanied Fang Yun and walked along Gongfang Street again.
Fang Yun walked onto the carriage and turned around in front of the door.
There were crowds of people standing in front of all the workshops.
"Everyone, goodbye!"
"Okay! You... remember to come back and visit." The stubborn old man Liu Yu finally couldn't help it. He turned his head and covered his face with his sleeves, tears pouring out.
Fang Yun entered the carriage.
"Go back to the county government office."
The driver's body trembled slightly, and Fang Yun's voice seemed a little hoarse.
With a wave of the whip, the carriage moved forward and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.
In the early morning of the third day of November, an oil lamp was lit in a household in the north of the city.
"Get up! It's daybreak!"
"Dad, you are lying! It's not even daylight yet. It's already the beginning of winter, how can it get light so early? Let me sleep a little longer!" A child of eleven or twelve years old huddled in his quilt.
"If you keep sleeping, Master Fang will leave!"
"Ah! No!" The child started and stood up suddenly.
"Hurry and get dressed!"
"Where's mom?" the child asked while getting dressed, without a trace of sleepiness in his eyes.
"I'm making delicious white flour pancakes for Magistrate Xiaofang to eat on the way."
"Oh. I'm done!" The child's voice was full of energy.
"Go wash your face and leave immediately after eating, don't be late!"
"It's not too late. The sun hasn't come out yet."
"Dad, don't forget to bring the lantern. Even if you grow up, it won't work. You might bump into something."
Not long after, the family finished their meal. The child's mother carried a bamboo basket covered tightly with white cloth, and the child's father carried a lantern, and they walked out of the house in the cold night wind.
"Dad, you are in a hurry. There is no way..."
The child stood at the door, looking around blankly.
The whole city is brightly lit and lanterns are fluttering all along the way.
In the early morning of winter, under the full moon like Wenquxing, the city of Ning'an is bustling with people in the night.
Everyone is heading to the same place.
The child grinned and said loudly: "Let's go! Let's see off County Magistrate Xiao Fang!"
(To be continued…)