The five grand secretaries of the Xuanwu Army rose rapidly to high positions and were quickly able to see clearly the poem written in Yan style by Fang Yun.
The river flows eastwards for 30,000 miles into the sea.
The five thousand feet high mountain reaches the sky.
The remaining people shed tears in the autumn wind,
Looking back at Master Wang’s another year.
The five grand secretaries understood it. They did not expect that this poem was written for the monsters in Mount Moyao. However, when they thought about it carefully, it was appropriate.
A university scholar said: "The first two sentences describe the scenery. Although they are not as good as the title of 'guarding the country', they are still good. The last two sentences are far better than the first two. They are excellent sentences. Most of the monsters in the Five Monster Mountains are the survivors of the monster world. The monsters do not allow them to return to the monster world and force them to be enemies with the human race. After so many years, the monsters in the Five Monster Mountains hope that the monster king will break through the two worlds, but year after year, the monster saint has never come."
"This 'Tears All in the Autumn Wind' expresses the sorrow of the Five Demon Mountains. If it were written on a holy page, it would surely make many demons abandon the demon world and join our human race."
"Although everyone knows that the word 'Royal Master' refers to the saints of the demon race, it seems more like it is referring to the human race. Could it be..." Chai Zhi suddenly stopped, his expression changing significantly.
The other four university scholars were stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what had happened and looked embarrassed.
The five men did not speak, but they understood each other tacitly, because the sentence "Looking back at the royal army another year later" seemed to be talking about the situation of the monsters, but it also seemed to imply that the Xuanwu Army should not dream of waiting for King Qing to send someone to rescue them.
The five university scholars sighed in unison. Fang Yun even dared to climb the Qingtian Peak, so it was no big deal to deal with the reinforcements from the Qing Kingdom together.
Chai Zhi said slowly: "When the army returns to the capital and passes through Ding County, each officer above the seventh rank will take out a portion of their property and give it to the people of Ding County as an apology."
"It's the only way."
"After returning to the capital, I will resign from all my official positions in Qing State as an apology."
"Alas... Looking back on the past few days, the most important thing I learned is not to be an enemy of Fang Xusheng. He went to Qingtian Peak alone to write poetry, and he overwhelmed all the monsters by himself. I have to admire him."
"You have seen it, it's not that we are incompetent, but that Fang Xusheng is too strong. No matter how powerful we are, we are not as powerful as the Ten Thousand Monsters of Qingtian Peak. Even the Ten Thousand Monsters of Qingtian Peak are under the feet of Fang Xusheng. Why should we be dissatisfied? It is not my fault that the heavens are punishing me."
"Sage Fang Xu wrote this poem to warn us. Never mind. I will never be an enemy of Sage Fang Xu again. I just admit my mistake. It's not shameful."
None of the four grand secretaries objected and they made a unanimous decision.
Fang Yun stayed at the top of Qingtian Peak for a quarter of an hour. After enjoying the scenery, he stepped on the clouds and flew towards Baling City.
The soldiers of the Xuanwu Army looked at each other, and finally looked at General Xuanwu Chai Zhi.
"All the generals, listen up and return along the same route. When you pass Ding County, the entire army must apologize according to the content of the declaration of war between the Marshal's Office and Fang Xusheng." Chai Zhi said.
"Yes, sir!" The generals bowed their heads and accepted the order.
After saying that, Chai Zhi looked at Fang Yun's receding back, as if he was thinking about something.
"Qing Jun and the Zong family will not let you go. There is blood and fire ahead of you!"
On that day, Fang Yun returned to Baling City. As soon as he arrived at the holy temple, the official seal began to emit strange vibrations, which was a signal for sending a message.
Fang Yun was in no hurry to reply. He landed outside the provincial government office, walked in a few steps, and saw many officials from Baling City standing at the gate of his temporary governor's mansion.
Dong Wencong, the leader, saw Fang Yun and walked over quickly, asking anxiously, "Governor, what's going on?"
Fang Yun looked calm and nodded gently, saying, "The demonic threat from Qingtian Peak has been eradicated. As long as I am in office, Qingtian Peak will never dare to cause trouble to Xiangzhou. As for the Xuanwu Army, they should be heading to Ding County to apologize."
"That's great!" Many Jing officials were smiling, while some Qing officials were laughing dryly, as if their parents had died.
"Sir, what did you do when you went to Moyao Mountain?" Dong Wencong was very curious. The other officials also stared at Fang Yun, their eyes particularly bright.
"It's nothing. I just wrote a poem on the top of Qingtian Peak." Fang Yun said as he entered the yard.
The officials stood there in a daze, then looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.
Yan Xiao, the prefect of Baling, sighed softly: "It's just a light sentence, but before my eyes, there are mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and forests of withered bones."
"I heard that the two peak demon kings of Qingtian Peak are very powerful, comparable to the newly promoted great scholars of the human race. The governor was able to leave a poem on them and escape unscathed. It seems that his strength has improved... Huh? The governor should have reached the level of a great scholar of sincerity!"
"That aura just now seemed to have reached the realm of sincerity. He did not deliberately conceal it."
"How long has it been since he was promoted to Grand Secretary?"
The officials present were extremely surprised that such a young university scholar had made such rapid progress, almost surpassing his peers by an era.
Dong Wencong's eyes turned, and he quickly followed Fang Yun into the yard, saying as he walked, "Sir, the Minbao will be published again on August 12. The general content has been determined, and you need to decide on the important pages. Especially the front page headline, it would be better if you write it yourself. I think the front page headline of August 12 should be the poem you wrote on Qingtian Peak, and I will ask the painting master of Xiangzhou to draw a picture for you."
Fang Yun walked and said, "I have already thought of the headline for the front page of Minbao on August 12. Let's put that poem on the second page."
"Ah? You never told me what your front-page headline was going to say?"
"My second letter of challenge." Fang Yun said.
Dong Wencong was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with joy and he said, "Okay! Okay! Okay! You can write now. I'll grind ink for you."
"Let me finish dealing with the affairs of the past few days first and send the documents from all over the place here. Tell me about the major events of the past few days first." Fang Yun asked.
Dong Wencong thought for a moment and said, "It's not a big deal, but there are two things that you should be very interested in."
"Oh? Tell me about it."
"The first thing is about Qingjiang Trading Company. Recently, Qingjiang Trading Company suddenly acquired some shops. The owners of these shops were originally from Qing country, and now most of them are preparing to leave Xiangzhou." Dong Wencong said and looked at Fang Yun.
Fang Yun showed a thoughtful look, nodded, and said: "Ge Baiwan is indeed a business tycoon, killing three birds with one stone."
Dong Wencong said: "Alas, fortunately Ge Baiwan did not seize power in Qing State. Qingjiang Commercial Bank sent people to the streets to smash and loot and cause trouble in Xiangzhou. At the same time, it was able to help Hua Qingniang and finally force those Qing State merchants to leave as soon as possible to buy up the shops at a low price. It was really a good plan. If it weren't for you, he would probably be perfect. Unfortunately, with you here, his series of methods are not very effective."
Fang Yun said: "Don't overestimate Ge Baiwan. He has his own staff and other people to help him. He alone is not capable of mobilizing a large number of people to take to the streets. However, this person should not be underestimated. You should pay more attention to him in the future."
"I understand," Dong Wencong said, "but there is one more thing that I really don't know how to deal with. A student named Zhang Zongshi reported the officials of the State Academy of Literature, saying that the books they compiled for the Xiangzhou Academy had very dangerous tendencies."
.(To be continued.)