August 11th is the day when the human race's "Wen Bao" is published. Every morning on this day, long queues form in front of the Wenyuan bookstores across the human race, which can block the entire Wenyuan Road. This day is also the happiest day for booksellers everywhere, because they can earn at least a hundred more coins today than usual.
However, a strange scene occurred in Xiangzhou. The number of people queuing up in front of the Wenyuan bookstores in various cities to buy "Wen Bao" was only half of what it used to be!
Both the clerks selling Wen Bao and the readers buying newspapers were shocked by the drastic number of people.
There is a saying among the human race: you can choose not to read "The Holy Way", but you must read "Literary Newspaper".
The content of "The Holy Way" is too profound. At least one has to be a Jinshi to barely understand it all. Juren can understand at most half of it. As for tongsheng or xiucai, they can only understand a very small part. Most people will not buy it.
In recent years, only when Fang Yun continues to break the records of "The Holy Way" will it trigger a craze for buying "The Holy Way".
Normally, the only newspaper worth queuing for is Wen Bao.
But now, so many people think that Wen Bao is not worth queuing up early to buy.
The people present felt strange, but soon understood the reason.
Because of Min Bao.
That morning, Fang Yun was having breakfast when the governor Dong Wencong rushed in with a middle-aged man wearing a juren's uniform.
"Sir, I have something important to report!"
Fang Yun put down his chopsticks and glanced at Dong Wencong and the man behind him. The information of the Holy Academy immediately emerged in his mind, and he quickly recognized the red-faced middle-aged scholar. This man was named Geng Hui, an eighth-rank civil servant in Baling City. He had issued a document to attack Jing State. After Xiangzhou was annexed by Jing State, although this man remained silent for a long time, he was still regarded as a Qing official.
"Sit down and talk." Fang Yun waved his hand, and two chairs were driven by an invisible force and flew behind the two of them.
The two dared not sit down, Dong Wencong stood up and said, "Sir, Geng Hui received a message yesterday and informed me this morning. I dare not make the decision, so I will bring him to see you. Geng Hui, repeat what you said before in front of the governor."
"I obey your command." After Geng Hui finished speaking, he looked at Fang Yun, his eyes were a little panicked and his breathing was erratic.
The talent in Fang Yun slowly flowed, and the power of the three realms of investigation of things, pursuit of knowledge and sincerity were exerted at the same time. Fang Yun's eyes could see the finest pores on Geng Hui's skin. At the same time, he made various inferences based on Geng Hui's breathing, movements, eyes, heartbeat and so on, and then used the power of sincerity to eliminate all distractions and ensure that the most correct result was chosen in the end.
Fang Yun found that Geng Hui was a little nervous, but he was not afraid or hiding anything.
"Go ahead." Fang Yun said casually.
Geng Hui bowed deeply, and then said, "Your humble servant Geng Hui greets the Governor-General. I was bewildered and misguided in the past, and I have said rude things before. I hope you will forgive me."
"Get to the point." Fang Yun said.
Geng Hui secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I used to enjoy mocking and ridiculing the Kingdom of Jing. Birds of a feather flock together, so I made many friends who shared the same ideals as me. We admired the Kingdom of Qing and belittled the Kingdom of Jing. We almost formed a literary society specifically to attack the Kingdom of Jing. Until a few years ago, I read your poem "Jiang Cheng Zi*Prison Dream", and I thought of my deceased wife and burst into tears. After crying, I began to reflect and look back on everything. I felt more and more that I should not oppose you. Later, you entered Ning'an, and I saw everything you did. I felt more and more that the people of Qing might not always be right."
"Let's get to the point!" Fang Yun said and actually picked up his chopsticks to eat.
Dong Wencong looked at Fang Yun's breakfast with envy. It was full of magical things that even the king could not afford to eat.
Geng Hui showed embarrassment and said, "Since then, I have used the excuse of taking the imperial examination to reduce my attacks on you and Jingguo. When Jingguo first took over Xiangzhou, the struggle between Qingguan and Jingguan was extremely fierce. My current position was originally assigned to someone else, but was opposed by all Jingguan. Later, Qingguan compromised and arranged for me, who has been relatively silent recently, and Jingguan agreed. I... I have no special skills, so I naturally want to be an eighth-rank official. However, I was also assigned to Qingguan because of this, and I have to participate in Qingguan's literary gatherings or banquets."
Fang Yun rolled his eyes at Geng Hui. He was too lazy to bother talking anymore and said lazily, "Speak to the point."
Fang Yun was not angry. Geng Hui explained the whole story to avoid being misunderstood.
Geng Hui said honestly: "In the past few years, I have participated in many private literary gatherings of Qing officials. Since you took office, the number of private literary gatherings of Qing officials has suddenly increased, and there are basically two themes in the literary gatherings: scolding you or trying to bring you down. I have completely become a bystander and have never actively attacked you again. Even if someone talks about you, I will just say "hmm" and "ah" to get by. I thought I could continue to get by, but in early August, I felt something was wrong."
Fang Yun glanced at Dong Wencong, and Dong Wencong looked helpless, as if to say that Geng Hui was not like this before, and was only so cautious in front of him, there was nothing he could do.
"I have discovered that several people who are very close to Qingjiang Commercial Bank and the head of the Ministry of Rites, Nie Changju, have suddenly changed. These people used to scold you and regard you as their number one enemy. In my opinion, this is due to their guilty conscience and fear, which shows that you are actually doing the right thing. However, just a few days ago, when these people talked about you, they no longer had fear or guilt, but instead a little contempt. I am not the only one who noticed this, others have also asked about it, but they were evasive and looked arrogant, saying that they understood if they knew and didn't understand if they didn't."
Fang Yun nodded slightly and reluctantly got to the point.
Geng Hui seemed to be greatly encouraged. He straightened his chest and raised his voice.
"I was very curious, and so were the others, so we tried every way to get information from them, but we always failed. Just last night, many people knew that you successfully challenged the Xuanwu Army and left a poem on Qingtian Peak, suppressing all the monsters by yourself, and forcing the Xuanwu Army to go to Ding County to confess. As a result, some Qing officials were panicked, thinking that you might completely control Xiangzhou in the future, and that Qing officials would be completely defeated by you. However, those people told us not to worry, saying that you were a grasshopper after autumn, and you would not be able to jump for a few days."
Geng Hui glanced at Fang Yun and found that Fang Yun was not angry. He continued, "I became more and more certain that they must have known the inside information, so I secretly gave them wine with a few friends to let them relax their vigilance. Finally, they revealed a little bit of information. Although it was just a few words, I felt it was not good, so I went to find Dongzhou Mu early in the morning and explained it in detail."
"Go on." Fang Yun said.
"Yes, sir. Those people revealed that the high-ranking Qing officials are ready. Once they find the right time, they will incite all Qing officials to stand up against you and create a major event that will attract the entire human race, thereby weakening your control over the state. According to what they said, the court is working with them from inside and outside, and they guarantee that as long as they do it, they can remove you. I think you should be able to guess who is working with them from inside and outside."
Fang Yun and Dong Wencong looked at each other.
There is only one person in Panorama Country who can make such a guarantee.
Left Prime Minister Liu Shan.
.(To be continued.)