Amid the debate on the discussion board, the human race welcomed the annual Mid-Autumn Festival, and people from all over the country took to the streets.
Every Mid-Autumn Festival, a large number of scholars will begin to gather, especially in the provincial capital or even the capital. The atmosphere will warm up in advance, and many people will go to places where scholars gather to soak in their literary talent.
Today, many people arrived at the venue of the usual literary gatherings only to find that the scene was deserted and there was no festive atmosphere at all. Even if there was a literary gathering, the participants' literary status was not high. After asking, they found out what had happened.
The Four Seas Dragon Tribe announced the location of the temporary sea eye early on. Starting from August 13, scholars from all over the human race began to head for the temporary sea eye.
Although there are many sea eyes, the Shengyuan Continent is vast. Scholars in some remote areas are often thousands of miles away from the nearest sea eye. Even if they have a dragon horse that can travel three or four thousand miles a day, they still need to arrive two or three days in advance.
If you look down at the Shengyuan Continent from a high altitude, you will see temporary sea eyes of various sizes appearing in the waters of various places. These sea eyes are different, but they have two things in common: they are surrounded by densely packed people, including not only scholars, but also many ordinary people with their families.
Another common point is that all these sea eyes lead to Ma Tou outside Baling City in one direction.
Shazhou is located in Gu Kingdom in the west of Shengyuan Continent. Shazhou is an oasis county.
Yangma County is a large oasis, dotted with tents and home to more than 50,000 people.
There is a lake in the center of Yangma County. In the center of the lake, a black vortex appears and is slowly expanding.
There was a large crowd of people gathered around the lake, more than 70,000 at a rough glance.
Among these people, there are less than 3,000 scholars, and the vast majority are ordinary people with families.
A few civilians were injured, and not far from them, more than 5,000 soldiers were on standby. Farther away, many people from Yangma County were watching the excitement.
At the edge of the lake, scholars and non-scholars are clearly distinguished.
A seven-year-old girl was wearing a blue coarse cloth dress with seven patches on it. She was carrying a small backpack and holding her father's hand with her right hand.
The little girl asked in a baby voice: "Daddy, we are all Gu people, why are you beating us?"
"We want to go to Jingguo to seek refuge with Fang Xusheng. They won't let us go, but we insist on going. Naturally, they will beat us. Humph, luckily we have more people, and there happen to be people from the Holy Academy with us, and Fang Xusheng sent a letter to Gu Jun. Otherwise, we would all be thrown into jail." The dark-faced middle-aged man grabbed his daughter in one hand and the big bag on the ground in the other.
"Ah? Are you going to seek refuge with Fang Xusheng? That's great!" The little girl was very happy, but then she looked worried and said, "Those soldiers look like they are going to attack us. Will we be killed?"
"Even if they have ten courages, they still wouldn't dare to do this! As long as we don't take action first, as long as they kill someone, scholars from all countries can drown them with a spit. What's more, Fang Xusheng is on our side! Look at those injured uncles and aunts. At first, those officers and soldiers wanted to arrest them, but they resisted while shouting Fang Xusheng. With the help of others, those officers and soldiers didn't dare to use force." said the dark-faced middle-aged man.
"Yes, as long as Fang Xu Sheng is here, we are not afraid. By the way, Daddy, if we see Fang Xu Sheng, can we eat meat?" The little girl looked up at her father seriously.
The dark-faced middle-aged man sighed softly and said, "Fang Xusheng is the best to the people and the most fair to the people of the world. When we first went there, we might not be able to eat meat, but in Jingguo, even if there are bad officials, there is Fang Xusheng to uphold justice for us. As long as we make a good living, we will definitely have meat to eat in the future!"
An old man beside him sighed and said, "Yes, it's better to be a farmhand for Fang Xusheng than to be a commoner in Shazhou! The officials of Gu Country are simply lawless. If we can just survive, why would we go to a place hundreds of thousands of miles away?"
A young man in fancy clothes snorted coldly and said, "I can survive, but I don't want to live so humiliated! Those bastards from Zajia and Guguo actually have to pay tribute to the barbarians, cede land and pay compensation every year. I would rather go to Jingguo and fight the barbarians to death than suffer this humiliation here. Jingguo is not necessarily better than Guguo. The two countries have always been brothers in distress, but with the emergence of Fang Xusheng, there is hope!"
"Yes, if people like us want to leave, it's either because we can't survive or because we are too unhappy. As long as we have enough food and clothes, and as long as we are at peace, we don't have to bear the stigma of treason," the old man added.
People nearby kept talking, and some even cursed the soldiers and officials of the Gu State in the distance.
The officials of Gu State looked at these people helplessly, and not far away from them, more than 3,000 scholars had complicated expressions.
These scholars were all from Gu. After hearing the news of the literary gathering at Yueyang Tower, they came from thousands of miles away, preparing to use the sea eye to go to Baling City.
Compared with other sea eyes, there are fewer scholars here. Not only because the area is vast and sparsely populated, but also because it is too far away from Baling City. The temporary sea eye is a one-way move. Once you arrive in Baling City and return, it will take several months to get home.
These scholars from Gu Kingdom originally just wanted to participate in this rare event for the human race, but when they saw with their own eyes the 60,000 to 70,000 people preparing to flee to Jing Kingdom, they were filled with contradictions. On the one hand, they did not want to see the people of Gu Kingdom betray their country, but on the other hand, they understood that these people really could not survive and had to leave here. If they continued to stay in Gu Kingdom, they would be waiting for death.
Because there was a holy temple here, some scholars posted what they saw and heard on the forum, shocking the entire human race.
Afterwards, scholars from all over the country published articles one after another. Not only Gu State, but also people from every country, including Kongcheng, moved to Jing State with the help of Haiyan.
On the early morning of August 15th, all the attention of the human race was attracted by the temporary sea eyes and the people around them.
In Baling City, Xiangzhou, which does not need a sea eye, undercurrents are surging.
The street outside the Ministry of Rites was blocked by densely packed horse-drawn carriages, and hundreds of Xiangzhou officials gathered in the courtyard of the Ministry of Rites.
Nie Changju, the director of the Ministry of Rites, was an old man with a kind face, but at this moment, everyone seemed to see lightning and thunder in the clear sky reflected in his eyes.
Nie Changju glanced at the hundreds of officials in front of him, smiled calmly, and said: "You all went to Yueyang Tower today, not for anything else, just to participate in the literary gathering and see the dispute between Zhang Longxiang and Governor Fang. Here, the governor has the highest position, so you must not speak nonsense, remember."
The officials present nodded slightly. Nie Changju's meaning was very clear. Fang Yun held the governor's seal. As long as he was determined, all the actions of these people in Baling City could not be hidden from him. However, before becoming a saint, even if he could do two things at the same time, Fang Yun could not monitor hundreds of people at the same time. That would be a huge burden for his Wen Palace.
Nie Changju continued, "We are officials of Xiangzhou and Jingguo, but more importantly, we are officials of the human race! The saints once said that if the king is not a king, then the ministers can be disobedient. If the superiors are wrong, we must stick to the integrity of scholars even if we have to sacrifice our lives to make a remonstrance! Of course, if nothing unexpected happens, we just need to watch quietly today. If something unexpected happens, then it will be a great opportunity for you to go down in history!"
.(To be continued.)