"Greetings, Fang Xusheng!" Gao Mo and Wu Jiu bowed to Fang Yun together.
Fang Yun stood on the Yueyang Tower and returned the greeting, saying, "Master Gao, Master Wu, good morning."
Without waiting for the two to announce themselves or for Fang Yun to ask about their purpose, Zong Ganyu, the head of the Zong family, could not wait to say, "The important matter is important, so keep everything simple and fast. As the elder of the Eastern Saint Pavilion, I summoned the two of you to Yueyang Tower to discuss the matter of Fang Yun killing the Grand Secretary Lei Chongmo and the Jinshi Ge Yiming. Fang Yun is a greedy and arrogant man. He thinks he can do whatever he wants just because he is a false saint. He does not take scholars in the world seriously and kills them at will. The Saint Academy must punish him severely."
Without waiting for Gao Mo and Wu Jiu to speak, Fang Yun said coldly: "Commander Fang, why are you in a daze? Arrest Ge Baiwan immediately!"
"Yes, sir!" Fang Shouye immediately rushed over, grabbed Ge Baiwan's neck, dragged him on the ground, and walked quickly towards Baling City.
Ge Baiwan's face turned red, his breathing was difficult, and he shook his body and waved his arms wildly to get rid of Fang Shouye, but Fang Shouye continued to drag him away relying on his tall and strong stature.
Ge Baiwan's friends were furious. The number one businessman in Qing country and a scholar of the human race was being dragged like a dead dog by the people of Jing country. This humiliation was even worse than the story of the Qing dog barking at the snow.
A scholar said in a thunderous voice: "Reporting to the elders of the Criminal Palace and the Etiquette Palace, the Governor of Xiangzhou, Fang Yun, disregarded etiquette and treated scholars like this. Does the Criminal Palace do anything? If the Criminal Palace and the Etiquette Palace do nothing, then from now on, we will treat the Criminal Palace and the Etiquette Palace as nothing."
"If the Criminal Hall and the Rites Hall protect Fang Yun in this matter, I will immediately go to the gate of the Holy Academy and commit suicide!" a young scholar shouted.
Gao Mo and Wu Jiu looked at Ge Baiwan who was being dragged away. They looked at each other and nodded slightly.
Gao Mo said in a loud voice: "Fang Xusheng, even if you are the chief official of Xiangzhou, even if Ge Xiucai is wrong, as long as the charges have not been determined and as long as he is still a scholar, he should not be arrested in such a humiliating way."
Fang Yun said helplessly: "This governor had no choice. You two came late and didn't see that when Governor Fang was arresting Ge Baiwan, the scholars in Xiangzhou formed a human wall to obstruct him, and Ge Baiwan also tried to escape. Until the arrest, Ge Baiwan showed signs of resistance and did not surrender, so Governor Fang could only use such a drastic method to take him away quickly. As for the humiliation..."
Fang Yun pointed in the direction of Qing Jun, the Zong family, and the Lei family, and continued: "If Governor Fang's behavior is a humiliation to Ge Baiwan, then the words and deeds of these human villains towards me are already subverting the Holy Academy. They deserve death!"
Fang Shouye didn't care about anything. He grabbed Ge Baiwan's neck and threw him into the carriage.
"Ouch..."
Ge Baiwan screamed as his lower back hit the car hard, and he almost cried in pain.
Gao Mo turned his head and looked at the Qing official, and asked: "Is what Fang Xusheng said true? Did Ge Baiwan resist arrest?"
Everyone was speechless. What they just did was just an instinctive reaction. They didn't expect that Fang Yun would catch them. If they resisted arrest, it would be reasonable and legal for the officers to use drastic measures. After all, the law has clear provisions. If Ge Baiwan dared to take action or commit murder, he could even be killed on the spot.
The scholar who first spoke for Ge Baiwan said loudly, "Ge Baiwan is a businessman from Qing State, and he has been granted an official position by the king. How can the people of Jing State arrest him at random?"
Gao Mo nodded and said, "It is true that we cannot arrest people randomly, but if it is related to a major case, the Jingguo government has the right to arrest. May I ask this scholar, what is Mr. Ge involved in?"
The scholar was speechless. To put it mildly, Ge Baiwan was just disturbing the order of Jing State. To put it more seriously, Ge Baiwan was trying to overthrow the political power of Jing State. Apart from being a treasonous person, there are few crimes in the world more serious than this.
He didn't answer, and Gao Mo didn't care about it anymore.
The officials of Qing State could only watch as Ge Baiwan was taken away by Fang Yun's men.
Qing Jun was so angry that his chest heaved. If he had encountered the same thing in Qing Kingdom, he would have cursed loudly without caring about the dignity of a monarch, but here, he could only hold back all his anger in his heart.
Qing Jun took a deep breath and said, "Two elders, you came at the right time. There is no need to move the scene. Look, Fang Yun first killed many people from Qingjiang Commercial Bank here, and finally killed Ge Yiming, the friendly guest of Qing country and the adopted son of Zong Ganyu. Please give justice to Ge Yiming, and don't let the scholars of the human race die in vain!"
Gao Mo nodded and said, "Please be patient, I will do my best to verify it. It's getting late and the literary gathering is over. I think you can go back to your residence and rest. We will give you the preliminary verification results tomorrow."
Zong Ganyu didn't buy it, and said, "In my opinion, you should stay here and see Fang Yun's true face."
Gao Mo glanced at Zong Ganyu coldly. Under normal circumstances, Gao Mo would have fought back against Zong Ganyu's disrespectful remarks. However, today everything was complicated, the Zong family had suffered a great loss, and even the head of the Kong family was alarmed. There was no need to care about such a trivial matter.
Gao Mo looked at Fang Yun and said, "What do you think, Saint Fang Xu?"
"The literary gathering is almost over. If it is convenient for you, Lord Gao, please wait for a moment." Fang Yun said.
Gao Mo compared the two people's tones in his mind and immediately said, "Then I will wait a moment."
Fang Yun thanked Gao Mo and looked at the official in charge of Xiangzhou.
"You are receiving salaries from the people of Jing State, but instead of helping them solve their problems, you are willing to be running dogs of Qing State, which is no different from treason. However, I have killed enough people today, and I do not want to let the blood under Yueyang Tower stain again, so I will let you go temporarily. However, you cannot escape the crime alive. Come, detain these dog officials, and when the time is right, I will interrogate and convict them."
"Yes, sir!" Fang Shouye once again led his men towards the officials.
No one stopped them, and the people around them even stayed away from them.
All the Qing officials looked at Qing Jun, Zong Ganyu and other Qing people in panic. Although they were serving in Xiangzhou, everyone knew that they had another identity: spies of Qing. It was just that Jing State had taken over Xiangzhou not long ago and had no good way to deal with them. They could only be contained but not resolved.
Now, everyone can see that Fang Yun wants to catch them all in one fell swoop and then launch a major purge.
Qing Jun was about to say something when Fang Yun glanced over and he instinctively shut his mouth.
After a few breaths, Qing Jun finally realized that he was frightened by Fang Yun. He was so angry that he shouted, "Don't panic, innocent officials of Jing State. You are all good friends of Ge Yiming and righteous people. Even if I am not a Jing State citizen, I will still make the decision for you. Just go with them for now. It won't be long before I will clear your name!"
The officials were so grateful that they shed tears and bowed to Emperor Qing.
"Thank you, Qingjun. Thank you, Qingjun!"
"Lord Qing is truly a benevolent ruler. I no longer want to be an official in Jing State. I will resign as soon as this matter is settled!"
"Yes, we are all resigning. I want to see how Xiangzhou will continue!"
"Humph, I don't believe Fang Yun can do anything to us!"
Fang Yun looked at these officials coldly. He had already thought of a way to deal with them. Of course, he couldn't kill so many scholars, but imprisoning them all would be enough to destroy them and let everyone know the consequences of treason.
At this moment, Zong Wuyuan finally woke up from his confusion. Seeing this scene, he said with a thunderous voice: "Don't worry, everyone. The Holy Court has not made a decision yet, and the winner is not decided. Everything is still unknown!"
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