On New Year's Eve, Fang Yun neither had to go to the academy to study nor to practice. He just sat lazily in the courtyard of South Garden.
Thanks to the power of the holy temple, the sky over the capital has always been clear, and the warm winter sun falls on the courtyard, making people feel particularly comfortable.
Nanyuan was too big. Fang Yun and Yang Yuhuan's new residence was originally an independent courtyard. Later, a door was built to connect them, so they lived together.
The Fang family members were not used to the huge Quan Garden, but they had to live here temporarily before the construction of the "Duke Zhenguo Mansion" was completed.
After moving, the Fang family also gradually began to change.
At the beginning, there were only the original Fang family members and the people who cleaned and protected Quanyuan Garden. Gradually, people from the Fang family of Dayuan Mansion moved in one after another.
These people are basically reliable people selected by Fang Shouye’s wife and Cai He’s wife.
As Fang Yun and Yang Yuhuan's status rose, even if the two of them demanded a simple life, all aspects had to be taken care of. A wealthy family had at least hundreds of servants. Even though the Fang family had just become a wealthy family of virtual saints, the number of servants could not be less than one hundred.
It is easy to choose a hundred people, but it is very difficult to find someone who meets many conditions such as clean family background, upright character, no bad habits, good knowledge and manners.
In Ji County and Dayuan Prefecture, there was a craze of "marrying into a wealthy family". Countless people wanted to send their children to Fang Yun's house, and some even bribed Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Cai. However, the two ladies knew too well the importance of this matter. Fang Yun was a virtual saint!
In Panorama Country, the person with the highest status is Chen Guanhai, and the second is Fang Yun!
Now, even the Queen Mother and the King are inferior in status to Fang Yun!
If Fang Yun attended the morning court, he would sit at the first seat among the ministers, with even the Minister of Culture Jiang Hechuan sitting behind him.
Both ladies knew that there was a sword called "Xingdian" hanging over their heads. After being selected, everyone would be examined by the legal scholars in the Xingdian using legal books. If there was any problem, the people in the Xingdian would thoroughly investigate ten clans and five generations.
In just a few days, the Criminal Hall has found five people with problems. These people themselves have no ulterior motives, but the people behind them are either related to the Qing Kingdom, King Kang or the Left Prime Minister, or the Wu Kingdom.
Yaoman was powerless to intervene in such matters.
Yang Yuhuan, Su Xiaoxiao, Zhao Hongzhuang and the palace maids took care of the household affairs, so Fang Yun hardly had to get involved. He was a complete hands-off boss at home, but it was different for his private soldiers.
Fang Yun's private soldiers were stationed in a town in the southern suburbs of the capital. This town was a very common "private soldier town" in the Ten Kingdoms, where many scholars' private soldiers and their families were kept.
Countries do not allow a large number of private soldiers, especially barbaric private soldiers, to live in cities.
The number of private soldiers provided by the military for the titles was 2,000, all of whom were elite soldiers and generals, and there was no change, but the number of private soldiers of monsters exceeded the original calculation.
The dragons are more generous than you might think.
There are more than four hundred barbarian private soldiers donated by the aristocratic families and dragon vein barbarians donated by the East China Sea Dragon Palace, in addition to ten turtle monster generals donated by the dragon clan. These ten turtle monster generals are all of pseudo-dragon bloodline, with stronger defensive capabilities than the Holy Son Demon Marquis, and are specifically used to protect Fang Yun.
Currently, Fang Yun's private soldiers include five Barbarian Marquises, fifty Barbarian Marshals, and four hundred and twenty Barbarian Generals. Among them, a mare Barbarian Marquis is mainly responsible for protecting Yang Yuhuan.
Four hundred private soldiers may not seem like a lot, but the lowest rank of a demon is a barbarian general, and the highest is a barbarian marquis.
The Barbarian Marquis is equivalent to the Hanlin of the human race. Generally speaking, a Hanlin can lead an army of at least 10,000!
In other words, Fang Yun's 400 private soldiers can at least fight against the 30,000-strong human army!
This private army was extremely powerful even for an ordinary scholar, but Fang Yun was only a Jinshi.
With this private army, Fang Yun would be very safe even if he went to the front line, let alone in Ning'an County.
Even if a barbarian king arrives, this private army will die together with the barbarian king!
"The treatment of Xu Sheng is indeed different from others." Fang Yun thought about his private soldiers in his heart, and then looked at the good things in Yinjiangbei. A large number of valuable gifts were stored in it, including those obtained from the Holy Ruins, the Denglongtai, and important gifts from various families.
Soon, Yang Yuhuan came over with light lotus steps.
"Xiaoyun, it's time for lunch."
"Yeah." Fang Yun opened his eyes and waved to Yang Yuhuan.
Yang Yuhuan secretly looked around and found that there was no one, so she sat on Fang Yun's lap with a blushing face.
"Don't let Ao Huang see it. His mouth can make people angry to death." Yang Yuhuan said softly.
"It's okay. He went out to attend the New Year's literary party and is not here. But he will be back soon." Fang Yun stroked Nunu.
The little fox lay between Fang Yun and Yang Yuhuan like a docile kitten.
"Ah? He's attending a literary gathering? Didn't he write a poem called 'Mud Plum Poem' a few days ago, and get laughed at?"
"Well, that 'one piece, two pieces, three pieces, four pieces' and finally 'flew into the mud and disappeared' has indeed been laughed at by everyone."
Fang Yun shook his head helplessly. In his previous life, he had heard of a poem similar to Ao Huang's. It was originally written to teach children numbers, but later it was rumored to be written by some famous writer or emperor. Some even went so far as to say that the last sentence of the poem was good, which was laughable.
While Fang Yun was chatting, the rebel Grand Secretary Feng Chengjue was paying a visit to the Demon King.
The Imperial Palace, which was razed to the ground by the power of the Great Oath between the Two Realms, is being rebuilt, but the main hall has already been completed.
Feng Chengjue half-knelt on the ground, looking up at the Demon King who was wrapped in golden armor.
The Demon King's entire body, including his fingers, was surrounded by golden armor, with only gaps left over the eyes of his helmet mask.
"Your Majesty, please allow me to sneak into Shengyuan Continent and kill Fang Yun!"
"Fang Yun has become bait. It is not appropriate to take action now."
"Wouldn't that mean Fang Yun can grow up freely? Fang Yun's talent far exceeds that of the four great talents. If he is given fifty years... no, only thirty years is needed, he will be able to surpass the ten literary masters and take the title of literary master! He will even surpass Yi Zhishi in the future! The higher his literary rank, the greater the threat to our demon world! Some even say that he will be the next Confucius! Others don't know..."
"Don't talk nonsense about this matter!" The Demon King interrupted Feng Chengjue.
Feng Chengjue shut his mouth obediently and lowered his head.
As one of the four great talents of the previous generation, Feng Chengjue was so angry that he smashed his study room when he learned that Li Wenying, who was far inferior to him, was awarded the title of Great Scholar. The possibility of being promoted to a great scholar after rebellion is very small, but if he can kill Fang Yun and get the help of the Great Sage or even the Ancestral God, he has a great chance of being promoted to a great scholar.
Feng Chengjue really wants to become a rebellious scholar, the second rebellious scholar.
"But, should we just give up targeting Fang Yun?"
"Before his death, the Saint Bingman left behind three strategies..." The Demon King suddenly shut his mouth.
Feng Chengjue raised his head suddenly, looked at the Demon King in confusion, and said, "I heard that the Military Barbarian Saint only left two plans. One is to lay a net in the 'Jinshi Spring Hunt', and the other is the 'Three Valleys Battle' plan. The second plan is especially perfect. How come there is suddenly a third plan?"
"The third plan is to target..."
The only voice left in the empty Demon King Palace was the Demon King's voice. Feng Chengjue listened carefully. No one except him knew what the Demon King said. (To be continued...)