"Why are you panicking!" Liu Shan slammed the desk in front of him.
Bang... Crash...
The solid desk was completely shattered by the tremendous force, papers were scattered, ink splashed, and brushes rolled around.
Butler Liu, who pushed the door open, was so frightened that his legs went limp. He fell to his knees on the ground, trembling.
As someone who has served Liu Shan for decades, Butler Liu knows best that Liu Shan is the kind of person who can remain calm even when faced with a catastrophe, and no matter how big the problem is, it is impossible for him to lose his composure like this.
But today, Liu Shan actually smashed the table!
What a rude behavior!
"Tell me, what's going on?" Liu Shan sat on the chair with a gloomy face.
"You... didn't you know?" Wucuo Novel Network did not skip words. After Liu Guanjia finished speaking, his heart suddenly jumped, and he realized that the big thing he was talking about was not the same as what Liu Shan encountered. How bad was the matter that could make Liu Shan so angry that he smashed the table
Liu Shan's expression eased slightly, and he said, "Could it be that something happened at home?"
Butler Liu's eyes turned red, and he cried, "Master, your unborn grandson and granddaughter were killed by that slave girl Lanxiang, and even the Second Young Master's wife almost lost her life."
Liu Shan's pupils suddenly dilated, then quickly returned to normal.
"Stand up and tell me what happened in detail."
Butler Liu didn't dare to stand up, and hurriedly answered: "The thing is, the second young master's wife is jealous to begin with. After the second young master took Lanxiang as a concubine, she made things difficult for Lanxiang. Last year, Lanxiang had a miscarriage, and I also reported it to you. It was the second young master's wife who did it. Lanxiang didn't know about it at first, but since October last year, Lanxiang seemed to know about it, and she and the second young master's wife have become enemies. Master Mingzhi has a special liking for Lanxiang, and the second young master's wife is in the wrong, so she can't do anything about Lanxiang. It's just that after the second young master's wife became pregnant, she learned that she was having twins, and her status in the family rose sharply. In addition, she was irritable during pregnancy, so she said some things she shouldn't have said..."
"What did she say?" Liu Shan asked.
"The Second Young Master's wife said that she would kick Lanxiang out of the house after she gave birth to two children. Just today, Lanxiang put drugs in the Second Young Master's wife's pregnancy-preserving medicine, causing her to have a miscarriage and hemorrhage, and she almost died."
"Just beat him to death." Liu Shan's tone was cold.
"Yes, I will beat Lanxiang, the slave girl, and the maidservant she brought with her to death."
Just then, a voice came from outside the door.
"Teacher!" Ji Zhibai ran into the study room and saw the mess on the floor. He stood there.
When Liu Shan saw that Ji Zhibai's clothes were disheveled and he had actually run in, he was about to lecture him for not reflecting on himself, but when he saw the mess in front of him, he shut his mouth silently.
"Greetings, Lord Ji." After saying this, Butler Liu lowered his head and hurried away.
Ji Zhibai stood at the door for a long time before he asked tentatively, "Master, have you heard about Yun Lou's visit to Ning'an?"
"I also know what happened in the county government office." Liu Shan regained his usual elegant appearance, quite like an elder, especially the slightly gray hair at the temples, which made him more elegant. However, there was something in Liu Shan's eyes that was not usually there.
Ji Zhibai immediately spat and said, "Master, please judge, Fang Yun is too arrogant! He even forced Lord Geng to lose face. How can Lord Geng lead the Transportation Department in the future? Fortunately, Lord Geng is a person of my eclectic family and can bend and stretch, otherwise his literary courage would have been shattered long ago. And that great scholar Xu Shi. With such a high status, he actually threatened a Hanlin. If everyone does this in the future, won’t the world be in chaos? I have worked together with other officials to plan until now, but it was disrupted by the Agricultural Palace. I must ask for an explanation."
Liu Shan glanced at Ji Zhibai casually and asked, "You said Xu Shi threatened you, do you have any real evidence?"
“Uh…” Ji Zhibai was speechless. Xu Shi just said that Geng Ge was suitable to announce that matter. Apart from that, he did not say anything that was obviously threatening. With Xu Shi’s experience, it was impossible for him to give anyone an advantage.
"You said Fang Yun was arrogant, so has he ever ridiculed others in the whole county?"
Ji Zhibai was speechless.
"Since he has resolved the grain price siege, he is the natural winner in this contest with you."
Ji Zhibai hurriedly said, "But the Nong Palace is helping him too much! The great scholar personally came to help, and the Yunlou appeared. The power they mobilized is dozens or even hundreds of times greater than ours."
"You can also ask other great scholars to come forward, or you can ask other holy objects to come." Liu Shan's tone was the same as usual, as if he was just chatting with students.
Ji Zhibai was choked and thought to himself that if he could invite a great scholar or a holy object to descend, why would he go through so much trouble to raise the price of grain in Ning'an County
"He used his own strength to gain the full support of the Agricultural Palace. This was an upright approach. I'm afraid he had already thought of a way to deal with it on the first day when food prices increased." Liu Shan said.
Ji Zhibai said helplessly: "Master, you can't boost others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige. After all, Fang Yun is our enemy."
"It is precisely because Fang Yun is our enemy that we have to acknowledge his true strength. If we belittle him like you do, how can we defeat him?"
"My dear teacher, what you taught me is right." Ji Zhibai lowered his head helplessly.
"What other plans do you have?" Liu Shan asked.
Ji Zhibai shook his head and said, "Fang Yun is too cunning. I'm afraid no one can beat him in the five subjects of literature, medicine, construction, agriculture and criminal justice. He has a good chance of winning in the remaining subject of education. We can only hinder him in the four aspects of history, officialdom, people's livelihood and military affairs. But forgive my ignorance. If even this food disaster can't lower his rating, I don't have any means to stop him. Actually... I do have means, but if I use them, I'm afraid the three semi-saint examiners will not let me go."
"So, you've given up?"
Ji Zhibai said helplessly: "Even if I give up, Fang Yun is too extraordinary. Even if I get the help of many officials, it will be difficult to stop him."
Liu Shan stood up from his chair and looked out the window.
"Master will be going to the Dragon Palace in the West Sea for a few days. You should keep a low profile during these days and not show up in public, otherwise Fang Yun's counterattack may affect you."
"Counterattack? He has already humiliated Geng Ge, isn't that enough?" Ji Zhibai asked.
"If that's enough, he is no longer Fang Yun!" After saying this, Zuo Xiang walked out slowly.
Ji Zhibai was stunned, and suddenly a look of ecstasy appeared on his face. He shouted, "Master, are you going to do it yourself? Are you going to the West Sea Dragon Palace for Fang Yun?"
Liu Shan said, "I went to the Dragon Palace in the West Sea to ask for some divine objects. It has nothing to do with Fang Yun."
"Yes, yes, yes... Master is right." Ji Zhibai chuckled, and then continued, "It has long been known that the Dragon Saint of the West Sea transformed into a human to steal the true blood of the Ancestral Dragon. Later, it was heard that the Dragon Palace of the East Sea went to the West Sea to borrow the divine object to save Fang Yun, but was rejected by the Dragon Saint of the West Sea. Later, at Fang Yun's auction, the West Sea Dragon Clan made a scene at the venue. What's more, the West Sea Dragon Clan has been close to the Lei family recently. Fang Yun and the West Sea Dragon Clan are like water and fire. You and Fang Xusheng are both from Jingguo, so you must be careful."
"Yeah." Liu Shan said.
Ji Zhibai was extremely happy to see Liu Shan leave, and turned to look in the direction of Ji County.
"Since the mentor has come personally, you are done!"
(To be continued…)