Capital city, the residence of the left prime minister.
In the study, the left prime minister was sitting behind a new desk, and Ji Zhibai was pouring tea for Liu Shan.
Ji Zhibai secretly glanced at Liu Shan and was secretly amazed. Mizhou was about to lose half of its territory, and a pair of grandchildren died in the womb, but his mentor came back with a rosy face and not the slightest bit of discouragement.
"Congratulations, my teacher, on your triumphant return." Ji Zhibai put down the teapot and took a step back politely.
"Please sit down." Liu Shan raised his eyelids.
Ji Zhibai's face changed slightly, and he said hurriedly: "I thought that the grain disaster could at least threaten Fang Yun, but who knew that he could actually call the people from the Agricultural Palace to resolve the matter. I was inconsiderate, and I hope my teacher will punish me."
"This is not your fault, but Fang Yun is too unusual. There is no need to blame yourself." Liu Shan said calmly.
Ji Zhibai sighed and said, "The most important thing now is to track down the traitors among us. If there weren't a lot of traitors providing information, Fang Yun wouldn't have been able to get such solid evidence. With the Criminal Court here, students can only read the files under your name, otherwise they won't know the specific reasons at all."
A strange look flashed in Liu Shan's eyes, and he said, "Don't mention this matter... anymore. Even His Majesty the Dragon Saint of the West Sea spent all his energy to deduce it, but it was cut off by a huge force. He said it was suspected to be related to Shushan, but other than that, nothing can be found."
"Yes." Ji Zhibai sighed helplessly.
Liu Shan glanced at Ji Zhibai and said, "You don't need to blame yourself too much. There is already another party ready to take action."
Ji Zhibai's eyes lit up, and he said, "Should we ruin his palace examination, or go one step further and kill him..." Halfway through his words, Ji Zhibai hurriedly shut his mouth. Even though Liu Shan had the holy objects bestowed by the ancestor to prevent prying eyes, there were some things that could not be said carelessly.
Liu Shan smiled and said, "We will know the result in September, but this is only the first happy event."
Ji Zhibai smiled and said, "That means it's less than six months... And this is just the first thing? What's the second thing?"
Liu Shan said: "The Dragon King of the Sea is coming back."
Ji Zhibai's face changed, and he said, "Is he the one who first entered Shengyuan Continent and defeated his peers. He accidentally killed many geniuses from aristocratic families, and then entered the demon world and killed people everywhere. He was invincible among his peers. He fought with the demon king for three days ten years ago and was defeated because of his young age. Is that the Dragon King who controls the sea?"
"That's him."
“People from King Wen’s family wouldn’t…” Ji Zhibai seemed afraid to continue.
Liu Shan said: "Few people know what happened back then. After he accidentally killed the genius of the Ji family, the Dragon Saint of the West Sea personally went to the moon to apologize to the Wenwang family, and then exiled the Dragon King of the Sea to the demon world. But he kept challenging in the demon world, and except for the demon world's ancestral god clan, he could defeat them but not kill them, all other clans were killed or injured in his hands. There are rumors that he was sent by the dragon clan to the demon world to hunt down the king genius. The damage he caused to the demon world was even greater than that caused by Fang Yun. The Dragon Saint of the West Sea was so angry that he exiled him to another place. I don't know where it was exactly."
"With his talent, he would probably be a Great Dragon King now. Well, to use the title from ancient times, it was the Dragon Emperor. But later on, the dragon race became weaker and it was difficult to obtain the power of the Dragon Emperor. So it was changed to the Great Dragon King by each race and it has not changed since then."
Liu Shan said: "No, he has not become the Great Dragon King yet. The Sea-Suppressing Dragon King has great ambitions. He wants to reproduce the power of the ancient Dragon King, overpower the Princess Ao Yuwei of the East China Sea, and become the number one dragon under the Dragon Saint."
Ji Zhibai suddenly laughed and said, "It is said that Ao Yuwei likes Fang Yun very much. And the Dragon King of Zhenhai even said that he would not marry anyone other than Ao Yuwei. If we just stir up trouble for him, the Dragon King of Zhenhai will definitely find an opportunity to fight Fang Yun to the death!"
Liu Shan scolded, "Would the dignified Sea-Suppressing Dragon King kill a human race virtual saint because of Ao Yuwei? And would Ao Yuwei cut off the true dragon bloodline because of Fang Yun?"
Ji Zhibai thought that might not be the case. But he quickly admitted his mistake: "My disciple was not thoughtful enough."
"However, the loss of the Ancestral Dragon's true blood will surely anger the Sea-Suppressing Dragon King."
Ji Zhibai was stunned, and asked tentatively: "That day, when the Dragon Saint of the West Sea asked Fang Yun for the Ancestral Dragon's True Blood, was it for the Dragon King of the Sea?"
"Yes. The Zhenhai Dragon King once got a drop of the Ancestral Dragon's true blood not long after he was canonized, but that drop of true blood was not very powerful. The Ancestral Dragon's true blood that Fang Yun got that day was to resist the Moon Tree's divine punishment and manifest the true god. It was obviously the last drop of the Ancestral Dragon's true blood before he disappeared, and it has the strongest power. If the Zhenhai Dragon King returns and finds out that he was consumed by Fang Yun, he will definitely not let it go."
"Hehe, Fang Yun can hide from the first day, but he can't hide from the fifteenth! Good news, great news! But, what should we do in the near future? Are you prepared to protect those officials?"
Liu Shan shook his head and said, "The evidence is irrefutable. I cannot allow them to continue to serve as officials. I can only allow them to avoid being severely punished and then be sent to the Zong family, where they may be able to achieve certain ambitions. As for that idiot Yan Chongyuan, he has violated the bottom line of the Criminal Hall by selling human intelligence for a longevity fruit. He will definitely die."
"Then there are four places: the capital, the Mizhou military, the Mizhou civil service, and the Mizhou Academy of Literature. Which one do you want to let go? After all, we are short of manpower."
Liu Shan thought for a moment and said, "The barbarians are about to move south. Except for the Yingyang Army, the rest of Mizhou has lost its value, but the capital cannot be short of people. I will give up the civil service and the Academy of Literature in Mizhou and stick to the capital and the Mizhou military."
"My dear teacher, you are so decisive and experienced that I am not as good as you. However... I heard that the Medical Literature Contest was very successful, and Fang Yun will probably be appointed to an important position in the Medical Hall. The elders will not give him the position, and the chief dean will not give him the position. I am afraid he will be given a position as the deputy dean of a branch. Even when Li Wenying was a university scholar, he was only the deputy dean of the lower house under the War Hall branch."
"It doesn't matter. The power of the Medical Hall is far less than that of the Criminal Hall and the War Hall. There is no need to worry. Those at the level of the Criminal Hall branch must be full-time and cannot hold multiple positions. As for the War Hall, as long as he does not have enough military merit in the palace examination, I will make sure that he will never have the chance to enter the War Hall! What's more, he has no chance to complete the palace examination."
Liu Shan smiled slightly and drank the tea in the cup, looking relaxed, as if Fang Yun was just an insignificant speck of dust, not even a stumbling block.
"My mentor's brilliant plan brought peace to the world, but Fang Yun was vulnerable. It's worth it to exchange half of the high-ranking officials in Mizhou for a virtual saint!" Ji Zhibai said and looked out the window.
"It's getting late, the Medical Literature Conference is probably about to end."
In Ning'an County, a number of sky-high ships rose into the sky and flew towards the capital of Jing State in the night. Afterwards, the doctors on the ships were transferred to various places through the literary circles of various families.
There are still hundreds of medical family members staying in Ning'an County for one night and will set off for home tomorrow.
Before the end of the Medical Literature Conference, Zhang Zangxiang, the elder of the Medical Hall, designated Ning'an County as a pilot area for the reform of the Medical Hall and left more than 50 medical family members to assist Fang Yun in studying the plague. In fact, they were helping the people of Ning'an County to cure diseases and helping Fang Yun to avoid any problems in the medical department and successfully get the A grade.
In a few days, all the medical practitioners will write a joint letter to the three semi-saint examiners, asking them to grant Fang Yun the first-class honors in advance for the medical examination.
The medical and literary conference was over, and a large number of runners and soldiers cleaned up the mess, taking down lanterns, moving tables and chairs, and cleaning the place.
Fang Yun took Yang Yuhuan and Ao Huang to walk slowly along the edge of the square to appreciate the flowers.
There are now one hundred and eight more apricot trees on the edge of the Temple Square!
From now on, Ning'an County will be one of the holy places for medical practitioners.
When these apricot trees bear fruit and become medicinal apricots, they can be used in a variety of medicines to improve the efficacy of any medicine. (To be continued…)