Since it wasn't against the law, only the Hall of Rites could decide.
Fang Yun didn't care about the attacks from the Zong and Lei families. He quickly returned to his tenth residence and began to prepare for the Bloodlight Ancient Land.
The Bloodlight Ancient Land had some unknown taboos, but there were also some special places.
For example, the Dragon Grain Rice couldn't be mixed with other things and placed in seashells.
Also, the social structure of the Bloodlight Ancient Land was completely different from that of Saint Origin World. Saint Origin World was a relatively balanced society consisting of the Notre-Dame, the Imperial Court, and the Commoners. The Notre-Dame's etiquette, the laws of the Humans, the Imperial Court, and the Sects were all intertwined. The Notre-Dame and the Imperial Court were the most important.
Although there were remnants of the Imperial Court's laws in Saint Origin World, the Legalism School's power had already surpassed the Hall of Rites'.
Especially in Ning An City, Fang Yun's sentence of killing his son by the father and wife by the husband caused a huge controversy.
The controversy still hadn't ended even today.
However, in the Bloodlight Ancient Land, the Imperial Court's laws were the most important. The Imperial Court's laws were used as the standard. There was no such thing as the Imperial Court's laws. Anyone who studied the Legalism School's Holy Path would be killed.
The Bloodlight Ancient Land's Imperial Court's strict laws were only supported by a few old fogeys from the Hall of Rites. They believed that it was a restoration of the Confucian School's ancient orthodoxy.
However, the old fogeys of the Hall of Rites were rejected by the Sages. The Sages had labeled the Bloodlight Ancient Land as a heresy. They believed that the Bloodlight Ancient Land's Holy Path was a hindrance to the development of the Human Race's Holy Path.
Many people sent him letters about the Zong and Lei family's matters.
An hour later, the guard of the tenth residence hurried in.
"Master, Wu Jiu of the Hall of Rites is here."
Fang Yun frowned. This wasn't a good sign. He didn't expect the Lei family and the Zong family to force him to show his face.
Fang Yun could directly reject someone from the Hall of Rites if it was someone from the Hall of Rites. However, Wu Jiu was here. Even the noble Xusheng had to give face.
Wu Jiu was the most virtuous of the ten sons.
This was what Half-saint Li Daoyuan had said himself. As a result, the Wu Family changed Wu Wenhua's name to Wu Jiu to thank Half-saint for his praise. Later, his peers called Wu Jiu Old Jiu.
Wu Jiu did not disappoint and became a great scholar. He became an elder of the Ceremonial Hall.
Fang Yun quickly walked out of the door. Before he reached the door, his voice floated out of the door: "Student Fang Yun greets Mr. Wu Jiu."
An old voice immediately sounded from outside the door, "Fang Xusheng, you are too polite. You are the first person to pass down the throne to the world. Twelve Lotus Thrones are shocking to the world. He should be called the Great Teacher. "
As Fang Yun walked out, he looked at the purple-robed Confucian outside the door.
Wu Jiu was dressed in an ordinary purple robe of the Ceremonial Hall. His hair and beard were all white. His face was sharp and angular, but his eyes were kind.
When they got closer, the two of them clasped their hands in salute, officially meeting each other.
"Mister Wu Jiu, your presence brings light to my humble dwelling."
"Fang Xusheng, you're too kind. The Old Man was here on official business. I'll make it short. The patriarchs of the Zong and Lei Clans came to the Ceremonial Hall together to accuse you of breaking the rules of the academy and violating etiquette. As Xusheng, you are making it difficult for the human race to set a good example. The Ceremonial Hall failed to persuade you, so they could only invite you to the Ceremonial Hall to mediate. "
Fang Yun stared at Wu Jiu the entire time, observing every detail. Wu Jiu spoke openly and confidently. His gaze was extremely steady. Clearly, every word was true, especially the word "mediate". It was a quote from Fang Yun in Ning An City.
Among Fang Yun's reforms in Ning An County, one of them was that small conflicts could be mediated. This could save time in the torture chamber. In fact, this was a disguised form of stripping away the authority that originally belonged to the patriarchs. Ordinary people didn't think much of this innovation, but the legalists were not stingy with their praise. They valued Fang Yun more and more.
There were even rumors that, because of this seemingly insignificant innovation, the Legalist Pavilion was prepared to find an opportunity to give Fang Yun a third-class pardon. If Fang Yun committed an unimportant crime, such as accidentally injuring others or using war poems to attack in the capital, as long as he took out the pardon, the Notre-Dame would seal off all information and forbid anyone from discussing it. If anyone discussed this matter, they would be pursued by the Punishment Hall.
This kind of writ of exemption was originally a policy implemented by the clans when they controlled the sacred academy. There was even a period of time when the writ of exemption could be traded. However, after the school of Legalism took over, the writ of exemption became extremely strict. Half-Saint clans could only use a first-class writ of exemption once, a second-class writ of exemption twice, and a third-class writ of exemption thrice within a century.
In recent years, there were often people who said that the Punishment Hall wanted to abolish the pardon. Everyone knew that the Punishment Hall was using this to test the attitudes of the aristocratic families. The aristocratic families reacted strongly, so the Punishment Hall could only drop the matter.
Fang Yun sensed that the Hall of Rites was not biased toward the Zong and Lei families, so he smiled and said, "Since Venerable Wu Jiu has personally come, then Fang Yun will go first. Please."
"Please."
The two parties stepped onto the flying boat and left Sublime Literature Courtyard.
On the way, they encountered students from Sublime Literature Courtyard. They glanced at them curiously before sending letters to their friends.
Before Fang Yun could reach the entrance of Sublime Literature Courtyard, a person chased after him on a flying boat.
"Fang Yun, why is the Hall of Rites looking for you … Greetings, Venerable Wu Jiu." Zhang Zhixing frowned.
Fang Yun smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, there's no need to panic. The Hall of Rites has invited me to drink some tea."
Zhang Zhixing said, "Is the tea of the Hall of Rites that good … Fine, if the Zong and Lei families succeed, I'll gather the students of Sublime Literature Courtyard and block the entrance of the Hall of Rites!"
Wu Jiu's expression did not change and said, "As a student of the Notre-Dame, you should follow the rules of the Notre-Dame. How can you do this?"
Fang Yun smiled and said, "Generally speaking, if things are not level, they will cry. But at the same time, we have to follow the rules of the Notre-Dame. We have to be orderly and not make trouble."
Zhang Zhixing laughed and said, "I know. I'll invite our Notre-Dame friends to take a walk at the entrance of the Hall of Rites."
Wu Jiu just shook his head and did not say anything.
Zhang Zhixing left on the flying boat and Fang Yun continued to fly towards the entrance of Sublime Literature Courtyard.
After flying for a while, Wu Jiu looked at Fang Yun and said, "If things are not level, they will cry. This saying makes a lot of sense."
"Thank you, Venerable Wu Jiu." Fang Yun politely replied.
Wu Jiu did not say anything else. They arrived at the entrance of Sublime Literature Courtyard and got off the flying boat. They passed through the Sublime Literature Courtyard and arrived at the Notre-Dame. Then, they walked towards the Hall of Rites.
After walking for a while, Fang Yun suddenly asked, "Venerable Wu Jiu, what's the attitude of the Hall of Rites?"
Wu Jiu said, "The attitudes of the various elders are different."
"For example, you …" Fang Yun did not give up.
Wu Jiu showed a helpless expression and then said seriously, "Fang Xusheng is the first six-headed talent of the human race and has obtained tens of thousands of Wen Xin Fish. It's just a simple ship collision. An apology is enough."
Fang Yun looked at Wu Jiu in surprise. He did not expect that there would be someone from the Hall of Rites who would help him.
A Grand Scholar behind Wu Jiu explained in a low voice, "The Hall of Rites has always paid attention to seniority. If you crashed the ship of a Grand Scholar, the Hall of Rites would probably punish you severely. However, you only crashed into an ordinary Grand Scholar and Hanlin. Such a small matter is not worth the trouble."
Wu Jiu did not say anything. Obviously, he agreed with this statement.
Fang Yun was stunned and then suddenly realized. He used to think that the Hall of Rites did not care about human feelings and was too strict in everything. Only now did he realize that the Hall of Rites did not care about Xusheng but treated him very well. For example, last time, the Hall of Rites had sent down the Fire of Three Rites just because the Lei family did not send a congratulatory gift. Also, this time, they only said that they wanted to mediate but not punish him. This was the best proof.
(To be continued.)
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