"King Of Chu's Brutal Rule" became the hottest topic in Kong Shengwen Realm. Outside the Great Zhou Academy in Zhou Du, some students even painted their clothes with thick ink to protest against the King Of Chu's dark rule.
When the news spread to Saint Origin World, many people criticized the King Of Chu. Everyone knew that Kong Sheng was a weak scholar in the literary world, but he was able to kill five Barbarian Kings by himself. If he was in the Saint Origin World, he should be stronger than an ordinary scholar. Such a talented person with military merits shouldn't be treated like that by King Chu.
For the King Of Chu, the criticism from other countries in Kong Shengwen Realm didn't hurt him at all. However, the criticism from Saint Origin World gave him a lot of pressure.
No matter how bad Kong Shengwen Realm was, it was still one level lower than Saint Origin World.
Scholars from other countries began to take the opportunity to make trouble. They kept posting the opinions of famous scholars in Saint Origin World to the Kong Shengwen Realm's Ranking List.
At first, the King Of Chu and some officials wanted to carry out the strictest investigation on Fang Yun. However, a few days later, the King Of Chu and the officials didn't mention this matter in the Imperial Court because of the pressure from the Great Confucian Palace. However, they still decided to send people to Pearl City and expressed their willingness to be supervised by the Great Confucian Palace to thoroughly investigate the whole matter.
Since the King Of Chu and the officials of Chu Kingdom didn't mention this matter, the people on the Ranking List gradually decreased. However, the poem "Long Night" was constantly being read.
Most of the previous poems were too sad and indignant, which didn't conform to the Confucian doctrine of the mean. However, this poem didn't use any strong words except for the word "anger". No matter if it was "accustomed to the long night of spring", "In my dream I vaguely see the tears of a loving mother", or "The moonlight shines like water on my clothes", all of them had the kind of faint melancholy lingering on the surface and the deepest anger in words.
At the same time, the scholars in Kong Shengwen Realm had a low opinion of the King Of Chu.
As long as Zhang Longxiang was not determined to be a rebel, the scholars would be closer to him and not a high and mighty monarch.
On the 17th of April, a team of two hundred people led by Hanlin from the Great Confucian Palace arrived at Pearl City. They entered the city with the officials of Chu State who had been waiting outside the city for many days. They started a comprehensive investigation of the battle between the five barbarians and the death of Marquis Lumen.
Fang Yun used training as an excuse to forbid the officials from marching during the day. He did not allow them to investigate any of the generals during the day, so they could only wait outside South City during the day. It was only at night that they began to talk to the people of the Pearl River Army.
Under the supervision of the people from the Great Confucian Palace, the investigation process was very strict and the progress was very slow.
After staying in Pearl City for half a month, they began to head to Lotus Mountain Pass to investigate the other generals.
During the investigation of the special envoy of the King Of Chu, Fang Yun did not stay idle. He intensified the training of the soldiers during the day. The intensity of the training of the Pearl River Army was far greater than any of the troops in Kong Shengwen Realm. They were almost on par with the strongest armies in the ancient lands such as the Two Boundaries Mountain.
The scholars with strong bodies could endure it, but the normal soldiers could not. If it were any other army in the literary realm, it would definitely cause a mutiny. However, Fang Yun had a lot of silver in his hands. While intensifying the training, he also increased the food and pay of the soldiers. Then, he used the competition ranking to motivate the battalions and achieved good results.
At night, Fang Yun continued to consolidate his realm. Currently, he focused all his energy on the "History of Ancient Demons". The first part of the "History of Ancient Demons", the "Dragon Slaying Era", had already completed three volumes. There were still seven volumes to complete.
Currently, Fang Yun had divided the "History of Ancient Demons" into four parts. The first part, "Dragon Slaying Era", was the process of the ancient demons and Dragons fighting for supremacy. It started with the rebellion of the Zhenyu Evil Dragon and ended with the invasion of Dragon City by the Ancestor Emperor Wan Huang and the Giant Bear. It recorded the magnificent war between the ancient demons and Dragons.
The second part was "Master of Myriad Realms". It mainly recorded how the ancient demons opened up the myriad realms after defeating the Dragons and how they fell into internal strife in the later part.
The third part was "Rise of the Demons and Barbarians". It was the main story of the battle between the Ancestor God of the ancient demons, Luan Mang and the last Ancestor Emperor of the ancient demons, Si Qiong. It ended with the final victory of the Barbarians and Barbarians being exiled to the Ancient Demon Mountain Range.
Fang Yun was not sure about the title of the fourth part. He had to decide in the future if he should write "The Return of the Ancient Demons" or "Enduring Hardships". Therefore, Fang Yun did not plan to write the title of the fourth part. The content of this part mainly recorded the experiences of the ancient demons over the years. There was no end to it at the moment.
As the "History of Ancient Demons" was of great significance to the human race's study of ancient demons and the history of the myriad realms, Fang Yun planned to continue writing other works after he finished the first part, "Dragon Slaying Era".
Writing a book was a boring and interesting thing, but the "History of Ancient Demons" was of great significance. Reading the ancient demon's inheritance required talent. Turning the ancient demon's history into words also required talent. During this process, Fang Yun also had to understand the history that he wrote. If he did not have a deep understanding of this part of history, he would not obtain much power from the path of history even after he finished writing the "History of Ancient Demons".
During these days, Fang Yun immersed himself in writing the "History of Ancient Demons".
It was not until June that the special envoy of the King Of Chu's investigation was basically completed. All the evidence obtained showed that Zhang Longxiang had tried his best to kill the five Barbarian Kings in that situation. It was indeed difficult to save Marquis Lumen.
However, the special envoy of the King Of Chu also thought that Zhang Longxiang deliberately hid his strength. The reason for killing Wei Changxian was not good enough. He did not fulfill his responsibility as Marquis of Zhujiang.
The Great Confucian Palace accepted the investigation result and left.
On the third day after the special envoy returned to Jingzhou, the King Of Chu issued a royal order. First, he greatly praised Zhang Longxiang's achievement in killing the five Barbarian Kings and seizing the Lotus Mountain Pass. Then, he changed the topic and said that Zhang Longxiang had made a huge mistake, causing Marquis Lumen to fight alone and indiscriminately killing his subordinates. His merits offset his faults, so he did not give any official title or monetary rewards.
After the royal order, the ranking list in the Kong Shengwen field became lively again. Except for a few scholars who claimed to be rational, most scholars mercilessly attacked and ridiculed the King Of Chu.
However, no matter how these people scolded, they could not change the royal order.
The King Of Chu's order angered the soldiers of the Pearl River Army. Even most of the people in Pearl City began to scold the King Of Chu for being unfair.
In the eyes of most people, the status of a Grand Scholar was not inferior to that of a king. In many aspects, he was even superior.
Under the "push" of the King Of Chu, Fang Yun integrated the Pearl River Army very smoothly. The new soldiers were still a little inferior, but the old soldiers who had witnessed Fang Yun killing the five Barbarian Kings were now full of admiration for Fang Yun.
Fang Yun accelerated the training of the soldiers and waited patiently.
After the investigation, the King Of Chu once again ordered Fang Yun to go to Jingzhou. However, Fang Yun refused again.
This time, the refusal aroused the dissatisfaction of the court officials. Many censors wrote a letter to impeach Fang Yun.
However, the title of Marquis of Zhujiang was hereditary in the Chu Kingdom. When the title was conferred, it had to be approved by the Emperor of Zhou. Unless the Marquis of Zhujiang committed a serious crime such as treason, the King Of Chu had no right to deprive the Marquis of Zhujiang of his power.
The Marquis of Zhujiang's position was to lead the Pearl River Army to defend Pearl City against the Barbarian Tribes. It was normal for him to not return to Jingzhou because of the urgent war situation. Too many border generals had done so in the past.
Time passed quietly. As July approached, the Battle of Bi Can in Mount Borderline began. The human race suffered heavy casualties. An official letter from the Notre-Dame arrived in the Kong Shengwen field, requesting the seven countries to send reinforcements to Mount Borderline.
On the second day of July, the King Of Chu ordered the Pearl River Army and the Mount Qi Army to join forces and send reinforcements to Mount Borderline. The Marquis of Mount Qi, Gou Bao, was the marshal of the two armies.
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