Wu Hanjiang said, "It is the duty of the Imperial Censor to hear the news. If there is something wrong, it is inevitable. If the Imperial Censor is not allowed to make any mistakes, then you might as well shut our mouths. "
Fang Yun laughed coldly. "After the Overwatch Council was reformed, there were already clear rules that the Imperial Censor must use the facts as the criterion to participate. Hearing the news and reporting only referred to the Imperial Censors who had no real power in ancient times. In the past hundred years, the Overwatch Council of each country held great power and was no longer a pure Imperial Censor. Why do you have to pretend to be confused? Now, the Overwatch Council can investigate officials and arrest officials. If you are only at the stage of hearing the news and reporting, what is the point of investigating? You can just arrest people! You are the Left Assistant Minister of the Overwatch Council. You don't even know the basic rules of the Overwatch Council. How did you become the Left Assistant Minister? How do you normally carry out your duties? Something happened in the remote Ding manor and you want me, the Left Prime Minister, to take responsibility. As the Left Assistant Minister of the Overwatch Council, you slander and frame me and then try to walk away afterwards? Who gave you the power? Who told you to be so shameless? Since you dare to participate today, then you must take responsibility! "
After hearing Fang Yun's words, many of the Imperial Censors who had originally supported Wu Hanjiang quietly changed their attitudes.
In the past, the Imperial Censors had no real power. Naturally, they could participate in anything they heard. Now, the Imperial Censors had a lot of power. After receiving news, they would not immediately participate. Instead, they would investigate and only participate after they had enough evidence. If the situation was urgent, they could even directly cooperate with the relevant officials to arrest the culprit.
If the Overwatch Council was still the same as before, participating in anything they heard without asking, it would be the same as going backwards.
Wu Hanjiang was ashamed and angry. He had been an official for decades and had never been criticized in court like this.
He could not take it anymore. "Left Prime Minister, as long as you dare to take responsibility for the chaos in Ding manor, then I also dare to take responsibility for participating."
Fang Yun snorted coldly and said, "Very well. You said it yourself! What I am most disappointed about is not your framing, but the fact that the spies in the demon world took advantage of the human race's reform to cause chaos. For your own selfish interests, you caused internal strife. That is what makes me disappointed! "
Everyone was stunned. The main point of these words was not disappointment, but Fang Yun's determination of the chaos in Ding manor.
Wu Hanjiang's expression changed drastically.
Assistant Prime Minister Yang Xuwen hastily asked, "Fang Xusheng, have you investigated the Ding Fu matter?"
Fang Yun said resolutely, "When the Punishment Hall, the Works Hall, and the Agriculture Hall joined hands to reform, the Ding Mansion colluded with each other to fight against the three halls and the Imperial Court. They even secretly sent people to set fire to the city and slaughter the people. Other than the spies of the Demon Realm, no one could do such an outrageous thing!"
The officials looked at Fang Yun and felt a chill run down their backs.
Especially those officials who wanted to impeach Fang Yun. Originally, they had gathered all their strength to launch an attack today, but they never thought that Fang Yun would be one step ahead of them and determine this matter as a rebellion of the Demon Realm.
Everyone present knew who the mastermind behind the chaos at Ding Manor was, but no one could say it in public. However, Fang Yun had directly blamed the Demon Realm. The situation was a hundred times more serious than before.
Obviously, if the Demon Realm caused trouble, Fang Yun would not bear any responsibility. However, it was hard to say what Wu Hanjiang would do.
Sheng Boyuan asked tentatively, "Since Fang Xusheng said that it was the spies of the Demon Realm who caused trouble, do you have any evidence?"
Fang Yundao said, "One of the officers of the Punishment Hall was burned to death. Other than the spies of the Demon Realm, who else could be so ruthless? Other than the spies of the Demon Realm, who else could do such a thing to the people of the Punishment Hall?"
The entire Throne Room was silent.
Countless thoughts flashed through the minds of the officials.
Some people suspected that this was the Punishment Hall's trick. However, if it was found out that the Punishment Hall had sent their own people to their deaths, the Dongsheng Pavilion would definitely not let it go. They would definitely severely punish the Punishment Hall and use this as an excuse to stop the reform of the Punishment Hall. The possibility of this was very small.
Then, the most likely possibility was that the ordinary members of the Punishment Hall were accidentally buried in the sea of fire. The Punishment Hall and Fang Yun took the opportunity to make trouble.
The nature of the punishment hall's people being burned to death was far more serious than hundreds of people being burned to death.
To put it lightly, it was looking down on the authority of the Punishment Hall. To put it more seriously, it was equivalent to burning a Notre-Dame!
The officials present all knew that the chaos in the Ding Residence was definitely the work of the major forces led by Gyeongo. If the people of the Punishment Hall were not burned to death, no matter how they investigated, they would have a way to avoid it. At most, they would find a scapegoat to kill and cut off all clues.
However, now that the people of the Punishment Hall were dead, once the Punishment Hall believed that the spies of the Demon Realm were behind this, the nature of the conflict between the Ten Nations would change from an internal conflict to one between the enemy and themselves. Once it was confirmed, not to mention the Confucian noble families, not to mention the monarch of a country, even the Half-saint family would have to pay a huge price.
The officials all understood that the Punishment Hall had found a weakness and an excuse to force the major forces led by Gyeongo to back down. If the major forces still wanted to obstruct them, the Punishment Hall would definitely do whatever it took to find out the mastermind behind this.
Everyone couldn't help but recall that a few days ago, Fang Yun used the death of an ordinary old man to force the Chen Sheng family to change the head of the family. Now that the people of the Punishment Hall were dead and hundreds of people were dead, what did Fang Yun not dare to do?
However, even if the Punishment Hall and Fang Yun determined that the Demon Realm was behind this, things wouldn't go so smoothly. This was because this matter had to be jointly judged by the Four Saint Pavilions. Barring any accidents, the current evidence wasn't enough to prove that the Demon Realm was behind this.
However, this wasn't the main point. The main point was that since the Four Saint Pavilions didn't believe that the Demon Realm was behind this, they had to find out who the mastermind behind this was!
It just so happened that the Second Great War of the Two World Mountain was happening now. If the Four Saint Pavilions announced that the humans were behind this, what would happen to them?
Therefore, in the end, the matter could really be determined that the spies of the Demon Realm were behind this.
Even if the conclusion was reached, the Four Saint Pavilions had to do all they could to deal with this matter in a low-key manner and force the three halls to negotiate with Gyeongo and the other forces.
In this matter, the three halls and Fang Yun had all three sides: reason and righteousness. If Gyeongo and the other forces didn't pay the price, they wouldn't be able to retreat unscathed.
Furthermore, if Gyeongo and the other forces didn't compromise, not only would it cause internal strife within the Notre-Dame, it might even cause the Four Saint Pavilions to break apart first.
After all, the Dongsheng Pavilion would definitely side with Gyeongo, and the other three Saint Pavilions would never allow the Dongsheng Pavilion to protect Gyeongo.
Only then did everyone understand why Fang Yun had been dealing with all kinds of matters according to the normal procedure yesterday and didn't look like the sky was falling down at all. It turned out that he had already made a decision with the Punishment Hall.
Fang Yun slowly said, "The officials of the Ding Prefecture have just resigned. On the same night, spies from the Demon Realm were found to be harming the human race. It's very suspicious. The Punishment Hall has already joined forces with the Battle Hall to arrest all the officials of the Ding Prefecture who resigned."
All the officials sucked in a breath of cold air.
Wu Hanjiang's face was pale.
The Battle Hall had always been indifferent to the outside world. Since the Punishment Hall had mobilized the Battle Hall, the development of this matter had nothing to do with the officials present. It was a matter for the immortals.
The Four Saint Pavilions didn't make a decision. The Battle Hall had only listened to the Punishment Hall's one-sided statement and mobilized. Although it was only to assist in the investigation and arrest, and not to kill, it also showed that the Battle Hall was biased towards Fang Yun and the three halls.
The reason was very simple. The Battle Hall's current energy was mostly focused on Two World Mountain. Their people were risking their lives to protect Saint Origin World. The Demon Realm didn't attack, and the human race was harming their own people. Given the temperament of the Battle Hall's irascible military scholars, it was already enough restraint that they didn't directly rush to Qing Jun and give him a few slaps.
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