Zhang Poyue obediently went to the Duo Garden to meet Fang Yun.
Fang Yun didn't even open the door!
Zhang Poyue didn't expect Fang Yun to be even more stubborn than him. He didn't give him any face at all.
Zhang Poyue stood at the door for half an hour. In the end, he stopped kicking the door and returned to the Fengtian Hall.
"Empress Dowager, as you can see, it's not that I don't want to go. It's just that Fang Yun won't let me in at all. I can't break the door, can I? I can't take his True Dragon Ancient Sword. You'd better find someone else. "
Then, Zhang Poyue looked at Sheng Boyuan and said, "Minister Sheng, why are you so hot-tempered at your age? If it were me, since I don't like Fang Yun, I would stay in the Fengtian Hall. I can't do anything to him, but at least I can disgust him. If you really resign, isn't it the same as telling the world that you can't beat Fang Yun? Are you as afraid as that old bastard Mount Liu? "
Sheng Boyuan sneered and said, "A few days ago, there were rumors in Yuan County that Liu the Thief has put on his green robe again. His old gang is gathering in Luofu Valley. Once the Path is sealed, they will be like a bunch of demons."
"Aren't they afraid of the Path's punishment?" Zhang Poyue asked.
"Don't you know what kind of person Mount Liu is? The Path will definitely avoid him. Those who don't want to leave Jingguo can avoid the Path's seal as long as they wear the things he gives them. Send a letter to Fang Yun. If he doesn't go to Notre-Dame to negotiate, then the position of Left Minister will be given to Mount Liu. In the end, he can only watch as Mount Liu rises and Jingguo falls again! "Sheng Boyuan said.
Zhang Poyue frowned and said helplessly, "It doesn't matter if Mount Liu comes back or not, as long as you don't resign."
Sheng Boyuan took out his official seal and looked at the time. There were still half an hour left.
"You … really want to leave?"
Sheng Boyuan didn't say anything and stood in the hall.
Soon, half an hour had passed.
Sheng Boyuan suddenly bowed deeply to the Empress Dowager, took off his official hat, and slowly placed it on the ground. Then, he sighed softly and strode out.
All the officials were stunned. They did not expect Sheng Boyuan to be so decisive.
"Minister Sheng, please stay!" The Empress Dowager stood up from the dragon throne and urged him to stay.
"From now on, Jingguo will depend on Fang Yun. If he could be relied on, the presence or absence of the Old Man would not make any difference; if he could not be relied on, the presence or absence of the Old Man would not make any difference. The Old Man left this time to concentrate on the Divine Path. If he did not become a great Confucian, he would never set foot in Jingguo again! I've already done my best. "
With that, Sheng Boyuan continued to stride out of the Heavenly Worship Hall.
"Minister Sheng …" The Empress Dowager's voice trembled, and there seemed to be tears in the corners of her eyes.
The officials looked at Sheng Boyuan's back with mixed feelings.
These days, too many officials had left, but none of them was more important than Sheng Boyuan's.
"I've also done my best!"
The director of the Ministry of Rites, who had been promoted by Sheng Boyuan, put down his official hat and left with Sheng Boyuan.
Previously, many people had followed Sheng Boyuan and threatened to resign if the vote could not be held. Now, all of them had resigned.
More than twenty high-ranking officials who were fifth-rank and above had left one after another.
According to the new law, these people could no longer hold official positions in Jingguo.
These people were not threatening the Empress Dowager or Fang Yun.
They really could not continue to be officials in Jingguo.
Under the suppression of the miscellaneous sacred path, no matter how smart and capable an official was, he would only become a mediocre or even a fatuous official.
Some of the officials who had not threatened to resign before had also begun to resign.
The number of officials in the Heavenly Worship Hall had decreased by a quarter compared to its heyday!
If the newly promoted officials were not included, one-third of the officials who had left were leaving!
The most terrifying thing was that in these nine days, countless miscellaneous scholars and their families had moved south, away from Jingguo.
The wealth that these people had taken away formed a hole that Fang Yun could not make up for.
In the Heavenly Worship Hall, the officials fell into silence again.
Despair and depression enveloped everyone.
"Fang Yun, are you trying to force me to my death?"
Behind the curtain, the Empress Dowager sobbed.
No one responded. Only the sound of the wind could be heard.
The Empress Dowager lay on her side on the dragon throne and fell asleep. The eunuch beside her hurriedly covered her with a thin blanket.
The officials stood in the hall and did not speak. They either transmitted their voices or used their official seals to send letters.
Under the illumination of the night pearls, their faces did not have the slightest bit of light.
Even after the red sun rose from the east and the world was bright, the officials' faces were still gloomy and their eyes were still turbid.
Like the officials in the Heavenly Worship Hall, the scholars from all over Jingguo did not sleep at all. They all held official seals in their hands or gathered near the Holy Temple, waiting for the final result.
Ji County.
Fang Yun's fellow villagers, regardless of whether they were men or women, old or young, and whether they were scholars or not, all gathered around the County Institute of Literature and looked in the direction of the Notre-Dame.
A woman gently patted the back of her sleeping daughter and whispered, "Darling, don't be afraid. Fang Xusheng will solve it. He will solve it …"
An old man smoked a pipe and said to the people next to him, "Fang Yun has been blessed since he was young. I watched him grow up. He will definitely overcome this hurdle …"
Ning An County.
Incense smoke lingered in the air.
Countless people burned incense everywhere. This was a custom from the Zhou Dynasty. They prayed for Fang Yun and Jingguo to overcome this hurdle.
The old scholar from the Gong family, Liu Yu, who had already become the owner of the district, stood in front of the County Institute of Literature and spoke loudly.
"Everyone, the people from the Gong family have left, but Ning An County is not free! Ning An County belongs to Jingguo, to Fang Xusheng, and to the people of Ning An County! No matter what happens outside, no matter what the Gong family does, the people of Ning An County will never be afraid! How can that dogshit seal compare to the Barbarian Wolf Sage? Didn't he run away like a dog? Without the Gong family's Dao, the people of Ning An County will still live their lives! As long as Fang Xusheng is here, Jingguo will not fall … "
Jade Sea City.
This place had become the center of human industry. Countless workshops had sprung up like bamboo shoots after the rain, spreading out inside and outside the city.
Different from the workshops of other countries, all the workshops in Jade Sea City had a special shrine dedicated to Fang Yun's statue.
The Hall of Rites had sent people to stop them, but they still used Fang Yun's statue. They only changed the name of the statue to the Master of the Yangtze River or Wen Xing Long Jue. The Hall of Rites was helpless.
The early workers gathered in front of Fang Yun's statue. Everyone lit an incense and lined up in order to insert their incense into the incense burner.
Looking from the sky, the incense in Jade Sea City was thicker than the smoke of thousands of households.
The capital under the Emperor's feet was particularly calm.
Most people did what they were supposed to do, but they were a little absent-minded. From time to time, they would look in the direction of Notre-Dame or the palace.
At seven o 'clock, the sky above Notre-Dame was covered in dark clouds and lightning flashed.
In an instant, the dark clouds expanded and covered the entire Saint Origin World.
Saint Origin World was plunged into darkness.
Under everyone's shocked gaze, the dark clouds quickly shrank and gathered above Jingguo.
The entire Jingguo was shrouded in dark clouds. Within the dark clouds, lightning flashed, thunder roared, and the wind howled.
Under the despairing gazes of countless Jingguo citizens, the dark clouds trembled, thunder exploded, and lightning flashed, illuminating Jingguo as bright as day.
"Seal!"
A voice filled with supreme majesty sounded.
The dark clouds and lightning in the sky suddenly fell.
Under the screams of the people, the dark clouds and lightning turned into translucent shadows and merged into the land of Jingguo.
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