Because the letter was so thick, and its opening went into great detail about how he had composted fertilizer according to the recipe, the Sino Temple officials tossed it aside after reading only the beginning. It was during the Spring Imperial Examination, when Pan Yun had to avoid Pan Yue's examination schedule and too much interaction with the other officials, that she idly flipped through those letters and discovered this treasure.
After Pan Yun finished reading it, only one thought remained in her heart: This was chemical fertilizer~~
Someone could actually make chemical fertilizer by hand. What a divine being!
Pan Yun could not even wait until nightfall. With a whoosh, she flew straight to the Southern Metropolitan Region, found the place using the address in the letter, revealed her identity at once, and brought the Xiucai scholar and his wife to the Capital City that very night.
Oh, the Xiucai scholar was already past forty and even had grandchildren. The explosion had wounded him in both body and spirit. By the time Pan Yun arrived, he was thin as a bag of bones.
Afraid that he might not make it, Pan Yun immediately put him and his wife to sleep, letting the couple slumber all the way to the Capital City. She arranged for them to stay directly in the Sino Temple and asked the Emperor to send imperial physicians to examine him.
The Xiucai scholar was named Hou De. After drinking two doses of medicine, he still found it hard to believe. Tilting his head, he asked his wife, "Is this really the Capital City?"
"Yes, and we're even inside the imperial city. I went out for a stroll. It's enormous."
Hou De fell into thought, then asked again, "Is it really the ninth day of the second