Fang Yun sat in the exam cubicle, waiting for the attendants to collect the papers as he continued pondering the strange scene from earlier.
Beneath the shade of a tree in the Literary Academy, Academy Lord Feng Zimo said, "The Literary Academy's tremor is no small matter. Now that the Prefectural Examination has ended, I shall report it to Lord Li at once."
After speaking, Feng Zimo gripped his Official Seal and poured Literary Qi into it. Countless black characters flew from the seal, joining into lines that formed the shape of a wild goose. The wild goose flapped its wings, flew above the Temple of Sages, and vanished into thin air.
Every official present was uneasy, afraid that some grave event might occur.
A flicker of mockery passed through Inspector Geng's eyes. The greater Jing Kingdom's calamity, the happier he would be. Yet he then said, "This matter is indeed no small matter. Perhaps someone cheated in the examination hall and enraged the Sages." Having said that, he too used the Wild Goose Letter Relay to report the matter to the Sacred Academy.
Prefect Dong had remained deeply worried. "If only the Literary Academy trembled, perhaps someone had clearly been capable of writing a Classic Interpretation that would be remembered for generations but failed. But even the Temple of Sages shook—this carries extraordinary implications. What I fear is that Temples of Sages everywhere may be trembling together. That would surely mean a great upheaval between Heaven and earth. I will send letters to ask the other prefects."
Prefect Dong sent a letter to Prefect Sun of Dayuan Prefecture. Before long, a wild goose formed of black characters flew before Prefect Dong. The goose came apart, its individual characters hanging in the air before him.
"No unusual phenomenon has occurred