Fang Yun looked at Dong Wencong and asked, "Is everything in your message true?"
Dong Wencong immediately bowed. "Every word is true. This concerns the education of an entire prefecture; I would not dare falsify anything."
"Have you reported this to the Grand Secretariat?"
"To avoid beating the grass and startling the snake, only I, Commander Fang, and you know of this matter. Even the investigators do not know my true purpose." A hint of pride colored Dong Wencong's voice; he believed he had handled this matter very cleverly.
Fang Yun nodded slightly. "If the message is accurate, then the director of studies at the Prefectural Academy, who is responsible for selecting the supplementary reading, must be the chief culprit."
Dong Wencong hesitated for a moment. "The current director of studies, Hanlin Academician Bi Yuan, enjoys great prestige and has served at the Prefectural Academy for many years. The earlier selections may have had nothing to do with him, but Xiang Prefecture has belonged to the Jing Kingdom for several years now, and he still has not changed them. I fear he has ulterior motives. Moreover, what the message says is true. This man has repeatedly praised the Qing Kingdom. Whenever he discusses history, he always finds fault with the Jing Kingdom, never mentioning a single mistake made by the Wu Kingdom or the Qing Kingdom. Five years ago, he lectured the academy's instructors and constantly attacked the eminent scholars of the Jing Kingdom's past in class. That is also a fact."
"I understand," Fang Yun said.
"I shall take my leave." Dong Wencong was full of questions about whom Fang Yun's second declaration of war targeted. Unfortunately, he could only wait until the People's Gazette was printed to learn the truth.
"One more thing. Starting tomorrow, stop printing and