The next day, an article titled "Qing Lord Coughs Up Blood to Support Jing Kingdom's Northern Army" appeared on the Discourse Ranking. It chronicled everything from the spirit beast trafficker's household massacre to Jing Kingdom's receipt of a vast shipment of supplies. Praising the Qing Lord on the surface while disparaging him beneath it, its humorous, biting prose drew a great many scholars.
Only then did the entire Human Race learn the full story. People praised Fang Yun for a job well done and lauded Ao Huang for a righteousness that towered above the clouds, leaving Ao Huang delighted all day.
The sweeping campaign to arrest spirit beast traffickers continued across Xiang Prefecture. Many bailiffs no longer had time to maintain local order or deal with the thugs and hooligans, yet public security in Xiang Prefecture was frighteningly good.
In Xiang Prefecture, with its population of over a hundred million, not a single thug or hooligan caused trouble during those days, and not a single citizen reported a theft or robbery to the authorities.
Zhang Zongshi, a Baling Licentiate employed at the Governor-General's Office, once joked during a leisurely visit to Seeking Friends Lodge that the crooks and petty thieves now mourned like foxes grieving a rabbit's death, frightened into obedience by the Void Sage's iron fist.
Winter had only just begun in October, yet a small number of people in Xiang Prefecture felt as though they were already in the bitterest depths of winter. Even thick padded coats could not keep the cold from seeping into their marrow.
Still dressed in a blue robe, Fang Yun studied and handled government affairs in the Governor-General's Office.
After winter began, the empress dowager followed custom and bestowed a thick sable coat each on Fang Yun and Yang Yuhuan. Fang Yun wore