Fang Yun held the Official Seal and checked the time. It was a little past noon, or 11:18 a.m. in Military Time—right at lunchtime. Scholars could eat while taking part in a Literary Assembly.
"Good. I shall go at once."
Fang Yun rose and left the main hall. After chatting with Yang Yuhuan for a few moments, he handed the remaining matters to his staff and let them decide how to proceed.
Being an ordinary county magistrate was already an exceedingly tedious affair. As a Void Sage, Fang Yun had even more matters to attend to.
The county yamen was not merely a place for hearing cases; it was also where numerous officials lived and worked, a highly complex cluster of buildings. It included not only the main hall, second hall, and third hall, but also the county magistrate's residence, the assistant magistrate's residence, the registrar's residence, the records officer's residence, the various clerks' offices, kitchens, dining halls, storerooms, and much more. The prison also stood right beside the county yamen and could be considered part of it.
Fang Yun's residence alone needed to be reinspected by the Hall of Punishment. Demon Iron Cavalry and Barbarian Race private soldiers were to guard it day and night, without interruption through all twelve double-hours.
Beyond security, there was the settlement of his household, the arrangement of all sorts of furnishings, and, above all, the placement of every private soldier—a tremendous problem in itself.
When Fang Yun traveled, he did not bring all his private soldiers. He only took his regular guard: two Horse Barbarian Marquises, four Turtle Demon Marshals, twenty dragon-blooded Horse Barbarian Commanders, one hundred Demon Iron Cavalry, twenty Provincial Graduates, and four Metropolitan Graduates. This was already the minimum standard daily guard for a Void Sage.
After Fang Yun and