Shen Ming stroked his goatee and said with a genial smile, "Everyone is seated, and court hearing records are unprecedented. If Your Honor does this, I fear some will gossip."
Fang Yun nodded. "Thank you for the reminder, Chief Clerk Shen. Suspend the trial. In my capacity as county magistrate, I will report to Jing Kingdom's Ministry of Justice and the Hall of Punishment of the Holy Academy. Ning'an County will serve as a pilot site for legal reform!"
As Fang Yun spoke, he began writing a Wild Goose Letter Relay.
Whether it was Xia Jingen and Yu Bachi, who supported Fang Yun, or the other officials who opposed him, all of them stared dumbfoundedly, wondering if Fang Yun had gone mad.
Fang Yun was currently in the Palace Examination!
What did the Palace Examination mean? It was where the finest Metropolitan Graduates of the Human Race competed across ten subjects for the Zhuangyuan title. There was no room for the slightest carelessness. No one could possibly carry out legal reforms at such a time; at most, they might alter a few peripheral details.
For if the reforms failed and produced grave consequences, their Palace Examination qualifications would be revoked, let alone any hope of competing for Zhuangyuan.
Instead, delight flashed across Shen Ming's face. Fang Yun had made a colossal mistake!
Yu Bachi, dressed in a blue Academy Student robe, hurriedly rose and cupped his hands. "Lord Void Sage, please reconsider."
Fang Yun stopped and raised his head to look at Yu Bachi. His gaze was like water, his eyes as warm and lustrous as jade.
"This county has deliberated upon this for a long time. I know my limits."
Yu Bachi looked into Fang Yun's eyes and froze. Within them, he saw an immense strength, a strength that