A white cloud left the capital, carrying Liu Shan as it flew straight toward the Sea Eye nearest the Western Sea Dragon Palace.
As the foremost of Jing Kingdom's officials, every move of the Left Prime Minister drew attention. The news swiftly spread everywhere.
The atmosphere in the discussion hall of Ning'an County Government was somewhat strange and treacherous.
Neither Fang Yun nor Xu Shi spoke, while the people from the Agriculture Hall voiced their views on the cooperation and repeatedly demanded assistance from Ning'an County's officials.
How could Ning'an's officials dare refuse anything the Agriculture Hall required? They continuously nodded, declaring that they would cooperate with all their strength.
Geng Ge lowered his head and responded from time to time, but despair filled his heart.
Because he had discovered Fang Yun's true method.
Liu Shan had sent Fang Yun to Ning'an County in order to join all the officials together and completely strip him of power. Let alone an inexperienced Fang Yun—even seasoned Metropolitan Graduates and veteran Hanlin Academicians, upon encountering such a situation, would either flip the table and leave or become puppet statues, manipulated by others.
Yet this was the Palace Examination. If Fang Yun flipped the table and left, it would amount to voluntarily abandoning the Palace Examination. Thus, the officials of the Left Prime Minister's faction had believed Fang Yun would become nothing more than a statue in the county government—capable of writing a few poems and essays, teaching some students, and nothing else.
But Fang Yun had bypassed the bureaucratic system and communicated directly with the various halls of the Sacred Academy, drawing in mighty dragons to angrily suppress the local snakes!
These officials might refuse to cooperate with Fang Yun, but they absolutely could not refuse to cooperate with the Sacred Academy's various