The sky gradually darkened. A breeze passed through, gently swaying the lanterns and setting the light on everyone's faces dancing.
Before the large head table in the Temple of Sages plaza, Fang Yun and Hong Ming stood facing one another, swords drawn and bows taut.
The Medical School members naturally favored Yang Zijiang. Hearing Hong Ming speak that way immediately turned them against him.
"A dignified prefectural governor making things difficult for a young county magistrate at a literary assembly-more overbearing than even a Great Scholar! Admirable, truly admirable!" The speaker was none other than Hua Yuqing, who had braved life and death alongside Fang Yun in the Sacred Ruins and the Metropolitan Graduate Hunting Ground.
"He's frightened me so badly I don't even dare speak." This came from Zhang Zilong of the Zhang Sage Household, a renowned Medical School genius who had contributed greatly in the Metropolitan Graduate Hunting Ground.
The Great Scholars and Grand Academicians present remained silent throughout.
Fang Yun declared with his head held high, "A young man's blazing spirit is a blazing sense of righteousness. What wrong is there in that? You, however, colluded with a trading firm from a neighboring kingdom-that is disloyalty. You brought misery upon the people under your jurisdiction-that is inhumanity. As the head of a prefecture, you secretly harmed your subordinate-that is unrighteousness. Though all this is common knowledge, you falsely accuse me instead-that is folly! An inhumane, unrighteous, disloyal, foolish official like you certainly owes me an apology, owes the Medical Way Literary Assembly an apology, and owes the people of Ning'an County an apology!"
"Fang Yun, you show no respect for your elders and superiors! You are arrogant and despotic, corrupt public morals, and abuse the people! You defy all law and heaven itself! You are forcing my