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Chapter 600 Hitting the road
The two men said goodbye to the county magistrate. Magistrate Du, who was originally a little tipsy, jumped up immediately. There was no trace of drunkenness in his eyes. He hurried to the study and took out a jade card with blue patterns on it. This jade card was used for emergency communication and was very precious. There were only three jade cards in a year.

He had already used one piece to help Fang Yun gain enlightenment, but he didn't expect that he would use the second piece for Fang Yun now.

He picked up the official seal from his waist and pointed with his finger. Without any writing, words composed of light spots jumped onto the jade plate. Then he covered it with the seal, and the jade plate immediately turned into a blue bird and a ray of green light and disappeared into the sky.

At Prime Minister Zhou’s residence.

Since Prime Minister Zhou came to power, his authority has grown day by day. The Zhou Mansion has long been the center of the political center. Although it is late at night, the lights are still on in the Zhou Mansion, the guards are tight, and the sound of discussions can be heard from inside.

"What the hell is all this… The summer harvest grain accounts are so different. Do you really think I'm a clueless official?"

"Don't be angry, don't be angry. It's not worth it if you get yourself hurt. It's just the people below who are worried. Just give them a good beating and it will be fine."

"Of course you're not in a hurry. You're in charge of education. This year, your achievements are quite good. Many talented people have emerged from all over the country. It's just me who's suffering, farming. Alas."

"Report! Natural disasters have hit the state, with wildfires breaking out. The impact is severe. The governor is requesting tax reductions. This is the brief, and the details are on the way."

"Oh, he didn't investigate the losses first, but instead submitted this petition requesting tax reduction. It's not that I'm heartless and won't approve it, but if I approve it now, I'm afraid he'll ask us for help later. Let's suppress it first and ask him to investigate thoroughly before reporting back. If anything's not right, we might need to organize a team to investigate and hold two poetry gatherings to appease the people."

"Who should we send?"

"Dai Yi, he's more stable."

"Yes, I'll do it right away!"

With a creak, the wooden door was pushed open, and a short middle-aged official walked out of the bustling conference room.

The current emperor is young, and most of the affairs of the court are handled by cabinet ministers. Zhou Xiang is the chief minister of the cabinet. The emperor is even more impressed by his busy government affairs, so he specially allows him to set up a "small cabinet" in the palace. His power is so great that almost no one can match him.

Of course, the name of this "small cabinet" was spread privately, and it was usually just called the meeting room in Zhou Xiangfu.

At this moment, a blue bird suddenly fell from the sky and landed in front of the middle-aged man. The man was slightly startled and touched it with his hand. The blue bird lit up with a light and actually refused to accept it.

The man laughed, then leaned halfway into the meeting room and said, "Master Zhang, there is an urgent message from the Blue Bird."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man in purple official uniform who was sitting in the innermost part and looking through documents raised his eyebrows, then stretched out his hand and a white cloud appeared in his hand. The blue bird immediately flew towards his hand and then turned into a jade plate.

Everyone else subconsciously lowered their heads. Then, a glint of light flashed in the man's eyes, as if words were flowing within them. He tapped his hand on the table three or four times, then stood up after a moment's silence and said, "I'm going to see Prime Minister Zhou!"

Everyone was shocked. They hadn't even finished half of the government affairs yet, so why was Lord Zhang leaving first? He stood up and said, "Let's leave the agricultural affairs alone for now. The documents from the Ministry of War are all here. I'll see Prime Minister Zhou and then come back to make a decision. It's getting late, so let's all go back."

When everyone heard him speak, they didn't dare to say anything more. They each sorted out the matters at hand and then left.

He sighed softly. The Jade Kingdom was not considered the strongest among the seven kingdoms, but it had to face the Wu clan's army. Although the border was peaceful now, how could it not be on guard? More than ten years ago, the genius Meng Ran who was expected to be canonized as a saint died in an assassination by the two clans. Now the only semi-saint in the Jade Kingdom was also very old. If they did not find a solution before this, I am afraid that the Jade Kingdom would be in danger of extinction.

In his early years, Zhou Xiang was hailed as the person with the greatest hope of being canonized as a saint, but he was severely injured on the battlefield. Although he was nourished by the dragon's energy in the court for many years and his body recovered, he could not take another step forward.

Now that person's body is probably almost at its limit, Zhou Xiang can only take a risk. He has unloaded many tasks recently, but he is not capable enough to share the worries for his teacher, allowing his teacher to concentrate on preparing for the canonization.

Everyone knows that he is called Zhang Xiaoxiang, but this is also a helpless move. If the teacher does not go out for a few days, those powerful families will come out to make trouble. I don’t know how many obstacles they have created in secret, and I don’t know how the teacher managed to control them so well back then.

Lord Zhang pondered for a long time, and finally stood up, then walked into another room. There were many jade tablets in the room. He tapped his official seal, and one of the jade tablets with the word "Ji" written on it flew out. Then he looked at it for a while, and finally his eyes fell on the two words "Fang Yun".

Then he said softly: "There are so many talented people in the world, it would be better if it were earlier!"

He paced back and forth in the room, seemingly struggling, then took a heavy step and suddenly said coldly, "It's too late, too late!

After another long while, he was already in another room, looking very tired. He sat on the armchair, holding up his teacup and about to take a sip to refresh himself, when suddenly a dull thunderclap was heard. He seemed to be startled by the thunder. He saw a flash of lightning that illuminated the room inside and outside in white. In the distance, bamboo clumps were swaying in the wind...

Suddenly there was another loud thunder, shaking the house and making me tremble involuntarily!
"It's not that I'm selfish, it's just that you came too late. It's too late."

He seemed to have suddenly aged several years, and there was an indelible fatigue in his eyes.

"Teacher, will you blame me?"

Thinking of this, he looked up at the sky. Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed from time to time. His heart was lost in thought, and it only turned into a sigh: "It's all God's will, it's all God's will!!! Fate plays tricks on us, what can we do?!"

Three days later, it was time for Li Ming and Fang Yun to return to Guangyuan Academy to study. On this day, their departure was no longer unknown to anyone, as the entire village came to see them off, naturally with earnest expectations.

This time, Aunt Yue prepared even more luggage for Li Ming. It was a big bag full of new clothes and shoes that she had stayed up late to alter for him, as well as some commonly used medicines. The luggage felt heavy in his hands, not in his hands, but in his heart.

"Study hard." Dong Jie opened his mouth, as if he had thousands of words to say, but in the end, only these four words remained.

"Okay, just send it here." Li Ming suddenly turned around and said, looking at the fellow clansmen and friends from Dongjia Village behind him and bowed.

(End of this chapter)