Fang Jian said, "What you should do now is not to seek justice from the Dao Court or the Council in Yujing City, but to return to the Pure and Good Dao Country immediately."
"Return to the Pure and Good Dao Kingdom?" Everyone looked confused when they heard this.
Fang Jian nodded and said, "Yes, return to Jingshan Dao Country. You don't have a backer in Yujing City, so you can't fight the Yao family. Your strength is all within Jingshan Dao Country. Do you understand what I mean?"
When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized and their eyes lit up immediately. Indeed, all their power was in the country of Jingshan Dao, not in Yujing.
But… "But will the Council let us go back now?"
Fang Jian said, "This is the plan I have for you. Starting tomorrow, you will cry out at the gate of the Imperial Clan Courtyard, requesting that Prince Yunhao's coffin be returned to the country. If the Council truly reaches some kind of interest agreement with the Yao family as I've suggested, then they will absolutely not be able to reject your request."
Everyone's eyes lit up. At this moment, they had a direction and a goal again, so they swept away their decadence and bowed to Fang Jian to express their gratitude.
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Sure enough, things turned out pretty much as Fang Jian had expected. The next day, the council issued an imperial edict, mainly to inform the people in Yujing City of something.
That is, Master Yao Shu and Shangqing Fangyue of Jingshan Dao State already had an "engagement contract". The two had already been engaged, but had not yet been married. The wife of the King of Jingshan Dao could testify to this.
Therefore, what happened between Yao Shu and Fang Yue in the Zongfanyuan was at most "inappropriate", and it was not an affair in the place where the body was kept, so it cannot be said in such a harsh way.
In this way, 90% of the charges against Yao Shu and Fang Yue were directly resolved, and the remaining 10% was a moral punishment. The council punished the two by confining them to their homes for ten years and requiring them to get married as soon as possible.
As soon as this decree was issued, the city of Yujing was once again in turmoil, and princes and nobles from various countries also expressed their dissatisfaction on behalf of the Jingshan Dao Kingdom.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Yao family was determined to protect Yao Shu at all costs, especially the wife of the King of Jingshan Dao who testified, as she was Yao Shu's aunt.
However, in response to the heated discussions in Yujing City, the Council mobilized the army to deter the people and quickly suppressed the voices that were unfavorable to the Council and the Yao family.
But at this time, another incident happened in the Zongfanyuan. More than 400 nobles and state officials of the Jingshan Dao Kingdom knelt on the street outside the Zongfanyuan and cried bitterly towards the conference table.
At first, the Council thought that they were dissatisfied with the Council's handling of the Yao Shu incident and were about to mobilize the army to suppress it, but soon the Council received a "blood letter" from the people of Jingshan Dao Kingdom, who demanded that the coffin of Prince Yunhao be welcomed back to the country.
When the council received this request, Yao Hong, the patriarch of the Yao clan, his wife Yao Xing, and all the other members of the Yao clan immediately stood up to oppose it.
However, the five ministers simply glanced at them indifferently, and then Taizhen Daozun said, "This is a very legitimate request. If even this cannot be allowed, do you expect someone from the Yao family to deliver it?"
Daoist Master Taixiao also spoke up, "The public opinion is overwhelming. The discussion in Yujing City can be suppressed by the army, but can the voices of all the enfeoffed states in the entire Dao Court be suppressed?"
Daoist Master Taiyin also said, "Daoist Master Taixiao is right. At this moment, we cannot do anything that will lose our prestige."
At this time, Jiang E also stood up and said, "The nobles of Jingshan Dao State want to send the coffin of their own prince back to the country. Is this wrong?"
Jiang E, who had just returned and heard about Yao Shu's affairs and had participated in secret meetings in the past few days, was very disgusted with the Yao family and spoke up for the Jingshan Dao Kingdom on the spot.
After Jiang E finished speaking, Jiang Jian, the head of the Jiang clan, immediately said, "Xiao E is right. This request is very reasonable. Five ministers, our Jiang clan believes that we should agree to the request of the people of Jingshan Dao Country."
After saying that, Jiang Lang gave Jiang E a brilliant smile, but Jiang E simply ignored the earnest smile from her aunt Jiang Lang and sat back on her own.
Jiang Jian's face turned bitter when he saw this scene. It was clearly Fang Jian who returned the Ziqing jade pendant himself, and I didn't take it on my own initiative. Oh, I'd better explain it to Xiao E later!
Following the Jiang family's statement, the other families and Dao masters present also began to express their opinions. Some even said frankly that saving Yao Shu and Fang Yue was already a great offense against the world, and that they should stop preventing such things, as it was too immoral.
Finally, the five ministers personally issued an edict, agreeing to the request of the people of Jingshan Dao Kingdom, and ordered the "Central Army", one of the six armies of the royal army, to send 10,000 troops to escort the people of Jingshan Dao Kingdom and the coffin of Prince Yunhao, as well as the ashes of all the people of Jingshan Dao Kingdom who died in Yujing City and with Prince Yunhao back to the country.
Two days after the imperial edict was issued, at Suzaku Gate, 10,000 soldiers of the central army lined up in formation, and the people of Jingshan Dao Kingdom, dressed in mourning clothes, escorted the coffin of Prince Yunhao to Suzaku Gate.
All the princes and nobles from various countries in Yujing City came to see him off, and Fang Jian was naturally no exception.
"Are these 10,000 soldiers reliable?" Fang Jian asked Jiang E beside him.
Jiang E said, "Don't worry, the commanders of the central army are all from my Jiang family. I have already made arrangements. Things like what happened to Prince Yun Hao, where he was ambushed along the way, will not happen again."
Fang Jian nodded, and at that moment, fifteen Shaoqings of the Jingshan Dao Kingdom were leading more than four hundred people to pay their respects to the people who came to see them off. Finally, they came to Fang Jian, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to him without saying a word.
"Get up quickly." Fang Jian quickly stretched out his hand to support him.
After everyone stood up, the leading Shaoqing said to Fang Jian, "Master Fang Jian, please take good care of yourself in Yujing. We will never forget your kindness in caring for us and saving us these days!"
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