章 806: Open Gambit

What was fair?

The root of the matter was balance.

What was balance?

It was just for show.

Under the balance, some were shrewd and scheming, some were aggrieved, and some used their power for personal gain. However, as long as the overall benefits were not damaged, who would care?

There would always be bad people among a community.

When Yu Shande returned home, he opened a set of ragged clothes hidden in a box and looked at them for a long time.

From then on, Hanlin Academy Steward Yu Shande no longer existed. His hometown suffered a calamity and he fled into the capital with thousands of refugees.

… .

The news from the Imperial Court was sent in less than three days. It was in the hands of King Yue Fei of Liancheng, and it spread throughout the North and even the entire Great Zhou Dynasty at an astonishing speed.