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With a loud "Ouch!", the young master, covered in dust and tears streaming down his face, collapsed to the ground in a disheveled state.

Han Fulai squatted down beside him and asked softly, "Young Master Sheng, can you recognize my voice?"

"You, you are that Han Fulai!" Sheng Jinyong recognized his voice immediately, and was filled with shock and anger.

"Good to know. When you framed me on the Jade Capital Terrace out of jealousy, did you ever think of this day?" Han Fulai asked.

"Hiss... Bastard! What do you want to do!" Sheng Jinyong felt a piercing pain in the spot where Han Fulai had kicked his foot, his face contorted in pain, and he felt even more terrified.

Han Fulai shook his head and lowered his voice.

"For the prosperity of Liyue, for the well-being of its people, I humbly request that you offer your head, sir."

Today is the author's birthday, so I'm celebrating with four consecutive updates.

As the title.

It just so happens that today is Monday, so I'm releasing all my drafts at once to try and get some clicks.

From chapters 87 to 100, the Xingqiu Legend quest concludes. This is the first time the protagonist, Xiao Han, has completely taken the lead in the plan. As the director of the Xingqiu Legend quest, he perfectly laid out the plan and brought it to a close, resolving the foreshadowing that began in chapter 42. Various power struggles and deductions are interwoven into the game's plot, all meticulously designed. Readers who have been reading for a while can enjoy a complete and satisfying read.

My birthday is on the 20th, and relatives and friends are coming over for dinner, so I won't have time to write anything that day. I won't be updating that day. I've been serializing this non-stop, and I need to rest for a day. Four consecutive updates will total about 4 words, enough for two days.

Finally, if any viewers are willing to vote, give a reward, or leave some comments to encourage us, that would be great. Consider it a birthday gift. Thank you, viewers.

Chapter 101 Gu Hua's Temporary Workers

Standing on the Jade Capital Platform, watching Bai Xiao lead the Thousand Rock Army soldiers to escort Sheng Maocai and his son Sheng Jinyong away, Han Fulai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned to face Xingqiu and bowed in thanks.

"Thanks to the help of young hero Xingqiu, we were able to fulfill our mission and successfully capture Maocai Gong and his son, thus eliminating a scourge for Liyue."

Xingqiu, with a chivalrous air, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Han, you are too kind. Although I am not talented, I am still willing to do my best for you."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

"It's a rare opportunity to deliver lines in this style; it feels really good," Xingqiu said with a smile.

Han Fulai smiled and said, "Young Master Xingqiu will have plenty of opportunities to uphold justice in the future. Don't forget, the revitalization of the Guhua Sect still depends on you."

"Combating organized crime and eliminating evil is our inescapable duty."

Xingqiu and Han Fulai exchanged a glance, their understanding unspoken.

"I have another matter I hope you can help me with."

As Han Fulai spoke, he took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his pocket.

"This is a secret manual of the Guhua Sect that I obtained in Wangshan Hall, a key location of the Guhua Sect. It is said that the previous sect leader hid it in Wangshan Hall and never showed it to anyone."

"Oh?" Xingqiu's eyes lit up when he heard about the secret manual. This kind of plot where one finds a martial arts manual in a wuxia novel was his favorite.

"However... this manual is written in code, which I still cannot decipher. I would appreciate it if Brother Xingqiu could take a look and perhaps gain some insights."

Han Fulai brought the letter between the two men, intending to discuss it with Xingqiu.

He pointed to the code on the letter and read it to Xingqiu word by word.

“Brother Xingqiu, please take a look. I only recognized the first sentence, which seems to be ‘手戈习十口，化十久水穴’, but the meaning is completely incomprehensible.”

As Xingqiu watched, the roots of her ears gradually turned red.

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"I..." Xingqiu's voice sounded a little soft.

"Me?" Han Fulai asked, puzzled.

“I am Xi Guhua…” Xingqiu’s voice grew softer and softer.

Han Fulai clearly hadn't heard him clearly, so he had to ask again, "Brother Xingqiu, what did you just say?"

“…I mean, this line of text is ‘I have studied ancient Chinese classics for a long time, and I have mastered their profound secrets.’” Xingqiu turned his head, his voice carrying a hint of self-abandonment.

"...Ah! Could it be..." Han Fulai looked at Xingqiu's expression and suddenly understood what was going on.

Xingqiu simply closed his eyes and recited the contents of the letter from memory:

“I have studied ancient Chinese classics for a long time, and I have mastered their profound secrets.”

Ancient Chinese spears and swords are covered in rust; today, I will dissolve and cleanse them for you to see.

The ancient sword of Hua shines like rain, its beauty like drifting blossoms.

People adrift in the wind can be captured, but those like raindrops are hard to depict.

The ancient Hua spear shines brightly, its lamplight dazzling.

The lamplight is fragile and easily scattered, but it can gather again like a burning sunset.

Like a burning sunset, a three-foot-long radiance, how magnificent!

People say that wielding a sword is like wielding a finger; I say that the light of a sword is like the gaze.

Free from matter, it has no weight; it cuts rain, it shines.

"Moving like a dragon or snake, impossible to catch; blue eyes are swords, sidelong glances are spears."

"These are my insights from studying the ancient Hua Sect's collection of books back then, which I wrote down as the three secret teachings of the ancient Hua Sect! Of course, I wrote them in code, so very few people can understand them!" After Xingqiu finished speaking, he deliberately turned his head away, as if he didn't want to look at the paper.

Han Fulai smiled wryly, thinking to himself, "Xingqiu, Xingqiu, you really need to practice your calligraphy!"

After seeing Xingqiu off, Han Fulai leaned against the railing of Yujingtai, silently pondering what to do next.

If the Guhua Sect wants to revitalize itself, besides funding and equipment, it also needs to solve the problems of practical martial arts techniques and training grounds. Of course, these are no challenge for Xingqiu, who has the backing of the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce. But there is one crucial issue that every member of the Guhua Sect must face—employment.

In the current society of Liyue, there is no longer any fertile ground for traditional martial arts practitioners to survive. Whether they are members of the Guhua Sect or other martial arts sects, their disciples are either guards or merchants and escorts, with limited employment opportunities, high risks, and fierce competition.

Many disciples of the Ancient Hua Sect end up working in the food service industry after leaving the sect. For example, Zhiruo works as a waitress at "Three Bowls Before You Pass," and Quick-Knife Chen uses his excellent knife skills to grill fish. Ultimately, no matter which sect in Liyue you choose to study martial arts, it doesn't necessarily solve your employment problem.

While the decline of the Guhua Sect was related to Maocai Gong's clandestine suppression of the sect in his attempt to seize the mineral veins beneath its mountain gate, the more significant reason for its decline was the prevailing trend of the times.

Han Fulai's solution was to transform Guhuapai into a technical vocational school similar to Huaxia's. Although it would still be called Guhuapai, it would essentially be a training institution. In Huaxia, the core competitiveness of a technical school lies not in how much technical skill one learns, but in its high employment rate.

If the Ancient Flower Sect can solve the employment problem for its disciples, it will naturally possess the strongest core competitiveness among the martial arts sects of Liyue!

Han Fulai's method was simple, hidden in the two sentences he once told Xingqiu: "The government is not concerned with good or evil, but only with order or chaos," and "The government does not do good, but it can crack down on organized crime and evil."

The decline of martial arts sects, where heroes break the law with their martial arts, is actually something the Seven Star Government welcomes. The presence of chivalrous figures like Xingqiu roaming the Jianghu (martial arts world), beyond the Seven Star Government's control, naturally contributes to the unrest.

What if the heroes, acting in the name of the Seven Stars government, helped Liyue fight against evil?

Then these heroes would no longer be part of "chaos," but rather part of "order."

Two days ago, when Han Fulai was planning and strategizing, he privately submitted a revitalization plan for the Guhua School to Ningguang. The key contents are as follows:

"The daily operations and disciple training of the Ancient Hua Sect are supported by the Liyue Flying Cloud Merchant Guild in terms of funding and technology."

"After passing the martial arts assessment, disciples of the Ancient Flower Sect will be issued a graduation certificate signed by the sect leader. This certificate is recognized by the Liyue Septim Council and grants them the qualification to work in the security service industry."

"Disciples of the Ancient Flower Sect with professional qualification certificates will have their security services purchased from the Ancient Flower Sect headquarters by the Liyue General Affairs Department. They will be recruited and employed in accordance with the law through labor contracts or employment contracts, and managed in accordance with the disciplinary regulations of the Thousand Rock Army under the General Affairs Department. As external personnel from social forces, they will provide auxiliary support for the daily operation of Liyue's administrative organs and the security of grassroots towns and villages."

Note: The position of Guhua Sect Leader will be temporarily filled by Han Fulai, the Executive Vice Minister of Yuehaiting.

If we translate this Guhuapai revitalization plan, it would roughly mean that "Feiyun Chamber of Commerce will provide funds and resources to establish a Guhuapai vocational and technical school, and the General Affairs Department will uniformly employ Guhuapai graduates as temporary workers."

All the Liyue Seven Stars need to do is sign the document and have the Whitewater Hall allocate a special fund to the General Affairs Department to hire temporary workers from the Ancient Flower faction.

The temporary workers of the Guhua faction have achieved some success in the fight against organized crime, and the grassroots legal system construction in Liyue is progressing steadily. This is of course due to the foresight of the Liyue Seven Stars and the effective management of the General Affairs Department!

What if a temporary worker makes a mistake? Fire the temporary worker and make them take the blame.

The Guhua faction acts chivalrously, the common people benefit, the Seven Stars government gains a good reputation, and the grassroots of Liyue achieve stability—such a win-win situation, if you ask whether the Seven Stars support it, the answer is definitely yes.

Therefore, Ningguang signed the plan that very day and earnestly instructed Han Fulai to follow Liyue's basic laws in everything.

The smooth implementation of this ancient Chinese revival plan was undoubtedly thanks to the "son's sacrifice" by Mao Cai Gong and his son.

Now it was time for him to reap the rewards of his victory. Han Fulai straightened his robes and strode towards the Moon Sea Pavilion.

Chapter 102 He Changed Yuehai Pavilion

Three days ago, Han Fulai and Gan Yu had already finalized the entire plan during their private meeting in the office of the executive secretary of Yuehaiting.

When Han Fulai said, "I'll borrow the head of Maocai Gong for a while," Gan Yu immediately realized Han Fulai's intention.

Gan Yu's plan to cut back on the redundant staff at Moonsea Pavilion, who had come in through back channels, could certainly be achieved through a political compromise with the Liyue Seven Stars via a "card game of civil servants." However, this would ultimately mean closing the "Moonsea Pavilion revolving door," which would harm the interests of those powerful and influential families.

Since there are vested interests involved, there will inevitably be resistance. Although Gan Yu's reputation and methods could easily suppress such resistance, it would still be a troublesome matter.

Han Fulai's "offering his head as a gift" scheme, besides achieving his small goal of revitalizing the Guhua faction and obtaining economic and policy support, was primarily aimed at helping Gan Yu gain the righteous cause of reforming Yuehaiting.

If the layoffs are simply based on reasons such as low work efficiency and unsatisfactory performance evaluations, like Gan Yu's proposed restructuring plan for Yuehaiting, then a reduction of about 15% would be the current limit.

However, if a serious leak were to occur at Yuehaiting at this time, the situation would be completely different.

Gan Yu could easily use this as an excuse to drastically reduce redundant staff and push for the restructuring of Yuehaiting under the pretext of investigating the leak.

This is what Han Fulai said to Gan Yu at the time.

“Miss Yanfei once told me that she had a dragon-head scale, which was a celestial treasure given to her father by the Rock King Emperor. It is said to be able to measure the value of all things.”

"She tried to put her Eye of God on the scale, but found that no matter how she adjusted the weights, the scale could not be balanced."

"Many things, if you don't weigh them, they're less than four ounces. But if you do weigh them, they're more than a thousand pounds."

For Yuehaiting, leaks are just a routine matter; at least half of Yuehaiting's civil servants use their positions to seek personal gain.

—For civil servants, leaking secrets is not a mistake; the mistake is being discovered when they leak secrets.

With the recent passing of the Geo Archon and the tense relationship between Liyue and Winterfall, if a major news story were to break out at this time, such as "a civil servant of Moonsea Pavilion leaked Liyue's secrets and a wealthy merchant colluded with the Fools to resell strategic materials," the people of Liyue would surely be outraged and demand severe punishment for the traitors.

In this way, a minor leak has escalated into a serious crime of treason! Regardless of the extent of the vested interests behind these leakers and figures like Mao Cai Gong, in order to uphold the prestige of the Seven Stars government, the Liyue Seven Stars have only one choice: to punish them severely.

The Heyu Tea House is home to Mr. Yun Jinyun, a famous Liyue opera singer, and Liu Su, a renowned tea master from Liyue. It is both entertaining and high-class, making it a popular social venue among Liyue's wealthy business class.

Han Fulai's words in the Heyu Tea House, "Sheng Maocai betrayed the country for personal gain, colluding with the Fools to sell out Liyue's secrets!" will spread throughout the streets and alleys of Liyue Harbor in a few days—in Han Fulai's words, this is called "being weighed."

Now that the matter of Maocai Gong has been settled, the leak of secrets must also be thoroughly investigated.

As for how to investigate and who to investigate, that's naturally up to Gan Yu, the actual controller of Yuehaiting.

Han Fulai's preparations were quite simple. He simply asked Ningguang to send a document containing the draft of the "Liyue Strategic Materials Embargo Law" to Gan Yu's office at Yuehaiting after her meeting.

In the past, when Ningguang worked in the Qunyu Pavilion, these kinds of things were usually handled by her three trusted personal secretaries. This saved a lot of time and effort in the process.

Unfortunately, the Qunyu Pavilion was severely damaged in the Battle of Osel and was still under renovation. Ningguang could only temporarily work in the Yuehai Pavilion of Yujing Terrace, while her three personal secretaries, Baiwen, Baishi, and Baixiao, were all working in their respective departments.

So Ningguang very reasonably just randomly asked a secretary or assistant working at the Moonlit Pavilion to help deliver the documents.

The document was in an envelope, sealed with wax, and marked "Confidential," which fully complies with the requirements of the confidentiality system.

The route taken to deliver this classified document was also very ordinary and in accordance with regulations.

The errand-running secretary took it to the front desk of the Yuehaiting office.

After registering the document, the secretary's assistant at the front desk handed it over to a colleague, asking him to take the confidential document to a deputy secretary-general on the second floor to receive it.

After receiving the document, a deputy secretary-general on the second floor made a record of the confidential document receipt. He then instructed his subordinate to take the document to another deputy secretary-general in the next office and ask her to file it into the confidential document box that Lord Gan Yu was to handle that day.

The deputy secretary-general had already sorted and filed the document folders, and then had his direct secretary's assistant deliver the confidential document box to Lord Gan Yu's office.

The secretary assistant, carrying a red document box, walked towards Gan Yu's office on the top floor. On the way, she met three colleagues and stopped to chat briefly.

On his way upstairs, he happened to run into a deputy secretary-general who had something to discuss with Lord Gan Yu. The deputy secretary-general kindly offered to help the secretary-assistant deliver the document box to Lord Gan Yu.

All of this was unremarkable, in accordance with procedure, and reflected the friendly and cooperative workplace spirit of the secretaries at Yuehaiting.

So when Gan Yu received this confidential document, she discovered that it had been leaked at least five times.

The sealing wax seal is absolutely unbreakable, but secretaries have plenty of ways to see the contents of an envelope without breaking the seal.

At least Gan Yu could tell from observing the envelope that the bottom of the envelope had been carefully opened three times and then skillfully glued back together.

The last time it was glued on, it must have been not long after the last time it was opened, so a little glue overflowed the seal, leaving a tiny trace that is barely visible unless you look closely.

The seal in the center of the envelope had been broken twice with a knife and then resealed. One of the times, the force was slightly too strong, causing a tiny scratch on the seal. This scratch would be undetectable unless the envelope was opened and examined from the inside.

In other words, all five secretaries and assistants who handled this classified document—two deputy secretaries-general and one executive deputy secretary-general—are suspected of opening the classified document without authorization.

As for how they disseminated the confidential documents after they were opened, and to whom they were disseminated, that is another question.

Han Fulai believed that at least one or more of these people had leaked this information to the young master of Shengda. After all, the young master of Shengda often invited the young civil servants of Yuehaiting to dine at Liuliting or Xinyuexuan. They were all young people of the same social class, and it was only natural that they would get together more often if they had a good relationship. This was quite reasonable.

The eldest son of the Sheng family told his father this momentous news, and the Maocai Duke then informed the Fools, who in turn began secretly stockpiling amber resources before the strategic material embargo law took effect. All of this unfolded naturally.

In the face of such a serious leak, Executive Secretary Gan Yu announced that Yuehaiting would conduct an internal investigation, adjust work processes, enforce work discipline, dismiss relevant personnel, and hold them accountable—no one can say that Gan Yu did the wrong thing.