The roof of the main hall in the center of Wang's residence is burning,
The cracked glazed tiles made a crackling sound, fell along the roof slope, and hit the ground.
Members of the Wang family and servants of the palace in pajamas stood in the courtyard and on the street in front of the palace, looking at the flames soaring into the sky, their faces showing sadness, and many people hugging each other and crying.
What is incompatible with the members of the Wang family are many figures wearing black gauze and conical hats to cover their faces.
They are members of the Academy Supervision Department,
Just now, these people raided the Wang family's residence, broke through the large formation around the house with lightning speed, controlled the main members of the Wang family, and forced the remaining Wang family monks to give up resistance and wear the spirit-blocking weapons.
shackles.
Squeak——
The beams and pillars of the hall that were burned by the flames made a heartbreaking sound of wood cracking, slowly collapsed, and fell to the ground.
The rising sparks and dust drifted with the wind towards everyone in the Wang family, making these nobles disgraced.
Wang Anlian stood in the crowd. She grabbed her husband Chu Haoman's arm with a pale face and murmured: "Aye and the clan elder have gone to find Li Ang. Why, why is this happening?"
"..."
Chu Haoman didn’t know how to comfort him.
Everyone knows that the Academy is very powerful. If it were not strong, it would not be possible to join hands with the ancestors of Li and Yu to conquer various former Sui warlords and sects and establish the Yu Kingdom in troubled times.
It is even less possible to withstand the pressure of Taihao Mountain and make Yu State the most powerful country in the world.
But no matter what, we should not attack the palace with overwhelming force.
Unless this attack was premeditated, the Supervisory Department has already figured out the characteristics and location of the palace's ban.
We even found out where the members of the Wang family lived, and knew what to do to make the Wang family monks give up their resistance.
"Dad, he will be fine. He listened to your words and has not been involved in Wang Bofan's affairs before. Even if the academy wants to pursue it to the end, it will not throw the main responsibility on him."
Chu Haoman said softly, but he himself was not sure of these words.
This is the Wang family. Among the five surnames and seven favorites, the Wang family in Taiyuan has the largest number of family members and the widest distribution. It has served more than a dozen prime ministers of the Yu Kingdom, and has an influence on the public opinion of scholars and the direction of the court. p>
The Academy Supervisory Department was able to brave the disapproval of the world and raid the palace directly, which proves that they are ready to bear the consequences.
"Wow wow wow wow-"
The sound of a baby crying came from beside the couple. Chu Haoman turned around and saw a baby in the arms of a Wang woman. Perhaps he was awakened by the crackling fire and bursts of heat. He was growing up in his infancy.
Cry.
Chu Haoman couldn't bear it, and walked up to a monk from the Supervision Department wearing a conical hat, cupped his hands and said: "Your Excellency, I am Chu Haoman, a student of Luli Academy for the third year of Yanji.
The fire here is too strong. Can some women, children, and children be asked to take shelter on the street first?"
"..."
The face of the monk from the Supervision Department was hidden under his conical hat, and he looked at Chu Haoman quietly, without nodding or shaking his head.
Seeing this, Chu Haoman gritted his teeth and returned to the crowd. Instead of using his spiritual power, he moved a stone bench not far from the courtyard with difficulty and asked the woman to sit down.
Together with his wife, he called the Wang family members to form a circle.
The old, weak, women and children stood on the side away from the heat wave of the fire, while the young and middle-aged stood in front.
The people in the Supervision Department standing in the courtyard and other roofs that were not on fire did not react to this. They just watched quietly, waiting for something.
Tap tap tap.
The sound of footsteps gradually approached, and Li Ang walked along the street and stood in front of the palace.
All eyes are on him,
He calmly crossed the threshold and came to the courtyard.
Behind him were Yan Yundang, Wang Bojian, Wang Boxan and the four old men from the white-haired tribe.
Seeing Wang Bojian appear, Wang Anlian subconsciously clenched her husband's hand, and Chu Haoman had no choice but to pat the back of his wife's hand.
Li Ang recognized Chu Haoman in the crowd, but it didn't matter.
He stood there and looked at everyone in the Wang family expressionlessly.
The Wang clan members are also looking at him.
The eyes may be blank, fearful, timid, or hateful.
"You bad guy! Why did you burn our house!"
Accompanied by the immature and angry child's voice, a small pebble flew over and hit Li Ang on the chest.
The stone came from a six or seven-year-old Wang child. His mother pulled him back into the crowd with a look of horror on her face and dragged him behind her.
His father knelt down towards Li Ang in fear and apologized.
"..."
Li Ang looked at the stone fragments remaining on the chest of his clothes, brushed them away, raised his head and said to everyone in the Wang family: "Do you think I am a bad person?"
No one answered this question.
The fire was still noisy, and another beam of the hall collapsed, the bricks and tiles collapsed, and countless sparks scattered.
"From your point of view, I am indeed."
Li Ang said calmly: "I let people break into your ancestral home, arrest your relatives and friends, and burn your house.
The dignity of a thousand-year-old family was trampled under my feet like mud.
Your fathers, husbands, and brothers have been shackled and reduced from high-ranking scholar-bureaucrats to first-level prisoners.
All this must be blamed on me."
The crowd remained silent,
A gray-haired old man shook off the support of his descendants, tremblingly came to Li Ang and knelt down, saying with difficulty: "Li Xiaolangjun, you win, no matter what you want, Wang will give it to you.
I just ask you, for the sake of my brother Wang Wenlun, to leave some incense for the Wang family and not to annihilate the family."
"..."
Li Ang glanced at the gray-haired old man expressionlessly, and suddenly laughed, "Old sir, even now, do you still think that I am taking revenge?
Revenge for your slander of my reputation, revenge for your suppression of me, revenge for your instigation of people to besiege the prefect’s mansion yesterday, which almost forced me to flee.”
The white-haired old man raised his head, squinted his eyes, and said with deep eyes: "Isn't it, isn't it?"
"Hahahahahaha."
Li Ang burst into laughter, "If it was for revenge, I should accept the apology list Wang Bojian gave me.
Publish articles in newspapers and magazines to let the world know about Wang Bofan's crimes and nail him to the pillar of shame in history forever.
He is the culprit. As long as he is killed, all crimes will be borne by someone. I can return to Chang'an in peace and contentment, continue to be my Little Medicine King God and my Li Xiaolang. There is no need to form a grudge with anyone.
No, what I want is not revenge,
What I want is justice.
Kill someone and pay with your life."
He turned to look at a monk from the Supervision Department and said calmly: "Pull Wang Jie over here."