Chapter 710: If there is a sister, there must be a brother
Dr. Kong in Zhu Tingfang's mouth, also known as Mr. Kong Jiu, really didn't dare to go out.
Zhu Tingfang's words, which were relayed by the confidant of the Grand Scholar Kong, were so wrapped up in a gun and a stick that Master Kong Jiu felt that it was a bloody storm. He only felt that after he went out, Zhu Tingfang might stab him in the chest and kill him.
After all, just looking at the people appearing here alive and well, it can be seen that the horse racing last night may have been led by the other party.
In this case, how dare he go to see this evil star? Does he want his life? Even though his brother is the only official minister in the cabinet, it is not easy for someone to frame him for some crime?
Therefore, even if Master Kong was furious, he would just point his nose at him and scold him, scolding him for failing to achieve anything but ruining it, scolding him for spreading lies and bringing a lot of people into the ditch. Mr. Kong Jiu also
He was bitten to death and refused to let go. He kept saying that I am a member of the Kong family. Brother, are you just going to see me die? In short, he only hopes that the Confucian scholar can talk to Zhu Tingfang.
Therefore, this movement alerted Mrs. Gu, Mrs. Kong, and Mr. Kong Jiu’s wife, Ms. Zhao, heard that someone was looking for her husband at the door, and then the long street in front of the door was surrounded by soldiers and horses, and she also panicked.
He came over in a panic. As soon as the sister-in-law and sister-in-law met, they didn't have time to figure out what was going on outside. They saw the furious Academician Kong grabbing his cousin's collar.
"If it weren't for you listening to the wind as rain, how could I have misjudged the situation? Now Zhu Tingfang just politely invited you to go out to talk, and he didn't rush in with his troops to get you. You are just cowering here.
Did you pass the Jinshi exam in vain? If you don’t have any courage, why should you be an official?"
Seeing that a fight was about to begin, the two women were finally completely panicked. Mrs. Gu knew very well that Academician Confucius had a reputation for arrogance in the clan, and how many people who expected him to support him were frustrated, and how many people hated him;
And Ms. Zhao also knew that although her husband was a Jinshi, he was already forty when he passed the exam and was still in the top three. In the end, it was only through his brother, a bachelor of Confucius University, that he became a doctor of the seventh grade, Taichang.
If the fight between these two brothers breaks out, it will be really shameful for an elder brother and shameful for a younger brother!
Therefore, the two women rushed forward without thinking. Seeing this situation, the accompanying servants also hurriedly stepped forward to help their mistress. After a lot of effort, they finally pulled away the extremely angry Bachelor Kong.
At this time, the two sons and two daughters-in-law of Confucius University also hurried over, and they all looked anxious.
However, the place was still noisy. Young Master Kong just asked what was going on, and the noise outside was even worse.
Madam Gu suddenly came up in anger and shouted loudly: "Go and see for yourself who is so unruly? Don't think that having soldiers outside is a big deal! If anyone makes any noise again, he will be dragged down and beaten twenty times!"
If this was said in normal times, the order would naturally be prohibited. But here and now, not only was it of no use, the servant girl who originally ran out to deliver the order actually came back with a look of shock. Faced with this scene, let alone Mrs. Gu.
Even her two daughters-in-law, who had been an official wife for so many years, felt that something was wrong.
As expected, not long after the servant woman returned, someone walked in from outside like a leisurely stroll. I saw the man standing tall and straight, walking with his sword in hand, and his black boots stepped on the bluestone corridor. He fell to the ground silently. Everyone who looked at it
But people all feel like it's stepping on their hearts, so heavy that it makes their hearts beat.
After being shocked, Master Kong Da could not help shouting: "Zhu Tingfang, how dare you break into my Kong family?"
"Coming in without warning is called trespassing, but I politely asked someone to give me a message and asked Dr. Kong to come out, but Dr. Kong left me and his men at the door for almost two-quarters of an hour. Could this be the Kong family?
How to treat guests? Since some people don't take me seriously, then I can only come in by myself."
Zhu Tingfang choked Master Kong back without giving an inch. When he saw people glaring at him angrily, he just pretended not to see him and turned his eyes directly to Mr. Kong Jiu: "Dr. Kong is the same as my future sister-in-law.
Doctor, your behavior is too different, isn't it? Do you really want me to die?"
Master Kong Jiu suddenly felt a thump in his heart. Although there were many people in the court who were wary of the Zhu family of Duke Zhao, but with the lessons learned from Mr. Jiangge and several censors, no one dared to act rashly. And how could he dare to respond to Zhu Tingfang?
Such a fatal word?
Therefore, he had just been grabbed by the collar by Scholar Confucius, so he, who was a little disheveled, had to apologize and explain with a embarrassed smile: "Master Zhu, you are serious, how could I do it! I just happened to bump into the servant of Academician Zhang's house yesterday,
It was all because he said the wrong thing that I got the wrong meaning. Don't blame my brother, it's all my fault. I regret that I listened to others wrongly..."
"Haha." Zhu Tingfang laughed again, "Ah Liu does more than he talks, and he doesn't like to talk to irrelevant people, so people who have nothing to think about him can easily be led into the ditch by him. But who can
Do you want to think blindly? And if you don't mind thinking blindly, you still go out and swear that I am going to die. Is this something that can only be settled by saying sorry for listening to other people's words? "
Seeing that Mr. Kong Jiu was like a clay sculpture, he took out a memorial from his arms and waved it very casually: "Although I was very busy last night, I still took some time to impeachment."
The memorial between you and your brother has been written overnight. The reason why I want to see you is just to tell you face to face."
Academician Confucius suddenly turned livid with anger. When he was impeached, he had to tell you face to face how arrogant and arrogant this was!
But because of Mr. Kong Jiu's unnecessary actions, he wanted to retort, but couldn't find the right words for a while, so he could only sulk. However, this was not over yet.
"Oh, by the way, I don't know who was behind the plan last night. They made trouble in the palace, and a group of mobs made trouble in various houses. It was full of flaws, but it actually involved Wang Shilang of the Ministry of Etiquette, the Ministry of Personnel and the Workers' Party.
It’s incredible to think about the fact that there are two principals in the department. Isn’t this crazy?”
"What's even crazier is that I just wanted to ask Wang Shilang a few words, but he actually took the medicine and committed suicide directly. I didn't think that he could still explain things clearly when he was alive, but when he died, others could just throw dirty water on him!
But Director Chu from the Ministry of Industry actually said bitterly that he was just trying to stick to his heir apparent."
Speaking of this, Zhu Tingfang smiled at the Confucian scholar: "I think back then, there were many people who made suggestions like him."
Academician Kong Da was finally irritated: "Zhu Tingfang, if you want to frame someone with this crime, you have made the wrong calculation! When I proposed the establishment of the throne, it was all out of public interest! Whether it is to establish a direct descendant or to establish an elder,
, all of which were done impartially under the circumstances at that time! Furthermore, since there is no direct heir, both brothers are guilty, and the crown prince should naturally be appointed!"
"Oh, is that so?" Zhu Tingfang smiled slightly and said nonchalantly, "If it's really what you said, Master Confucius, the people in your family should also know that you are so insightful and well-informed. Why?
Abandoning the owner and running away at the slightest movement? You know, just before I came in, two people pushing wheelbarrows were stopped at the door to transport furniture outside."
"Tsk, tsk, there are boxes and boxes of gold beads, that's really dazzling even me!"
This time, Scholar Kong took a deep breath. He glared at Gu and Zhao angrily, but he saw that his wife and sister-in-law were equally shocked and angry. He immediately realized that they were also the mistresses of the house after all.
As for being so stupid and short-sighted, sure enough, when he looked at his two sons and his wife, he found that his eldest son looked pale and his eldest daughter-in-law was shaky.
At this moment, if he didn't know what was going on, he would have been a minister for many years in vain. He was so angry that his hair and hair were all hairy for a moment, but he only glared at the two of them, and he made up his mind that he could not admit it no matter what.
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Behind closed doors, he could just beat his stupid eldest son to death, or divorce his eldest daughter-in-law, but if word spreads that war is imminent, and his eldest son and his family are busy transferring wealth, then it will really be the fault of the entire Kong family.
He's going to be completely humiliated! It's even worse than just now when his cousin Kong Jiu refused to go out and face Zhu Tingfang!
Academician Confucius immediately denied it and said: "That must be a cunning servant who took advantage of the chaos to steal the property in the house. Since Mr. Zhu intercepted it, I will leave it to you to deal with it!"
Seeing Master Kong and his wife standing there with lost faces, Zhu Tingfang said calmly: "Oh? Did someone steal the Kong family's property? Maybe it is possible. In addition to the two boxes of gold beads, there are many more looking at them.
Simple clothes, but actually made of very high-quality materials. As for the gold and pearl jewelry, they are exquisite in style, many of them are inlaid with precious stones and jade, and they are said to be sent to a cloth shop in Xisi Archway."
When she heard that it was going to be sent to a cloth shop in Xisi Archway, Gu, the mother-in-law, immediately gave up her last bit of luck - no one in the family knew that that cloth shop was her eldest daughter-in-law's dowry property! On weekdays, the eldest daughter-in-law also returned
She always complained behind her back that she favored her younger daughter-in-law. Now she did this stupid thing, but she didn't even think about it. If the family really suffered a big change, as the wife of the Kong family, she would also be blamed!
I have only heard of a married daughter dying and her mother’s family asking for her dowry back, but I have never heard of her husband’s family being punished and the dowry of the married daughter being extinguished... Her eldest son is also confused.
, what’s the use of giving Jinzhu Xinruan away when something happens!
Although she was filled with hatred, Mrs. Gu could only pinch her nose and take the matter on herself, but she lowered her head and said apologetically: "Master, I usually indulge my family members, so that when something happens, I will
It’s a mess.”
Although he knew that the servants in the family were running away one after another, and Zhu Tingfang was probably playing some trick, Master Kong really couldn't suppress his anger at this time. Even though he knew that he should not blame his wife too much, he still got angry.
"How do you control your family? Everyone is jumping up and down, then they take my post and go to the Shuntian Mansion Office to hunt down those escaped slaves!"
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Tingfang touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Speaking of escaped slaves, I stopped a guy pushing a wheelbarrow in front of the door before, but he kept saying it was
The gardener who was employed by the house was just coveting the comfort of being a slave of a wealthy family, so he wrote a letter of resignation and became a slave. When he spoke, he burst into tears, so I let him go."
"I'm a little curious. Is it possible that the Kong family, which is such a big family and has been a scholarly family for generations, would casually accept people from outside who join in?"
"It's simply ridiculous. Since these people claim to be like this, do you take it seriously?" Academician Confucius was almost furious at this time. "My Kong family is such a noble family, how can I be like some nouveau riche?"
Guys, take all the cats and dogs home!"
Zhu Tingfang knew that the Confucian scholar was referring to Sang and Huai, but it was simply saying that Zhang Shou's foundation was shallow. Even if he got the huge Zhang Garden, there were not enough manpower available at home.
A few were recruited in the market, and even Guan Qiu Yang Zhan was contracted to stay at home.
This does not include the increasing number of guests living in Zhang Garden...
In the past, Zhu Tingfang would have defended such a would-be brother-in-law, but in his heart he would never have responded. But now he doesn't think so. It's not because Ah Liu unintentionally did him a big favor and cheated him.
Academician Kong Da, who had wanted to deal with him before, even more because when he got the news last night and rushed to Zhang Yuan, he found that everything was in order and safe and sound.
A person who is tolerant and capable, and who is obviously compatible with Zhu Ying, may be difficult to find even with a lantern.
Therefore, he looked indifferently at the Confucian scholar who was using the topic for a long time before he sneered: "The mansion that was attacked last night, in addition to several nobles in my family, there were also two ministers from the cabinet, Wu and Zhang.
At home, there is the elegant residence of Yue Shanchang and others, and the Zhang Garden of my future brother-in-law Zhang Shou and Zhang Jiuzhang."
"It's just that compared to the Confucian scholar's servants who thought that a disaster was coming and went away, Zhang Yuan not only captured all the thieves in one fell swoop, but also left everyone unscathed. There were so many people from all over the world, and not a single one was abandoned.
The master fled for his own life. In contrast, the family management of the Kong family really needs to be improved. Is the difference between a noble family and a nouveau riche that big?"
At this point, seeing that Master Kong seemed to be about to explode, Zhu Tingfang gently flicked his sleeves: "Okay, I have said everything I need to say, take my leave!"
But before he turned around and walked a few steps, he suddenly stopped again and said without looking back: "I have forgotten that the emperor assigned you to be the bachelor of Confucius University before. It was to prevent external thieves but not internal ones."
Damn it, when I came in, I didn’t know if anyone had escaped again.”
"After all, although my followers have stopped two unscrupulous slaves who stole the master's property with carts, they can't stop everyone who comes out of your house. In that case, if word spreads, it might mean that I blocked your house.
The door is closed to everyone. I am not a roommate. I am a person who must be reasonable when doing things."
You are talking nonsense, you might as well block my door unreasonably like Zhu Ying, so that I can still be reasonable! When the Confucian University scholar saw Zhu Tingfang disappearing from his sight, he said
Feeling aggrieved and angry, his vision suddenly went dark, and he fell down like that!