Kong Hongli opened his mouth to curse, but Kong Wen stepped forward, covered Kong Hongli's mouth, and tightly held Kong Hongli's neck with one hand. In the astonished eyes of many Kong clan members, they were about to struggle for life.
Kong Hongli dragged him to the side yard.
Many people in the Kong family were stunned, but they didn't know whether they should step forward to stop them. After all, they were both elders of the clan. By the time they reacted, Kong Hongli had been dragged to the side courtyard far away by Kong Wenzheng.
A bang was heard and the door closed.
In the side courtyard, Kong Wenzheng released his big hand covering Kong Hongli's mouth, and at the same time, Kong Hongli couldn't help pointing at Kong Wenzheng and yelling: "Kong Wenzheng, you rebellious and unfilial person, I am your clan uncle,
You are so disrespectful of dignity, where are your etiquette, have all your poems and books been read into the dog's belly?"
Kong Wenzheng suddenly raised his head and looked at Kong Hongli coldly and said: "I respect you as a clan uncle, and that means respecting you as an elder. Do you know that your previous actions, if you are not careful, will bring great disaster to my Kong family?"
, you will become the sinner of my Kong family..."
Kong Hongli couldn't help laughing and looked at Kong Wenzhengdao with disdain: "Haha, even Chu Yi dares to touch our Kong family. You are really too worried."
With a cold snort, Kong Wenzheng said: "Chu Yi took Zhu Han to Jianyang County, so the Zhu family in Jianyang was wiped out. Now Chu Yi has brought Song Yu here again, do you think my Kong family will stop?
Zhu’s successor?”
Kong Hongli was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed: "Yu'er! The eunuch Chu Yi actually brought Yu'er here. Where is Yu'er? I want to see Yu'er!"
As he said that, Kong Hongli was about to rush out, but Kong Wenzheng held down Kong Hongli with one hand, and Kong Wenzheng shouted: "Here comes someone!"
Soon I saw two disciples of the Kong family walking into the courtyard, and I heard Kong Wen shouting at them: "Tie up the Hongli clan elder!"
As soon as Kong Wenzheng's words came out, the two disciples of the Kong family were stunned and looked at Kong Wenzheng in astonishment.
Kong Hongli suddenly jumped up, pointed at Kong Wenzheng and cursed angrily: "You bastard, you bastard, I am your uncle, are you trying to bully your master and destroy your ancestors?"
Kong Wenzheng turned a deaf ear and just said to the two Kong disciples: "This is the order of the master of the family. What can you do if you are stunned and don't take action?"
The two disciples of the Kong family looked at each other, took a step forward and said to Kong Hongli: "Elder of the clan, please forgive me for being rude!"
The two quickly found a rope and tied up Kong Hongli in a blink of an eye. Kong Wen was pulling a rag and directly touched Kong Hongli's mouth.
After glancing at the two disciples of the Kong family, Kong Wenzheng said: "You two will send the clan elder into the room, and then guard the door. No one is allowed to enter the room except under the order of the head of the family."
The banquet here has begun, with Chu Yi sitting at the head of the table, accompanied by Kong Wenshao and other core members of the Kong family.
After drinking for three rounds, Chu Yi put down the wine glass in his hand, suddenly looked at Kong Wenshao and said: "Mr. Yansheng, Chu Yi is here on the order of the emperor. There is something I want to ask for an explanation from Mr. Yansheng."
Shocked in his heart, Kong Wenshao looked at Chu Yi solemnly and said: "If your Majesty has anything to inquire about, just issue an edict and Kong should go to the capital in person to pay homage to your Majesty. Why bother going to the meeting in person?"
suffered."
Chu Yi rubbed the jade ring between his fingers and sighed slightly: "If it is an ordinary matter, it would be fine, but this matter involves rebellion, and our family has to go through this!"
When they heard about the rebellion, it can be said that all the Kong family members present were shocked.
They actually already knew that Chu Yi had come with Song Yu this time. Everyone knew Song Yu's identity very well and knew that today was a banquet.
They were drinking happily together, thinking that they were overthinking it and never wanted to drink for three rounds. Chu Yi's opening of the mouth scared them to the point of breaking out in cold sweat, and the little bit of drunkenness they had just had disappeared all of a sudden.
Kong Wenshao's hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, he took a deep breath and said to Chu Yi: "The chief manager is joking, I, the Kong family, have always been loyal supporters of the royal family, how can we be involved in treason, even if it is
Yes, it must be a frame-up, yes, it must be a frame-up!"
Chu Yi just looked at Kong Wenshao, who looked nervous, and swept his eyes across the faces of the Kong family. When they noticed Chu Yi's gaze, everyone felt their hearts skip a beat.
Suddenly Chu Yi smiled slightly and said: "Oh, if that's the case, it's true as Yan Shenggong said, someone must have framed the Kong family! But I think you are familiar with Song Yu, he is
He is really a disciple who came out of the Kong family! This person assassinated the emperor, and even one framed word from Shenggong might not be able to stop everyone in the world from talking about it!"
Kong Wenshao took a deep breath and calmed down a bit. Although he was still nervous, Chu Yi did not lead the army to break in like he did against the Zhu family. Obviously Chu Yi still left some room.
Of course, Kong Wenshao also knew in his heart that what would happen next to the Kong family would depend on how they responded. If they followed the Zhu family and chose to confront Chu Yi head-on, then one can imagine the result.
The only thing Kong Wenshao is thankful for now is that Song Yu is only a disciple of their Kong family, and Zhu Han is a direct descendant of the Zhu family. This has a completely different meaning.
A bright light flashed in Kong Wenshao's eyes, and he said to Chu Yi: "Song Yu is indeed a disciple of my Kong family, but my Kong family has many disciples, and even speaking of it, all the scholars in the world can be called outstanding.
I am the Kong family, so if your majesty does so, you will punish me, the Kong family, but I, the Kong family, will not accept it!"
Chu Yi tapped the table gently and looked at Kong Wenshao calmly. Kong Wenshao shouted in a deep voice: "Come here, bring me Song Yuzhi's mentor, Kong Hongli!"
Kong Wenzheng, who had just returned not long ago, suddenly stood up and left the hall.
Kong Hongli was soon brought over, but when everyone saw Kong Hongli being brought here, their expressions couldn't help but change, and many people had looks of horror and disbelief on their faces.
Kong Hongli was indeed brought over, but what was brought over was a corpse, which was carried into the hall by two Kong clan members.
There was black blood at the corner of Kong Hongli's mouth, and his face was even a little blue. It looked like he had committed suicide by taking poison.
Kong Wenzheng said with a bit of sadness on his face: "Master, when I was ordered to rush to invite the clan elder, I found that the clan elder had committed suicide by taking poison in his room, leaving only a letter!"
As he said this, Kong Wen was presenting a piece of letter paper.
Kong Wenshao took a deep breath and took the letter with a bit of sadness on his face. He glanced at the contents of the letter and couldn't help but said: "Uncle, why are you doing this? How can your Majesty be so merciful?
Your fault has implicated my Kong family, you are confused!"
Kong Wenshao handed the letter to Chu Yi and said: "Master, please take a look. Because my disciple Song Yu did something treasonous and unethical, my uncle felt extremely guilty. He felt deeply that he had betrayed the emperor's favor and was afraid of implicating my Kong family, so he took poison."
Committed suicide!"
Chu Yi narrowed his eyes, glanced at the letter, and landed on Kong Hongli's body. With just one glance, Chu Yi recognized that this person was the Kong clan member who looked at him with disgust not long ago.
old.
It's just that Chu Yi never thought that people like Kong Wenshao looked kind-hearted, but their methods were so ruthless and decisive.
Kong Hongli committed suicide by taking poison? Who would be a fool if he believed it?
It was obviously Kong Wenshao who sent people to poison Kong Hongli and regarded Kong Hongli as a scapegoat.
I have to say that this move of the Confucius family is perfect. After all, Song Yu is just a disciple of the Confucius family. As Kong Wenshao said, the Confucius family's poetry and calligraphy are passed down from generation to generation. Over the years, there are countless disciples who have come out of the Confucius Academy, and even
There were disciples taught by the Confucian family in the imperial court.
Just for Song Yu to assassinate the emperor, it is really difficult to label the Kong family as a rebel. Otherwise, Chu Yi would definitely have led an army here.
Now the Kong family has even more neatly poisoned Kong Hongli, who was involved with Song Yu, to make the Kong family's attitude clear in front of him.
A clan elder is willing to kill as little as possible. For these families with a long history, for the sake of family inheritance, not to mention the clan elder, even the head of the clan can be sacrificed when it is time to sacrifice.
The Confucius family has been inherited for thousands of years and has not failed, but it is extremely proficient in the way of life.
Chu Yi suddenly sighed and said: "What a pity. Our family came here just to check on behalf of the emperor whether Song Yu's rebellion case was related to the Kong family, but we never expected that this family elder would die.
If His Majesty knew about it, he would definitely blame our family for not doing things right!"
Kong Wenshao said quickly: "What did the general manager say? It's because Kong Hongli, the clan elder, felt guilty for teaching Song Yu, a traitor like Song Yu. He had no face to deal with, so he committed suicide by taking poison. How can we blame the general manager?"
After waving his hand, Kong Wenshao said: "Take the clan elder's body down."
There were only a dozen people in the hall, which could be said to be the core of the Kong family. At this moment, Kong Wenshao clapped his hands, and he immediately saw Kong Wen walking in holding a roll of account books.
Kong Wenshao took the account book and presented it to Chu Yi and said: "General manager, this is our Kong family's wishes for the general manager. Please accept it. Song Yu's matter has indeed nothing to do with me, the Kong family. Please, please
The Chief Manager is able to speak kindly to the Kong family in front of His Majesty, and the entire Kong family is grateful!"
When Chu Yi opened the account book, the first thing he saw was five hundred thousand taels of silver, one hundred thousand taels of gold, and one thousand pieces of silk...
The entire account book is more than ten pages long, densely packed, and all the treasures listed above are all kinds of treasures. Even if he only flipped through two pages, Chu Yi would not look at the following ten pages. He could roughly estimate that the Kong family really had a lot of treasures this time.
He was bleeding profusely, and the so-called gifts offered amounted to no less than two million taels.
[The fourth update is here, please continue coding for the fifth update. Do you have a monthly pass if you work so hard?]
