Chapter 153: An Empty Shell
A huge merchant ship sailed into the harbor, and four hundred people and horses walked out of the merchant ship one after another, and walked along the pedal to the solid earth, and the merchant ship did not linger, left the harbor, disappeared into the sea fog, and continued south.
Kong Feili bowed his head at the departing merchant ship, and Chen Luoyan's words still echoed in his ears: "Your home is under the small courtyard of Yuelu Mountain, where there are secrets that you don't know. β
For a moment, he suddenly wanted to prepare to go home, his home was not in the Northern Wei Dynasty, not in Qufu, not in the Confucian Temple, and the place where the weaving and dyeing was located was his home.
"Holy Father, the carriage is ready. Xiao Zongjiang reminded loudly, pulling Kong Feili back from his contemplation.
Kong Feili suddenly came to his senses, got into the carriage, and said in a deep voice: "Go!"
The team of four hundred people meandered forward in the hinterland of Nanliang, four hundred people, just say not much, say less and a lot, if it is for the holy city in the past, four hundred people and horses are insignificant, but for the current holy city, it seems more than enough, the previous holy city is heavily guarded, it is the city of Nanliang second only to Jiankang City, the holy city is the holy city of scholars, it has an important symbolic meaning, the land is expensive, to the extent that every inch of land is gold, the nobles of the eight great families and the palace are proud to have a house in the holy city, but since the new emperor of the Southern Liang ascended the throne, After She Yu persuaded Kong Mo to surrender to no avail, the status of the holy city plummeted, first the military structure stationed in the holy city became lower and lower, and the silver broadcast by the imperial court became less and less. Pen, ink, paper and inkstone are extremely restricted, the first scene that appeared in the holy city is that the sanitary situation is going down every day, because the academy really can't provide extra money to clean up the holy city, just relying on the consciousness of the people in the city, Kong Mo thought that he could maintain the cleanliness of the holy city, in fact, he thought too much, and then the cliff-like fall of the land price of the holy city, so that many speculative people lost their wealth and lost their money, people suddenly remembered that the princess Chen Luoyan, who was dressed as a woman, once said "bubble" The economy, the abandonment of the imperial court, the abandonment of the Sage Academy from the center of political power, and the battle of the whole country, the combination of the three finally burst this colorful bubble, and the holy city began to show an irreparable collapse from the inside out. What followed was that Kong Mo's reputation plummeted, when the eight great families and the imperial court magnates made a lot of money by relying on the housing prices of the Holy City, they could naturally call you a "Holy Father", when all the benefits were in vain, sorry, you Kong Mo was the great traitor who once slaughtered his father's whole family, pigs and dogs are not as good!
On the other hand, the peak masters of the Holy City were seriously damaged, compared to the Southern Liang Sword Sect, the Xiongnu Shenji Pavilion, and the Western Chu Sword Pavilion, in the past, the cultivation masters of the Holy City Academy were not only numerous, but also had a continuous inheritance, and there was no fault like the Northern Wei Dynasty, before Li Yuanying and Yu Qing appeared, there was obviously a fault. The second dean Kong Jun porcelain, the third dean Kong Xitang, the great worship of the Confucian Buddha, and the four swords of the academy that can lead the trend, are all rare masters of human cultivation, but what is embarrassing is that in recent years, the damage has been serious, almost to the extent of green and yellow, the Confucian Buddha died in the battle of the river, Kong Xitang was broken up by Li Yuanying and cultivated, the four swords of the academy were imprisoned in Jiankang City, and Kong Jun porcelain went to Tai'an City alone.
At this moment, the Holy City is nothing but an empty city!
The holy city is in decay and irreparable.
And this kind of decay, which can not be without She Yu's handwriting, moisturizing things silently, the defeat is like a mountain, he wants to be the first virtuous minister throughout the ages, not only the court merits, and His Majesty the emperor is called a brother and brother, become a good friend, and he wants to become a reading saint, the holy city will decline, but will not decline into history, and wait until the world is unified, after the four sides surrender, he, the disciple of the Holy Father, will personally build the school, reorganize the imperial examination, write a book, praise the great achievements of the saint Kong Mo, and fall the grace into the sage academy, so that the city will return to its former glory, and the new Yan Sheng Church surname She, become the first person since the beginning of the worldγ
She Yu's thoughts, Kong Mo is clear, and he also understands, the wolf's ambition can no longer describe the ambition of this son, this student who once had a long talk with the teacher Kong Mo is so powerful! However, Kong Mo did not make a big deal about this, but became more and more quiet, he used to be busy, but now he is at ease, reading and writing every day, teaching the students of the academy, correcting the daily homework, under the night, Kong Qingyu pushed the wheelchair, he walked through every inch of the academy, as if he was waiting for something to come.
Tolerance is great, no desire is rigid, at this time, Yan Sheng Gong has tolerance and no desire, inexplicably quiet and serene.
After two hours of non-stop travel, 400 men and horses came to the Holy City like ghosts, and the road was unimpeded, and they did not encounter the slightest obstacle, which also shows that the battle between the two countries was fierce, and the local officers and soldiers joined the battle.
Liu Lugao raised his head and looked at the city wall from afar, grinning: "The rivers are going down, the sun is thinning, and the holy city with infinite scenery is actually full of grass at the head of the city, which is ridiculous." β
With a light sweep, this little master of Jianghu boxing was like a long ape with both hands and feet, climbing on the city wall, as fast as a frightening Hong, and in a few blinks of an eye, he had already jumped over the city head and appeared in the city wall.
There were a few dull crashes behind the gates, and with a creak, the heavy gates were opened from the inside, and the four hundred men divided into two teams, each with more than two hundred people, escorted the carriage in the middle, and entered the holy city in an orderly manner.
Finally encountered some resistance, Liu Lugao took the lead, his fists were like dragons and tigers, those who stepped forward to block, did not need to be hit by fists, as long as there was a little fist swept away, it was the end of the death of the person, it seemed that it was a little unpleasant, Liu Lugao's breath was suddenly restrained, every punch was a fist to the flesh, and the blow on the person was a cruel scene of flesh and blood splashing, and not long after Liu Lugao was full of corpses in front of his feet, and blood stained the long street of the holy city.
Since entering the Confucian Temple in Qufu, Liu Lugao, who was born in the rivers and lakes and has a clear distinction between love and hate, has already restrained his temperament, and with a group of scholars, he will always develop a little cultivation of the mind, but after Kong Qingyu's betrayal, his almost smoothed killing temperament suddenly broke out, and then saw the record of the peak master of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and he was bloodthirsty again.
Xiao Zongjiang, who was driving not far behind him, couldn't help frowning, and no longer looked at Liu Lugao, who was harvesting life, this person needs to be suppressed by an immortal figure like His Majesty, and he Xiao Zongjiang can suppress it a little, but not completely.
"Yo, it's here so soon!" Liu Lugao smashed the head of a guard with a palm, wiped his bloodied hands on the other party's body, and slowly got up.
Four hundred people entered the city quietly, did not alarm the Sage Academy, the lights in the academy were brilliant, faintly heard the sound of reading aloud, the Sage Academy coursework is notoriously heavy, anyone who can persist in three years out, must be not shallow in learning, energetic, even if rote memorization, can master a lot of knowledge, not to mention that the Sage Academy selection standards are extremely strict, admission is not easy.
Xiao Zongjiang lifted the curtain of the carriage and helped Kong Feili to get out of the carriage slowly, he used to hold a guide cane in his hand, and replaced it with a long sword, the sword body is extremely thin and long, this is the long sword he used to personally cut off Kong Mo's head, and avenged this sea of blood for more than 300 members of the Kong family!
"Elder Xiao, is this Sage Academy the same as our Confucius Temple in Qufu?" Kong Feili opened his mouth to ask an unrelated question.
Xiao Zongjiang observed: "It's exactly the same, it's not different, maybe it's more magnificent." β
Kong Feili's face was gloomy: "It is worthy of Kong Mo, not only to kill my Kong family, but also to build an identical Confucian temple, phew, something with a wolf's heart and dog lungs! Since it is completely imitated by the Sage Academy, then Kong Mo should also live in Dacheng Hall." β
"Holy Father, let's attack them and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor!" Liu Lugao grinned, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth, and the gloomy compassion was chilling.
Xiao Zongjiang glared at Liu Lugao, the reason why he came was to fight against the academy array, above the river, Kong Xitang was broken up by His Majesty, and the academy Haoran array was broken, but the foundation is still in the Holy City, and it is still in the Sage Academy, the so-called death of luck is not a matter of blink of an eye, it takes a long time to consume, the hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, Liu Lugao is a martial artist, and there is no way to deal with the ethereal luck formation, but he doesn't want to kill, especially the reading seed.
"Holy Father, it's full of scholars. Xiao Zongjiang said with emotion.
Liu Lugao cut off: "Old Xiao, you don't have to be soft-hearted, it's interesting to kill scholars." β
"Elder Xiao, Brother Liu, I know in my heart, everything will go according to the plan. Kong Feili said.
Among the two hundred people, there were twenty people out of the queue, with their shoulders to resist the gate of the academy, the vermilion academy gate moved under the strong impact, and did not break open, Liu Lugao saw this situation, shouted and let go, the master of the fist method personally stood in front of the gate, the breath sank into the dantian, the breath was raised from the bottom up, and finally condensed on the double fists, showing a sense of vigorous bursting, booming loudly, the fists smashed out fiercely, the strength was exhausted, and the gate of the Sage Academy exploded.
A loud noise alarmed everyone in the academy, the recitation stopped abruptly, under the leadership of Liu Lugao, everyone entered the academy as if they were in no man's land, and the academy students who were driven out from it stood on the spot, forming a phalanx to block everyone from entering the academy.
A wheelchair slowly appeared at the back, and the person pushing the wheelchair was Kong Qingyu, he glanced at Kong Feili who suddenly appeared, slightly relieved, and then a burst of nervousness, and involuntarily put his hand on his father-in-law's shoulder, Kong Mo reached out and patted his little hand, and said a word of relief.
"Phew, little chop!" Liu Lugao glanced at Kong Qingyu at the back, he didn't like this young man very much, after this kid came to the Northern Wei Dynasty, he was still nostalgic for Southern Liang, and he called his father and his father to kill his father, so indiscriminately, indiscriminately, and recognized the thief as his father, it was simply inferior to an animal. Liu Lugao slapped him, slapped the kid so that the corners of his mouth bleed, he couldn't distinguish between the north and the south, the hatred of killing his father, the family affection that was thicker than water, and he couldn't forget it.
"Holy Father, I'm going to slaughter that little scrap!" Liu Lugao said viciously, before he could make a move, his whole body was tense and slightly stunned.
In the dark part of the academy, a dark crossbow shot out, shooting directly at Liu Lugao's face, the fist master reacted quickly, a punch blasted out, and the crossbow arrow shot with great force, but when it met Liu Lugao's fist, it shattered into powder.
Liu Lugao closed his fists, squinted his eyes, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Well, there are masters, not bad, not bad!"
In the dark, an old woman with a broom in her hand slowly revealed her figure, she is a master hidden in the dark of the academy, there is no abnormality in sweeping the floor on weekdays, and it is not noticeable, when Kong Weiting entered the academy, this old man once appeared, and later Huang Chunfeng also killed many masters of the academy with a sword, she was one of the few who survived.
The old woman walked out slowly and stood in front of Kong Mo: "Holy Father, the person who came is not good, the old man will drag the two of them, and please ask the Holy Father to get out of the city as soon as possible." β
"Hold the two of them, the old woman is so angry!" Liu Lugao sneered, his body flew like the wind, and he came to the old woman in an instant, and punched out.
The old woman lightly put the broom in front of her, and took Liu Lugao's punch hard, her body was impermanent, her clothes flew backwards, her feet were an inch off the ground, and she fell steadily: "The strength is not enough!"
"Really?" Liu Lugao pulled his fist back, his arm showing an arc backwards, and then smashed out without warning.
The old woman didn't dodge or dodge, she chose to take it hard again, the moment her fist landed on the broom, she couldn't help frowning, her figure exploded, and with a loud bang, the old woman's body hit the wall and didn't enter it, Liu Lugao followed closely, and the two figures were entangled.
Kong Feili tilted his head slightly, "looking" at Kong Mo's direction: "Kong Mo, if you don't want the holy city to be stained red with blood, come out and die quickly!"
Kong Mo smiled slightly: "Qingyu, push your father-in-law over." β
Kong Qingyu shook his head lightly: "Father-in-law, we won't go over." β
"Qingyu, everything is fine, there is a righteous father. Kong Mo said with relief.
The phalanx of three hundred students remained motionless, blocking in front of Kong Mo, and chanted in unison: "Gentleman respects the teacher!"
"Gentleman?" Kong Feili suddenly laughed, his face full of contempt and disdain: "It's just a group of hypocrites, Kong Mo, if you have the guts, you just come out and hide behind everyone, what kind of gentleman is you?"
He suddenly stopped laughing, lowered his head and squinted, his gaze was not focused, but it was extremely cold: "Do you think that I, Kong Feili, dare not kill innocents indiscriminately? Although killing people cannot resurrect the dead, it is always extremely pleasant!"
Kong Mo said sharply: "Everyone get out of the way, today's affairs, everything is borne by me Kong Mo alone, and it has nothing to do with the people in the academy." β
The scholar phalanx slowly moved out of the way, and Kong Qingyu pushed the wheelchair and walked in front of Kong Feili: "Kong Feili, what happened back then was my fault." β
"Kong Mo, shut up! Of course it was your fault back then, otherwise whose fault is it? Mine? You deserve to die!" Because of the excitement, Kong Feili couldn't help himself, trembling all over, with a certain madness on his face, as if he was going to deliberately hit Kong Mo, he suddenly pushed Xiao Zongjiang away, took two steps forward, slowly drew his long sword, and got closer to Kong Mo: "Are you still pinning your hopes on the Academy Great Array?" Hmph, I'll tell you the truth, the so-called Haoran Great Array is just an empty shell now!"
Xiao Zongjiang was taken aback, why did the Episcopal Church say that the Haoran Great Array had become an empty shell?
Involuntarily, his eyes looked at Kong Qingyu.