The people of Chang'an City have been a little busy recently, they just finished queuing up to receive money in Du Mansion yesterday, and they are busy going to the door of Kong's house to watch the excitement today. I heard that the doors of the Kong family were opened, and the disciples of the Kong family wore linen and filial piety, and wept and mourned with paper.

This is not the point, if someone in the Kong family dies, we shouldn't watch the excitement. The point is that the people who sell funeral supplies in the city pat their chests and guarantee that they have not done the Kong family's business. This is strange, why mourn if no one is crying? Is it the latest way to make money? It seems to be very good, let's try to mourn another day.

For three days, Kong Yingda couldn't sleep at night, and he would rather suffer on * than make such a difficult choice. It is likely that the book is in Kong Yannian's coffin, but it is only possible, what if that Tibetan poem is just a coincidence?

The Kong clan and disciples are very anxious, it is about to be the New Year, and the Holy Lord will definitely officially announce the birth of a hundred families on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, leaving them only five days!

On the fourth day, Kong Yingda got up early in the morning and bathed and changed clothes, changing the decadence of the previous days. He led the clansmen to the ancestral hall again and solemnly bowed three times and bowed three times.

Kong Yingda's eyes were full of tears, and he said loudly: "The ancestors are above, and the descendants of Kong Yingda want to open the coffin of the 11th grandson Kong Yannian, if there are no classics in the coffin, I am willing to apologize for my sins with death, and it has nothing to do with other clansmen!"

After speaking, it was another three bows.

Kong Delun: "Dad!

Kong Chongji: "Woo, I don't want my grandfather to go!"

Kong's disciple: "Please think twice, teacher!"

"Don't persuade me again, I've made up my mind, I'll leave immediately!" Kong Yingda got up neatly, ordered a total of 300 people, including clansmen, disciples and servants, and prepared to go.

Outsiders saw that the door of the Kong family, which had been closed for a long time, suddenly opened, and three hundred people wearing linen and filial piety walked out, led by Kong Yingda. They rode on horseback and threw paper all the way to the palace.

I'm going to have a big incident! Could it be that the saint has done something unseemly? Otherwise, how could the Confucian family have done such an act of slapping people in the face and entering the palace wearing linen and filial piety, but it is very disrespectful!

Li Shimin was also stupid, "What are you talking about? The Kong family has opened the door, and the old man Kong is now wearing linen and filial piety to see me?"

Eldest Sun Wuji: "Yes." ”

Li Shimin sent the eldest grandson Wuji to monitor the situation in the Confucian Mansion, and after the eldest grandson Wuji received the news, he broke out in a cold sweat. I don't know what kind of sheep is crazy about Kong Lao's hair, and he sincerely doesn't let everyone have a good year.

Li Shimin walked around the house a few times, but still couldn't understand why Kong Yingda was like this. Lao Kong is the most polite person, and he is heartfelt enough to him, how can he not get along with himself? Does he want to help the Dong family? Wouldn't he be so stupid?

"Holy Lord, Kong sacrificial wine asks to see. "On such a road of several hundred meters, the chamberlain fell several times, and he will never change shifts with that bastard in the future.

"Minister Kong Yingda meets the saint!" "Hey mom, it's really a filial piety dress, and the corners of the eldest grandson Wuji's mouth twitched.

Li Shimin was more curious than angry, "Why does Kong Saijiu wear linen and filial piety? But what happened to the family?"

"Holy Lord, please see, this is my family tree. The 11th grandson Kong Yannian died the next day after Emperor Wu issued a decree to "depose the hundred schools and respect Confucianism alone", and the poem next to it should have been written before his death. ”

Li Shimin curiously took the genealogy and read the poem twice in his heart.

"Coffin Books?!"

Kong Yingda nodded tearfully, and Li Shimin's eyes were also red. If this is true, Kong Yannian should have committed suicide to protect the classics!

"What are you going to do now?"

"I want to go back to Qufu to open the coffin, and before leaving, I came to say goodbye to the saint. If there are no classics in the coffin, this is the last time the saint and Weichen will meet. The ministers will be grateful for the trust and promotion of the saint until death, and the saint will cherish it in the future. After Kong Yingda finished speaking, she bowed to Li Shimin tremblingly, and when she looked up again, she was already in tears.

Even the eldest grandson Wuji, who is cold-hearted, has red circles under his eyes. Old man Kong is giving filial piety to Kong Yannian, maybe also to himself....

"It's a big deal to get the classics, I'm afraid there will be danger on the road, I'll go with you!" Li Shimin thought, in case there were no classics, he would have to stop Lao Kong at the critical moment. Don't say that the Son of Heaven has received it from generation to generation, can he just cut his hair? For the sake of Lao Kong, he can not have long hair to his waist.

"Holy Lord, don't do it!" The eldest grandson Wuji was helpless, who could be like him, worrying about his sister's widowhood all day long.

"Let Cheng Yanjin and Li Jing lead the troops to follow, let's go today, and we can return tomorrow." "Li Shimin is not completely crazy, he still knows to take Li Jing away. Although he has killed his brothers, in case his father wants to be the emperor again, it is better to guard against it. Li Jing didn't help him at the beginning, and his position was unclear, so it was best to take him with him and watch.

The eldest grandson Wuji was excited when he saw Li Shimin's feelings, and knew that persuasion was useless, so he hurriedly went out to prepare.

Wang Jue has a lot of ghost ideas, if he takes her with him, if something happens, he will have to discuss it alone. After Li Shimin instructed the chamberlain to inform Li Chengqian and Wang Jue respectively, he walked to the bedroom of the eldest grandson queen, and asked his wife to take good care of his father before going out.

The chamberlain didn't know the specific situation, but he knew that he was in a hurry, so frightened that Wang Jue thought that something had happened to the eldest apprentice, and he didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he saw Li Chengqian.

Everyone arrived, Li Shimin told the matter again, and hurriedly took everyone to leave the palace secretly. The news of his departure from Chang'an can't be spread, otherwise even if the robbers don't come, the people who robbed him will come.

On weekdays, it takes five hours to get from Chang'an to Qufu, but now it is cold, and they rushed to the old house of the Kong family in Qufu. After everyone had their fill, they began to discuss the current situation. Whether to dig quietly, run after digging, or make the scene bigger, so that more people can witness this historical moment.

Wang Jue and the eldest grandson Wuji both bowed their heads and were silent, they didn't even know if they had classics, how could they dare to help make a decision? If Li Xiaoli lost face, he would inevitably find someone to vent his anger. Let's not be fooled, bow your head and count the ants to play.

Li Shimin certainly prefers the latter. He knew that he had a bad reputation, and if he could personally experience and show great favor in the matter of Confucianism looking for classics, he would surely be treated differently by people in the world. What worries him is that he is afraid that he will be intercepted and killed after his whereabouts are exposed.

With such a big piece of cake in front of him, with Li Shimin's character, he will never be willing to give up. Wealth and danger are sought, Lao Tzu has taken risks all the way, and it has been proved that we are the bearers of the atmosphere.

Li Shimin took the case, "Tomorrow, let's show our identity." ”

The entourage took turns to dissuade him, but they couldn't make him relent.

Early the next morning, a group of people wearing filial piety clothes and military uniforms attracted the attention of the people of Qufu. Especially the direction in which they walked, like the hole forest outside the city. Kong Lin is the family tomb of the Kong family, is it that one of the Kong family has died? There are curious people, who follow them all the way out of the city. Seeing that they didn't stop them, the usually timid ones slowly fell behind.

The winter sun is soft, shining through the shade of the trees on the grass and tombstones, filling Kong Lin with a sense of tranquility and peace of mind. The Kong family, a family with a sense of history, makes many people yearn for it.

Everyone came to Kong Yannian's tombstone and stood solemnly. The disciples of the Kong clan bowed to the tombstones, and they all cried incessantly, and the cries of hundreds of people echoed and spread in the forest. The onlookers were a little confused, if someone died, why didn't they see the coffin. If you want to worship, how can you cry Kong Yannian?

Looking at the people who were crying on the ground were lifted up by the soldiers, and a few others were holding digging tools, the crowd was in an uproar. What a big hatred, you want to dig people's graves? Just now I saw them crying miserably, and they actually pity these brutes, they are really blind.

An old man walked out of the crowd and stopped in front of the tombstone with his body, "Who are you? This is the cemetery of the Confucian family, and the old man advises you not to do that damned thing!"

Kong Yingda looked at his father-in-law with grateful eyes, "My husband is benevolent and righteous, please accept Kong's worship." We are members of the Kong clan, and we have only recently learned from the genealogy that the ancestor Kong Yannian committed suicide to collect books in order to preserve the authenticity of Confucianism. ”

The uproar of the crowd was so loud that I couldn't imagine that this story was too tragic.

Several people with tools in their hands walked to the grave again with tears in their eyes. This time, no one stopped them, and everyone held their breath and waited to witness the truth of history. As the tombstone broke, the cries of the Kong clan increased a little more, and the others gradually sobbed.

After about a stick of incense time to excavate, several people carried up a coffin. It is a two-layer coffin and a two-layer coffin, and the coffin is slightly decayed. Carefully pried open the lid of the coffin, and after seeing the situation inside, everyone hurriedly retreated.

In the coffin was a humanoid object wrapped in black cloth, and according to the custom in some places, the corpse was disposed of only when the disease died. Kong Yingda's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, he walked quickly to the coffin and wanted to tear off the black cloth.

"No, quickly bring back the Kong sacrifice wine!" Li Shimin was in a hurry, if he contracted the epidemic, he would not be able to save him by cutting his hair.

The people pointed to the coffin and exclaimed: "Look, it's not a human being wrapped in it!"

Kong Yingda's behavior was so unexpected that by the time the soldiers obeyed the order, the black cloth had already been removed. I saw that the black cloth was wrapped in silk cloth scrolls and carved bamboo slips. Kong Yingda sobbed and hugged a wooden box and opened it carefully. Unsurprisingly, the wooden box contained ashes and a scroll.

Opening the scroll, Kong Yingda trembled and read out the words on it: "I heard that Dong Zhongshu offered advice to the emperor, and the emperor moved." The next day, Dong Zhongshu came to visit alone, saying that he had made great contributions to Confucianism, and the villain's face was fully revealed. I look at his words and deeds, not a gentleman, and I have a premonition that disaster is coming. On the fifth day, the emperor issued a decree to respect Confucianism and commend the Six Classics. His Confucianism, which integrates the five elements of yin and yang, and skillfully takes the remarks of other families, with the intention of confusing the people, is no longer the doctrine of my Confucian sage. The emperor practiced the way of the Legalists, and I was afraid that he would follow the example of the first emperor, so he cut himself to preserve the authenticity. Afraid that he would open the coffin and weigh the coffin, I spread the epidemic to the outside world, cremated my body, and left a message in the family tree. I hope that one day Ming Jun will be in the world, so that my Confucian classics can see the light of day again. ”

Everyone listened to it, and cremating him after death was a punishment. For the sake of his family and Confucianism, Kong Yannian has done what a disciple and a disciple can and can't do, all things are really admirable!

The people exclaimed: "This is the queen of the saints!"

Wang Jue asked: "Is there a "Book of Shang"? Since the war in the Yongjia period of the Western Jin Dynasty, all the modern and ancient texts of the "Book of Shang" have been lost. The tutor has always suspected that the "Book of Shang" presented by Mei Zhen is a forgery. ”

Hearing this, Kong Delun immediately rushed to Kong Yingda's side and rummaged through. I saw him open a scroll, and after reading it, he shouted: "It's different, it's really different!"

Kong Yannian was famous for his rule of "Shangshu" during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, and this classic was very important to Kong Yannian himself and the Kong family. The Kong family looked at Wang Jue gratefully, admiring her for always working for orthodox academics, and also lamenting her noble sentiments of not being for herself.

Wang Juexiu finished saving his feelings, and saw that Li Chengqian was busy wiping his tears, so he hurriedly stabbed him covertly, didn't you read the note you gave you last night? Now that you've seen it, hurry up!

Li Chengqian: "Congratulations to Confucianism for recovering the true book, this is a sign of prosperity!"

The people of the Kong clan also reacted at this moment, and bowed to Li Shimin together, and everyone who came with them worshipped together.

Kong Yingda: "If it is not for the birth of Mingjun, the true book will not be able to see the light of day again, we thank the saint for Longen!"

The saint actually came in person, and the onlookers also knelt down and bowed, and the mixed voices of praise resounded in the forest.

Li Shimin resisted the urge to laugh, the occasion was inappropriate, and he was afraid that people would be misunderstood when he laughed. He replied with some humble words, and posthumously sealed Kong Yannian as the Duke of Mingcheng.

Wang Jue secretly complained, Ming Chenggong, the existence of emotional people is to make you famous....

After the people surrounded everyone and returned to the ancestral house of the Kong family, except for Kong Delun who took a few clansmen to stay and re-erect the monument for Kong Yannian, everyone rushed to Chang'an non-stop. The news that Li Shimin is here has already come out, and if he doesn't leave, he may have a bad idea.

After someone got the news, he just wanted to send the dead to rob the classics, and he learned that everyone had returned to Chang'an. The overall situation has been decided, the general trend has gone, although I am unwilling, I dare not do it in Chang'an. But the suppressed resentment in his heart needed to be vented at the breakthrough, and Wang Jue was unfortunately regarded as a point of hatred.

Wang Jue went with him, and of course he was alone when he came back. She rode her horse on the official road, and suddenly a group of men in black rushed out of the forest. Without saying a word, he was going to cut it in front of Wang Jue.

Wang Jue shouted while dodging: "Are you sure you want to look for me? It's too dark, why don't you take a look again?"

Man in black: "Don't talk nonsense, it's you who kills!"

It didn't seem to be lively enough, and a group of people rushed out of the forest, led by a masked man and laughed: "I didn't expect Nanshan Wang Jue to be so interesting!"

This group of people is powerful, and their weapons are several orders higher than the other party, and it didn't take long to take down all the assassins. The so-called coming without a shadow and going without a trace is to describe them. Before leaving, the leader spoke again: "Thank you for the help of the hundred factions, the Mo family giant will visit one day." ”

, they all say that the Mo family is an ancient gangster, and Ye Shicheng doesn't deceive me!

There is another person whose heart is also in a groove, that is, Li Shimin after returning to the palace, "Hehe... Hey, hey, hey, Lao Tzu finally raised his eyebrows, and the time should be like this!"