Qufu, Yansheng Mansion.

Upon learning of the defeat of the Shun army, Yongchang Emperor Li Zicheng fled for his life in panic, and Yan Shenggong, a loyal minister of Dashun, immediately ran to the middle hall and shouted at the family: "Quick! Burn the Yongchang Emperor..... No, burn the thief's immortal card! ”

"Master, the immortal card is gone......"

"Gone? How could it be gone? ”

Kong Yinzhi hurriedly came to the ancestral hall, but saw that the immortal card in the middle of the case was really missing......

This......

It's all at this point, who has the brains to put away this life-threatening thing?

Kong Yinzhi really doesn't understand, why did the immortal card that was still there yesterday suddenly disappear today?

"It's okay if it's gone, presumably the hollowed-out gold-painted immortal card is worth a little money, and which thief took it away....."

Kong Yinzhi didn't think much about it, straightened his clothes, and said to the housekeeper: "Take the bullfighting suit given by Emperor Chongzhen and give it to the old man!" ”

"Master, that royal bullfighting costume made you burn ......"

Kong Yinzhi was speechless for a while, and said, "Take the first-grade immortal crane suit that the Emperor of the Apocalypse gave to the old man!" ”

"Master, the crane costume was also burned by you......"

“......”

At this moment, Kong Yinzhi had bitter words in his heart, and he really wanted to slap himself a few big mouths.

Without the royal bullfighting uniform, and without the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, how to see the driver?

He gritted his teeth and whispered to the housekeeper: "Go to Konglin quickly......"

When the housekeeper heard this, he knelt down on the spot, and he said with horror on his face: "Digging a grave? ”

The successive generations of Yan Sheng Gong were given bullfighting clothes and other costumes by the imperial court, but how precious the bullfighting costumes are, like the python costumes and flying fish suits, the ornaments on the costumes are similar to the dragon gon costumes worn by the Ming Emperor.

Only by making meritorious contributions can the Son of Heaven be subdued, and there are also examples of bullfighting clothes given by the lecturers of the Hanlin Academy, but they are exceptional, and they are not easily awarded.

It is already a great grace for the Confucian family to be given bullfighting clothes in the past dynasties, and each generation of Yan Shenggong regards it as a great honor, and it will be brought into the tomb when he dies.

"Go quickly!" Kong Yinzhi scolded fiercely.

Kong Shangxian, the previous Yan Shenggong, passed away without an heir, so he asked his nephew Kong Yin to implant the successor to Dazong and succeeded him as Yan Shenggong, not his own father, Kong Yinzhi acted without psychological pressure.

......

In front of the south gate of Qufu, Luan drove mightily, and thousands of royal forest troops were in order, protecting the dragon chariot and walking slowly.

Kong Yinzhi felt that his legs were slightly weak from a distance, and immediately led his clan to kneel to greet him: "The Holy Father of Chenyan, Kong Yinzhi, welcome the holy driver!" ”

He shouted three times in a row, and only then did Long Yuan walk slowly, and Zhu Cihong saw Kong Yinzhi wearing a strange bullfighting suit lying on the ground through the window, his eyebrows quietly raised.

In the main hall of the Confucian Mansion, Zhu Cihong looked at the portrait of Confucius on the wall with his hand in his hand, and said lightly: "Kong Yinzhi, I heard that Li Zicheng also lived in your Confucian Mansion some time ago?" ”

Kong Yinzhi was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the thief is shameless, forcibly occupying the Confucian Mansion, and robbing many fields and granaries of my Kong family, what a ...... The thief is difficult to change, and he is a monkey and crowned, and he is extremely shameless! ”

Zhu Cihong turned around, glanced at him in surprise, and said, "Shameless, this word is used well!" ”

Kong Yinzhi nodded and said: "Your Majesty is the first to enjoy the fortune of Tai, the rule of the new state is Yang, the Qiangang is upright, the nine-fold Hong is the beginning of the benevolence, the land is returned to the city, and the whole world celebrates!" ”

He continued to sing: "His Majesty the Emperor is respectful, Chengtian Yuji, the first to be virtuous and Suimin, Xieritu, the six universes are wearing the gods, and the name of the world is prosperous, and the Holy Emperor of the Eight Desolations and Songs!" ”

Fang Yizhi, a scholar of Hanlin Academy, silently analyzed it, and secretly said that this Yan Shenggong came as soon as he opened his mouth, so literary!

However, the more Zhu Cihong listened, the more disgusting he became, aren't these words written by this guy to the Manchu Emperor in history?

"Kong Yinzhi, are you guilty?" Zhu Cihong said suddenly.

"What do you mean by that, Your Majesty?"

Kong Yinzhi looked at Zhu Cihong in amazement, and several civil officials who accompanied him were also a little surprised.

Zhu Cihong greeted Wu Zhong and said, "Read! ”

Wu Zhong took out a copy of the expression from his sleeve, and immediately read: "The ministers and others erect Confucianism, the chapter seams are slightly end, inherit the grace of the Liedai, and celebrate the prosperity of the new dynasty today, I wish the mountains and rivers of Dashun and the sun and the moon to shine, and the country will be forever ..... with the Qiankun."

Kong Yinzhi was stunned on the spot, why is this article so familiar, it seems that it was written by himself to Li Zicheng, the emperor of Yongchang in Dashun......

Kong Yinzhi was shocked into a cold sweat in an instant, and then he realized that the charge he had prepared to return to Dashun had been discovered by His Majesty the current Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but wasn't this expression thrown aside by Li Zicheng? How did it get into the hands of Emperor Tianwu?

Zhu Cihong pointed to the expression and said, "This expression is signed by Kong Yinzhi, is it written by you?" ”

Where did Kong Yinzhi dare to admit it, shook his head like a rattle, and said again and again: "Absolutely not!" Your Majesty, the minister swears, this is definitely not written by the minister! There must be a traitor framing my Kong family! ”

"Oh, what about this?" Zhu Cihong beckoned, and immediately a brocade guard took out the hollow and gold-painted immortal card, and put it in front of Kong Yinzhi, asking him to take a closer look.

"This ......"

Kong Yinzhi pointed to the immortal card, as if he had seen a ghost, and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Seeing the murderous expression on the emperor's face, he was so frightened that he was incoherent, and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... The minister is wronged, the minister is a descendant of Confucius, and he will never do such a rebellious thing......"

Before Kong Yinzhi's words were finished, Zhu Cihong couldn't help it, and violently picked up the immortal card and threw it at his face, scolding: "Ungrateful and shameless things!" Are you worthy to be a descendant of saints? ”

The sturdy Changsheng card was broken on the spot, Kong Yinzhi vomited blood all over his mouth, his eyes were dull, his old face was flushed, and he was swollen in a large piece, obviously not lightly injured.

Fang Yizhi, a scholar from the Hanlin Academy who came with him, saw this scene, and immediately became furious, and also scolded: "Kong Yinzhi, you are disloyal and unfilial, have no king and no father, and insult your ancestors!" ”

The evidence was ironclad, Long Yan was furious, Kong Yinzhi knew that he couldn't defend himself, he was so frightened that his whole body trembled, his legs were weak, and the whole person knelt down: "The minister is guilty......"

Zhu Cihong slowly calmed down his anger, and suddenly asked in a gentle voice, "Does it hurt?" ”

Kong Yinzhi was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "It hurts ....."

Zhu Cihong kicked him over and shouted, "You shameless thing still knows that it hurts?" ”

Kong Yinzhi hurriedly got up and lay on the ground again, his fat body trembled, kowtowing desperately, knocking blood on the ground, crying blood and shouting: "The minister is guilty, Your Majesty spares your life, Your Majesty spares your life!" ”

In the face of the ruthless Emperor Tianwu in the rumor center, Kong Yinzhi knew that it was useless to say more, so he could only beg for mercy, believing that for the sake of Kong Sheng's face, Emperor Tianwu could let himself go.....

Zhu Cihong wanted to kill him immediately, but after all, he couldn't help it, the emperors of all dynasties had to worship Confucius before they came to Qufu, how could they arrange it before they worshipped?

Sacrificing Confucius in the Ming Dynasty has risen to the level of "the great ceremony of the country", and the status of Confucius is even comparable to that of Haotian God, and the emperor has to bow down and bow when he visits the shrine.

Zhu Cihong looked at Kong Yinzhi, who was covered in blood, and showed a very distressed expression, and said: "I have been reading the books of sages since I was a child, and I have always respected Confucius's knowledge and character, and even changed this imperial examination that lasted for thousands of years to the six arts of gentlemen carried forward by Confucius. ”

"I really didn't expect that the Holy Ancestor would come out with such an unsuccessful descendant as you, shamelessly surrender to the thief, and set up the immortal card?"

"Do I treat you thinly? How much sacrificial fields and learning fields did you give to the Kong family? That's how you repay the favor? ”

Hearing this, Kong Yinzhi's old face was sweaty, but he also heard that the emperor seemed to be jealous of the Kong family, and he immediately sneered: "What Your Majesty said is that the minister does not know the depths, and the minister is guilty, please forgive Your Majesty, and the minister will swear allegiance to Your Majesty to the death, and win the world's scholars for Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Cihong did not announce the disposition of Kong Yinzhi on the spot, but said with a smile: "Take me to Kong Lin and worship Kong Sheng!" ”