In the sixth year of Dayan Longan, August 15.

Qufu, Shandong, in front of Confucius.

Once in the world, except for the palace, the largest nine-entry mansion is now only a broken wall.

The fire burned for a day and a night, the main hall collapsed, the saint's books turned to ashes, and even the bodies of the dead were mostly burned to char under this raging fire.

He Ye, the prefect of Jeju to which Qufu belongs, led the officials of the government and the government to learn the teachings, and all the scholars including the counties of Jeju Prefecture, from the white-haired old man to the drooping child, were all dressed in linen and filial piety at this moment, kneeling in front of the holy mansion, crying endlessly, like a mourning exam.

Qufu is full of white, and every family wears filial piety.

After the embroidered guards led two hundred embroidered guards and two hundred royal forest troops, they were also shocked by this situation.

It's not the number of people, it's the heartfelt grief.

They are from the capital, and they are the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and they have just experienced the national mourning not long ago, and they have seen more battles than this, but the kind of crying of the national funeral is ...... Everyone knows it.

Even many family mourners, it is clear whether the cry is true or false.

But at this moment, so many scholars knelt here in linen and filial piety, crying heartbreakingly.

This scene is still shocking.

The prefect of Jeju Prefecture saw that there were embroidered guards coming, and the subordinate officials supported him to greet him, and after Wang Ah Da passed on Lin Ruhai's edict, he asked He Yedao: "Lord He, can you organize people to enter and see if there are survivors?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the people around them shook their heads and sighed.

He Ye said: "The fire is too big, how can there be a living?" In addition, there are many ceremonial gold and silver utensils in the holy mansion, although they are transformed into the power of Zhurong, they can still be picked up. If the court did not send someone to come, it would not dare to let people in. ”

Wang Adaa nodded and said, "Lin Xiang also has this intention, but let's see if there are survivors." ”

He Ye burst into tears again when he heard this, and said, "The White Lotus Demon Thief, he is mad, he is really hateful!" Originally, Mrs. Shengfu will be 80th birthday tomorrow, and the Confucian family will all go to the Holy Mansion, who would have ...... Who expected ......"

Wang Adaa didn't say much, while sending soldiers and horses to guard the Confucian Mansion, he and He Ye took people in to have a look.

Along the way, you can see charred corpses everywhere.

"It's miserable! If it weren't for the sudden heavy rain the night before, I wouldn't even be able to leave this point in front of me! ”

"Shandong has been in drought for nearly half a year, and many wells have dried up before it rains. But the Holy Mansion caught fire, but it rained. It can be seen that it is the Most Holy Manifestation! ”

"If it weren't for that heavy rain, I wouldn't have been able to save a lot of things...... Alas, it would have been better if the rain had come down sooner. ”

Listening to He Ye's painful chatter, Wang Adaa shook his head and said, "Most of the people in the Yansheng Mansion died from slashing, and it has nothing to do with whether it rains or not. ”

In fact, it's okay to burn a fire, otherwise there is a house where the wife and daughter of the saint Miao live, and what will happen if a group of chaotic people break in, think about it......

From beginning to end, I looked at the courtyard from one courtyard to another.

The ancestral hall of the East Road Courtyard is no longer visible, there was originally a palace built of golden silk nanmu, and there are countless curtains and brocade silk fluttering, after the fire, even the ruins were not left......

The Middle Road Courtyard and the West Road Courtyard are also fine, but at most only one frame remains, and the inside is also burned clean.

Many tragic scenes, Mo said that He Ye and other literati couldn't bear to witness it, and they couldn't stop crying, even Wang Ada's embroidered clothes guards shook their heads again and again.

There were many people, apparently not killed, but burned alive by the fire, and the blood-colored scratches on the walls on the ground were shocking.

Inspecting to the West Road Courtyard, He Ye couldn't hold on anymore, and his face was colorless.

Although the Yansheng Mansion is a Zhili Prefecture and is under the direct jurisdiction of the governor, but in the end, it is under the Jeju Mansion, and now it has been slaughtered and burned by the White Lotus Demon to destroy the gate, and he, the prefect, has no reason to save his life.

Seeing him like this, Wang Adaa didn't force it, but just as He Ye was being helped out by two subordinate officials, and the others continued to inspect, suddenly, a faint cry of a baby came, but it came from nowhere......

This voice appears here, which is weird and terrifying, but also exciting.

The first to react was He Ye, a man in his fifties whose hair was already gray, but at the moment he was as smart as a young man, pushed away the people around him, and screamed: "Quick, quick!" Go and see, where you're crying, where you're crying!! ”

Wang Ada's face suddenly turned solemn, and with a wave of his hand, the people around him immediately scattered, picking up a charred dried corpse, looking for a cry.

I just searched all the surrounding houses, but I didn't find them.

Just when He Ye and Wang Ada were disappointed, but they heard a faint cry of a baby, He Ye was so anxious that he jumped his feet, let people look for it again, everyone was busy and turned back to the ruins to find, Wang Ada walked a few steps in the courtyard, after going around half a circle, suddenly there was a well edge by the wall, and the wooden wheel and rope on the wellhead had been burned, he stepped forward step by step, just as he was approaching the well, suddenly another baby cry came out, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he said loudly: "Come on!" Come on!! ”

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Shenjing City, Qianqing Gate.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, except for the important public housing staff, the whole world celebrates the day of family reunion, but the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, but was shocked into the imperial city by the seventy-two Jingyang bells.

The eighty-one Jingyang bell is a national mourning, symbolizing the collapse of the emperor.

And seventy-two, second only to eighty-one, is also a national funeral, which means the queen mother or the queen.

Originally, the kings of the clan, relatives of the emperor, relatives of Wuxun, and ministers of civil and military affairs all thought that it was the queen mother, after all, since the funeral of the emperor, the queen mother has never shown up.

It is the Queen Mother's Thousand Autumn Festival, and she also passed down her will to avoid congratulations.

If it weren't for the old concubines of the clan entering the palace from time to time, they could still see the queen mother and talk, I am afraid that many people would suspect that the queen mother had gone with the emperor......

The ringing of the Jingyang bell this time is really in line with the character of the Queen Mother......

It's just that no one expected that after they hurried to the imperial city, they were led to Qianqingmen.

After Emperor Long An appeared, the hundred officials knelt down, but after kneeling, they were not called.

After a while, Emperor Long An slowly asked, "Is Luo Rong here?" ”

Luo Rong, who was kneeling behind He Zhen, hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, the guilty minister is here." ”

"Sinners?"

Emperor Long An's voice was the same as that of ice slag, and he said slowly: "You also know that you are guilty? ”

Luo Rong's face turned pale when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the ministers and the ministers...... As a minister, he failed to persuade his uncle, who was a good minister, so that he despised his position and failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a herdsman, and the minister ......"

"Shut up!"

Emperor Long An snorted and said, "At this point, you still dare to say anything!" Luo Rong, I ask you, how much silver does Luo Shikuan pay you in a year? ”

Luo Rong's face became more and more pale, his heart turned sharply, thinking about what had happened, but he was not slow, and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister dares to use the life of the whole family as a guarantee, and the minister has never accepted a penny of Luo Shikuan!" ”

Emperor Long An smiled angrily: "You actually ...... You still dare to bully the king! ”

Luo Rong Zhengse said: "Your Majesty, Luo Shikuan will send some gifts and New Year's gifts to his mother every year, and there may be a lot of property in them, but the minister still dares to guarantee that the minister has never received a penny from Luo Shikuan!" ”

Looking at his righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, Emperor Long An was simply disgusted, and he asked incomprehensibly: "In that case, how can it be recorded in the account book of Luo Shikuan's account room that he sent you 100,000 taels of silver two months ago?" Could it be that he misremembered? ”

Luo Rong sighed in his heart when he heard this, and then looked at Emperor Long'an's murderous eyes, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister's mother happened to give birth in June, and Luo Shikuan bought a heavy gift because he remembered that his mother had the grace to raise him. However, the previous minister had donated this silver to the emperor for relief in Shandong. ”

Emperor Long An laughed angrily: "Okay! All right! Listed as a minister, my humerus ministers, take a look, this is my Zaifu! On the ability to speak like a spring, there are few in the world! ”

Dou Xian saw that Long An's face was yellow, and asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, what happened?" Why do you ring the Jingyang bell? ”

When Emperor Long An heard this, he grabbed a stack of letterheads in his hand and threw them down the imperial steps, and said sharply: "This is the letter of the White Lotus Sect demon found in the study of the Shandong governor of Dayan, the dignified governor of a province, the official of the feudal territory, and the White Lotus demon secretly communicate with the song!" ”

Dou Xian frowned and said: "If the evidence of the crime is conclusive, it is enough to escort Luo Shikuan back to Beijing to ask for the crime, why should the emperor ......?"

Before he finished speaking, he himself felt that something was wrong.

Just for one Luo Shikuan, how can it be worth ringing the Jingyang bell?

Sure enough, I listened to Emperor Long An's words and words: "Luo Shikuan, a brute, corrupted the food for the relief of the victims, and in order to cover up the evidence of the crime, he deliberately colluded with the White Lotus Demon and raised tigers for trouble, and wanted the White Lotus Sect to bear the black cauldron of burning and forcibly seizing the relief grain. But I don't want to, people are not stupid, they turned their heads, but first burned down the Yansheng Mansion and the Xiansheng Confucian Temple in Qufu, and destroyed the Confucian family! The White Lotus Sect is trying to force Luo Shikuan and the others to be cornered and rebel with them! ”

As soon as these words came out, the originally quiet atmosphere of Qianqingmen, at this moment, it seemed that even the sound of breathing was still.

At this moment, it seems that the sound of the autumn wind can be heard.

But then, like a fried oil pot, it exploded!

For a moment, there were incredulous doubts, shouts and scolding, and heart-rending cries......

The whole Qianqing door was in a mess.

The mansion of the Holy Prophet and the Temple of Literature were burned?!

Destroy the descendants of Kong Shengmiao?!

Oh God!!

Don't say that the ministers are Luo Rong, the whole person is stunned, there is no slightest luck in his heart, he is paralyzed on the ground, and extreme fear makes him tremble......

"Silence!"

"Silence!!"

It was useless to roar and roar at the hundreds of civil and military officials who were in a mess, and it was not until a team of dragon forbidden lieutenants entered the palace that the hundred officials finally calmed down a little.

It's just that there are still people crying bitterly, such as Li Shouzhong, the priest of the country.

After Li Shouzhong and the others were invited out of the hall to calm down, Jing Chaoyun asked in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, what is the current situation in Shandong, please ask the emperor to make it clear." In addition, the minister suggested that a large army should be dispatched immediately to encircle and suppress the White Lotus Demon Man, and all of them must be arrested and turned into powder, so as to sacrifice to the Holy Ancestor! ”

Emperor Long An said indifferently: "On the night of August 13, thousands of White Lotus demons raided Qufu and destroyed the Holy Prince, because August 16 is the 80th birthday of Mrs. Kong, so the Kong family is far and near, and there are almost no survivors. On August 14, after Lin Ruhai learned the bad news, he first used the sword of the Son of Heaven to punish Zhang Liang, the commander of the Shandong battalion, and two Sima four battalion generals, and took charge of the Shandong battalion. He also took Luo Shikuan, Cao Xiangyun, and Li Song, and then reorganized the army today, prepared grain and grass, and set out tomorrow on August 16, carrying the coffin and swearing to destroy the white lotus.

Lin Aiqing's body bones ......"

At this point, Emperor Long An shook his head, he couldn't continue, and he didn't want to say anything, he finally said: "At this point, the imperial court needs to thoroughly investigate the case of corruption and relief grain in Shandong, Luo Shikuan sold the relief grain, and got the silver and gave it to Luo Rong. But there are also Cao Xiangyun, Li Song and Zhang Liang, who did they give the silver to?

If this case can't be investigated to the end, and every rebel minister will not be spared, I will be sorry for the Holy Teacher, and I will be sorry for the scholars all over the world!

I am not worthy to be this son of heaven! ”

"Wait for death!!"

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