In Kong Duancao's mansion, the two Kong Fan brothers sat on chairs, silent, Kong Xuan's face was gloomy, Kong Fan's face was calm, but there was a trace of panic in his eyes.

"Second brother, I really can't see it, you are actually favored by Emperor Hongwu, Emperor Hongwu came to Qufu, he didn't see anyone, but he saw you, it's rare!" Kong Xuan looked at Kong Fan and sneered: "I'm afraid that in the future, I'll have to rely on you as a brother." "Although I don't look down on Li Jing, but after all, the other party is the emperor, Emperor Hongwu came to Qufu, and he didn't look for Yan Shenggong, nor did he look for himself, but he found his own brother, what does this mean?

"Brother, because the younger brother had met Lord Zhao of the First Auxiliary Minister back then, and this time Lord Zhao also ordered someone to send a letter, His Majesty the Emperor is high, where will I have the opportunity to see His Majesty the Emperor." Kong Fan smiled bitterly. He knew that what he did would be suspected by his brother.

"Really?" A sneer appeared at the corner of Kong Xuan's mouth, no matter how reasonable Kong Fan's explanation was, Kong Xuan would not trust his brother, he thought that Kong Fan did this for Kong Duancao's inheritance, which made him very dissatisfied in his heart.

After Kong Fan listened, his brows furrowed slightly, and he immediately stopped talking, Kong Xuan said that it was all good, he was taken by Li Jing, otherwise, he would not have entered Qufu in a white dragon fish suit to see him. The key question now is, what role should I play in this? The Tang Emperor obviously fell out with the Kong family in Qufu, as a member of the Kong family, did he stand in the perspective of the Kong family, or follow Li Jing?

Kong Xuan looked at Kong Fan's appearance, his eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and he was about to speak, but he heard footsteps outside, and then saw Kong Duancao walking in with a gloomy face.

"Father, what does Yan Shenggong say?" Kong Xuan hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"When the time comes, I will go to Qufu to see Hongwu Tianzi, Yan Shenggong, Yan Shenggong is not going to see him for the time being." Kong Duancao snorted coldly and said, "The Holy Father of Yan and the patriarch have already asked people to pack up and prepare to go south. Once the Son of Hongwu did not enter the Queli, Yan Shenggong was ready to lead the clansmen south, leaving his father and several clansmen here to guard the temple forest. ”

"This, how is this good?" Kong Fan's face changed after hearing this, and he couldn't help but say: "Father, the son of Hongwu is strong, and he is the lord who dominates the world, will he bow his head to see the Holy Father of Yan?" Isn't this the Holy Father? ”

"Why, what if a person born as a thief is an emperor? It's just the lord who usurped the throne, how can such an emperor last long, sooner or later he will be spurned by the people of the world, if he comes to Qufu and doesn't come to Queli, do you still want everyone in the world to support him? It's a joke. Kong Xuan said disdainfully.

"The victor, the prince, the loser, the thief, don't you understand this truth? This is Queli, it is also Qufu, and it is also Datang, my brother is so courageous, it is better to directly reverse Datang, wouldn't it be better? Kong Fan couldn't help but retort.

"Shut up, when have you been so presumptuous?" Kong Duancao frowned, and said coldly: "No matter what, when the Tang Emperor sacrifices, you two will go with me, the meaning of Yan Shenggong and the patriarch is actually very clear, Yan Shenggong can obey the edict of the Tang Emperor, but the law of the Tang Emperor cannot affect Queli, and the land that the Kong family now owns is the ancestral property that the emperor canonized to Yan Shenggong and cannot be deprived." ”

The two Kong Fan brothers immediately understood why Yan Shenggong refused to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, not because of anything else, but because of these lands, most of the land in Qufu belonged to the Kong family, if these things were taken away by the Tang Dynasty, the power of the Kong family would be weakened a lot, where would there be extra ability to give grace to those scholars, how to maintain the status of the Kong family in Shilin.

Integrity is of course very important, but more important is interests, Kong Fan's heart was in a trance, on behalf of the Kong family after the sage, on behalf of the Kong family with the face of Shilin, why is it a family that attaches importance to interests, is this still the Kong family back then?

"Yes, if this is the case, it is not impossible for my Kong clan to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, I think I Qufu Kong clan does not know how much contribution I have made to Qufu, Lu is chaotic, only Qufu is peaceful in the world, this is not my Kong family's credit, my Kong clan is a saint, it is not too much to have some land, if the Tang Emperor really attaches importance to scholars, he should agree to the requirements of the Kong family." Kong Xuan's eyes rolled, and he agreed. Kong Duancao also has a lot of money and land in his name, and as the eldest son, he will inherit more property, but if he is in accordance with the regulations of Emperor Hongwu of the Tang Dynasty, he can inherit a lot of money, but the excess land in his hand must be handed over, how can Kong Xuan agree?

"I'm afraid His Majesty the Emperor won't approve of it." Kong Fan said faintly, although he had less time in contact with Li Jing, he thought that Li Jing was a resolute and decisive master, and he would definitely not approve of it.

"If we don't approve, we will go south, and I believe that Li Jing will not risk the disapproval of the world to kill our Kong clan as soon as possible." Kong Xuan's face flashed with a hint of flush, and the fierce light flashed in his eyes, snatching people's money and property, like killing his parents. How could Kong give up like this?

"Anyway, I'm going to meet Emperor Hongwu tomorrow, and the two sides can sit down and have a good talk, so as not to break the net, that's the best." Kong Duancao couldn't help but sigh, if it really came to that point, neither the Kong clan nor Datang would get any benefit, it would be the result of losing both. Kong Duancao didn't want that to happen.

"Fish dead and broken? Don't think that if he is the emperor, he can treat me Qufu Kong's family? Kong Xuan said disdainfully. It's just that he didn't object in the end, after all, Li Jing had soldiers and horses in his hands, and he really ignored the public opinion of the people in the world, destroyed the Kong family, lost his life, and everything came to naught, Kong Xuan still didn't dare to bear such a result.

Only Kong Fan shook his head silently in his heart, he thought that Kong thought too highly of himself, Li Jing was the lord of a country, how could he care about this, even if the people of the world were against it? Destroy the Kong family, time will make the world forget all this, and he does not have any hope for Kong Duancao's decision. even thought that Li Jing would not see the Kong family.

What did Li Jing think, no matter what the Kong family didn't know, even Zhao Ding didn't know, in the big tent, Zhao Ding walked in with a stack of concertos in his hand, but saw Li Jing eating lotus seed soup.

"Go and bring Zhao Qing a bowl too." Li Jing said to Gao Zhan beside him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhao Ding hurriedly put the chapter on the case and said, "Your Majesty, this is just sent and needs to be approved by Your Majesty." ”

"Have Zhu Wu's soldiers and horses crossed the Yellow River?" Li Jing finished eating the lotus seed soup in two times before he said: "I have already sent out the news in Ludi, I believe that the Golden Wolf Guard must know, as long as the more trouble we make here, the Jin people will think that I have given up the major events of the Northern Expedition to Zhu Wu and them this time, and will not pay attention to my whereabouts." ”

Zhao Ding smiled bitterly in his heart, you are making a big fuss, you are almost going to destroy the Qufu Kong clan, I am afraid that in two days, the whole world will know about it. He hurriedly said: "I have crossed the river, I believe that I will be able to kill the Daimyo's Mansion in a few days, and the last soldiers and horses of the Jin people will definitely be mobilized for it, and Your Majesty's plan has been completed." ”

"That's the best, cooperate with the Kong family first, and play a good show." Li Jing nodded with satisfaction.

Zhao Ding couldn't help but feel sad for the Kong family, the Kong family thought that he was how he was, but no one thought that the huge Kong family was just a chess piece in Li Jing's eyes.