At midnight.

Wrapped on a hill in Anqian County.

Jiang Ming of the Dongcheng Thousand Households and the more than 500 Wude Division captains who led them had already stopped to rest.

He said to the outside world that he was encircling and suppressing the remnants of the Great Liang, but in fact it was just a pretext.

Jin Ge made too much trouble this time, he was afraid that "the fire at the city gate would affect the pond fish"!

Standing halfway up the mountainside, Jiang Ming looked at Chang'an City and muttered to himself: "Jin Ge, you little gentleman, you want to kill this official!" Fortunately, I know the same ......."

He wasn't done yet.

Suddenly, the ground shook beneath his feet.

Then, the nearby trees and stones began to move.

Jiang Ming rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

That's right, trees and stones are moving.

The captains who had already sat down also felt strange and stood up one after another.

"Bang!"

Suddenly.

Those moving trees and stones exploded directly.

Boom!

The sound of breaking the sky resounded throughout the mountain.

"Ahh

"Whew!"

"Enemy attack, be on alert!"

Screams and exclamations rang out.

In the blink of an eye.

More than 200 lieutenants fell to the ground.

Jiang Ming never dreamed of it.

There will really be a thief here, and he hurriedly pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "Dare to fight against the thief, we are ......"

"Hmm!"

Jiang Ming's shouting stopped abruptly.

Thump!

Jiang Ming's body fell directly.

In a flash.

The sound of metal crashing, angry scolding, and screaming was endless.

About ten minutes passed.

The whole mountain bag returned to a deathly silence.

Poor Jiang Ming and more than 500 lieutenants of the Wude Division, they didn't even see what the enemy looked like, so they all died in a daze.

Not long after, more than 200 men in black emerged from the ground.

After these black-clothed men emerged from the ground, they quickly disappeared into the night without a pause.

About another quarter of an hour passed.

A corpse turned over directly, and a lieutenant crawled out from underneath the corpse.

The lieutenant's left shoulder was bleeding, but he didn't have time to pay attention to it, and he hurried down the hill with a rolling belt.

……

It was dawn.

In front of the Confucius Temple in Chang'an City.

It was already kneeling with no end in sight.

One by one, they fell to the ground in agony and wept loudly.

There are several yamen next to the Confucius Temple.

If it had been in the past, the yamen would have sent officials to drive it away.

Today, however, it was surprisingly quiet, frighteningly quiet.

Almost all the scholars from the five counties near Chang'an City came.

Hongzheng College was destroyed and could be rebuilt.

The students were killed and wounded, and they were sent to prison, saying that they had colluded with the rebels, and everyone had nothing to say.

But the portrait of Sage Confucius hanging in the academy, Jin Ge, how can you send someone to tear it off!

Saints do not allow anyone to blaspheme!

They can't bear it, they want to make a big deal about it.

If they remain silent, the status of scholars will plummet in the future.

This time, the initiator Jin Ge must die, and it is still the most cruel way to execute - Ling Chi!

They also want to let the world know, don't come to mess with us scholars, if you provoke, you will die.

……

The Confucius Temple is crowded, and there is more than one outside the noon gate.

Almost all the important ministers of the Great Qian Dynasty came.

Including Zuo Cheng Ning'an, Zuo Du Yushi Bao Feng, Ministry of Officials Shangshu Qi Meng, Household Department Shangshu Qian Gang, Military Department Shangshu Ma Lian and so on.

When they arrived, they did not shout, but fell to their knees motionless.

Seeing this, the pro-army of the noon gate hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, why is this? ”

Bao Fengyi, the imperial history of Zuodu, said sternly: "Please punish the national thief!" ”

The pro-army's face changed greatly when he heard this.

So many important ministers, please punish the national thief!

This national thief must have a lot of origins.

Look at this posture, it has the meaning of not killing this national thief and vowing not to give up.

The pro-army did not dare to delay, and went into the palace without saying a word.

In the palace.

Qi Mao slept very comfortably this night, and was just waited by the eunuch.

Chang Youbian ran in with a shocked look.

Seeing that this was often the case, Qi Mao asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Chang Youdao: "The pro-army guarding the noon gate came to report, Zuo Cheng Ningan and others knelt outside the noon gate, claiming to kill the national thief." ”

"A national thief? Who is the national thief? Qi Mao heard the report of Chang You, and hurriedly asked.

I often talked about Jin Ge roughly.

When Qi Mao heard this, he was furious: "Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier?" ”

Chang You hurriedly knelt down: "The slave saw that His Majesty was sleeping peacefully, so he didn't dare to wake you up." ”

Qi Mao paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, glared at Chang You viciously, and said, "You...... Damn it! ”

often has a panicked look, kowtowing, and crying: "The slave is dead." ”

Qi Mao stopped and said coldly: "Of course you will die, it is not a pity for you to die, what happened to Jin Ge, would you treat him like this?" ”

Chang You shuddered, he knew that Qi Mao was really angry at the moment, he didn't dare to say anything like ten thousand deaths, he just kept kowtowing.

At this time, a eunuch ran in, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, someone just came to report that a large number of scholars had gathered in front of the Confucius Temple. ”

The readers said in unison...... Say ......"

Qi Mao squinted, but he calmed down, interrupted his speech, and asked, "Did you also say that you want to kill the national thief?"

The eunuch hurriedly said: "No, they said that Ling Chi would execute Jin Ge......"

Qi Maojiang suddenly laughed and said, "How many people have gathered?" ”

The eunuch said: "There are a lot of people. ”

Qi Mao sighed and said, "What about the government office next to the Confucius Temple?" What did they eat, did they not drive them away? ”

The eunuch bowed his head and said nothing.

"Haha......"

"I treat scholars preferentially, not for them to mess around like this!"

Qi Mao said, his eyes full of murderous intent, and said to the eunuch: "Go, summon Jin Ge, Zuo Cheng Ning'an and others into the palace." ”

"Convener, convene the three law divisions, invite the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, and invite all the people who should be invited."

"Also, that Hongzheng Academy, let's also tell someone to make it clear, anyway, if you don't make it clear, they plan to make trouble."

As if he had been pardoned, the eunuch hurriedly said, "The slave obeys!" And he galloped away.

Qi Mao didn't even look at Chang You, nor did he let him get up, flicked the sleeves of his robe and snorted coldly, and walked directly out of the side hall and went straight to the Qinzheng Palace.

Often knelt on the ground and saw that Qi Mao ignored him, he suddenly felt bad and wanted to beg for mercy, but Qi Mao had already walked away......

Pegasus came to the Hundred Households.

Jin Ge had already prepared, and after getting dressed properly, he rushed to the palace non-stop.

Outside the noon gate, there were more than a hundred people kneeling there.

It is said that the important ministers of the court headed by Ning An have entered the palace.

The rest are just officials from various ministries who come to join in the fun.

As Jin Ge passed through the noon gate, he felt the hostility of the officials towards him.

But he ignored it.

Because he knows that there is still a tough battle to be fought in a while, and he has to conserve his strength and energy......