Under the guidance of the housekeeper, everyone stepped into the Confucian Mansion from the armpit door.

After passing through a long and narrow courtyard, you will come to the second gate of Confucius Middle Road, this gate was built in the period of Ming Wuzong, there is a lintel, and there is a vertical plaque with "the door of the saint" written on the lintel by the official department of Wuzong and the scholar Li Dongyang of Wenyuan Pavilion in the period of Wuzong.

After entering the "Saint's Gate", there is a small and exquisite, unique screen door, on which there is a plaque written with "Grace and Light" issued by Jiajing when Kong Shangxian attacked the Holy Father.

Hai Rui was following the butler's steps, and when he was walking here, he may have felt something, and subconsciously raised his head and looked at this plaque.

After passing through this door, everyone finally came to the Confucian Mansion Hall, which was used as a place for Yan Sheng Gong to read the holy decree and meet with officials, and even sometimes to hear cases.

After entering the lobby of the Confucian Mansion, I saw Kong Shangxian sitting on the top, pointing to the vacant seat on the side, and commanding Hai Rui and Cao Feng.

"Sit down, all of you!"

"Yes, thank you Yan Shenggong!"

Seeing this, Hai Rui and Cao Feng saluted Kong Shangxian respectfully before they sat down on their seats.

Soon after they sat down, a servant stepped forward and offered them a bowl of hot tea.

Kong Shangxian, who was sitting at the top, saw this situation and made a gesture of invitation to the two.

"Two, you might as well try my Confucian Mansion's unique tea!"

When Kong Shangxian's words fell, Hai Rui and Cao Feng on the side picked up the teacup and took a sip respectively.

Immediately, after tasting the taste of tea in the cup, Cao Feng on the side couldn't help but light up, and immediately exclaimed.

"This tea is really good, the entrance is mellow, the aftertaste is long, if you taste it carefully, there is a trace of sweetness, not bad!"

Hai Rui, who was on the side, did not comment on the taste of the tea, but after taking a sip, he quickly put the teacup in his hand back into place.

Seeing this situation, Kong Shangxian, who was sitting at the top, could no longer suppress the curiosity in his heart, only to see him turn his gaze to Hai Rui and ask.

"Lord Du Yushi, I don't know what His Majesty brought to you this time?"

When Kong Shangxian's words fell, the hall of the Confucian Mansion suddenly fell into silence.

Even Cao Feng on the side subconsciously put all his attention on Hai Rui's body, completely unaware that he was still holding a teacup in his hand.

Hearing this, Hai Rui turned his gaze to Kong Shangxian, and immediately got up from his seat, and after saluting Kong Shangxian respectfully, he spoke word by word.

"Yan Shenggong, don't hide it, Your Majesty entrusted the lower officials to tell you that if you want to survive next, you will go to the capital!"

Hai Rui's voice fell, and Kong Shangxian only felt a chill coming, from the soles of his feet, straight to the Tianling cover!

"What...... What, this ...... It can't be, I ...... I'm the Holy Father, Your Majesty will never ......"

Kong Shangxian kept muttering, his face full of disbelief.

At this moment, I only heard a crisp sound of 'bang', and followed the prestige, I saw that the teacup that was originally in the hands of Cao Feng, the governor of Shandong, fell in response to the sound, shattered on the ground, and turned into countless ceramic fragments, and the tea in the cup was sprinkled on the ground like this, and there was a little steam.

At this moment, the expression on Cao Feng's face was exactly the same as Kong Shangxian before.

Because the whole thing was too shocking, Cao Feng at this moment, his whole face was pale, his body trembled, and he had fallen into a sluggish state.

Hai Rui took in the expression on Kong Shangxian's face, and immediately stepped forward and handed over the handwritten letter sent by Jiajing not long ago to Kong Shangxian.

"If you don't believe it, just look at this letter!"

"Not long ago, His Majesty sent someone to send a handwritten letter to the lower officials!"

After Hai Rui finished speaking, after glancing at Kong Shangxian, he immediately returned to his seat and sat down.

At this moment, Kong Shangxian had already become distraught, and his reason told him that everything Hai Rui said was true, and he really angered His Majesty!

But perhaps it was the last bit of luck in his arms, but Kong Shangxian trembled and opened the envelope and began to browse the contents on it.

There was not much content on the letter, only two short sentences, but when Kong Shangxian finished browsing the content of the letter, the whole person was like a lightning strike, and the last trace of luck in his heart was also broken.

There is no other reason, on the letter paper, the content of those two sentences is.

"I already know what Aiqing said in the letter, and all the families involved in it will be handled by me!"

"In addition, when the time comes, I will bring a message to Yan Shenggong, if he still wants to live, he will give me to come to the capital obediently!"

At this moment, the atmosphere in the lobby of the Confucian Mansion had dropped to freezing, and no one in the room spoke.

After a long time, I saw Kong Shangxian come back to his senses, holding on to the last trace of luck, turned his gaze to Hai Rui, and after hesitating for a long time, he spoke.

"I don't know if Lord Yushi is willing to ...... it"

Before Kong Shangxian's words were finished, he was coldly interrupted by Hai Rui: "Yan Shenggong, the lower official just came to bring you this sentence at the behest of His Majesty, since the words have been brought, it is inconvenient for the lower official to stay longer, farewell!" ”

After Hai Rui finished speaking, he arched his hand to Kong Shangxian, and then left the hall of the Confucian Mansion with Cao Feng.

In Hai Rui's view, since he had brought the words to him, the letter had lost its meaning, so Hai Rui did not choose to take back the handwritten letter from Kong Shangxian's hands.

After the two of them walked out of the lobby of the Confucian Mansion, Cao Feng reacted in hindsight, only to see him turn his gaze to Hai Rui, his face was full of horror, and he asked.

"Big ...... My lord, this and this, is it possible that His Majesty really wants to let Yan Shenggong go to the capital......"

Hai Rui took in the expression on Cao Feng's face, sighed helplessly, and then spoke.

"Lord Cao, this matter is not something we can get involved in, we just need to wait for the final result with peace of mind, let's go!"

When Cao Feng heard Hai Rui's words, he couldn't help but show a helpless expression on his face, and immediately, he saw him hurriedly follow Hai Rui's steps and walk towards the outside of the Confucian Mansion.

Before officially leaving, Cao Feng reluctantly glanced back.

The scenery of the Confucian Mansion is no different from before they came, on the left and right sides of the door, there are still a pair of stone lions more than two meters high, lifelike and with stone beads in their mouths.

On the red-edged and black-lacquered gate, inlaid with a fierce pu head, and the door is also hung with the word 'Confucius' written in gold characters on a blue background, everything is so magnificent!

Compared with when he came, although the scenery is very different, in Cao Feng's opinion, the Confucian Mansion at this moment has a little more inexplicable meaning.

Coldly, Cao Feng's mind suddenly appeared with such a sentence: "The gentleman's Ze, the fifth generation will be beheaded!" ”

But soon, he threw the thought out of his mind and comforted himself.

"No, it shouldn't be, in the final analysis, Yan Shenggong only made a small mistake this time, and it shouldn't be so serious!"

"No, it shouldn't be, in the final analysis, Yan Shenggong only made a small mistake this time, and it shouldn't be so serious!"

"Your Majesty asked Yan Shenggong to go to the capital, it should just be to ask him about the specific situation!"

"Yes, that's right, it must be like that!"

After Hai Rui and Cao Feng left the Confucian Mansion one after another, they saw Kong Shangxian slumped on the seat with his eyes blank, and kept muttering: "It's over, it's all over!" ”

Until this moment, Kong Shangxian had no way to convince himself to accept this fact.

Even if the Confucian family has an incomparably high prestige in the hearts of the world's scholars?

But in the final analysis, everything that his Confucian family currently has comes from the emperor, whether it is dead or alive, it is nothing more than a matter of the emperor's words!

It's just that the emperors in the past either did it out of consolidating their rule, or out of the principle that more things are better than less, in short, they all adopted an attitude of turning a blind eye to what the Confucian family did behind their backs!

Emperor Jiajing, on the other hand, did not have this concern at all, on the one hand, because when he first ascended the throne, he overwhelmed the ministers and established his dominance through the dispute over the Great Rites.

On the other hand, with Jiajing in power for a long time, his position has become more and more stable, in other words, Jiajing actually does not need the help of the Kong family and the rest of the "Four Sages and Three Sages" family, and can also sit firmly in the position of emperor.

It's just that there must be a Yan Shenggong, and even if this person is not him Kong Shangxian, it will be someone else in the Confucian Mansion.

It was only at this time that Kong Shangxian realized how ridiculous his previous ideas were, and regretted that he couldn't resist the temptation to approve of the proposals of the rest of the families.

It's just that there is no regret medicine in the world, and Kong Shangxian, who calmed down, began to rack his brains to think about the next countermeasures.

"First of all, Your Majesty just asked me to go to the capital, and did not say that he would punish me, that is to say, there is still room for relaxation in the matter!"

"In addition, I am in the court, and I also have Yan Ge Lao and Xiao Ge Lao as help, as long as they can come forward and say a few good words for me in front of His Majesty, this matter should pass soon!"

Kong Shangxian thought so, only to see him summon the servant and command.

"Go and invite your lady to me now, and say that you have something important to discuss with her!"

"Yes, sir!"

After the servant responded, he immediately turned around and left, and after a while, he saw Yan accompanied by the maidservant and came to the lobby of the Confucian Mansion.

As soon as Yan entered the lobby of the Confucian Mansion, he saw Kong Shangxian with a sad face at a glance.

Although she didn't have any feelings for Kong Shangxian, out of his wife's concern, she still asked symbolically.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?"

When Kong Shangxian heard this, he sighed helplessly, and then handed over the handwritten letter left by Hai Rui to Yan's hands.

"Alas, what happened at the beginning, you can see for yourself!"

After Yan took the letter from Kong Shangxian's hand, he began to browse the content on it.

Although since ancient times, there has been a saying that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, but Yan, as the child of a top official eunuch, has received an extremely strict education since she was a child, so it is not a problem to read and write.

Yan Shi just glanced at the contents of the letter paper in a hurry, and was suddenly frightened, and immediately, he saw that he came back to his senses, and there was a slight trill in his tone.

"This ...... What should I do next, Your Majesty's side is going to ......"

Kong Shangxian took in the expression on Yan's face, and his face was full of helplessness: "Alas, now, I can only go to your father's side for help!" ”

After listening to Kong Shangxian's proposal, Yan couldn't help but bite his lip tightly, and his face was full of confusion.

It is reasonable to be reasonable, since she got married, in fact, she has not had much to do with the Yan family, and on weekdays, in order not to arouse the emperor's suspicion, except for some necessary emotional contact, the two of them also try not to interact.

And now, because of these pickled things of the Kong family, his father, who has just entered the cabinet, and his grandfather, who is still the first assistant to the cabinet, are involved, which makes the Yan family quite entangled.

Kong Shangxian, who was on the side, seemed to see the hesitation in Yan's heart, and immediately said comfortingly.

"Don't worry, it's just for your father to say a few good words in front of His Majesty, and nothing else will be involved!"

Kong Shangxian's voice fell, and after thinking about it for a long time, Yan nodded and agreed to Kong Shangxian's proposal.

"Well, I'll try to write a letter to my father first, and as for whether my father will agree, it's not up to me to influence!"

Kong Shangxian saw that Yan finally agreed to his proposal, and the whole person couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately responded.

"Well, no matter what the final result is, let's try it first!"

……

Since then, another two days have passed.

In the evening, Yan's study.

At this moment, Yan Song was wearing reading glasses and looking at the books in his hand quite intently, while Yan Shifan was cramped and restless, standing not far from Yan Song.

Time passed slowly, I don't know how long it was, I saw Yan Song unhurriedly take off the reading glasses he was wearing, and then looked at Yan Shifan on the side, and asked.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Seeing this, Yan Shifan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and after organizing the words in his mind, he lowered his voice.

"Father, there's news from Hai Rui!"

"Oh, is there any new development on Hai Rui's side?"

When Yan Song heard this, he couldn't help but become interested, and immediately shifted his gaze to Yan Shifan's body, and asked with words.

"Father, not long ago, this Hai Rui dispatched the local guards and soldiers to raid all the families of the "Four Sages and Three Sages" on the grounds that they had colluded with the White Lotus Sect! ”

"At present, all the members of the family involved in this case are being escorted to the capital!"

"Yan Shenggong's side, there has been no movement yet, it is said that Hai Rui went to Yan Shenggong's side with Shandong Governor Cao Feng after this, what the two sides talked about, I don't know!"

When Yan Shifan said this, he immediately changed his words, and then added to Yan Song.

"In addition, my father said that Hai Rui confiscated the property from those families, and it is conservatively estimated that it is at least 80 million taels!"

"In addition, there are countless items such as antique treasures and house deeds, and according to preliminary statistics, the land previously occupied by those families is about 360,000 acres!"

After listening to Yan Shifan's report, the expression on Yan Song's face did not change much, but he glanced at Yan Shifan quite plainly, and said with emotion.

"It seems that His Majesty's side still made a move!" (End of chapter)