Daming heir

Chapter 404 Face Is for Trampling
In the dark night, Tang Keke had a righteous face and spoke righteous words.

The people in charge of the Confucian Mansion were already furious: "You...!"

Tang Keke stretched out his hand and pressed down the raised arm of the other party. His face was full of selflessness, and he shook his head again and again: "No need to thank, no need to be polite. It is my duty to wait here to protect the family of saints."

The stewards of the Confucian Mansion stared wide-eyed.

I have never seen such a brazen person.

He actually thought he still had to thank them?
It really makes no sense!
The steward of the Confucian Mansion wanted to open his mouth, but his anger was already out: "I, Kong...!"

"Yes, yes, yes! What you said is reasonable..." Tang Keke's eyes were smiling, and his face was full of spring breeze. He pulled the man in charge of the Confucian Mansion and turned around, and dragged him to the ditch that still smelled of gunpowder smoke. .

Tang Keke was chattering even more, never giving the other party a chance to interject, and said repeatedly: "This is also our whim, in order to build a defense outside the Confucian mansion before the traitors arrive, it's okay for us to work hard. Left and right are just a little less sleep."

Does he know what he's talking about?

The stewards of the Confucian Mansion who were being dragged by Tang Keke shouted angrily in their hearts.

He wanted to break free from the opponent's shackles, but the scholar was no match for these reckless men in the army. No matter how hard he struggled, he seemed to be covered by an iron plate, unable to retreat an inch.

In the blink of an eye, this man was invited by Tang Keke to the ditch filled with gunpowder smoke.

Tang Keke could be said to be full of pride, wrapping one hand around the arm of the Confucian family member in charge, and waving the other hand towards the trench with pride.

Afterwards, he said in a very proud tone: "Look at your mansion, the dirt slabs outside your mansion are as hard as gold and stone, my department can't dig a leg deep even if we try hard today.

However, tonight, our troops buried under the ravine with the method of gunpowder, and set fire to it as a sign. There is a thunderous momentum, and the half-human gold and stone mud is like a bean brain at this moment.

As long as tomorrow is dawn, our soldiers will carry their shoulders and hands, and it will take one or two hours to clean them up completely. "

Between these words, Tang Keke's face only had the pride and joy of accomplishing something, as well as the pride he showed to outsiders.

It didn't say anything about the time of the moment, how much commotion the thunderous momentum caused at this moment.

The steward of the Confucian Mansion, who was captured by Tang Keke, was so angry that he almost burst into flames, and looked down the trench with his head.

The layers of soil still exude a pungent smell of gunpowder smoke from time to time.The soil layer that was supposed to be a whole was now like old tofu that had been broken into slag, crowding each other piece by piece, raising the height of the bottom of the trench.

In the raised and lower places, a few white smoke floated out from the cracks from time to time.

Looking at everything in front of him, the hands of the Confucian family steward hidden under his sleeves were already tightly clenched into fists, and his fingers were deeply pressed against the flesh of his palms, but he didn't feel any pain at all.

anger.

shame.

The thousand-year-old saint's family, the humiliation he had never experienced, made his angry throat soaked with blood.

However, Tang Keke, who was beside him at this time, was staring at this person with a vague look.

"What our department does is all for your government, but I don't ask what your government does. After all, this is part of my responsibility."

puff……

A miserable sound came out in the wilderness in the dark night.

A cloud of blood mist came out from Tang Keke's side, and immediately filled the whole eyes.

The smell of blood came out, and it seemed to contain countless anger.

The officer in charge of the Confucian Mansion couldn't be suppressed at this moment, and Tang Keke, who had never expected to wave his hand away, wept blood at the corner of his mouth, his eyes were bloodshot, his face was red and purple and pale, and he waved his hands angrily at these military thieves.

He backed away again and again, his arms were trembling and trembling, his eyes seemed to be split open, and blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.

"You...you wait..."

"Wait... how dare you blaspheme the family of saints!"

"You guys are unofficial thieves..."

"I've never seen such a brazen fellow like you thief!"

vomit.

puff……

The members of the Confucian Mansion's steward clan were soft on their feet, and shouted hoarsely, venting their anger in the hearts of the children of the saint's family who have been passed down for thousands of years.

However, blood spurted out again, and the blood mist stained his face red, with blood spots all over his face.

Afterwards, several Confucian family stewards and members of the Confucian family were terrified, stepped forward and divided into left and right to support this person firmly, lest the other party vomit blood again due to anger, or even become ill with anger.

Several Confucian people were also glaring at Tang Keke at the moment.

"What do you want to do! Are you deceiving me that the Kong family has no one?"

"You are a military horse of the imperial court, but you act like a rebel. Are you a soldier or a thief? Do you want me from the Confucian family to ask the imperial court in person?"

Tang Keke had a smile on his face, but he had restrained himself a little compared to before. He looked at these so-called thousand-year-old saints with calm eyes, and shook his clothes: "This general wears the imperial robe, and he also led the imperial court." Money, grain and salary are the soldiers of the imperial court. When I came to Qufu, my whole heart was concerned with the safety of your house. I stayed up day and night, fearing that the saint would be damaged, but I didn't want to incur the wrath of your house. What is your house's intention? How wronged are the officers and men?"

Proficient in Confucianism and experienced in the military, Tang Keke knows best how to deal with this group of children from the so-called sage family, the so-called good family members.

Hearing the thunder outside the mansion, the people of the Confucian mansion who went out to ask questions, suddenly swallowed their reason with anger.The few people also forgot the status of both parties and the current situation, so they called the servant of the Confucian family who came after him holding a fire stick, and surrounded Tang Keke.

"The face of the Confucian Mansion must not be lost."

"Today, you have to wait for an explanation to me."

"If not, you will never die!"

"..."

In an instant, the situation suddenly became tense.

The front of Tang Keke became crowded in the blink of an eye, and many people from the Confucian family, as well as those family members who had been passed down for tens or even hundreds of years, were about to overwhelm Tang Keke.

bang bang bang.

There was a burst of armor agitation.

The cold blades showed their sharp edges in the dark night, shining with an icy luster that caught people's attention.

The officers and soldiers of the Ma Jun camp who had been prepared for a long time came from all around when the people in the Confucian Mansion had already made a move.

In an instant, a group of men and horses pierced in front of the people of the Confucian Mansion, protecting Tang Keke behind them.

A flag officer with deep eyebrows, cold eyes, murderous look on his face, with his palm on the handle of the knife that had not yet been drawn, walked in front of everyone in the Confucian Mansion with a mighty army.

"Humph!"

"Are you trying to plot rebellion? How dare you go so far! Trying to attack and kill the generals of the imperial court in front of the imperial army?"

"Who gave you the courage!"

He was obviously only the lowest-ranking banner officer in the army, but the sound of his scolding and scolding was shocking, like a tiger descending from a mountain, deafeningly deafening.

Cooperating with the reprimand of the banner officer, it was the further action of the disaffected officers and soldiers around who had long been impatient with the late night and wanted to guard the Confucian mansion for comfort.

The officers and soldiers held long knives and stepped forward with their right feet, with the back of the knives standing in the middle of their sight.

Following the questioning of the flag officer, these officers and soldiers shouted.

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

The situation at the scene has been set up. The people of Confucian Mansion surrounded by soldiers have forgotten what the knives in the hands of the officers and soldiers are used for.

The atmosphere was tense.

The relationship between the two parties also turned into a freezing point in an instant.

"If you have the guts to do it, kill me here tonight."

"As long as I don't die, I will go to Yingtian myself in the future and ask the officers and soldiers of Ming Dynasty why they swung their knives at us."

"Come if you can!"

"I just want to see who is not afraid of death! Kill me now if you have the ability."

Originally, the banner officer who just wanted to scare the Confucian family was in trouble now.

Maintaining restraint on both sides is a long-standing military order in the army. At this moment, it is also because these Confucian people want to do evil things to Tang Keke, so they come forward to stop it.

The flag officer never thought that these cowards who only know how to study in the saint's family are really hardened.

The flag officer couldn't help turning his head sideways, looking at Tang Keke's expression.

Tang Keke also didn't expect that the knives in the hands of the officers and soldiers failed to frighten them.

It was a bit difficult for a while, but the established strategy could not be ruined because of these people.

Tang Keke clasped his hands together, his eyes sank, his eyelids narrowed slightly, and he lowered his head to look at the scattered mud splashed up from the gully under his feet.

But in the eyes of the flag officer, it was clear that Tang Keke silently read a word from his mouth at the end.

"beat!"

The flag officer turned his head in an instant and shouted angrily in a cold voice.

The officers and soldiers who had been surrounding the people of the Confucian Mansion here put their sabers back into their sheaths in an instant, holding the scabbards in their hands, and rushed forward in a burst of tigers. On this group of Confucian people who really lost their heads.

For a while, the night was full of voices, miserable moans and angry roars from time to time, resounding in the wilderness under the stars.

After all, the members of the Kong family were no match for the officers and soldiers. Even those family members of the Kong family who had been raised for hundreds of years and could be described as private soldiers fell under the hands of the officers and soldiers who were still holding back their strength.

A gust of wind and smoke blew by, bringing a slight coolness, which seemed a bit biting.

When everything was settled, there was no one standing in front of Tang Keke's eyes, and the officers and soldiers scattered around with relaxed expressions, but their eyes were on the field vigilantly.

And in the field, the ground is full of people from the Confucian family who can't afford it, no matter whether they are members of the Confucian family or family members of the Confucian family.

The flag officer glanced at it, seeing that all his subordinates knew how to measure and restrained their strength, only bleeding or healing, and no one died, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he looked sideways at Tang Keke silently.

Tang Keke has long been a master of the glory of the Confucian mansion.

After beating this group of miscellaneous fish, the Kong family should also come out with more weight, and be able to calm down the situation, so that they don't dare to mess with their sense of propriety.

as predicted.

Not long after, under the high gate of the Confucian Mansion, a group of young and old came out, surrounded by the next successor of the Confucian Mansion, Kong Gongjian, who had shown his face during the day.

However, a trace of disappointment flashed in Tang Keke's eyes.

The contemporary Yan Shenggong who raised a good son still hasn't come out.

Does he think that the tens of thousands of troops outside the mansion really dare not step on the Confucian mansion and level this thousand-year-old gate?
Under the darkness of night, Kong Gongjian's face was extremely ugly.

The resentment that had been squeezed in my heart during the day had reached the point where it was almost unstoppable.

When he walked out of the Confucian mansion and looked towards the wilderness to the east, under the light of the torches in the hands of the officers and soldiers, the people in the Confucian mansion fell to the ground.

Kong Gongjian clenched his teeth, for the first time he had the intent to kill out of anger.

Beside him, the elders of the Kong family and the people in charge of the various houses have already let out cold snorts, showing displeasure, and sullen eyes.

Contrary to the behavior of the Kong family members brought out by Kong Gongjian, it was Tang Keke who had a bright smile on his face again, but under the smile there was some implicit embarrassment.

Not waiting for Kong Gongjian to bring someone forward to question him.

Tang Keke has already led three or two officers and soldiers to meet him.

Kong Gongjian was never allowed to speak.

Tang Keke already arched his hands: "Tonight, our department spared no sleep, digging deep trenches, just to complete the military affairs as soon as possible and protect the safety of your mansion.

But he didn't want to, the gang of uneducated fools under his command actually had some misunderstandings with the people in your mansion, and the two sides didn't know what to do in the dark, so they clashed.

This is our department's fault. The person who committed the crime has been captured and taken back to the camp of the Chinese army for severe punishment.However, I hope that your government can appease the anger. "

Kong Gongjian, who was already ready to question the teacher, felt as if he was hitting the cotton with his fist before he could say anything.

Just looking not far away, behind Tang Keke, the people in the mansion who were crying all over the ground, Kong Gongjian's expression still did not improve.

Kong Gongjian looked up at Tang Keke, and said in a deep voice, "I heard thunder in the mansion tonight, and I didn't know what was going on, so I went out of the mansion to inquire. When I left the mansion, everyone was well-behaved, why did there arise misunderstandings and conflicts?"

"Probably because these reckless men in the army have never studied." Tang Keke replied lightly, but his eyes were a little deep, paying attention to the next successor of the Confucian family who was rumored to be smart since young.

"Oh?" Kong Gongjian raised his brows, raised his head to stop several clan elders from scolding, and said in a somewhat unfriendly tone: "Everything has a reason, how can people in my family fall to the ground just because they haven't studied.

Your ministry came here today, saying that in order to protect the safety of our house and guard against the rebels, there is an opportunity to take advantage of it.

At this moment, the members of the Kong family were injured before the traitors arrived. Is this really consistent with what the general said?
In the middle of the night, the entire Confucian family rested, but your ministry disturbed the tranquility of the Confucian family with thunderous gunpowder.If it is really just a guard, why can't it be done tomorrow? "

Tang Keke said softly: "Soldiers are precious and fast, I hope your house understands."

Kong Gongjian frowned, and his tone became colder: "You are called a guard, but in fact you are constantly being disturbed. There are thousands of people in the whole house, and they can't rest day and night. Even if you know outsiders, it may be difficult to tell your true meaning. Is it a guard?" My family is still venting their anger for personal reasons."

Tang Keke cursed a few words in his heart, quite disdainful of Kong Gongjian's remarks.

It's just that on the surface, it's still restrained, and doesn't give a reason.

"We were ordered to go south instead of going north, just to put down the rebellion in Shandong Province. The Confucian Mansion is the home of the sages, where the inheritance is. We come here day and night, and sleepless nights just to protect your mansion.

However, your government said that we have two hearts and dig trenches just to vent our anger. Our army has more than ten thousand soldiers, how innocent and wronged!Or is your mansion a soldier who knows how to guard against rebels, so as not to let them come and harass our department or your mansion?
The ten thousand people in our department are united in one mind, respecting the imperial court's order above, and protecting the safety of your mansion below. Although we travel thousands of miles and never rest day and night, we never complain.What is Confucius trying to say this time to put me in the same place?Why not make me feel ashamed and indignant and suicidal. "

What Tang Keke said was very sad and indignant, almost to the point of crying.

Kong Gongjian's complexion was frosty, and he remained silent for a while.

I and the Kong family have been squeezed into a corner.

He saw that Tang Ke was a scholar, and this kind of person was the most difficult to deal with in the army.

In the ear, the indignant humming of the people in the clan is about to wear calluses out of his ears.

In order to maintain the status of the main line of the big house, Kong Gongjian had to consider the voice of the entire Confucian mansion.

His face turned completely cold, and he looked at Tang Keke: "Do you really want to continue like this? I don't care about the face of my Confucian Mansion. The army surrounded the Confucian Mansion, digging trenches outside the mansion, and thunderstorms in the middle of the night. All these things are really true. In order to protect the safety of my Confucian mansion?"

"Is not it?"

Tang Keke seems a bit bachelor, anyway, he is now a soldier, not the scholar who used to be a scholar.

Reasoning is for the last face.

The Kong family couldn't bear this tone, so the last bit of decency was lost.

Even before Kong Gongjian was about to speak, Tang Keke added: "Anyone who stands in the way of the Ming army will be trampled under the feet of the soldiers."

In an instant, all the blood on Kong Gongjian's face disappeared.

There is no room for this.

What is the face of the Kong family?
In the eyes of the Confucian family, it may be above all else.

But in front of the Ming army, it was just used to trample on it.

He, Tang Keke, is going to trample on the face of the Kong family today, trampling the face of this thousand-year-old saint family on the ground fiercely.

"You!" Kong Gongjian finally lost his demeanor as the inheritor of the first family in the Central Plains, his face was ferocious, and he uttered angrily.

But Tang Keke waved his arm: "Here's an order, the south should continue to implement the military order."

Kong Gongjian showed doubts.

However, the banner officer next to Tang Keke had a look of expectation and sarcasm on his face.

The flag officer raised his arms high and shouted: "Head the order, and the military order will be executed in the trench south of the Confucian Mansion."

When the flag officer issued the military order, some officers and soldiers went south, repeating the military order loudly.

Tang Keke looked at the angry Confucian family in front of him, with a sneer on his face: "If the traitors in Shandong Province are not eliminated for a day, our army will not dare to leave Qufu for a day. I hope your mansion knows that our army guards are eager to protect you. Looking forward to a few more kind words from above.”

Tang Keke's words pushed the Kong family back again and again, step by step.

Kong Gongjian was furious to the extreme.

The originally pale face also became flushed with anger, congested with excitement.

however.

next moment.

Five miles south of the Confucian mansion, in the dark night, a little fire was lit.

This time, everyone in the Kong family could clearly and intuitively observe how the previous thunderstorm outside the mansion happened.

A roar rose from the ground.

Countless dust was rising continuously under the flickering firelight.

The ground trembled, and even the high walls of the Confucian Mansion finally had tiles and thousands of years of dust shaking down below.

In front of the Kong family, they trampled their faces under their feet, which made everyone who went south to Shandong Road feel hot.

Tang Keke even laughed out loud, revealing his boundless heroism without concealment. He raised his arms and turned around, shouting and chanting.

"The Confucian government looks at our army, is it majestic?"

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