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In the Confucius Temple, Zhou Ba, Xia Kuan, Dang Lu, Miao Sheng, Xu Yan, Qing Ji and others were filled with indignation.

When Shen Peigong shouted loudly, everyone quickly stopped talking and looked at the man who came out from behind the statue of Kong Sheng.

"Why are you hiding behind the saint's statue?" Shen Peigong frowned.

"It's the New Year, and we want to give our ancestors a bath." Kong Zhong lowered his head and said, "I just didn't expect that we would run into this. It's not convenient for us to take a bath, so we have to wait until you finish your work!"

"Kong Zhong, you always like to lower your head when you lie!"

Shen Peigong glanced at Kong Zhong and felt that Kong Zhong was indeed not suitable for lying.

With Kong Zhong's ability to escape from the ground, if he wanted to avoid them, he could have left long ago instead of hiding behind the statue of Kong.

"What do you know? What do you want to hear?" Shen Peigong slowly asked: "Do you know about the death of Zhao Wan and Wang Zang."

"Shen Pei, what's your attitude? My eldest brother is the head of the Kong family after all. Why do you have to scold me like a son every time!"

Before Kong Zhong could answer, another head emerged from behind Kong Sheng's statue, and Ye Siqian jumped out and yelled.

"Since you want to wash the dust of the statue of Saint Kong, then wash it generously and come out!"

Shen Peigong frowned, avoided Ye Siqian's question and scolded him.

"Are you related to Zhao Wan and Wang Zang's death?"

All the scholars looked at Li Mingrui and Zhu Jiusi who had emerged again, and felt that almost all the collateral relatives of the Kong family had gotten under the statue of Kong Sheng.

Normal people wouldn't dare to be so bold, and they would get slapped with a slap in the face if caught.

But the Confucius Temple was built in the name of the Confucian ancestors, so there is nothing wrong with the Confucian family doing this kind of thing.

The key issue at the moment is that the time when the Kong family did this was too abnormal. Not only Shen Peigong noticed something was wrong, but Zhou Ba, Xia Kuan and others also felt something was abnormal.

Zhou Ba glanced at Shen Peigong, and then asked quickly.

"Did you leak the internal secrets of our Confucian family?" Xia Kuan added.

"What do you mean?" Ye Siqian scolded: "Forget it about Shen Pei, who are you two to question us!"

"Even if we do everything, so what?" Li Mingrui said: "The worst case is that you will take away Kong Shengling again, and then claim that you are the Confucian orthodoxy and strip everything away from us."

"Don't talk nonsense, I just mortgaged Kong Sheng's order two days ago." Kong Zhong said with a headache: "If Shen Pei wants the order, I really can't get it!"

"What, Kong Shengling has been mortgaged?"

Shen Peigong's focus has always been on the death of Zhao Wan and Wang Zang.

The two men were not physically tortured, and they also committed suicide during the interrogation. This made Shen Peigong feel resentful and difficult to vent.

He couldn't figure out why Zhao Wan and Wang Zang came to this point.

Even if the two of them were slightly injured, Shen Peigong was able to attribute it to a beating and ask for an explanation from the court. He even pulled down some important figures involved, and then through agreements, other great scholars quickly jumped into key positions as court officials.

But everything disappointed Shen Peigong.

As long as it can be compensated, he doesn't particularly mind the death of the two great scholars, but the deaths of Zhao Wan and Wang Zang have no value.

Some people want justice, and some want to find traitors. Shen Peigong just wants to find the key points, so as to find favorable opportunities for the development of Confucianism.

But this development opportunity was not found, and the Kong Shengling that Kong Zhong had kept flew away, which made Shen Peigong feel a faint pain in his liver.

Kong Zhong personally is nothing; the Kong-Sheng orthodoxy controlled by the Kong family is the core of Confucian inheritance and gathering people's hearts.

Kong Zhong can be named Kong, and others can also be named Kong. If you can say that you are an orthodox member of the Kong family, others can say the same.

The reason why the Kong family does not have these messy things is that they have the holy order of Kong Sheng.

The Holy Order can only be used by the orthodox descendants of the Confucius family, and it is also regarded as the spiritual inheritance of Confucius.

Suddenly hearing that Kong Zhong actually mortgaged such important things of his status, Shen Peigong couldn't help but feel angry with him. He felt that the Kong family was spreading their wealth too generously. "To whom did Kong Shengling be mortgaged?" Shen Peigong asked with a frown.

"The bachelor who brought Anguo to its knees," Ye Siqian said proudly, "I, Brother Kong, have always repaid kindness, and I will definitely give it away if I say so!"

"Teacher, I have been teaching An Guo for so long, but I haven't seen you give the Holy Order to the teacher," Zhou Ba said angrily.

"I've been teaching for so long and I haven't even broken through. You guys are so embarrassed..."

In the Confucius Temple, everyone's voices were mixed together.

Shen Peigong could not help but frown.

He is now relatively certain that Kong Zhong and others are related to the court's conviction of Zhao Wan and Wang Zang.

There is no need to explain these things clearly, Shen Peigong can guess that they are almost inseparable.

If Kong Anguo could be driven from Lu to Chang'an City, the Kong family would most likely have surrendered to the imperial court, and the imperial order would most likely be transferred to the imperial court.

It was difficult for the new emperor's methods to reach this level, which made Shen Peigong turn his attention to the Empress Dowager, who had always been in strong control of power.

If the Empress Dowager hadn't repeatedly interfered, Confucianism would have been enough to control half of the Han Dynasty in just six months.

Now that the Han royal family is targeting Confucianism, they have also brought in the King of Huainan as support, and the situation is obviously even more unfavorable to Confucianism.

"The only way to break the situation is to defeat the leader. Your Majesty and the King of Huainan will definitely recruit Confucians to help fight for victory!"

It will be useless to punish Kong Zhong and others when the matter is settled. Even if Kong Zhong is killed, it will not bring half any benefit. On the contrary, it will make the Confucianism of the Lu School worse.

It is not important to hold accountable the deaths of Zhao Wan and Wang Zang. What is important is that Shen Peigong must break the situation and lead the future of Confucianism.

If they lose this game, it is almost impossible for them to come back again, and they will be no different from those dilapidated and old schools.

"I need you to do something for me!"

Shen Peigong took a deep breath, glanced at Kong Zhong and others who were arguing, and raised his hands to signal everyone to be quiet.

"As long as this is done, I can forget everything you have done before," Shen Pei said.

"Shen Gong, do you keep your word?" Kong Zhong said.

"There has never been a time when I didn't keep my words," Shen Peigong shook his head.

"Then what do you want us to do?" Kong Zhong asked: "We are not good at fighting. Let us first agree that we will not participate in fighting. Our Kong family's wealth has almost been dispersed. King Lu has taken most of our Kong family's possessions." , I have no more treasures for you!"

"No fighting, no baby!"

Shen Peigong pursed his lips.

When it comes to fighting skills, Kong Zhong and others are not as good as Zhou Ba.

As for the treasures of the Kong family, they are indeed good, but they were given away by Kong Shengling. There is no profit left for Kong Zhong.

He did not expect Kong Zhong and others to help him in these two aspects.

"I just need you to dig a passage," Shen Peigong said, "This kind of thing shouldn't be difficult for you!"

"You should have said this before," Kong Zhong promised, patting his chest: "Don't talk about digging one, I can dig both for you!"

"Then it's settled!"

Shen Peigong nodded.

He could not rush to the Anle Palace, strangle the Empress Dowager to death, and escape, so he could only find a way to approach the Anle Palace, and then set up an altar to fight with the opponent.

If he wins this fight, the court will be in chaos and Confucianism will be able to intervene again.

If he loses this fight, the Confucianists of the Lu School will have to withdraw from Chang'an City and will no longer challenge the imperial court's desire to glorify the world.