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Chapter 24 Duke Yansheng, killing is very easy
  The news of the great victory in Juzhou was rushed to the capital at a cost of five hundred miles.

But it’s only a five hundred mile expedited trip in theory.

Because the whole of Shandong is in ruins, and the Jianlu are still entrenched in Luxi and Denglai, so the good news will definitely not be the same as usual. As for when they will arrive in the capital, God only knows.

On the contrary, Yang Feng knew the movements of the Qing army led by Turge the next day.

They are besieging Gaomi.

In fact, Gaomi has been attacked before.

It's just that Zhang Fuzhen, the former Minister of War in Gaomi, happened to be retired at home, so he and the magistrate of Gaomi County gathered Xiangyong to hold on. Moreover, it was just a partial division that Abatai set off to plunder when he attacked Wei County, so he was quickly repulsed. But this time it was different, because Abatai also did not capture Jiaozhou and Jimo. The former was defended by Gao Hongtu, the later Shangshu of Hongguang household department, and Zhizhou, and the latter was Huang Zongchang, the censor who was dismissed by Wen Tiren while awaiting trial at home due to party disputes. In addition, Laiyang is also holding on, and there are also a lot of local officials there, so Abate's face is not very good. After the two armies merged, their strength increased sharply, and they were ready to fight again, so Gaomi became the first to be unlucky.

Turg besieged Gaomi, and Abatai continued to attack Jiaozhou, Jimo, Laiyang and other places.

They could last more than a month.

If you leave in February and leave Shandong in March, you can leave before the rivers in various places thaw.

Of course, this puts Yang Feng at ease.

Qufu.

Three thousand cavalry were arrayed.

Support the Ming Dynasty and destroy the Qing Dynasty, and use the banner of blood to defend the Tao.

All the soldiers had captured Jianlu armor, horses, and weapons. They just had a cross drawn on the chests of the original flags...

Just painted.

After all, I was short of time and had no time to embroider.

From a distance, I thought the Jianlu army was coming again!
  Yang Feng was wearing a scholar's robe, holding a pretentious folding fan, and he was riding proudly on his horse.

There is a piece of robe behind him...

It is only a five-day journey on horseback from Yishui to Qufu. Head south to Yizhou and transfer to Pingyi, Feixian County. The fourth stop is Qufu. Without exception, all the people along the way were massacred by the Qing army, but without exception, most of them hid in In the mountains. When his cavalry, carrying the banner of supporting the Ming Dynasty and destroying the Qing Dynasty and defending the Dao with blood, passed by, Du Li, Gao Dao, Su Dunsheng and others quickly gathered along the way, and the ones they summoned gathered more.

The local Confucian scholars who had just experienced the massacre of the city were all full of grief and anger, and they all had blood feuds. Of course, they joined in without hesitation.

In front of Yang Feng, of course, was Yan Shenggong.

The latter was looking at the evil-looking young man in front of him with complicated eyes.

Duke Yansheng’s eyes are as bright as fire!

Of course, one can tell at a glance that the guy in front of him wearing a scholar's blouse is definitely not a serious person. Speaking of which, who would hang several slightly dried heads on a horse?
  "Jianlu, this is Jianlu."

Yang Feng pointed proudly at the dying Chen Tai in the cage.

But he didn't torture Chen Tai.

"You bitch, get up quickly and kowtow to your masters."

The wrapper inside took a needle with a shoe sole and directly pierced it somewhere on Chen Tai's upper body.

"Ow!"

Chen Tai screamed in pain.

Then he shivered and pupated, lying in the cage and kowtowing to Yan Shenggong and others outside.

"Good luck to all you gentlemen. I would like to say hello to you gentlemen, Niu Colu and Chen Tai, the military commander of the Xianghuang Banner Guards. My father is the chief minister of the Jianlu Household Department in Cherge. My grandfather is the first of the five wild boar skin ministers. Yidu, they are all arrogant people who do not think about the blessings of the Ming Dynasty and rebel, and they deserve death."

He lay there and said.

Yang Feng nodded with satisfaction...

"Serve your master well. Your master is paralyzed and will depend on you for the rest of his life."

he said to the wrapper.

Baoyi quickly kowtowed, and Chen Tai slumped inside shivering, then glanced at Baoyi, and then lowered his head like a frightened deer.

"As for these, they are all Jianlu, drag them over here!"

Yang Feng shouted.

The soldiers behind immediately dragged the Qing soldiers one by one to Yan Shenggong, and then threw them down directly. All of them had their spines broken, so they were actually half-paralyzed. Because they could not take care of themselves, they all stank. But he wasn't hungry. After all, Yang Feng's men were not short of food. The gentry along the way were all sensible people. He had three thousand cavalry passing by, so it was impossible not to donate some money. Besides, he was so good at fighting, maybe he would have to beg him some time in the future. Help.

It's not a waste to pay for some sponsorship now.

The key is...

This is one of our own.

These are not those officers and soldiers, those roughnecks do not deserve their support.

But these are different. They are all Confucian scholars, all powerful local families, all in the same system as him, and there are even many family friends. Not to mention that they will have to use them to save lives in the future, even if they pass by and pick up some Cheng Yi, it is necessary. When you go to Antonwei to do business, you are not allowed to have good relations with powerful people like the Su family and the Yang family?

I am willing to pay.

"Dong Yansheng, before the Jianlu people massacred Yanzhou, not only the Lu vassal was killed, countless people died tragically, but they also disturbed the tomb of Confucius and made Dacheng Hall uneasy. Today, the students brought these Jianqiu here, hoping to make Yanshenggong kill them with his own hands. Worship Confucius.

Lord Yansheng, please take action! "

Yang Feng said as he took the knife from Su Dunsheng and put it into Yan Shenggong's hand.

Kong Yinzhi suddenly woke up.

Push outwards without hesitation.

"Feng Sheng, that's unnecessary. The blood of this generation is not enough to stain Qufu."

He said with a smile.

Yang Feng showed a deep smile. "Yan Shenggong, you are wrong. This person disturbed the tomb of Confucius. Even if he is cut into pieces, it will not be able to erase his crime. If he is not killed in Qufu, how can he quell the anger of the Confucian scholars in the world? Dear classmates, what do you think? Yes or no?"

He looked at the scholars and shouted.

"Yes!"

Su Dunsheng took the lead in shouting.

"Yes!"

The scholars shouted in unison.

"In that case, let's call the executioner and punish him properly."

Kong Yinzhi quickly changed his words, looked at the magistrate next to him and said.

The county magistrate is hereditary in their family.

"Quick, call the executioner!"

The magistrate shouted quickly.

"Wait a minute, Duke Yansheng, the student said that it is up to you to do it yourself. Confucius is your ancestor, and you are the Duke Yansheng. You are also responsible for building captives and disturbing the tomb of Confucius. Although it is indeed not your responsibility to defend the enemy. , but now the students have brought Jianlu here, and you have to do it yourself to behead him as a sacrifice to Confucius. If you don’t do it yourself, how can you quell the wrath of Confucius?"

Yang Feng said.

Then he pushed the handle of the knife to Kong Yinzhi again.

"Yang Shengyuan, what do you mean? Duke Yansheng is a civil servant and cannot hold a sword. Why do you insist that Duke Yansheng do it himself?"

The magistrate said angrily.

"Kongzhi County, I heard that when Jianlu slaughtered Yanzhou, your Excellency brought tens of thousands of taels of silver into the enemy camp? I was surprised at first. Even Lu Fan was massacred, and no city around Qufu was spared. What happened to Jianlu? Are you just going to let Qufu go? When I was soaking in blood in Mengyin Hecheng and fighting fiercely with Jianlu, Your Excellency was sitting on the top of the city, watching the surrounding fields covered with bones and rivers of blood. I don’t know why you treated Confucius?"

Qin Xu, the son of Qin Shiwen, Minister of War of the Tianqi Dynasty, said coldly.

"You, you, don't try to taint someone's innocence out of thin air!"

The magistrate said angrily.

"Chen Tai, did he take money to your place to bribe you?"

Yang Feng shouted.

"Yes, yes, he took thirty thousand taels and gave us dozens of beauties."

Chen Tai said mechanically.

"In Kongzhi County, my father supervises the censor. The student really wants to ask my father, is this the way of a sage?"

Su Dunsheng sneered.

The magistrate shivered.

Then he looked at the cold eyes of the scholars around him.

Of course, it doesn't matter whether he did it or not. What's important is that Yang Feng can say that he did it at any time. These scholars are witnesses, not to mention that no one in the counties around Qufu is spared. All of these scholars have either died or lost their family property. After being looted, only Qufu was safe and sound, which made me feel extremely unbalanced. It was said that Duke Yansheng was inappropriate to bribe Jianlu, but he, the magistrate of Qufu, could have bribed Jianlu privately without telling Duke Yansheng. Most of King Lu's family was dead, and the surviving clan also saw them as extremely unbalanced. As long as Yang Feng If there is a commotion here, Lu Fan will definitely follow.

Of course Yan Shenggong will be fine.

But as the county magistrate, he may have only one option: suicide.

"Mr. Yansheng, you must kill this Jianlu."

Yang Feng put the knife into Kong Yinzhi's hand again and said seriously.

Kong Yinzhi wanted to cry but had no tears.

Of course he understood that it would be difficult to deal with blood on his hands.

The Qing army was able to kill them once, and of course they could kill them a second time. In fact, this was already the second time, but the first time they did not reach Qufu. With his IQ, he knew very well that the next time would not take long. It's easy to say anything if there's no blood on your hands, so it's not like Jianlu didn't give Kong Sheng face. Kong Youde still wanted to recognize his relatives, but with blood on his hands, the nature was different.

A smart person like him wants to avoid getting stained with blood and leave a way for the future.

"Mr. Yansheng, you should know that these Jianqi have not left Shandong yet. There are still a large number of Jianqi in Caozhou, so it is not surprising that a group of Jianqi will come over one day.

We all have family members who have died.

We are not in a good mood, why don't you make us feel better? "

Yang Feng said grimly.

Kong Yinzhi trembled, and then looked at him with pleading eyes.

"Here, hold the handle of the knife and press the blade to this Jianlu's neck."

Yang Feng said.

Kong Yinzhi took the knife mechanically.

He has no place to seek help now, because the government troops have not come yet. There are only cities around him that have been bloodbathed by the Jianlu. There are no local officials, and those who did not escape were killed by the Jianlu. The local gentry are all in extreme psychological imbalance. After all, he is the only one who has not been poisoned by the Jianlu. This kind of thing will cause psychological imbalance. In the end, everyone has little respect for him. Taking advantage of this chaos of war, it is not impossible to pretend to be Jianlu or rogue bandits and sneak into Qufu in the middle of the night to kill his family, loot his property and then divide it up.

Kong Sheng...

What everyone worships is Kong Sheng, not him.

They are all neighbors, who doesn’t know what he is?

Not to mention these gentry, even the local poor people in Qufu might do this!
  "That's it. It doesn't matter if you haven't killed anyone before. You can kill just one. Killing is very simple, and this knife is also very sharp."

Yang Feng took Kong Yinzhi's hand and used the knife to pull on the Qing soldier's neck...

(End of this chapter)