In the dark night, Tang Keke had a righteous face and spoke righteous words.

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

Tang Keke stretched out his hand and pressed down the opponent's raised arm. His face was full of selflessness, and he shook his head and said: "No need to thank you, no need to be polite. I am here to protect the saint's family. It is my duty."

The clan members in charge of the Kong Mansion widened their eyes.

I have never seen such a shameless person.

He actually thought he still wanted to thank them?

This is really unreasonable!

The steward of the Kong Mansion wanted to speak, but an angry voice came out: "My Kong...!"

"Yes, yes! What you said makes sense..." Tang Keke's eyes were smiling, and his face was full of spring breeze. He turned around and dragged the clan member who was in charge of the Kong Mansion to the trench where the smell of gunpowder smoke still lingered.

.

Tang Keke kept chattering without giving the other party a chance to interrupt. He kept saying: "This is also a whim of ours. In order to build a defense outside the Confucius Mansion before the traitors arrive, it doesn't matter if we work harder.

It’s just a little less sleep.”

Does he know what he's talking about?

The clan members in charge of the Kong Mansion who were dragged by Tang Keke shouted angrily in their hearts.

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

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

Tang Keke's face was full of pride. He wrapped one hand around the arm of the clan member who was in charge of the Kong Mansion, and waved the other hand towards the ditch with great pride.

Then, he said in a very proud tone: "Please take a look at your mansion. The soil outside your mansion is as hard as gold and stone. Our troops can't dig deep enough even if they try hard today."

However, tonight my troops used gunpowder to bury them under the ravine, using fire as a signal, with the power of thunder. Half of my body was now as thick as a bean brain in the mud of gold and stone.

It only takes one or two hours for our officers and men to carry it out at dawn tomorrow, and it will be enough to completely clear it out."

As he said these words, Tang Keke's face was filled with only the pride and joy of accomplishing something, as well as the pride he showed to outsiders.

There was no mention at all of what the time was like at this moment, how much noise the thundering force made at this moment.

The steward of the Kong Mansion, who was captured by Tang Keke, was so angry that he almost wanted to burst into flames, and looked down into the ditch.

The layers of soil are still exuding the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke from time to time. The layers of soil that were originally one body are now like old tofu that has been broken into pieces, and the pieces are crowded together.

Raise the height of the bottom of the trench.

In the lower parts of the bulge, a few streaks of white smoke floated out from the cracks from time to time.

Looking at everything in front of him, the hands of the steward of the Kong Mansion hidden under his sleeves were already tightly clenched into fists, and his fingers were pressing deeply into the flesh of his palms, but he could not feel any pain at all.

anger.

shame.

In the thousand-year-old family of saints, he had never experienced humiliation, and his angry throat was soaked with blood.

However, Tang Keke, who was beside him at this time, was staring at this person with a vague expression on his face.

"Everything my department does is for your government, but I don't care about your government. After all, this is the responsibility of my department."

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 filled the entire scene in an instant.

The smell of blood assaulted his nostrils, and it seemed to contain countless anger.

The clan member in charge of the Kong Mansion was no longer able to suppress him at this moment. He waved his hand and pushed Tang Keke away, who had never expected this. He cried blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes were bloodshot, his face turned red and purple, then turned white, and he waved his hand to point angrily at the thieves.

He stepped back continuously, his arms were shaking tremblingly, his eyes seemed to be bursting, and blood was dripping from the corners of his mouth.

"Er... you wait..."

"You... how dare you blaspheme the saint's family!"

"You unofficial thieves..."

"I have never seen such a shameless person like you!"

vomit.

puff……

The steward clan member of the Kong Mansion felt weak at his feet and yelled at the top of his lungs, venting the anger in his heart as a descendant of a saint's family that has been passed down for thousands of years.

But blood spurted out again, and the blood mist dyed his face red and covered with blood spots.

Several Confucius stewards and Confucius clan members who followed were frightened and hurried forward to support the man, fearing that he would vomit blood again due to anger or even become ill with anger.

Several people from the Kong Mansion were also glaring at Tang Keke angrily.

"What do you want to do? Are you trying to deceive me into having no one in the Kong family?"

"You are a soldier of the imperial court, but you act like a rebel. Are you a soldier or a thief? Do you want me, the Kong family, to ask the imperial court personally?"

Tang Keke had a smile on his face, but it was restrained compared to before. He looked calmly at these people from the so-called millennium saint family, and shook his clothes: "This general is wearing the military robe of the imperial court, and he also received the imperial robe.

Money, food and salary are the soldiers of the imperial court. When I came to Qufu, my only concern was the safety of your mansion. We stayed up day and night, fearing that the saint would be harmed, but we didn't want to incur the anger of your mansion. What did your mansion mean? I

How unjust are our officers and men?"

Being well versed in Confucianism and having experienced military battles, Tang Keke knew best how to deal with these so-called descendants of saintly families and so-called good people.

Hearing the thunder outside the mansion, the people of the Kong Mansion who came out to ask questions were angered and their rationality was swallowed up for a moment. Several people also forgot about the status of both parties and the current situation, so they called out to the Kong Mansion who were following them and were holding fire sticks.

The servants stepped forward and surrounded Tang Keke.

"The face of the Kong family must not be lost."

"Today, you must give me an explanation."

"If not, we will fight to the death!"

"..."

In an instant, the situation suddenly became tense.

The place in front of Tang Keke became crowded in the blink of an eye. Tang Keke was about to be swamped by the numerous people from the Confucius family, as well as those children who had also inherited the family for decades or even hundreds of years.

Bang bang bang.

There was a stir of soldiers.

A cold blade showed its edge in the dark night, shining with a stunning icy luster.

The officers and soldiers of the Nanxiama Military Camp, who had been prepared for a long time, had already come over from all sides when the people from the Kong Mansion made a move.

In an instant, a team of men and horses rushed in front of the people of the Confucius Mansion, protecting Tang Keke from behind.

A flag officer had deep brows, cold eyes, and a hint of murderous intent on his face. With his palm pressed against the hilt of a sword that had not yet been taken out of its sheath, he walked in front of everyone in the Kong Mansion with majestic military steps.

"snort!"

"Are you planning to rebel? Are you so bold as to attempt to attack and kill the general in charge of the imperial army in front of the imperial army?"

"Who gave you the courage!"

He was obviously only the lowest-ranking flag officer in the army, but when he scolded and lectured, his voice was shocking, like a tiger descending from the mountain, deafening and enlightening.

In conjunction with the flag officer's reprimand, the officers and soldiers around him who had long been impatient to wait so late at night and wanted to guard the Kong Mansion for comfort and resentment took further actions.

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

Following the flag officer's questioning, the officers and soldiers began to shout.

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

The situation at the scene has been raised, and the people of the Kong Mansion surrounded by soldiers have forgotten what the swords in the hands of the officers and soldiers are used for.

The atmosphere was tense to the extreme.

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

"If you dare, take action and kill us here tonight."

"As long as I don't die, I will go to Yingtian in person one day and ask the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty why they slashed at us with their swords."

"Come if you can!"

"I just want to see who is not afraid of death! If you can, kill me now."

The flag officer who originally just wanted to scare these people from the Confucius family was now in some trouble.

Maintaining restraint on both sides has been a military order for a long time. At this moment, it was because these people from the Confucius Mansion wanted to do evil to Tang Keke that they stepped in to stop it.

The flag officer had never thought that these cowards from a saintly family who only knew how to study would actually be so tough.

The flag officer couldn't help but turn his head and look at Tang Keke's face.

Tang Keke also didn't expect that the knives in the hands of the officers and soldiers could not scare these people.

There were some difficulties for a while, but the established strategy could not be ruined because of this group of people.

Tang Keke put his hands together, his gaze lowered, 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, he clearly saw that Tang Keke silently recited a typed word from his mouth at the end.

"beat!"
To be continued...