Land and houses will be taken away, but as long as Confucianism is still a world-renowned scholar, the Kong family will always be held and protected by emperors who want to use respect for Confucius to highlight orthodox principles. This is indeed a unique way to survive.

Kong Zhi hoped that the Wei army would be rescued, but his family was determined not to take risks easily: What if the incident failed and was retaliated against by the Red Eyebrow Army?

One hopes to do something big, the other is willing to wait passively. It is difficult for the two to talk further. Liu Penzi's mission cannot be continued for the time being, so he can only temporarily arrange it by the Kong family, pretending to be a servant in the Kong house and successfully entering the city and living near the Kong house.

After settling down, Liu Penzi asked the fine work of the embroidered yarn guard lurking in the city and came to the conclusion:

"The old friends of Kong's family are totally divided into two thousand males. Although most of them are Confucian scholars, there are also two zines in the six arts of gentlemen. Since the Red Eyebrow entered Lu, there have been many weapons hidden in Kong's mansion. Kong Zhi just doesn't want his clan members to take risks."

He carefully agreed to the promise: "Yes, the officials in the lower class thought that it would be good if the Kong family could produce 500 people."

"No! Two thousand people must be needed to change Qufu."

Liu Penzi said: "The governor of Qingzhou and the captain of Ju Wuba have already dragged down the main force of Chimei, but when they go out in winter, the mountains and rivers are blocked, and Xu Xuan goes north to resist, so it is difficult to break through for a while. We can only wait. The arrow is on the string, so we must fire it!"

"How can we do things without risks? Since Kong Zhi dares not, then we will help him to be brave! Collect these two thousand people!"

...

As Liu Penzi expected, although Kong asked the fifth reunion for help, he did not intend to intervene too much in the war.

This is a profound lesson. The Kong family had already survived the catastrophe of burning books in the Qin Dynasty. However, Confucius' ninth generation grandson, the great scholar Kong Jing, heard that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were involved in the matter, so they went to join him with ritual instruments and actively ran for the Zhang Chu regime. As a result, when Zhang Chu collapsed, Jing Kong Jing was also implicated and killed.

After that, the Kong family learned to be smart and tried not to end in person. During the Chu-Han dispute, because Xiang Yu was named "Duke of Lu" and was also a well-known aristocratic person, Confucian scholars from Lu supported the Chu army, but the Kong family was transcendent.

Later, Liu Bang really won. The stubborn Confucian scholars from Lu still wanted to defend the righteousness of Xiang Yu, "Duke of Lu", and resolutely refused to surrender to the Han Dynasty. The Kong family actively welcomed it, which made Liu Bang very happy. Not only did he confer the Kong family as "sacrificing the king", but he also personally went to Lu to sacrifice to Confucius, establishing the Kong family's position for two hundred years.

Although the general trend is about to be determined today, the final outcome of the Han and Wei is still unknown. In Kong Zhi's view, he should still learn from the wisdom of his ancestors and bet on the side of the disputes. He should wait until the last moment to place a bet. They have this qualification...

However, what happened next made the Kong family jump together and could no longer sit still!

First, the Yan family house in the same city suddenly ignited fire. The fire was very high. The people of Qufu, who were not sure about the situation, were panicked. There were only rumors: "The Red Eyebrow Army was defeated and wanted to plunder the big family before evacuation. The Yan family was just the beginning. Next, it was Kong's turn!"

Just as Kong Zhi tried hard to figure out the real situation, his confidant hurriedly reported: "The young head of the family is circulating in the city, saying that the Wei spies were infiltrated into Qufu, and the Kong family wanted to follow him. Anyway, the three elders of the Red Eyebrow were shocked when they heard this and sent someone to Kong's house to ask the young head of the family to go to the Lu Palace in person to explain it clearly!"

Kong Zhi was so nervous that this damn "rumor". Just as he was hesitating whether to go, Liu Penzi arrived, and everyone had already hung swords on his waist.

"Once Mr. Kong enters the Lu Palace, he will be the one who is the sword and the other who is the fish. If you are the meat, you will definitely be held hostage or even killed by the Red Eyebrow!"

"What should I do?" Kong Zhi was already panicked.

Liu Penzi said: "There are only three thousand red eyebrows in Qufu, and they are scattered on all four walls. There are not many in the palace of Lu. Kong Jun might as well pretend to enter the palace, but in fact he brought people straight to the palace, brought dead soldiers, and killed the three elders of Red Eyebrows. In this way, the thieves have no leader and Qufu can be brought down. This is the best strategy."

But Kong Zhi did not dare at all, his face turned pale. In fact, Liu Penzi didn't have that ability, so he retreated to the next step: "There is also Zhongce, who claimed to the outside world that the Wei army was approaching and the Red Eyebrow wanted to kill the people of Qufu. Kong called on the people of Qufu to resist the Red Eyebrow, gathered armored soldiers to attach themselves to the Kong Mansion, and fought with the Red Eyebrow."

Kong Zhi was still hesitant and bowed to Liu Penzi with a sad face: "Jun Liu, how about the worst possible solution?"

Liu Penzi said angrily: "The worst strategy? Of course, it is to sit back and wait for death!"

The two were still discussing, and someone came to report outside: "The three elders who were left in Qufu, seeing that Kong Jun was reluctant to leave, have already brought hundreds of people to the Confucius Mansion!"

"Ah!" Kong Zhi was so shocked that his feet were weak and he sat on the ground.

"The evil attitude of the Red Eyebrow is revealed!"

Liu Penzi, who deliberately spread rumors, drew his sword and looked at Kong Zhi and said, "Many years ago, the Red Eyebrows thief passed through Shi County. My father, Shi Hou, was also hesitant and did not fight, and did not escape. Finally, he opened the door to meet the thieves, hoping that those people would eat enough to set off on their way."

"Unexpectedly, the Red Eyebrow thief was greedy and not only plundered the entire Shixian County, but also killed my father and my brother!"

Unlike his childhood ignorance, Liu Penzi now understands a little bit why he has complicated feelings for Red Eyebrows. He has learned a lot in the Red Eyebrows Army and even integrated into them. But when he sighs that Red Eyebrows is on another path, he does not feel sad, but instead feels relieved.

"Look, they are indeed not good people!"

That originated from the unforgettable hatred in his memory when his family was destroyed and it was still a child.

Class hatred! Family hatred!

And today, Liu Penzi revealed this hidden hatred without any hiding.

"The Red Eyebrow will destroy the Kong clan like a slaughtered marquis."

Liu Penzi spared no effort to scare Kong Zhi: "Not only should I kill all the men and insult all the women's family, but I should also defile the statue of Confucius, burn classics and Confucius Temples, cut off the blood food of the Confucius family for hundreds of years, and also cut off the cultural heritage of Confucius' sages."

"I dare to ask Mr. Kong, how many people in the Kong family can use weapons and wooden sticks to defend against the enemy?"

Kong Zhi was stunned by Liu Pengzi's series of threats. At this point, he had placed all the hopes of his family on the doll who was only eighteen years old.

"There are many branches in the Confucius Mansion, and there are only relatives of the tribe, with a total of more than 2,000 males."

Kong Zhi knelt at Liu Binzi's feet and bowed to him for help:

"Everyone can resist the thief, and all will obey Mr. Liu's orders!"

"Good." Liu Penzi nodded, lifted Kong Zhi up, and asked him to summon clans to at least withstand the first attack of Chimei.

But when he turned his head, Liu Penzi smiled proudly with his subordinate who had bet with him the night before:
Chapter completed!