By the firelight in the handsome tent, Mr. Shen looked at the young man in front of him with a strange look, Kong Yanli, who claimed to be the main lineage of the Kong family.
He started in Jiangdu, and over the years, all the way to today, he has seen all kinds of people, smart, stupid, good and bad, he has seen a lot of them all.
But this was the first time he saw someone so arrogant.
Arrogant to the point of being naive.
In the innocence, there is also some clear stupidity.
Mr. Shen stared at this guy for a long time before sighing slightly in his heart.
In this world, probably only a family with two thousand years of history like the Kong family can cultivate this level of innocence?
Fan Dongcheng back then knew a lot more than him.
Mr. Shen shook his head slightly, sighed and said, "Mr. Kong, I think you probably have some misunderstanding about me."
"I am a minister of Da Chen."
He looked at Kong Yanli and said, "And you, the Kong family, have surrendered to Northern Qi a long time ago, and you are already considered a Qi people."
"If you come into my tent, I should kill you."
Mr. Shen looked calm.
"As for your family."
He couldn't help but yawned: "Whether it's life or death, what does it have to do with me?"
Kong Yanli's eyes widened.
"Master Shen, aren't you a scholar?"
These words directly amused Shen Yi.
Not even sleepy at all.
"Whether I am a scholar or not, what does it have to do with your family?"
Kong Yanli was a little puzzled: "All scholars in the world are students of our ancestors..."
Master Shen Yun Danfeng interrupted him gently.
"There are too many people named Kong in the world."
"Moreover."
Mr. Shen lowered his eyebrows and said, "The books I read are from saints, not from your Confucian family."
He raised his eyebrows.
"Are all of you in the Kong family like you, or are you the only one who looks like this?"
"They also said that my father and brother were taken away by Qi people."
Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Assuming what you said is true."
"Then it's probably your father and brother who took the initiative to go to Yanzhou to avoid trouble."
"He was also taken away by Qi people."
Mr. Shen sneered: "Isn't your family all together now?"
Kong Yanli was speechless by his few words.
In particular, Shen Yi's words, "There are too many people named Kong in the world," sent shivers down his spine.
because…
In his opinion, they are the only authentic Kong family in the world, and the scope of this Kong family is extremely small, including only his father and brother, and at most a few uncles' families.
And the meaning of Shen Yi's words clearly meant abandoning their family, and even wanted to kill their family!
"Master Shen, you..."
Shen Yi did not give him a chance to speak, but asked calmly: "Master Kong, the gates of Qufu City are closed, how did you come out of the city tonight? Did you come on your own, or did your parents hint you to come?
"
"In your family, are you a direct descendant or a concubine?"
Kong Yanli was confused by a series of questions, but he swallowed and answered the last question: "I am..."
"Legendary."
Hearing this answer, Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and sneered: "The sage said that a gentleman cherishes virtue, a villain cherishes soil, a gentleman cherishes punishment, and a villain cherishes favor."
"Up to now, you Kong family are still thinking of hedging your bets!"
"Then are you gentlemen or villains?"
Mr. Shen looked at Kong Yanli coldly by the light of the fire: "Benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust, you have really mastered it."
Kong Yanli was almost stunned by Shen Yi's rebuke. He stood on the spot, clenched his fists, and his face turned red: "Master Shen, you are slandering people with assumptions!"
"Then just think that I am just making assumptions."
Mr. Shen sneered and said: "Whether your father wants you to go to Dachen to become the Holy Duke of Yan, only he knows in his heart."
"And you..."
Shen Yi looked him up and down and sneered: "Shen, I don't think you have such a scheming mind."
Kong Yanli wanted to speak again, but Master Shen continued: "I'll give you two choices."
Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and said softly: "I will let you go back to Qufu now. Before dawn, your Kong family opens the gate of Qufu and surrenders. I can give you Kong family a chance to go to Jiankang."
Shen Yi paused and continued.
"If you are unwilling to open the city gate, I will break in myself."
At this point, Mr. Shen actually wanted to add something.
Then you will suffer the same consequences.
But after all, these words did not fit with the serious atmosphere at the moment. Mr. Shen paused and continued: "No one knows what the fate of the Kong family will be by then."
Kong Yanli opened his mouth and wanted to speak. Shen Yi said coldly: "Don't tell me that the Kong family is not the government of Qufu and cannot control the city of Qufu. If you tell me, I'm afraid you won't believe it."
The Kong family has been in Qufu for a thousand or two thousand years. Even counting from the time of the title, it has been more than a thousand years. After all these years, no matter what kind of ruthless person becomes the county magistrate here, I am afraid that he will be inferior to the leader of the Kong family.
Kong Yanli raised his head and looked at Shen Yi silently for a long time. After a long time, he lowered his head in despair and sighed: "Master Shen, this belongs to your Chen State..."
"no."
Shen Yi stood up directly with a calm expression: "This is my own attitude."
Kong Yanli was so reviled that he could hardly speak.
If there were such things as audio and video recordings in this era, he might be able to record Shen Yi's words and spread them all over the world, ruining Mr. Shen's reputation among officials.
But there are none of these things now.
Then things will be easy to handle.
In an era when information is not easily spread, whatever fate Shen Yi wants the Kong family to suffer will be their fate. They may die from disease, or they may die from wildfires. Of course, the most likely outcome is that they will die from the brutal Qi people. hand.
Seeing that Kong Yanli was silent, Mr. Shen yawned, stood up, and said, "If you want to stand here, just stand here. I'm very sleepy and I won't stay here with you anymore."
"If you want to go back, I will ask someone to arrange for you to go back to Qufu."
Mr. Shen put his hands behind his back and walked outside: "I won't send it away."
He just stepped out of the tent, and after a few steps, he came back again.
Kong Yanli looked at Shen Yi with surprise, thinking that Mr. Shen had changed his mind.
After all, the conditions proposed by Shen Yi were unacceptable to the Kong family.
Of course the Kong family could open the gates of Qufu City, but that would mean that the Kong family had completely betrayed Northern Qi.
Now, when the outcome of the war is still unclear, the Kong family is reluctant to take sides.
If Shen Yi invades Qufu and the Kong family surrenders, then even if Northern Qi retakes Qufu in the future, the Kong family can return to Northern Qi.
And if they take the initiative to open the city gate, there will be basically no chance of returning to Northern Qi.
Even if there is, the Kong family should not be their branch.
After all, there were quite a few members of the Kong family serving as officials in the Northern Qi court.
"Master Shen, please change..."
"No."
Mr. Shen rolled his eyes at this guy and said, "I just realized when I walked out that this is my handsome tent, and I want to sleep here."
"I won't send it."
Kong Yanli took a few deep breaths, then gritted his teeth and turned around, cupped his hands to Shen Yi, then turned and walked out.
Mr. Shen glanced at this guy's back, yawned, and went back to bed to continue sleeping.
…………
Early the next morning, after it got dark, Shen Yi slowly got up from the bed.
Because his rest was interrupted by that idiot last night, he had two big dark circles under his eyes and his energy was a little sluggish.
Shen Yi had just woken up. After Jiang Sheng heard the movement in the tent, he pushed open the tent and walked in. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Sir."
While Mr. Shen was getting dressed, he asked, "What's wrong?"
"The young man named Kong is still outside, standing at the door of your tent all night, saying he wants to see you."
Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and asked, "He didn't return to Qufu yesterday?"
Jiang Sheng shook his head: "No, I said I wanted to see you."
Shen Yi sneered: "Su Ding's army hasn't been ordered yet?"
Jiang Sheng quickly lowered his head: "We are ready. We will march into Qufu as soon as the young master gives the order."
"What are you waiting for?"
Mr. Shen said slowly: "Let him march to Qufu immediately."
Having said this, Shen Yi had already put on his clothes and strode out: "That's it, I'll go see him myself."
After saying that, Shen Yi pushed open the tent and walked outside.
Kong Yanli looked haggard. When he saw Shen Yi coming out, he immediately strode forward, but was blocked by Shen Yi's personal guards.
Mr. Kong said loudly: "Master Shen, I want to go to Yanzhou to see my father and brother!"
"One night is too late!"
"Three days, give me three days, I will give you an answer to Master Shen!"
Mr. Shen looked back at him and sneered.
"My attack on Qufu will not affect your journey to Yanzhou!"
My father-in-law fell and was hospitalized... The Shandong I drove to yesterday happened to be in Jining, and was in the same place as the protagonist in the book. It was a collision of time and space...