It is said that the disciple of Kong Jijiu was a pervert.
I don’t know how many good families and young ladies will suffer from this.”
After a pause, the person who knew the inside story looked at the first person who refuted him and said:
"Old Liu, I heard that your girl is pretty.
You have to keep an eye on her and don't let her wander around.
If you run into that disciple of Kong Jijiu, your girl will be in bad luck."
When he heard this, Lao Liu's hands couldn't help but trembled, and the bowl almost fell to the ground.
"You guys eat first, I'll go back first." Lao Liu hurriedly put down a few big bucks and hurried home.
"Bang!"
The third person who had not interrupted until now slammed the table angrily: "Is it true that there is no king's law? Do we, the common people, deserve the misfortune?"
The person who knew the inside story quickly grabbed him and whispered to him:
"Are you looking for death? If your words are heard by Kong Jijiu's gang, your whole family will be buried with you."
"Don't you know that Kong Jijiu has the power to control the court?"
"You still dare to yell like that now. I think you are impatient."
"Don't you look at where this place is? There are quite a few officials living in our city."
After hearing such words, the angry and unjust man's face immediately turned pale: "Farewell."
After saying that, he also left in a hurry.
As for the remaining person, after seeing it, he stood up and left.
Those who knew the inside story suddenly remembered that their account had not yet been settled.
I couldn't help but shout quickly: "You can settle the account before..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a voice from behind: "You come over to our table, and I'll pay for you."
Those who knew the inside story followed the sound and looked at Ning Chen's table.
Although I don’t know what Ning Chen and the others do.
But looking at what he was wearing, he knew he was not poor.
But for some reason, he felt that Ning Chen looked familiar.
However, he couldn't remember where he had seen the other person.
But it doesn't matter. He has met many dignitaries. It doesn't matter if he can't remember them.
The important thing is that someone will pay for you later.
I thought for a moment about this person who knew the inside story.
Carrying the remaining half bowl of buns and half a piece of cake, he moved to Ning Chen's table.
"The two noble men asked me to come over, but they also want to know about Kong Jijiu and Lanxiang Pavilion?"
People who know the inside story are very thoughtful.
However, he did not wait for a definite answer. Instead, Ning Chen shook his head and asked him:
"I don't want to know what happened yesterday. I want to know where did you hear this?"
After listening to Ning Chen's words, people who knew the inside story thought that Ning Chen suspected that he was making it up, so they excitedly clapped their chests and promised: "I saw it with my own eyes, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it."
After hearing this, Ning Chen chuckled:
"Look, it's a coincidence. I happened to be there yesterday, but I didn't see what you said.
That’s why I wondered if you had been deceived.”
The person who knew the inside story glanced at Ning Chen, and then shook his head decisively: "I was not deceived, I was at the scene last night.
You said you were also there, then tell me which floor you are on."
Ning Chen said: "I'm on the fourth floor."
After hearing Ning Chen's words, those who knew the inside story couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"You are on the fourth floor? How is that possible?
Last night there were only disciples of Kong Jijiu on the fourth floor.
And that noble man who was also jealous of him,
Then there is a father-in-law in the palace.
Even if you are making up lies, you still have to be more reliable."
After saying that, the man who knew the inside story picked up the bowl and poured all the remaining noodles into his mouth.
He was ready to run away. Regardless of whether Ning Chen was present or not, he was not going to tell Ning Chen. He felt something was not right.
Ning Chen said calmly: "You actually know that there are only three people on the fourth floor. It seems that you may indeed be at the scene.
But since you know so clearly, how do you know that I am not Master Kong’s disciple?”
After hearing Ning Chen's words, the person who knew the inside story suddenly raised his head and looked at Ning Chen.
After looking at it again and again, he felt that Ning Chen looked a little familiar.
Then he discovered that Ning Chen seemed to be the disciple of Kong Jijiu who killed Lanxiang Pavilion yesterday.
He was at the scene yesterday, but not inside Lanxiang Pavilion, but waiting to work outside Lanxiang Pavilion.
He was a sedan bearer, and he would wait for the dignitaries at Lanxiang Pavilion every night. He would get drunk and go out to hire a sedan chair.
"Well!"
"Well!"
Such a horrifying discovery made him choke on a mouthful of dough.
He tried hard to swallow it, but couldn't.
I wanted to spit it out, but I couldn't.
Just go back and forth like this for half a minute.
The person who knew the inside story fell to the ground with a livid face.
Ning Chen watched the whole process with cold eyes and had no intention of helping.
To those who spread rumors.
Ning Chen would not take the initiative to kill him.
But Ning Chen wouldn't let the Holy Mother arrive and take the initiative to save him.
I saw people dead.
Ning Chen took out some broken silver and put it on the table.
Wu Ang took a look, wiped his mouth, and quickly followed Ning Chen.
"You brought me here specifically this morning just to show me that these rumors have nothing to do with you?" Ning Chen said to Wu Ang who caught up.
Wu Ang nodded: "Yes. If you didn't know in the morning, but in the afternoon.
You might start to suspect me of having something to do with this again.
I came to your house last night when the incident happened, and I have been staying at your house the whole time.
I have never been in contact with anyone except you, so this matter has nothing to do with me."
Ning Chen looked at Wu Ang who had picked himself clean: "I don't think you are trying to prove that you have nothing to do with this matter. You probably have no money in your hand, right?"
Wu Ang smiled bitterly and said: "I can't hide anything from Brother Ning, I really have no money.
Four million taels is all I have.
If you ask me to take it again, I really can’t take it out.”
"I can't get the silver. You should be able to get the photo stone from the fourth floor last night, right?" Ning Chen asked Wu Ang.
"If you can get this, let's go to Lanxiang Pavilion to get the picture stone now.
The content recorded in the photo stone is enough to prove the innocence of Brother Ning and Master Kong.
These people are really so bad, they can’t succeed, and they even want to ruin Master Kong’s reputation.”
Ning Chen suddenly thought and said to Wu Ang: "Do you know these people are planning to ruin our teacher's reputation?"
Wu Ang explained to Ning Chen: "Actually, this matter is not difficult to guess.
The next thing that Master Kong will attack is the third level of Confucianism.
Establishing one’s destiny is actually also establishing one’s virtue.
If one does not establish virtue, his destiny will naturally not be maintained.
The most direct way to stop Master Kong at this time is to ruin Master Kong’s reputation.”
Ning Chen believed that Kong Jijiu could not know about things that Wu Ang could see through.
So Kong Jijiu knew clearly last night that this was targeting him, but he still decided to take action in order to protect himself.
"After taking out the shadow stone, don't put it out yet.
Let the rumors ferment for a while before talking about it.
Since they want to play, we can definitely play bigger."
Wu Ang was obviously watching the fun and not afraid of the big deal.
After hearing Ning Chen's words, he patted his chest and promised Ning Chen on the spot.
No matter what Ning Chen needs, he will fully support it.
Wu Ang even suggested setting up an arena in the busiest place in Fengjing to facilitate debate.
"I don't mind if you pay." Ning Chen said to Wu Ang.
Wu Ang immediately said: "I will definitely pay for it, and we can just take advantage of this opportunity to fully promote our wine."
Ning Chen felt that if Wu Ang and Wan Hong cooperated, it would be difficult for him not to make money.
Wu Ang did not go back to Ning Chen's house with Ning Chen.
Wu Ang wants to collect the image stone first, and then find someone to build the arena.
Wu Ang has a lot of things to be busy with next.
After Ning Chen returned home, he thought about how to deal with the Semi-Saint Zhu family and the third prince Wu Yan next.
The rumors did not disappear just because someone died, but became more and more intense.
Even the death of the bearer was blamed on Ning Chen.
Later, most people no longer cared about the truth.
They only want to believe what they believe is the truth.
Even if this truth is completely different from the real truth.
Suddenly, within Fengjing, the voice of attacking Kong Jijiu and Ning Chen rose to the sky.
Some people even encouraged him to write a book for all people, asking the court to punish Ning Chen and punish Kong for offering wine.
We must return the favor to Fengjing!
Compared to the people, the court was much quieter.
No one in the court is a fool.
None of them knew the truth of the matter.
It’s time to stand up and support these folk rumors.
Then you are really seeking death.
Kong Jijiu will not have the same experience as these servants, but he will not have the same experience with them.
Kong Jijiu didn't even look down on the princes, but he still put them in his eyes.
The most important thing is that they all know what the truth is.
However, the court's behavior, in the eyes of the people, turned into officials protecting each other.
It became that the imperial court was really afraid of Kong Jijiu.
As a result, the public's opposition to Confucius became even louder.
There have even been some violent anti-controversial behaviors in many markets.
For this reason, the imperial court had to double the intensity of night patrols. Even during the day, the guards had to patrol the streets at all times.
In this way, some voices finally appeared in the court.
It's not an accusation,
But discuss.
They hoped that Wu Zhao could come forward and ask Kong Jijiu to explain things in order to calm public opinion.
"Your Highness, if you continue to give no explanation, you may be afraid of civil unrest, so please make a decision." Political Prime Minister Lin Dunxin said, holding a wat board in his hand.
Wu Zhao has been thinking about this for the past few days.
But Wu Zhao never came up with a way to get the best of both worlds.
Kong Jijiu did nothing wrong at all. Let Kong Jijiu stand up and explain for this unreasonable matter.
Not to mention whether Kong Jijiu was willing or not, it was difficult for Wu Zhao to convince himself to treat a hero with such great achievements.
"Your Highness, if it is not convenient for Kong Jijiu to come forward, I think Lord Ning can come forward to explain on behalf of the teacher." Someone from the political lineage stood up and suggested to Wu Zhao.
Wu Zhao looked at Ning Chen, and Ning Chen stood up and said: "Your Highness, I am willing to explain on my behalf. All this happened because of me, and I should give an explanation."
"Your Highness, I think it is inappropriate for Mr. Ning to come forward on this matter." Sun Kejian stood up after Ning Chen had just finished speaking.
Ning Chen looked back at Sun Kejian, but he didn't expect that Sun Kejian would step forward at this time.
"Your Highness, Mr. Ning's qualifications are still insufficient. I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public with what he said.
I feel that the reputation of Yushitai should be used as a guarantor for the wine offered to Confucius.
This is how you can suppress public opinion."
When Ning Chen heard the first half of the sentence, he thought that Lao Sun was thinking about the taste of the board again.
But after hearing the second half of the sentence, Ning Chen found that Lao Sun was quite interesting.
Yushitai has a high reputation both in the court and among the people.
If the Yushitai came forward as a guarantee, it would indeed be able to suppress most of the public opinion.
"Master Sun, I think this is inappropriate. The role of the Yushitai is not to vouch for a particular person.
If the Yushitai is used for private use, the authority of the Yushitai will be lost in the future."
The person who spoke was also a censor.
Ning Chen glanced at this censor whom he did not recognize.
Seeing Ning Chen looking at him, the censor bowed slightly to Ning Chen: "Master Ning, I am not offering wine to Kong.
I also know that this matter has nothing to do with Confucius Jijiu, and I also know that Confucius Jijiu has nothing to do with the great achievements of the state.
If I were asked to come forward as a guarantee, I would be very willing.
But if the Yushitai is used as a guarantee, I don’t think even Kong Jijiu will agree."
Ning Chen returned the gesture and said, "Thank you very much, sir, for being willing to be my teacher's guarantor.
But this happened because of me.
Ning is not talented, but he thinks he can still solve this matter properly."
After saying this, Ning Chen turned to Wu Zhao and said, "Your Highness, I heard that a new martial arts arena with a height of 10 feet has been built in Fengjing City. I would like to use this place to rectify the name of our master."
Wu Zhao glanced at Ning Chen and immediately agreed to Ning Chen's request.
After the dynasty ended, Ning Chen went straight to Wu Ang's newly established martial arts arena.
All the officials behind him also followed.
They were also very curious about how Ning Chen wanted to rectify the name of Kong Jijiu.
"If you just state the facts, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."
"Now this matter can no longer be convinced by just telling the truth."
"Yes, if Ning Chen only plans to tell the truth, then I'm afraid..."
They are all old men in official circles.
Naturally, we know the complexity behind this matter.
It is impossible to convince the public just by talking.
Unless solid evidence can be produced now, everything is just talk.
"Master Ning."
When Ning Chen was about to get in the car, Sun Kejian quickly caught up with him.
"What does Sun Yushi want to teach the younger generation?" Ning Chen said politely to Sun Kejian.
Sun Kejian said quickly: "I don't take advice seriously. I just want to remind you, don't kill yourself because of rumors."
Ning Chen laughed and said: "Master Sun, do you think I am the kind of person who would die to prove his innocence?"
When Ning Chen said this, Sun Kejian felt relieved.
"Master Sun, do you want to ride with me?" Ning Chen invited Sun Kejian and asked.
Sun Kejian refused without thinking: "As a royal censor, I will not accept any form of flattery from anyone."
Sun Kejian is a bit incompetent in this way.
This is called flattery, I'm just being polite.
Ning Chen felt that he still shouldn't give these censors too much face.
"Since Mr. Sun doesn't want to, forget it."
After Ning Chen said that, he immediately entered the carriage.
Ning Chen gave instructions and the driver drove directly to the arena.
The arena was set up by Wu Ang in the most prosperous place in the East City.
At the same time, all the shops around the arena where people could sit and eat were occupied by Wu Ang for five days.
When Ning Chen's carriage arrived at the East Market, the Forbidden Army, the Square Guards, and the City Supervisor had already fully controlled the area around the arena.
Originally, they planned to control all nearby shops as well.
But people with Wu Ang's arrangements came out with Wu Ang's sign, so they had no choice but to give up.
As for why Wu Ang wanted to book these shops, it was naturally to make money.
Wu Ang has been waiting for this day.
There are fifty-two persons per person in the private seats, twenty-two persons per person in the casual seats, and eleven persons per person in the gallery seats outside the shop.
It’s okay if you don’t want to sit down, then go outside and feel the cold wind blowing.
And you can't be too close to my shop, as it will affect my business.
It turns out that my lord doesn’t want to crowd with those servants. You can have a seat for ten taels of silver.
If you want to see it more clearly, there are private seats on the second floor.
Therefore, there is no hope that the seats in these shops in Wuang will be sold to ordinary people.
These are prepared for people who have money and are officials and wealthy people.
Wu Ang, who was sitting in the elegant seat facing the ring, eating melon seeds, looked at Ning Chen, who had already arrived.
He ordered the men standing behind him: "Let our people spread the news.
Let’s just say that Master Kong’s disciples will rectify Master Kong’s name in the Dongshi Arena in an hour.
Also tell the guys below.
If someone comes to ask about the price again, just say this is the current price.
In half an hour, the price will double."
The subordinate agreed and turned around to get ready to do the work.
But as soon as he reached the stairs, he quickly stepped back.
Wu Ang heard the movement and looked back at the stairs.
When he saw the person coming up the stairs, he quickly stood up and saluted: "Third brother!"
The visitor is none other than the Third Prince Wu Yan.
Wu Yan came directly to Wu Ang and sat down, without treating himself as a guest at all.
Wu Ang seemed to be used to Wu Yan's style.
"Third brother, do you have anything to tell me when you come to me at this time?" Wu Ang looked at Wu Yan and asked.
Wu Yan got straight to the point and said:
"Since Lanxiang Pavilion is your property, use your own methods.
You must have recorded everything that happened that day with a photo stone.
Please give me a price for how much it would cost to destroy the record of the image stone."
Wu Ang was not surprised at all when Wu Yan said such words.
"Third brother, the last thing the Zhu family did.
Not only did they offend Master Kong, they also plotted against you, Third Brother.
The third brother is here to help the Zhu family at this time, but the younger brother is a little confused."
Wu Yan had no intention of explaining this matter to Wu Ang, and kept asking Wu Yan to make a price.
Wu Ang looked at Wu Yan, who was determined to win, and said with great embarrassment: "Third brother, Ning Chen and I hit it off immediately. I already treat Ning Chen as a brother."
Wu Yan interrupted Wu Ang's words and said directly: "Five hundred thousand taels."
"Third brother, the friendship between me and Ning Chen cannot be achieved by money..."
"One million taels, if you don't agree, I will grab it directly!"
This is very much in line with Wu Yan’s style.
However, Wu Ang still looked embarrassed: "Third brother, please add more. One million taels. It's still hard for me to convince my conscience."
"One and a half million taels!" Wu Yan said directly.
Wu Ang nodded: "Third brother, don't worry. I will crush the shadow stone in half right now. I will tell Ning Chen later that I was stopped by someone on the way and the shadow stone was destroyed in a fight."
Wu Yan put down the banknote, stood up and left: "It's your business anyway."
Wu Ang happily collected the banknote: "Thank you, third brother."
After Wu Yan left, Wu Ang said to his men: "Tell the waiter below that the price will increase five times in half an hour."
The men responded, quickly went downstairs and left.
After his men left, a piece of photographic stone broken into several pieces appeared in Wu Ang's hand.
Wu Ang looked at the broken image stone in his hand: "Ning Chen, you said it yourself, it doesn't matter if the image stone is broken."
After muttering to himself, Wu Ang put away the image stone again.
Ning Chen, who was sitting in his car at the moment, was in no hurry to get out of the car.
The momentum hasn't been built yet.
Not many people came.
I've let bullets fly these days, if there weren't a few spectators.
Who are you performing for?
So now Ning Chen is waiting, waiting for those passionate people to swarm towards him.
About half an hour passed like this.
Waves of people rushed towards the arena.
And looking at the posture, there are endless waves of people behind them.
The Imperial Guards and others had already received the order, so they faced the crowds of people.
He directly used the weapons in his hands as a barrier to isolate them all three feet away from the ring.
Seeing so many people coming, those officials who were reluctant to part with money knew that they had to pay some blood.
"What! Two hundred and fifty taels per seat! Wasn't it still fifty taels just now?" Someone asked about the price of the seats, and was shocked when they heard that it was five times higher.
Isn’t this just raising prices on the ground and deceiving people?
"I told you before, sir, that after half an hour, we will raise the price."
"I thought you were just talking," the official who asked for the price muttered.
The runner quickly said: "Sir, our boss has said that you must be honest in doing business. If you say the price will increase, you will definitely increase the price."
After hearing about this trip, those who paid half an hour in advance felt that the chairs they sat on were much softer.
"Sir, do you want a private seat? There are not many private seats now. If you don't want it, you won't be able to buy it with money later." The traveler looked outside and saw more and more people.
"Yes, I want it now."
"Seat one..."
Before he could finish shouting, the man quickly stopped him and took out a fifty-tael banknote: "I want to leave."
Two hundred and fifty taels bought a seat, but he didn't have that much money.
But think about it, I can obviously spend fifty taels to sit in a private seat.
As a result, the seats were now scattered, and he felt like he still had a big head.
Seeing this big guy coming over, some people who were already sitting in the seats said to the people next to them: "In just half an hour, I have made forty taels. Isn't this seat in the seats not bad?"
"Yeah, I feel like the air downstairs seems a little fresher."
As for those who spent fifty taels to sit and disperse, they could only turn a deaf ear.
