Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 252 Missy's Prestige
Li Qinzai found that his soul from modern times seemed to be fused with the soul of his predecessor.

When he got into trouble, he looked at it with the thinking of a dandy, and everything was no big deal. Anyway, I am a dandy, so the dandy should be domineering and unreasonable.

Burn the ancestral house of the Wang family in Taiyuan?

Just burn it, the sky dares to poke a hole, burning a few houses is nothing!
The fire in Wang's ancestral house was getting bigger and bigger, thick smoke billowed in the sky above the house, and countless literati ran away with their heads in their arms.

Outside the door, the general guard of the Wang family hesitated under the sword of the two thousand parts, hesitating and retreating step by step.

Today is the doom of the Taiyuan Wang family, and the doom should be on that dandy from Chang'an.

Lawless and unscrupulous, Li Qinzai's smile became brighter and brighter against the backdrop of the flames and thick smoke.

Wang Ning was paralyzed by the door, staring at the fire in the ancestral house obsessively, feeling more and more desperate.

A thousand-year-old foundation was destroyed once, and he is the sinner of the Wang family.

Many literati and scholars ran out of the gate, including an old man in his fifties.

The old man was dressed in rags, his half-white beard was scorched and sparse, and he described himself as extremely distressed.

The old man fled out the door, sat Wang Ning on the ground stupidly, looked up at Li Qinzai who was riding a horse in the distance, couldn't help being furious, and strode towards Li Qinzai, ignoring the Li family's swords and swords, just walking like this In front of Li Qinzai.

"Zhu Zi is so courageous! Where are you, an evil animal, who dares to set fire to the Wang family's ancestral house? Even if you report it to the Taiji Palace in Chang'an City, the old man will make you subdue the law!"

Li Qinzai didn't get off his horse, but glanced at him coldly: "Who are you?"

"Old man Niu Fangzhi!"

Li Qinzai arched his hands: "...I don't know! Stand aside."

Niu Fangzhi was furious: "My father, Niu Hong, the former Duke of the Sui Dynasty, was an official worshiper of the Ministry of Rites, and he was named Duke of Qizhang County. As the guest of honor from the Wang family in Taiyuan, all Confucian scholars in the world are familiar with it, but Zhu Zi'an dares to be rude!"

Li Qinzai's eyelids twitched.

Although the list of names was not very clear, Li Qinzai vaguely noticed that the old man in front of him seemed to have a lot of background, and he should be a great Confucian who was hired by the Wang family in Taiyuan.

He was a little embarrassed, but Li Qinzai still maintained his indifferent expression, and said, "Are you going to reason with me, or are you going to rely on the old man to teach me a lesson?"

Niu Fangzhi said angrily: "You set fire to the Wang family's ancestral house without reason, why can't I teach you a lesson?"

Li Qinzai sneered: "'No reason'? I was full and ran all the way from Chang'an to burn Wang's ancestral house? Why doesn't this old man ask the head of the Wang family what he did to me and why I Will come all the way here and set fire to it."

Niu Fangzhi turned his head to look at Wang Ning, his eyes were very confused, apparently the old man was not aware of the plot to assassinate Li Qinzai.

"Wang Ning, what's the matter? What kind of grievance do you have with this Zhuzi?" Niu Fangzhi asked in a deep voice.

Wang Ning turned his face away, eyes dodging guilt.

Li Qinzai sneered: "The prefect of a famous family has done something shameful, how dare you say it? This old gentleman, I advise you not to mind your own business. I am not afraid of being reasonable or unreasonable. If you want to go to Chang'an and sue me, go ahead." .”

As the fire continued to burn, members of the Wang clan did not dare to do anything to Li Qinzai, but they still picked up buckets to fetch water and put out the fire in a panic.

Niu Fangzhi looked at Wang Ning, then at Li Qinzai, and felt that there must be cause and effect.And looking at Wang Ning's guilty conscience, I'm afraid Wang's wronged first.

So Niu Fangzhi stomped his feet and said angrily: "Wang Ning, if you don't explain anymore, don't blame me for abandoning you. I will live a clean life all my life, and I will never associate with filthy and moral people!"

Li Qinzai looked at Wang Ning with a sneer, Wang Ning lowered his head and sighed, hesitant to speak several times, but under Li Qinzai's sarcastic eyes, Wang Ning couldn't say a word after all.

Under the thousand years of cultural background and upbringing of the family, Wang Ning still has a bottom line after all, good is good, evil is evil, no matter how whitewashed, in front of Niu Fangzhi, a great Confucian, it is impossible to confuse the public.

Seeing Wang Ning's expression, Niu Fangzhi understood.

Stamping his feet bitterly, Niu Fangzhi flicked his sleeves and said, "From today onwards, the old man will cut off his friendship with you, the Taiyuan Wang family. Since the 11th year of Zhenguan, the old man has taught hundreds of Wang family's children, and I don't owe you the Wang family any more!"

Li Qinzai laughed, this old man has a good temper, but he is quite upright, at least he can distinguish right from wrong.

I just praised him quietly in my heart, but Niu Fangzhi turned his head and stared at Li Qinzai again, and said angrily: "You are not a good person either! You openly set fire for evil, and you are provoking the court's laws by taking advantage of your honorable status. The world has been ruined by you dudes!"

Li Qinzai immediately retracted the evaluation he had just made.

This old man's temper is so hot, he should have suffered liver and kidney damage for a long time, and he won't live long without eating more arsenic.

Niu Fangzhi glanced at the raging fire in Wang's Ancestor's House behind him with a complicated expression, then he slapped his sleeves and said, "Go, old man!"

After speaking, Niu Fangzhi lifted his foot and left without any regrets.

Niu Fangzhi was originally followed by a group of aggressive and fearless Confucian students. Seeing him leave immediately, the remaining Confucian students hesitated.

Many descendants of the Wang family retreated quietly, silently looking for containers to put out the fire, while some students with foreign surnames were downcast, some quietly followed Niu Fangzhi to leave, some hesitated for a while, still unable to make up their minds.

Wang Ning became more and more desperate. He knew that from today onwards, the Wang family in Qi County had completely disappeared.

The reason for the decline was not only the burning of the ancestral house, but also the betrayal of people's hearts.

The real background of the family is the cultural school. With Niu Fangzhi's departure, the academic line of the Wang family in Qixian County has been cut off, and it is impossible to hire other great Confucians, because the great Confucianists all cherish feathers, and the reputation of the Wang family is bad. Would you be willing to accept the offer from the Wang family?
Back then when Wang Liwu was abolished, the Wang family of Qi County suffered a heavy blow because of being implicated by the queen. Now that the ancestral house is burned, and the great Confucian Niu Fangzhi has left, what is left of the Wang family?
Li Qinzai stared at Wang Ning's dazed face, and said coldly: "Today, I will not kill your Wang family members, but only burn down your Wang family's ancestral house. Compared to this, I am already very kind."

"It's still the same sentence. If the Wang family wants to take revenge, just let them come, but be prepared to be retaliated by me. Next time you provoke me, I will kill someone."

Taking a look at the fire in the ancestral house, as well as the panic-stricken clansmen who put out the fire, as well as the women and children crying and beating the ground, Li Qinzai waved his hand and said, "Order to withdraw the troops and return to Chang'an."

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Outside Qingzhou city, a courtyard of the Cui family.

The open space outside the other courtyard was full of people. Cui Jie's pretty face was frosty, and she stood on the steps of the door with a cold expression, slowly looking around at everyone.

There are about hundreds of farmers outside the door, and they are all young and strong farmers under the name of the Cui family near Qingzhou City.

And standing in front of them was the daughter of the head of the Cui family.

At midnight yesterday, Cui Jie returned to Qingzhou suddenly, and then passed down an order in the name of the young lady of the Cui family, ordering all the young and strong households under the name of the Cui family in the vicinity of Qingzhou to gather.

In a hurry, hundreds of young and strong people quickly came to the outside of this courtyard.

Cui Jie stared at everyone with cold eyes, for a long time, and said slowly: "I am Cui Jie, the daughter of Cui Linqian, the head of the Cui family, and I called you today to do something."

All the tenants clasped their fists and bowed: "Miss, please give me instructions."

Cui Jie said word by word: "Follow me back to the Cui family's ancestral house, today I will clear the lintel on behalf of my father, please listen to me!"

The farmers looked at her blankly, not knowing what she meant by her words.

Cui Jie went on to say: "A traitor came out of my father's side and wanted to murder my husband-in-law. The incident happened to my Cui family. I must give my husband-in-law an explanation. Otherwise, how will I see him in the future? You are all the sons of my Cui family. Loyal and upright people, please help me!"

The farmers saluted without hesitation: "I am willing to listen to the order of the eldest lady."

The Cui family in Qingzhou is also a thousand-year-old family. The Cui family originated from the Jiang surname and is a descendant of Jiang Ziya in the Zhou Dynasty. Because the land was entrusted to Cui Yi, the surname was changed to Cui.

Like all aristocratic families, the Cui family has a profound heritage, as well as householders and generals who are loyal to the main family.

After Cui Jie returned to Qingzhou, the first thing she did was not to go back to her ancestral house, but to settle in another courtyard and call the farmers loyal to Cui's family late at night. It can be seen that Cui Jie is still very smart at critical moments.

She can be a gentle and pleasant young lady, or a majestic and decisive descendant of a family.

Seeing that the Cui family's households responded one after another, Cui Jie's eyes showed satisfaction, she looked up at the sky, and said: "It's getting late, let's set off immediately and head to the Cui family's ancestral house!"

(End of this chapter)