Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 245 Harmful and rebate (5K2)

There was no one in Ji's ancestral temple.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed outside the door.

The person who came had a haggard face, and there was still a trace of fear from the war in his eyes.

He is the master of disappearance that both Yang Hu and Jae Yu can't find - Ji Wei.

According to the original plan, Ji Wei should organize the third brigade of the upper army to join forces with Yang Hu at this time, preparing to fight hard to seize the power of Lu State.

As for why he appeared in Ji's ancestral temple when everyone was in a state of desperation, this is a bizarre and paradoxical story.

At the very beginning, Ji Wei did honestly carry out the task assigned by Yang Hu, and went to Dongshi to summon the army.

But just after he arrived in Dongshi, he happened to bump into Gongfu and Qin Xun, Ji's retainers who were forced to flee to Qi because of being persecuted by Yanghu a few years ago.

Before Ji Wei realized what was going on, the father-in-law and Qin Xun led their entourage to fight him at Dongshikou.

Unable to resist, Ji Wei had no choice but to fight and retreat, exiting Dongshi, but happened to bump into Gongshan Buxuan who led Feiyi's disciples to Dongshi.

He was overjoyed, and immediately asked the other party for help, but Gongshan Buxuan actually ignored him, as if he was a friend of this, I really don't know him well.

He was short of breath, and before he had time to think about it, he uttered bad words to Gongshan Buxuan, and threatened to report the matter to Yang Hu.

As a result, Gong Shan didn't listen to the words, and as expected, he finally started talking to him.

Gongshan Buxuan unfurled the banner of "Ji Clan" in a flash, and began to denounce him in the name of Ji Sunfei, calling him a traitor and traitor.

After that, he held a long dagger and drove all the way, chasing him for several hundred meters.

If it weren't for Ji Wei's quick legs and Gongshan Buxuan's eagerness to take over the command of the Dongshi Shangjun, Ji Wei might have lost his head by this time and turned into Gongshan Buxuan's ghost under the knife.

No matter how stupid Ji Wei was at this time, he understood what had happened.

He was eager to convey the news of Gongshan Buxuan's breach of oath to Yang Hu, but he didn't dare to report the news through the upper east gate through Dongshi, so he had to take a long detour, planning to go out to Pupu through the north gate.

But as soon as he arrived at the north gate, he found gunpowder smoke everywhere in the direction of Pupu. Ji Wei hurried forward, and after a short walk, he saw groups of troops marching towards the north gate.

At first Ji Wei thought it was Yang Hu's subordinate, but after he took a closer look, it turned out that it was the Meng family's army led by Lian Chufu, the prime minister of Tanyi.

Battles broke out in the direction of Pupu, but Yanghu did not come out, but Chufu Gonglian came out with the disciples of Yiyi.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Wei, the 'famous detective', quickly reasoned to the conclusion that Hu Zi's appointment was not enough.

Ji Wei's conclusion was drawn quickly, and the determination to escape was made even faster.

He took the remaining dozen or so loyal disciples and dead men under his command, without thinking about whether he would win or not, but directly drove the chariot to the Ji's Ancestral Temple in the suburbs.

Ji Wei came to the ancestral temple, knelt before the gods of the ancestors, tremblingly held up the wine cup, and poured wine to the ancestors one by one to worship.

"My ancestors, my unworthy descendants Ji Wei, I would like to pay homage to all the ancestors. I have no virtue, I wanted to help the Ji family and revive the family's prestige.

Follow the example of Cheng Zi to help the country and assist the government, revive Wen Zi's despicable reforms, make the names of Zhou Gong and Bo Qin famous, and make our Lu people more powerful than Dong Yi.

If it doesn't work, it can also become Wuzi's cause of prospering and abolishing the three armies, and protecting our Ji family for generations to come.

The boy's wish is beautiful.Of course, trusting thieves will eventually destroy them.

Now the boy is mistakenly regarded as a rebel and listed as Yang Hu's accomplice, which is not my original wish.

It's because the world is ignorant and can't understand the subtlety of the kid's curve to save Ji.

Now that the boy is defeated, he will flee to Qi State.Lu is a small state, and Qi is a large state.The boy will establish another Ji family in Qi State, and our Lu State Ji family will complement each other and complement each other.

I am here to offer wine to all the ancestors and offer sacrifices. I hope that the spirits of my ancestors in the Ji family will protect you from any trouble. "

When Ji Wei said this, he burst into tears, prostrated himself in front of the gods of the ancestors with snot and tears.

Those disciples who followed him rushed forward to support him, and comforted him kindly.

"Ji Zi, fleeing is just a temporary expedient measure, with your talent, won't you be reused wherever you go?

Chonger, Wengong of Jin Dynasty, was in exile for nearly 20 years, and he was able to return to China to succeed him when he was nearly [-] years old. In the end, he was still able to achieve a generation of hegemony.

You are still young and the future is still unknown, so why bother to sigh here and add to your sorrow? "

Hearing this, Ji Wei got up and wiped away her tears, then nodded.

"That's right! I can't fully understand the present, so how dare I lie about the future? However, when I think of staying away from the ancestral temple where the ancestors are enshrined, I can't pay homage to the heroic spirits of the ancestors on time, and I still can't bear it." Feel sad."

The diners look at me and I look at you, no one can understand what Ji Wei wants to express.

Ji Wei saw that they were puzzled, so he had to turn his back, pointing to the exquisite sacrificial vessels enshrined in front of the gods' cards, and said.

"The ancestors are all Lu people. Let them go into exile with me. It's shameful. But if I can get one or two sacrificial vessels, I can also look at these sacrificial vessels and think about others when I am wandering abroad in the future!"

After hearing the words, the disciples finally understood what this kid was planning.

There were changes in Qufu city, and Ji Wei dared not go back to the city to fetch gold and silver.

But it is impossible to go out without money in the future.

The sacrificial utensils in Ji's ancestral temple are all gorgeous utensils made of copper. Regardless of their artistic value and use value, just selling these things as ordinary copper blocks can exchange a lot of things.

The diners looked at each other, tacit understanding.

Hi!

You said, if you steal something, you steal it, but you still say it so grandly.

Taking such a big bend, I almost killed my brothers.

If these disciples were allowed to steal the sacrificial vessels of their ancestors, they would definitely say nothing.

But now it is Ji's sacrificial vessel, Ji Wei has no objection, and they naturally don't bother to object.

The disciples shouted in unison: "The lord has worries, this is our shame as subjects. We should take care of the lord to solve the problems."

The doormen started to do it as soon as they said they would, and they hurriedly packed up the sacrificial vessels on the stage, preparing to pack them up and take them away.

At first, Ji Wei couldn't bear to look at it with a guilty conscience, but then he couldn't hold back, took a sneak peek, and suddenly flew into a rage.

"Hey! Just take the sacrificial vessel, why did you also take the fish in it?! Let me emphasize again, you are not allowed to steal the tribute!"

After a while, Ji Wei led the people out of the ancestral temple, and bowed to the group of Ji clan members who were in charge of guarding the ancestral temple.

These people saw Ji Wei and his subordinates walking out of the temple with a lot of things on their backs, and they also understood what immoral things this kid had done.

However, Ji Wei and the others were fully equipped and they were a bunch of desperadoes, so everyone could only glare at him and dared not take any other actions.

Ji Wei walked through the ancestral temple, walked out of the outer house, and before boarding the car, he stared at a place in the distance called Qufu where gunpowder was everywhere.

Immediately, his heart was full of emotions, and with tears in his eyes, he bent down and picked up a fistful of loess.

"Farewell, Qufu, my hometown."

As soon as Ji Wei said this, the members of the Ji clan who followed behind him suddenly couldn't suppress their anger.

Some of them picked up stones and threw them at Ji Wei, and some of them took advantage of Ji Wei's pretentiousness just now to get wooden sticks, and they rushed up to capture him.

"Things that have forgotten the ancestors, why don't you quickly put down the sacrificial vessel and kill yourself to apologize to the spirit of the ancestors in heaven?!"

Looking at the excited clansmen, Ji Wei was so frightened that he even climbed into the carriage.

As soon as he got into the car, before he could catch his breath, he urgently urged: "Hurry up, drive!"

Just as Ji Yu was anointing the soles of his feet with oil and preparing to flee, the battle in the north of the city came to an end.

Ran Meng, the number one warrior under Meng's command, shot from left to right, one against ten, and beheaded several people in a row. Seeing this, the rebels who followed Yang Hu were so oppressed that they didn't dare to approach him even half a step.

Even Gong Luji, who was in charge of commanding them, backed away in fright, not daring to confront him head-on.

But it was too late for him to run away now.

Regardless of the knife wound on his body, Ran Meng rushed into the enemy's formation with several arrows, and headed straight for Gongluoji.

Gong Lu desperately wanted to flee by car, but the defeated soldiers of the upper army blocked the escape road so tightly that he had no choice but to take half a step back.

Ran Meng quickly stepped onto the chariot with sharp eyes and hands, and fought hard with the sword, only to hear a loud sound, and the sharp swords in both hands snapped at the same time.

When Ran Meng saw it, he didn't care so much, he hugged Gong Luji directly by the waist, and dragged him to the ground.

Gong Yan turned pale with fright, he glanced at the party members around him, and said sharply: "Ran Zi spare my life, if I die, you will not survive."

Hearing this, Ran Meng raised his eyes to look around, only to realize that he rushed so hard that he didn't notice that he was already surrounded.

For a moment of hesitation, he planned to spare Gong Luji, and he even let go of his neck.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly came from the battlefield: "You're welcome!"

As soon as Ran Meng heard these four words, his relaxed expression suddenly tensed up again.

He blushed all over his face, held his breath, and punched Gong Luji hard on the forehead.

Gong Ji was hit hard, his legs twitched, his head tilted, and he passed out.

Seeing this, those extremely loyal members of the public who surrounded him gritted their teeth with hatred and rushed out one after another, as if they wanted to tear Ran Meng to pieces.

Ran Meng grasped a few spears with his left hand, regardless of the swordsmen cutting him from the other side, even if he was injured, he would use his right hand to grab the collar of the male pole and lift him above his head.

Drenched in blood, he stood in the center of the battlefield, looking like a god of war.

Ran Meng shouted: "Who else?!"

Without the leader, the rebellious party, which was already at the critical point of collapse, no longer had any reason to resist. They either fled, or put down their weapons and shouted for surrender.

Seeing this, Mengsun Heji couldn't help admiring.

"In the past, people often asked me: 'The brothers of the Ran family are all warriors of Lu Zhi, but I don't know whether the elder brother Ran is braver or the younger brother Ran Meng is braver.'

I didn't know how to answer this question before, but now it seems that Ran Meng should be more brave, right?

During the Battle of Yangzhou, he and his brother Ran Hui were ordered to ascend first, and both of them suffered serious internal injuries while carrying the rolling logs.However, three months later, Ran Hui was still recuperating in bed, and Ran Meng was able to take the head of the enemy general among thousands of troops at this time!
It's just, Gong Shanzi, what did you mean by the phrase 'You are polite' to him just now, and it was able to arouse his fighting spirit to such an extent. "

The father of Gong Lian at the side saw Ran Meng defeating Gong Ji, and the stone hanging in his heart finally fell, so he finally had the mood to answer for Meng Sun Heji.

Gong Lianchu's father said: "Be polite, that's what it means literally. It's just that these four words have a special meaning to Ran Meng. If it's someone else, I'm afraid it won't be able to achieve this effect."

"Oh? How do you say that?"

Gong Lianchu's father said: "Do you still remember that Yang Hu led an army to attack the Qi army's camp before Zai Zi arrived in the Battle of Da Ye Ze?"

Mengsun Heji nodded and said, "Of course I remember it. Wasn't the defeat in that battle miserable?"

Gong Lianchu's father said: "At that time our army was defeated and fled, and the Qi army followed behind.

Yang Hu saw that no one dared to break, so he pretended not to see Ran Meng beside him, and said, "Hey!such a pity!If our country's warrior Ran Meng wants to be here, he will be able to defeat them. '

So Ran Meng went to chase Qi Jun, but when he got out of the car, he saw no one following him.

So he pretended to fall from the car, and Xiang Yanghu said that he was injured and could not continue to fight.

After Yang Hu heard Ran Meng's report, he said to him contemptuously: "Be polite." '

You should now understand why Ran Meng reacted so strongly to this sentence, right? "

After Mengsun Heji heard this, he couldn't help but click his tongue: "This... According to this, the reason why Ran Meng joined me to attack Yang Hu this time when he was still injured was also because of this sentence?"

Father Gonglian took a look at Ran Meng, who was covered in stab wounds in the distance, and the expression of "painful but happy" on his face, and just sighed helplessly.

"Looking at the situation, it probably is."

Mengsun Heji smiled and shook his head: "Then it seems like his brother Ran will be braver!

Just now you mentioned that Ran Meng pretended to be injured, and I remembered that when we fought against the Qi army, our army was defeated.

On the way to retreat, Ran Meng also pretended to have injured his foot, so he sat in the car and planned to run to the front.

His elder brother Ranhui saw it, and called him from behind: "Hurry up!Are you lost?Where are you going?Come back and be my queen! '

This Ran Meng!Although his strength is infinite, evaluating a warrior still depends on whether his will is strong enough.

On this point, Ran Meng is still far behind his brother! "

Chufu Gonglian was about to agree, but suddenly he saw the soldiers in front of him rushing to return.

"Mencius, Gonglianzi, it's bad! Some people said they saw Yang Hu and saw that the situation was not good, so they led the army to the east of the city!"

Mengsun Heji was overjoyed when he heard the words, "Good! Good!"

But Gong Lianchu's father hurriedly asked the lord for instructions.

"Yang Hu is trying to escape! My lord, please order the pursuit immediately, and you must not let the tiger go back to the mountain!"

When Mengsun Heji heard this, he quickly waved his hands and said, "Ziyang! Now that Yanghu has been defeated and the rebellion put down, don't rush to kill him. If Yanghu is in a hurry, we will defeat him. Meng's loss will not be too small!"

Hearing this, Gong Lian's father urged him repeatedly: "My lord! How can you say that? Now that Yang Hu has been defeated, the morale of his subordinates is at a low point. If you don't kill him now.

When he returned to Yangguan, gained a firm foothold in the north, regrouped his troops, rested his guard, and bought people's hearts, then it would not be so easy to eradicate him!
Now God has given Yang Hu to you, if you don't cherish this opportunity, if you want to attack him in the future, the price you pay will not be the same as now! "

Chufu Gonglian tried to persuade him, but Mengsun Heji still refused to let go.

Now in Qufu City, the strength of the Ji family and the uncle Sun family have been greatly depleted.

In Mengsun Heji's view, it is better to preserve his strength than to fight Yanghu for his life.

If one more person is lost now, when the meritorious service is rewarded after the war, the bargaining chip in Meng's hands will be one point less.

Seeing that he didn't listen to persuasion, Gong Lian's father could only sigh heavily.

"That's all! Since the lord does not allow it, how dare I disobey your wishes?"

While the Meng family was arguing, Yang Hu had already brought people to the small gate in the southeast of Qufu City.

This small gate is different from the four gates in Qufu. It is not used for common people to pass through, but for transporting all kinds of filth.

Because this small gate is not conspicuous, neither Sanhuan nor Zaiyu thought that Yang Hu would choose to escape here.

The gatekeeper at the bottom of the city saw Yang Hu coming, so he didn't ask any more questions, but directly opened the small door that is not usually used, intending to let Yang Hu go.

The gatekeeper limped up to Yang Hu and said, "Yangzi, everyone has bad luck. I hope you won't be depressed because of this failure. There are still people in Lu who support you."

Yang Hu and the party members behind him couldn't help showing surprise when they heard the gatekeeper's words.

Regardless of the time constraints, Yang Hu got off the chariot and came to pray in front of him.

"Why do you want to help me? Letting me out of the city is a capital offense. Aren't you afraid of death?"

The gatekeeper smiled: "I am a villain, I have done some immoral things and stole other people's property, so I was punished by the state and became disabled.

One day, when I was begging on the street, you looked at me pitifully, so you asked me about my past and appointed me to be the gatekeeper here.

I am able to continue to survive in this world because of your grace. If it were not for you, I would have starved to death by the side of the road.

Now I live a few more years because of you, my life is extended because of you.

If you now face the death penalty because of you, then I have nothing to complain about.Don't delay any longer, get out of town! "

When Yang Hu heard this, he had mixed feelings in his heart.

He promoted so many people in Lu country, but up to now, those people either betrayed him or left him.

And the only one who continued to be loyal to him, apart from his own children and the few loyal party members, was the gatekeeper.

Yang Hu bowed to him and said: "Although you are willing to suffer the death penalty for me, how can I, Yang Hu, use the death penalty to repay your kindness?"

After finishing speaking, Yang Hu drew his sword and stabbed the gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper was in pain for a while, clutching his injured arm, he couldn't help but said angrily: "I have never been relatives or friends with you. In order to save you, I risked being executed, but you stabbed me instead. No wonder you touch me." Today is such a disaster!"

When Yang Hu heard the janitor cursing him, he just laughed out loud and didn't refute.

Instead, he boarded the chariot and shouted at the gatekeeper: "This is not something you can understand. If you can understand these five words, you won't just be sent by me to be the gatekeeper." gone."

After finishing speaking, Yang Hu waved his hand and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order and leaves the city!"

　The author's pain is not that he has nothing, but that he has lost this month after getting the monthly pass last month.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
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