serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 218
In the gray sky, snowflakes are scattered in the cold wind.

Outside the gate of Chaoyang, there was a line of officials welcoming the Southern Zong Kong family. In the middle was the Minister of Rites, Li Shouzhong, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Guozijian Jijiu.

The people who were blocked inside and outside the city were all curious, so they gathered there from a distance, peeping, discussing and waiting to see.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps coming from the Chaoyang Gate, and then a group of criminal officials appeared in the door opening, followed by a large sedan chair, and a group of armored cavalry surrounded by a luxurious large carriage came galloping.

All the officials looked back together, startled for a moment, then looked at the big sedan chair.

A gleam of light flashed in Li Shouzhong's eyes, he recognized the luxurious carriage, it was Jia Hu's carriage.

The big sedan chair stopped under the city gate, and when the pole of the sedan chair tilted, it turned out to be Dai Quan, the chief eunuch of Qianqing Palace, who came out.

Minister of Rites, Li Shouzhong and Guozijian Jijiu looked at each other and were about to come over to say hello.

Someone whispered, "Here we come!"

A carriage appeared on the official road, and all eyes were on it.

Minister of Rites, Li Shouzhong and Guozijian Jijiu stepped onto the suspension bridge and greeted them.

As the carriage approached, all the officials were astonished. Jia Yucun and more than a dozen criminal officials followed the carriage and walked slowly towards this side.

In the distance, there is another convoy slowly approaching.

The carriage stopped by the moat, and the old man who drove the carriage brushed off the snow from his body, put on his whip, jumped down from the front of the car, moved the chair stool to the side of the handlebars, and opened the thick car curtain: "Here we are, sir."

An old man in a coarse cotton robe appeared, and the old man helped him get off the carriage on the sedan chair.

Minister of Rites, Li Shouzhong and Guozijian Jijiu exchanged a look, and continued to walk towards the carriage.

Dai Quan stood there quietly, looking at the suspension bridge, at Jia Yucun and the others, and then at the old man, the current Patriarch of the Southern Sect of the Kong family, the former brother of the Yanshenggong family, and the best candidate for the future Yanshenggong.

At this moment, Jia Hu was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, he didn't want to come here, but he just heard Dai Quan say that Jia Yucun was cleaning the street here, so he came to join in the fun.

At this time, there was the sound of "Boom, Boom, Boom" knocking on the handle of the knife from the left car window, and then came Lin San's exclamation: "Second Master, take a look."

Jia Hu opened his eyes, opened the car window, stretched out his head to take a look, and felt a little weird: "This old man is quite fierce!"

With a smile on his face, old man Kong led the minister of rites, Li Shouzhong, Guozijian Jijiu, Jia Yucun and other criminal officials and walked over slowly.

"Students wait to meet the teacher!"

Except for Dai Quan, all the officials knelt down in black.

Old man Kong smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Don't be too polite, don't be too polite."

All the officials got up again in disorder.

A gleam of coldness quickly flashed in Dai Quan's eyes, and in an instant he regained his smile and greeted him.

Dai Quan walked about ten steps away from the old man and stood still.

Old man Kong also stopped.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites was startled, Li Shouzhong was also startled, and all the officials who were waiting were also startled, looking at Dai Quan.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites reminded in a low voice: "Teacher, this is Chief Internal Affairs Officer Dai."

Old man Kong smiled slightly, but did not speak.

After a while of silence, Dai Quan walked up slowly and stopped less than five steps away from old man Kong, "The miscellaneous family came to welcome Patriarch Kong at the emperor's will." After speaking, he bowed deeply to old man Kong.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Li Shouzhong and the others turned sideways one after another, and a trace of laughter appeared on the corner of Old Man Kong's mouth.

There seemed to be a flash of lightning in front of Jia Hu's eyes, and he opened his eyes wide and fixedly looked at Old Man Kong, who unexpectedly received Dai Quan's gift.

The officials looked at each other in blank dismay.

Quiet, surprisingly quiet, even the crowd watching in the distance did not make a sound.

Dai Quan didn't seem to care at all, and said gently: "It's cold here, please come to the city, Master Kong." He gave up his hand.

Old man Kong looked at Dai Quan with a smile, and turned around: "Come here."

Jia Yucun and more than ten criminal officials came over.

Old man Kong pointed to Jia Yucun and others, and said to Dai Quan: "Officials violated the law, and they were dealt with according to the law of the court. Why did they behave like this, and were driven by a group of petty officials to serve as miscellaneous servants. The face of a scholar-bureaucrat is more important than his life. Doing this is too chilling for a scholar!"

Speaking of this, he raised his voice: "Students and officials are for the community of the world. Scholars help the court manage the people, which is the vitality of the country. Treating scholars better is good for the court."

Dai Quan looked at him deeply: "Patriarch Kong, don't worry, Zajia will answer for you."

Old man Kong smiled and nodded.

Dai Quan looked at old man Kong, then at Li Shouzhong and the others, and turned around: "Come here."

The team came trotting all the way.

Dai Quan pointed to Jia Yucun and the others: "Send them to clean Chaoyangmen Street, and beat the Prisoner in charge thirty boards."

All the fans shouted: "Yes!" Then they rushed over.

Jia Yucun and the others were stunned and looked at Old Man Kong together.

Old man Kong smiled happily: "It doesn't matter. The sky will send a great mission to the people of Sri Lanka, and they must first suffer from their will, their muscles and bones, their bodies and skin, and their bodies." As he said, he walked towards the city.

Minister of Rites, Li Shouzhong, and Guozijian Jijiu exchanged anxious glances, and followed them inside.

All the officials seemed to have a tacit understanding, and followed in with their heads down.

Watching the old man Kong's figure disappear into the doorway, Dai Quan's eyes flickered coldly.

The fan leader on the side: "Director Dai"

Dai Quan snorted: "Send them back to the prison."

Fanzi leader: "Yes." With a wave of his hand, he led Jia Yucun and others into the city.

"What's the matter? What's wrong with blocking the way? Get out of the way!"

Dai Quan came back to his senses, turned his head to look, and saw a long convoy driving over. There was a lantern hanging in front of the carriage. The lantern was fluttering in the cold wind, but he could still read the words on it: Confucius Mansion.

Snorting, Dai Quan ignored them and walked straight to Jia Hu's carriage.

After boarding Jia Hu's carriage, Dai Quan smiled: "A dog that doesn't bark is scary, don't worry now, the miscellaneous family already knows which side his ass is sitting on."

Jia Hu smiled: "It's not that simple."

Dai Quan: "Oh?"

Jia Hu asked: "Will His Majesty enshrine the Confucius family?"

Dai Quan: "Sure."

Jia Hu: "The Confucian family can be said to be the banner of scholars. As long as Confucianism does not fall, the Confucian family will not fail. This is why the Confucian family has been able to stand still for thousands of years after changing dynasties. Yan Shenggong is the teacher of scholars all over the world, including civil servants in the court."

Dai Quan: "Let me tell you. We are really in trouble."

Jia Hu waved his hand: "It's you. Don't make me talk too much, no matter how small it is, as long as it gets involved with the Kong family, it will be a big trouble. Either cut the mess quickly, or hide away." He pushed the door of the carriage open.

Dai Quan was taken aback: "What are you doing?"

Jia Hu: "Go down. There is lotus seed soup at home waiting for me to eat when I go back."

A wry smile came to the corner of his mouth, Dai Quan got off the carriage, remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Don't forget about the military parade."

Jia Hu nodded.

(End of this chapter)