The sixth year of Long'an in Dayan, August 15th.

Qufu, Shandong, in front of Confucius' Mansion.

Once upon a time, the largest nine-civilian house in the world besides the palace, there is only a piece of ruins left.

The fire burned for a day and a night, and the main hall collapsed, and the saint's books turned into ashes. Under the raging fire, most of the dead bodies were burned to charcoal.

He Ye, the prefect of Jeju, who belonged to Qufu, led officials from all over the government office, and the teachers of the government, and all scholars including the counties of Jeju Prefecture, from white-haired old men to the slaughtered children, were wearing mourning clothes and kneeling in front of the Holy Mansion, crying endlessly, as if they were lost to their parents.

Qufu is covered with white clothes, and every family wears mourning.

After the Empression and Yiwei Guard, King Ada, led 200 Empression and Yiwei Guards and 200 Imperial Guards, came here, he was also shocked by this formation.

It's not the number of people, but the heartfelt sorrow.

They came from the capital and were the emperor's personal army. They had just experienced the national mourning not long after they had finished the national mourning. They saw more big scenes than this, but the national mourning cry... Everyone knew it in their hearts.

Even many family mournings are clear at a glance whether they are true or false.

But at this moment, so many scholars were kneeling here in mourning clothes, crying heart-wrenchingly.

This scene is still shocking.

The prefect of Jeju Prefecture saw an embroidered guard coming, and the subordinates supported him to greet him. After Wang Ada passed on Lin Ruhai's order, he asked He Ye: "Mr. He, can you organize people to enter and see if there are survivors?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around them shook their heads and sighed.

He Ye said: "Why are there living things when the fire is too big? Furthermore, there are many rituals to sacrifice gold and silver objects in the Holy Mansion. Although they are transformed into the power of Zhurong, they can still be picked up. If the imperial court does not send someone to come, they will not dare to let people enter."

Wang Ada nodded and said, "Lin Xiang also means this, but let's see if there are survivors."

He Ye burst into tears when he heard this and said, "The White Lotus Demon Thief is crazy, it's really hateful! Originally, the Grand Lady of the Holy Mansion will be her 80th birthday tomorrow, and the Kong family's neighbors all came to the Holy Mansion. Who would have thought... Who would have thought..."

Wang Ada didn't say much. While dispatching troops to guard the Confucius Mansion, he and He Ye brought people in to take a look.

Along the way, burnt corpses can be seen everywhere.

"It's so miserable! If it weren't for the sudden heavy rain on the night before, I wouldn't have even kept this in front of me!"

"Shandong has had a severe drought for nearly half a year, and the rain has not yet fallen, and many wells have dried up. However, the fire in the Holy Mansion has caused a rain. It can be seen that it is the most holy spirit to appear!"

"If it weren't for the heavy rain, these many things wouldn't be preserved... Alas, it would be great if this rain had fallen earlier."

Listening to He Ye's painful nagging, Wang Ada shook his head and said, "Most of the people in Yansheng Gong's Mansion died of chopping and slaughtering, which has nothing to do with whether it rains or not."

In fact, it would be fine to burn a fire, otherwise what would happen if the wife and daughter of the saints lived in the back house and let a group of chaotic people break in? I would know...

From beginning to end, I looked at the courtyards one by one.

The East Road Courtyard Ancestral Hall is no longer visible. It was originally a palace made of golden nanmu, and there were countless curtains and brocades floating around. After the fire broke out, there was no ruin left behind...

The Central Road Courtyard and the West Road Courtyard are not bad, but at most there is only one frame left, and the inside is burned clean.

Many tragic scenes, not to mention that He Ye and other literati could not bear to witness them, they cried bitterly, even Wang Ada and other embroidered guards shook their heads repeatedly.

There were many people who were obviously not killed, but were burned to death by the fire, and the blood-colored scratches on the walls on the ground were shocking.

After patrolling to the West Road Courtyard, He Ye could no longer hold on and looked disgusted.

Although Yansheng Gong’s Mansion is a Zhili Prefecture and is directly under the governor, he is now slaughtered and burned to destroy the destruction family under the Jeju Prefecture. He, the prefect, has no reason to save his life.

Seeing that he was like this, Wang Ada did not force him. However, just as He Ye was supported by two officials and the others continued to patrol, suddenly, a faint cry of a baby came, but he didn't know where it came from...

This sound appeared here, which was strange and terrifying, but it made people shudder.

The first person to react was He Ye. He was a man in his fifties who had gray hair and beards. At this moment, he was as quick as a young man. He pushed away the person who was supporting him and said shrillly: "Hurry, hurry up! Go and see where you are crying and where you are crying!!"

Wang Ada's face suddenly turned solemn. With a wave of his hand, the people around him immediately scattered, spreading away the burning mummies, looking for the crying sounds.

I just searched all the surrounding courtyards, but I didn't find them.

Just as He Ye and Wang Ada were disappointed, they heard a faint cry of baby. He Ye was so anxious that he jumped and asked someone to search again. Everyone hurriedly returned to the ruins to search. However, Wang Ada walked a few steps in the courtyard. After half a circle, there was a well edge beside the wall on the ground. The wooden shaft and rope on the well had been burned. He stepped forward step by step. Just as he approached the well, a sudden sound of baby crying came out. His eyes suddenly brightened and he said loudly: "Come here! Come here!!"

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Shenjing City, Qianqing Gate.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. In addition to the important public housing personnel, everyone celebrates the day of family reunion. However, the civil and military officials in the court were shocked to enter the imperial city by the 72-year-old Jingyang Bell.

The Jingyang Bell was eighty-time, and it was a national mourning, symbolizing the collapse of the emperor.

Seventy-two slaughters, second only to eighty-two slaughters, is also a national mourning, which means the death of the empress dowager or the queen.

Originally, the royal family, royal relatives, relatives, civil and military ministers all thought that the empress dowager had died. After all, the empress dowager had never appeared since the Emperor's death.

Even on the Queen Mother's Day, she also sent an order to come and gave up congratulations.

If the old concubine of the royal family had not entered the palace at any time, she would have seen the queen mother and talked, many people would have suspected that the queen mother had already followed the emperor...

The bell of Jingyang this time is really in line with the empress dowager's character...

But no one expected that after they rushed to the imperial city, they were led to the Qianqing Gate.

After Emperor Long'an showed up, all the officials knelt down and did not get called up after kneeling down.

After a while, Emperor Long'an asked slowly, "Is Luo Rong here?"

Luo Rong, who was kneeling behind He Zhen, hurriedly said: "Go back to the emperor, the guilty minister is here."

"Sinner?"

Emperor Long'an said slowly, like Bing Zhazi, "Do you know you are guilty?"

Luo Rong turned pale when he heard this and said, "Emperor, I am a prime minister... I am unable to persuade the uncle of the good minister, so that he would be despised by his position and failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a herder. I..."

"shut up!"

Emperor Long'an shouted fiercely and said, "At this moment, you still dare to speak nonsense! Luo Rong, I ask you, how much money does Luo Shikuan respect you in a year?"

Luo Rong's face became paler and his heart was quick. He thought about what had happened, but he was not slow in his mouth and replied: "Your Majesty, I dare to use my family's life as a guarantee. I have never received a penny or a piece of silver from Luo Shikuan!"

Emperor Long'an smiled angrily and said, "You actually...you dare to deceive the emperor!"

Luo Rong said seriously: "Emperor, Luo Shikuan will give his mother some holiday gifts every year. There may be a lot of money and property in it, but I still dare to guarantee that I have never received a penny from Luo Shikuan!"

Looking at his righteous look, Emperor Long'an was disgusted. He asked incomprehensible: "Since that's the case, why did Luo Shikuan's account record that he had sent you 100,000 taels of silver two months ago? Could it be that he remembered the wrong account?"

Luo Rong felt a thrill after hearing this. Seeing Emperor Long'an's murderous aura, he hurriedly said, "Emperor, my mother happened to have a baby in June. Luo Shikuan bought a heavy gift because he remembered that his mother had raised her. However, I had donated this money to the emperor for relief to Shandong."

Emperor Long'an smiled angrily and said, "Okay! OK! I'll be listed as a minister. All my important officials will take a look. This is my prime minister! In terms of skillful skills, there are few in the world!"

When Dou Xian saw Emperor Long'an's face turned yellow, he asked in surprise: "Master, what happened? Why did he ring the Jingyang Bell?"

When Emperor Long'an heard this, he grabbed a stack of letters in his hand and threw them down the imperial stairs, and said sternly: "This is a letter from the White Lotus Sect demon found in the study of the Shandong Governor of Dayan. He is a provincial governor and a chief official from the border, and secretly communicates with the White Lotus demon!"

Dou Xian frowned and said, "If the evidence is conclusive, just escort Luo Shikuan back to Beijing to ask for guilt. Why should the emperor..."

Before he finished speaking, he felt something was wrong.

How can it be worth ringing the Jingyang Bell just for Luo Shikuan?

As expected, Emperor Long'an said word by word: "A beast like Luo Shikuan has corrupted the food for the relief of the disaster victims. In order to cover up the evidence of the crime, he deliberately colluded with the White Lotus demon to raise a tiger, and wanted the White Lotus Sect to bear the blame for burning and robbing the food for the relief of the disaster. However, he was not stupid. He turned his head and burned the Yansheng Gong Mansion and Xiansheng Confucian Temple in Qufu first, destroying the entire Kong family! The White Lotus Sect is trying to force Luo Shikuan and others to go desperate and rebel with them!"

As soon as these words came out, the already quiet atmosphere of Qianqing Sect seemed to have stopped at this moment.

In this moment, I seemed to hear the sound of the autumn wind blowing.

However, then, it exploded like an explosive oil pan!

In an instant, there were unbelievable doubts, shouts and cries, and heart-wrenching crying...

The entire Qianqing Gate was in chaos.

The mansion and Confucian Temple of the Supreme Master were burned?!

Destroy the entire family of Confucius Sheng’s Miao Se?!

Oh my God!!!

Not to mention the ministers, Luo Rong, who was stunned and had no luck in his heart. He collapsed on the ground, and his extreme fear made him tremble...

"quiet!"

"quiet!!"

The palace censor roared at the civil and military officials who were in a mess. It was useless until a group of Dragon Prisoners entered the palace that the officials finally calmed down a little.

But there are still people crying, such as Li Shouzhong, the Imperial College Priest.

After Li Shouzhong and others were asked to leave the hall to calm down, Jing Chaoyun asked in a deep voice: "Emperor, what is the situation in Shandong right now? Please let the emperor know clearly. In addition, I suggest that a large army be dispatched immediately to encircle and suppress the White Lotus Demon. Be sure to arrest them all and turn them into powder to sacrifice to the Supreme Saint Master!"

Emperor Long'an said indifferently: "On the 13th of August, thousands of white lotus demons raided Qufu and destroyed the whole family of Yan Shenggong. Because the 16th of August was the 80th birthday of the Grandma Kong family, the Kong family was all over the place, and almost no one was spared. On the 14th of August, Lin Ruhai learned the bad news, and first used the Emperor's sword to kill Zhang Liang, the admiral of Shandong Daying, and two Sima, four generals of Shandong Daying. He also took down Luo Shikuan, Cao Xiangyun, and Li Song, and then consolidated his army today and prepared food and grass. He planned to carry a coffin to fight on August 16th tomorrow, and swear to destroy the White Lotus.

Lin Aiqing's body..."

At this point, Emperor Long'an shook his head, couldn't continue, and didn't want to say anything. He finally said: "At this point, the court needs to thoroughly investigate the corruption and relief grain case in Shandong. Luo Shikuan sold the relief grain and gave it to Luo Rong after getting the silver. But there were Cao Xiangyun, Li Song and Zhang Liang, who did they give the silver to?

If this case cannot be investigated to the end and every rebellious minister is not let go, I am sorry to the sages and scholars all over the world!

I am not worthy of being this emperor!"

"I'm waiting for thousands of deaths!"

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Chapter completed!