marquis of jingan

Chapter 1066

Master Shen would be sleepy and staring at him. He was still a little unconscious at first, but after hearing the words that the Confucius Temple was on fire, he was jolted up, sat up straight, and immediately woke up.

"on fire?"

He looked at Jiang Sheng and asked, "Who burned it?"

"do not know."

Jiang Sheng shook his head and said, "General Su has already passed by. He sent someone back to report that the Confucian Temple caught fire as soon as the city gate of Qufu was broken. The fire is not small."

Hearing this, Master Shen narrowed his eyes, sat up slowly, and said while putting on his clothes, "Has the army already entered the city?"

"Yes."

Jiang Sheng replied: "Not long after entering the city, the fire started."

Shen Yi had already put on his clothes at this moment, and while walking out, he said in a cold voice: "It means, it wasn't our people who lit the fire?"

"It's not clear yet."

Jiang Sheng replied: "General Su has already gone to investigate."

Master Shen took a deep breath.

"Prepare the horse, I will ride into the city."

Jiang Sheng said quickly: "Young master, the city has just been broken, and the remaining enemies in the city have not been wiped out..."

"Why don't you wait a little longer?"

The remnants of the enemy haven't been wiped out, which means that the street fighting in the city is still going on.

Shen Yi ignored Jiang Sheng.

"Even if it's before the two armies, it's not like I haven't been there before."

"Prepare the horse!"

Shen Yi's tone was a little more serious, Jiang Sheng didn't dare to refute anymore, nodded quickly, went down and pulled out Shen Yi's war horse, Master Shen got on the horse, took a dozen or so followers, and went straight to Qufu City.

At this time, the south gate of Qufu had been opened wide, and some pungent smell of gunpowder and blood could still be smelled at the gate.

Dark red blood was everywhere, almost covering the city walls.

Shen Yi just glanced briefly, and rode his horse into Qufu City.

At this moment, the street fighting in Qufu City is still going on, but there are only some sporadic battles left. After all, there are not too many defenders in Qufu, and the morale of the army is gone at this moment.

At this time, some people who were still in Qufu basically closed their doors, and no one dared to come out. Unless they were hunting down the remnants, the soldiers of the Huai'an army rarely disturbed these people.

It was still early in the morning, and there were basically no people on the avenue. Shen Yi rode a horse and galloped on the avenue, and he could still see the flames in front of him from a distance. He rode towards the flames, and soon came to the vicinity of the Confucius Temple.

The battle near the Confucian Temple is still going on, and some sporadic remnants are still resisting the Huai'an army's attack, but the fire in the Confucian Temple has really started.

Shen Yi saw Su Ding at the entrance of the Confucian Temple from a distance. At this time, Su Ding looked a little embarrassed, and he was directing the soldiers under his hands to put out the fire.

Master Shen got off his horse, walked quickly to Su Ding, looked up at the Confucius Temple, and asked, "What's going on?"

Su Ding's face was a little unhappy, and he lowered his head and said, "It wasn't our people who did it. The general confirmed it with Zhong Ming. When the Confucius Temple was on fire, we hadn't reached here yet."

He looked at Shen Yi, lowered his head and said, "General, I didn't do things carefully, please punish Mr. Shen!"

Shen Yi shook his head: "What does this have to do with you?"

He looked up at the Confucian Temple that had already been built, and couldn't help clenching his fists: "People's hearts are sinister, that's how it is!"

Now things are quite clear.

Since it was not done by the soldiers of the Huai'an Army, there are only two possibilities left.

One was set on fire by the people of Qi, and the other was burned by the Confucians themselves!

Of course, the former is more likely. Seeing that Qufu is about to fall, he wants to blame Shen Yi for burning the Confucius Temple.

In this way, even if Master Shen returns to Jiankang, countless scholars will spit on him.

If the political struggle becomes fierce, maybe Shen Yi, the Northern Expedition coach, can be brought down.

More importantly, the crime of burning the Confucian Temple can not only be recited by Shen Yi, but also by the entire court of Chen Guo, so that the world can see which of the two courts is the one that truly promotes and respects Confucianism. !

At that time, the Northern Qi court can still issue a call to attack the Southern Chen court.

It can be regarded as a war of public opinion in a certain sense.

As for the latter... the possibility cannot be said to be non-existent, but it is not great.

After all, no matter how unbearable the Confucian family was, they would not go to the point of burning down the Confucian Temple of their ancestors.

Su Ding took a deep breath, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, once the Confucius Temple is destroyed, people in the world will criticize it, and eventually..."

"Willing to bear this crime!"

Shen Yi looked at the Xuansheng Gate, which was already burning, and the four gates lit behind, and shook his head slightly: "This crime is too great, you can't bear it."

"I can't bear it either."

Master Shen took a deep breath and said, "We can only let people from Qi take care of it."

He whispered, "Su Ding."

Su Ding immediately bowed and cupped his fists, and said, "The end is here!"

"Put out the fire here at the Confucius Temple as much as possible."

"Send people to block the four gates of Qufu. Without my warrant, no one is allowed to enter or leave."

"All Zhu Li Zhenren, officials, soldiers and related personnel of the Northern Qi court in the city are all detained where they are!"

Having said that, Shen Yi paused, and continued: "Also, surround the Confucian mansion!"

Hearing the last order, Su Ding was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Shen, you just burned down the Confucian Temple and then surrounded the Confucian Mansion. It will be very bad for your reputation..."

Shen Yi sneered and said, "Don't they rely on this?"

"The city of Qufu is full of soldiers from our Huai'an army. Without my order, no one can leave the city, and nothing about Qufu can be spread."

"Moreover…"

Master Shen sneered and said, "If it spreads, I'm not afraid of their pens."

"Do as I tell you."

Su Ding lowered his head and cupped his fists.

"Subordinates obey!"

………………

It wasn't until the sky was bright and the sun slowly climbed up that the fire in the Confucius Temple was extinguished, and Mr. Shen led people into the Confucius Temple.

At this time, the five gates at the entrance of the Confucian Temple had been burned beyond recognition, but what is gratifying is that although the main building of the Confucian Temple was also blackened by the fire, it was not seriously damaged.

The plaque of the most holy teacher on the Dacheng Hall is still hanging high.

Shen Yi walked into the Dacheng Hall, looked up and saw the icon of the old master.

On the top of the old master's head, there is a very conspicuous plaque with four large characters written on it.

Sven is here!

Shen Yi stared at the plaque for a long time and said, "You have enough confidence and you have a strong tone."

When Master Shen was visiting the Confucian Temple, Su Ding carefully stood behind him, lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, the people from the Confucius family said they want to see you."

Shen Yi raised his eyebrows: "Where is it?"

"In Confucian Mansion."

Master Shen glanced at Su Ding.

"Let them wait. I'll see them when I'm free."

Su Ding bowed his head and said yes.

Mr. Shen looked at the Confucius Temple and said, "From today on, the two miles around the Confucius Temple will be closed."

"Bring in local craftsmen from Qufu, together with craftsmen from our army, to start repairing the Confucian Temple. No outsiders are allowed to enter or leave the Confucian Temple until it is completed."

Su Ding bowed and acted.

Shen Yi closed his eyes, sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "Lingsu's attack on Jining Prefecture should have results in the past few days, you can't be idle here, and send scouts to keep an eye on Yanzhou, especially the north of Yanzhou. "

"Beware of Qiren's reinforcements going south."

Su Ding bowed his head again and said: "The general will understand."

"You and Ling Su need to communicate more, discuss and discuss when is the best time to attack Yanzhou."

"Be as fast as possible."

"I will understand at the end."

Master Shen yawned, stretched his waist and said, "Find me a place, I want to sleep well."

"Besides, before I wake up, find out the Qi people who burned the Confucius Temple."

Hearing Shen Yi's words, Su Ding was taken aback for a moment, and then understood what Shen Yi meant.

He lowered his head and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Shen."

"Soon, this Northern Qi criminal will be brought to justice."

Master Shen didn't speak any more, stretched his waist and went to sleep.

At this time, the Confucian Mansion had been surrounded by the Huai'an Army.

Kong Shangde, the younger brother of Kong Shangzhen, the Patriarch of the Kong family, stood on a small building in the Confucius mansion, looking at the Huai'an army around the Kong family, his face was a little ugly.

"These barbarians! Barbarians!"

Behind him stood Kong Yanli who had already returned to Kong's house. Kong Yanli bowed his head to Kong Shangde and asked, "Uncle, was the fire in the Confucius Temple really set by Chen Guoren?"

Kong Shangde looked back at his nephew, frowned and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Kong Yanli shook his head quickly: "Nephew just asked..."

After a pause, he continued,

"Uncle, Shen Yi, the coach of Chen Guo, is very different from the scholar my nephew met before..."

Kong Shangde said angrily: "Those who do not respect saints are barbarians!"

"Does he deserve to be called a scholar?"