The two people sent to watch the lecture were the two people Xia Yuanlong trusted the most. These two men, one with the surname Meng and the other with the surname Bai, have been occupying important positions and participating in decision-making since Nanjing Academy also established counselors. Since Xia Yuanlong was the only one in the alliance who was busy with everything, he really couldn't spare any time, so he had to hand over this relatively easy task to them.
The work of the two counselors is nothing more than preaching during the day and blocking the door at night. There is nothing hard about it, but how to guard against the government's eyes and ears has now become a headache.
That night, Counselor Bai had nailed the door with wooden boards. As soon as he came back, he saw Counselor Meng sitting there with a sad face, and asked: "Brother, it seems that the response to this lecture hall is quite good today, why are you still depressed? "
Counselor Meng sighed: "There are so many people here on the first day. If the government's eyes and ears are attracted and they learn of Deputy Xia's plan, we and I will be the number one sinners!"
Bai Shen didn't care at all, but now he was a little panicked: "Then... what should we do?"
"Interrogation," Counselor Meng rolled up his sleeves, "Search and interrogate all the people who come. If there is nothing unusual, they can be invited in. If not, they can be expelled. What do you think?"
Bai Shenshi stroked his beard and said slowly: "When people's hearts are united, there shouldn't be such a barrier."
Counselor Meng slapped the table: "Then you can come up with an idea!"
Seeing this, Counselor Bai quickly smiled and said, "I don't mean to blame you, stupid brother. Don't get angry. I will do whatever you want. But do I need to ask the deputy leader for instructions before taking any action?"
Counselor Meng shook his head: "Deputy Xia Meng has worked hard enough. We can't do anything without knowing how to meet others, so that others won't say we are useless?"
"Oh, yes, that's true." Counselor Bai stopped retorting and smiled blankly at him.
Unfortunately, Counselor Meng's method was obviously too rough, and he had to give up after only using it for an hour. The common people came in droves to support the New Deal. They couldn't stand these Confucian scholars who were good at making opinions and treated them like thieves. So there was no one who didn't complain, and even worse, they were so angry that they pointed at the counselor's nose and cursed, which made Counselor Meng turn pale. He took the blame and admitted his mistake in disgrace, and left the hall, leaving Counselor Bai to maintain order for a while.
After this incident, Counselor Meng's enthusiasm was destroyed. He did not dare to offend everyone's bottom line anymore, and completely followed everyone's wishes. He did not bother to think of new plans, but only did some protection within his power. Other than that, I just hoped that Wan Dang wouldn't discover this hiding place.
But this kind of suspense only lasted for one day, and all their thoughts were in vain. It turned out that there was a jailer under the cell leader who always interacted with the scoundrels in the market. Today, a group of people made an appointment to gamble. They gambled for two or three hours. In the end, they lost most of the money. They lowered their heads and walked past the back door of the academy. . He was thirsty, so he sat down in the tea shop opposite, took out the few pennies left in his pocket, asked for a bowl of tea, and hid under the thatched hut to watch the people passing by on the road.
"Hey, brother, how can there be so many educated people on this street? They all have books hanging on their waists." The warder tilted his head and said to the people around him.
"It's true when you say it! This is strange. But recently, someone at Lishe Bridge has been selling "Xing Yao". Whether you understand it or not, you have to get a copy. Maybe you just got off the bridge. "
""Xing Yao"..." When the jailer heard this word, he felt excited, "Is it sold by the academy?"
"No, they are just some book dealers who claim to have come from other places."
The warder secretly muttered: "Master Wan has been too indulgent recently, and even street vendors can openly sell such things!" Wouldn't Nanjing become the world of his Wei family in the future? The prison boss hates this guy so much, I need to ask him for it, otherwise it will not relieve the grievance in my heart! '
After thinking about it, he even ignored the tea and walked out of the tea shop angrily, following closely behind the group of people to see where they were going. After a while, I saw the group of people walking to the back door of the academy, patting the old and worn-out wooden door, and removing the wooden boards covering it. Then a janitor came out, asked the number of people, and asked them to come in, and then Hang up the board again.
The warder hid behind the white wall next door, breaking out in a cold sweat. But out of caution, he squatted there and observed to confirm that what he thought was correct. Sure enough, several more groups of people came, all repeating the same process. This convinced the jailer that something big was going to happen in the academy.
He didn't dare to leave, so he had to sneak back into the prison while no one was paying attention, and reported what he saw to the prison boss. The prison boss was so excited that he immediately rewarded him with several taels of silver and told him about his eagerness. Write a letter and have it delivered quickly to all the government officials.
Wan Heshun was surprised at first that the academy would come up with such a conspiracy, but later he was overjoyed at the revelation of the secret, thinking that God was still on his side, and this was definitely the best opportunity to destroy the academy. He hadn't had the pleasure of being in control of everything for a long time, so he ignored the matter at hand and went to give a fifty-tael banknote to the prison boss before preparing to take action.
He sent two shrewd confidants, pretending to be poor civilians, to blend in with the crowd and easily walked into the lecture hall without any suspicion.
Therefore, it was the third day of the lecture. Wei Huai's "nuclear field reduction and annexation" had entered the final stage. The break with the Wan Dang was almost within sight. Mobilizing the people was the main direction now, so the two of them heard nothing useful. The contents are all empty words to boost morale.
But by buying off a few active common people, the two of them gradually figured out Xia Yuanlong's intentions: to always be prepared and accumulate strength to prevent being led by the government.
After Wan Heshun learned about it, he quickly ordered his officers and troops to sneak into the academy. Claiming that "Meng and Bai were preaching heresy, resisting the government, and having evil intentions", he rushed into the lecture hall and captured the two people who were at a loss what to do. The academy people headed by Xia Yuanlong didn't know yet, so they moved as fast as lightning.
At this time, Wei Huai was still supervising the measurements in the field. He was standing on a slope. Looking from a distance, he saw more than twenty soldiers galloping on horseback, seemingly coming towards him.
"Gentlemen, what are you doing here?" Wei Huai shouted angrily when he saw that the situation was not good.
The leader smiled and got off his horse, waving towards the slope: "Mr. Wei, I have a few questions. Could you please come over here?"
Wei Huai did not dare to disobey the order, sighed, hurriedly walked down the slope, dusted off his clothes, then lowered his head and saluted:
"Dare to ask..."
Before he could say anything, four arms came out of his mouth, clasping his wrists and pressing his neck hard.
"Sihe Academy is so audacious and dares to plot evil. King Wanjun specially asked me to wait for the person who will kidnap you!"
