ps: Thanks to book friends Feng Laiye and Mengjing Luoxue for their tips.
"I just came back from the elders of the two clans, and I haven't had time to go home yet." Kong Yinjing said, "Don't worry, Mr. Yansheng. When you get home, you will prepare all the land titles immediately. It will never delay Mr. Yansheng's departure from the city tomorrow. thing."
Mr. Yan Yan frowned slightly and said, "Are the two clans always looking for you?"
"I just came out of Yan Shenggong's place and met a servant from the two clans' hometown." Kong Yinjing explained.
Duke Yan Sheng looked at Kong Yinjing and asked, "The two clansmen are very prudent and rarely interfere in clan affairs. I have something important to do with you."
"The elder of the second clan wants me to go to Datong Town." Kong Yinjing said.
Hearing this, Duke Yan Sheng laughed and said, "It seems that the elders of the two clans have the same idea as me!"
"What Duke Yan Sheng said is true." Kong Yinjing agreed, and then said, "However, the elders of the two clans hope that I will leave for Datong immediately."
The smile on Yan Shenggong's face suddenly froze.
With his brows furrowed, he looked at Kong Yinjing and said, "You mean the elders of the two tribes will let you go to Datong now? Can't you wait even one day?"
There was a little bit of unhappiness on his face.
"I also think that the elders of the second clan are a little too impatient, but the elders of the second clan say this. I, a junior, can't say anything, so I can only come to you, Duke Yan." Kong Yinjing put the problem on Duke Yan.
Duke Yan Sheng hesitated for a moment and said, "What do you think?"
"I listen to Mr. Yan Shenggong." Kong Yinjing expressed his intention to do what Mr. Yan Shenggong said.
Duke Yan Sheng thought for a while and said: "It doesn't matter if we delay for one more day. You go back first. You can follow me out of the city to meet the tiger thief tomorrow."
He didn't want Kong Yinjing to leave at this time.
He was uneasy about the people who were going to see Tiger Character Flag tomorrow. With Kong Yinjing, someone who had interacted with Tiger Character Flag, staying by his side, he could feel more at ease.
"What should the elders of the two clans do?" Kong Yinjing asked.
No matter it was Yan Shenggong or the elders of the two clans, he was not someone he could offend.
Duke Yan Sheng thought for a while and said: "I'll go and tell the elder of the second clan that you don't have to worry about this matter. I'm just going to leave a day later. I believe that the elder of the second clan won't be harsh."
"Everyone listens to Duke Yan." Kong Yinjing felt relaxed.
After saying a few words, Kong Yinjing said goodbye to Yan Shenggong and returned to his residence.
After a cup of tea, Duke Yan got on the sedan prepared by his servants and took the young man to the house of the elder of the two clans.
Kong Yinjing returned home and asked someone to pack his things.
Whether you are going to Datong today or going to Datong again after seeing the Tiger Flag, your luggage must be prepared in advance.
And he himself was unwilling to see the people of Tiger Character Banner in Ziyang City again.
From these people, he could not feel the preferential treatment Kong received in the past. Even if Yan Shenggong came forward in person, he would not feel any special care.
Rather than staying with Duke Yan, he would rather listen to the elders of the two clans and go to Datong first.
After all, her niece is also the wife of the leader of the Tiger Flag. Even without the bonus of Kong's status, it is better than staying here and suffering.
"Master, everything is packed." The servant came in to report.
Kong Yinjing nodded and said: "Put it away first. Remember to bring a little more money. It will be convenient when you have money on the road when you go out."
"I'll support you from the account later," the servant said.
At dinner time, Duke Yansheng sent an entourage to Kong Yinjing's house.
"Sixth Master, Yan Shenggong sent me to tell you that you don't have to follow Yan Shenggong out of the city tomorrow. Go to Datong earlier."
The servant brought Yan Shenggong's explanation.
Hearing this, Kong Yinjing nodded expressionlessly.
He knew in his heart that Yan Shenggong had not competed with the elders of the two clans, so he had to let him leave early.
In fact, not much in advance.
As for Yan Shenggong not competing with the elders of the two clans, he was not surprised.
Although Yanshengong is the face of the Kong family, in the Kong family, it is not Yanshenggong who has the final say, but matters decided by the elders of each clan together.
Even the title of Yanshenggong was once replaced by someone else by the Kong clan elders.
After dinner, Kong Yinjing returned to his room, covered his head and fell asleep.
The road from Qufu to Datong Town is not short, and the journey is inevitably hard.
The night passed.
Kong Yinjing left Qufu early.
Although Yan Shenggong on the other side was dissatisfied with the arrangement of the elders of the two clans, he could only accept that he could meet the people of the Tiger Flag alone.
Near noon, all the fish scale books from the Yamen were delivered, but no clan elder came with the land deeds.
Duke Yansheng's face became increasingly ugly.
Although he was also reluctant to take out these land deeds, these clan elders did this because they did not take his life as Yansheng Gong seriously.
"Master, the sedan chair is ready. Are you leaving the city now?"
Seeing that it was almost ten minutes at noon, the chief attendant entered the room to inform Duke Yan.
Duke Yansheng, who was waiting in the room, was wearing a Ming Dynasty imperial robe and asked the elders who entered the room: "Aren't the clan elders here yet?"
Chang Sui shook his head.
"Hmph, a group of short-sighted people, with the behavior of tiger thieves, do they really think they can save it without taking it out!" Yan Shenggong snorted coldly.
The actions of these people did not take him, Yan Shenggong, seriously at all.
"Master, do you think we should set off now?" Chang Sui asked cautiously, fearing that Yan Shenggong's fire would fall on him.
"Let's go, I want to see who the tiger thief sent, actually threatening my Kong family." Yan Shenggong stood up from his seat.
At this time, none of the clan elders came forward, and he knew there was no point in waiting any longer.
Outside the courtyard gate is a green cloth sedan.
Duke Yansheng sat in the sedan with the help of his chief attendant.
"Sir, I saw several servants from the family." Chang Sui whispered to Yan Shenggong in the sedan through the curtain of the sedan.
"Don't worry about them, just leave the city!" Yan Shenggong said.
After hearing this, the chief attendant stepped back one step away from the sedan chair and said to the sedan bearer: "Get up the sedan chair."
Several bearers worked together to lift the sedan.
Under the control of the bearer, the sedan swayed towards Chengwai.
Many Kong clan members gathered near the city gate.
Nowadays, most people in Qufu know that the Tiger Character Banner forced the Kong family to hand over the land deeds and wanted to occupy the Kong family's clan fields and the properties of other families. The news spread from the houses of the clan elders and Yan Shenggong.
"Sir, we will go with you."
"Yes, we will go with you."
The Kong clan members here at the city gate protected Duke Yan Sheng's sedan chair and walked out of the city.
Duke Yansheng looked at the Kong clan people following the sedan through the curtain of the sedan, feeling very satisfied in his heart.
And just a few hundred steps outside the city gate, a group of black-clad and black-armored tiger-shaped flag cavalry were standing guard here.
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