"Okay, I'll have someone take General Yu to the county government office." Yan Shenggong turned to the boy and said, "Go and lead General Yu. When you get to the county government office, tell Kong Zhenkan and ask him to cooperate with General Yu." .”
Kong Zhenkan is now the magistrate of Qufu County.
The boy walked down the steps and came to Yu Huai. He lowered his waist and said flatteringly: "General Yu, come with me!"
Yu Huai turned his horse's head and led the team to leave from the gate of Duke Yansheng's Mansion with the servants.
Yan Shenggong stood outside the gate and watched the team with the tiger-shaped flag go away. He didn't look back until they disappeared from the corner of the street.
Turning to look at the gatekeeper, he asked: "Are all the clan elders here?"
"Everyone's here," the concierge replied.
Duke Yan stepped into Duke Yan's mansion.
The guest room where Yan Shengping usually entertained guests was already filled with clan elders from various families.
"All the clan elders are here." Yan Shenggong walked in from outside the house and glanced around, finally landing on a person who surprised him.
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In his heart, this person should not appear in Yan Shenggong's mansion at this moment.
After the other party saw Yan Shenggong, he did not dare to look at him, his head lowered, and his body shrank back on the chair.
"snort!"
Yanshenggong snorted softly, walked to the main seat in the room and sat down.
"We have been waiting here for you for a long time, waiting for you to come back. Now that we see that you are safe and sound, we can rest assured." The person who spoke was the elder of the three tribes.
And his words attracted the echo of several other clan elders.
However, Yan Shenggong's face was not pretty.
I heard him say: "If the clan elders are so concerned about me, a junior, why don't they want to accompany me out of the city to meet the tiger bandits? But I waited until it was almost noon and no one was there."
Several clan elders had sarcastic expressions on their faces.
At this time, he saw his eyes falling on a person in the last seat and said: "Sixth brother, you didn't leave Qufu early in the morning, why are you still here?"
Seeing that he could not escape, Kong Yinjing had to stand up and said: "The tiger thieves blocked the way out of Qufu and stopped me from coming back."
"Since you're back, why don't you come to Yanshenggong's mansion to find me?" Yanshenggong stared at Kong Yinjing and asked.
I knew very well that the other party would definitely return to Qufu before noon.
Kong Yinjing lowered his head and said in a low voice: "I was afraid of delaying Mr. Yan Sheng's business, so I didn't dare to come and disturb Mr. Yan Sheng."
Hearing this, Duke Yan Sheng sneered in his heart.
He didn't believe a word of what the lake ghost said. As for why the other party didn't come, he could guess a little bit.
"You can talk about Kong Yinjing's matter later. It's better to talk about your matter with the tiger thief first!" The elders of the three clans interrupted Yan Shenggong and asked about Yan Shenggong's departure from the city.
The ears of other clan elders also stood up.
No one will take matters of personal relevance seriously.
Duke Yan Sheng let go of Kong Yinjing for the time being, looked back, looked at the clan elder who was speaking, and said: "The tiger thieves are very dissatisfied with us for not handing over the land deeds. If I hadn't spent a lot of effort to persuade him to stop, , I’m afraid the army of tiger thieves has entered the city by now.”
"No, I heard that you came back with the tiger bandit's soldiers." One of the clan elders said.
Even though none of them had left the city, someone had already sent the news.
Duke Yansheng admitted: "Yes, I did bring back a group of tiger bandits' troops, and I have promised them that Qufu will be governed by tiger bandits in the future."
"Nonsense." The elder of the three tribes immediately darkened his face and said, "How can you hand over the power of Qufu to a group of rebels? Don't forget, Qufu belongs to my Kong family. Even the Ming Taizu did not dare to interfere in Qufu. "
Duke Yan Sheng raised his eyelids and glanced at the emotional elders of the three tribes. He said: "If the elders of the three tribes disagree, you can go out of the city and talk to the tiger thieves."
The elders of the three clans choked up when they heard this.
He could question Yan Shenggong loudly here in Yanshenggong's mansion, but he didn't dare to let him go out of the city to face the people of the Tiger Flag alone.
"You are Yan Shenggong, the clan leader of the Kong family. It is most appropriate for you to take part in this kind of matter." The elder of the two clans picked up the bowl and took a sip of the tea inside.
"Yes, you are Duke Yansheng, so you should come forward."
The elders of the three clans found an excuse for themselves, and their waists straightened up immediately.
Yan Shenggong ignored the elders of the three clans who were dancing happily, and said to the elders of the second clan: "The tiger thieves have sent a troop of troops into the city to take over all affairs in the city. If the elders of the second clan have any opinions, you can go directly. Talk to the Tiger Thief people, I, Yan Shenggong, have already done what I can do. As for if you have any other requests, you can go talk to the Tiger Thief people yourself."
"You are Yan Shenggong, the clan leader of my Kong family. If you give in, others will bully you. As long as you stand up, we will all support you." The elder of the second clan said in a calm tone.
Yan Shenggong stared at him and said: "If I had been stubborn, Qufu would not be so peaceful right now, and their army would have entered the city. By then, it would not be my Kong family members who would die, but me too." In order to prevent the Kong clan from bleeding in vain.”
"He dares!" The elder of the three tribes shouted with a straight face, "Whoever dares to use the knife on me, the Kong family, the scholars in the world will not let him go."
It's a pity that his words were not taken seriously by Yan Shenggong at all, and he didn't even respond.
The elder of the two tribes pondered for a moment and asked: "In addition to taking over Qufu, what else do the Tiger Thieves want? Is everything in Qufu still the same?"
If the Tiger-Character Banner only takes away the seat of Qufu County Magistrate, he feels that it is not completely unacceptable. At worst, when the Tiger-Character Banner needs civilian officials to govern the world in the future, the Kong family can still find a way to get the Qufu County Magistrate's seat back. .
"The old people from the two tribes are joking. Since the tiger thieves took Qufu, how can they remain unchanged? I'm sure the old people from the two tribes have not heard of what they did in Henan!" Yan Shenggong said in a calm tone.
He felt good now that he could see that these clan elders would be unlucky next.
"No, I, the Kong family, can never implement land equalization." The elders of the two clans immediately objected.
"There are also business taxes that must not be paid." The elder of the three tribes added at the side.
Duke Yansheng looked at the two people and said, "Whoever wants to object to talking to the tiger thief, the tiger thief should have arrived at the Qufu County Government by now."
"You are Duke Yan, you should have come forward for this kind of thing." The elders of the three clans clung to the name of Duke Yan.
Yan Shenggong looked at him and said: "This is the only condition I can negotiate. If anyone thinks that we can negotiate a better result, I am willing to give up Yan Shenggong's seat to him."
As he spoke, his eyes swept over the faces of the clan elders in front of him one by one.
