Kong Zhenkan failed to persuade Yu Huai to give up, so he asked someone to bring the news to Yan Shenggong.
Today is the last day before the public trial.
Several elders of the Kong family were waiting for news from Kong Zhenkan at Duke Yansheng's residence.
"Master, there is news from the county government." A servant from Yan Shenggong's house quickly came to Yan Shenggong with a letter in his hand.
He respectfully handed the letter to Duke Yan with both hands.
Yan Shenggong took the letter, took out the letter paper from inside, opened it, held it in front of his eyes and read it.
"How is the situation? Has the man named Yu promised to let the third and fifth children go?" The elder of the second Kong family looked at the letter in Yan Shenggong's hand and asked eagerly.
Duke Yan Shengggong, who quickly read the letter, sighed, handed the letter to a clan elder on the side, and said at the same time: "Every uncle, please read it too!"
The tribe next to him couldn't bear it any longer and took the letter over.
There was not much in the letter, and he read it quickly.
Then his face darkened and he said coldly: "This guy named Yu is so ignorant."
The letter was circulated one by one among several clan elders.
When the last clan elder read the contents of the letter, he immediately said: "The man named Yu wants to fight us to the end. Mr. Yansheng, you are the head of the family, you tell me what to do!"
The corner of Yan Shenggong's mouth twitched when he heard this.
These people now regard him as their master. When the Tiger-Character Banner army appeared outside Qufu City, these people did not regard him as their master. Instead, they hid one by one, leaving him, the so-called master, alone. Go out of the city to face the people with the tiger character flag.
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"We need to make an idea about the matter of Lao San and Lao Wu. If we really let them be put on trial by those mud-legged people, the Kong family will lose face." The elder of the second Kong family said, while looking at Yan Shenggong.
Duke Yan Sheng was very helpless.
When there were benefits, everyone would rush to get in, but now that something happened, everyone backed down, asking him, Duke Yansheng, to come forward.
But as Duke Yan Sheng, the nominal head of the Kong family, he couldn't really just ignore everything.
"Second uncle, you are more careful, you should come up with a solution!" Yan Shenggong pushed the problem back to the elders of the second clan of the Kong family.
He really didn't have a better way.
The elders of the Kong clan thought carefully for a while and then said: "There is only one way left now. If it succeeds, not only can the third and fifth children be rescued, but also the one named Yu can be forced to retreat."
"What solution?" Yan Shenggong's eyes lit up, but he didn't expect that the other party really had a solution.
The elders of the clan present all looked at the elders of the second clan of the Kong clan.
Now they are both prosperous and devastated. Even if they usually have any small conflicts, they will temporarily suppress them now and work together to deal with the Tiger Flag.
The elder of the Kong clan said: "Attack the county government office!"
"This is a good method. If the man named Yu won't let him go, we will force him to let him go." A clan elder supported him by stroking his hands.
However, Yan Shenggong shook his head and said: "No, I'm afraid we won't be able to save anyone by doing this. Uncles, don't forget, the tiger thief has arranged more than a thousand soldiers and horses in Qufu City, and the county government is not that easy to break into." .”
I was not optimistic about the idea of attacking the county government.
The Tiger Character Banner was not the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Huai, who was in the county government office, was not an official of the Ming Dynasty. No one could guarantee what the outcome of the attack on the county government office would be.
"Didn't that man named Yu want to allocate the land to those mud-legged people? We just wanted to see if he dared to do something to those mud-legged people. If he didn't do it, we would rescue them. If we did, those mud-legged people would definitely be separated from each other. That licentious man named Yu." The old man from the Kong clan talked about his plans.
Yan Shenggong said in a serious tone: "What I'm worried about is that the man named Yu will take action. Uncles, please don't forget that the Tiger Character Flag is a rebel, and even killing people is nothing new."
"Then let them kill them. If they don't just die, there will be no loss for us." The elder of the Kong clan said disapprovingly.
Duke Yansheng said to him: "If we really want to do this, there will be no room for relaxation between us and the person named Yu."
"That man surnamed Yu came to Qufu to divide the land and hold a public trial. There is no room for relaxation. You are Kong's Yan Shenggong. You are not still thinking about trying to please the other party!" Kong The old man from the second clan looked at him with half-lidded eyes.
Yan Shenggong said: "It doesn't matter if you offend a person named Yu, but the division of land is the local policy of the Tiger Character Banner. If we openly resist, we are going against the Tiger Character Banner. What if one day the Tiger Character Banner wins it?" How should we, the Kong family, get along in this world?"
"So what if the Tiger Character Banner has won the world? Don't forget that if the Tiger Character Banner wants to govern the world, we, the Kong family, will be indispensable. What are you afraid of?" said the elder of the Kong family with an unhappy look on his face.
"That's right. No matter who wins the world, they will have to rely on the Kong family."
Some of the clan elders present spoke.
And more than one clan elder thinks this way, even the clan elders who have not spoken out have this attitude.
Duke Yansheng looked at the expressions of these clan elders as if the world could not survive without the Kong family, and he smiled helplessly in his heart.
Over the years, the elders of the Kong family have become accustomed to being self-centered.
But he knew very well in his heart that the Tiger Banner might not value the Kong family very much. Even if there was no Kong family in Qufu, there would still be the Kong family in Nanzong.
Moreover, they are not the only members of the Beizong clan, there are also many Kong clan members below.
It couldn't be easier for the Tiger Flag to overthrow the Kong family in Qufu.
The elder of the Kong clan looked at Duke Yansheng who was sitting on the seat and said, "You are Duke Yansheng of the Kong clan. We hope that you can work together with everyone in this matter. Of course, if you are not willing to participate, we will I will also do it myself.”
Hearing this, Duke Yansheng smiled bitterly.
He knew that regardless of whether he was involved or not, as long as something happened to attack the county government, the Tiger Flag would count him among them.
"Have you decided yet? Do you want to do this with us?" asked the elder of the second Kong clan.
Yanshenggong thought for a while, shook his head at the end, and said: "I will not participate in this matter. You do your thing. I will treat it as if I don't know. Even if something happens in the future, I can still make things right for you uncles."
Ultimately he decided not to participate.
In fact, the last conversation he had with the two generals of Huziqi was still fresh in his memory.
Once the attack on the county government happened, he didn't think it would take just a few ordinary people's lives to stop Tiger Flag from pursuing the case.
Things that the Ming Dynasty was concerned about, the Tiger Character Flag may not be concerned about.
At least in terms of his attitude towards Kong, he couldn't see how much respect Tiger Ziqi had.
"Okay, since you don't want to participate, I won't force you. Just a few of us will do this, and you just pretend you don't know. Don't tell Kong Zhenkan either. I'm worried that he will tell everyone about it. The man named Yu made the other party take precautions in advance." said the elder of the second Kong clan.
Duke Yan Sheng nodded in agreement.
