Chapter 349: King Wei spares his life, power makes truth [Subscribe]

"Mom, go away."

Li Kang's face was filled with panic, and he came forward to support his mother.

"Son."

Li's mother burst into tears: "Mother has been deceived and let me, Li, fall into this dangerous situation. You must save your life."

A heavy cavalryman from the imperial guards came up and hit Li Kang on the leg with his spear.

The sound of broken bones was accompanied by Li Kang's screams.

His legs twisted and he fell to the ground.

Li's mother knelt down and crawled towards Cao Cao's position at a very fast speed:
"King Wei, it is my fault, and I am willing to take full responsibility.

Please let my entire Li family go. They don’t know about the assassination attempt on you.”

When she was halfway up, she was pinned to the ground by her personal soldiers and pushed in front of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao raised his hand, meaning for her to get away and not push her in front of him.

Mother Li was trembling violently: "I still have young children at home. They are implicated by me. I have done nothing wrong. King Wei, please be lenient."

"No mercy."

Cao Cao looked indifferent.

If I had known this, why bother in the first place!
The personal soldier behind him stabbed him in the back with a spear, and then stabbed him diagonally in the chest.

Li's expression froze with fear and he died on the spot.

The soldiers picked up her body, treated her like a serious criminal, and nailed it to the wall next to Ni Heng.

"Pick that up too and put it on the wall!"

A leader of the personal army shouted and asked another person to pick up Kong Ji and hang him on the wall.

These heavy cavalrymen from the royal army have fought in many battles over the years. They always serve as the vanguard in every major battle and have rolled in mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Killing these few people in front of them, the heavy cavalry had no hesitation at all.

Cao Cao lowered his head and looked at the saint's scroll that he had snatched away.

The Six Classics compiled and revised by Confucius were originally six ancient books from the pre-Qin period.

The book has been handed down for thousands of years and is regarded as a sacred text by Confucianists.

Among them, the two books of rites and music are particularly important.

Confucius himself was also good at rites and music.

What is currently used as a guardian deity in the Confucius Mansion is the volume on rituals and music written by Confucius himself.

The one in Cao Cao's hand is a gift scroll.

There is also a music scroll still in the ancestral hall in the inner house of Confucius Mansion.

It is truly unique as it is written by Confucius himself.

On the bamboo slips, purple and dark yellow auras are intertwined.

In Cao Cao's eyes, every word on the gift scroll seemed to be written with a brush and imbued with luck.

Cao Cao had received many handwritten letters from sages in the past, but none of them was as profound as this gift scroll.

"Li" is also the most fundamental thing for Confucius.

If we take this scroll back to Yecheng, it will help enhance the academic knowledge and education of our Cao Wei... Cao Cao thought to himself.

And the writing knife is even more valuable.

Why was Cao Cao able to snatch the gift scroll and the writing knife?
It’s not because the scroll is psychic and can distinguish between loyalty and treachery.

There is something fishy going on.

When he saw these two items, the entry showed the conditions for the sacrifice:

[Bloodline correspondence, or etiquette and virtue, consistent with the principles expounded in the book]

Confucius left his handwritten letters to be passed down through the ages, with the original intention of selecting talents for the world, hoping that future generations would inherit his ideas.

[If there is no bloodline, but the virtues are corresponding, then one's own luck is magnificent, and the talent of literary talent reaches the historical level, which can be compatible and integrated with the luck of the saints in the volume]

Cao Cao's literary talent is of historical level.

And he was an emperor, in charge of the destiny of humanity, which was most in line with Confucius' wish to teach everyone, so he was recognized by the scroll.

Another scroll of the sage's handwritten book, "Music", was still in the inner house ancestral hall in the Confucius Mansion, and Cao Cao also planned to take it away.

At this time, the turmoil in the hall had quickly subsided.

Many nobles were forced to kneel on the ground.

Except for Kong Shu, the moment Kong Ji was beaten to death.

As soon as she went out, she ran towards the inner house.

At Cao Cao's instruction, Dian Wei did not stop him but followed him.

When Cao Cao saw that Xu Chu was left by his side and he had no chance to take action, he was so anxious that he swallowed his saliva, but he didn't dare to leave without permission, so he let him go as well.

The inner residence of Confucius Mansion.

Kong Shu shouted in panic: "Uncle, someone wants to wipe out my entire Kong family."

"Uncle, uncle..."

The Confucius family produced many saints, and their lineage has been passed down from generation to generation. However, they always have some qualities that ordinary people do not have.

There is another trump card at home.

Deep in the inner house, there is an independent small courtyard that is locked all year round.

The younger generation of the clan members only knew that the courtyard was where the older scholars of the Kong family studied.

Only the older generation knew that the Jing Pavilion in the inner house stored the originals of ancient books collected by the Kong family over the years.

The family fortune accumulated by the Kong family from generation to generation and the integration of tens of thousands of ancient books have formed a unique Confucian fortune of "a mountain of books and a sea of ​​learning".

Since which generation, the Kong family discovered that the good fortune created by the mountain of books and the sea of ​​learning can weaken the five sorrows of heaven and man to a certain extent.

That is to say, living in this quiet pavilion among the mountains of books, one can live longer than ordinary people.

In every generation of the Kong family, there is such a person who is the most outstanding among his peers. When he grows older, he will ascend to the Shushan Jingge and become the foundation of the family.

Kong Shu came to the backyard and shouted in panic when an old man came out of the courtyard:
"Who dares to break into my Kong family and offend the saint?"

Behind Kong Shu, Dian Wei followed slowly.

Just as the old man appeared, Dian Wei suddenly took off the large double halberds on his back.

The old man from the Kong family was tall, with white hair and beard, and a sharp gaze.

His pupils suddenly shrank, and it turned out that Dian Wei had swayed his body and was already in front of him, and the halberd in his right hand came down with the power of a mountain pressing down on him.

The old man stretched out his hand and made a gesture, and another copy of the saint's handwriting left in the ancestral hall at the back house pushed the luck across the air. A huge word "乐" was imprinted in the void like a shield, flowing and shining.

To Dian Wei, it sounded like a thunderclap, striking his soul. This was the magical power of "interpreting meaning through text" that could only be mastered by those at the peak of the Confucian magical power realm, or even higher.

The corresponding text can bring out the true meaning it contains.

And this old man used the luck and fortune contained in Confucius' handwriting to form words, which burst into musical sounds.

The power of his aura had reached an unimaginable level. Even Dian Wei was affected, and felt as if his soul had been struck.

But immediately afterwards, the low wall on the side was splashed with dirt and rocks.

Another figure broke through the earth wall, and rubble flew towards the old man.

The old man took a step back, and Xu Chu had already rushed over.

The enormous force he carries and the momentum of his running make all the orifices in his body vibrate. Even if there is a mountain in front of him, it seems that he will knock it away.

The old man wanted to withdraw and avoid it.

However, Dian Wei flew forward, the halberd in his left hand was like a poisonous snake reaching out its neck, or like a flying horse or an antelope hanging its horns, and he appeared in front of the old man in an instant.

It was too late for the elders of the Kong family to mobilize the power in the sage's letter.

Dian Wei's halberd suddenly accelerated and landed on him a moment earlier.

puff!
The old man choked on blood as he opened his mouth, his shoulder blades sunken inward, and he was then hit by Xu Chu.

He was hit twice in a row and staggered backward.

Not long after, the old man and Kong Shu were both captured.

The only remaining scroll of the sage's handwritten book, "Music", in the Confucius Mansion was also seized as a trophy.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu each brought one person with them, and when they returned to the main hall, the trouble had already ended.

Many nobles were forced to kneel in a row.

Kong Shu looked ashen, and said in a sad voice: "My family may have committed a crime that was not investigated at the time, but it is not punishable by death. I beg the King of Wei to spare my family members."

"What have you done already?"

Cao Cao came in front of the group and took the sword from his soldiers: "I will personally do this to kill the descendants of Confucius!"

He held the knife out steadily, pressed it against the neck of the old man of the Kong family, and cut off his head with one stroke.

The second one is Kong Shu, and so on.

After killing several main culprits, Cao Cao threw the knife back to his own army and ordered the beheading of the rest.

If you kill them, kill them completely to prevent future troubles.

Cao Cao looked back and saw Ni Heng hanging on the wall, still alive, with only fear in his eyes.

When he insulted Cao Cao, he thought the consequences might be serious.

But when he really faced death, he found himself uncontrollably afraid.

Scared to the point of begging for mercy.

The bullet that Cao Cao shot through his body seemed to contain a special power that prevented him from fainting and made him clearly feel the fear and pain before death.

Cao Cao raised his hand and drew out the big spear.

Ni Heng took a heavy breath and died immediately afterwards.

"King Wei, spare my life."

Other nobles in the surrounding area pleaded with trembling voices.

The smart ones among them said hurriedly, "We have watched everything from the sidelines and know that it was the Li and Kong families who assisted the tyrants in their tyranny and helped the foreign races to plunder the fortune of our land and ruin the fate of humanity. If Confucius were alive, he would be pissed off to death by these despicable people. We are willing to identify them."

Cao Cao curled the corners of his mouth.

This is called power makes right, the barrel of the gun is king.

Previously, these people firmly stood on the Kong family's side, but now many of them have turned against them in order to survive.

Cao Cao gave a slight signal, and his personal army dragged these people out. Some were beheaded, and some were temporarily detained after they pledged their allegiance, so that they could go out and tear down the Kong and Li families.

At this time, Zheng Xuan and Yao Jing walked up to Cao Cao and opened their mouths.

Cao Cao saw that they wanted to plead for the remaining members of the Kong and Li families.

The two were not soft-hearted. Instead, killing Kong would ruin their reputation and would be very detrimental to Cao's camp and Cao Cao.

"Among the people of the Li and Kong families, there are always some who have not committed crimes punishable by death. Killing them will be bad for your reputation." Yao Jing muttered softly.

"Nothing bad."

Cao Cao raised his hand behind him, and Director Jia, with the help of the Dunjia diagram, handed out a booklet out of thin air without leaving any trace.

Zheng Xuan took it and looked at it for a moment, then handed it to Yao Jing.

The booklet recorded the Li family, who occupied fertile land in the local area and obtained countless grains.

But in years of famine, they would rather let the rice go bad than release the grain.

The reason is that they feel that it is impossible to support unruly people, otherwise there will be endless troubles and they are insatiable.

They had plenty of food, but watched famine spread.

"In the main branch of the Li family, there was a great-grandson of Li's mother, who was only four years old. He lured children of the same age from the servants' homes to the well, and then pushed them into the well for fun.

When the elders in his family found out, they warned the child not to push anyone into the well again next time.

Because the well is the family's drinking water, and we are afraid it will be contaminated."

Cao Cao said: "If you look deeper, no one is innocent."

There is no such thing as good or evil, right or wrong in this world. In the final analysis, it is a contest of strength and weakness, and the winners are the kings and the losers are the bandits.

"Confucius was born in Lu, grew up in Lu, and studied in Lu.

His ancestral home was Liyi in the State of Song during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which is now in Pei County, Yuzhou.

The descendants of the Kong family had a dispute over the division of the family in the early Han Dynasty. One branch was separated and the two sides became enemies from then on. The branch in Lu gained the upper hand and drove away the other branch.

The branch that was driven away returned to their ancestral land in Yuzhou and never had any contact with them again.

Even if this branch of the Kong family is eliminated, the bloodline of Confucius will still be passed down and will not be extinct.

I don't pursue that branch because I see that Master has made great contributions to education."

Zheng Xuan stopped talking and stepped aside politely.

Yao Jing was worried about Cao Cao and stood there in silence.

Cao Cao: "Actually, getting rid of the Kong family is just the beginning."

Yao Jing was surprised and asked, "Does the King of Wei have any other plans?"

At this time, heads were falling outside the palace. Most of the noble families, including the Kong and Li families, had been killed.

Cao Cao turned around and asked Jia Xu: "How is the other pursuit going?"

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