"Doctor Xiang, what I said about the situation of the Song Dynasty may be too thorough, but you should be very clear about the superficial things. Are the Song Dynasty's various areas in the process of continuous failure!" Confucius looked at Xiang Xu and asked.
For a moment, all eyes were turned to Xiang Xu.
Xiang Xu frowned and looked at Confucius. He was silent for a while and said, "Confucius, what's the matter? Why can't you discuss it with me alone?"
"Confucius knew that Doctor Xiang was a man who devoted himself to the Song Dynasty and was loyal and patriotic. But this matter involves the Song Dynasty monarch. I told you, are you willing to believe it, even at this moment, are you willing to believe it?" Confucius said solemnly.
believe? Do you believe that King Song is a big devil? How could Xiang Xu believe that, after all, this matter involved Qi. If the King of Song died and was replaced, his Qi would not change? No one in the entire Shangqiu Society knows about it
"Confucius, whether I believe it or not, you shouldn't arrest these descendants. Why should they deserve it?" Xiang Xu looked at the noble princes who were buckled behind Confucius.
"Confucius, if you have the guts, let us go!" A group of nobles shouted anxiously.
"Are you using these descendants to threaten us? Do you want to use them to make us use them as a weapon? Confucius, you are wrong. They cannot threaten us. My son is among them. My son is dead, but I can still do it. There will be another one, but if the country is destroyed by you, that will be a huge disaster!" Xiang Xu looked at Confucius coldly.
Obviously, Confucius could not threaten himself with these noble men.
"Confucius, didn't we just block your door? You, you also want to use us to threaten your father? You are dreaming! With your magnanimity, you are not a great sage!" Young Master Zuo suddenly shouted angrily.
Confucius ignored the noble princes and looked at Xiang Xu: "Doctor Xiang, you are wrong!"
"Wrong?" Xiang Xu frowned.
"I am detaining this group of noble lords. It is true that I am detaining you and others in order to prevent you from being attacked by rats. However, I am also detaining them to give them a great blessing!" Confucius said solemnly.
"Great fortune? Oh, I would like to hear the details!" Xiangxu said in a deep voice.
"The Song Dynasty is about to be destroyed. No one believes it. Even if the ancestors appear, you don't believe it? If you don't believe it, then we can only force you noble gentlemen to believe it! After this disaster in the Song Dynasty, you all will I will be grateful to these noble gentlemen!" Confucius said calmly.
"You, ha, ha ha ha ha, Confucius, you held a group of noble princes hostage and wanted to use them to force the major families in the Song Dynasty to do your bidding? You actually gave such a reason!" Xiang Xu glared at Confucius.
"Doctor Xiang, do you dare to announce the disaster situation in Song Dynasty to the public, so that everyone can see whether I, Confucius, am an alarmist?" Confucius said coldly.
"You!" Xiang Xu glared.
"The king has an order. All my lords, come to the palace to see me! Discuss how to destroy the demon!" Immediately, the immortal who had gone to report the news came back again.
"Enter the palace?" The officials' expressions changed.
Confucius' reckless behavior in the ancestral temple has already caused headaches to many officials and major clan leaders. Now the situation is because in the ancestral temple, no one knows what to do.
At this moment, the King of Song summoned him, and naturally they all wanted to go to the palace to see him.
"Everyone, please listen carefully. The King of Song in the palace is occupying the magpie's nest for the great magic dove. Those of you who are willing to believe in me, Confucius, the ancestral temple, and the ancestors, please stay and discuss how to save the Song Dynasty and how to destroy the Great Demon Dove. Devil!" Confucius said.
For a moment, outside the ancestral temple, countless officials looked ugly.
"Hmph, Confucius, you are crazy when you gain or lose, let me believe you and dream!"
"Go, go, go, return to the palace quickly!"
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Suddenly, some officials scolded Confucius angrily.
"Confucius, you made such a mistake, I can't save you!" Xiang Xu sighed.
The King of Song must have summoned his ministers to deal with Confucius. This time, after convincing the ministers, I am afraid that they will have to go all out in the ancestral temple.
"Doctor Xiang, I don't know what this big devil is doing, but it must be to destroy the Song Dynasty. Now that famine has arisen in the world, you have the power of people's livelihood. If possible, please make sure to thoroughly investigate the amount of food stored in each major family. , if nothing is gained, what should we do?" Confucius said solemnly.
Xiang Xu's pupils narrowed.
"Summon the doctor and the king. Let's go back to the palace quickly! Ignore Confucius, a lunatic." An official urged.
Xiang Xu suddenly covered his chest: "My lords, my chest hurts. I'm so angry with Confucius that I can't go to the palace. Could you please apologize to the king for me? I want to go back to the palace to recuperate immediately!"
Xiang Xu suddenly lost strength and fell down.
This fall seemed to be a signal, and many officials were suddenly unable to enter the palace for various reasons.
"This...!" All the officials said in shock.
"Confucius, Lexi has offended many people before. Lexi is willing to believe in the great sage Confucius!" Lexi suddenly stepped forward and saluted Confucius.
"What? Lexi, how dare you betray the king!"
"Lexi, your Le family is also my son's surname. If you follow Confucius and cause mischief, you will be exterminated!"
"Lexi, you are looking for death!"
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A lot of people came to criticize.
But Lexi shook his head: "Confucius said that there was no harvest in all parts of the Song Dynasty. He was not lying. This is the case for all the lands of my Le family. It is not just that. Now the ancestors have appeared, and I am the descendant of the ancestors. How can it be so? Reason for disbelief?"
"You!" All the officials glared.
For a time, the officials in the ancestral temple were divided into three factions. One faction believed in the King of Song and was gearing up to deal with Confucius. One group, like Xiang Xu, pretended to be sick and went home without helping anyone. The last group, only Lexi's family, was willing to believe in Confucius.
"Thank you!" Confucius saluted Lexi solemnly.
"The person who should be thanked is me, the great sage Confucius. I don't know, what can I do for the Song Dynasty now? Do the ancestors have any clear instructions?" Lexi said solemnly.
"Yes, gather all the grain seeds from your family!" Confucius said solemnly.
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The ancestral temple was shaken, and Shangqiu was instantly plunged into this turmoil.
Countless officials went to the palace and saw the great demon in the hands of Confucius, the King of Song.
King Song sat on the throne with a gloomy look on his face.
"Confucius is a man who wants to steal the country!" King Song said coldly.
"Your Majesty, now Confucius has detained our legitimate sons, and even the crown prince is in his hands. We dare not act rashly!" said an official.
"Don't you dare to act rashly?" King Song's eyes widened.
"I, we...!" All the officials lowered their heads.
However, some officials are still eager to try.
"Confucius is a thief who has messed up my ancestral temple, ruined our court code, and wants to deal with the king. I am willing to share the worries of the king!" said a soldier.
"Okay! Then gather all the troops and capture Confucius!" King Song was immediately overjoyed.
"Yes!" the soldier said excitedly.
"My lords, please cooperate with him and take down Confucius as soon as possible!" King Song said solemnly.
"Yes!" The officials nodded.
After seeing off the officials, King Song stood in the main hall, frowning and looking in the direction of the ancestral temple.
"Confucius, how did he find out?" King Song said with an ugly expression.
"call!"
Suddenly, a black air appeared out of thin air around King Song.
"Senior Sheng Jiutian!" King Song immediately saluted Heiqi.
"Are you exposed?" Sheng Jiutian's voice came from the black air.
"I, I, I have hidden it very well. Even the living habits of the former King of Song Dynasty, even all the small details, even the attitude in handling government affairs are the same. I, I didn't expect that just because I didn't go to see Confucius, the result... !" King Song said bitterly.
"Can Kong Qiu see the power transformed by Qi Shu? Your demonic Qi is mixed with the power of Qi Shu and is exposed!" Sheng Jiutian's voice had a gloomy tone.
"So that's it? Confucius knows my details after all. I was suppressed by him last time in Qufu Palace. If he and I meet...!" King Song worriedly asked.
"If you don't see it, you will disappear. Now that the situation in the Song Dynasty is over, the autumn harvest is about to pass, if you hold on for a while, I don't believe it. King Zhou You and Bao Si can't come out. Is hiding in the Song Dynasty useful?" Sheng Jiutian The voice was cold.
"Yes!" King Song whispered.
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At Xiangxu's Mansion.
Xiangxu pretended to be ill and went home and called his housekeeper.
"How much food is left in the house?" Xiang Xu looked at the housekeeper and asked.
"Ah? Master...!"
"Let me ask you, how much food is left in the warehouse?" Xiang Xu said in a deep voice.
"The food stored at home is barely enough to feed everyone in my Xiang Mansion, including the family's army, for half a year!" the steward said.
"So few?" Xiang Xu glared.
"Yes, the old slave thought to himself, new grain will come out soon, and there is no need to store the old grain. Moreover, the food market is very good outside now. The price of grain is several times that of previous years. The old slave has the final say. , sold the grain in exchange for a large amount of coins, and made several times the money for the government!" The housekeeper immediately said proudly.
"Confused!" Xiang Xu glared.
"ah?"
"In disaster years, food is the most precious money. The money you exchanged is just garbage in disaster years!" Xiang Xu glared.
"Ah? I, I...!" The housekeeper suddenly trembled.
"Half a year? I, Tangtang Xiangfu, is the largest grain owner in the Song Dynasty. I usually have enough food for three years, but now I only have enough food for half a year? What about other people...?" Xiang Xu suddenly became excited.
"Sir, the autumn harvest is around the corner, so there's no need to worry, right?" the housekeeper said in confusion.
"What if the Song Dynasty has no harvest this year?" Xiang Xu said in a deep voice.
"Ah? This, this, how is this possible!" the housekeeper exclaimed.
"Money? Money? Hurry, make offerings at home, immediately mobilize all the money in the clan, and immediately go to neighboring countries nearby to buy food. Hurry, buy as much as you can!" Xiang Xu ordered.
"Yes!" the butler responded.
No one knew more about the famine in the Song Dynasty than Xiang Xu. News came one after another that there was no harvest in various places. A voice said it was impossible, but what if
Xiang Xu couldn't imagine what would happen next when the whole country was out of food.
Xiangfu is a large grain household in the Song Dynasty, the largest household! As a result, he couldn’t even survive half a year? How terrible this is!
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The place of ancestral temple.
"Boom!"
A great battle broke out outside the ancestral temple. Some soldiers wanted to kill Confucius to make great achievements, but some soldiers protected Confucius. However, those eldest sons were detained by Confucius. The family's army was unable to work.
As a result, Confucius lived in the ancestral temple for half a month, but no army could break into the temple.
During this period, the strange thing was that the King of Song never confronted Confucius.
During this period, the price of food in Shangqiu was getting higher and higher! An uneasy atmosphere began to spread in Shangqiu.
Thinking of Confucius' words, the people became more and more uneasy at this moment. Every day, the grain stores on the street were crowded with people. With more and more people, the price of food was getting higher and higher.
After making some preparations, Le Xi respectfully bowed to Confucius: "To the great sage Confucius, the food of my Le family is only enough for three months. I have left one month's food, and the remaining two months' food. Send them all as food seeds and ask the wise man to deal with them!"
Lexi's efforts to raise food also caused a commotion among the clan. Only at this moment did the Lexi clan discover with horror that there was so little food in the Song Dynasty. It was so pitiful.
And the majority of the clan's food was given to Confucius
If Lexi had not suppressed them with the power of the clan leader, he would not have been able to raise so much.
"Master Le, thank you very much this time. If the Song Dynasty survives the difficulties, all the people of the Song Dynasty will remember your great kindness!" Confucius said solemnly.
"As long as the Song Dynasty can overcome the difficulties, Lexi will not hesitate to do so!" Lexi said solemnly.
Confucius nodded.
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At Xiangxu's Mansion.
A group of immortals came to report.
Xiang Xu's face was extremely ugly: "Say it again!"
"Chief, we went to nearby countries, but for some reason, all countries seemed to have a tacit understanding and were not allowed to give food to me, the Song Dynasty! We only bought a little bit here and there!" said an immortal with a bitter smile.
"You bastard, we have a tacit agreement to not sell grain to our country, Song Dynasty? This is impossible!" Xiang Xu exclaimed.
Xiang Xu couldn't believe this. You know, even the Emperor of Zhou couldn't get the kings of various countries to order not to send food to the Song Dynasty. What's wrong
"I don't believe it. Quick, continue to buy grain from countries farther away. Buy as much grain as you can from the Central Plains and outside the Central Plains!" Xiang Xu said anxiously.
"Chief, there are constant wars outside the Central Plains. They are more concerned about food. I'm afraid it will be difficult!" An immortal said with a bitter smile.
"No matter how difficult it is, go and buy it for me. I will write a letter right away and you can send it to the kings of all countries. After the war is over and the alliance is over, all countries accept my feelings. Now, I ask them to sell some grain. Why can't I do it!" Xiang Xu was anxious! .
At this moment, Xiang Xu was not the only one who was anxious.
More than half a month has passed.
The officials who confronted Confucius in the ancestral temple that day went home one after another and checked the food. After checking, they were all shocked.
The clan leaders were so frightened that they closed their own grain stores one after another. They didn't have enough food for their own families, so they still had to sell grain to make money? Don't want to die
For a time, there were fewer and fewer grain stores in Shangqiu, and they became more and more expensive, causing panic.
Not only Shangqiu, but also all the cities in the Song Dynasty were like this. It seemed that they were fine yesterday, but today they suddenly had food shortages everywhere.
In the past, Xiang Xu deliberately suppressed the news, and officials from all over the country naturally suppressed it even more for the sake of political achievements. Now, it seemed that they could not suppress it. For a while, the Song Dynasty was experiencing a food shortage, and the whole country became chaotic.
Is the destruction of the country and the species just around the corner