While the Demon King was explaining the three strategies of the Military Saint to Feng Chengjue, everyone in the Jing Kingdom Ceremonial Hall gathered in the Holy Courtyard.
The Lei family is equivalent to the "virtual saint family". Their status is lower than that of the aristocratic families but higher than that of the wealthy families, and the king cannot punish them.
Above the main hall of the ritual hall, three balls of light were suspended, and in each ball of light there was a copy of a book written by a semi-saint himself.
A great scholar in a purple robe walked to the front of the Zhou Li and said, "The Holy Court is in charge of the rites and regulations. If the scholar does not conform, he will be punished!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a faint red flame appeared on the "Book of Zhou Rites", which contained a strange power. Except for the great scholar, everyone in the ritual hall was affected by the flame and filled with indignation.
Another great scholar in a purple robe walked up to the front of the Book of Rites and said, "When scholars meet, they are not allowed to bring pheasants. They will be punished!"
“Huh…” Flames also appeared above the Book of Rites.
The third great scholar walked to the front of the Book of Rites and said, "It is not worthy of being a noble family. Punishment!"
Three balls of flame left the three books and rose slowly, faster and faster, passing through the main hall of the ceremonial hall, leaving the Holy Courtyard, and finally crossing the void and appearing above the Lei family.
"not good!"
"presumptuous!"
"How dare you insult my Lei family!"
All the great scholars and grand secretaries of the Lei family shouted and cursed.
A ball of fire fell from the sky and landed in the center of the Lei family's old house. It turned into a light red light that spread for hundreds of miles and then disappeared.
The Lei family seemed to have not changed, but the invisible luck of the Lei family had been reduced by 30%.
When the second "Fire of Three Rites" descended, the national fortune of Jia State owned by the Lei family was cut in half.
When the third "Fire of Three Rituals" descended, the luck of the human race of all those with the Lei bloodline was cut by 10%.
A grand voice sounded over the ten countries.
"The Lei family of Jia country violated the Three Rites and went against human ethics..."
Fang Yun was chatting with Yang Yuhuan in the courtyard. When he heard the loud voice, he was slightly startled and hurriedly stood up with Yang Yuhuan to listen seriously.
Nunu also hurriedly imitated Fang Yun and stood up with a serious look on his face.
When the voice said "violation of the Three Rites", Fang Yun, like all scholars, heard the words of the three purple-robed Confucian scholars in front of "The Book of Zhou Rites", "The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial" and "The Book of Rites".
As a scholar, Fang Yun knew immediately after hearing the three sentences that the three charges were from "Zhou Li*Dazai", "Yili*Gongjianli" and "Ji*Liqi". He thought that the old pedants in the Li Hall were really powerful. Other scholars could only use the teachings of the saints to accuse or refute, and did not dare and could not use "Three Rituals" indiscriminately to avoid causing trouble. However, the people in the Li Hall directly used "Three Rituals" to convict.
In Shengyuan Continent, the three-rites conviction was more serious than the legal conviction, because for the nobles, as long as they did not commit serious crimes such as treason, they could use various methods to reduce the punishment, but once convicted by the three-rites, only great scholars or semi-saints had the right to make meritorious contributions while serving their sentence, and the rest of the people would be convicted for whatever crime they were guilty of.
As the voice continued, Fang Yun was stunned. He didn't expect the Holy Academy to be so ruthless this time. Directly bringing down the Three Rites of Fire, the Lei family would definitely be seriously injured.
Yang Yuhuan was extremely surprised, her eyes widened as she whispered, "Three ceremonies to convict? How terrible! In the past, three ceremonies to convict always brought bad luck."
Fang Yun's expression was solemn, his eyes flashed with a strange color, and he said: "One gift, one crime. At least three university scholars of the Lei family will be directly deprived of all their talents!"
"Ah..." Yang Yuhuan cried softly. She never expected the punishment to be so severe.
"That's the Three Rituals, one of the foundations of Confucianism. It was originally regarded as the first holy way of Confucianism. Later, with the changes, it has been reduced to the third holy way after 'benevolence' and 'righteousness' and before 'law'. There are many factors for this severe punishment, but one factor must exist, that is, the people in the Hall of Rites are looking for an opportunity to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys! After all, the power of the Lei family comes from the dragon clan, and they are getting more and more arrogant. This time they didn't even do the superficial work, so those great Confucian scholars of the way of ritual are naturally angry. As for other reasons, I can't tell you."
"You deserve it! Who told them to hurt you!" Yang Yuhuan clenched her fists.
"Oh!" Nunu nodded vigorously.
"Today is New Year's Eve, and the next day will be next year. The Three Rites Fire that descended today means that the reward that the Lei family will receive from the Holy Academy next year will be greatly weakened because of the Three Rites conviction." Fang Yun said.
Fang Yun looked in the direction of Jiaguo's Lei family, as if he saw the crazy looks of everyone in the Lei family.
"Call the elders!" Lei Tingyu's voice echoed over the Lei family.
Today is clearly New Year's Eve, and spring is about to arrive. The ice and snow are melting, and the land of Jia Kingdom is a little green. However, people within a thousand miles of the Lei family feel extremely cold, and all the new grass and trees are completely withered and yellow.
Soon, all the elders of the Lei family appeared in the Lei family hall, and a large number of Lei family members stood outside the door.
Many young members of the Lei family looked towards the main entrance of the hall with sad looks on their faces.
Three medical camping beds were placed inside the door. Three white-haired old men were lying on the beds, covered with thick quilts. Next to each of them stood a medical scholar. In front of each of them stood a thin medical book, which emitted a faint white light that fell on the old men.
"Alas! How painful! What a shame! What a shame! Their talents have been completely stripped away by the Holy Academy. These are the three great scholars of our Lei family. In time, they will become three great scholars! How could the Li Palace do this! How could Fang Yun do this!"
"This hatred is irreconcilable! Patriarch, please allow Lei Jiawen to fight Fang Yun!"
"Yes, Wen Zhan Fang Yun will definitely put him to death!"
"The efforts of my Lei family over the years have been destroyed in an instant! The East Saint Pavilion has sent a letter to deprive the Lei family of all their privileges for five years! Five years! This will end the Lei family for a whole generation!"
"What did I say at the beginning? I won't let you act on impulse. I won't let you act on impulse. He treated it as a gift from a virtual saint. At worst, he could just throw it into the sea. It's not impolite. Now it's all right..."
"Don't mention this matter again. Anyone who brings up the past is disturbing our Lei family! The most important thing now is how to reduce the losses and how to make Fang Yun pay the price! The shame of the Lei family must be washed away! The descendants of Lei Zu will never allow anyone to humiliate them!"
"Never!" Hundreds of young members of the Lei family shouted in unison with red eyes.
The head of the family, Lei Yue, glanced at the elders in the main hall, waved his hand, and closed the door.
"Fang Yun has become a virtual saint. If we work together, we will both benefit. If we fight, we will both lose. The Three Rites of Fire fell from the sky. Even though my Lei family has suffered a thousand grievances, we are also at fault. If the elders of the clan cannot give up this face, I, as the head of the clan, will walk thousands of miles and apologize for my crime!"
"absurd!"
"Do you want my Lei family to bear even greater shame?"
"Descendants of Thunder Ancestor, you must never do this!"
"You are not worthy to be the head of this family!"
However, a few members of the Lei family lowered their heads and remained silent.
"I made it clear that day that if you cannot resolve the grudge with Fang Yun after ascending the Dragon Platform, I will personally go to his door to apologize. But because of Lei Jiu's death, it is understandable that you change your mind. Now that you have been convicted by Sanli, if you still do this, there will be no room for maneuver in this matter. We are the human race!" Lei Yue's tone was extremely stern.
"But, we are the descendants of Thunder Ancestor! We are the descendants of the Dragon Clan's Thunder Master. The glory of the Lei family is no less than that of the Kong family! No one can humiliate us!"
“Xiao Yue, just because you are the head of the family doesn’t mean that all of us old guys are dead!”
"The etiquette of the human race cannot be abolished. Is the etiquette of my Lei family just for show?"
"Alas... I am incompetent and have brought shame to my ancestors. I resign from the position of head of the Lei family and voluntarily go to exile in the ancient land and never return to the Lei family!" (To be continued...)