Chapter 69 Pei Xingjian
Chapter 69 Pei Xingjian
Besieging the Duke’s mansion?
This is just bullshit.
The two great dukes of the current dynasty are both Li Er's absolute confidants.
Suddenly we were surrounded.
Who has such courage?
"What's going on? Who did this? How dare they block the Duke's mansion?"
Li Er couldn't believe it and asked loudly.
"Your Majesty, it is...it is a scholar from Chang'an."
The eunuch whispered, "I heard from the steward that the scholars in Chang'an blocked the Duke's Mansion, shouting for Duke Lu and Duke E to apologize, saying that they had humiliated them."
Chang'an scholar?
The Duke’s Mansion was surrounded.
Why would they cause trouble to two dukes for no reason?
And make amends.
Compensation for what?
What humiliated them?
"Duke Lu, Duke E, what did you do to cause dissatisfaction among the scholars?" Li Er asked in a deep voice, "Did you do something to provoke those scholars?"
There are many scholars in Chang'an.
There are scholars from wealthy families and there are scholars from poor families.
These scholars are unruly and look down on others.
Normally, people don't want to provoke them and they have to be treated like treasures.
Cheng Zhijie and Yuchi Jingde caused others to come and beat them up.
It would be strange if there were no problems here.
No matter how unruly they are, they would not surround the Duke's mansion for no reason.
"No, Your Majesty, I didn't. What connection do I have with those guys?"
Cheng Zhijie calmed down from his anger.
Not to mention Yuchi Jingde.
Scholar, they are not related at all.
The discussion could not proceed.
Cheng Zhijie and Yuchi Jingde hurried back to deal with the matter.
Before leaving, Li Er also reminded the two not to act impulsively.
"Go check what's going on."
Li Er said to the eunuch.
Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others were all very curious.
Why are the scholars suddenly so outraged and demanding the Duke to apologize?
……
The residence of Duke Lu.
The scholars of Chang'an surrounded the gate of the mansion.
"If Cheng Zhijie doesn't come out and give us an explanation today, no one can come in or out."
A scholar shouted loudly.
At the gate of the mansion stood Cheng Zhijie's eldest son Cheng Chumo, who was guarding the gate with his housekeeper and servants.
"How dare you call my father by his name?"
Cheng Chumo said angrily.
"So what if I yell?"
One scholar said fearlessly, "Cheng Chumo, don't act pretentiously in front of us. Ask your father to come out."
"hurry up."
Cheng Chumo gritted his teeth. It's not that he didn't move, but that he didn't dare to move.
Scholars from Chang'an.
At a rough glance, there are dozens or even hundreds of people. If they really want to take action, we can't stop them.
I dare not stop it.
"My mistress is also from the Cui family. You are surrounding the mansion like this, and you can do whatever you want just because you are a scholar?"
The butler shouted.
What he wanted to say was that Duke Lu's Mansion was also part of a big family, and they should talk things out nicely.
But the scholar, who was already angry, did not give any face at all.
"Qinghe Cui family? Let alone the Cui family, even if the Five Surnames and Seven Families come, don't expect us to let it go if they don't give us an explanation today."
The scholars refused to give in at all.
Instead, it made them even more excited, and they pointed at Cheng Chumo and others and criticized them.
"You still know it's the Cui family of Qinghe?"
"The Cheng family's mistress is also ignorant of the overall situation and allows Cheng Zhijie to talk nonsense."
"Exactly. Who are you trying to scare by showing off the Qinghe Cui family? Who doesn't have a well-known family name?"
Cheng Chumo suppressed his anger and said, "My fellow scholars, why do you want to surround my mansion?"
"At least let us know what we did wrong." "Otherwise, based on what you said today, the Lu Guogong Mansion and the Qinghe Cui family will not let it go."
Cheng Zhijie and Yuchi Jingde rushed back to the mansion as quickly as possible. They heard a commotion at the door from a distance. A group of scholars were blocking the mansion in three layers inside and outside.
Cheng Zhijie looked around and frowned slightly.
There were many people watching.
But there was not one of them who did not wear a crown and a sword.
Even if you were watching from a distance, you couldn't see a single ordinary citizen.
At this time.
When the scholars discovered Cheng Zhijie and his companions, they immediately surrounded them aggressively.
"Cheng Zhijie is back."
"And Yuchi Jingde."
"Okay, I'm back just in time."
“Don’t let them get away.”
Cheng Zhijie keenly discovered that those people who had come to watch the fun had blocked his retreat.
This made him feel even worse.
What is going on? Don’t these people mind watching the fun?
Yuchi Jingde was furious:
"What are you doing?"
"What are you going to do?"
Cheng Zhijie didn't know why. He had been on the battlefield for a long time and had seen all kinds of storms, but when facing this group of young scholars, he suddenly felt a little nervous.
Because he saw this group of scholars.
Each of them carried a bow and a sword, was fully armed, and looked ferocious.
The momentum is as if he is looking for someone to fight.
"Father!"
"Father……!"
When Cheng Chumo saw Laozi coming back, he wanted to rush over with his men, but he couldn't break through the encirclement of scholars and could only shout.
"stop!"
Cheng Zhijie shouted, "Who are you? Why are you surrounding my mansion? What do you want to do? Do you want to offend me?"
He wanted to take the initiative and use his status to scare these scholars so that they would calm down.
Unexpectedly, the opposite effect occurred and the scholars did not give the Duke any face at all.
"Cheng Zhijie, stop trying to scare us. We won't fall for it."
"In front of His Majesty, did you say that we are weak and fragile, and are just walking military merits?"
"And Yuchi Jingde said we were going to pee our pants."
"You are a Duke, but you have no moral integrity. You humiliate us to this extent and still ask us what we want to do."
"We also want to ask you why you humiliate us."
"How dare you insult me like this?"
"Too deceiving!"
"Cheng Zhijie, come down, I want to duel with you."
"I came to see you today, with my bow and arrows ready, and my sword ready, to see who's better."
The scholars shouted in unison.
Cheng Zhijie and Yuchi Jingde looked at each other and finally figured out why these scholars were blocking the door.
For a moment, both of them felt speechless, as if they were stray dogs.
After all this fuss, it was just a sentence they said at the court meeting.
You scholars, is it necessary to have such a big reaction?
It's simply lawless.
They didn't expect that one sentence would cause such a big commotion.
"A scholar may be killed, but not humiliated."
"You, Cheng Zhijie, must give us an explanation. Otherwise, even if you are the Duke of the court, we will wash away the shame."
A scholar stood up, carrying a bow and a sword, looking very heroic.
"Who are you?" Cheng Zhijie asked in a deep voice.
"I am not afraid that the Duke will know. My name is Pei Xingjian, my courtesy name is Shouyue, and I am from the Pei family of Hedong."
Pei Xingjian raised his head and said, "Duke, you looked down on us in the court. Today we want to ask for an explanation."
"If the Duke cannot convince us, don't blame us for being rude."
Cheng Zhijie's mind turned, and he said in a deep voice: "You know that the laws of the country are strict. Do you know that being so rude and disrespectful to me is a crime?"
"Cheng Zhijie, are you relying on your status as Duke to scare us?"
"Someone who takes advantage of his age."
"We share the guilt together."
"Just let the horse come."
"Don't even think about running away today."
As soon as he said this, he was immediately hit back by a group of scholars, who glared at him with an intimidating attitude.
I'm not afraid at all, not cowardly at all.
(End of this chapter)