I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

In the courtyard of the Confucius family, in the northernmost room.

A middle-aged man supported an old man, stood up from the chair, and walked tremblingly towards the outside of the house—this is an elder of the Kong family and the real speaker of the Kong family today.

"Chongyuan. How's the situation?" The clan elder walked outside the house, looked up at the clear sky, and asked slowly.

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment.

The clan elder gave a light snort.

Only then did the middle-aged man reply: "A few days ago, Chongyuan was still in a state of anxiety, but after returning from going out yesterday, he calmed down a lot."

"Today, I gave lectures at Qufu Academy, and many young students have passed by."

Kong Yingda's name is still very useful.

He is one of the rare great Confucians in the world today, and it can be said that he is one of the most accomplished people in Confucianism.People who love learning naturally want to listen to his lectures.

Although the Kong family has set the rules, they are not allowed to communicate with Kong Yingda, let alone disclose recent news about the Kong family to Kong Yingda.

But
Just going to listen to Kong Yingda's lecture and not talking to Kong Yingda should not be regarded as breaking this rule.

The clan elder paused, turned his head a little stiffly, and looked at the middle-aged man who was serving him: "He still has this kind of leisure at this moment?"

The middle-aged man said blankly: "Do you need to order me to stop letting the children of the clan listen to him?"

Before he finished speaking, the clan elder shook his head: "No, Chongyuan knowledge is the number one in my Kong family, and it doesn't hurt for the younger generation to listen to it."

The middle-aged man nodded in response.

The clan elder dragged his tone: "However. You send some people over to pay attention. If you just talk about learning, it's fine. If you talk about some random fallacies, feel free to interrupt."

The middle-aged man nodded again.

Kong Yingda lectured in a well-regulated manner. He didn't talk about the miscellaneous knowledge he heard from Yin Xuan, but talked about Confucianism somewhat beyond the expectations of the Confucius family.

It's just that what he said made many Kong family members who were listening to the wind and rain realize that something was wrong.

The first day was about King Wen in the Book of Songs.

"King Wen is above, and Yu Zhao is in heaven. Although Zhou is an old state, its life is restored."

The next day was about college.

"Gou Rixin, Rixin, and Rixin."

The third day is about Analects.

"Zengzi said: I examine myself three times a day."

Although the Kong family didn't sound right, they didn't stop them. These are all well-behaved contents.What Kong Yingda was talking about was learning, and it was still Confucianism. The Kong family had no position to stop it.

Until another five days later.

A tired pigeon landed in Kong's nest with a letter tied to its foot.After receiving the letter, the Kong family who had been staying in the bird house hurriedly passed it on to the clan elders.

Several clan elders gathered in the study.

"Chongyuan is just a bluff." A clan elder shook his head, "The news of Chang'an has come, I think he still has the confidence."

As he spoke, he ordered the middle-aged man next to him to open the letter.

At first glance, he froze.

A bad premonition floated up in the hearts of several clan elders. One of them looked at him and frowned slightly: "What's wrong? I read it out."

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth: "The county man rejected my Kong family's solicitation."

I had a hunch for a long time, but the elders of the clan still couldn't help shrinking their pupils and staring round.

The content discussed by the young people of the Kong family is different.

The Kong family felt that they thought highly of the county man.

If it is a marriage, betroth a girl from his direct line. If you don't want to be a marriage, then consider the concubine, which is what the young people mentioned before.

But neither of these agree?

A clan elder stretched out his hand: "Take it here, and let me have a look."

Several other clan elders were very anxious, and they also wanted to read the above content, but they couldn't make the move of reading a letter together regardless of their image.

But soon they lost this concern.

A few more pigeons flew back from the bird house, all with the same letters tied to their legs, not only let the elders in the study have one copy, but even two more copies.

Flying pigeons is a good way to convey information.

But the reason why they can do this is not to say that pigeons are really smart enough to know that they are messengers. In fact, the principle is very simple, it just takes advantage of the homing ability of birds.

This method is not a problem when used in a town or a city.

But if you want to use Chang'an, which is thousands of miles away, to go to Qufu, the problem is quite big.

It is true that birds have a homing nature, but they are also prone to some accidents, such as being hooked by wild birds, being preyed on by natural enemies, being tired and not wanting to fly, finding a place to settle down at random, or being frozen halfway through flying in such cold weather Die, or even get lost.

It will cause the situation that the letter cannot be delivered.

This is a very realistic issue that has to be considered.

In order to prevent this from happening, the young man from the Kong family in Chang'an City adopted a stupid method. He wrote a total of ten letters and released ten pigeons.

I think I can fly back one or two no matter what.

He was lucky.

Eight pigeons fluttered back to Qufu and landed in the bird house of the Kong family. At first, the clan elders were expecting any changes in the new letter.

Later, they stopped expecting it, and they knew that the contents of these letters were the same without the middle-aged man telling them.

There was no change in the expression on his face, but his heart began to slander.

Why did you send so many letters back? It seemed like you were mocking the Kong family.

The young man in Chang'an City probably never imagined that his luck would be so good.

Kong Yingda came back from his lecture, but was invited away again. This time, he was not invited to the ancestral hall, but to the study.

Several clan elders were sitting around the brazier, and one of them said slowly: "Chong Yuan, don't be brave anymore, now we will give you one last chance."

"As long as you are willing to admit your mistake, you are still the head of the Kong family."

The attitude is still high, but is this tone softened?

Kong Yingda raised his eyebrows, seeing that there were still some burnt paper marks in the brazier, he couldn't help but smile slightly: "It seems that what you did to Yin Xiannan has already come to fruition?"

Several clan elders were taken aback.

Kong Yingda laughed loudly: "The name of the Kong family is indeed useful for ordinary people, but for Yin Xiannan, the name of the Kong family is not very useful."

Saying that, he paused.

"Of course, it doesn't work for me either."

A clan elder's face darkened: "Are you determined?"

Kong Yingda nodded: "I was still a little hesitant on the road, but now that I see you, and that I am now a junior of the Kong family, I don't hesitate at all."

"Gou Rixin, Rixin, and Rixin."

"If you don't innovate, just wait for decay and stink to death."

With that said, Kong Yingda waved his hand and turned to leave.