Legend has it that in the era when Confucianism and Taoism were prosperous, there were some sages and saints who did not have a single bit of cultivation in their bodies, but their words and deeds were rules. They could change the world and the world, and what was more, they could live as long as the world.

Just step on the desert, and sweet springs will gush out from the ground. With a wave of your hand, hundreds of flowers will bloom. This is all the skill of Confucianism and Taoism.

But this inheritance also ended thousands of years ago.

It’s not that Confucianism and Taoism are gone, but that people no longer know what Confucianism is. Countless schools have appeared, and there are various Confucian and Taoist masters in various courts. But those who can truly be called great Confucians are

Very few.

Hou Zhen is a great Confucian, which is recognized by the entire Bingzhou. It is said that he once attained enlightenment on Baima Mountain for three days and three nights. Once he had enlightenment, rays of light fell from the sky and lotuses grew under his feet. In the end, he stopped at prolonging life. Even though he was a great Confucian

His reputation is not as good as that of the sages in ancient times.

According to Hou Zhen, he just entered the gate of Confucianism and Taoism. At that time, Hou Zhen chose to teach in person, but he had very few skills that he could truly learn.

Now that the elder of the Three Dynasties stood up in person, naturally some students came forward to serve him, asking him what he had done wrong, which made the elder feel unhappy.

Hou Zhen just smiled softly, then slowly shook his head, and said leisurely.

"I'm just a dying old man. How can I say anything to you? Look at you young people. You remind me of someone..."

"Sir, please speak!"

"Thinking of His Majesty, all of you are just like His Majesty, all of you are high-spirited, relatives of the emperor, ministers of the court, you...hahahaha!"

As soon as Hou Zhen spoke, many courtiers noticed that something was wrong. They were just impulsive, not stupid. These words were not nice and sounded so awkward.

"What do you mean by this, sir? But what do you think I did wrong?" Others did not dare to speak, but Han Wenqi was considered a veteran. This old scholar stood up directly, as if he was going to challenge him in this hall.

This great scholar from Bingzhou.

However, Hou Zhen ignored him and looked directly at the soldier who came to report.

"Ji Hedong has been thinking about it behind closed doors at home for so many years. Do you know who found him?" Hou Zhen asked softly, but he already knew the answer in his heart.

"Sir, it's...the newly appointed Xu Duling who invited General Ji Hedong out!"

"The new Xu Duling?" Hou Zhen said softly and said what they wanted to say, "Who is this new Xu Duling?"

"This..." The soldier looked at the old man with a strange face, and then said softly, "He is your disciple, Mr. Huang Gan. He said he was commissioned by you..."

"Yes, yes, it's Huang Gan!" Hou Zhen suddenly looked like he suddenly realized something, which made everyone look a little ugly. "I have forgotten that he is my disciple. Yesterday, I personally appointed him.

He went to make Xu Du Ling and saved Xu Du, a huge city, in a mess.

Yesterday, people came to me to complain, it’s really too much!”

Hearing what Hou Zhen said, everyone's eyes flickered. Among them, the old scholar Han Wenqi also looked at this old man with a strange look.

"Master Hou, what do you mean? Your Majesty is not here..."

"Your Majesty is still here, just not in Xudu. Before leaving, Your Majesty asked me to assist the court and sit in Xudu. I wonder if you have forgotten it or don't want to remember it?" Hou Zhen chuckled at everyone and continued.

He said, "But no matter what your reasons are, do you want to stay here honestly at this time and show some respect to me, an old guy?"

Han Wenqi suddenly wanted to say something, but Hou Zhen didn't give him any chance at all.

Hou Zhen returned to his seat, sat down directly, and then said to everyone, "I didn't speak or say anything before. It doesn't mean that I don't know anything, and it doesn't mean that I don't care about anything.

Since you can't make Xudu return to normal, then I will come here in person. Don't say that I didn't give you a chance. What the Tianlang court needs is a group of young heroes. It needs a group of people who can find problems and be more capable of solving them.

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Rather than a group of young people who can only identify problems and then continue to create more troubles, there are many young people in the world, and they don’t need to be placed in the court, you guys understand!"

Hou Zhen's words were very serious and unpleasant, which made many young officials look a little confused.

But they didn't dare to say more, after all, the old man in front of them was qualified to speak to them.

But Han Wenqi is unreasonable. He dares to say things that others dare not say.

"Master Hou is right, but I also want to avenge this group of young people. Although they are young, they have read a lot of poetry and books. In the past ten years, each of them has probably read as many historical records as possible.

....”

"Reading so many books is useless!" Hou Zhen silenced them again with one sentence, and as soon as he said this sentence, everyone was a little stunned.

If it were not Hou Zhen, if anyone else had said these words, they would have been attacked by a group of students from all over the world. Now even this group of people dare not speak, and they are all a little angry.

Han Wenqi stood up and shouted angrily at Hou Zhen, "Master Hou, we all respect you as a great scholar, but if you insult us like this, then I'm afraid we won't agree!"

"When did I insult you? I don't know what I said wrong. Is it insulting you?" Hou Zhen sneered, "Is it possible that what I just said hurt your fragile hearts?"

"After reading thousands of volumes, you can write like a god. This is what the ancient sages told me!"

"That has nothing to do with you!" Hou Zhen has not spoken in court all year round. He has been semi-reclusive for so many years, so everyone has forgotten that this Lord Hou Zhen was also a violent person when he was young.

Lord.

This time, Han Wenqi was a little choked when he saw Hou Zhen, "Master Hou, what do you mean? Are you doing this just to insult us? We know that we cannot compare with the ancient sages, but we can't."

cant...."

"You are officials, not scholars!" Hou Zhen snorted coldly and interrupted Han Wenqi's words, turning his gaze to the group of young courtiers in front of him.

"Scholars can write as if there is a god, but you are just a group of officials. The official's job is to ask for orders from the people and assist His Majesty in managing the country. If you need to write, if there is a god, what's the point of writing such gorgeous and unusual articles?

usefulness!

Have you read too much and damaged your brain?"

Hou Zhen's words became increasingly unpleasant, but there was some truth in the harshness, and this truth was what he wanted this group of people to understand.

In Hou Zhen's eyes, these young officials were putting the cart before the horse. The reason why they looked down on those people was because they felt that they had read a lot and had knowledge and experience that they did not have.

But in Hou Zhen's view, this is the difference. Confucianism is about applying what you have learned. These young people have good qualifications and abilities, but they use what they have learned with their mouths. This can cost lives.

And Hou Zhen wanted to correct the minds of these young people.

Han Wenqi wanted to say something more, but Hou Zhen told them all to shut up.

"I said that I gave you a chance, but you all lost the chance one by one, so now you will watch honestly. As an official in the court, no matter what means you use, you have done what you should do.

, this is a good official, if he can only talk, then get out of here as soon as possible."

After Hou Zhen finished cursing, he finally made everyone shut up and let them all watch carefully what was happening in Xudu.

Ji Hedong had already started to take action. He directly accepted the patrol camp of the Fifth Army, and then selected 300 loyal and reliable elites from among them, as well as his former veterans, and led these people to rush outside to reach their target.

These are the various rats in Xudu, that is, the various underground forces.

The group of mysterious people under Zhang Damu's command had almost been picked out by Li Zhang. Those gangsters who usually just thought they were fooling around were captured one by one because of this situation.

Great prison.

The common people suffering from cholera are completely different from the rebellion and treason that kills people.

At this time, their only hope of survival is to confess more people. Don't underestimate this group of people. Under the threat of death, the only thing they can do is to confess the people around them, or the person who brought them in in the first place.

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After investigating layer by layer like this, half a day was enough for Yanling Hou Li Zhang to uproot this group of people. The leader and those at the top had been taken down, and the rest of the group was leaderless, and there were still people who were constantly betraying them.

, escape is their best option, they just need to add a few pairs of eyes on the city gate.

These people almost threw themselves into a trap.

At this time, the chaos in Xudu, the capital, was becoming more and more serious. The most important of them was that several old forces in Xudu began to plot.

Zhang Mazi and the Fei brothers just wanted to fight for the places in Zhang Damu's hands after he disappeared, so they didn't want to deal with Huang Gan, the newly appointed Xu Duling.

At this time, they were taking their men and brothers, walking among the gambling houses and brothels, as well as the shops one after another, telling them that the people here would be changed in the future.

As the saying goes, the king's flag changes at the top of the city. The storekeepers of the shops naturally avoid this kind of thing. After all, every time the "protector" is changed, they have to pay more money. This month, they are also unlucky. They have already

It's the third time.

However, they dare not refuse to pay. If they do not pay, they may stink in front of their shop the next day, and the Fifth Army patrol battalion responsible for this matter may only be able to tell them what to do.

It's powerless.

But this time, when they were reluctant to pay for the protection money again, they saw the long-lost soldiers of the Fifth Army Patrol Battalion.

"You guys, I don't know what you are doing. Could it be that you want to ask for protection...to collect some money?" A cheerful voice came over, interrupting this magical transaction.

The appearance of this voice also made Zhang Mazi, who took the lead in reining in the territory this time, slightly stunned. Then he turned his head and saw a familiar figure. The general who once made him scared was like a mouse in front of a cat, Ji Hedong.

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"Ji Hedong...why did you come out?" Zhang Mazi can be considered a figure. With the strength of his arm, he made a big name in Xudu, and Wang Wu, an old man,

When fighting for the east of the city, they were also quite powerful.

When Ji Hedong had just become the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army Patrol Battalion, he beat them to death and did not leave them any dignity at all.

After finally waiting for Ji Hedong to retreat, he was finally able to stand up slowly. As a result, he had just improved and saw this evil star again, which really shocked Zhang Mazi.

Just when Zhang Mazi said these words, Ji Hedong's expression suddenly changed, and then he narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Zhang Mazi and said softly.

"Did you just say...Ji Hedong?" Ji Hedong sneered, and then shouted angrily, "Is it okay for you, Ji Hedong, to say these three words? Come here and capture him for a certain family!"

Zhang Mazi never thought that this guy would take action as soon as he said it, without even the slightest preparation. The few gangsters around him were no match for the group of people under Ji Hedong's command. They were held down with almost no resistance. Zhang Mazi

He even received a few punches, and his skin suddenly became bruised and swollen.
To be continued...