227. The Yuelu Troubles (Page 1/2)

When Ye Huaifeng, the magistrate of Nanyang County, led his men to Kaifeng to prepare for "law enforcement in a different place".

The other side.

Cui Xian was indeed in trouble.

He was trapped in Yuelu Academy.

The news of Huan Ying's death made the situation in the already turbulent Kaifeng City even more serious.

In addition, the county magistrate and the prefect did nothing.

The angry scholars spread rumors that "the traitor Cui Xian angered the old headmaster Huan Ying to death."

At the same time, they rushed to the Cui family in Zhuangyuan Lane in groups, broke down the Cui family's door, and smashed things everywhere to vent their anger.

That’s not all.

The Dibaofang and printing houses owned by the Cui family were also smashed to pieces.

Even some young people who had previously spoken for Cui Xian in the debate arena were dragged out by the old Confucian scholars of the ancient text school to be liquidated.

In addition, a large number of old Confucian scholars went to the provincial school to petition for the abolition of the student qualifications of Pei Jian, Zhuang Jin, Cui Boshan, Cui Zhongyuan and others.

Because these people are all supporters of the heretic Cui Xian!

They don't deserve to continue studying in the provincial school!

The "exclusion of dissidents" in the Confucian internal struggle was vividly demonstrated at this moment.

Fortunately, Cui Xian made arrangements in advance.

Before the news of Huan Ying's death was sent to the government office.

He immediately sent people to bring Old Cui, his parents, Pei Jian, Su Qi, Yan Siyuan and others to Yuelu Academy.

"Brother Xian, our family is gone...and our printing house is gone too!"

When Old Cui arrived at the academy, she clutched her grandson's hand with tears in her eyes, feeling both heartbroken and indignant. "Everything was destroyed by those people! They even accused you of being a heretic!"

"In broad daylight, houses are being smashed and destroyed. Who on earth is the heretic?"

Sisters-in-law Chen and Lin, and sisters Cui Xuan and Cui Ying, were wiping their tears beside them.

The business that a whole family had spent so much effort to build was destroyed just like that.

It must be painful!

In addition to the Cui family, Pei Jian, Zhuang Jin, Su Qi and others were also in a bit of a mess at the moment.

Obviously, they all escaped in an emergency.

If it had been any later, he might have been beaten up by those old Confucian scholars!

Cui Xian held old Cui's hand, glanced at the group of people in front of him, and saw that everyone was there, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he apologized: "Today's disaster is all caused by me——"

This sentence has not been finished yet.

Su Qi scratched his ears and pretended to be impatient: "Tsk, if you say one more polite word to me, I will turn around and leave. From now on, I will no longer have you as my friend!"

Yan Siyuan nodded in agreement and complained, "No one blames you, so why apologize? Don't you consider us your own people?"

Zhuang Jin glanced at Yan Siyuan and thought: My youth is over.

You are no longer the little black guy you used to be!

Pei Jian looked at Cui Xian and said bluntly, "Brother Xian, what do you think we should do next? Who should we do next?"

Since I met Cui Xian, Brother Xian has been very awesome these years.

These brothers have never fought such a frustrating battle!

I have never been so embarrassed!

Even though the situation is critical and dangerous now, as the eldest brother, Pei Jian is not afraid!

Hearing Pei Jian say this, Zhuang Jin and others looked at Cui Xian with murderous intent.

Even Old Cui wiped away her tears and immediately switched to combat mode.

Cui Xian was amused by the high morale of the group of people.

He squeezed his grandmother's hand and asked, "Frosting at home..."

Speaking of this, Old Cui quickly said, "After the rain stopped last night, the more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong. I asked Dashan and the others to secretly transport the frosting out on a cart overnight."

Wow!

Cui Xian was surprised and said, "That's over 3,000 kilograms of icing sugar, worth tens of thousands of taels. Grandmother, are you so confident in leaving it to Dashan?"

Old Cui's eyes were still stained with tears, but her words were quite domineering: "Even if the frosting is lost, is there no way for you, Brother Xian, to find it back?"

“Again, don’t employ those you doubt, and don’t doubt those you employ.”

"Do extraordinary things, and then achieve extraordinary achievements!"

This sentence comes from Sima Xiangru's "Difficulties for the Elders of Shu".

Everyone present looked at Old Cui in surprise.

Old Mrs. Cui was quite proud, because the facts proved that she was right.

If the frosting in the house is not transported out in time, it will definitely be discovered by those old scholars who broke into the house!

That would be a troublesome situation.

"sharp!"

Cui Xian gave his grandmother a thumbs-up and said, "Don't worry. We'll find a suitable opportunity to sell the icing sugar after some time."

"As for Big Brother, Brother Su Qi, and Siyuan, I need you to do me a favor."

What?

Everyone listened attentively after hearing what was said.

Cui Xian then said, "I need to establish my authority in the academy as quickly as possible... or rather, to pretend to be so. What do you think I should do?"

The outside world is "besieged on all sides".

The old monk passed away.

There was naturally unrest inside Yuelu Academy, and the students were in a panic.

As the new principal, Cui Xian must stabilize the situation as soon as possible!

After hearing Cui Xian's words, everyone fell silent.

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Pei Jian had a strange look on his face. "Brother Xian, I think you don't have to do anything. You just have to be yourself, stand there casually, and...pretend to be yourself."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Cui Xian was speechless and said with an awkward smile, "Not really, right?"

How could it not be!

Gao Qi asked from the side, "Brother Xian, let me ask you a question: Now we are surrounded by enemies on all sides, with no way out. What should we do?"

"Then fight your way out!"

Cui Xian raised an eyebrow, a rare glint of murderous intent etched across his handsome face. He exuded the carefree and uninhibited demeanor of someone masterminding a strategic plan. "In half a month at the earliest, a month at the latest, the situation in Yuelu can be resolved."

"When the time comes, I will descend the mountain with the Seeking Truth Jade and settle accounts with each of you one by one!"

Everyone: “…”

Everyone stared at him in amazement, then went about their business and dispersed.

Zhuang Jin, who was asking the question, even covered his face with his hands.

And you still say you can't pretend?

I just asked unnecessary questions!

Damn it, you’ve got me wrong again!

Choi Hyeon:?

No, why did you all leave?

The next few days.

Under the leadership of Mr. Donglai, Mr. Banlin, Mr. Xunzhang and Mr. Jifu, all the teachers and students of the academy buried the old principal Huan Ying together.

During this period, old Confucian scholars kept coming to the mountain gate to question and insult Cui Xian.

Some people cried and wanted to enter the hospital to pay their respects.

But the academy always followed the old abbot's dying wishes: to close its doors for fifteen days.

If it weren’t for the Yuelu white flags fluttering, these people would have probably broken into the mountain gate!

However, the rumor that "Cui Xian angered the old headmaster to death" was rampant.

The old scholars who smashed the Cui family's houses and workshops were still not satisfied and surrounded the mountain gate to continue "forcing the palace."

He even threatened that fifteen days later, when the gate of the academy opens, it will be Cui Xian's death date!

This academy temporarily became Cui Xian's safe haven.

But, he was also trapped in it!

And in this turbulent situation, everyone feels that——

Cui Xian, it’s over!

Zheng family.

"Fifteen days is too long, it's bound to cause complications! That old bastard Huan Ying is still protecting that sutra thief even after his death!"

Zheng Qixian, the former chief instructor of Yuelu, gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Brother, we must eradicate the root of the problem as soon as possible."

On that day at Yuelu Academy, Zheng Qixian was dismissed by Huan Ying.

He left without saying a single harsh word.

However, this does not mean that the Zheng family will swallow this anger.

On the contrary, in the eyes of students at Yuelu Academy, Teacher Zheng is currently a "tragic character".

In this way, after getting rid of Cui Xian, Zheng Jiaoyu would not face much resistance when taking over Yuelu.

The current riot among scholars in Kaifeng is being manipulated by the Zheng family.

"We really need to root out the problem. I have a feeling that there must be something fishy going on when Huan Ying stayed indoors for fifteen days."

Zheng Qizhen, the current head of the Zheng family and the elder brother of Zheng Jiaoyu, narrowed his eyes and muttered, "That Cui Xian is the grand-disciple of Zheng Xiasheng. As long as the current head is not mentally ill, there is no way he would agree to let him take over the position of headmaster."

"As far as I know, Cui Xian also offended Chen Bing and the Southeast."

"The Yuelu Clan wouldn't accept a child as its headmaster."

"It seems that this boy has made quite a few enemies. Even if he suddenly dies one day, he won't be able to find any enemies."

Hearing his brother's words, Zheng Jiaoyu was horrified: "But he is the grandson of the Prime Minister after all. If he is really killed, there will be trouble..."

"You're too soft-hearted! How can we eradicate the root of the problem if we don't kill it? Now that we've provoked you, if we don't kill it, there will be endless trouble!"

Zheng Qizhen sneered, "The emperor is far away, so what if you're the grandson of a cabinet minister? You have a good path to success, but you insist on courting death by learning new things!"

"Today, my Zheng family killed him. That was in accordance with the trend of the times and in compliance with the will of heaven! Not only will the nobles in the court not blame us, they will even remember us as a favor!"

Teacher Zheng calmed down and murmured, "But who should we send?"

Zheng Qizhen thought for a moment and said, "Let the Kaifeng County Magistrate find a pretext to lead his men to break through the Yuelu Mountain Gate and throw Cui Xian into jail first!"

"Once you're in jail, you can either die or confess your crime and be punished. It all depends on our will."

The governor's family was wiped out, and the county magistrate's family was ruined.

The so-called "literary riots" outside today are, after all, false.

A piece of paper with an official seal can send a living person to hell!

Teacher Zheng asked, "Kaifeng County Magistrate? How can that loser be of any use? How dare he arrest the grandson of the Prime Minister?"

Zheng Qizhen laughed, "It's because he's trash that he's useful. How much money has that jerk taken from the Zheng family over the years? The evil he's done is enough to get his entire clan executed!"

"Tell him to obediently capture Cui Xian and then leave on his own. The Zheng family will help him take care of his family."

"otherwise--"

"But you're right. Openly, it's not right for my Zheng family to bear the blame for murdering the Prime Minister's disciple."

"Cen Hongchang will be taking up his post soon, right? Let our Governor bear the wrath of the elders."