Shuntian Prefecture soon received a report from Yanshenggong Prefecture.
The governor of Shuntian Prefecture was in a difficult situation.
He didn't dare to arrest the students of the Imperial College as he had arrested civilians before.
Unless there is an order from the Imperial College Chief Academician.
Go to the scene, he doesn't know how to deal with the students on the scene.
If you don't go, it's against the rules.
After all, the identity of Duke Yansheng is there.
As long as the court has not convicted him, he is the Yansheng Duke of the Ming Dynasty.
The head of the civil service, and also the Prince's Tutor.
"Your Excellency can wait a little longer!" suggested the advisor of Shuntian Prefecture Governor.
"Waiting for what?"
"Wait until the curfew comes after dark! Then we can send these students back home with a legitimate reason and there will be no conflict." The master replied.
"Okay."
When it was getting dark, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture came to the Yanshenggong Mansion with dozens of yamen runners.
At this time, hundreds of students gathered outside the Yansheng Mansion.
In addition to the anti-Confucius faction who had previously wanted to meet Duke Yansheng, there were also hundreds of pro-Confucius students.
The two groups stood on the east and west sides of the gate respectively, using all kinds of nonsense to refute each other's views, which was very civilized.
But as time went on, both sides seemed to be at a loss for words.
Some people began to accuse each other with sarcastic words, and then it escalated into a war of words.
But the two sides did not take action from beginning to end.
The governor of Shuntian Prefecture personally stepped forward and advised: "Everyone, go back, the curfew will be soon."
"No, we won't leave unless we meet Duke Yansheng today." replied an anti-Confucius student.
Shuntian Prefecture Governor said very tactfully: "Curfew is a rule and must be followed. If you didn't see Duke Yansheng today, you can come again tomorrow!"
The students who opposed Kong's school looked at each other and nodded at the same time: "It seems to be the case!"
"Yes! Let's go and come back tomorrow."
"Okay, come back tomorrow!"
After discussion, the anti-Confucius students left and went back to rest.
Upon seeing this, the students of the Kong faction also left the scene.
Peace soon returned to the front of Duke Yansheng's Mansion.
The governor of Shuntian also led his team back to his prefecture.
He thought the incident was over.
But in the middle of the night, he was awakened by an officer who shouted, "Sir, there has been a murder in the capital."
"Murder case?" Shuntian Prefecture Governor didn't take it seriously and reprimanded: "If there is a murder case, then go and investigate it. Why are you disturbing my rest?"
"Six people have died so far."
"How much?" The governor of Shuntian Prefecture was completely awake.
"We have found six bodies so far, but we cannot rule out the possibility of a seventh or even an eighth..." the officer replied.
The governor of Shuntian Prefecture suddenly felt his scalp tingling and his whole body going cold.
He immediately got up and went to the crime scene to investigate.
"This person looks familiar!"
"Your Excellency has a keen eye. This person caused trouble outside the Duke of Yansheng's residence during the day."
"It's bad!" Shuntian Prefecture Governor's face turned ugly, "Take me to see the other bodies."
After looking at all the corpses, his face turned pale as paper.
All those who died were students of the Imperial College, and they were all anti-Confucianists.
They were all killed on their way back.
Because it was dark and it was curfew, there were no pedestrians on the road, so their bodies were not discovered until the patrol camp was on patrol.
"Quick, mobilize all the manpower immediately and make sure to find the murderer in the shortest possible time!"
The next morning, Shuntian Prefecture, which had been busy all night, did not find any clues.
Shuntian Prefecture is under tremendous pressure.
News of the murder spread quickly.
When Duke Yansheng learned the news, he was about to go to the imperial city to be questioned.
Duke Yansheng was completely stunned.
If the person who died was an ordinary student, no one would associate this incident with him.
But the problem is...
The students who died had blocked the door and cursed him yesterday.
I just scolded him yesterday and he died that night.
It's hard for others not to connect the two things.
He thought about it and finally came to a conclusion: someone was targeting him!
"No, we must find out who is behind this!" Kong Yinzhi gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.
He never paid tribute to the Jiannu nor provided any financial support to them.
However, the Ping Liao army found evidence that he had surrendered to the enemy.
He originally wanted to go to Beijing to clear his name, but now this kind of thing happened again.
The power of the man behind the scenes is beyond imagination.
"Who could it be?" He was puzzled while riding on his horse.
Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty?
Kong Yinzhi shook his head and said to himself: "No!"
In his view, Chongzhen had no motive.
Chongzhen was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he was eager to use the reputation of Duke Yansheng to win over scholars all over the world.
I will never do anything against Duke Yansheng.
If it wasn't Chongzhen, who else could it be?
Someone? Or...someone?
The team stopped in confusion.
"Master, we have arrived at the Imperial City." The butler whispered beside him, "According to the rules, you can ride a horse in the Forbidden City."
"Why are you riding a horse?" Kong Yinzhi said angrily, "The capital is full of rumors about me. Isn't it a way to seek death to ride a horse into the city now?"
"What the master said is true," the butler immediately brought a stool and helped Duke Yansheng off the horse.
The eunuchs at the gate of the imperial city immediately came forward to greet him.
Under the guidance of the eunuch, Duke Yansheng Kong Yinzhi was brought to the Qianqing Palace.
As he walked into the palace, he found that in addition to the emperor sitting high above, there were many people standing below.
He counted and found that all the people from the cabinet and the six ministries and nine ministers were there.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live the emperor!" Kong Yinzhi saluted Chongzhen.
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