Confucian and Taoist scholar

Yan Mansion decorated the mourning hall, with two coffins placed, and many crying family members sitting on the left and right sides.

Not many people came to express their condolences, and they were all students of Jieying Club.

There were also some children of powerful people who believed that Yan Lu's conduct was too bad and was a shame to the Jieying Society, so they cut off their robes and quit the Jieying Society.

"Brother Yan Jun, Brother Yan Lu, if it weren't for Du Ning, you wouldn't be where you are today. Don't worry! Our Jieying Society and the Hanyi Society are at odds with each other, and one day Du Ning will definitely pay with his blood."< /p>

"Du Ning is simply too cruel and ruthless. Wen Dou has been fighting for a long time, but he actually destroyed your Wen Palace. It's so hateful! You committed suicide because you couldn't bear the humiliation. Our Jieying Society will definitely avenge you!.

"You two young masters of the Yan family, have a safe journey."

The students of Jieying Society offered incense in the mourning hall, and then went to comfort the family members, saying all the bad things about Du Ning.

The more the family members listened, the more sad they became. Some even shouted that they were wronged and wanted to beat drums to express their grievances.

"Magistrate Dong is here!"

A man walked into the mourning hall. He was a seventh-rank Confucian and Taoist scholar and the magistrate of Yulin County.

I heard that the Prime Minister of Yan County had lost his son, so he came to express his condolences.

"Master Dong."

Yanxian Cheng stood up and saluted, his face haggard.

"Sir Yan, people cannot be resurrected after death. Please show your condolences and be patient."

Magistrate Dong comforted Yan County Cheng and then lit incense in the mourning hall.

"Master Dong, please make the decision for the women. My son died unjustly!"

A woman knelt on the ground and wiped away tears, "Du Ning of Nanping Mansion is so cruel. If he hadn't shattered my son Yan Jun's literary palace, my son would not have committed suicide. He is the hope of our Yan family. The future pillar is gone like this. Please bring Du Ning to justice and bring justice to our Yan family."

"Please ask the county magistrate to make the decision." Many servants also knelt on the ground.

Magistrate Dong was angry, but it was hard to get angry in this situation, so he said patiently: "Everyone, it's not that I don't want to help you, but this matter is complicated and there are many factors, so I can't file a case."

"If Mr. Dong cannot seek justice for the women, they will not live anymore."

"Presumptuous!"

Magistrate Dong shouted sharply, which startled the woman.

"Mrs. Yan, are you threatening this county?"

"People's women don't dare, it's just that people's women are wronged."

The woman hurriedly lowered her head to admit her mistake, but her eyes were red and tears were falling like rain.

Yanxian Cheng scolded: "Don't make mistakes in front of Mr. Dong."

"Shut up!"

Another man from the Yan family stood up and said angrily: "If it weren't for your son Yan Lu, my Yan Jun would never have participated in the civil war, let alone Du Ning would have destroyed the civil palace, and Yan Lu had harmed Yan Jun. What do you have?" How qualified are you to scold my wife? What official airs are you putting on!"

"Do you think you are the only one who lost your son? My son died to apologize and followed Yan Jun. Am I not sad? Am I not unjust?" Yan County Cheng said angrily.

"Okay, okay, we are all brothers, what's the point of making noise?"

The head of the Yan family said: "The county magistrate is here, and he is not afraid of being laughed at."

The two parties then closed their mouths and stopped talking.

It’s just that Yan Jun’s father looked at Yan Xian Cheng with a particularly cold look.

Yan County Cheng sighed helplessly, still unable to accept this matter.

A servant came in and said, "Master, Du Ning and the students from Hanyi Club have come to express their condolences."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience changed their expressions, and some people felt incredible.

"How presumptuous! Du Ning dares to come to the mourning hall to express condolences. Could it be that he is here to ridicule my Yan family!"

"What a shame! If Du Ning hadn't destroyed Yan Jun's literary palace, Yan Jun wouldn't have committed suicide. Why would he have the face to come here to express condolences!"

"Master Dong, quickly order the arrest of the murderer and avenge my son!"

"If Du Ning comes to express condolences, it will be the greatest humiliation to the deceased. I will never agree!"

Everyone in the Yan family was furious and wanted to kill Du Ning.

"Invite the students of Hanyi Club to come in!" said the head of the Yan family.

"Master, no!"

"This is ridiculous!"

The faces of the Yan family changed drastically. They couldn't believe that the head of the Yan family would invite the Hanyi Club to come in.

The head of the Yan family smiled bitterly and said: "The visitor is a guest, let alone someone who comes to express condolences. How can we turn him away? Where is the etiquette that has been spread? From now on, when there is a funeral in our Yan family, who will dare to come to express condolences?"<

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"This..."

The Yan family members shut their mouths. Although they were very reluctant, there was no way to refute the words of the Yan family leader.

If you even turn away people who come to express condolences, wouldn’t you be ridiculed by everyone in the world?

"If you come here to express condolences sincerely, our Yan family should welcome you. If you come to humiliate our Yan family, even if Magistrate Dong is here, don't blame our Yan family for being rude to them." The head of the Yan family said solemnly.
After a while, the Hanyi Club students headed by Du Ning arrived at the mourning hall.

"My Excellency, Du Ning, together with all the students from Hanyi Society, have come to express condolences to the two young masters of the Yan family. Please bear with me if I may be presumptuous."

Du Ning bowed to everyone, and so did the Hanyi Club students. This was etiquette.

Yan Xian Cheng and Yan Jun's father instantly looked at Du Ning with anger, hatred, and fear.

Some students from Jieyingshe sneered, some were angry, and some were full of contempt and ridicule.

"It turns out you are Du Ning, you murderer, come and give my son his life back!"

"You people are so crazy. You have harmed two scholars in our Yan family, and yet you still have the nerve to come to the Yan family!"

Some women yelled and looked at the students of Hanyi Society as if they were looking at life-and-death enemies.

Everyone in Hanyi Club was furious. They came to express their condolences with good intentions, but they were criticized by these women, and their serious mood suddenly turned very bad.

"You..."

Someone wanted to scold him, but Du Ning signaled to stop him.

The man had no choice but to shut his mouth and did not continue speaking.

"Your Majesty the County Magistrate."

"Master Dong."

Only then did the Hanyi Society students see Magistrate Dong here, and they immediately gave him their hands.

Du Ning also saluted, not daring to neglect.

"You don't have to be like this. Just like you, I am here to express my condolences to the two Mr. Yan."

County Magistrate Dong looked at Du Ning and said: "Captain Du is famous and thunderous. I didn't expect that I would see you on such an occasion."

"Master Dong's award is just in vain and not worth mentioning," Du Ning said.

"Haha, Mr. Du doesn't have to be humble," County Magistrate Dong said with a smile.

Seeing that the two were chatting very well, the head of the Yan family immediately intervened and said: "In the name of the head of the Yan family, I welcome everyone to come to express condolences. Unexpectedly, even the dignified leader of the case is here. We are sorry to welcome you from afar, so please

Forgive me."

"My family, Yan Lu and Yan Jun, are what they are today, thanks to Mr. Baidu and all the literary friends of Hanyi Club. If it weren't for you, their literary palace would not be broken, let alone commit suicide."<

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"But I am very happy that you can come. It must be that you have realized your mistakes and have uneasy conscience. In this case, please give Yan Lu and Yan Jun a stick of incense and send them on their way!"

After the words fell, the expressions of the Hanyi Club students were a little ugly.

In a few words, the head of the Yan family actually said that everyone was here to apologize to Yan Jun and Yan Lu, and directly labeled someone as having done something wrong.

If everyone offers incense, it is regarded as an apology, indicating that Hanyi Club was wrong.

If you don't offer incense, you will be considered to have come to humiliate the Yan family in the name of condolences.

Death is a serious matter. If someone makes a scene in front of the mourning hall, it is a very serious violation of etiquette.

Once Du Ning violates etiquette, the Yan family will swarm him, even if County Magistrate Dong is here, he can't stop him.

Du Ning said neither humble nor arrogantly: "Master Yan has misunderstood. Du did not do anything wrong in this matter, and Hanyi Club did not do anything wrong either. The reason why we came to express our condolences is just to abide by the most basic etiquette as scholars. We did not kill Yan."

Lu and Yan Jun, but they committed suicide because of fighting with us, so we should express our condolences."

As Du Ning said, they did not kill Yan Jun and Yan Lu, but Yan Jun and Yan Lu committed suicide, which had some indirect relationship with them.

That's why they came to express their condolences and had no other intentions.

"The head of the case, Mr. Du, is really a man of iron teeth. He smashed our Yan family students into civil palaces and didn't say anything. He still thinks that he made no mistakes. It's really ridiculous and ridiculous!"

The head of the Yan family said contemptuously: "If you are unwilling to admit your mistakes to them, then why do you come to express your condolences in a false way? It is really evil!"

"Well said!"

Everyone in the Yan family shared the same hatred and glared at Du Ning and others.

"This is the mourning hall. If you can't admit your mistake to Yan Jun and Yan Lu, get out of our Yan family!"

"Want to humiliate our Yan family? Dream on!"

"You are not welcome in our Yan family!"

The Yan family members all shouted angrily.

Everyone in Hanyi Society gritted their teeth. They had expected this to happen before, but even though they were mentally prepared, they couldn't help but feel angry.

"I dare to ask Master Yan, what is wrong with us fighting according to reasonable rules?" Du Ning asked.

"Scholars should be benevolent and righteous. Even if they are fighting for literature, they should also be kind. How can they crush other people's humanities palaces ruthlessly?"

The head of the Yan family said plausibly: "For a scholar, the Wen Gong is the foundation of Confucianism and Taoism. If you smash Yan Jun and Yan Lu's Wen Gong and destroy their Confucianism and Taoism, what's the difference without killing people?"

Du Ning said: "Du dared to ask the head of the Yan family, do you know how many Hanyi Club students' literary palaces were smashed by Yan Lu during the literary fight in the Hanyi Club that day? Do you know how many students there are in our Hanyi Club?

Are you still lying at home unable to afford the illness? Do you know how many people’s Confucianism and Taoism have been ruined by the strict rules in your home?”

"This..."

Master Yan's expression changed, and his aura instantly weakened by three points.

Du Ning slowly raised his voice and continued: "What Family Master Yan said just now is good. It's good that when Yan Lu and the others smashed his Humanities Palace, he didn't think that Yan Lu and the others were killing people, but Du was shattered."

When Yan Lu and Yan Jun were in the palace, they thought I was killing them."

The head of the Yan family was immediately ashamed and angry. Unexpectedly, his words not only failed to scold Du Ning, but also scolded Yan Lu and Yan Jun.

This is their mourning hall.

Everyone in the Yan family was furious, but they couldn't refute a word.