"Hey, the Qin Country unified the seven countries and brought peace to the world. However, the Confucians are extremely dissatisfied with this. Even though they support the Qin Country's rule on the surface, they secretly arranged for a large number of scums to enter the Great Qin's officialdom and exploit and oppress the commoners. They gathered wealth for the Confucians and helped them create opportunities for rebellion.”
"I've heard, I've heard. This is something that will shake the world, and everyone in Great Qin knows about it.”
"However, I really didn't expect that the scholarly faction, which appeared to be incomparably benevolent on the surface, was actually so dirty in secret. The next time I see a scholarly disciple, I must hide far away. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be deceived by them.”
"How can it be so exaggerated? I've come into contact with the scholarly disciples before. The scholarly disciples are actually quite good people. Is there some misunderstanding?”
"There's no misunderstanding!"
"Didn't you hear what the Legalists said in the east of the river?”
"Didn't you hear not long ago that the disciples of the scholarly faction personally admitted that the rebellion in the Huaiyin region of Qilu was caused by their scholarly faction?”
"The famous scholars, the miscellaneous scholars, and even the anti-Qin faction, the Mo family, have all stepped forward to accuse the scholarly faction of having problems. The scholarly faction is definitely a place that hides evil and accepts filth!”
Qi Lu, Huaiyin.
In a restaurant next to the Small Saint Manor.
A few days ago.
In this restaurant, most of the customers were still praising the Confucian disciples 'unparalleled benevolence and righteousness, and their gentlemanly style.
However, as the news of Xianyang spread.
The Yin-Yang School, Legalism School, Famous School, Daoism School, Mixed School, Mohism School, and many other factions helped Ying Ze.
In less than a few days.
Great Qin, everywhere.
Voices insulting the scholarly faction could be heard everywhere.
Even the restaurant next to the Small Saint Manor was the same.
Inside the restaurant.
Some of the scholarly disciples were also drinking inside.
When they heard the voices of the people around them, their veins bulged, and their eyes were filled with endless anger.
But ordinary scholarly disciples like them who knew nothing at all...
At this moment, although he was somewhat unwilling to believe that the sect he believed in could be so dirty, he was still a little surprised.
But everyone's mouth is golden.
They did not have any evidence to refute.
He could only be scolded dejectedly.
He was filled with pain and was ready to leave.
However, just as he reached the door.
One of the scholarly disciples seemed to be unable to endure the provocation and directly tore his scholarly robe with his hand.
He threw it out forcefully.
"Even if the leaders of my scholarly faction wanted to rebel against the Qin Dynasty, was there a need to use such dirty methods? This is simply too much!”
……
"Surrounded by wolves and surrounded by danger, the hearts of the many scholarly disciples are in disarray. They can't even raise their heads when they walk outside. I've only been in seclusion for a while, so why did my scholarly faction suddenly fall to such a state?”
At the top of the restaurant
In a luxurious pavilion.
The leader of the scholarly faction, Fu Nian, gripped the sword in his hand tightly, his face as cold as ice.
"The incident in Xianyang has already happened for so many days.”
"Why didn't anyone tell me about Xianyang?”
"Why hasn't anyone reported this to me?”
Fu Nian's eyes were filled with anger.
With a light clap of his palm, the tables and chairs in the pavilion instantly turned into dust.
Then…
His body was abnormally fast as he walked straight into the Small Saint Manor.
"Martial Uncle, am I the current leader of the scholarly faction or not? Why did you hide such a huge matter from me?”
"Do you have to protect Zhang Liang?"
"Are you really going to let Zhang Liang cause trouble and bring irreparable disaster to my scholarly faction?”
Suddenly.
The leader of the scholarly faction, Fu Nian, had already lost his mind.
He rushed into the house where the half-saint Xun Zi was.
He directly vented his dissatisfaction loudly.
Inside Xun Zi's room.
A young man sitting opposite Xun Zi heard that Fu Nian was being so rude to Xun Zi, and his expression changed slightly.
"Senior apprentice-brother, the crisis that the scholarly faction is facing today might have been caused by me rebelling against Qin. I will help the scholarly faction resolve it, and I will give everyone an explanation.
"This matter has nothing to do with Martial Uncle Xun Zi.”
Zhang Liang, who was sitting at the side, spoke loudly.
However, it was fine if Zhang Liang didn't say anything.
The moment he spoke.
Fu Nian became even angrier.
The Confucians had been acting against the Qin Dynasty and were hated by the King of Qin, Ying Zheng.
But in reality.
A large group of scholarly disciples led by him actually did not want to find trouble with the State of Qin. They even wanted to cooperate with the State of Qin.
It was Zhang Liang.
In order to take revenge for his grandfather, in order to take revenge for the destruction of Han, he had run to the scholarly faction and fooled a large number of scholarly disciples.
They foolishly went against the unified Qin country.
Originally.
The scholarly faction had Xun Zi, one of the four Celestial Beings in the world. Moreover, he had a great reputation among the common people and possessed unparalleled influence.
It was one of the two great schools of thought in the world.
Zhang Liang had Xun Zi's support, and he was secretly stirring up trouble with a group of scholarly disciples.
As long as nothing big happened.
Fu Nian could turn a blind eye.
However…
The reputation that the scholarly faction had accumulated over hundreds of years was about to be completely destroyed by the State of Qin's revenge because of Zhang Liang and the others 'actions in the dark.
Zhang Liang actually dared to say that he would be responsible for everything in front of him and that he could solve everything.
Zhang Liang thought that he was a little smart.
Could he really defy the heavens?
The ice-cold longsword was swung out swiftly.
Fu Nian couldn't endure the anger in his heart and was unwilling to let the scholarly faction he loved continue to walk down the path of eternal damnation because of Zhang Liang.
In front of Xun Zi.
Fu Nian's eyes revealed a trace of cold killing intent.
"Zhang Liang, you are now the third in charge of my small Sage Manor, but in your heart, you will always see yourself as a Han citizen whose country has been destroyed and whose family has been destroyed. You will never see yourself as a Confucian.”
"Today, no matter how much Martial Uncle dotes on you, as the Sect Leader of the scholarly faction, I will absolutely not tolerate your wanton behavior in the scholarly faction.”
"Zhang Liang, you hid it very well. I know that you have a huge opportunity. I know that your strength has long reached the martial grandmaster realm!”
"Draw your sword. Draw your treasured sword and compete with me. Let me see just what kind of ability you have to dare say that you will be in charge of everything in the scholarly faction.”
Fu Nianshuang's eyes were filled with rage, and his powerful and terrifying martial grandmaster aura quickly erupted.
He really couldn't take it anymore.
However, just as his powerful and terrifying strength was quickly revealed.
One was even more terrifying.
A force that no one could resist suddenly descended.
"Fu Nian, that's enough. The reason why I didn't tell you about the scholarly faction these past few days was because I was afraid that you would lose your mind in your anxiety!”
"Now, the State of Qin has suddenly made a move against our scholarly faction, joining forces with various factions to slander and suppress our scholarly faction.”
"The most important thing for us now is to think of a way to help the scholarly faction tide over this crisis.”
"Now is not the time for us to fight.”
Sitting beside Fu Nian and Zhang Liang, Xun Zi sighed softly.
He waved his hand slightly.
Fu Nian's long sword that had been pulled out instantly returned to his scabbard.
Zhang Liang rebelled against Qin and was now being counterattacked by Qin, bringing unimaginable trouble to the scholarly faction.
However…
Xun Zi still stood on Zhang Liang's side.
Looking at this scene.
There was a trace of desolation in Fu Nian's eyes.
He truly couldn't understand why his Martial Uncle would trust Zhang Liang, who had joined the scholarly faction halfway through.
Zhang Liang rebelled against Qin.
Now, they had clearly dragged the scholarly faction into an abyss of eternal damnation.
Why was his martial uncle still standing on Zhang Liang's side?
"Martial Uncle, why? Why do you have to protect Zhang Liang? Zhang Liang's heart isn't in the scholarly faction.”
"Moreover, our scholarly faction has already been harmed by Zhang Liang!”
"Go outside and take a look. Go take a look at the reputation of our scholarly faction. Go take a look at how many of our scholarly disciples still dare to wear scholarly clothing and walk openly on the streets!”
"Right now, if we don't hand over Zhang Liang and all of the anti-Qin factions in our scholarly faction to wash away the reputation of our scholarly faction, even if we have you, Martial Uncle, overseeing our faction and nothing truly happens for the time being, in a few decades, after Martial Uncle leaves, our scholarly faction will be destroyed!”
Fu Nian said loudly.
This time.
Zhang Liang didn't continue to be tough and didn't continue to refute.
He slowly lowered his head.
Xun Zi also fell into a short silence.
After a long time.
Xun Zi slowly said," Fu Nian, I know you're worried about the scholarly faction's safety, but you don't have to worry. We still have a way!”
"What method?" Fu Nian looked at Xun Zi anxiously.
Xun Zi took a deep look at Zhang Liang.
A moment later.
he said slowly.
"As far as I know, when those corrupt officials in Xianyang were executed, they all left behind documents and files. If our scholarly faction can obtain those documents and files, there is still room for the scholarly faction's reputation to recover.”
Fu Nian's body froze when he heard that.
"Martial Uncle, are you going to snatch those documents?”Fu Nian couldn't believe it.
Fortunately, Xun Zi shook his head after a while.
"This old man is already old, and Xianyang is not a place where people like me can stay for a long time. How could this old man do what you said?”
"If we want to get those documents, there are other ways!”
"What method?"
Fu Nian continued to ask.
Xun Zi shrugged his shoulders lightly.
"What else can we do? Now, we can only give up this old man's face and personally go to Ying Zheng to beg for forgiveness, and personally beg Ying Ze to let our scholarly faction off!”
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