"What bad intentions can I have to do with Confucius?"

Faced with Huan Tan's speculation, the fifth reunion responded in this way, and what happened next seemed to be as he said.

In early March of the fourth year of Wude (28 AD), the process of the fifth reun entering Qufu City and visiting the Confucius Temple can be described as lackluster. His imperial ceremonial guard was warmly welcomed by the people of Lu. For example, during the Chu-Han dispute, Liu Bang had already pacified the world, but only the "Lu Gong" Xiang Yu was the "Duke of Lu" in Lu, and did not surrender at all. He had just driven away the Red Eyebrow and finally welcomed the "King of the King" who was still in charge. The people of Lu were too happy.

As a 500-year-old scholar-official family, the Kong family has a strong family style, and it has become a routine for receiving emperors, generals and ministers. They are quite skilled. They can even serve the remnants of the Red Eyebrow Army, not to mention the Fifth Reunification, the Wei Lord who is expected to reunify the world again? Of course, he was respectful. Confucius' 16th generation grandson Kong Zhi personally ran outside the city to greet him, and carefully led the way.

The fifth relationship also gives face. The first thing you do when you enter the city is: "I want to worship Confucius with great strength."

Then another grand ceremony of worshipping Confucius Temple began. After the fifth reunion and worshipping, he said to Confucius Zhi and Huan Tan and others who accompanied him: "I read the Analects of Confucius from my own heart and thoughts. From Confucius' words and deeds, I wanted to see him as a person. The poems are full of poems, and the mountains are admired and the scenery stops. Although I can't come, I went to him in my heart and finally came to the hometown of the saint today to see the final view."

The fifth reunion said: "After going to Lu, I saw that although the Red Eyebrows had just ended the chaos here, the temple was full of chariots and rituals. Even if the students were in troubled times, they still did not forget to manage their families with etiquette. I would be very comforted!"

He pointed to himself and said, "Any king in the world will be honored at that time, and if there is no one, it will be gone. Ying Qin, Liu Han, and Xinmang are all like this. Most of them have been passed down for two hundred years, and at least ten years. Only Confucius has been passed down for more than ten years. Today, scholars have been followed by them, and have been continuously enthroned in all generations. Regardless of the emperor, kings and princes, all of whom are talking about the Six Arts, are willing to be the master of the Master, and make words, virtue and meritorious. Confucius is the most holy!"

The Fifth Reun’s fancy blow to Confucius made Kong Zhi, the head of the Kong family, feel very comfortable. He feels that the Fifth Reun’s words are sincere, and they should be the truth. Now that the family’s status is stable, at least for a hundred years, inherit all the benefits of the past, and be with Wei Zhong. Even if the Wei Dynasty is destroyed, his family will change its master, and there will be no change at all.

Who told them to be descendants of saints? Noble bloodline is destined to enjoy everything.

At this time, the Fifth Reunification asked the Kong family to take out the "Portrait of Confucius" and look at it.

"I heard that Confucius was the only one who could draw the Dharma in Qufu, so I only have Confucius' true appearance. I hope to see the truth!"

Of course, Kong did not dare to refuse the emperor's request, and soon received the "truth" of Confucius from the inner hall, which he usually did not show to others.

This is an old silk painting, with yellow colors. Confucius stood on it in the shape of a side image. However, unlike the common images in later generations, the one reflected in the eyes of the fifth reunion was a slender and elegant gentleman. The only difference was that his figure was slightly higher than that of the disciples in the painting.

This surprised the fifth reunion and asked Kong Zhi: "Confucius's true appearance is very different from the rumors outside."

How did it be passed on outside? Generally speaking, Confucius is only tall, mighty, and has a strange appearance. The most common saying is to describe Confucius as... not like a human being.

The fifth reunion says: "When I was in Chang'an, there was a book called "Spring and Autumn Wei Yan Kong Tu" that was widely circulated. It said that Confucius was ten feet tall, wide and as broad as the sea, his forehead was like a hill, his face was square, his eyebrows were like the moon, his forehead was horned, his lips were thick, his throat was parallel to his teeth, his walking was like a dragon, his turtle spine and tiger palm, his waist was ten square, and his chest was like a ruler."

This is already exaggerated enough. I really draw it according to the description. The fifth reun suspects that this is not Confucius, but Prime Minister Turtle.

The next thing is even more outrageous. The fifth reunion dared not think of that image: "In addition, the top of the earth, the big nose, the shoulders are as tall as wings, the sound is the same as the thunder, standing like a phoenix qian, sitting like a dragon squatting..."

Now it became thunder and Zhenzi again. The fifth reun only held back his smile: "In addition, the eyebrows are twelve colors, the eyes have sixty-four characteristics, the tongue has seven textures, and the hand patterns are deep and long, which imitates ancient Junwen."

The fifth reun pointed at his chest and gestured: "The most bizarre thing is that the book says it is conclusive, saying that there are six words pierced in front of Confucius' chest."

"Make a world-determined fortune!"

Kong Zhi knew that this was not the fifth nonsense. This book "The Book of Weiyan Kong Tu in the Spring and Autumn Period" really existed, and was one of the "famous works" of the Gongyang School after the development of prophecies and divination. This thing is easier to understand than the Five Classics, so it is widely circulated among the people. It can be regarded as a successful entry into the "sinking market" and gained a large number of illiterate beliefs. After a while, it even became a widely recognized image of Confucius in the world. The more it spread became more bizarre. On the contrary, the ancient Warring States paintings collected by the Kong family were rarely known to outsiders.

However, in the face of the increasingly intense alienation of Confucius' image over the past century, the Kong family knew it was fake, but they did not stand up to correct it, but instead were happy to see it.

The reason is obvious. The more Confucius was deified, the more respected the Kong family's bloodline was, and their status could be more stable.

However, the Kong family is smart after all. They only secretly contribute to the fire, but they never come to make prophecies and divination. Now that the fifth reunion asks, Kong Zhi deliberately pretends to be confused and does not know about it. He only said that this painting was passed down from the ancestors. It is Confucius' only true appearance, and prophecies and divination outside are randomly compiled!

The fifth reunification seemed to be really interested in Confucius's life experience, so he continued to ask: "The "Spring and Autumn Taboos of Confucius" also said that Confucius' mother traveled to the pond of the big lake, and felt the essence of the black dragon and grew into the hills in the mulberry tree. Therefore, Confucius was the son of the Black Emperor, so he was called Xuansheng..."

This story is made up too insincere. Liu Bang, who was "born from the Red Emperor", and his mother Liu Ma, called him an expert. Naturally, this book of prophecies and divination was not intentionally intended to criticize Confucius for being "born from the wild combination", but simply wanted to describe Confucius' life experience, like the emperor born from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, as "son of gods"!

The Kong family also knew about this rumor, but they also took a blind eye, neither acknowledging nor denying it, enjoying the benefits of the "blood of God" and avoiding political risks.

"Xuan Sheng, the son of the Black Emperor", sounded very enthusiastic, but when faced with this emperor who claimed to be "full of five virtues", Kong Zhi was afraid of arousing his suspicion. When the fifth reun asked about the authenticity of this matter, Kong Zhi certainly had to deny it!

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely true!"

"So that's it." The fifth reun seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. After leaving the Confucius Temple, he smiled at the ministers and the scholars from Lu who came to join in the fun: "It seems that the prophecies and divinations such as "The Weiyan Kong Tu in the Spring and Autumn Period" are all false words?"

A stone caused a thousand waves, and some Confucians realized the seriousness of the emperor's words!

Since Dong Zhongshu created the response of heaven and man, he said that prophecies and divinations have begun to follow the Han Confucians, relying on the theories of heaven and man, citing Yin and Yang and Five Elements, and making predictions, disasters and auspiciousness.

After all, the threshold for learning the Five Classics is too high. This theory of actively introducing superstitious prophecies and developing a "sinking market" has gained a large number of believers. Therefore, not only the Gongyang family, but also the Liang School followed closely. Even the ancient classics founded by Liu Xin were keen on this.

In the view of the fifth reunification, with the Five Classics being driven out of good coins by a large number of simple prophecies and bad coins, Confucianism is becoming more and more like "Confucianism", and Confucius is about to become a "sage son and prophet" to worship.

Today, he was obviously worshiping the temple and respecting Confucius, but in his words, there was a tendency to not believe in prophecies and divinations. Kong Zhi did not dare to answer, but others who also tasted the sweetness of deified ancestors could no longer bear it. This big business that had been favorable for hundreds of years was not easy to give up.

"His Majesty."

An old man with white hair stood up, but he was the head of the two major families of Qufu, the Yan family. They were descendants of Yan Hui and their status was second only to the Kong family.

"Although there are many exaggerated words about the prophecies and divinations in the Confucian picture, it is true that Confucius is ahead of his enlightenment."

The fifth reunion was afraid that the Confucian scholars in the entire Lu area would be as smooth as the Kong family. When he saw someone jumping out, he smiled and said, "Oh? Why is it true? Yan Qing, let's talk about it."

After saying that, he glanced at Huan Tan who was beside him: "There are many knowledgeable people today, listen to them together!"

Feeling the little look of the fifth reunion, Huan Tan suddenly realized.

"Your Majesty also said, 'I have no bad intentions for Confucius', so I'm just waiting here!"

But when the old man Yan shook his head and said, "The book of Wei said that my ancestor Yan Zi (Yan Yuan) and Confucius both went up to Mount Lu Tai. Confucius said, "Climb Mount Tai and the world are small." Then he looked southeast and saw that there was a white horse outside the gate of Gusu, Wudu, and he pointed it to Yan Zi to see, but Yan Zi could only see that outside Wu Chang Gate was like a training."

"Confucius then gently stroked Yan Zi's eyes with his hands to correct his views so that he could see a white horse. However, after going down the mountain, Yan Yuan's hair turned white and his teeth fell, and he died of illness."

"The reason is that the spirit cannot be as strong as Confucius, and its strength is exerted, and its essence is exhausted, so it dies early."

After listening to it, Di Wulun said in his heart that he was a good guy. He underestimated Weishu and even made his pupil technique. Confucius's eyes can still pass on skills. The transmission of skills has led to the great disciple's mental power being unbearable and died. This is no longer a martial arts, but has advanced to fantasy! This group of civil scholars who are engaged in prophecies and divination are really a waste not to write novels.

However, the old man Yan believed in this and repeatedly emphasized: "This is something passed down from generation to generation, how can it be false?"

"What a wonder." The fifth reun shook his palm and looked at Huan Tan again: "Doctor Junshan, I ordered the 'Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mi

Huan Tan now knew that the fifth reunion was to let him get on. He had almost figured out the purpose of the fifth reunion, and he was to let him argue with this Yan Weng.

Although he felt like he was a sword envoy by the Fifth Reunion, Huan Tan was an early materialist who did not even believe in the soul after his death. He always sneered at prophecies and divinations. He did not believe in the strange things that Yan Weng said vividly.
Chapter completed!