Chapter 1007: Obituary Reading at the City Gate

"What did you say?"

"A young man from an aristocratic family opened his own private warehouse to donate grain to our Great Wei to fight the enemy, but he committed suicide!"

Suicide, these three words are very wonderful.

No one knew who had shouted these words, but the voice was loud and clear, comparable to the best messenger in the army, and everyone within a radius of ten meters could hear them immediately.

"Oh my God, Kang Rong was a child of aristocratic family. Because he was kind-hearted, he opened his private warehouse to donate grain to fight the enemy. His father scolded him for being unfilial, so Kang Rong committed suicide to show his filial piety!"

"The family is so rich, and it's just a granary. Their son opened it, so why did they make such a fuss that they forced his son to death?"

"Mr. Yong is the eldest son of the Kang family. He studied under Mr. Jing of the Taizhou Academy. His maternal grandfather is also the aristocratic Li family. The great-grandfather of the Li family was a historian of the previous dynasty. The history books we read today all have his contributions recorded!"

"Ancestor, you are from such a distinguished family!"

"He had such a good family background and a kind heart, yet he was forced to commit suicide!"

"Not only that, I heard that Mr. Rong was also killed by Kang Liwen's concubine. This matter was exposed on the same day. Lord Kang Liwen was furious and scolded Mr. Rong. This made Mr. Rong feel cold and committed suicide to fulfill his filial piety!"

"What? There's such a wicked thing?!"

"Where is that concubine? Was she killed? Was Kang Liwen arrested? He's from an aristocratic family, an official appointed by the imperial court, almost a grandfather, how could he be so foolish as to pamper his concubine to the point of harming his eldest son?!"

"I heard that Master Kang Liwen also harmed Mr. Rong... The concubine was vicious and treacherous. She actually used Kang Liwen to feed nuts laced with poison to Mr. Rong before he even got married. Mr. Rong was still a child at the time. Damn it, these two bastards have done Mr. Rong a terrible harm!"

"There's such inside information?!"

"What is the Invasion Poison?"

"The secret medicine of the palace of the Great Yong Dynasty before the previous dynasty was extremely poisonous."

"Where did a concubine get the secret palace medicine?"

"That concubine is the maidservant of the old lady of the Kang family in the capital... Do you understand?!"

Everyone was talking about it, feeling sorry for Kang Rong, but also gossiping a lot... Although gossip is not good, it is the fastest way to spread information.

So Ying Zilin and his men mixed their own people into Wei Minqun and shouted out the truth in the form of gossip.

In less than a quarter of an hour, everyone within a mile radius of the northeast city gate knew about this, and more and more people rushed to the northeast city gate.

There were also angry Wei Min shouting: "Severely punish the concubine, severely punish Kang Liwen, and seek justice for Mr. Rong, the righteous man of the world!"

"Mr. Yong opened a private warehouse and donated grain to the country to fight the enemy. This is unparalleled in history!"

The first sentence was just a personal grudge and nothing serious, but the second sentence made Captain Song, Mi Sanlang, and the people from the aristocratic families sweat profusely.

Captain Song hurriedly asked his soldiers to beat the gongs.

Dangdang Dangdang!

"Silence, silence!"

The enraged crowd was about to quiet down for a moment when Captain Song immediately shouted, "Master Ying has already verified the identities of General Yan, Zhou Rong, and the others. Open the city gates and let them pass!"

The soldiers opened the small gate and asked them to go through the quick gate without inspection and enter the city quickly without making any more noise.

But Ying Zilin and Zhou Rong were already half-hugging each other, and the two classmates burst into tears: "Grandmaster, Master, and the villagers of Taifeng Town all loved classmate Rong very much. We never imagined that classmate Rong would die young. How sad! Woo woo woo!"

The two of them were not acting, they cried so sadly.

Kang Rong’s death had a huge impact on them… Before that, they thought that taking the imperial examinations to become an official and speaking for the people were noble things that could be accomplished by debating with scholars in the court or playing chess.

At most, it's disaster relief work, which is hard work. You have to climb up the embankment and command people to fight floods and provide disaster relief.

But after learning of the death, they realized that pleading for the people would mean bloodshed and death!

And Kang Rong, the flatterer they looked down upon, became the first person to die for his country and his people.

"Mr. Ying, here is the obituary written by Mr. Jing. You are the head of the traveling students. Please announce the obituary in public and inform everyone of Mr. Jing's death!" Zhou Rong handed the obituary to Ying Zilin with both hands.

Captain Song was almost going crazy, clanging and banging the gong, shouting, "Master Ying, please lead the funeral procession into the city. There are still many Wei people waiting to leave the city and return home. Please don't block them here."

"Captain Song, why do you repeatedly interrupt the funeral procession? What's your intention? Mr. Yong opened his own warehouse and donated grain to fight the enemy. He did a great deed for our country. Isn't it worth it for more people to hear this obituary?"

"You're trying to keep Mr. Rong's heroic deeds secret from the people of Wei. Are you a spy from the enemy? Only a spy from the enemy would be so afraid of the deeds of a hero who resists the enemy being spread!"

"That's right, Mr. Song, are you a spy?!" the Wei people asked angrily.

"Nonsense. Although I am not from the Northwest Army, I was the first to surrender to Your Majesty. Three or four years ago, I helped with disaster relief and protected the victims!" Captain Song saw that he had angered everyone and hurried to explain.

But the master behind him was a noble family, and he really didn't dare to say that he would allow Ying Zilin to read out Kang Rong's obituary in public here.

If he agreed, he would offend the master of the aristocratic family.

Without the support of a noble family, how could his family still hope to live a good life in Taizhou Prefecture? They would probably be taken to the borderlands, living a horrible life of starving and snowy, with the women in their family abducted by the enemy!

"Captain Song, I am Principal Cui of Taizhou Academy. I will bear all the consequences of announcing the obituary. Please ask Captain Song to let Zilin publicly read out the death news of Mr. Yong, a righteous man from all over the world." Principal Cui came out and said.

After hearing this, Mrs. Cui's expression softened a lot, but she still disliked her eldest son for being too slow in doing things, and winked at the leader of the female guards.

A hundred female guards shouted in unison, "Master Cui of Taizhou Academy, please come forward to vouch for us. Young Master, please read out the obituary of Mr. Yong, the righteous man who opened his own warehouse to donate grain to fight the enemy!"

He shouted nine times, his momentum was stronger than that of Captain Song.

Captain Song did not dare to confront them head-on and tacitly agreed.

"Thank you all the people of Wei for upholding justice; thank you Madam Cui for speaking up for justice; thank you, Dean, for protecting the students." After Ying Zilin expressed his gratitude, he jumped onto the square table and dragged Zhou Rong, Yan Zongqi, and Lin Mujia onto the table.

Among the four, Lin Mujia was the thinnest... Zhou Rong had already set off for his hometown in Beixiong Prefecture, but Lin Mujia followed General Yan and rushed here day and night.

I didn't die from exhaustion, it was really thanks to the ginseng that I was able to survive.

"I kowtow with tears and blood, my teacher, in great sorrow..." Ying Zilin read the obituary written by Mr. Jing in a clear and melodious voice with emotion.

This obituary was also amazing. It clearly described how Kang Rong opened a private warehouse, donated grain to fight the enemy, was killed by his own father at the hands of a concubine, and became extinct, and how he demanded justice and took care of his mother and brother.

Well, this is a 'not very serious' obituary, but it is a shocking and clear obituary.

Those who heard the obituary, who knew how precious grain was, and who knew that a noble family's private granary could not be opened by one person, all cried out in grief.

"Mr. Rong is unparalleled throughout the ages and deserves the title of a righteous man!"

Kang Rong's righteous act was not just for a certain person, a certain city, or even just for the Wei court, but for the whole world and future generations.

Ever since he opened his private warehouse, there has been a steady stream of followers in this land.

The unjust acts of the wealthy and powerful families who built private warehouses, hoarded grain, and caused grain prices to remain high were exposed to the world.