Chapter 462: Situ Tianming was beaten, and everyone pleaded for mercy
Chapter 462: Situ Tianming was beaten, and everyone pleaded for mercy
Li Youwei and others also wanted to step forward, but were dissuaded by Mo Yan's eyes. Everyone could only stand outside the ancestral hall and watch, including Chu Chenfeng.
Shangguan Jing, who was always silent, walked to Dongfang Haotian's side and asked, "Third Senior Brother, what happened?"
Dongfang Haotian sighed and said nothing. He had sworn in front of his master that he would never let anyone else know about this.
Seeing this, Shangguan Jing could only look at the two people kneeling in the ancestral hall with concern.
Mo Yan walked in front of the two kneeling people and sighed, "Do you know that you are wrong?"
"Master, I know I was wrong!"
"Master, I know I was wrong!"
"Got it?" Mo Yan shook his head in disappointment. "That's what you all told me back then."
Thinking of the scene of that year, Li Mulan was extremely scared. She didn't want to get her fifth senior brother beaten again.
She immediately kowtowed to Mo Yan several times, so hard that her forehead was broken. The people outside the ancestral hall felt heartbroken when they saw this.
Chu Chenfeng clenched his fists tightly, but he also knew that at the moment, he was not qualified to enter.
"Master, this is my fault alone. It has nothing to do with Fifth Senior Brother. If you want to hit someone, hit me."
Situ Tianming pulled the silly girl up, without his usual playful smile, "Master, this is my fault. I didn't stop Xiaojiu, and I helped her and indulged her. So, you should punish me for this matter."
Mo Yan snorted coldly, "Since you also know this, then don't blame me for being cruel."
"Master!" Li Mulan knelt down and crawled to Mo Yan's feet. "Master, this really has nothing to do with Fifth Senior Brother. He didn't know anything at all. It's all my fault. I did all the wrong things. Xiao Jiu really knows he was wrong this time. If you want to punish me, punish me."
Li Mulan was really anxious to cry. Last time, because she made explosives, the fifth brother was beaten by the master. As a result, she dared not to use that thing again. She had no choice but to use it once in Yuanhe City, but fortunately no one else knew about it. This time... If the third brother hadn't cleaned up the mess for them, something serious might have happened.
"Kneel down."
Mo Yan's expression was very serious. He walked around Li Mulan and came behind the two of them.
Looking at the two people's backs, Mo Yan said nothing.
"Snapped!"
There was a loud noise, and the people outside the ancestral hall looked different.
That was the sound of a whip hitting a person. Situ Tianming gritted his teeth and endured it without making any sound.
Li Mulan cried, "Master, I was wrong. Please hit me. I will never do it again."
The people outside were equally worried. Xuanming frowned, "Master, what did Lao Wu and Xiao Jiu do wrong? Why are you so angry?"
Dongfang Haotian and Shangguan Jing said nothing. Lin Yunfan and Li Youwei took two steps forward and began to plead for mercy.
"Master, if Fifth Brother and Xiaojiu did something to make you angry, you can punish them by making them kneel in the ancestral hall or by not eating. As for this... caning... forget it."
"Yes, Master, although this Fifth Brother has thick skin and strong flesh, but..." Li Youwei looked at the bloody mark on Situ Tianming's back, "he can't withstand a few whips from you."
Mo Yan didn't look at them and whipped them again.
"Snapped!"
Li Mulan was so scared that she quickly stood behind Situ Tianming, stretched out her hands, and looked at Mo Yan with red eyes, "Master, please don't hit Fifth Brother. I'm the one who made the mistake. Just hit me."
Mo Yan's expression did not change at all. "Kneel down. If you don't obey, I will whip you ten more times."
When Li Mulan heard this, tears started streaming down her face, but she didn't dare to stop Mo Yan anymore.
Then the frightening sound of whips came again and again, accompanied by Situ Tianming's suppressed groans.
Li Mulan covered her mouth and cried uncontrollably. She wanted to go forward to help, but she was afraid that her master would really keep his word.
Even the people outside the ancestral hall couldn't help but turn their heads away.
Fifty lashes, not a single one less.
After the beating, Mo Yan's hands trembled slightly, "Xiao Wu, do you have any complaints about the beating your master gave you today?"
Situ Tianming stood up with some difficulty, "Disciple, I dare not."
"Are you afraid, or are you not?"
"No...complaints."
Mo Yan sighed and put away the whip. "As a senior brother, you knew that what my junior sister did was wrong, but you condoned her again and again, even participated in it, and covered it up. Today, I will put this aside. If it happens again, both of you will get out of Longyan Mountain and never go up the mountain again."
"I know I was wrong, and I will never do it again." Situ Tianming lowered his head and kowtowed to Mo Yan several times.
Mo Yan looked at the girl who had run out of energy crying beside him, "Xiao Jiu, what about you?"
Li Mulan finally reacted and stared at Mo Yan blankly, looking so pitiful.
Mo Yan was helpless, "Kneel here. When you figure it out, you can leave."
After Mo Yan left, Xuan Ming was the first to go in and helped Situ Tianming up. "You're not dead, are you?"
Situ Tianming gritted his teeth, "You curse me? I'm fine."
Dongfang Haotian couldn't stand it anymore, "Go back and deal with it quickly, Master didn't hold back just now."
"Yes, yes, Fifth Brother, I'll help you."
Li Youwei, for once, did not argue with Situ Tianming, and worked with Xuanming to help the man get back on his feet.
Situ Tianming waved his hands, "Didn't you hear what Master said? He told me to kneel down. I can't go back."
Li Youwei was stunned. "Master, that's Xiaojiu, right?"
Situ Tianming glared at him unhappily, "You idiot, you're talking about something irrelevant."
He looked at Li Mulan, whose eyes were red and she looked apologetic. "Xiaojiu, it looks like we have to kneel in this ancestral hall for a few more days."
"Fifth Brother, I'm sorry. It's all my fault. This time it's obviously not your fault. It's all my fault. But Master..."
Situ Tianming waved his hands. “You understand Master’s intention, so I won’t say any more. Just kneel down and think it over carefully in front of the Grandmaster, then go and beg Master for mercy. Then we’ll all be fine, ah…”
Shangguan Jing touched Situ Tianming's back with his hand and heard his screams like ghosts and wolves.
"Fourth Brother, you want to murder me..."
Shangguan Jing said calmly, "I thought you weren't in pain."
Situ Tianming looked depressed and looked at Xuanming flatteringly, "Second Brother, please give me some medicine, it hurts so much. Ouch, no, I can't kneel anymore. Xiaojiu, I can only lie down to accompany you."
Li Mulan looked at him with tears in her eyes, "Fifth Brother, please go back. Master won't blame you for being so badly injured."
"That won't work. Master didn't tell me I could go back."
Chu Chenfeng used a handkerchief to wipe the tears from Li Mulan's face. He didn't ask her what happened, but just stayed with her silently.
Xuanming quickly brought the medicine box, cut off Situ Tianming's shirt, washed it, applied medicine, and then changed him into clean clothes.
"You should go back. It's not conducive to the recovery of your wounds here."
Situ Tianming lay there very comfortably. Several fellow apprentices found him several large, soft cushions to cushion his pain. If they were not afraid of making their master angry, they would have brought him a mattress.
"I dare not. Didn't you hear what Master said just now? I don't want to be expelled from the sect."
Xuan Ming was helpless, "Just be stubborn."
Then he packed up the medicine box and left. As soon as he walked out of the ancestral hall, he saw Lin Yunfan and Li Youwei coming with food boxes.
"Fifth Brother, Xiaojiu, come and have something to eat."
Situ Tianming's eyes lit up, "What to eat? I'm really hungry."
Li Mulan knelt aside and looked at them helplessly, "Sixth Brother, Seventh Brother, I'm not hungry. You can give the food to Fifth Brother."
Li Youwei didn't want to hear her say that. "Xiaojiu, people are made of iron and rice is made of steel. If you don't eat, you will be hungry. Didn't you always say that? You must eat."
Li Mulan smiled bitterly, "Seventh Senior Brother, I really have no appetite."
"No appetite? Don't you like these? What do you want to eat? Tell me and I'll get someone to get it for you."
Li Mulan shook her head, "I just don't want to eat."
Just at this time, Chu Chenfeng also came over with a lunch box.
Li Youwei frowned, "Oh, the prince is here too. What delicious food did he bring?"
Chu Chenfeng smiled faintly, not caring about Li Youwei's sarcasm at all, or perhaps he had already gotten used to it.
He placed the lunch box in front of Li Mulan and opened it. In front of her lay a bowl of porridge and a few side dishes.
Li Youwei had something to say when he saw this, "Is this palace so poor? Can't it even afford meat?"
Situ Tianming raised his eyes and took a look. "Oh, could it be that the Regent Prince did this himself?"
Chu Chenfeng nodded slightly, "I'm sorry to make you all laugh at me."
Oh! It's true. Li Youwei's opinion of this prince has changed a little. He can even cook?
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