When Lu Wan and Lu Sanlang, father and son, arrived with a large number of Jiuzhangtang students, they saw Ah Liu swinging the ruler at Zhang Shou for the last time. They had no idea what was going on, and everyone was dumbfounded until they saw Liu Zhiyuan slowly walking over. Lu Wan hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed this former and current colleague.
"Brother Liu, what on earth is this..."
Mr. Liu, who is always straightforward, certainly doesn't bother to keep people in suspense. He glanced at Lu Sanlang and the others, who looked confused, and then briefly explained the cause and effect.
Most people were stunned when they heard that the Queen Mother actually asked Ah Liu to give the Fourth Prince thirty slaps of the ruler. When they heard about the subsequent developments, they were completely petrified. As for those who were relatively capable of thinking, such as Lu Sanlang, Ji Jiu, Qi Liang, and others, they were shocked that Zhang Shou directly ordered Ah Liu to act according to the imperial decree, but then punished himself.
Soon, Lu Sanlang, who was the first to wake up, immediately ran forward with his fat body, and then pulled the fourth prince in front of Zhang Shou, saying with great sorrow: "Zheng Yan, remember this lesson, the teacher did it all for you! The teacher is not one of those officials who fight for power and profit. He doesn't understand the inside story of the Imperial Household Department. How could he know that your nonsense would cause such a big fuss!"
"You don't know, just today, in the Imperial College, we were locked up in the Jiuzhang Hall by the school officials who ordered the clerks to do so. They also ordered people to make trouble, slandering the teacher for teaching you to say those things that criticized scholars and praised the Silijian..."
Lu Sanlang was such a good eloquence. At this moment, he was full of passion and indignation, and he recounted the scene that happened in the Imperial College with exaggerations. He added so much that many people in Jiuzhang Hall blushed, and even Zhang Shou's face flushed.
It was just that he didn't do it because of Lu Sanlang's exaggerated praise. He had already decided to break up with the group of academic officials in the Imperial College. He didn't care how big the storm was. He just didn't expect Ah Liu to be so cruel. At this time, the pain was completely unbearable for him as an adult. It was not surprising that the Fourth Prince, who was beaten twice as hard, was crying just now!
However, the Fourth Prince had no idea of this. He only knew that because of what he said yesterday, the teacher not only punished him, but also humiliated him in the Imperial College, and even left the Imperial College in anger with so many people!
Seeing that Zhang Shou's forehead was covered with sweat but he didn't complain at all, the Fourth Prince, who had already cried for several times today, felt his nose sore again, his legs went weak, and he actually knelt down on the ground.
He wanted to say something to admit his mistakes, but his throat was so hoarse that he couldn't say anything. It wasn't until he felt a hand gently caressing his head that he raised his head and said, "It is a great virtue to admit one's mistakes and correct them. Remember this lesson."
Hearing such encouragement, the Fourth Prince instinctively grabbed Zhang Shou's hand. Seeing that it was Zhang Shou's hand that had just been beaten, and the palm was clearly as red and swollen as his own, he couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat again: "Teacher..."
"Yesterday, I was really at fault, so I gave you ten blows with the ruler. But you won't be so lucky next time! A person's mistakes are often borne by him alone, but there are also times when others have to bear the responsibility for them. Do you understand? Just like the mistake you made yesterday implicated me and the students of Jiuzhang Hall who were originally unrelated!"