Chapter 13 Punishment
When Ji Nuan and others returned to the inn, it was already dark. At this time, she stood by the window and looked quietly at the bright moon in the sky, but her heart was filled with thoughts.
What would the end if she didn't interfere with Meng Yan's affairs? Can Meng Yan live a good life in the Western Regions? How should she explain when she goes back? And how should she face Song Wangchen?
After thinking for a long time, I had no idea. I saw someone buying candy on the street.
"If you feel that life is hard, then eat a candy. If you still feel that it is hard, then eat another one." This is what Ji Yang often said to her.
Seeing that everyone else had fallen asleep, she secretly bought a few bags and put them in Qiankun bags. After eating one, she finally could sleep peacefully.
Two days later, the three people in "Qingyue Palace" were still sitting upright in the hall, and the disciples who returned from the border town who had returned from the devils were gathered in the hall.
I saw that the three masters did not feel happy because they completed the task, but on the contrary, they all looked serious.
"Song Wangchen, you are so brave. Since you ignore Muxi's precepts and interfere in the affairs of the royal family without authorization." Zhu Yuanzhi's voice was as thunderous as he heard, deeply shocking everyone's minds.
Obviously they already knew about this, Ji Nuan just didn't expect it to be so soon.
"The disciple knows his mistake, and the disciple is willing to be punished." Ji Nuan didn't want to argue, although she didn't think she was wrong.
Everyone in the hall looked different, some were worried and some were extremely happy, and Zhu Changqin even looked like he was watching the show. He told Zhi Zhuzun this matter.
"Okay, then you go to the precepts hall to receive punishment. When I remove all your cultivation, you will leave by yourself and have no connection with Muxi from now on."
Muxi precepts, if anyone who has privately interferes in the royal family and has serious circumstances, he will be abandoned to practice and will never return to Muxi.
Cheng Jin looked at Ji Nuan. He didn't expect that she was so brave. Not only did she catch the resentful spirit, but she also interfered in the affairs of the royal family. However, Song Wangchen was his beloved disciple after all, so how could he ruin his practice because of Ji Nuan's fault?
Song Wangchen's face was extremely difficult to see at this time. If he had no cultivation, what was the difference between a useless person?
Ji Nuan didn't expect it to be so serious. If she caused Song Wangchen to lose her cultivation because of her, then she would have been very guilty.
She wanted to explain, but Cheng Jin spoke first.
"Junior brother, although Wangchen is wrong, he has made great contributions to the capture of the resentful spirit this time. Although his merits and demerits cannot be offset, fortunately, it did not cause a major disaster. Is this punishment more severe?"
Zhu Yuanzhi knew that Cheng Jin had always been kind-hearted, and that Song Wangchen was his most proud disciple, so he naturally protected his shortcomings.
"Even if you have made the achievements in eliminating demons, it is wrong." There was no room for negotiation in your words.
"Senior Brother Zhu, this incident has happened, but Wangchen, as a disciple of Muxi, has always abide by the precepts. I believe this time it is also related to my Meifeng disciple, so he had no choice but to intervene. I hope my senior brother will be gentle." Mei Qinghan couldn't bear to plead.
"Yes, junior brother, Meng Yan is also my Muxi disciple. Although this matter is a matter of the royal family, it is also a matter of my Muxi."
Seeing this, everyone also pleaded with mercy, "If there is any mistake, Xiaorou, as the daughter of the head, failed to stop her senior brother from making mistakes in time, and she also made mistakes with her senior brother. Xiaorou is willing to commit crimes with her senior brother."
"Master, Jiang Yu also participated, and Jiang Yu is willing to be punished."
"Tang Siyan is also willing to be punished"
"I am willing to be punished." His Highness's disciples except Changqin and Yu Man knelt down and begged for mercy, but Song Wangchen still stood, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
"You, you..." Zhu Changzhi stood up and pointed at His Highness angrily, so angry that he couldn't speak.
"Okay, junior brother, everyone has admitted this matter, I'll forget it!" Cheng Jin said at the right time.
"Forget it, if you forget about this, how can I establish my authority in Muxi? How should I explain to the people of the world?" Zhu Yuanzhi was already furious.
"Forget about this matter, Wangchen has made mistakes first, so he should be punished severely. It would be better to punish him for one hundred o'clock and then think about his mistakes for one month. What do you think of senior brother?" Mei Fenghan's words are not partial to either side, which is a good suggestion.
"Okay, let's do this, Wangchen, go get the punishment!" Cheng Jin couldn't help Zhu Yuanzhi and said first. Zhu Yuanzhi wanted to say anything again, but he waved to give up.
"Yes, Master" Ji Nuan knocked lightly and stood up and left. She knew that the punishment of a stick was not a trivial matter, but if she could protect his cultivation, what if she was beaten?
When everyone was waiting for pleading again, Ji Nuan shook his head to them, and when he walked to Song Wangchen, he smiled relievedly at him.
Song Wangchen looked at her back as she was leaving and followed without hesitation.
Everyone was surprised, but they didn't dare to say more. Cheng Xiaorou was even more restless, "Father, Xiaorou is willing to punish her with her senior brother."
Seeing this, Zhu Changqin was very angry and wanted to speak out but stopped.
"Don't you think it's a joke to be punished? You and you all go back to think about your mistakes behind closed doors." Cheng Jin pointed to Cheng Xiaorou, then pointed to Jiang Yu and Tang Siyan.
Zhu Yuanzhi glared at Jiang Yu, turned around and left angrily.
Everyone also left one after another. Cheng Jin and Mei Qinghan looked at each other and felt relieved. This matter was considered over.
"I'm sorry, I almost implicated you." Seeing that Song Wangchen followed, Ji Nuan turned around and stopped to apologize to him. She had always wanted to apologize, but she had no chance to speak all the way.
Song Wangchen said nothing, and there was no expression on his face and continued to walk towards Zhufeng Precepts Hall.
He was still angry, he had reason to be angry, right?
Seeing him moving forward all the way, Ji Nuan wanted to say something again, but in the end he gave up. What else can he say?
In the precept hall, Ji Nuan knelt on the ground, waiting to be punished. In front of him was the ranking of ancestors of Muxi, and on the copywriting next to him was a stick.
The stick is about two meters long, as thick as a child's arm. You can imagine how painful it would be if one stick is taken down.
Ji Nuan was also shocked when she saw it. She didn't know if she could hold on to the 100 sticks, but Song Wangchen stood behind and looked at her without saying a word.
Ji Nuan couldn't help but think, "This guy must have come to see her on purpose. Maybe he wants to do it himself. Forget it, who told him to ruin other people's reputation first? It's also worth being punished."
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhi and Zhu Changqin walked in.
Zhu Yuanzhi looked at him, and Zhu Changqin came over with a stick. This time he was punished by him. He was naturally happy and could finally avenge his previous shame.
"Go on!"
Zhu Changqin received the order without hesitation and just gave a stick. Ji Nuan was immediately knocked to the ground. He obviously put in full force in this stick, and he counted with pride.
Ji Nuan stood up stubbornly, and then he hit one stick after another.
“Two, three, four…thirty”
At this time, the clothes on Ji Nuan's back were soaked in blood. She still gritted her teeth and refused to make a sound. She did not want to show weakness or ruin Song Wangchen's reputation anymore. If Song Wangchen was punished, she would definitely not make any sound.
Song Wangchen looked at everything in front of him. He never thought that she had such concentration and unconsciously clenched her fists.
"Forty, forty-one...fifty" Zhu Changqin said several times when he was fifty, Ji Nuan finally couldn't stand it and fell to the ground again.
Zhu Changqin looked ridiculous and said to himself, "Depending on when you can last, even if you don't die this time, you will fall into a skin."
Ji Nuan stood up again, and Zhu Changyang continued to count "fifty..."
"Stop" Song Wangchen interrupted before he finished speaking.
The few people were stunned for a moment, what did she want to do?
I saw him walking to Ji Nuan and kneeling down and saying, "I'll take the rest of the punishment."
What, he actually wanted to help him get punished. Ji Nuan turned his head and looked at him with difficulty, only to see his eyes firm and without hesitation.
"What are you?" Zhu Changqin said disdainfully. He didn't want to miss such a good opportunity. The woman in front of him actually wanted to help, and he would never allow it.
Song Wangchen looked up, stared at him fiercely, and said viciously, "It has nothing to do with you."
Zhu Changqin was actually shocked by her aura. He saw Song Wangchen's unique sharpness and ruthlessness in her eyes.
"I also participated in the affairs of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Western Regions. I was punished because of the reason. Please ask Zhizhu to punish him." Song Wangchen was firm.
"Okay, that's it, then let's punish them together." Zhu Yuanzhi snorted coldly and said, "Punishment"
Then Zhu Changqin began to lift his stick again, "One, two, three... fifty"
Song Wangchen's punishment could only be exchanged for Ji Nuan's moment of suspension, and then hit Ji Nuan on the back one by one.
“Fifty-one, fifty-two…sixty”
Ji Nuan could no longer hold on and could faint at any time. Seeing this, Song Wangchen stepped forward and supported her, protecting her in front of him.
In the eyes of outsiders, such behavior is Ji Nuan protecting Song Wangchen.
"Sixty-one... Seventy-seven" Zhu Changqin used his stick and pushed harder, 'What kind of virtue is Song Wangchen? He made them treat him like this one by one. Ji Nuan is like this, and Cheng Xiaorou also wants to do this.
At this time, the stick hit Song Wangchen completely. Ji Nuan couldn't feel the pain, but she couldn't stop her tears.
She hurt him, but he protected her.
"Ninety-nine, one hundred" Zhu Changqin had finished his punishment, but he was unwilling to stop, and hit Song Wangchen with another stick.
"Okay, you guys go!" Zhu Yuanzhi waved his hand and turned around to stop looking at them. Zhu Changqin was reluctant, so he had to stop helplessly.
Song Wangchen and Ji Nuan helped each other and got up and walked out.
Cheng Xiaorou immediately came forward to meet them when she saw that Song Wangchen was actually supporting Ji Nuan. When she saw that both of them were seriously injured, she regretted that she should not have been punished with her senior brother.
"Senior brother, junior sister Ji, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Ji Nuan smiled bitterly and relieved Cheng Xiaorou.
Tang Siyan has been staying outside the precepts hall with Cheng Xiaorou. He couldn't bear it when he saw Ji Nuan's appearance. What Ji Nuan did recently really stunned him. A woman actually had such courage.
Ji Nuan also felt that her posture with Song Wangchen was inappropriate, so she kept a distance from Song Wangchen. She didn't want Cheng Xiaorou to misunderstand, and she knew Cheng Xiaorou's feelings.
"Senior Brother..." Cheng Xiaorou left two lines of tears before she finished speaking. She quickly turned around and refused to let her senior brother see her embarrassing appearance at this time, and reached out to wipe her tears.
But no matter how she wiped it, the tears continued to flow down her face. She really felt sorry for her. She cried so many times last time that Song Wangchen was seriously injured, so she forgot that she herself had forgotten.
Seeing this, Ji Nuan comforted him, "Junior sister, I'm fine." Song Wangchen left alone without understanding.
Ji Nuan looked at his lonely back, and a strange feeling surrounded his heart.
Cheng Xiaorou finally turned around, forced a smile, and took out a bottle of medicine from her arms. "Senior Brother, this is the injury medicine I took from Mu Ran, you can use it!"
"Thank you" Ji Nuan finished speaking, and walked towards Siguo Cliff without looking back. She would be even more sad when she stayed for a moment.
Song Wangchen once brought her to know all the places in Muxi, but she was afraid that she would reveal her reputation and ruin her reputation, but now she still implicated him.
Tang Siyan smiled and said, "Senior Sister, let's go too!"
…(To be continued)
Chapter completed!