Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 142: Kill one thousand enemies and lose five hundred to yourself

"Back to the village to study, the students saw the fifth and sixth sisters dozing off during class." Mo Lan said.

Rulan, Hemai and Minglan, who were behind, heard the words and stood up quickly.

"What the hell are you talking about? When did I doze off?" Ru Lan said angrily.

"Fifth sister's chin has been crushed, do you still want to quibble?" Mo Lan said lightly.

"you…"

Ru Lan covered her chin in panic, but she didn't know whether it was true or not, but it was true that she had just dozed off.

"All right!"

Seeing the two of them quarreling, Zhuang Xuexiu stopped them, looked at Minglan behind him, and said, "Sixth lady, tell me, did you doze off just now?"

"Back to Xuedi, the student just returned to Bianjing yesterday. He was tired and he did doze off just now." Minglan said.

She wasn't sure whether Zhuang Xuexue saw them while they were napping, so she didn't dare to deny it at all.

And once she denies it and spreads the matter to her father, she will be the one who suffers.

"Ah."

Zhuang Xuexue nodded with satisfaction. He did find a few girls dozing off. The reason why he didn't care was because it didn't matter whether the girls he was teaching could learn or not.

But there is, and he doesn't like to see people lying.

Xuexue Zhuang looked at Ru Lan and asked, "Where is the fifth girl?"

Facing Zhuang Xuexue's eyes, Ru Lan lowered her head with a guilty conscience and said, "Back to Xuexue, the student is indeed a little sleepy and dozed off."

"Yes, acknowledging mistakes can greatly improve things. After the fifth girl, sixth girl, and Liu San girl go back today, each of them will copy the Analects of Confucius and hand them in during morning class tomorrow." Zhuang Xuexue said.

"Yes." The three of them responded.

Liu Waner heard that she was also punished, but did not refute.

She was actually sleeping too.

On the other hand, Ru Lan and Ming Lan breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. Mo Lan didn't mention Liu Waner by name. Zhuang Xuexue even punished her. It was obvious that he had known about their dozing off for a long time. Fortunately, they didn't make any excuses.

On the other hand, Mo Lan was very proud when he heard this. Although he was only punished by copying the Analects once, the Analects had more than 10,000 words, so it was not a light punishment.

When their father finds out about this, he might even punish them.

"Okay, sit down." Zhuang Xuexue said.

Rulan and the other three bowed after hearing this and sat down.

"Four girls!"

When Mo Lan was about to sit down, Zhuang Xuexuu called out to her.

"You are punished to copy twice." Zhuang Xuexue said calmly.

Mo Lan was stunned for a moment and said in confusion: "Pedant, the student has been listening carefully to the lectures, why is he being punished?"

"The fourth girl has always been eager to learn. Tell this old man. Ye Gong said to Confucius: "There is a person in our party who has a straight bow. His father rushes sheep, and his son proves it. "What happened to Confucius?" Zhuang Xuexue asked.

"Confucius said: The difference between the upright people in our party is: the father hides for the son, and the son hides for the father. - Straightness lies in it." Mo Lan thought for a moment and said.

The passage that Zhuang Xuexue mentioned is from "The Analects of Confucius·Zilu".

It means that Ye Gong said to Confucius: "There is a straightforward man in my hometown. His father stole a sheep, so he reported on his father."

Confucius said: "The frank and frank people in my hometown are different from what you said. The father hides for his son, and the son hides for his father. This is where frankness and frankness lie."

"Now do you understand why I punish you?" Zhuang Xuexue said.

"The student is dissatisfied. As the eldest sister, shouldn't he correct his younger sisters when they see them making mistakes?" Mo Lan retorted. Naturally she understood what Zhuang Xuexue meant, which meant that she wanted to hide from each other and should not report on Ru Lan and the others.

In ancient times, in order to maintain the patriarchal ethics and family system, the laws of all dynasties stipulated that "relatives should hide from each other", which then formed a principle of ancient criminal law. , on the contrary, it is necessary to discuss the crime.

In other words, if a relative has committed a crime, even if he knows about it, he is not allowed to report it or testify.

This will not lead to a conviction. On the contrary, if you report and testify, you will be convicted.

There are only two types of crimes to which the principle of relative concealment does not apply: one is treason, treason, treason and certain other serious crimes, and the other is the crime of certain relatives infringing upon each other.

Mo Lan had just reported on her sister, which violated the relationship between relatives, so Zhuang Xuexue punished her to copy it twice.

Mo Lan was naturally unconvinced. She reported to Ru Lan and the others for sleeping in class, and was only punished to copy once, but she had to copy twice. Wasn't this digging a hole for herself?

"As the eldest sister, you do have the responsibility to teach and teach the younger sisters, but you can definitely remind them after class, but you should not report to me." Zhuang Xuexue said.

"But they don't respect me as a sister at all, and they won't listen to me even if I tell them. That's why I made this move." Mo Lan said.

Zhuang Xuexue shook his head slightly and said: "As the eldest sister, if you can't convince the younger sisters, that's your own problem, not a reason for you to report the younger sisters. Taking a step back, even if you want to use old age to make the two younger sisters prosper Memory should not be exposed in class, but should be discussed with the old man alone after class."

"As the saying goes, family scandals should not be made public. Nowadays, the Sheng family is not the only one in school. If you do this, how will your two sisters behave in the future? Secondly, now that the imperial examination is approaching, your two brothers are studying hard, and you interrupt the old man when he is teaching. , and also delayed your brother’s study.”

"That's all I said. If you don't accept the punishment, you don't have to come tomorrow."

"The students have been taught a lesson and are willing to accept the punishment."

Seeing that Xuexue Zhuang spoke so harshly and dared to refute, Mo Lan agreed with an ugly expression.

Zhuang Xuexue owed a favor to Sheng Hong and came to the Sheng family to teach because of Sheng Hong's repeated invitations.

Sheng Hong respected Zhuang Xuexue very much. If he knew that she had annoyed Zhuang Xuexue, he would definitely deal with her.

"Well, sit down."

Xuexue Zhuang asked Mo Lan to sit down and continued the lecture.

When Ru Lan saw that Mo Lan had been punished more than her, the anger in her heart dissipated instantly. She remained excited throughout the class and no longer felt sleepy at all.

After Zhuang Xuexiu announced the end of get out of class and left the school, Rulan immediately mocked: "Zhuang Xuexiu is indeed knowledgeable. As the eldest sister, you can't convince your sister that it's your own problem. That's really good. What do you think, Xiaoliu? ?”

"Fifth sister, please stop talking!" Sheng Changbai said with a straight face.

"Fifth sister, please stop saying a few words." Minglan also pulled Rulan.

In this family, what Ru Lan fears most is not Sheng Hong. She gets really angry, and Sheng Hong dares to say something back.

What she fears most is her eldest brother Sheng Changbai.

Sheng Changbai's serious face was indeed a bit scary, and Ru Lan did not dare to continue to squeeze on Mo Lan.

Mo Lan was already feeling aggrieved after being punished, but after being pushed away by Ru Lan, she stamped her feet and ran out crying.

"Look at the good things you did. If dad finds out, it's time to punish you again." Sheng Changbai said angrily.

"Who told her to complain? She knows how to complain all day long." Ru Lan muttered.

"Okay, Fifth Sister, aren't we also punished by the Analects of Confucius? Let's copy it as soon as we have time, otherwise we don't know when we will copy it tonight." Minglan said.

"What are you afraid of? She is twice as old as us. I wish the pedant would punish us ten times and let her copy twenty times." Ru Lan said nonchalantly.

Minglan: "..."

Isn't this just killing one thousand enemies and damaging eight...five hundred? What's there to be happy about?

But Ru Lan does have such a temperament.

(End of this chapter)