LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 76
Chapter 76: Selfishness (Two More)
Chapter 76 Selfishness (two more)
“Twenty sticks are too heavy.” Gu Yuncong said sternly, with a school of righteous words and a bright light.
Even if you go to jail, you will have a sentence, and exile for 3,000 miles will not kill a single person.
Mrs. Gu Tai was stunned, thinking that Gu Yunxiang was just a little girl, and it was inevitable that she would be soft-hearted.
Thinking that Mrs. Gu Tai was hesitating, Su Niang’s gray and defeated eyes once again raised a glimmer of hope, trembling.
“Third sister, that’s a bad statement.”
A gentle female voice retorted firmly, her voice was neither light nor heavy, but it was powerful.
Gu Yunchang looked in the direction of Gu Yunzhen in astonishment.
Gu Yunzhen stared at Gu Yunchang steadily, and said in an orderly manner: “Su Niang slaves offend the master, and the next offenders. If they can’t be punished severely to set an example, wouldn’t everyone learn something?!”
With the words and sentences of Gu Yunzhen, the shock in Gu Yunzhen’s eyes became even stronger, and it seemed that he didn’t know her anymore.
Gu Yun is really a gentle person, and he has never been more kind to his subordinates. Gu Yunchang thought that at least she would stand by her side, and she would be like herself.
Gu Yunchang asked in a daze: “Eldest sister also thinks she should be beaten?”
“Of course.” Gu Yunzhen nodded affirmatively.
She raised her hand and pointed at Su Niang, who had tearful eyes outside the house, and said firmly: “Grandfather once said that the way of the emperor lies in clear rewards and punishments, and must not be selfish, and there is no distinction between right and wrong.”
“Could the third sister be selfish?”
Her tone was always gentle, but the meaning of this last sentence was like a sharp sword.
“…” Gu Yuncong’s eyes widened, as if a hidden disease on his body was suddenly revealed in broad daylight, with nowhere to hide.
Gu Yunchang subconsciously wanted to say no, but when the words came to his lips, he hesitated again, his expression tangled.
Mrs. Gu Tai pressed the palm of her hand and looked at her with soothing eyes, which meant that her grandmother knew something.
Gu Yunxiang pursed his lips, as if something was about to come out in his eyes, and a sad mood swayed between his brows, but he didn’t speak in the end.
And Su Niang was like falling into an ice cellar, the last ray of hope in her heart was extinguished, as if she had lost her soul and forgot to struggle.
The old women rudely dragged Su Niang to the entrance of the yard.
Gu Yunchang helped Mrs. Gu Tai to sit down at the top of the main room, and looked at Gu Yunzhen with a calm face for a while, and then looked at Gu Yanfei who had already sat down to drink tea, as if he didn’t care about the result.
Her eyes flickered several times, her heart was full of anger, and she asked herself: Are they selfish, or are they too cruel?
At this moment, Gu Yunchang felt out of place for the first time, and for the first time had a profound understanding: she was different from them…
“Snapped!”
The sound of the board coming from outside made Gu Yunxiang wake up suddenly, and looked for the sound.
The sticks as thick as arms hit the flesh and slapped the flesh, one after the other, each stick was sturdy and merciless, accompanied by the loud count of the old woman: “One, two, three. …”
Su Niang was stripped of her trousers and pressed on a bench, most of her bun was scattered in a mess, and even her hairpin fell to the ground, like a mad woman who described herself as embarrassed.
She let out a painful scream in her mouth, the sound was shrill, like a thin needle piercing the softest part of Gu Yunxiang’s heart.
No matter how many faults Su Niang has, she is a good mother to herself.
Gu Yunchang lowered her head, her neatly trimmed nails digging deeply into her tender palm, and the knuckles of her fingers were faintly white.
Mrs. Gu Tai also saw Gu Yunxiang’s abnormality and sighed in her heart: Her sister is still too soft-hearted. She will eventually have to face these things when she marries into Prince Kang’s mansion.
Mrs. Gu Tai waved her hand silently, and Li Ma immediately understood and sent all the idle people around.
In the main room, only Madam Gu Tai and Gu Yanfei, their grandparents, were left.
The sound of sticks outside and Su Niang’s screams never stopped, which made the atmosphere in the house heavy.
Mrs. Gu Tai said lukewarmly, “Yan Fei, I know that you resent Su Niang. It’s human nature. Grandmother will let you breathe a sigh of relief today.”
“but……”
Her voice suddenly became cold, and she continued: “Su Niang is wrong, but you must also remember that Yangzhou was in chaos. It was she who made a way out of the sea of blood and took you out of Yangzhou…”
“She was at fault, but she saved you and raised you, you should also be grateful. A girl’s family can’t be so hostile and kill indiscriminately, so as not to get retribution on herself.”
Her words were heart-wrenching, obviously she was beating Gu Yanfei, and at the same time, she gave Gu Yanfei a sweet jujube with grace and grace, so that she could stop.
“Eleven, Twelve…” The number of voices from outside was not interrupted, and it was clearly transmitted into the room.
Su Niang’s screams became weaker and weaker, her bare buttocks were red and swollen by the stick, and some young maids outside couldn’t bear to look directly.
Gu Yanfei smiled lightly.
Mrs. Gu Tai thought that Gu Yanfei would bow her head, and that she would simply shake her face and leave, but Gu Yanfei nodded slightly and said, “I have been taught.”
Gu Yanfei had a light smile on his face, leaned his elbows on the coffee table, and rested his chin with his right hand, and continued, “Don’t be too aggressive with Mrs. Tai, so as not to kill indiscriminately and receive retribution in vain. .”
Mrs. Gu Tai’s face darkened immediately, and she reprimanded in a deep voice, “Presumptuous!”
She is her grandmother, an elder, a junior even counts the elders! Really ignorant of etiquette!
Gu Yanfei clenched her fingers and said, “In June of this year, when Ziyu cut her nails for Mrs. Tai, she cut blood. Mrs. Tai ordered that she be beaten 30 times. After Ziyu was sent home, she was seriously injured. The more he heals, the sooner he will be gone.”
“Last December, the servant book in the second uncle’s study ‘collided’ with Mrs. Tai. Mrs. Tai ordered her to be dumbfounded and sold.”
“In July last year, the large warehouse in the inner courtyard was in disrepair for a long time, and it coincided with a thunderstorm leaking water, which destroyed a lot of materials. Mrs. Tai ordered the staff of He Danian’s family who was guarding the warehouse that day to be punished. ”
“…”
The words Gu Yanfei echoed in the house, and the air in the main room gradually solidified, as if a storm was about to come.
At this time, the old woman outside also counted to “twenty”, the sound of sticks stopped, and the courtyard became quiet at the same time. Su Niang was paralyzed on the bench like a dead fish, her drooping arms shaking gently.
Inside and outside the house, everything is silent.
Mrs. Gu Tai’s face turned pale and purple, and the colors changed wonderfully. Every word of Gu Yanfei was like a slap in the face, causing her ears to buzz.
Gu Yanfei chuckled lightly, and said, “There is one thing I just said right now. The recipe I gave to my eldest sister was given by Master Ling Xiao. When I was in Huaibei, Master Ling Xiao not only gave this recipe. Zhang Yangyan Shengfang, moreover, taught me the skill of fortune-telling.”
“Why don’t I give Mrs. Tai a hexagram?”
(end of this chapter)