Chapter 3 Ouyang Double

"It's just a tattered book. I feel bad for you reading it. Why? Will I have to call you Ding Twelve after the class ends next month? Hahahaha——"

Xiang Wenyuan mocked, and the little follower behind him echoed:

"The son of a murderer, wouldn't he still be dreaming of taking the imperial examination?"

"Why do you look like you're being bullied? Your father killed someone, and we're taking care of you to get rid of harm to the people!"

Despite the noise all around him, Zhu Lan's thoughts were still on the sound of "Ding Shiyi".

The main villain in the original book, Ding Wujiu, once mentioned that when he was studying in the academy, his grades were at the bottom and he was even nicknamed "Ding Shiyi".

The book writes that his father was slandered as a murderer and wrongfully imprisoned, so that Ding Wujiu was bullied in the academy with the title of "son of a murderer."

Those who bullied him regarded this as a kind of "justice".

Later, Ding Wujiu made great progress and passed the imperial examination, embarking on a career in officialdom, but his experience at Longchang Academy had made his temperament gloomy and perverse.

He understood people's hearts, had means and knowledge, and within a decade he climbed to the position of Prime Minister, and then launched a crazy revenge. Not only did all those who wronged and bullied him in the past become disgraced and die a miserable death, he also did not let go of the innocent people who were implicated, setting off a bloody storm.

According to ancient laws, the son of a murderer was not allowed to be an official. Zhu Lan thought that Ding Xiaoqiu must have changed his name to Ding Wujiu and changed his identity, so that he could pass the imperial examination and become an official.

Wujiu means innocent and without fault. Later, his hands were covered in blood because he believed that he was acting in the name of justice.

It seems that bullying has existed since ancient times. The originally kind-hearted Ding Xiaoqiu's journey to becoming the villain Ding Wujiu was fueled by people like Xiang Wenyuan.

"You are the son of a murderer!" Ding Xiaoqiu suddenly pounced on Xiang Wenyuan, who was a head taller than him, like an angry calf.

Xiang Wenyuan also rolled up his sleeves, ready to knock him over.

"What are you doing?" A voice that was intimidating without being angry sounded.

Everyone looked back and saw a middle-aged man with a goatee and a stern face, wearing a dark blue robe, standing not far away and looking at them.

"Yes, it's Dean Ouyang!" someone shouted in a low voice, and everyone's face changed.

The abbot is the person in charge of the administrative affairs of the academy and the management of students. His name is Ouyang Ye. He loves to punish people by making them copy books. People nickname him "Ouyang Jiabei". Xiang Wenyuan has no idea how much suffering he has suffered from him.

Ouyang Ye's uncle was the current imperial tutor, a generation of imperial teacher, and his father worked in the Imperial Academy, and was often summoned by the emperor to the palace to discuss academic matters. Ouyang Ye's status in the entire Longchang Academy was second only to the headmaster, and even Xiang Wenyuan, a dandy with some power in his family, had to keep his tail between his legs when he saw Ouyang Ye.

Xiang Wenyuan gritted his teeth and smiled at Ouyang Ye: "Master Ouyang, we are discussing academic matters!"

As he said this, he pointed to the book in Ding Xiaoqiu's arms.

He originally thought that when Ouyang Ye heard that they were discussing academic matters, he would be very pleased, and might even praise them, but he would not punish them at all.

Unexpectedly, Ouyang Ye only glanced at the book and sneered, "Is this "Book of Songs" the subject that you can learn in Class C-D-2?"

It was obvious that Zhu Lan was also included in the words.

Ouyang Ye's face suddenly darkened. "You are still lying and arguing at such a young age! How can the atmosphere of Longchang Academy be allowed to be corrupted by people like you? Go back today and copy the entire text of The Analects ten times. Tomorrow morning, bring your parents to see me."

After saying this, he turned away.

"Lord Ouyang, wait a minute!" Zhu Lan took two steps forward and said loudly.

Hey, hey, hey, she doesn’t want to copy books!

Ouyang Ye stopped and looked displeased. If he heard any words asking him to show mercy, he would double the amount of copying!

Zhu Lan took the pages of the book that had just been sorted out from Ding Xiaoqiu's arms and handed them respectfully to Ouyang Ye.

"Just now, I and Senior Brother Ding were indeed discussing the chapters of the Book of Songs. This is Senior Brother Ding's textbook, with annotations on it. If you don't believe me, you can find Senior Brother Ding's homework and compare it with his handwriting to understand."

Ouyang Ye raised his eyelids and saw that although there were not many annotations on the pages, there were indeed some traces of circles and dots, which seemed that the owner of the book was indeed interested in studying.

"You guys didn't bring any manuscripts. How can you prove that you are discussing academic matters?" He glanced at Zhu Lan, Xiang Wenyuan and others.

"I don't know whether Senior Brother Xiang and the others were discussing academic matters. I only know that they and Senior Brother Ding were here before, and Senior Brother Ding's manuscript was destroyed like this." Zhu Lan replied with his eyes lowered.

She did not say that she saw Xiang Wenyuan tearing the book with her own eyes, but the facts she presented were enough for Ouyang Ye to associate the whole matter.

"Hey, what do you mean!" Xiang Wenyuan glared at Zhu Lan fiercely.

Ouyang Ye just glanced at him lightly, and Xiang Wenyuan immediately shrank his neck and dared not say anything more.

Zhu Lan continued, "As for the student, I came to discuss with Senior Brother Ding about the poem "Xiaoya·Xiangbo" in the Book of Songs."

"Oh?" Ouyang Ye's eyes became even colder, obviously he didn't believe it.

The atmosphere of Longchang Academy cannot be corrupted. In order to avoid punishment, this female student dared to lie again and again. Her behavior is even worse than those students in Class C.

He had even prepared the documents for Zhu Lan's expulsion from school in his mind.

Zhu Lan also guessed what Ouyang Ye was thinking at this moment. She slowly chanted:

"The luxuriant grass grows into a brocade. Those who slander others are really very bad!

"The South Mist is like a dustpan. Who will be my advisor to those who slander others?"

Ouyang Ye's eyebrows moved slightly, while Xiang Wenyuan and others opened their mouths in shock.

A student in the T-class has actually memorized the Book of Songs! ?

It must be fake, right?

In order to avoid being kicked out of the academy, these people have secretly worked so hard?

Ding Xiaoqiu's worldview also collapsed.

The strength of this batch of junior brothers and sisters... is so terrifying! ?

Amid the horrified gazes of the crowd, Zhu Lan calmly bowed to Ouyang Ye and asked, "I would like to ask Master Ouyang, does this article mean that we should not be the evildoers who spread rumors and stir up trouble?"

Ouyang Ye's expression was no longer as stern as before. He nodded and said, "You understand it well. The hateful thing about spreading rumors is that it kills people with words, but it is not a capital crime. The author was framed by slander, so he wrote this article to vent his resentment."

Zhu Lan straightened his back and looked at Ouyang Ye, neither humble nor arrogant, and said in a resounding voice:

"Then I would like to ask Master Ouyang, someone spread rumors in the academy and slandered Brother Ding as the son of a murderer. How should we deal with it?"