Chapter 25 Punishment

We have been waiting for quite some time. According to Wei Zhaoxian's pace, he should have arrived long ago.

"Go and see where the general has gone to?" Madam Wei said to Jinxiu, tightening her grip on the handkerchief. "Or...did he go to Shen Shilang's residence first?"

"Yes." Jinxiu responded and hurried out.

Madam Wei held the door frame with one hand, unconsciously exerting more force, "This Shen Shilang is usually silent, and he doesn't say much when he is wronged. I thought he was a man of measure. I didn't expect that he was holding back such a big thing!"

If Shen Shilang had not said this time that he would never allow anyone to exorcise the ghost, and had not actually started fighting, causing such a big fuss, how could so many things have been involved?

At this time, Jinxiu came back in a hurry.

As she approached, Mrs. Wei saw the panic on Jinxiu's face.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Wei asked nervously.

Jinxiu rushed to Madam Wei and whispered, "The general and the eldest son went directly to the ancestral hall."

Mrs. Wei almost fell to the ground due to her weak legs, but was supported by Jinxiu in time.

"He is going directly to find Jianming and Ruyan!" Mrs. Wei did not expect that Wei Zhaoxian did not go to see Shen Shilang first, nor did he come here to find her first, but went directly to the ancestral hall.

Do we have to kill Wei Jianming and Wei Ruyan directly?

"Hurry! Hurry to the ancestral hall!" Mrs. Wei hurried to the ancestral hall with the support of Jinxiu.

When I was almost at the ancestral hall, I could hear the cries of Wei Jianming and Wei Ruyan before I saw anyone.

"Father, Father, we know we are wrong! Father, don't do that! Father!" Wei Jianming shouted.

"Father, my second brother... my second brother still has to take part in the provincial examination! You can't hit him!" Wei Ruyan cried, "Father, we were wrong, we won't do it again, please forgive us this time!"

"Hurry!" Mrs. Wei hurriedly grabbed Jinxiu and quickened her pace.

"General!"

When Madam Wei entered the courtyard of the ancestral hall, she saw Wei Jianming and Wei Ruyan tied up and lying on the ground, unable to get up.

Wei Jianming is fine, after all, he is a man.

But Wei Ruyan is a girl, and being tied up and lying on the ground like this, if it gets out, will her reputation be ruined! Even in the mansion, it will be a disgrace! "General!" Madam Wei hurried in, "General, the two of them have realized their mistakes."

When she got closer, Mrs. Wei saw that Wei Zhaoxian was holding a whip in his hand.

"General, what are you...what are you going to do?" Mrs. Wei asked in panic.

Wei Zhaoxian suppressed his anger and said, "I will beat them the same way they beat Shi Lang!"

"General!" Madam Wei grabbed Wei Zhaoxian's hand, "In ten days, Jianming will take the provincial examination. You can't hit him. How can he take the examination?"

"If he can't do well, why take the exam?" Wei Zhaoxian said, "Even if he passes, he will be an official who harms the village!"

"General, they really know they are wrong!" Madam Wei said, "And...and Ruyan is a girl, she can't have scars on her body!"

"Get out of the way!" Wei Zhaoxian said in a deep voice.

Madam Wei stood in front of Wei Jianming and Wei Ruyan, "General, if you want to hit them, hit me first!"

Wei Zhaoxian laughed angrily, "Your own child was already threatening to die before you even beat him. But your child beat up someone else's child, and you were indifferent!"

"When I came back before, Shi Lang didn't say anything, and you didn't say anything either." Wei Zhaoxian's eyes turned red with anger, "I trusted you so much, and handed over all the affairs of the mansion to you, and handed over Shi Lang to you, but this is how you treat him?"

"I dare not even think about it. It's just that I failed to hide it this time and was caught by Jianlang. How many dirty things have you done before?" Wei Zhaoxian said angrily, "How dare you stop me!"

"Pull the lady away!" Wei Zhaoxian ordered, "I won't hit you any more. I will hit you the same number of times as you hit Shi Lang that day!"

"No! General!" Madam Wei was pulled away and could not step forward to protect them. She could only cry and beg, "It's my fault that I didn't take good care of the mansion and didn't manage them well. If you want to hit them, hit me! General, you can't hit them! Jianming still has to take the imperial examinations, and Ruyan is a girl. She can't bear the whip!"

Wei Zhaoxian didn't listen at all. He whipped Wei Jianming and Wei Ruyan together.

"ah!"

Wei Jianming and Wei Ruyan screamed at the same time.

Wei Ruyan screamed loudly and shrilly, and she felt a burning pain in her back that pierced her bone marrow.

She didn't know if her back was already torn apart, but this one blow was enough to make her feel so painful that she almost fainted and couldn't stop screaming.

But last time, when Shen Shilang was beaten, he clearly didn't make a sound.

Why…why is it so painful! Wei Jianming was howling beside him, shouting, "Mother! Save me, mother! Ah!"

Halfway through his words, another whip came down.

Wei Ruyan was a noble lady who normally didn't have the strength to walk more than a few steps. After being whipped three times, she fainted.

"Carry your girl back." Wei Zhaoxian said coldly.

Wei Ruyan's maid hurriedly helped Wei Ruyan to the stretcher that had been prepared long ago, and the servant carried the stretcher away.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

Wei Zhaoxian whipped Wei Jianming again and continued to beat him.

"General, we can't fight anymore!" Mrs. Wei cried, "If we continue to fight, how will he take the exam?"

While beating him, Wei Zhaoxian said, "After Shi Lang was whipped by them, he was still able to exchange martial arts with me the next day. How could he not be beaten? If his injury cannot be healed in the exam in ten days, then he should not participate!"

Wei Jianming thought of Wei Ruyan who had fainted and been taken away, and quickly closed his eyes and pretended to faint.

Wei Zhaoxian snorted coldly and whipped him again.

"Ah!" Wei Jianming screamed in pain.

"Idiot!" Wei Zhaoxian became more and more angry. "He fainted and won't scream no matter how hard you hit him."

"Father, I was wrong, father!" Wei Jianming could only cry and beg for mercy, tears streaming down his face. "Brother, brother, please save me, please save me! Ah!"

"I will be beaten to death, mother! Brother!" Wei Jianming cried.

After the tenth beating, Wei Jianming finally fainted.

This time I'm not pretending.

"We still need ten more lashes." Wei Zhaoxian said, "Throw it on him to wake him up."

Only then did Mrs. Wei notice that there was a bucket on the ground not far away.

Wei Zhaoxian ordered his men to prepare everything.

He knew too well how useless Wei Jianming was. He knew he couldn't hold on for long and would definitely faint halfway.

Wei Zhaoxian was determined to fight to the fullest.

Madam Wei collapsed to the ground, muttering, "Why...why..."

Just for Shen Shilang?

Mrs. Wei felt regretful and resentful.

What he regretted was that he did not stop Wei Jianming from attacking Shen Shilang in time, and what he hated was Shen Shilang.

Wei Zhaoxian stopped whipping and said, "This will teach you a lesson so you won't dare to attack Shi Lang again."

(End of this chapter)