Chapter 103 The moral bottom line needs to be lowered
Qiao Yubai was so confused at this time, and he believed that Cui Lang and his team could not win because of a reason - he did not think that everyone in the team except him was a waste, but that Chang Miao's attack was really vicious, and it was really not something that normal people like them with a higher moral bottom line could deal with.
Furthermore, it is true that he is very good. Without him in the team, the loss is tragic and people are inevitably worried.
To sum up, Qiao Yubai thought about it again and again before concluding that the blue team had almost no chance of winning.
As good as he was, he quickly calmed down while watching Cui Lang gasping for breath.
At this moment, Qiao Yubai felt that this cane was most likely snatched away by Cui Lang.
That's why people run so breathlessly.
Qiao Yubai sighed and was about to persuade them to return the items when Cui Lang finally caught his breath and spoke: "Brother Qiao, we won! We won!"
The young man surnamed Hu, who was also running so hard that he had difficulty speaking, also said, "Yubai, not only did we win, we also helped you get revenge!"
Qiao Yubai was stunned when he heard this and subconsciously looked at Xi Zhiyuan, the most reliable of the three.
Xi Zhiyuan smiled and nodded at him: "That's right."
Qiao Yubai then opened his eyes wide and was about to ask more questions when Cui Lang said impatiently, "The three of us and Madam Chang beat Chang Miao so hard that he was bleeding and crying for his parents. He couldn't even get up!"
Xi Zhiyuan: “…”
It is really unnecessary to add the words 'the three of us' into this sentence.
"who?"
"Ningning?!"
"My sister hit Chang Miao?!" Chang Sui'an was shocked and stood up from the stool abruptly: "My sister didn't suffer any harm, did she? No one is bothering her! Where is she now!"
Cui Lang grinned and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Chang, Madam Chang is the one who fights on the field, just like Chang Miao and the others before, it's very rule-abiding... naturally no one dares to cause trouble!"
Qiao Yumian asked hurriedly: "But why did Ningning get on the field?"
Cui Lang hurriedly recounted the whole story.
From how Chang Suining came on the court as a substitute, how he beat Chang Miao violently, how he later revealed what Chang Miao had done to the ball stick and horse, and how Chang Miao was stripped of his status as a student and expelled from the Imperial College.
As he finished his last sentence, the huge medical hall fell into silence.
Qiao Yubai and the others were stunned by the shock. The doctor and two medicine boys in the hall listened attentively throughout the whole process, as if they were listening to a book, and had long dropped the work in their hands.
Finally, Chang Sui'an's voice broke the silence——
"Qiao Yubai...you did a great job!"
Qiao Yubai: “?”
Chang Sui'an was filled with remorse and regret, wishing he could beat his chest and stamp his feet: "If I hadn't sent you here, I would have missed such an important event!"
He once again missed such a big event as his sister hitting someone!
The last time he missed it was at Dayun Temple, but he was not present at all that time and lacked a sense of participation. This time was different. He witnessed the abominable behavior of Chang Miao and others in the first half.
As the saying goes, if you want to promote something, you must first suppress it. Unfortunately, he only saw the suppression and missed the promotion... He had been doing good deeds all his life. If he met a monk begging for alms on the road, he would give alms. If he saw an old farmer selling vegetables on the street on a rainy day, he would go up and buy all the vegetables without leaving any left. Why was he suffering such torture at this time?
Chang Sui'an suddenly felt wronged.
After failing to beat Zhou Ding up personally, this incident may become the second biggest regret in his life.
Qiao Yubai sighed: "I couldn't see it either, didn't I?"
Listening to the regretful voices of the two, Qiao Yumian's mood was relatively stable.
Anyway, no one can see whether she is there or not, so it feels quite balanced when I think about it this way.
And because she had been living and eating with Chang Suining these days, she usually stayed in the corridor to accompany Chang Suining when he practiced martial arts every day. When she heard that Ningning had beaten Chang Miao, apart from a moment's surprise, the rest of her feelings were all "Ningning's hard work in martial arts was not in vain", which was similar to the feeling of hard work in spring and a rich harvest in autumn.
Ningning is right, sweat will never let you down.
Seeing the frail-looking little girl secretly clenching her fists and pursing her lips, feeling quite excited, Cui Lang looked at her twice more in curiosity.
As soon as Wang heard Chang Suining coming on stage, she covered her mouth with her hands in surprise, and she hasn't put them down until now.
She couldn't help but think of the beginning of Juju. She asked Ningning if she still liked watching Juju. The girl nodded and replied that she had watched a few games.
So she suggested that Yubai should teach the little girl how to play cuckoo in the future.
Thinking of this, Wang looked at her son, who had been beaten and had a bandage wrapped around his head, and her eyes became increasingly indescribable.
Her proposal showed that she had a lack of understanding of her own son's abilities.
When Qiao Yubai was wondering why his mother looked at him with a hint of pity and disdain, he heard his sister explain the confusion to him.
"Mother originally wanted Ningning to learn how to play cuckoo from brother," Qiao Yumian said with a smile.
Qiao Yubai suddenly realized and said, "Oh!" "Then we should ask for help from someone else. We shouldn't delay Ningning..."
"There is no one better than you. Why does Madam Chang need someone to teach her?" Cui Lang was overwhelmed when he recalled the situation on the field at that time. "I would like to ask Madam Chang to be my teacher!"
He added, "Mrs. Chang's fighting style is very unusual and impressive! She must have learned it from General Chang and his men!"
Chang Sui'an was puzzled - to be honest, he had never seen his sister learn Juju from their father and others... Maybe this was a manifestation of his extraordinary talent?
At this time, the young man surnamed Hu whispered, "But as a man, it is not appropriate for Cui Liulang to become a disciple of Madam Chang alone, right?"
Cui Lang raised his eyebrows and looked towards him.
The young man said sincerely: "What I mean is, it would be better if you take me with you!"
When there are more people, everyone gets together to play and naturally seems to be more open and frank.
Qiao Yubai laughed and said, "You guys are thinking long-term. Ningning is very busy every day and I'm afraid she doesn't have time to take in a disciple."
As he spoke, he was somewhat puzzled: "But then again, according to what Cui Liulangjun just said, Ningning should have noticed that Changmiao had tampered with the ball stick and the horse when I was injured... Then why didn't she raise the question earlier and hand the matter over to the judge, but went to the trouble of pretending to be a substitute and fighting with Changmiao and the others?"
"If I bring it up too early, Chang Miao will be sent off immediately, so how can I have a chance to beat them?"
The girl's voice sounded, and it was Chang Suining who walked in.
"If we can't give them a good beating, then Brother Yubai's loss will be in vain, right?" She had changed back into a clean skirt and said as she walked over, "Brother Yubai is good in every way, except that he is too upright."
There is nothing wrong with being honest, but if you go too far, not only will you suffer losses, but your thinking will be limited and it will not be conducive to expanding your ideas. Otherwise, with a smart mind like his, how could he not figure out the reason why she put up evidence of Chang Miao's evil deeds afterwards? To put it bluntly, in his moral cognition, she would not do anything to get the person first.
Meeting those eyes that clearly stated "Brother, your moral bottom line needs to be lowered", Qiao Yubai's eyes were shocked, and the solid wall in his heart seemed to be pierced.
"Ningning, you hit the nail on the head!" Qiao Jijiu, who was also here, stepped into the hall and looked at his son's miserable appearance. He sighed and said, "I told you a long time ago that you should be flexible in doing things... If you had a little bit of crooked thoughts, why would you be beaten like this? Have you learned your lesson from what happened today?"
"You should learn from Ningning. The so-called moral education also needs to be treated accordingly. If you encounter high situations, you should be high, and if you encounter low situations, you should be lower. Only by being flexible can you suffer less losses! Ningning did a great job in this regard today!"
"..."Chang Suining felt that this was not entirely true.
There is nothing wrong with the truth in this statement, but the mistake is in the bottom line of moral education. She is not flexible, but she simply does not have the ability to adapt.
As for whether this was totally inconsistent with the way of a gentleman, and whether it would lead the students nearby astray - she felt that it was expected that they would be led astray. After all, she had already said that letting Qiao Yang be the chief academic officer of the Imperial College would inevitably mislead the students.
Qiao Yubai has fallen into deep thought.
Cui Lang and others couldn't help but nodded.
The chief priest has given me some special lessons. This is knowledge that cannot be learned from books. I have to write it down in my mind in a booklet.
Qiao Yubai's injury had been properly treated and bandaged. The doctor told him to rest for at least half a month. He also said that it was fortunate that his arm was straightened in time, otherwise if he was not careful, it would not be as simple as resting for half a month.
Qiao Yubai thanked the doctor and looked at Chang Suining gratefully: "Ningning, I am grateful for having you here today."
Both his injury and the game as a whole.
Chang Suining: "It's also thanks to Brother Yubai..."
Qiao Yubai was puzzled.
"Only then can I have the opportunity to show off in front of others."
Qiao Yubai couldn't help but laugh.
Qiao Yumian couldn't help but smile. She was born with a pair of small canine teeth, and this smile suddenly added a lively air to her delicate and quiet face.
Cui Lang took a casual glance and was stunned for no reason.
At this moment, the room, which was originally filled with dim twilight, suddenly brightened. Cui Lang was startled and came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream.
He looked over and saw that it was the doctor who had asked the medicine boy to light the lamp.
"It's time to go back." Wang said with a smile.
Qiao Yumian stretched out a hand and handed it to the maid beside her.
Accompanied by a maid, the slightly frail figure left the medical hall step by step.
As Qiao Jijiu and the others left, Yihu also urged her husband: "Madam is still waiting for you outside the Imperial College."
The Dragon Boat Festival is three days away. Starting from tomorrow, the Imperial College will be closed for five days. Students near the capital can return home tonight to reunite with their families.
Cui Lang seemed not to hear Yihu's urging, and turned to ask the doctor curiously: "Is the Qiao family's wife's eye disease incurable?"
The healer sighed and shook his head: "It was caused by an injury many years ago..."
Cui Lang turned his head and looked in the direction where Qiao Yumian left the hall.
"It's quite pitiful."
…
Cui Lang, Xi Zhiyuan and several substitutes from the blue team agreed to meet at Tai Tower for a celebratory banquet three days later, and then left the Imperial College.
On the way, he asked Yihu, "Has my eldest brother left?"
"I haven't seen Dalangjun for a long time... I guess he has returned to Xuan Ce Mansion?"
Cui Lang thought about it and realized: "Brother, you are so busy with official duties, but you took time out today to come and watch me play football. I guess you must have missed a lot of official duties, so you must be busy now... Brother, you won't have to deal with official duties all night, right?"
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel more moved, and felt that my elder brother had given so much for me.
On the other side, after Xi Zhiyuan separated from the young man surnamed Hu, he took the book boy back to the dormitory of the students.
He came from the distant Dongluo Kingdom. Since he came to Dasheng to study at the age of twelve, he has never returned.
The master and servant exchanged a few words in Dongluo, and their figures slowly disappeared into the rising night.
After the two walked away, two figures appeared from behind the rockery beside the path.
"Grand Commander, can you understand what they were saying just now?" Yuan Xiang asked in a low voice.
Cui Jing looked in the direction where the master and servant left: "It was just a normal conversation."
He had been on the march for many years and had come into contact with the Dongluo people. He could roughly understand some Dongluo language. Just now, the master and servant were merely talking about the entertainment during the five-day holiday.
Yuan Xiang then asked, "Do you think this person is unusual?"
The Grand Commander came here today not just to watch Cui Liulang play cuckoo, but to personally visit this Dongluo student.
Cui Jing walked back and said without comment: "Let someone secretly watch first, remember to be careful."
"Yes." Yuan Xiang responded seriously and asked, "Should we report this to the Saint?"
Although the Grand Commander accidentally noticed the suspicious matter and it was not instructed by the Saint, if it is really as the Grand Commander guessed, we must not take it lightly.
Cui Jing: “Not for now.”
Yuanxiang agreed again.
The only person he was loyal to was Cui Jing, and he never questioned the arrangements made by his own governor. Since the governor said that there was no need to report this to the emperor for the time being, he had to avoid the emperor's eyes and ears when arranging this matter.
The two walked out of the path and were about to leave the Imperial College, but they met Yao Yi halfway.
"General Cui." Yao Yi raised his hand and saluted.
Cui Jing nodded slightly.
Yao Yi looked at the young man who was cold and indifferent to others, and had the unruly temperament that was unique to the Cui family. He knew that this general of the Xuan Ce Army, who came from a noble family, was notoriously difficult to approach and get along with.
But due to the situation at the moment, he couldn't care less.
Yao Yi bravely invited him with a smile, "General Cui hasn't returned yet so late, why don't you go to Qiao Jijiu's place with me for a drink?"
Cui Jing: "It's late now. It might be inappropriate to disturb you hastily."
Yao Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't bother me, Minister Wei is here too!"
In other words, someone has already had the nerve to disturb, so the two of them won't make a difference.
It was just that Minister Wei ran too fast, and he was being pestered by his colleagues and couldn't get away. If he wanted to go over now, he was afraid that he would attract too much attention alone, so he urgently needed to find someone to accompany him.
Yuan Xiang glanced at Yao Yi secretly.
It would be better if Yao Tingwei didn't mention Minister Wei...
As expected, when Cui Jing heard that Wei Shuyi was also there, he immediately refused more thoroughly. However, as the Minister of the Dali Temple, Yao Yi was good at judging cases based on details. At this time, he saw Cui Jing's slight look of disdain and thought to himself, "Oh no—"
In this critical moment, the careful and courageous Yao Tingwei grabbed the other person's arm before Cui Jing could speak, and dragged him forward -
He was so enthusiastic that he didn't intend to leave any way out for the other party: "Let's go, let's go, if you don't go now, you will miss the hot meal!"
It’s the third day since I asked for the monthly ticket. If I don’t ask, you won’t give it to me? Woohoo, I’m crying on the ground (End of this chapter)
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