The happy life of the devil and the devil

"Do you know what's wrong?"

Eight little radish heads lined up high and low. In front of the eight of them, Yuen Long, the shortest, stood alone, his little face flushed red, his hands sticking straight to his legs, not daring to pull his clothes, let alone Dare to rub the corner of the clothes.Hearing Ling Yucheng's question, he raised his head quickly, met Ling Yucheng's awe-inspiring gaze, and immediately lowered his head as if electrocuted.

Brought this group of lawless brats back to the barracks, no matter how much they winked, Ling Yucheng ordered to eat without asking.Usually Yuen Long always chatted and laughed in front of Ling Yucheng, but seeing his expression was not right at this time, he didn't dare to say a word, the meal was completely silent.After the meal was finished, Ling Yucheng washed up a group of small beans, and then Ling Yucheng dragged him to the courtyard and stood there, with a straight face, and asked him a question.

On the edge of the atrium, two rows of black-clothed soldiers stood straight, and the torches shone so brightly that the courtyard was as bright as day.In the light crackling sound, the aroma of pine branches diffused in the night wind, adding a bit of seclusion between the mountains and fields to the chilling military camp.

Yuen Long did not feel relaxed at all.Under the beating firelight, Master's face was never more serious. Even when he entered the palace last year to kill people in the palace, and when he encountered a solar eclipse this year, Master's eyes on him were never so cold—but This bit of coldness is nothing compared to the peace of mind when seeing the master is safe.

When he saw his master rushing up to meet the running bull, and then being knocked back again and again by the bull wrapped in flames, the moment of panic made him want to rush forward--

"Master, I was wrong..." He groaned.As soon as the words of apology came out, the fear of witnessing that scene just now flooded out like a flood:

"I shouldn't be playing with fire bulls... I almost killed Master..."

There was a small exclamation behind him, and immediately, someone knelt down with a plop.

"My lord!" It was Shen Zeyu who came up with the idea. Under the light of the torch, he was sweating profusely, but he was shivering in the autumn wind:

"My lord, it was my idea to play with the fire bull, please don't blame the master!"

"My lord, I lit the fire..."

"I asked the shepherd boy to bring the cow over..."

"it's me……"

The eight children fell to their knees with a plop, chattering all over the place, each taking responsibility for themselves.Ling Yucheng didn't even look at them, he just stared at Yuen Long, his voice was unhurried, revealing an irrefutable force:

"You are the master, and all of them are your companions. Whether it's their idea that you nodded, or you couldn't control them and let them mess around, I'll just ask you one question—do you have any objections?"

"Report to Master, no!"

"Okay. Go on. You said you shouldn't play with fire bulls. Why?"

"..."

"I read the book quite well, and I know that Huoxenzhen said so. What is said in the book, can you still memorize it?"

The lectures of the teachers in the school are different from Ling Yucheng's. They don't just tell a story.Of course, repeating the lesson taught two days ago is not a problem. Now that Ling Yucheng asked about it, Yuan Long raised his head and recited it aloud without even thinking about it:

"Tian Dan collected more than a thousand cattle from the city, and made them into crimson silk clothes, painted with colorful dragon characters, tied weapons to their horns, poured fat and bundled reeds on their tails, and burned their ends..."

The child's clear voice echoed in the night wind, Ling Yucheng's face was serious, and he listened intently.At the beginning, Yuen Long was still fluent in reciting, but his utterance gradually became more and more difficult, and his voice became smaller and smaller: "Dozens of holes were dug into the city, and the cattle were ridden at night, followed by 5000 strong men. The oxtail was hot, and he rushed to the Yan army in anger. Shocked. The oxtail torch is showing off brightly, and the Yan army regards it as dragon text, and what it touches...everything it touches..."

"What's the next sentence?"

"All the casualties! Master, I was wrong - I shouldn't have played with the Fire Bull Formation..."

"What do you mean by dying?"

"It's... the person who was touched by the fire bull was either dead or injured..."

"Do you know that if Master wasn't here just now, the ordinary guards who came to pick you up, how many of them would die?" Ling Yucheng's voice was still calm, but Yuen Long's head was lower and lower, almost buried in the ground go to:

"Do you know how many people would die in the village if these cows were not sent to the village by soldiers? Do you know that even if a cow rushed towards you when you lit the fire? , what will happen to you children? ——It’s just talking on paper, but at least think about what it says in the book!"

"Master, I will never dare again..."

Being said in such a sentence, the little guy's tears rolled in his eyes, and he sucked his nose vigorously, but he didn't dare to let a tear fall to the ground.Ling Yucheng sighed, softened his voice and told him to come forward, and patted his little head:

"Hand out."

"Master?!"

Under the light of the fire, what is clearly visible in front of my eyes is a ring ruler, about an inch wide, with a long handle. There is no pattern on the dark ruler, and I don't know where it came out of.Yuen Lang reflexively retracted his half-extended right hand behind his back, and looked at Ling Yucheng timidly. Seeing that he was neither angry nor angry, but clearly had no intention of bargaining, he had to bite his lip and slowly stretched out his hand again. , flatly spread out in front of Ling Yucheng.

"I don't know much about it, I act recklessly, I put myself, my companions, and others in danger, but luckily it didn't cause any serious disaster. Do you have any objection to fine you twenty rulers?"

"No……"

"Speak up, I can't hear you!"

"Report to Master, no!"

"Snapped!"

Before the sound of answering disappeared, the ruler had already dropped down suddenly.It was as if a red soldering iron had stabbed the palm of his hand, and the glaring red marks immediately protruded.Yuen Long's whole body shook, and before he could shake his hands or scream, a deep voice of order came from above his head:

"Stand up straight! Don't scream, don't cry!"

"Snapped!"

"...the left hand!"

Twenty rulers seem to be as long as a lifetime. First, the flames were burning, and then thousands of arrows gathered in the heart. When the ruler was finally taken back, Yuen Long couldn't even feel the pain. He could only see the palms of his hands were swollen. At least double, so shiny that I dare not even move my fingers.There was a faint salty taste on the tip of his tongue, but it was he who endured the pain just now and dared not make a sound, biting his lower lip until it was torn apart.

Contrary to the usual after scolding him, the master didn't immediately hug him to comfort him, but put his hand on his shoulder, pushing him to turn in one direction.In front of him, the eight companions still knelt and did not dare to stand up, one by one looking up at his little faces, either flushed or pale.

"You are my disciple, I only ask you, and I only punish you. As for your companion, you should be punished or pardoned, and you should deal with it yourself!"

Yuen Long's breathing suddenly became rapid.

Master stood behind, couldn't see his face, and even took back the hands on his shoulders.The eight companions knelt in a row in front of them, and on the left and right sides, soldiers in black and armor stood there holding torches, as silent as rocks on a mountain.

Nobody gave him a cue, not a frown or a smile, to tell him what was the right thing to do now.

Yuen Long only felt that the palms of his hands were sticky and greasy. The palms that were red, swollen and hot just now seemed to be sweating uncontrollably.

Being scolded, punished, or even beaten as a companion, he has become accustomed to it for more than half a year.Doing poorly in homework, being distracted while listening to the teacher's lecture, or being naughty and prank... All kinds of reasons are reasons for being punished.Being reprimanded, standing, copying books, running circles, until being hit by a ruler... Although it was the first time for him to be punished, he had experienced it countless times as a bystander.

However, no one ever asked for his opinion, and even when he pleaded, no one paid attention.

There is a husband who controls the companions, and the people who serve around him include the female officer in charge of the palace and the chief eunuch.Although he is a prince, at the age of five, all he has to do is manage himself well and obey the adults' teachings.He also envied the majesty of the husband and wife when they gave orders, but he never thought that it would be so difficult to make the decision of punishment by himself...

The palm involuntarily wanted to clenched into a fist, and as soon as he moved, the burning pain reminded him of the ruler he had just touched.Yuen Long took a deep breath, exhaled, inhaled again, and when he exhaled slowly again, his flustered mood was like throwing a boulder into the water, and once he stopped stirring, he calmed down minute by minute.

Master said: When encountering anything, be calm and flustered. It will do no good except make you do wrong things.

Master said: When facing your subordinates, even if you don't know what to do, you can't let them see that you don't know what to do.

Master said: raise your head, look at them squarely, don't look away, don't change your face.Once your guilty conscience is seen, even if what you say is right, someone will refute or doubt you.

Master said, if you don't know what face to show is right, then don't show them any face.Calmness will become unpredictable in the eyes of the people below, so that they can't see what you are thinking, and they will instinctively respect you.

One thousand and ten thousand wanted to turn their heads to see Master's face, but Yuen Long forced himself to face forward, holding his head high.

"Yuan Teng, Dalutie, A Qiang, Shen Zeyu..." From left to right, he called the names of his companions one by one.With a steady tone and a serene attitude:

"Do you know where your mistakes are? Start with you and tell them one by one!"

That's what Master asked just now, sir, female officer, every time before punishment, you always ask this question.Looking away, every little head was buried low, not daring to look at him.

"Reporting to the master, I did not persuade the master, but set fire to the cow with the master..."

"Report to master, I asked them to bring the cow over..."

"Reporting to master, I shouldn't have come up with this idea..."

Regardless of whether it was because the master was standing behind, or because the ruler had really calmed them down just now, the accompanying readers no longer dared to rush to talk, but answered one after another in a well-behaved manner.When it came to the last one, Bu Ming, who was the youngest and usually the most honest, he thought about it, but couldn't figure out where he was wrong. After a long time, he could only mutter:

"I, I didn't do anything..."

Although the occasion was really wrong, Yuen Long almost laughed out loud.As soon as the corner of his mouth moved, he held back immediately. Fortunately, the accompanying readers all lowered their heads, and no one saw him lose his composure.Yuen Long took a deep breath and said in a deep voice again:

"No matter what you did or didn't do, we played with the Fire Bull, and we made troubles together. You are all my companions. If I am good, you are also good; if I am not good, neither of you is good No."

In the night wind, I felt that my voice was trembling when I heard it, but it became more and more stable as I spoke.I have heard these words more than once from my father, master and gentlemen, but only when I said them personally today, did I suddenly understand the meaning of them.

They are all their own people.In the eyes of outsiders, they are firstly "accompanied by the Eleven Princes", and then Yuan Teng, Da Lutie, A Qiang, Shen Zeyu...

"So today, I don't ask whose fault is the biggest and whose fault is the smallest. I received twenty feet, and you are the same as me, no more, no less. Do you have any objections?"

"No..." The low, shivering voice was like bushes in the dark, bowing their heads one by one in the night wind.

"Louder, I can't hear you!" Taking a step forward, Yuan Lang imitated Ling Yucheng's previous appearance, and shouted out with all his strength and with a stern voice.

"no!"

"no!"

"Report to master, no!"

The answering voice immediately became louder.Yuen Long exhaled lightly, and suddenly felt his hands go limp.Knowing that he must not show weakness at this time, he squeezed his fist hard, straightened his back through the tingling pain in his palm, and reached for the ruler held by the guard beside him.It felt heavy when I got it in my hand, and I knew that I would not be able to swing it, let alone twenty notes by myself.I had no choice but to hold it in my hand, turn around and look up at the master who was looking down at me.

"Master..."

"it is good."

Before he could finish speaking, Ling Yucheng had already raised his face to the side.Immediately, a guard rushed forward, took the ruler, and bowed beside him.Yuan Long turned around under Ling Yucheng's signal, seeing that the guard was clearly waiting for his order, he was stunned for a moment, and then nodded heavily.

Twenty ring feet per person.With Yuen Long's previous example, those eight children who were older than him really stood up straight, and no one dared to scream, let alone cry.Yuen Long also stood there quietly watching, from beginning to end, he didn't look away.

It's just children, and the guards who executed the sentence didn't dare to beat them too hard. At least everyone walked up to thank them by themselves after being punished.However, Yuen Long felt that standing here and watching his companion being blamed was even more unbearable than watching his master kill the palace servants in front of his rolling stick a year ago.

Seeing his companions all pale, with tears in their eyes but not daring to make a sound, Yuen Long felt that those rulers seemed to be hitting him all at once——

After finally getting the punishment, as soon as he entered the bedroom, before the guard came back to wash his hands with cold water, he shrank into Ling Yucheng's arms exhaustedly.

The author has something to say: Playing with such a dangerous thing, even a parent would beat up a brat

But let Tuanzi deal with his companion... Xiaoling said, who told you that you belonged to the master?

Xiao Ling: For children, when the scars are healed and the pain is forgotten, what is it like to beat the palms of your hands?

The goal is to tell him to learn enough lessons once and remember...