"Tang girl, tell us. What on earth have you done?"
Hearing the old man's words, Tang Youyou put on an innocent look and walked towards the two of them eagerly.
She glanced at the debris on the ground and the empty wine bottle in front of the old man, then raised her eyes to meet his gaze.
With a mischievous smile on her face, she said, "Master, don't you think some of this is your masterpiece?"
Hearing this, the old man turned to look at her and suddenly said, "What are you talking nonsense about? What masterpiece of mine? I don't understand what you're saying."
Seeing that the old man was still pretending to be confused, Tang Youyou just shrugged and sneered, "It's because Master wanted to drink some wine from Hongbinlou that your disciple rushed there non - stop to buy it..."
As she was speaking, a look of grievance appeared on Tang Youyou's face, and finally she shed tears.
Seeing this, the old man immediately swallowed back the words on the tip of his tongue. "All right, all right. Don't be so rude in front of the Grand Elder. We'll talk about this in private."
Hearing this, Tang Youyou immediately held back her tears and put on an annoying smile. "Okay. Since it's Master's order, your disciple will surely obey. Master, go ahead and do your own thing. Your disciple will take her leave."
Since she had an appointment today, she couldn't waste any more time here.
After getting the old man's permission, she naturally acted more generously. She quickly went into the woods behind the schoolhouse. There she saw Xiao Jiu and Chu Shi had been waiting for a long time.
Seeing Tang Youyou come back, Chu Shi immediately opened the fan in his hand and said leisurely, "Young Master Tang finally shows up. We thought we were going to be stood up by Young Master Tang today."
Hearing this, Tang Youyou briefly told them what had happened last night and today. After hearing her words, Chu Shi's expression changed from envy to shock.
He counted Tang Youyou's "crimes" one by one on his fingers. "Staying out overnight, bringing and drinking wine, fighting, and killing within the sect. You've only just come here, and you've already violated four rules at once! Brother Tang is really amazing!"
After Chu Shi's analysis, Tang Youyou also seemed to realize something was wrong. She said embarrassedly, "Is it really as serious as you said? But I've never heard of these rules..."
"These rules were already taught in class. It's just that Brother Tang didn't come to class at that time, so Brother Tang is innocent because of ignorance. I'm sure the elders won't punish you for this."
Although it was said like this, the final result still needed to be decided by those old - fashioned people. So there were some things that they, as juniors, could never anticipate.
So, Tang Youyou simply gave up and said indifferently, "It doesn't matter. Even if they want to punish me, I'll accept it. But I wasn't the only one fighting that day. If they handle this fairly, they can't let anyone off."
Hearing this, Chu Shi instinctively shrank his head. He said helplessly, "Brother Tang, save your breath. If the person you met last night was Lan Yuan, then you'd better just accept your fate. It's already a great kindness that he didn't take you directly to the ancestral hall for punishment."
Just as he finished speaking, Tang Youyou heard footsteps in the distance. She saw a person walking towards them.
After seeing clearly who this person was, Tang Youyou immediately hid behind the two of them. "When he comes, you must help me cover up. Don't let him catch me."
She whispered, but saw the person stop in front of the three of them.
"Tang Wuxie, you have to go back to the library to start copying the things you were punished to copy from today on. You can't come out until you've finished copying."
His words were very cold, making the three of them shiver. They always felt that getting close to this person would make them feel cold all over. He was simply a living ice block!
Hearing this, Tang Youyou immediately retorted, "When did I have to copy? I don't know about this. Moreover, if I go to the library, who will take care of the Fourth Elder? He's already so old. I'm really worried about him."
Tang Youyou said this as if it were a matter of course, but the man then said, "Do you think I came here just to listen to what you said?"
She asked in confusion, "Then why did you come to me? Could it be that Young Master Lan is just bored?"
They heard him say, "This was decided by all the elders, so you have to go to the library with me now."
Since things had come to this, Tang Youyou didn't refuse anymore. Before leaving with this man, she didn't forget to give the two of them a reassuring look.
Before leaving, she whispered, "Don't worry. I won't cause any trouble this time. I'll surely come back safely."
Not long after, Tang Youyou followed Lan Yuan to the library. The library was filled with a sea of books. In the middle of the many bookshelves, there was a wooden table, on which a complete set of The Family Rules of Qingyun was placed.
This must have been specially prepared for her by those old men...
She followed Lan Yuan and finally sat quietly in front of the wooden table. She quietly picked up the writing brush beside her and started writing word by word.
Not long after, she had copied half of the book. At this moment, the person sitting opposite her didn't even spare her a single extra glance.
Seeing this, she deliberately shook her hand and said with a smile, "Young Master Lan, you can see that I'm really struggling to write. So I simply don't have the energy to copy anymore. Can we stop here today?"
Hearing this, the man slightly raised his head and met Tang Youyou's eyes. She instantly shivered.
They heard him say calmly, "No. The elders specifically instructed that even if you don't want to write, you have to be forced to. If you're really tired, you can rest here and then continue writing."
This wasn't an instruction at all. It was simply solitary confinement! In modern times, this would be half of an imprisonment!
However, in this place, she couldn't get any help. She could only endure this humiliation aggrievedly. There was no other way.
So, she sat back down on the seat, sitting in a disorderly way without any courtesy...
She didn't know how long she had been copying. The sky outside had changed from bright to dark. It was only at this moment that Tang Youyou finally finished copying the first complete time.
When Tang Youyou carefully handed the thing she had copied with great effort to him, she already had thick dark circles under her eyes.
"Young Master Lan, please take a look. If there's no problem, I'll go and rest first. Can I come back to copy tomorrow?"
Hearing this, the person in front of her took the document she had handed over. He saw that the words on it were densely packed. The handwriting was as ugly as a dog's scratches and was really hard to look at.