The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Chapter 535

The Dou Mu Temple is very large, and Dou Mu Yuanjun is enshrined in the main hall.

This is Pan Yun's third time here. The first time was when she first came to the academy and wandered here with Miao Zhenmiao to get familiar with the environment.
The second time was because it was her birthday on the ninth day of September, and all the people in the academy came here to chant sutras and perform rituals.

This is the third time.

Although students can come and go freely here, usually it is the teachers and senior students who chant scriptures and practice here. Out of the poor student mentality of staying away from teachers and excellent senior students, Pan Yun and his classmates usually stay as far away from them as possible.

Pan Yun is not a bad student, but she is a school bully and doesn't like dealing with teachers.

Pan Yun raised his head and stared at Dou Mu Yuan Jun for a while.

She looked kindly, with her eyes lowered, and stared at Pan Jun steadily. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and her face was full of kindness. She looked at Pan Jun as if she was looking at her own child.

Pan Jun let out a breath, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up. He lowered his eyes and bowed three times respectfully with his hands clasped.

When she stood up straight, a voice came from behind the statue of Dou Mu Yuan Jun: "Come in."

Pan Yun walked around the statue of Dou Mu Yuan Jun with his hands down, and there was a door behind it.

She pushed it open and saw a training hall inside.

The space was open, with six rows of cushions placed on the ground and a platform about half a meter high in the front. Sunlight pouring in from the high windows on both sides was shining on the platform.

In the sunlight, there was a man sitting cross-legged on the high platform. Because the sunlight was too dazzling, Pan Jun could not see his face clearly for a moment.

But she knew that it was Master Zhang.

Pan Yun walked forward, and when he got closer he felt something was wrong. He turned his head suddenly and found that there were two people sitting on the cushion under the platform.

Because her attention was drawn to the people on the platform, she didn't notice them for a moment.

Pan Yun, who was calm and composed, had a thin layer of sweat on her back. She suppressed her sudden and intense heartbeat.

The two people in the audience stood up and stood sideways.

Zhang Liuzhen smiled at Pan Yun and nodded slightly as a greeting.

Pan Jun curled the corner of his mouth at him, his eyes quickly swept from Zhang Ziwang beside him, looked at Zhang Zhenren above again, stepped forward to salute and greet.

Master Zhang looked quite young, not at all like a man in his fifties, but more like he was in his thirties. Naturally, he did not look like Zhang Liuzhen's father at all, but more like his brother.

But the two of them do look alike.

Master Zhang is very handsome. Looking at him, Pan Jun feels that Zhang Liuzhen will probably look like this when he gets old.

He was a handsome guy when he was young, and he is an old handsome guy when he is old.

but……

Pan Jun looked at Master Zhang, then at Zhang Liuzhen, and couldn't help raising her eyebrows. She found that Master Zhang had a cold face, while Zhang Liuzhen had a gentle face. The temperaments of the father and son were completely different.

Zhang Ziwang frowned, thinking she was very rude, and coughed heavily. Pan Yun immediately withdrew his gaze, half-lowered his eyes, and saluted again, "Master, I wonder why you called me here?"

Master Zhang didn't mind Pan Yun's scrutiny. His face was still cold, but his voice was gentle: "I have three things to remind you."

Pan Yun pretended to listen carefully.

Master Zhang nodded slightly, pointed at Zhang Ziwang and said, "Last year, he did something wrong, so I punished him. Thirty thunder whips, to be completed in thirty days, and a one-year salary deduction. Do you have any objection?"

Pan Jun looked up in surprise: "Thunder Whip?"

Master Zhang nodded.

The thunder whip was more severe than her being put in solitary confinement in the mountains. Her eldest nephew had warned her before she enrolled in school. The academy manual also said that the thunder whip punishment would not only damage the meridians, but in serious cases it could also harm the soul.

This punishment is indeed severe enough.

Pan Yun's mind raced, but he still pleaded for Zhang Ziwang: "Master, what happened last year is in the past, I don't mind it anymore. If Dean Zhang is beaten with thirty thunder whips, I'm afraid he won't even be able to attend the class. It would be bad if it delays the students, so please spare him the thunder whip punishment."

Zhang Zhenren asked directly: "If you don't mind, why did you threaten Zhang Zifang to arrange for Tao Yanbai to live in Fengqiyuan?"

Pan Yun already understood that this immortal was not a respectable man who would beat around the bush. He liked to be straightforward. Pan Yun, who had just returned from a fight with the imperial court, was unable to adapt to the situation for a while.

But she soon became excited, she liked this kind of person.

So she quickly changed her strategy, raised her head and grinned at Master Zhang: "I do want to force the academy to punish Dean Zhang and enforce the academy's rules. You can punish Dean Zhang, but thirty thunder whips is indeed too much."

Master Zhang said: "If it is not strict, it will not be enough to shock people."

Zhang Ziwang immediately knelt down and said, "Disciple accepts the punishment."

Master Zhang nodded slightly and said to Pan Yun: "He has to be punished for doing something wrong, and so should you."

Pan Yun waited quietly. To her surprise, Master Zhang did not punish her with the Thunder Whip. Instead, he said, "Since this is your first offense and there are reasons for it, I will not punish you with the Thunder Whip. However, I will punish you to clean the Dou Mu Temple for ninety-nine days."

Pan Yun immediately agreed. As long as it was a fair punishment, she would accept it, even if it was a thunder whip.

Of course, she was still very happy that she didn't get beaten.

Zhang Zhenren said to the kneeling Zhang Ziwang: "No matter what your purpose is, as a teacher, it is a big taboo to behave improperly and not be upright."

Zhang Ziwang lowered his head in shame.

"If even a teacher behaves like this, what do you want your students to learn?" Master Zhang said sternly, "This is the last time. If it happens again, I will expel you from the academy and Tianshi Mansion."

Zhang Ziwang kowtowed and replied "Yes".

Master Zhang asked him to leave, and after the others left, he looked at Pan Yun again: "This is the first thing, there are two more things I want to remind you of."

(End of this chapter)