The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 44 You Need Your Brother’s Love and Care
She cried and said, "I want my mother, I want my mother."

Ying Zheng slapped him hard with his backhand.

"Don't cry."

Cheng Jiao had never received such a slap in the face since he was a child. He was so scared that he dared not cry anymore, but he couldn't stop crying for a moment and sobbed with a nasal sound.

"All you need now is to study."

"It's useless for anyone else to ask for help. It's only natural for an elder brother to teach his younger brother a lesson."

"If you shed another tear, you will be beaten again."

Looking at Ying Zheng's still indifferent expression, Cheng Jiao didn't dare to cry anymore.

"Dry my tears."

Cheng Jiao was now completely frightened and quickly wiped his tears with the edge of his sleeve. His eyes were still red and he was sobbing a little.

"From now on, listen to the teacher's instructions and study hard. You must learn at least twenty words today. If you can't learn them, you are not allowed to leave school. I will come to check."

"If you don't study hard, you won't be able to learn it in the end, and you don't want to know the consequences."

"Understand?"

Cheng Jiao nodded vigorously repeatedly.

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"I understand! I understand!"

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"Understood!"

Only then did Ying Zheng nod with satisfaction.

He reached out to touch Cheng Jiao's cheek. Cheng Jiao shrank back in fear. Seeing Ying Zheng frowning slightly, he quickly leaned his head forward. Ying Zheng touched Cheng Jiao's little face, softened his tone, and asked, "Does it hurt?"

Cheng Jiao didn’t know whether he should say it hurt. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded slightly.

"It's okay if it hurts. This is for your own good. Don't make mistakes again. Just listen to me and it won't hurt."

Ying Zheng patted Cheng Jiao's head and said, "Be a good boy in the future."

Cheng Jiao nodded repeatedly and smiled obediently.

But the two slap marks on both cheeks were red and swollen, which looked a little funny.

Ying Zheng looked at Zigui and said with a smile: "My brother is young and ignorant, please don't blame me. Please teach my brother strictly. If he still refuses to listen to your instructions, please feel free to find me and I will teach him a lesson."

Ying Zheng's lecture just now made Cheng Jiao obedient in just a few words, especially the two clean and powerful slaps, which made Zigui feel a little scared.

Zigui quickly replied: "I will definitely teach you well, young master, please rest assured."

Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction and walked out of the room. When he reached the door, he didn't even look back and said, "Brother, I don't want to hear any more noise when I'm studying."

The two people behind him nodded repeatedly.

After Ying Zheng sat down, Zhong Cang smiled and asked, "Is everything settled?"

"Please forgive me, teacher. It is the nature of children not to like studying. Just educate them well."

Zhong Cang smiled and sighed, "How many people are there in the world like you, young master? I have only seen you in my life. It is my great honor to have the relationship of master and disciple with you."

Ying Zheng smiled modestly: "It is my fortune for a disciple to be taught by a teacher."

The two looked at each other and smiled, without saying a word.

Before they knew it, noon had arrived. Ying Zheng ordered his maid to invite Cheng Jiao and Zigui to come and take a rest.

After they had their meal together, Zhong Cang said goodbye.

As the chief judge of the Qin Dynasty, Zhong Cang has a lot of government affairs to deal with. It is not easy for him to spare a morning. Even so, he has to work overtime in the afternoon, otherwise the backlog of government affairs will have to be left until tomorrow.

Zhongcang has always been a person who does today's work today and never leaves today's government affairs until tomorrow. Zhongcang has someone bring a complete set of Qin Law bamboo slips to Ying Zheng. Please check it yourself first, write down any questions you have, and we will talk next time when we have time.

It was not until the evening that Shiki came to report.

"Greetings, sir. Young Master Cheng Jiao has achieved his goal for today. He can read, recognize, and write all twenty characters."

Ying Zheng nodded: "Okay, you have worked hard today, sir, please take a rest for now, and see you tomorrow."

Zigui took his leave and Ying Zheng called Cheng Jiao over.

When Cheng Jiao saw Ying Zheng, he bowed obediently. At such a young age, he had already learned to smile flatteringly: "Greetings, big brother."

"The teacher said that you studied very well today and did a good job. Big brother wants to test you now."

"What characters did you learn today? Read and write them for me."

I have to say that Cheng Jiao is also smart. If he studies hard, he can indeed learn quite well.

After the inspection, Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction, smiled and praised: "You have learned well. You must keep up the good work in the future and don't slack off. You must listen to the teacher's instructions, and listen to your elder brother's words. It's all for your own good."

Cheng Jiao now respected and feared Ying Zheng. He nodded happily after hearing Ying Zheng's praise.

After Cheng Jiao was sent back to Mi Yu's palace, Mi Yu went to hug Cheng Jiao with a smile on her face.

When he noticed the palm print on Cheng Jiao's cheek, his smile immediately disappeared and he asked hurriedly:

"Qian'er, what's going on? What happened to your face? Who hit you?"

Cheng Jiao confessed honestly: "My eldest brother beat me."

Mi Yu was furious: "How could he hit you? Why did he hit you? Did he bully you?"

Cheng Jiao quickly explained: "Big brother didn't bully me, it was my fault. Today the teacher taught me how to read, but I didn't want to learn, so big brother hit me."

Then he hurriedly said, "Don't blame big brother, it's all my fault. I will listen to big brother and teacher in the future."

Mi Yu forced a smile, feeling extremely heartbroken. He was her own son and she had never been willing to hit him. Cheng Jiao had always been a well-behaved boy. Couldn't they just talk it out calmly if there was anything going on?
He gently stroked Cheng Jiao's face, used his energy to relieve his blood and pain: "You shouldn't have hit me anyway, and you hit me so hard. Can't you just talk it out?"

"My eldest brother said that as long as I study hard, he won't beat me."

And he said proudly:
"I learned twenty characters today, and my elder brother praised me for my good learning."

Mi Yu praised: "My son Jiao is the smartest. As long as he studies hard, he will certainly learn well."

Mi Yu had already realized something was wrong by then.

But in just one day, his son had become so well-behaved in front of Ying Zheng, calling him "big brother" all the time.

If time goes on longer, will his son really be able to compete with Ying Zheng again?
So he taught Cheng Jiao: "Jiao'er, you should study hard in the future, don't let your elder brother catch you, and don't let your elder brother beat you."

"Your eldest brother is a cruel person. Look how he beat you. Stay away from him from now on."

Cheng Jiao was confused: "Brother, this is also for my own good."

Mi Yu felt a little disappointed with Cheng Jiao, and also blamed herself for having taught Cheng Jiao to be too obedient since he was a child.

She frowned, but continued to teach slowly: "It's for your own good to let you study, but it's wrong to beat you. Just listen to your mother."

Cheng Jiao nodded, not quite understanding.

Mi Yu made up her mind that she couldn't let Cheng Jiao study with Ying Zheng anymore and they had to be separated.

It's a pity that when she finally found an opportunity to talk about this with Zichu, she was flatly rejected by Zichu. Zichu told her about the origins of these teachers, and Mi Yu couldn't help but be happy. Such good teachers are so hard to find.

He was anxious again. Zichu's arrangement of these teachers for Ying Zheng was too obvious.

I can only comfort myself that the children are still young, there is still a long time to go, and there may be opportunities when they grow up.

Not to mention that Mi Yu had a lot of thoughts in her mind. Of course, what she didn't know was that soon, after these people understood Ying Zheng's talents, they no longer considered Cheng Jiao.

(End of this chapter)