I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 13: The Man on the Road is Like Jade, a Gentleman Unrivaled in the World

Yes, the so-called child prodigy is really that amazing.

Yuan Shu accomplished what Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi failed to do.

That group of disciples were really punished, and even the senior students were made to reflect on their mistakes facing the wall.

The students rushed to spread the news and were greatly shocked by it.

Of course, the people who were most shocked were not Wei Jia, Dou Yun and others, but the group of disciples who depended on them. They were the ones who were most unwilling to see this happen, and they were the ones who least believed it would happen.

But this is what happened.

Soon after, news spread in Ma's mansion that "disciples begged Ma Rong to revoke his decision" and "Ma Rong avoided them and Yuan Shu reprimanded them on his behalf."

It is said that the disciples and Yuan Shu quarreled for an hour. Yuan Shu showed his prowess and used his mouth to full capacity. He fought one against seventeen, and his scolding was so intense that the sky was dark and the sun and moon were dim. Many disciples could not stand Yuan Shu's scolding and broke down emotionally, crying and covering their faces as they walked away.

In the end, these seventeen disciples did not even get to see Ma Rong before the servants in Ma's mansion asked them to pack up their things and leave. They were given one day to do so. If they did not leave after that day, they would be forcibly expelled.

It was still carried out by Yuan Shu.

According to gossip, Yuan Shu and Ma Rong argued for a long time about this matter. Yuan Shu used both reason and emotion to finally convince Ma Rong, making Ma Rong determined to expel the parasites and rectify the family learning atmosphere of the Ma family.

So cool!
It’s fucking awesome!
After knowing this, all the disciples were completely prostrated before Yuan Shu and admired him extremely much.

He accomplished things that many people had failed to accomplish, and even handled the aftermath. He alone overwhelmed seventeen people. What a powerful fighting power!
He truly deserves to be called “the undefeated debate prodigy Yuan”!
After the news spread, all the disciples gathered outside the mansion and waited eagerly, thinking that it would be wonderful to see those despicable disciples being driven out of the Ma Mansion.

Over the years, they suffered humiliation and went through hardships, but still failed to learn what they wanted to learn.

They left home and traveled far away to study for the sake of knowledge, but even with such difficulties, fate still strangled them by the throat, making it difficult for them to make progress. It is impossible for them to not feel hatred in their hearts.

He hated those disciples, those senior students, and even secretly hated Ma Rong, whom he never saw all day. He felt that they were a den of worms and spies, colluding with each other to exploit their surplus value and force them to the brink of life and death.

Originally, this accumulated hatred had already been very great.

However, with Yuan Shu's god-level operations, this huge emotion of resentment seemed to have an outlet, and it was vented out in large quantities towards this outlet.

In the afternoon of that day, the gate of the Ma family mansion slowly opened, and the long-awaited disciples began to make a commotion.

The first person, looking haggard and like a zombie, walked out accompanied by a schoolboy. The schoolboy was carrying a lot of bags and looked very embarrassed.

The students became excited, but before they could do anything, they heard an exclamation.

"Senior Brother Li!"

When everyone looked over, they saw a disciple named Qin Yuan. His face was full of disbelief and fear, as if he had seen some ghostly presence.

The person he was calling was naturally Li Quan.

But Li Quan didn't react at all. His eyes were dull and he looked dazed. He walked down the stairs step by step and continued forward step by step.

The disciples who were watching naturally made way for him, and he walked straight along the path without looking back.

Qin Yuan still refused to believe it. He squeezed through the crowd and chased after him. He grabbed Li Quan's hand with a look of horror on his face.

"Brother Li, where are you going? Are you going back to visit your relatives? Those news this morning were all rumors, right? Brother Li! Speak up!"

Many people knew that Qin Yuan was Li Quan's number one lackey. Relying on his family's vast land, he often gave Li Quan some gifts. Li Quan relied on his gifts to live a life of luxury and debauchery, and he also often gave Qin Yuan special treatment and taught him knowledge.

Qin Yuan was proud of this and thought highly of himself. He often mocked other disciples, saying that he would definitely become a disciple earlier than them. He had a very bad relationship with others and was very annoying.

Li Quan ignored him, didn't even look at him, just broke free from his hand and walked forward.

Qin Yuan followed for a few steps but got no response. He became more and more desperate and collapsed to the ground.

Combinations like Li Quan and Qin Yuan continued to appear.

With the appearance of Li Quan, one after another, gray-faced, lifeless zombies walked out of the mansion, like prisoners of war who had lost all hope and had no attachment to the world.

"Senior Brother Wang!"

"Senior Brother Zhao!"

"Brother Qiao!"

One after another, the disciples shouted in fear, and one after another, they walked out in despair. Such a scene made the whole thing extremely black and humorous.

For a teacher of classics, disciples are far more important than ordinary students. Ordinary students are often not taken seriously, but disciples and senior students are different. They can almost be regarded as family members, and their stay or departure is often widely concerned.

It was not the first time that teachers expelled their disciples or even their senior students, but Ma Rong's action was too big to expel seventeen disciples and confine six senior students at one time.

And Yuan Shu, who pushed this matter forward, was even more incredible in the eyes of the disciples.

Could it be that he was a descendant of the Yuan family, which made Ma Rong so cruel? It cannot be said that there was no such relationship, but in the past, there were also disciples and students who stood up for their students. They were also dissatisfied with the current situation and spoke out for justice, but none of them made Ma Rong make such a decision.

So, why?
They were destined to not get answers, because at this stage, even Ma Rong himself was rather confused. He locked himself in the room, lying on the bed covered with a quilt, and was a little autistic.

He needed some time to calm down, so he entrusted all matters to his senior disciple Lu Zhi, with Yuan Shu assisting him.

Of course, Lu Zhi had mixed emotions about this matter: he was happy, confused, envious, and even a little jealous.

Why was Yuan Shu able to do it?

Why can't I do it?
Is it just because of one’s background?
Moreover, for such a difficult matter, Yuan Shu is just like a pregnant woman walking on a tightrope - taking risks. Is he that brave?

Lu Zhi didn't understand.

He watched helplessly as Yuan Shu ferociously kicked the last three disciples who were reluctant to leave out of the Ma mansion, and then slammed the door shut, ignoring their cries and pleas outside.

That resolute look always gave Lu Zhi strange hallucinations, making him feel that Yuan Shu was not his current age, but an experienced and mature adult.

Otherwise, this all looks weird.

This little prodigy...is a little too amazing.

In less than two incense sticks of time, the expulsion mission was completed. Seventeen disciples were successfully driven away, and six senior students were confined to their homes.

In a short period of time, there were only sixteen disciples and one senior student who could still move freely left in the Ma mansion. The rest were all driven away, expelled, and confined to their homes.

The disciples who were driven away and expelled were miserable. Several years of their life were wasted in an instant. No matter what background their family had or who held official positions, it was all meaningless.

Then, Yuan Shu obtained permission from Ma Rong and wrote a notice and posted it outside the gate of Ma's mansion for all his disciples to read and spread.

The great meaning is that in the past, because Ma Rong was old and in poor health, he was powerless to deal with the chaos in family studies. Now Ma Rong has finally made up his mind to rectify the style of study in the family studies and said that he must ensure that every disciple and student receives the same education.

From then on, those who taught on behalf of others had to be rigorous and serious. If anyone was disrespectful or negligent, all the disciples could write a letter to Ma Rong himself, and he would deal with it personally.

Ma Rong would never let down the trust and respect of all his disciples.

At the same time, Ma Rong also said that all his disciples should thank Yuan Shu. If Yuan Shu had not fought with him at the risk of his life, Ma Rong might not have made up his mind to rectify the style of study at home, so Yuan Shu was the great contributor.

When Lu Zhi first read the notice, he thought it was ridiculous and that Yuan Shu was just bragging, but Yuan Shu told him:

"Brother Lu, this is something the teacher has approved."

This was recognized by Ma Rong, and Ma Rong himself also recognized such rhetoric and such results. He recognized that Yuan Shu became the greatest contributor and even the beneficiary, and would also become the focus of anger for those whose interests were harmed.

Lu Zhi understood the whole thing and was speechless.

Sure enough, after the notice was posted, the story of Yuan Shu risking his life to fight for his students spread.

The vast majority of the disciples were moved to tears of gratitude towards Yuan Shu, and they all shouted that Yuan the prodigy was unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness, wise and brave, and was the benefactor of all of them. All the disciples owed Yuan Shu a great favor.

What’s more important is that before this favor, many students had already accepted Yuan Shu’s favor, whether by helping them answer their questions or debating with them.

The attitude Yuan Shu displayed when debating with his disciples was completely different from his attitude when facing those fake disciples.

When facing that group of fake disciples with extraordinary backgrounds, Yuan Shu behaved very arrogantly and domineeringly - the kind of arrogance with a lot of confidence, making people feel that he was a big devil at first glance.

But when facing disciples of ordinary backgrounds, he would dress properly, sit upright, and even smoked the clothes he wore with incense. His face was also very proper, his tone was gentle, and he had a smile on his face. It can be said that "the man on the street is as beautiful as jade, and the young man is unparalleled in the world."

He was very warm, polite and cultured. Even with an ordinary student whose background was far inferior to his, he could laugh and talk with him without any sense of overbearing.

When answering students' questions, he was not impatient at all, and he never acted bossy or yelled at them for their stupidity.

This attitude makes people feel more relaxed.

This caused the students to have a huge change in their view of Yuan Shu. They thought that what they had heard from other disciples before, such as Yuan Shu being a "wild and rebellious child" and "arrogant and domineering", were completely false legends. Yuan Shu was clearly a handsome young man in this corrupt society!
What a nice person!

If he won the debate, he would comfort the other person. If the debate ended in a tie, he would salute his opponent to show his approval. When eating, he would sit together with everyone and eat whatever everyone else ate. He never treated himself as special because of his noble birth.

Therefore, even those disciples who once depended on certain disciples, most of them would have a good impression of Yuan Shu after having a debate with him face to face.

There is no way, the opponent is so stupid that Yuan Shu looks like a saint.

Under the shining of this holy light, Yuan Shu already had a very good reputation among his disciples. After this struggle, his reputation among his disciples soared to the same level as Ma Rong.

Ma Rong taught them knowledge, and Yuan Shu ensured that they could receive what Ma Rong taught them without being intercepted by others.

Even Lu Zhi, Ma's top disciple who earnestly answered questions and solved doubts for his students, did not have such a status.

(End of this chapter)