Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 32: Sacrifice oneself to build the academy
At this point, the cause and effect are already very clear.
There is not much point in asking for more details.
Leng Buchen snorted, turned around and asked the assistants outside: "Who is that Long Chui Di? Why isn't he here?"
"Huh?" The dozen or so warriors also reacted, "Yeah, where is the Dragon Hammer Ground?"
"I just saw him. He said he would be back soon after delivering the joint letter to the deacon..."
Leng Buchen frowned more and more as he listened: "There are only the names of the twelve of you on the joint letter, and Long Chuidi's name is not on it."
The examinees suddenly changed their expressions: "How is it possible?"
"Yeah, he said he would write his name at the top..."
They took another closer look at the joint letter and found that Long Chuidi's name was indeed not on it.
Leng Buchen shook his head and stopped talking to them. Instead, he ordered the steward, "Look for him. This person has very sinister intentions, and he must be found!"
All the candidates in the room were sweating profusely.
By now, they have completely understood that they have been deceived by Long Chuidi!
"If our joint report is successful, Tang Zheng will be fired for cheating..."
"And if we don't succeed...we ourselves will..."
Anyway, both Tang Zheng and they have great hope of entering the academy, especially Tang Zheng who has almost secured a place.
But if this happens, one of them will definitely be in trouble!
Long Chuidi is a senior warrior who failed the exam. He has lost hope of getting into Yisu Academy, so his only purpose in coming to this final test is to harm others.
No matter whether it was Tang Zheng or these promising warriors, if any of them suffered misfortune, he would have achieved his goal.
His purpose was already caused by psychological distortion.
His behavior is even more unpredictable...
The deacon who was sent out by Leng Buchen has gone to find Long Chuidi. Just as Leng Buchen said, he is so sinister that it is unimaginable. This person must be found!
"We...we were all instructed by Long Chuidi, we are all victims..." The seventeen-year-old warrior, when he thought of the seriousness of the false accusation, immediately fell down and grabbed Tang Zheng's robe.
"That's right, we are victims just like you." The other candidates also realized what was the most important thing now, and hurriedly pleaded with Tang Zheng and Leng Buchen.
"I'm sorry, we were confused for a moment and were taken advantage of by the bad guys. Please forgive us."
"Please, Head Deacon..."
"Please Tang Zheng, please forgive us and don't bother with us."
Tang Zheng looked at their reactions and felt amused.
If he was really disqualified by this joint letter, why didn't they say anything about the benefits they received?
Once something happens, everyone feels more aggrieved than the other and thinks it's all someone else's fault!
Leng Buchen looked at them without moving his eyes. Instead, he asked Tang Zheng: "According to me, those who should be disqualified should be disqualified, and those who should be handed over to the garrison should be handed over to the garrison... However, since you are the victim, tell me what you want to do?"
As soon as they heard Leng Buchen's words, everyone turned their eyes to Tang Zheng.
Tang Zheng saw a little bit of regret in their eyes, but he also saw more gratitude and expectation.
At this moment, they no longer wanted to think about what they had done to Tang Zheng. They just wanted Tang Zheng to speak up and say that he forgave them, and then let them return to the examination room and become Tang Zheng's competitors!
When Tang Zhengyi understood their looks, he burst into laughter.
"If you are an opponent worthy of respect, then of course I will admit it, but unfortunately you are not." Tang Zheng shook his head and said to Leng Buchen: "The country has its own laws, and the school has its own rules! For those who do not want to rely on their own strength to enter the Yisu Academy, but instead unite to take the wrong path, I think they should be severely punished to serve as a warning to others!"
All the candidates stared at Tang Zheng blankly, not understanding what he meant for a while.
Originally, they thought that Tang Zheng should show his humility, magnanimity and broad-mindedness in front of Leng Buchen, right?
But unexpectedly, Tang Zheng actually said directly that he thought they should be "severely punished"!
"Tang Zheng! You are taking advantage of others' misfortune. Aren't you afraid of being immoral and failing the assessment?" a warrior shouted.
Tang Zheng laughed even louder: "What? You guys signed a joint letter to frame me, and in the end it became my fault? The saints said, repay evil with kindness, how can you repay kindness?"
If you repay evil with kindness, how can you repay kindness?
These eight words struck the hearts of all the warriors present like a heavy bell.
Leng Buchen glanced at Tang Zheng quietly: "Which saint said this..."
"..." Tang Zheng was speechless for a moment.
Leng Buchen's eyes kept scanning Tang Zheng, and he increasingly felt that there were many things about Tang Zheng that he could not understand.
There were many things in Tang Zheng's words, poems, essays, and stories about Newton that even a well-informed young man from an aristocratic family like him could not understand or hear, but Tang Zheng's attitude in handling things was very much in line with his own.
He didn't want to let go of those who framed Tang Zheng.
Because, if they were let go, it would be equivalent to setting a very bad rule for the academy.
In the future, you can frame others at will during the assessment. As long as you find a scapegoat in the end and say that it was him who instructed you to do it, then nothing will happen. How can that be possible?
Just as Tang Zheng said, the country has its laws and the school has its rules.
Everything should be done in an orderly manner, with laws first and human relations second.
However, looking at the performance of these warriors, Leng Buchen did not want to give them a chance to do "favors". They regarded Tang Zheng's forgiveness as something they should do, which already made Leng Buchen very disgusted.
Tang Zheng doesn't owe them anything, so why should he be obligated to forgive them?
Besides, if Tang Zheng allowed his competitor to return to the examination room just to show off in front of him, then his behavior would contradict many parts of the paper he had just written.
"So, this is your opinion?" Although Leng Buchen thought so in his heart, he still deliberately asked Tang Zhengdao.
"Yes, that's my opinion - those who are jealous of others' talents and have evil intentions must not be allowed to enter Yisu Academy!" Tang Zheng replied with a smile.
Those warriors almost vomited blood.
Jealous of talented people?
Tang Zheng hasn't even entered Yisuli Academy yet. He hasn't even taken part in the final third practical test, which is also the most important one accounting for five points, but he has directly classified himself as "virtuous" and "capable".
And he blurted it out without blushing at all!
They finally realized what kind of freak they had offended.
Tang Zheng's words "jealous of others' talents and abilities" also choked Leng Buchen - who would praise themselves like this?
But, on second thought, there seems to be nothing wrong with him calling himself virtuous and capable. His poems and essays are definitely worthy of these two words.
Leng Buchen felt a very complicated feeling in his heart.
“I didn’t realize that you were such a law-abiding person who didn’t give in to personal feelings.” Leng Buchen smiled and said, “From what the candidates from Tangjiabao said, I thought you were a very gentle person.”
"Of course I am a very gentle person." Tang Zhengyi said sternly: "If this incident happened only to me, I can certainly forgive them. I have such a broad mind... However, from the perspective of the academy, such things will happen once and for all. They have seriously disrupted the order of the academy and ruined the academy's style. For the sake of the academy, I have to sacrifice my great mind..."
"..." Leng Buchen was already standing there in a daze, unable to speak.
"Yisu Academy is such a sacred place. It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person. It is simply a responsibility heavier than Tai... that random mountain. The deacons of the academy are not only responsible for the strength of the warriors in the academy, but also for their character. How can I let them into the academy and endanger my classmates just because of my great personal mind?"
Looking at Tang Zheng’s expression, his gestures, and his serious attitude, it sounded like what he said was true!
But the point is, anyone can fucking tell he's talking complete bullshit.
Leng Buchen's mind was still constantly echoing with the words "It takes ten years to grow a tree, a hundred years to cultivate a person", and he even thought about whether to engrave it on the memorial archway of the instructor's dormitory...
Finally, Tang Zheng cleared his throat and said, "Faced with such a choice, I can only sacrifice my small self for the greater self. I will temporarily put away my broad mind and make the most correct decision for the sake of Yisu Academy!"
As he finished speaking, Tang Zheng's hand stopped at a very "stage play style" shape.
"Hey, there should be applause here..." Tang Zheng said with a smile.
Snap, snap, snap.
Only Leng Buchen clapped his hands with an extremely complicated smile on his face.
As for the others, they were so eager to rush over and beat Tang Zheng up that how could they applaud?
"Then thank you for your 'great' spirit of sacrifice." Leng Buchen glanced at the others coldly, "Cancel their qualification for the assessment and expel them from the academy. Announce to the entire Changyuan Leng family that Yongsheng will no longer grant them qualification for the assessment!"
"Yes." A deacon wrote down Leng Buchen's decision.
Even if these warriors fail to pass the exam this year, they may still have a chance next year or the year after, after growing for a few more years.
However, their frame-up of Tang Zheng made them lose this opportunity forever.
The Changyuan Leng family will no longer accept them to study, so they have to either leave their hometown and go to other aristocratic families to study, or give up entering the aristocratic family academy and take great risks to break through to three stars.
However, Leng Buchen had already made his decision and would not change it.
They paid a heavy price for their actions.
"Chief Deacon, we caught Long Chuidi in the basement of the Qinghua Tavern!" Two academy assistants came in, escorting the dusty Long Chuidi.
As soon as Long Chuidi took a look at Tang Zheng, he looked away, as if there was something on Tang Zheng that was very irritating.
But Tang Zheng smiled and greeted him: "Hey, we meet again?"
