Du Ning looked at Kong Chengting's back and said slowly: "Mr. Chengting, are you okay? This is just the first caning. You won't be able to bear it so quickly, right?"
"I...I'm fine..."
Kong Chengting took a deep breath and his face became extremely serious. The first caning was already so severe, and the nine more canings that followed were not easy to bear.
"Since there is nothing wrong, I will continue the execution."
After Du Ning finished speaking, he controlled the Kunlun Ancient Sword to hit Kong Chengting's back with two sword whips. He heard two "snap" sounds, and two more whip marks appeared on Kong Chengting's back.
Kong Chengting was sweating on his forehead and clenching his teeth tightly. The severe pain made his face look a little ferocious.
There was a huge pain in his back, but he also had the integrity that a bachelor should have, and he didn't want to complain about the pain or be laughed at by scholars from all over the world.
Du Ning continued to whip the execution.
The fourth whip...the fifth whip...
Until the eighth whip.
"Ah!"
Kong Chengting finally couldn't help roaring, and lay motionless on the ground. Eight sword whips were left on his back, causing severe pain.
This was the most humiliating punishment Kong Chengting had ever suffered in his life, and these whip marks were enough for him to never forget.
"Can't fight! Can't fight!"
Kong Chengyuan couldn't stand it any longer, and said to Du Ning with a choked voice: "Du Jun, we can't keep fighting. Brother Chengting already knows that he is wrong. If we keep fighting, he will lose half of his life even if he doesn't die."
Life."
Ke Hongchen held up his hand to Du Ning and gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Chengting deserves it for disturbing the morale of the army, but these are extraordinary times and the demon clan is not at peace. If Mr. Chengting does something wrong, wouldn't it be a joke to the demon clan? What if Long?
Xiao leads a group of monsters to attack, and the human race lacks a bachelor to participate in the battle, so it will definitely be a hard battle."
Du Ning immediately said: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, if I don't apologize, Mr. Chengting will be killed without taking action for the human race. He made remarks to disturb the morale of the army before. If I didn't kill him, I would have exempted him from the death penalty. If he doesn't even do this,
If he can't bear the punishment, then what ability and qualifications does he have to fight for the human race? What a joke!"
Ke Hongchen said: "Mr. Chengting is just talking. Once the human race reaches a critical moment, he will take action..."
"Will he take action at a critical moment? I think he wants to wait until I am killed by Dongtianshan before he takes action!" Du Ning hit the nail on the head.
Ke Hongchen closed his mouth and cast a sympathetic and apologetic look at Kong Chengting.
After Kong Chengting heard what Du Ning said, he felt regretful.
If he had known this earlier, he should not have said those words and would not have ended up like this.
Being punished is nothing. The main reason is that Kong Chengting has not killed even one enemy or monster so far, and he has not even given any practical suggestions.
If he continues like this, "a bachelor with no merit" will become a stigma that he will never be able to wash away for the rest of his life, and even the entire Holy Family will suffer huge humiliation.
At this time, Kong Chengting suddenly understood why Du Ning would so simply absolve him of the death penalty for disturbing the morale of the army. It was not because he did not want to kill him because of the privileges of the Holy Family, but because he wanted to use flogging to severely humiliate him and bring him to justice.
He was beaten until he lost half his life, which made it impossible for him to participate in the war and make meritorious service to the human race.
It was too easy for Du Ning to kill Kong Chengting. Sometimes, humiliating a scholar can make him feel more uncomfortable than death.
"Du Jun, I beg you, don't fight anymore."
"Just let Mr. Chengting go, he is also a bachelor after all..."
"Master Du, you must be benevolent and righteous before you can convince the public..."
Many people from Kongcheng and the Ke family came out to plead for mercy. They really couldn't stand it anymore.
Kong Chengyuan said: "Du Jun is now the general leader of the human race. He should focus on the overall situation in everything and make clear rewards and punishments. However, as a commander, in addition to his own prestige, he must also be benevolent. Although my brother Chengting has made mistakes, Du Jun also has
If Mr. Du retaliates with public grudges, it would be unkind, so please think twice!"
After the words fell, many readers were convinced.
Kong Chengyuan's "repaying grievances with grievances" is a very sensitive behavior among scholars.
The saints advocate the benevolence and righteousness of gentlemen. It is inevitable to have problems with others in life, but the behavior of "repaying grievances with grievances" will only deepen hatred and make it difficult to fundamentally solve the problem.
Therefore, Confucianism advocates benevolence, righteousness, morality, self-cultivation, and the use of forgiveness and fraternity to influence others, thereby resolving conflicts and solving problems.
After all, it is better to resolve enemies than to make them end.
"I really didn't expect that a dignified Confucian and Taoist scholar of the fifth level would actually be reduced to asking others to plead for mercy." Du Ning let out a long sigh.
After Kong Chengting heard this, veins suddenly appeared on his forehead and he clenched his fists.
Ke Hongchen thought that Du Ning would let Kong Chengting go once, and his face lit up, "Du Jun, are you..."
"You're thinking too much. There are only two floggings left out of the ten. What's the point of stopping halfway?" Du Ning snorted coldly.
Kong Chengyuan's expression changed drastically, "Do you really want to give up your kindness and insist on going your own way?"
Du Ning looked indifferent and said slowly: "How to repay kindness? Repay grievance with straightness, repay kindness with kindness."
This sentence forms a powerful force of literary courage, striking hard in everyone's heart.
This quote comes from "The Analects of Confucius? Xianwen".
Or: "How about repaying evil with kindness?"
Confucius said: "How to repay virtue? Repay grievance with straightness, repay virtue with virtue."
Someone asked Confucius, what would happen if we repay resentment with kindness?
Confucius immediately asked the other party, what should I use to repay my kindness?
Then make your own opinions, deal with resentment with integrity, and repay kindness with kindness.
Du Ning also thinks so. Treating people with benevolence should be treated with the same benevolence. This is where the moral benevolence of scholars lies.
And for those who hate themselves, they should treat them with integrity and let the wrongdoers accept justice.
Kong Sheng even repaid his grievances directly, so Du Ning naturally followed suit.
Du Ning used the words of "The Analects" to refute the descendants of Confucius and Sheng!
At this moment, the Kong family present were furious on the spot.
Especially Kong Chengyuan, his face turned blue with anger.
This example involves the teachings of Confucius. Even if they were given a hundred courages, they would not dare to refute it, otherwise they would be deemed "unfilial" and be expelled from the clan.
Tian Feipeng said: "Du Jun said it well. Even if Kong Sheng retaliated directly, do you also think that Kong Sheng gave up his kindness? Isn't it still wrong for Du Jun to punish a person? As children of the Confucius family, you require law enforcers To repay evil with kindness is to abandon the teachings of the most holy teacher and to be treasonous!"
The Kong family was furious, but they did not dare to say a word in rebuttal.
This accusation is too serious!
"Kacha..."
There was a clear sound in Kong Chengyuan's literary palace, and there was something wrong with the bile cracking, and at the same time a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
[To tell you the truth, I have been using the Huanyuan app recently to read and catch up on new books. It allows me to switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. .huanyuanapp is available for Android and Apple.]
"Kong knows he made a mistake, please forgive Mr. Du."
Kong Chengyuan bowed to Du Ning and expressed his apology, then stepped aside and completely gave up asking for mercy.
The rest of the Kong family lowered their heads, like children who made mistakes, and did not dare to look at Du Ning.
Kong Chengting sighed, gritted his teeth and said: "Please Du Jun continue the execution."
"Okay, since you haven't asked for mercy in person until now, and you are a decent person, I will give you a good pleasure."
After Du Ning finished speaking, the Kunlun Ancient Sword fired the last two sword whips, like two silver electric lights flashing.
"Ah!"
Kong Chengting screamed, rolled his eyes, and fell to the ground in a complete faint.
The Kong family and the people in Kongcheng were all present with expressions of grief and indignation. Although Kong Chengting was not executed on the spot, he endured ten Kunlun sword whips from Du Ning. Even with the use of magic medicine, it was impossible to fully recover in a short period of time. There was no way Even if it is good, it will leave sequelae.
Moreover, there is not much time left in Sanjie Mountain. Kong Chengting was seriously injured and could not even defeat a Hanlin, let alone fight against the monsters.
That means that Kong Chengting's experience in the Three Realms Mountains this year may break the most bizarre record in history and become a "great scholar with no merit" who is scolded by scholars from all over the world in the literary world.
Entering the Three Realms Mountains without killing a single enemy, not offering a single idea, and not being killed or sacrificed in battle, such a scholar has indeed never been seen in a thousand years. It is enough to shock the entire literary world, and I am afraid that even the top brass of the Confucius family will be furious.
This will be a lifelong stigma for Kong Chengting. All his family members will be ashamed of him, and his friends will also cut ties with him.
No matter what, Kong Chengting's literary reputation is completely ruined, and those of them who are closer to Kong Chengting are also ashamed.
Many scholars broke out in cold sweat on their backs. Scholars who were enemies of Du Ning would pay a very heavy price, even if they did not pay their lives, they might be infamous for thousands of years.
Kong Chengting was unconscious, but his hands were still clenched tightly.
Du Ning waved his hand and said to the Kong family: "Carry this useless thing away, don't let it get in the way of our eyes."
"Yes."
The Kong family responded feebly and took Kong Chengting away for treatment.
After Kong Chengting fainted, Du Ning directly scolded him as useless, which shows how disgusted Du Ning was towards Kong Chengting. Not calling him that in front of Kong Chengting was already a great deal of tolerance.
But the Kong family is no longer in the mood to care about this.
Du Ning said to everyone: "Today is an extraordinary period. All literary friends must share the same hatred to deal with the war against the demon clan. If someone provokes internal strife and disrupts the morale of the army, at least it will be like Kong Chengting as an example, and at worst, it will be punished on the spot. I will always
I repay grievances directly, so don’t try to ask me to repay grievances with kindness. That is condoning the wrongdoer and even harming the innocent."
Tian Feipeng immediately said: "Brother Du, please rest assured that Tian will always keep the mission of the human race in mind and will never learn from the reactive bachelor."
Wei Zheming also said: "We will do our best to support Du Jun. At this moment, supporting Du Jun means supporting the human race. Anyone who goes against Du Jun is against the entire human race and should be severely punished. No one will
Exceptions can be made."
"We will listen respectfully to Mr. Wen's orders and will not dare to disobey him. Mr. Du, please rest assured."
Scholars from various countries expressed their opinions one after another.
"Let's go."
Kong Chengyuan gritted his teeth, turned around and left with the Kong family scholars.