Origin

"Go!" With a flick of his sleeve, he motioned them to leave.

"Yes." The three of them replied with their eyes cast downward, then stood and retreated with pale faces. 

The expressions on Great Elder and Jiang's Third Elder's faces were even uglier than Jiang Shichang's. They had extraordinary status in the Jiang family, but now that the Patriarch sent them to the Punishment Hall, everyone in the Jiang family will know in no time that their respected Great Elder and Third Master were sent there to receive punishment.

This was a disgrace in their eyes.

After the three of them had gone, an elderly man emerged from the shadows. He sighed softly and asked Patriarch Jiang, "Patriarch, since you sent the Great Elder and the Third Master to the punishment hall, will..."

"Excessive?"