Chapter 353: The Yuan Family Falls
Retribution, in a world without a physical deity, is almost a way to bind oneself with morality.
The tragedy of Yuan Hua and Yuan Fang, it is difficult to say whether it is because of retribution. Yuan Zhe underestimated the horror of the plague, once the plague spread, it must be the people of the Yuan family who die first, not the sparsely populated state capital outside, which is almost an inevitability, not an accident.
And with Mulan's memories, there was no such a plague in the south in the previous life, Yuan Zhe died, Yuan Hua also died, Yuan Fang became the sect master, it seems that all the notoriety was borne by Yuan Fang, and Yuan Fang also became the biggest beneficiary, but how many thrilling and cannibalistic stories are no longer known to outsiders.
In the previous life, the Yuan family's Wubi was indeed extremely powerful and wealthy, which even Tuoba Huang coveted, and together with Di Ziyu, he "borrowed" the Yuan family's caravan, wanting to sell things from the west into the Song Dynasty to obtain huge benefits.
Yuan Fang's strength is business, and Yuan's Wubi did focus on business in the end.
If it is really retribution, Yuan Fang in his previous life had no heirs, and all Yuan Fang's nephew thought about was killing his uncle, which is also a kind of retribution.
But this is not what worries Hermulan the most.
In this life, Hermulan successfully reversed Tonghuo's life and indirectly saved countless people. She killed the Great Khan of Rouran, so that the country of Rouran was destroyed, and the war that lasted for more than ten years was also suspended.
She saved Helian Ding's sister and son, so that Helian Ding did not fall into madness, nor did he always oppose Wei as in the previous life, and even let Wei soldiers get Western Qin without blood, and how many lives were saved in this can not be calculated.
As for the formation of the Tiger Ben Army, Tuoba Tao's division of fields, Liu Song's spies were almost wiped out, etc., what kind of impact it caused, He Mulan could not know.
But just when she was complacent about changing her life against the sky and saving many people, it seemed that God was joking with her again - it was because she arrested Liu Yuanjing and let Tuoba Tao know that Liu Song had colluded with the south, and the Yuan family began to panic and embarked on this crazy road.
Once the plague spreads, the number of deaths will never be less than those she saves. Those who died in war in previous lives are likely to die of disease in this life.
Is there a kind of providence in the dark, no matter how good she does and how hard she works, it is like competing with the will of heaven, and immediately calamities will arise, so many people must die?
If that's the case, then what's the point of her racing against time? Because at the end of the day, everyone is still going to die.
Such a thought made He Mulan fall into a depression uncontrollably, so much so that Yuan Fang had promised her that she would return to Yuan's house to "usurp the throne" and then return to Wei, but she could not recover from this depression.
"General Hua, are you okay?" Kou Yizhi looked at her with a worried look, "It always feels like you're going to faint the next moment."
"It's okay, I'm just a little confused by the affairs of the Yuan family......" He Mulan sighed, "Even if Yuan Fang agrees to return to the Wei Kingdom, I am still worried about this matter. What if he suddenly repented as soon as he returned to Yuan's house and sent those who were sick out? What if he can't fight Sect Master Yuan and is killed......
"When I think about it, I feel like I have a real headache."
"So, we have to think of ways to save Yuan Hua's life." Kou Yizhi smiled faintly: "I will definitely find a way to save his life. Yuan Fang is a wild horse, and Yuan Hua is the halter that locks his wild nature."
"Halters? I don't know where Yuan Zhe's halter is."
He Mulan sneered.
"Conscience is the halter of ambition, and from now on, it seems that the head of the family has lost the hedge." Kou Yizhi shook his head regretfully.
"I can only wait for the change of the Yuan family."
He Mullan put away Yuan Fang's confession, which He Mullan forced him to keep before letting him go.
This confession records what the Yuan family did, including how Yuan Zhe did this kind of inhumane "biochemical experiment", how Yuan Fang and Yuan Hua discovered but couldn't stop it, and those poor people in the tunnel even included a clan lord of the Xia Kingdom and so on.
In this era when the reputation is greater than one qiē, once this letter spreads, the Yuan family will be ruined in an instant, the Yuan family's yin households will flee one after another, vassalizing other suzerains, the Yuan family's retainers and families will abandon the lord, and the entire Chen clan will also treat them as if they were a plague.
The root of the suzerain comes from the "shade", and once there is no "shade", it will fall apart in an instant.
What's more, there is a living example - Yuan Hua, who was already infected, was left by Yuan Fang with great hope for Kou Yizhi's treatment, and Kou Yizhi had already summoned dozens of Taoist soldiers and Taoist doctors he brought to the bamboo house to treat him day and night.
He Mulan sent Chen Jie to mobilize the army to march south, and Xue Andu also went to prepare all the forces that could be used in Yuzhou.
They all gave Yuan Fang an ultimatum: if he couldn't succeed, then Wei had only one way to go, and that was - to wash the Yuan family in blood and completely burn the Yuan family to scorched earth.
Only in this way can it be guaranteed that the largest source of disease will not spread.
And Yuan Fang, who was pinned on by everyone's hope, is now leading a group of generals and soldiers who are loyal to him, preparing for a "rebellion".
But when Yuan Zhe heard the commotion outside, he knew that the son he was most expecting had finally made a move.
'It's time.' The old man, who smelled of death, thought, 'Come, come, come and make a break.'
He didn't even have one. [,! Calling out to the guards, and not summoning the most loyal men, like an old man who is peacefully waiting for his children to come home, sitting behind his desk, waiting for the final moment.
Upstairs in Yan Fei, the sound of the iron boots of the armor soldier stepping on the wooden building was like a war drum, and it went straight to the top of the building. The door was finally pushed open roughly, and before that, no one dared to make even the slightest noise in front of this powerful old man.
Yuan Fang, who was wearing armor, carried a blood-stained sword into the house, and when he saw his father, who was sitting idly and looking at the case, he couldn't help but be stunned.
He thought that he would be furious, and he also thought that he would lay the groundwork, and even thought that his treacherous and cunning father must have some secret way to escape in Yanfeilou, maybe they could only face the empty room when they rushed in, but the result was - this head of the family sat here in a good manner, and just waited here.
"Hua'er is dead, the head of the house will be yours sooner or later, why are you doing this?" Yuan Zhe still maintained his toughness: "If you stop now, I will treat you as if you haven't done anything, and the head of the family is still yours."
"It's late." Yuan Fang stepped forward a few steps, trying to grab his father, but found that he was suddenly tough and retreated a lot.
"Grandpa, the Yuan family is just a prison for me. I'm going to release everyone from prison now......" He stretched out his hand and pounced, ready to do it again, but heard Yuan Zhe whisper to him in a very low voice.
"Let's go. I'm sick too......" he said, lifting his sleeves.
The arm that was so thin because he couldn't eat normally for a long time was full of ecchymoses and black blues, Yuan Fang just glanced at it, and couldn't help but take a few steps back in horror.
"You...... You're ...... too."
His sword was barely in his hands.
"I've been waiting for you to stop me......" Yuan Zhe covered his arms with his sleeves, "Now that you're here, I can also look at it. There are secret passages under the Windward Pavilion and Yan Fei Tower, and all the people of Liu Song are below, since you have made a decision, you have to be decisive, don't learn from your brother."
He squeezed out a smile: "I did something wrong, but unfortunately there is no turning back. You're right, everybody's in jail......"
Yuan Fang's eyes were full of tears.
"If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place!"
"Then what can I do! What's the solution! Yuan Zhe roared: "How can I stop the army of Xianbei people!" How can I stop the endless spies in the Song Kingdom! There are hundreds of people in my Yuan family, and there are thousands of families in the entire Wubi, what do I use to protect them! Yuan's Wubi is my life! "
After Yuan Zhe finished roaring, he gasped violently and sat down on the ground again.
"You go, don't give you too sick."
Yuan Fang knew that his father was suffering from a disease that could not eat, and even if he could live, he would not live long, let alone contract this violent epidemic again.
When he knew that his father would never live, Yuan Fang gritted his teeth and finally turned around.
No matter how much he jerks off......
That's their father after all.
"Sue sù Hua'er, don't hate me." Yuan Zhe's voice sounded faintly behind Yuan Fang: "I want to force him to leave the Yuan family. The Yuan family is not suitable for him, even if there is no me, it is not what he can do to survive in the gap between the Song State and the Wei State......"
"So, you sent that bearded girl to the tunnel, didn't you?" Yuan Fang's throat tightened, "You know that Brother doesn't love your sister-in-law, it's the Yin family girl you asked him to marry...... It's just a orchid...... It's just a slave girl......"
"Not me."
Yuan Zhe coughed, "Ahem, I hate Hu people so much, I don't know how to take care of the housekeeper at all. It was your sister-in-law who mixed her into the 'giveaway' of the bearded girls......"
Yuan Fang paused in disbelief and turned back suddenly.
His eyes were hazy with horror.
"Women, only women, will deal with women like this, such a beauty, even if it is an old man like me, she will not be sent to death, not to mention that as you said, she is just a slave girl......" Yuan Zhe commented, "This is the last lesson I will teach you, Ah Fang, never underestimate women......"
"Hahaha!"
He laughed out loud.
"Never underestimate a woman!!"
Yuan Fang carried his sword, as if there was some kind of curse chasing after him, and ran out wildly
Yuan Fang didn't do anything in the end, which disappointed the cronies who followed him into Yanfeilou. Dare to confront Yuan Zhe, they rely on surprise, once the Yuan family master reacts, it will definitely be them who will be unlucky.
Some even glared at Yuan Fang with resentful eyes: "You didn't do anything? Do you know how many brothers we died in order to send you to Yanfei Tower? You're not going to end up being a filial son, are you?"
"If the head of the house doesn't die, what should we do?"
Yuan Fang wiped the blood off the sword with the corner of his clothes, and was just about to open his mouth to explain, but he saw one of his subordinates suddenly jump up, pointed at Yan Feilou and shouted, "Look...... Look at that! Yan Feilou is on fire! "
"It turns out that the young master didn't do anything...... a group of people looked at Yuan Fang with awe.
actually burned his own Lao Tzu with fire, how could he not let them be frightened?
"We led people to seal the exits ......"
Seeing that the overall situation has been decided, some people immediately lead people to greet them like sycophants: "Absolutely not even a single insect can fly!"
"Wow!"
Yuan Fang looked at Yan Feilou who was burning up in a daze, and his chest suddenly blocked, and it was in front of everyone. [,! A lot of blood spurted out before that!
"Retribution......" he gritted his teeth with a hideous face: "Is this my retribution?" Bearing the name of father-killer? Retribution...... Retribution! "
"Young Master, what's wrong with you?"
"Young master, are you alright?"
A group of frightened people rushed forward to surround him.
"There are secret passages below Yingfeng Pavilion and Yan Fei Tower, and Liu Song's people are all below, since you have made a decision, you have to be decisive, don't learn from your brother."
"Follow me to the tunnel."
Yuan Fang wiped his mouth and nose viciously, and swallowed the fishy sweetness in his mouth.
"Fetch me all the oil and firewood."
When the armies of He Mulan and Xue Andu drove to the Yuan family and surrounded the entire Wubi of the Yuan family, the affairs of the Yuan family had already settled.
The Yanfei Building where Yuan Zhe was located was destroyed in a fire, and almost hundreds of people watched the entire Yanfei Building burn, and no one could escape.
The ruthless second son of the Yuan family, Yuan set fire to Yanfeilou, and sent people to control all the exits, the head of the Yuan family died in the fire, and he was buried with his inseparable henchmen.
Yuan Fang then sent a sturdy family to go down to the tunnel of the Yuan family, piled up the things that ignited the fire everywhere, and finally poured fire oil all over the place, and burned the entire tunnel clean.
It is said that everyone who went down that night was required to be blindfolded, and only Yuan Fang knew what was below. Some people say that Yuan Fang took away the biggest treasure of the Yuan family, and some people say that Yuan Fang will kill Yuan Zhe just for the things under the tunnel.
For a while, what exactly was in the Yuan family's tunnel became a mystery, because now the brick road that the Yuan family spent a lot of effort to build had been completely burned.
The fire burned for a day and a night, and the entire wall of Yuan's house was hot. Yuan Fang closed all the exits of the tunnel afterwards, so the fire did not spread, but it is certain that the main building of Yuan's Wubi will not be inhabited for a long time.
Because of this turmoil, the clansmen of the Yuan family were divided into several factions, one faction attached to Yuan Fang, who was already the "sect master", and decided to give up the original main building area of the Yuan family's Wubi, and re-establish the main mansion of the family, turning this matter over completely.
The other faction thinks that Yuan Hua, who went out to "study", should be found, because he is the justifiable young master. This faction is dominated by representatives of the shade and old people who are loyal to Yuan Zhe, but Yuan Hua cannot be found for a while, and there are even rumors that Yuan Hua has already been killed by Yuan Fang, and this faction can only oppose it for the sake of opposition.
Others protected Yuan Hua's son Yuan Zhen and his mother Yin and fled back to the Yin family's Wubi, trying to use the strength of the Yin family in Chen County to interfere in the internal affairs of the Yuan family and help Yuan Zhen regain the position of the head of the family.
A group of people can not obey anyone, but Yuan Fang has the Yuan family's armor soldiers and a large amount of property obtained from business, the so-called heavy reward must have a brave man, he has money, even if the other factions jump up and down, no one can help anyone.
When the armies of He Mulan and Xue Andu surrounded the Yuan family's Wubi, everyone was stunned. No one knows why this force came to Yuan's house......
The Yuan family is a "clan" that has been personally praised by the first emperor, how can any Xianbei people dare to offend the Yuan family's Wubi?
For a while, the dispute between the head of the family was quickly pressed, and everyone recommended Yuan Fang, who had just killed his father, to negotiate with the vicious Xianbei people to figure out why this army came to embarrass the Yuan family.
Even if you get the news to quell the chaos, it's coming too quickly.
Outside the wall of Yuan's house.
Yuan Fang, who rode a horse and led his family guards, went out of the city to meet the tiger army.
In the walls of Yuan's house, everyone was anxiously waiting for the good news that Yuan Fang could bring.
Even if there's no good news – who cares? Such a family master, even if he dies in the hands of the Xianbei people, is just another one.
Yuan Zhen is still alive in the Yin family.
"Yuan Shilang, don't come unharmed." He Mulan rode on his horse and looked at him: "No, I should call you the head of the Yuan family now."
"Is General Hua laughing at me? A family head who kills his brother and father in the eyes of the world?"
Yuan Fang has undergone a great change, and the whole person seems to have become the head of the Yuan family in the future, although he has a smile on his face when he speaks, his sincerity cannot enter the bottom of his eyes.
"Kill my brother? Where, the Dao Masters from Songshan are trying their best to treat your brother, and Yuan Hua's illness has been suppressed, at least it has not continued to spread."
He Mulan smiled slightly, "This one is definitely not on your head."
Yuan Fang finally squeezed out a happy smile: "Really? Then thank you Dao Kou and General Hua."
"It's just that I don't understand why you burned the tunnel." He Mulan asked solemnly: "You obviously know that we are going to expose this matter to the world and hold Liu Song accountable......"
"What did the general say? Why can't I understand?" Yuan Fang smiled and shook his head. I burned down my own tunnels, what is there to tell the world?"
"Yuan Fang, I don't think you want to live anymore!" Xue Andu, who was riding on the horse, drew his weapon on the spot: "Your Yuan family has killed so many people, do you want to forget about it?"
"What killed so many people, catch the thief and take the stolen goods." Yuan Fang was not afraid at all." What's more, your army went south in order to destroy my Yuan family, and now I am ready to take nearly a thousand households up and down the Yuan family's Wubi to abandon Wubi and surrender, if you kill me, all the sect masters in the world will not dare to learn from me, a fool."
"You ......"
Xue Andu was simply angry.
"General Hua, you and I agree with me. [,! ] has been reached. I have already obtained the Yuan family's Wubi, and now I will hand it over to you in its original form. I, the Yuan family, have four generations, seventeen rooms, and four hundred people, and I can't be charged with crimes that don't belong to me because of my father."
"My father is dead, even if my brother doesn't die, I'm afraid the second half of his life will be ruined, if my brother doesn't die, my nephew can't be raised by my sister-in-law in the Yin family all the time, and the Yuan family has died in name only. Let me bear the rest of the guilt. This should be the end of the matter."
Yuan Fang stood proudly.
"Even if this is made public, what good will it be? Sect masters everywhere have followed suit? Every time Wei attacks a place, a plague will arise?"
He Mulan looked at Yuan Fang with a cold face, and the latter looked back at her unwaveringly.
"The general is here to destroy the Yuan family, and now that the Yuan family has surrendered, the general wants to kill or chop, listen to it."
He bowed deeply and threw himself to the ground.
"I guess the confession given to me by the head of the Yuan family, I'm afraid there is something to follow." He Mulan took out the sealed confession and snorted with a calm face: "I still hope that the head of the Yuan family will answer my questions and solve my doubts."
Yuan Fang raised his body when he heard this, and smiled slyly: "General Hua, I am a left-hander below, and no one knows that I can write a good stroke with my right hand. The left and right hands at the bottom don't even have the same stroke order, let alone similar handwriting......"
"You have a good plan, but don't you know the truth that 'if you want to add sin, there is no excuse'?" Seeing that he had calculated himself, He Mulan couldn't help but feel depressed in his heart.
"I know." The smile on Yuan Fang's face gradually put away. I've done what I should have done, and if I really can't go back, then it's our own fault. The Yuan family is deeply guilty, even if the general leads a large army to raze the Yuan family to the ground, then no one else is to blame. It's just that now that I'm the head of the Yuan family, I have to fight for the Yuan family again and make a living."
The corners of his mouth showed a bitter expression.
"Since His Majesty of the Wei State has risen to deal with the sect master, then the Yuan family, no, the destruction of all Wu Bi is only a matter of time."
"Am I right? General Flowers."
"Yes, you get it." He Mulan breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at the army behind him.
In any case, this disaster did not continue, Xue An had an explanation for his ranger friends, and she was bound to escort the entire Yuan family to Beijing, as for how Her Majesty would decide in the end, it would not be her problem.
Kou Yizhi wanted to stay and try his best to heal Yuan Hua, and all the shady households of Yuan's family and Wubi would be naturalized by the local government, allocated fertile land, and from then on served and paid taxes and became cultivators. Once the foundation of the Yuan family is broken, even if Yuan Fang has great ability in the future, there is no way to make a comeback.
Shade is not something that can be accumulated in one generation in the first place.
"In that case......
"General Hua, I burned the tunnel, but I still left one person." Yuan Fang lowered his voice: "That county lord, do you want to see the general?"
He Mullan was taken aback.
"You...... Didn't you say she wasn't far from death?"
"She was dying, so when I carried her out, no one dared to come close." Yuan Fang spread his hands: "Since she claims to be the county lord, she must have some secrets that she doesn't want to tell me. You go and ask, maybe she'll sue you?"
He Mulan looked at Yuan Fang suspiciously for a while, and finally gave the order.
"Everyone, enter Wubi!"
Song Guo,Jiankang.
"Why the panic?"
Liu Yilong's asthma was again, and Liu Yikang took the time to ask the kneeling messenger in the hall while criticizing the recital.
"Where did you get the letter?"
"The news from the Yuan family is broken." The messenger in the cyan official uniform replied boldly: "The father and son of the Yuan family turned against each other, Yuan Hua was expelled because of disobedience to Yuan Zhe, Yuan Fang took the position of the head of the family, and now he has led the whole clan to submit to the Wei State."
"What?!"
Liu Yikang was so shocked that the red pen shook and pointed out a little red vermilion at the place where he signed off.
At this time, he couldn't care about these anymore, and asked directly, "What about Song Er?" Those ...... I sent over"
The messenger lowered his head in fear: "They were placed in the secret passage by Yuan Zhe, and when Yuan Fang made trouble, he set fire to the tunnel of the Yuan family, and no one escaped...... Mr. Song Er and the others have not been heard from. Our people went upriver from the dark river to see what happened, but the original estuary has all burned down, and the waterway has been blocked by boulders, and we don't have enough manpower to clean up the river......"
"That kid from the Yuan family did it on purpose. He deliberately buried the dark river! "
Liu Yikang slammed the pen out!
"Yuan Zhe, has that guy researched anything? Which disease is most easily transmitted?"
"Yes, before Yuan Fang made a mess, Yuan Zhe wrote a letter and sent it over after the results of the spread of the epidemic during this time. It's just that something happened before we arrived at Jiankang Yuan's house, and our people were delayed for a while......"
The messenger did not dare to slack off, and took out a thick letter from his bosom.
"Your Highness, this is the letter."
Liu Yikang almost obtained the official position of a member of the court for the Yuan family, just so that he could serve the Song State with all his heart, and finally he could come from the clan.
Yuan Zhe has always been obedient before, and he has never disobeyed Liu Yikang's "Jianyì", so Liu Yikang did not doubt him, and showed a satisfied look when he received the thick letter.
Liu Yikang couldn't wait to tear open the letter, because the letter paper used a lot of sheets, it was too thick, Liu Yikang could only shake it slightly after pulling out the letter......
This shake was shaken out. [,! Countless tiny powders gnawed and sprayed Liu Yikang all over his face.
"Ahem, ahem...... What ......" Liu Yikang stretched out his hand and waved it, sending the letter to his eyes.
I saw a few pieces of stationery, mixed with countless debris, almost to the point of full stationery! Liu Yikang picked up the folded letter and was naturally fine, but once he opened it, countless debris immediately pounced out.
Thinking of what Yuan Zhe was doing, Liu Yikang's face immediately changed.
"Xuan Imperial Doctor! Hurry up and announce that the imperial doctor is coming! "