This kind of retribution, in a world without real gods, is almost a way to bind oneself with morality.
It is difficult to say whether the tragedy of Yuan Hua and Yuan Fang was due to retribution. Yuan Zhe underestimated the terribleness of the plague. Once the plague spread, the people from Wubi of the Yuan family would die first, not the sparsely populated prefectures outside. This was almost inevitable, not accidental.
And according to Hua Mulan's memory, there was no such a plague in the south of the previous life. Yuan Zhe died, Yuan Hua also died, Yuan Fang became the suzerain, and it seemed that all the bad reputation was borne by Yuan Fang, and Yuan Fang also He has become the biggest beneficiary, but how many stories of heart-pounding and flesh-and-blood intimacy are in it, no one will know anymore.
Wubi of the Yuan family in the previous life was indeed extremely powerful and rich. For this, even Tuoba Huang coveted, and together with Di Ziyu, "borrowed" the Yuan family's caravan, and wanted to sell things from the west. Enter the Song Dynasty to obtain huge benefits.
Yuan Fang's forte was doing business, and in the end, Yuan Jia Wubi really focused on doing business.
If it was really retribution, Yuan Fang in the previous life had no heirs, and Yuan Fang's nephew was all thinking about killing his uncle, which is not a kind of retribution.
But it wasn't this that worried He Mulan the most.
In this life, He Mulan successfully reversed Tong Huo's life, and indirectly saved countless people. She killed the Rouran sweat, so that the Rouran country was destroyed, and the war that lasted for more than ten years was also suspended.
She saved Helianding's younger sister and son, so that Helianding did not fall into madness, nor did he fight against Wei as in the previous life, and even allowed Wei to win the Western Qin without blood. How many lives were saved is incalculable. .
As for the formation of Hu Ben's army, Tuoba Tao's division of fields, and Liu Song's spies being almost wiped out, He Mulan couldn't know what kind of impact it had.
But just when she was content to change her life against the sky and save many people, it seemed that God played a joke on her again - it was because she caught Liu Yuanjing that Tuoba Tao knew that Liu Song had colluded with Nanfang. The Yuan family began to panic and embark on this crazy road.
Once the plague spreads, the number of people killed would never be lower than those she saved. Those who died in the war in the previous life are very likely to die of disease in this life.
Is there a certain providence, no matter how well she does, no matter how hard she works, it will be like a competition with the will of god, and disaster will be born immediately, so many people must die
If so, what's the point of her racing against time like this? Because in the end, everyone is going to die.
Such thoughts made He Mulan uncontrollably fall into depression, so much so that Yuan Fang had promised that she would return to Yuanjia Wubi to "usurp the throne" and then return to Wei, but she could not recover from this depression. come over.
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"General Hua, are you okay?" Kou Yizhi looked at her with a worried look, "It always feels like you will faint in the next moment."
"It's okay, I'm just a little confused by the Yuan family's affairs..." He Mulan sighed, "Even if Yuan Fang agreed to surrender to Wei, I'm still worried about this matter. If he returns to the Yuan family, I'm still worried. Wu Bi suddenly regretted it and sent those sick people out? What if he couldn't fight Sect Master Yuan but was killed..."
"When I think about this, I feel really headache."
"So, we have to find a way to save Yuan Hua's life." Kou Yizhi smiled lightly: "I will also find a way to save his life. Yuan Fang is a wild horse, and Yuan Hua is the bridle to lock his wildness."
"A bridle? I don't know where Yuan Zhe's bridle is."
He Mulan sneered.
"Conscience is the bridle of ambition, but from what it looks like now, the owner seems to have lost the bridle." Kou Yizhi shook his head regretfully.
"Everything has to wait for Yuanjia Wubi to change."
He Mulan put away Yuan Fang's confession, which He Mulan forced him to stay before letting him go.
This sealed confession records everything the Yuan family has done, including how Yuan Zhe did this inhumane "biochemical experiment", how Yuan Fang and Yuan Hua discovered but could not stop it, and even a Xia Xia was among the poor people in the tunnel. The royal family of the country, and so on.
In this era when reputation is above everything else, once this letter spreads, the Yuan family will be ruined in an instant, the yin households of the Yuan family will flee and vassalize other suzerains, the retainers and the family of the Yuan family will abandon the lord, and the entire Chen County will be in ruins. The clan also treats them like a plague.
The root of the suzerain comes from the "yin household". Once there is no "yin household", it will collapse in an instant.
What's more, there is a living example - Yuan Hua, who was already ill, was reported by Yuan Fang to leave Kou Yizhi's treatment with great hope, and Kou Yizhi had already brought dozens of Taoist soldiers and Taoist doctors he brought to the bamboo house, day and night. to heal him.
He Mulan sent out Chen Jie to mobilize the army to march south, and Xue Andu also went to prepare all the Yuzhou forces that could be used.
They all gave Yuan Fang an ultimatum: if he can't succeed, there is only one way for Wei to go, and that is to wash the Yuan family with blood and burn the Yuan family to scorched earth.
Only in this way can it be ensured that the greatest source of disease will not spread.
And Yuan Fang, who has been pinned on by everyone, is now leading a group of generals and soldiers who are loyal to him, preparing to "revolt".
***
But when Yuan Zhe heard the turmoil outside, he knew that the son he was looking forward to the most finally made his move.
'it's time. ' The suzerain, who was old and smelled of death, thought, 'Come on, come on, come and make a break. '
He didn't even call for the guards loudly, and he didn't summon his most loyal subordinates, just like an old man who was waiting for his children to come home safely, sitting behind his desk, waiting for the final moment.
Upstairs in Yan Fei, the sound of the armored soldiers stepping on the wooden building was like a drum of war, and they came straight to the top of the building. The door was pushed open in the end, and before that, no one dared to make even a little noise in front of this powerful old man.
Yuan Fang, who was wearing armor, entered the house with a blood-stained sword. When he saw the case, his father, who was sitting and watching after a few minutes, couldn't help but be stunned.
He thought that he would be furious, that he would lay a foreshadowing, and even thought that the cunning and cunning father must have some secret way to escape in Yanfei Building, maybe they could only face the empty room when they rushed in, But the result is that the owner of the house is sitting here in a good manner, just waiting here.
"Hua'er is dead, sooner or later the owner of the family will be yours, why do you do this?" Yuan Zhe still maintained his toughness: "If you stop now, I will treat you as if you haven't done anything, and the owner of the family is still yours. ."
"It's too late." Yuan Fang took a few steps forward, trying to grab his father, but found that he was suddenly tough, and he stepped back a lot.
"Grandpa, the Yuan family is nothing but a prison for me. I'm here to release everyone from prison..." He stretched out his hand, ready to do it again, but heard Yuan Zhe whisper to him in a very low voice .
"Go away. I'm sick too..." he said, pulling up his sleeves.
The skinny arm that had been unable to eat normally for a long time was full of ecchymosis and black and blue. Yuan Fang just glanced at it, and couldn't help but retreat several steps in horror.
"You... you even... "
His sword was almost unstoppable.
"I've been waiting for you to stop me..." Yuan Zhe covered his arms with his sleeves, "Now that you're here, I can rest my eyes. There are secret passages under Yingfeng Pavilion and Yanfei Pavilion, and all of Liu Song's people are there. Now, since you have made a decision, you must be more decisive and don't imitate your brother."
He squeezed a smile: "I did something wrong, but unfortunately I can't go back. You are right, everyone is in jail... "
Yuan Fang's eyes were full of tears.
"If I knew this earlier, why bother!"
"Then what can I do! What can I do!" Yuan Zhe roared: "How can I stop the army of the Xianbei people! How can I stop the endless spies from the Song country! There are hundreds of people in my Yuan clan, and the entire Wubi Thousands of families, what do I use to protect them! Yuanjia Wubi is my life!"
After Yuan Zhe roared, he gasped violently and fell to the ground again.
"Let's go, don't make you sick."
Yuan Fang knew that his father had the problem of not being able to eat, and even if he could live, he would not be able to live for long, let alone contract this violent disease.
When he knew that his father could never live, Yuan Fang gritted his teeth and finally turned around.
No matter how stupid he is...
That was their father after all.
"Tell Hua'er, don't hate me." Yuan Zhe's voice sounded behind Yuan Fang: "I want to force him to leave the Yuan family. The Yuan family is not suitable for him, even without me, in Song and Wei countries. It's not something he can do to survive in the cracks..."
"So, you sent that Hu girl to the tunnel, didn't you?" Yuan Fang's throat tightened, "You know that Brother A doesn't love his sister-in-law, it's the Yin family girl you asked him to marry... but she's just a Hu Ji... But a slave girl..."
"not me."
Yuan Zhe coughed, "Cough, I hate Hu people so much, I don't think there is another Hu girl in the housekeeping tricks. It's your sister-in-law who mixed her into those Hu girls who gave her away..."
Yuan Fang stopped in disbelief and turned around suddenly.
His eyes were hazy with horror.
"Women, only women, would treat women like this, such a beauty, even an old man like me would not send her to death, not to mention, as you said, just a female slave..." Yuan Zhe commented , "This is the last lesson I will teach you, Ah Fang, never underestimate women..."
"Hahahahaha!"
He laughed out loud.
"Never underestimate a woman!!!"
Yuan Fang held the sword, as if there was some kind of curse chasing after this sentence, and ran out.
Yuan Fang did nothing in the end, which disappointed the cronies who followed him into Yanfei Tower. Dare to confront Yuan Zhe, they rely on surprises, once the Yuan family master reacts, they will definitely be unlucky.
Some people even stared 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 won't be the filial son in the end, right? ?"
"The owner is not dead, what should we do?"
Yuan Fang wiped the blood from the sword with the corner of his clothes, and was about to explain when he saw one of his subordinates suddenly jumped up, pointing at Yanfei Tower and shouting, "Look... Look! Yan Fei Tower is on fire!"
"It turns out that the young master didn't do anything..." A group of people looked at Yuan Fang with awe.
How can you not let them be frightened by actually burning your own Laozi to death
"We lead people to seal off the exits..."
Some people see that the overall situation has been decided, and immediately lead people to greet them like flattering: "Absolutely not even a worm can fly out!"
"Wow!"
Yuan Fang stared blankly at the burning Yan Fei Building, his chest suddenly blocked, and a large amount of blood spurted out in front of everyone!
"Retribution..." He gritted his teeth grimly: "Is this my retribution? Carrying the name of killing my father? Retribution... Retribution!"
"Master, what's wrong with you?"
"Master, are you alright?"
A group of people was so frightened that they rushed forward and surrounded him.
"There are secret passages under Yingfeng Pavilion and Yanfei Building. Liu Song's people are all below. Now that you have made a decision, you must be more decisive, and don't imitate your brother."
"Follow me to the tunnel."
Yuan Fang wiped his mouth and nose viciously and swallowed the mouthful of sweetness.
"Bring me all the kerosene and firewood."
***
When He Mulan and Xue Andu's army drove to the Yuan family and surrounded the entire Wubi of the Yuan family, the matter of the Yuan family was already settled.
The Yanfei Building where Yuan Zhe was located was destroyed by a fire. Almost hundreds of people watched the entire Yanfei Building burn, and no one could escape.
The ruthless second son of the Yuan family, Yuan Fang, set fire to the Yanfei Building, and sent people to control all the exits.
Yuan Fang then sent sturdy servants to go down the Yuan's tunnel, piled up fireworks everywhere, and finally poured kerosene all over the place, burning the entire tunnel to the ground.
It is said that those who went down that night were asked to cover their eyes, and only Yuan Fang knew what was underneath. Some people say that Yuan Fang took the biggest treasure of the Yuan family, and some people say that Yuan Fang killed Yuan Zhe just for the things below the tunnel.
For a while, what was in the tunnel of the Yuan family became a mystery, because now the brick tunnel that the Yuan family spent a lot of effort to build has been completely burned.
The fire burned for a day and a night, and the entire Yuanjia Wu wall was hot. Yuan Fang closed all the tunnel exits afterwards, so the fire did not spread, but it was certain that no one would live in the main building of Yuanjia Wubi for a long time.
Because of this turmoil, the Yuan family's clan members were divided into several factions. One faction was attached to Yuan Fang, who was already the "suzerain", and decided to abandon the original main building area of the Yuan family's Wubi, and restarted the main house to turn this matter over completely. .
Another faction believes that Yuan Hua, who went abroad to study abroad, should be found because he is the righteous young master. This faction was dominated by representatives of Yinhu and the old man loyal to Yuan Zhe, but Yuan Hua could not be found for a while, and there were even rumors that Yuan Hua had already been killed by Yuan Fang.
Others protected Yuan Hua's son Yuan Zhen and his mother Yin's family and fled back to Wubi of the Yin family, trying to take advantage of the strength of the Yin family in Chenjun to interfere in the internal affairs of the Yuan family and help Yuan Zhen regain the position of master of the family.
A group of people can't obey anyone, but Yuan Fang has the Yuan family's armored soldiers and a lot of money from business in his hands. The so-called heavy reward must be a brave man. Some of them are rich, and even if the other factions jump up and down, no one can do anything. no one.
When He Mulan and Xue Andu's army surrounded Yuanjia Wubi, everyone was stunned. No one knows why this troop came to Yuanjialai...
The Yuan family was a "clan" that was personally commended by the late emperor. How could anyone from Xianbei dare to offend the Wubi of the Yuan family
For a time, the battle for the head of the family was quickly suppressed, 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 it is to get the news to calm the chaos, it will come too quickly.
***
Outside the walls of Yuanjia Wu.
Yuan Fang, who rode a steed and led his family and guards, went out of the city to meet the Hu Ben army.
In the Yuanjia Wubi, everyone anxiously waited for the good news that Yuan Fang could bring.
Even if there is no good news - who cares? Even if such a patriarch died in the hands of the Xianbei people, he would only establish another one.
Yuan Zhen is still alive and well in the Yin family.
"Yuan Shilang, stay safe." He Mulan looked at him from the horse: "No, I should call you Yuan Family Master now."
"Is General Hua laughing at me? A patriarch who kills his brother and father in the eyes of the world?"
Yuan Fang went through a big change, and the whole person seemed to have become the Yuan family head of the later generations. Although he spoke with a smile on his face, his sincerity could not be seen.
"Kill your brother? Where, the Taoist priests from Songshan are trying their best to save your brother. Yuan Hua's disease 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 rather happy smile: "Really? Then I would like to thank Daochang Kou and General Hua."
"It's just that I don't understand why you set the tunnel on fire." He Mulan asked solemnly, "You clearly 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 shook his head with a smile. "I burned my own tunnel, what is there to reveal to the world?"
"Yuan Fang, I think you don't want to live anymore!" Xue An, who was riding on the horse, drew his weapon on the spot, "Your Yuan family has killed so many people, do you just think it's okay?"
"What killed so many people, catch the thief and get the stolen goods." Yuan Fang was not afraid at all. "What's more, your army went south to destroy my Yuan family. Now I am going to bring nearly a thousand households up and down the Wubi wall of the Yuan family to abandon the wall. If you kill me, all the suzerains in this world will not dare to learn. I'm an idiot."
"you… "
Xue An was simply angry.
"General Hua, I have reached the agreement between you and me. I have already obtained the Wubi of the Yuan family, and now I will give it to you as it is. My Yuan family has four generations, seventeen families, four hundred people, and I can't be because of my father. It's their fault."
"My father is dead, even if my brother does not die, the rest of his life will be ruined. If my brother does not die, it is impossible for my nephew to be raised by my sister-in-law in the Yin family. It's on your shoulders. This is the end of the matter."
Yuan Fang stood proudly.
"Even if this matter is made known to the world, what benefits will you gain? Sect masters from all over the world will follow suit? Every time Wei attacks a place, there will be a plague?"
He Mulan looked at Yuan Fang with a cold face, while the latter looked back at her unwaveringly.
"The general is here to destroy the Yuan family Wubi. Now that the Yuan family has surrendered, the general wants to kill or be killed, so please listen and respect."
He bowed deeply and fell to the ground.
"I'm guessing that the confession that Patriarch Yuan gave me, I'm afraid there is something behind it." He Mulan took out the sealed confession and groaned with a sullen face: "I hope Patriarch Yuan will answer my questions for me."
Yuan Fang raised his body when he heard the words, and smiled slyly: "General Hua, I'm a left-handed man, no one knows that I can write a good hand with my right hand. The stroke order of my left hand and my right hand are completely different, let alone the handwriting. Similar to…”
"You have a good plan, but don't you know the truth of 'If you want to add a crime, why don't you worry about it?'" He Mulan couldn't help but feel annoyed when he saw that he had calculated her own plan.
"I know." The smile on Yuan Fang's face gradually disappeared. "I have done what I should have done. If it is really powerless to return to the sky, then it is our fault. The Yuan family has committed a lot of crimes. Even if the general leads the army to raze the Yuan family to the ground, it is no one's fault. It's just that I am the head of the Yuan family now. , I have to fight for the Yuan family to make a living."
The corners of his mouth showed a bitter expression.
"Since Your Majesty of Wei State has already raised his heart to deal with the suzerain, then the Yuan family, no, the destruction of all Wubi is only a matter of time."
"Am I right? General Hua."
"Yes, you understand." He Mulan breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the army behind him.
In any case, this calamity finally did not last, Xue An had an explanation for her ranger friends, and she would inevitably escort the entire Yuan family to the capital. As for the final decision of His Majesty, it is not her problem. .
Kou Yizhi wanted to stay and try his best to heal Yuan Hua. All the yin households in Yuanjia's Wubi would be naturalized by the local government, allocated fertile land, served and paid taxes, and became farmers. Once the root of the Yuan family is broken, even if Yuan Fang has great ability in the future, there is no way to make a comeback.
Yin households are not something that can be accumulated from generation to generation.
"In that case..."
"General Hua, I burned the tunnel, but I still left one person." Yuan Fang lowered his voice: "That county master, would you like to meet the general?"
He Mulan was shocked.
"You... didn't you say she's not far from death?"
"She's dying, so when I brought her out, no one dared to approach." Yuan Fang spread his hands: "Since she claims to be the county owner, she must have some secrets she doesn't want to tell me. Go ask and say Maybe she'll tell you?"
He Mulan looked at Yuan Fang suspiciously for a while, and finally gave the order.
"Everyone, enter Wubi!"
***
Song Guo, Jiankang.
"Why are you panicking?"
Liu Yilong's asthma attacked again, and while Liu Yikang wrote the memorial, he took the time to ask the kneeling messenger in the hall.
"Where did the letter come from?"
"The news from the Yuan family is broken." The messenger wearing a blue official uniform replied boldly: "The Yuan family's father and son turned against each other, Yuan Hua was expelled for disobeying Yuan Zhe, Yuan Fang took the position of the head of the family, and now he has led the way. The whole clan has surrendered to the Wei state."
"what?!"
Liu Yikang was so shocked that the red pen shook, and he pointed out a bright red red seal at the sign.
At this time, he couldn't control it anymore, and asked directly: "Where's Song Er? The ones I sent over..."
The messenger lowered his head in fear: "They were placed in the dark tunnel by Yuan Zhe. When Yuan Fang was in chaos, 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 upstream from the dark river to see what happened, but the original estuary had been completely burned down, and the waterway was blocked by boulders.
"That kid from the Yuan family did it on purpose. He buried the dark river on purpose!"
Liu Yikang slammed the pen out!
"Has that guy Yuan Zhe researched anything? Which disease is most likely to spread?"
"Yes, before Yuan Fang made a mess, Yuan Zhe wrote a letter and sent it over after the epidemic spread. It's just that something happened before he arrived at Jiankang Yuan's house, and our people were delayed for a while... "
The messenger did not dare to neglect, and took out a thick letter from his bosom.
"Your Highness, this is the letter."
Liu Yikang almost won the official position of a high-ranking member of the DPRK for the Yuan family, just so that he could serve the Song country with all his heart, and finally he could come with his family.
Yuan Zhe has always been obedient before, and has never disobeyed Liu Yikang's "suggestions", so Liu Yikang did not suspect him, and after receiving the thick letter, he showed a satisfied look.
Liu Yikang couldn't wait to tear open the letter. Because the letter paper used a lot, it was too thick. Liu Yikang could only shake it slightly after taking out the letter...
With this shake, countless fine powders came out and sprayed Liu Yikang all over his face.
"Cough cough... What..." Liu Yikang waved his hand and brought the letter to his eyes.
I saw a few pieces of letter paper mixed with countless debris, almost to the point of being full of letter paper! When Liu Yikang picked up the folded letter, it was naturally fine. Once it was opened, countless pieces of debris flew out immediately.
Thinking of what Yuan Zhe was doing, Liu Yikang's face changed drastically.
"Xuanyu doctor! Quick Xuanyu doctor here!"