Fang Yun looked at Yun Ao calmly, holding the horsewhip in his right hand and playing with the Hanhu shell in his left hand.
"The head of the Yun family is still me, Yun He. It is not your turn as a junior to speak! That half of the dragon-patterned rice field should have belonged to Yun Fang!" Yun He said in a loud voice.
Yun Ao once again raised the stack of documents and said, "Uncle, at other times, you are still the head of the family, but the Dragon Pattern Rice Field is related to the rise and fall of the family, and it is decided by the elders of the family. Your words have no effect. Children of the Yun family, who do you think is in charge now?"
"Of course Yun Ao is the one who makes the decision! According to the family rules, as long as there is no infighting or rebellion against the family, the elders have the right to temporarily deprive the head of the family of his power! If the head of the family insists on disobeying, he will be deprived of his position as head of the family at the very least, and expelled from the family at the worst. If he causes huge losses to the Yun family, he can be beheaded on the spot!" An old scholar from the Yun family shouted loudly.
"That's right. Each family has its own rules, and the elders have the power! How can we let an outsider get half of the Dragon Pattern Rice, which is so important? I think giving him ten kilograms is good enough."
"Who knows what's going on? Maybe Yun Fang killed Yun Jie and stole the map, but he didn't dare to go into the mountain, so he came to deceive the Yun family!"
"I think the head of the Yun family was too honest and was deceived by Yun Fang!"
"Enough!" Yun He shouted loudly, suppressing the voices of everyone in the audience.
"Uncle, you have to think carefully about the consequences." Yun Ao made no secret of his threat.
"Consequences? My son's friend, the benefactor who brought back my son's body, the kind-hearted man who gave up half of the dragon-patterned rice field. If I agree to the Yun family to embezzle his property, would I still be considered a human being? When I die, how will I have the face to see my son in the underworld!" After glaring at Yun Ao, Yun He glanced at the entire audience.
No one around Yun Ao dared to look Yun He in the eye.
"I am doing this for the Yun family! My cousin Yun Jie's spirit in heaven will certainly agree with me. This is probably the only chance for the Yun family to return to the Hanlin family! You can watch this opportunity slip away for your own selfish reasons, but I won't! This dragon-patterned rice field belongs to the Yun family!"
Kang Xingzhi smiled and said, "You little bastard Yun'ao, I have to say sorry. There are four Jinshi here, and the three of us disagree. You can't do it alone. I think you should admit your mistake. Yun He will not punish you severely for your father's sake. Otherwise, don't blame us two old guys for the crime of murdering the head of the family and killing you on the spot!"
Yun Ao sighed deeply, looked at Yun He, Kang Xingzhi and Fang Yun with regret, and said, "Until now, I didn't want to tear my face. Uncle Patriarch, Uncle Kang, I didn't expect that you two would be so stubborn and inflexible. It's really disappointing. However, as long as Yun Fang agrees, this matter can be ended. Yun Fang, I will ask you one last time. Will you hand over the dragon-patterned rice field?"
"Since you ask this, it seems that you also know that this dragon-patterned rice field belongs to me. If I don't hand it over, would you dare to rob my dragon-patterned rice field openly?" Fang Yun asked.
"No, I'm not robbing. I'm trying to get back the dragon-patterned rice fields that my cousin Yun Jie deserves, to strengthen our Yun family! Yun Fang, I thought you were a scholar who knew how to advance and retreat, but now it seems that you're just a fool! I didn't want to do that, but for the sake of the Yun family, I had to do it!"
Yunao took out a foot-long object from the bag on his horse's back, which looked like a firecracker, lit the fuse, and held it high.
"Whoosh..." The message fireworks flew high into the sky.
"boom!"
Fireworks exploded all over the sky, and the bright yellow fireworks bloomed like autumn chrysanthemums under the red clouds, which was particularly eye-catching.
"What are you doing!" Yun He was furious.
Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, then he looked suddenly enlightened. No wonder Yun Hu and Yun Ao, father and son, were so obedient to Yun He before arriving at the Longwen Rice Field, and hardly expressed any objections. It turned out that they had already colluded with outsiders, and once the situation was unfavorable to them, they would immediately set off fireworks to ask for help.
“My dear nephew Yun Ao, I said that old man Yun He is a blockhead and there is no way he would agree to this. He would rather give the dragon-patterned rice fields to outsiders than to the Yun family, let alone our Fuyuan Yun family and the Nie family!”
The sound of spring thunder exploded in the sky.
Everyone looked towards the bend in the road and saw a team of humans slowly walking towards them.
There were five Jinshi riding on dragon horses at the front of the team, including Yun Dan and Nie Cheng who were supposed to be stationed in the valley.
Yun Dan and Nie Cheng were very young, but the other three Jinshi were all around fifty years old, the same age as Yun He.
"Turns out they are the three old dogs from Fuyuan Street!" Kang Xingzhi cursed with a dark face.
The three men were not angry either. The head of the Nie family, Nie Que, had a three-strand beard and a smile on his old face. He said, "My dear nephew Yun Ao, you did a good job! Our two families abide by the integrity and only take 25% of the dragon-patterned rice and holy blood jade. As for the rest, your Changle Yun family will deal with it fairly, and we will never interfere!"
"You ungrateful beast!" Yun He glared at Yun Ao.
Yun Ao was ashamed and annoyed, and said: "Uncle Patriarch, I got 25% more dragon-patterned rice and holy blood jade for the Yun family for nothing, which is a great achievement! But you are biased towards outsiders. I think you are no longer suitable for the position of Patriarch. When I return to Juyun City, I will inform the elders of this matter and abolish your position as Patriarch! Of course, you are still my uncle, and I will still serve you and enjoy your old age! As for revenge for Yun Jie, when I become a Hanlin, I will place Qian Er in front of Yun Jie's grave and let his spirit rest in peace in heaven!"
"How dare you seize Lao Yun's position as the head of the family? When you passed your hundredth day, I should have strangled you, the traitor!" Kang Xingzhi cursed.
Nie Que chuckled and said, "Xingzhi, Yunhe, we have known each other for decades, so don't embarrass yourself in front of the children. Our Fuyuan Yun family and Nie family are family members no matter what. We have been intermarrying for so long, so who doesn't have the blood of the other two families? Yunao is a good child and knows the importance of things. On the contrary, you two are old and confused. You actually gave half of the huge benefits of the Dragon Pattern Rice Field to outsiders. How foolish!"
Yun He sneered, "Brother Nie, you have loved to rob me since you were a child. Now that you are older, you don't rob me anymore. Instead, you occupy the mountain and rob others' dragon-patterned rice. The blood of our three families is clean, only you have the blood of a bandit. Could it be that your mother was robbed in the past?"
Some people laughed secretly, especially those who had a bad relationship with Nie Que, some even laughed out loud.
Fang Yun didn't expect that Yun He, who was always old-fashioned, would say such ugly words.
Nie Que remained calm and said, "I won't say any more unnecessary words. You must hand over the dragon-patterned rice today, whether you want to or not! My two old friends, we have been fighting overtly and covertly for so many years, let's take a break today. If a real fight breaks out, it would be bad if the six of us lose. What's more, we have too many people with us."
Everyone looked behind Nie Que. They had almost twice as many juren and xiucai as the Changle Yun family's monster hunting team, and the number of ordinary soldiers also reached two thousand.
Nie Que's team has an almost overwhelming advantage.
(To be continued…)