Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2119: Chapter 1880: Let Me Give You One More Arduous Task...

Right there, Yuan Shu used Yang Xiu’s blood to scribble a war declaration on a piece of cloth and threw it directly at Yang Biao’s face, "I’m giving you face, letting you prepare your family’s private troops. Accept this war declaration, today the Yang Family and Yuan Family will meet their fate!"

Yang Biao was completely bewildered at this moment. After being hit by a blood-spattered war declaration from Yuan Shu, he immediately shouted, ordering servants to seize Yuan Shu. He hadn’t seen anyone so unrestrained in someone else’s house for so many years.

"Capture them all, except for Yuan Shu, regardless of life or death!" Yang Biao looked at Yang Xiu lying in a pool of blood with shallow breaths, a sword still stuck in his chest, and hurriedly called for his family’s private troops.

"Kill them all, even get rid of Yang Biao too! You’ve accepted the war declaration, today I’ll remove the Yang Family from the Aristocratic Families Under Heaven! Jii Ling, go, kill them all!" Yuan Shu, now in the heat of the moment, was furious for being splattered with insults, not to mention the thrown war declaration.

Jii Ling, considered one of Yuan Shu’s staunchest allies, knew that if they really wiped out the Yang Family today, Yuan Shu might face serious consequences. However, since Yuan Shu was currently enraged, he decided to let Yuan Shu vent first.

Immediately, Jii Ling charged towards the advancing private troops. Ever since Chang’an housed a large number of Inner Qi Manifestation practitioners, the Cloud Qi Protection in Chang’an had never been activated again. Jii Ling’s strength, which was absolutely no less than Inner Qi Manifestation by Yuan Shu’s side, was showcased brilliantly at this moment.

The berserk attack quickly slaughtered over three hundred elite Yang Family private troops, with arms and legs even flying into the hall. The maids and servants in the courtyard, witnessing this scene, were thoroughly frightened and scattered in all directions.

Soon, the hall of the Yang Family was splattered with blood stains everywhere. After more than three hundred Yang Family private troops fell, Jii Ling, covered in blood, walked in carrying a short spear, the blood steadily dripping from his spear and armor as he stepped in.

"Mission accomplished." Jii Ling clasped his fists in a salute to Yuan Shu and said.

By this time, Yang Biao could barely stand, gazing at Jii Ling who had entered the hall with his spear, his face pale, while Yuan Shu looked at Yang Biao with a sneering expression.

"The Yang Family of the Three Dukes of Five Generations?" Yuan Shu raised an eyebrow, looking at Yang Biao who was teetering at the main hall, sneering repeatedly, "But just like this?"

Yuan Shu bent down and kicked Yang Xiu in the pool of blood, "Well, Yang Dezhu, get up and keep cursing. Weren’t you sharp-tongued just now?"

"Zijia, give me a copy of the documents." Yuan Shu reached out and pulled out the sword stuck in Yang Xiu’s chest, turned to Lu Yu and said. Lu Yu, who had been stunned, finally reacted under Yuan Shu’s inquiry, hurriedly taking out the documents from his bag.

Yuan Shu glanced at the document, pressed Yang Xiu’s claws into the blood to soak a bit, and then pressed them onto his own document.

"Alright, Family Head of the Yang Family of the Three Dukes of Five Generations, Yang Taipu, now do you think you’re migrating the clan or not migrating the clan?" Yuan Shu, indifferent to the blood splattered on himself, considered such scenes too normal. Back when he wiped out the Jing, Xiang, Yu, and Yang Aristocratic Families, he was similarly covered in blood.

Yang Biao looked at Yuan Shu, realizing for the first time how unfamiliar Yuan Shu was to him, no, he should say how unfamiliar the world was. Never before had anyone dared act like this in their Yang Family, yet Yuan Shu’s actions filled him with dread.

"Yuan Gonglu, acting this way, aren’t you afraid of being infamous for eternity?" Yang Biao said angrily, but dared not say a word against migrating.

"Before saying that, try to hold your two shaking legs." Yuan Shu said calmly, "By the way, if not for needing a Family Head from the Yang Family to agree today, I’d already be bringing your head to see the Guanxi noble family." Yuan Shu clearly intended to see things through.

"You!" Yang Biao’s face turned pale with anger, finally flicking his sleeves in fury, "Fine, I’ll migrate!"

"Sign here." Yuan Shu handed the documents to Yang Biao, indifferent to any obstacle to his will, not caring about kicking aside the old father-in-law.

"Does the Yang Family need to resort to these measures? Isn’t what we say enough?" Yang Biao angrily pointed at the document.

"I think treating you like I did Yang Dezhu seems more appropriate." Yuan Shu stomped on Yang Xiu, found he seemed unresponsive, as Yang Biao watched the scene with nothing but rage, ultimately signed his name.

Little did he know, just now when Yuan Shu stomped, Yang Xiu released his Spiritual Capacity wanting to drag Yuan Shu down. If not for Lu Yu quickly stopping him and Yang Xiu being too weakened from blood loss, Yuan Shu might be lying with Yang Xiu right now.

"Where were you earlier." Yuan Shu taunted, taking the document into his arms, turned away and left, "The old Yang Family of the Three Dukes of Five Generations, such a big title, ha, do you still think your ancestral legacy can protect your family for all eternity?"

Yuan Shu stepped out of the Yang Family’s gate, leaving several bloody footprints behind, and without changing his clothes, he immediately headed to the other aristocratic families in Sili Yongliang and other regions where he had previously dropped visiting cards.

With this document in hand, Yuan Shu naturally advanced smoothly. The Yang Family had agreed, so what could the other aristocratic families in Sili Yongliang possibly disagree with? Did they really want the Yang Family, Yuan Family, Chen Family, and Xun Family to catch and severely deal with them? Everyone’s not foolish, right?

As a result, Yuan Shu managed to settle this matter within a few days. As for the Yang Family, they didn’t mention a word about the conflict that occurred within their house, and replaced all their servants. The former servants were sent back to Hongnong. The entire Yang Family, besides keeping their doors firmly shut, acted as if nothing had happened.

This was also the main reason Zhou Yu couldn’t find any information, because no one would have thought that Yuan Shu had such a massive conflict with the Yang Family in the Yang Family’s own house in Chang’an City. And Yuan Shu wasn’t the type to run his mouth and spread the story.

In retrospect, Yuan Shu didn’t realize that by doing so, he inadvertently achieved something the Yuan Family had been striving for generations to accomplish but had never succeeded: completely outshining the Yang Family in terms of family stature.

In short, Yuan Shu successfully completed the migration work of the aristocratic families before the court meeting with this method. Moreover, he had major families sign the latest migration deadlines, and the efficiency of action was so astonishing that it made everyone gape in awe, inevitably earning respect for the Yuan Family.

As for the Yang Family, who were heavily rubbed down by Yuan Shu, who cares? It’s quite the Yang Family’s skill to cover this up and not let outsiders know. If they still want to compete with the Yuan Family for supremacy, that will have to wait for the next generation.

"Gonglu, you are really amazing." Chen Xi looked at Yuan Shu with admiration.

Although Chen Xi had already known that Yuan Shu would certainly get this matter done, being able to achieve this extent truly impressed Chen Xi. Additionally, Yuan Shu had even specified the latest migration times for various major families as well as the general migration times for middle and small families in their respective provinces and counties.

"Heh heh heh, isn’t it obvious? Once our Yuan Family gets involved in such matters, it’s settled. It’s no problem at all," Yuan Shu said with a sense of pride, while Zhou Yu silently handled political affairs on the side, saying nothing.

"Indeed, your family’s foundation is solid," Chen Xi praised, rubbing his chin. After all, Yuan Shu had helped to get the work done. Chen Xi wasn’t stingy with throwing a few compliments; if a few words of praise could ease the workload, Chen Xi was more than willing to do so.

"Of course, but it’s mainly because of me, hahaha," Yuan Shu said, filled with satisfaction. "Anything else that can’t be solved, let me handle it."

"Well, there are indeed be other issues, but they are more troublesome. If not handled well, it might drag you in," Chen Xi thought for a moment and said. You see, family migration isn’t just a single job. It’s part of a series of tasks, involving various detailed aspects.

"Let’s hear it," Yuan Shu said, patting his chest. Previously doing this task made Yuan Shu very satisfied; after all, it aligned with Yuan Shu’s ideals.

"It’s like this. For family migration, you need to organize it on one hand, and once they get there, you’ll need a person of considerable prestige to arrange and mediate. You know, right? They were originally each family sitting on their own turf, relatively far apart, avoiding conflicts," Chen Xi sighed and said, which points to the crux of the matter.

Although Chen Xi initially clamored to pack aristocratic clans together, rationally speaking, doing so was indeed somewhat unreliable. Everybody is concerned about face. If two aristocratic clans face each other, and your courtyard door is bigger than mine, I’ll have to change mine to surpass it. It would be a surprise if they didn’t clash to the death.

In the Qin and Han era, personal and family honor were held in too high regard. If one’s family face is disgraced, not clashing hard would be odd. If two aristocratic families were next-door neighbors or facing each other, it would only lead to the downfall of one, or both paying the price.

Back in the day, Dou Ying and Tian Fen clashed to the point of face-off due to Guan Fu’s matter, ultimately nearly finishing each other off.

For these families, while face may not always be important, there are times when it is not, for the sake of face, that domestic turmoil has occurred, and it’s not unheard of for families to be torn apart over more exaggerated situations.

Though Chen Xi spoke of grouping the aristocratic clans together at the time, after sober consideration, he realized some things can’t just be decided on a whim. This matter must be carried out steadily and cautiously, as seeking stability lays a strong foundation for the nation, not merely a game.

Thus, it absolutely couldn’t be allowed to proceed recklessly, especially based on this, the locations where various families were stationed needed careful research. Internal issues needed someone to step forward to coordinate, meaning that someone must stand up to spearhead and coordinate internal matters between great aristocratic families.

In this era, two clans even once got into such a conflict over water rights that hundreds of men armed with spears and pikes engaged in battles. Though aristocratic families pay heed to face, fundamentally it’s not much different, needing someone seen as "prestigious and renowned" from all angles to keep the peace.

"I can do this; I’m the most suitable," Yuan Shu assuredly claimed after hearing Chen Xi’s explanation, "I’m definitely able to mediate the major families very effectively. I am quite skilled in matters like this."