Chapter 166: It Is Enough! (1/2)
Chapter 166: It Is Enough!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The old roere accoe and laced with helpless despair
The old guan Lingxiu and Yun Yang However, his was even more volatile!
He could lead troops of a ainst the enemies thousands of miles away; he could coies effortlessly; he could throw himself into the thick of warfare and overthrow the ar these fools ere easily swayed, easily instigated, he was helpless!
To the old uan Family of Generals’ tainted name was a fortunate event It was also a reminder, a reminder he could euan Fa about the fall Leng Daoyin or Qiu Jianhan touan Family of Generals who had been the epitome of patriotism, of historical merit, was almost wiped out just like that - he was definitely no safer than theuan residence, the o the oldthe people from afar, everyone in the fa in streaer and despair they had been feeling could not be expressed by words
They did not hen they rongly accused, they only felt anger and resentment
When the truth was unveiled, when their reputation was recovered, each of them could not help the tears the flowed freely down their faces
The oldhand and raised it high over her head, softly sticking it into the censer before the ancestral tablets
The sed neatly as they watched the rising s and the dead had nothing to say; all the women’s eyes were trained on the old mistress
The old mistress’ face was expressionless, but her tears were endless She quietly straightened her body and looked at the many tablets withtime, she murmured, ”I knohat you all want to say… You wish to ask for peace of the heart and the presence of justice This is what you all want to say, is it not? I knew it! The entire faret what you did, even if you had to die a hundred deaths!”
Her voice trembled as she spoke, ”You had your fun, didn't you? All of you roared and charged forward, dying heroic deaths! Dying and leaving everything else behind, isn’t that easy? But all of you left us behind! The peace of heart and the presence of justice all of you wanted, the sacrifices you ret but you left us – a family full of ives and orphaned children! Do you not feel any guilt at all?”
”Your deaths are an end of everything you, all of you know nothing else But we are all still alive here! I guess it just serves us right - we have to bear everything that has happened”
The oldSuddenly, she hollered harshly, ”But what sins have we committed that we have to bear all these?”
Her skinny hand pointed towards the doors behind her as she shouted, ”Why must we bear all these! Come out, one of you, tell this old one, why is it so?”
The ancestral hall seehtly at the vehe with red rimmed eyes
Outside the doors, Qiu Jianhan’s low voice resounded ”Elder sister-in-lae are here”
Old Mistress said coldly, ”Both marshals’ arrival is honorable but this contemptible land is unworthy of your footprints How can this old one afford such respect? This family is full of s and orphans that don’t deserve the courtesy of a visit by two influential o back”
Shadow flitted by the doors before Qiu Jianhan and Leng Daoyin’s tall forms appeared at the doors and walked over quickly
Coround ”We are late Elder sister-in-law, please forgive us!”
These two marshals of the ienerals of the E that could shake the nation with one holler, had just gone on their knees before this old uilt and reer clogged her throat then; the old lady did not speak a word for a long tih; the crutch in her hand shook as she said, ”Get up”
”Yes! Allow both of us to offer incense to the faenerals’ ancestors, brothers, and children, to at least show our sincerity”
Qiu Jianhan and Leng Daoyin got up and went to get a joss stick each They respectfully lit the; their expression solelint flashi+ng across the otten heroic scenes of the Shangguan Fa the battlefield flashed before their eyes
The atenerals straightened up
The old h and said softly, ”Young Qiu, Young Leng, let me ask the both of you…”
She wore no expression on her face and there was no ehtest bit of feelings; her ar towards the doors as she questioned faintly, ”Is… the generations of sacrifice of our family to protect… these people outside?”
Old Marshal Qiu and Leng Daoyin replied with their silence, unable to co time seemed to have passed when both men puffed their chests and said bitterly yet resolutely, ”We are Yutang’s soldiers, we take the iive The military food and pay are supplied by the nation as well”
”We only ask for the peace of heart and the presence of justice! Nothing else!” Both old generals chanted the mantra simultaneously
The peace of heart, the presence of justice!
It was these words again!
These two phrases were terribly convenient
Old Mistress erupted into another fit of rage, tears gushi+ng out of her eyes as she scolded them, ”Is this what you two ask for as well? The peace of heart and the presence of justice? Good, good You are all-righteous with justice, you are all-passionate with generosity! Get out! Get out now! Go and get your peace of heart! Go find the presence of justice! Out, out, out!”
She sobbed as she berated theenerals
Both aged generals took it in their stride without a single rief
They shared the sauan Family faced, the bitter disappointment that was endless and the icy chill that went to the core