Chapter 72 - Mourning Hall (1/2)
”How did my mother die?” An Yuanzhi forced Grand Preceptor An step by step to retreat. ”If a living person dies, won't you give me an explanation?”
”She,” Grand Preceptor An said, ”After hearing the news of your sister's death, she couldn't accept it any longer and threw herself into a well.”
Upon hearing that his birth mother had committed suicide, An Yuanzhi found it even more unacceptable. ”That's impossible!” He shouted at Grand Preceptor An, ”There's no way my mother would abandon me and leave me alone!” It must be you, it must be you who harmed my mother! ”
”How dare you!” No matter how much Grand Preceptor An felt ashamed of An Yuanzhi, he couldn't tolerate his son pointing a finger at his face.
”I want to open the coffin,” An Yuanzhi said. ”I don't want my mother to commit suicide.”
”Open the coffin?” The matriarch was helped into the mourning hall by An Yuanwen. She said to An Yuanzhi, ”Are you saying we caused the death of Lady Xiu?” ”Then why don't you go to the government office and ask the justice courts to investigate this case?”
”You think I don't dare?” When An Yuanzhi saw the matriarch, he didn't greet her either. Now that his mother and elder sister were gone, he could ignore this family.
”Make way,” Matriarch turned to look at Grand Preceptor An. ”If he thinks his mother's gone, then leave it to him. Let him go and report.” I want to see if the white ones in this world can really be called black! A woman who threw a well can also be found to have been killed. ”
”Fifth Young Master,” Lady Feng, who was guarding the mourning hall, boldly said to An Yuanzhi, ”Your mother really committed suicide. Many people in the mansion saw it. She jumped into the well in the laundry yard. It was on the night Second Miss died.”
When Lady Feng spoke, the servants in the mourning hall all opened their mouths to prove to An Yuanzhi that his birth mother had indeed committed suicide.
An Yuanzhi shook off Yuan Yi's hand and walked in front of the coffin with bloodshot eyes. If he didn't see the corpses of these people with his own eyes, he couldn't believe that his family members were already dead.
”Open the coffin for him to see,” Matriarch He said.
”Mother,” Grand Preceptor An hastened to say, ”Don't be angry and impulsive. He doesn't know any better. Let Yuanwen help you go back and rest first.”
”I'm going to take them away,” An Yuanzhi said suddenly. ”I won't trouble you with their funeral.”
”Where are you taking them?” An Yuanwen couldn't help but angrily retort, ”His Majesty ordered our family to carry out this funeral on behalf of Shangguan family. Aunt Xiu is father's concubine, so she can't leave the An clan regardless of life or death. You want to take her away?”
An Yuanzhi stared at An Yuanwen.
An Yuanwen faced An Yuanzhi, who didn't have the guilt that Grand Preceptor An had, and said, ”Do you know filial piety now? Where were you when they were in trouble? No matter how much you dislike studying and choose the army, don't you understand that you shouldn't be far away from your parents? ”
An Yuanzhi was filled with regret. If he had known that his mother and An Jinxiu would do something like this after he left, he wouldn't have left even if he was beaten to death. However, there was no place in this world that could buy medicine for regret.
An Yuanzhi had no idea what he should do. He wanted to join the army so that his mother and An Jinxiu could live a good life together. Now that both of them were gone, the fifteen-year-old An Yuanzhi suddenly didn't know what else he could do. The people who were fighting for him were gone, so his goal of moving forward naturally no longer existed.
”You said their fates are bad?” An Yuanzhi's remaining rationality flew out of his mind. ”Then let me see how good your life is!” An Yuanzhi pulled out the great sword hanging on his waist and stabbed towards An Yuanwen.
”Young Master!” Yuan Yi and Yuan Wei stopped An Yuanzhi at the same time. This young master of the Residence of An was asking for a beating, but they couldn't just let An Yuanzhi lose his life because he killed his brothers.
An Yuanwen was a scholar, but this was the first time in his life that he had been stabbed by a sword. He was already stunned when he saw An Yuanzhi's sword swing towards his ċhėst, but he had no idea how to dodge it. Seeing An Yuanzhi's treasured sword stop in front of his ċhėst, An Yuanwen was scared to the point of perspiring cold sweat. This kid wanted his life.
”You're rebelling, you're rebelling!” Matriarch was the first to recover from her shock. She shouted at An Yuanzhi, ”You want to kill your brother?!” Bastard! How could such a bastard like you appear in our An clan! ”
”Young master, put down your sword!” Yuan Wei pulled An Yuanzhi back as Yuan Yi snatched the treasured sword from An Yuanzhi's hand. ”You can't fight here!” ”Give me the sword.”
At this moment, Grand Preceptor An ordered the Residence of An's guards who had rushed to the mourning hall, ”Capture this unfilial son for me!”
”Who are you callimg unfilial son is?” An Yuanzhi had completely lost control of his emotions by now. He fought desperately to get rid of Yuan Yi and Yuan Wei, while shouting at Grand Preceptor An, ”Do you think I'm willing to have the last name of An?” My mother and sister are gone, this place is nothing to me! They were all servants of others, who would be a level higher than them? I won't let you off! ”
The matriarch finally couldn't take the provocation and fell to the ground.
”Grand Mother!” An Yuanwen rushed over to support the matriarch, but heard a sound from his ċhėst. He lowered his head to look, and saw that a long slit had appeared on his clothes.
An Yuanzhi kicked over two of the guards who wanted to capture him and said, ”This family has nothing to do with me from now on!”
Grand Preceptor An was so angry that his hands and feet turned to ice. As he ordered An Yuanwen to take the matriarch away, he said to the guards, ”You don't have to show him any mercy. Capture this bastard for this old man!” This old man wants to punish him! ”