Chapter 894 Despair Brought by Destruction

The person watching their live stream noticed something was wrong and immediately reported it to Xiao Jihui.

Although Xiao Jihui knew that with their abilities, the two were probably not in any danger, he still called to check on them and ask if they needed any help.

Ye Wanxi briefly explained the situation, stopping them from trying to break into the house to rescue the people.

Just then, the director returned with his tools.

As the director and his team began digging, they were somewhat apprehensive, fearing that each shovel strike would anger the Yang family patriarch and cause him to grab them by the neck again.

But after digging several times, the Yang family head didn't react much, just stood aside and watched quietly, looking every bit like a supervisor.

The director breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt inexplicably under immense pressure.

Because it had rained the night before, the surface of the ground was still a bit damp, making it easier to dig.

But after all, it's a big tree that's been planted for so many years, so it's difficult to dig it out any further.

The director and his team dug for almost an hour before finally finding something hard right in front of the corner of the house.

"Found it! Found it! It's here!"

As soon as he shouted this, everyone swarmed around him.

"Quickly, quickly, take it out, gently, gently, don't damage what's inside. If it's an antique, our entire production team couldn't afford to pay for it even if we sold it."

The director, standing to the side, kept giving instructions to everyone, his voice a mixture of excitement and nervousness.

Soon, several staff members carefully dug the hard lump out of the pit.

It was a medium-sized wooden box, heavy in the hand, making one wonder what kind of treasure was inside.

After taking out the box, the group didn't dare to open it easily. Instead, at Ye Wanxi's signal, they cautiously carried it to the head of the Yang family, leaving it to him to do as he pleased.

"This box..." When the Yang family head's empty eyes fell on the box, they seemed to suddenly come to life, and his gaze turned slightly cold.

After a brief silence, under the tense and expectant gazes of everyone, he finally took a slightly strange old object from his waist and inserted it into the keyhole of the box.

Ye Wanxi suddenly realized that the old object that Nie Yuyang had inadvertently acquired was probably the main reason why the remnant soul of the Yang family head left in this house was able to awaken.

Click...

The box opened with a click, and everyone's hearts jumped. Zhao Yun'er and the others craned their necks, eager to see what was inside.

However, to everyone's surprise, as soon as the lid was opened, they were engulfed by a sudden burst of bright light.

More than a hundred years ago, the Yang family was the richest family in the area and also the largest grain merchant in the entire province.

The Yang family has four members in this generation, including the adopted sons who were raised in the mansion from childhood. The family is large and diverse, and the Yang family is also very wealthy. Outsiders have speculated that the siblings are outwardly friendly but inwardly at odds.

In reality, the Yang siblings had a very good relationship.

As the eldest son of the Yang family, he was much older than his younger siblings, and since his parents had passed away early, he had always played the role of an elder brother who was like a father to his younger siblings.

Yang's eldest sister-in-law was the wife chosen by Yang's parents for their son before their death. She possessed all the qualities a matriarch should have: dignified, generous, gentle, and capable. She not only took good care of her husband but was also very close to her younger brothers and sisters.

The second son of the Yang family was a quiet and reserved person, not suited for business, but he was passionate about medicine. After achieving some success in medicine through an old Chinese medicine doctor who was a family friend of the Yang family, he took his fourth sister abroad to study. He combined Chinese and Western medicine and returned home to cure many people with difficult and complicated diseases. Within a few years, he became famous and was a very well-known "miracle doctor" in the area.

Because of his personality, after much deliberation, Sister-in-law Yang arranged for him to marry the second wife of the Yang family.

The second wife of the Yang family was feisty, forthright, and outspoken, yet she was also very good at adapting to changing circumstances, which perfectly complemented the personality of the second master of the Yang family.

Sure enough, the two were inseparable after getting married, and had a child in less than six months.

Although Third Master Yang was an adopted son of the Yang family, he did not covet the Yang family's property as rumored. He respected First Master Yang and his wife very much. He was a decisive and even ruthless character in public, but at home he was an ordinary young man who would act coquettishly with his sister-in-law and act like a rascal with his brother.

The fourth young lady of the Yang family is the only girl in the family. She was loved by her two sisters-in-law from a young age and went out to see the world with her second brother. Her perspective and mentality are different from ordinary girls. She is proud but not spoiled, confident but not arrogant.

The family members have very different personalities, yet they are tolerant and supportive of each other, living a harmonious and joyful life together.

But all of this changed dramatically that year.

That year, a handsome and refined young man came to the Yang family. Outsiders all thought he was a female role performer in the Yang family's opera troupe.

Only the Yang family knew that this young man, despite his young age, managed a transportation line with his ruthlessness and intelligence.

This transport line mainly delivers emergency supplies to the front lines. As the largest grain merchant in the area, along with the businesses of the first and second wives, it's no exaggeration to say that the Yang family practically controls the entire province's food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

Because of this, the Yang family naturally became the young man's ally.

However, no one expected that the war would be so large and expand so rapidly.

The Yang family realized they could no longer sit idly by and wait for their doom. Third Master Yang asked the young men to take him with them when they transported supplies to the front lines. He felt that only by making a name for himself outside could he avoid being preyed upon and protect his family and loved ones.

The other party agreed, and after considering various factors, Mr. Yang finally agreed as well.

Master Yang followed the horse team, unaware that his cousin and his fourth sister were following behind them and leaving home with him.

What he didn't expect was that before he could even build a successful career, this battle had already reached their doorstep.

Grandpa Yang could never forget that day. The roar of artillery fire echoed in his ears, and the thick smoke from burning things enveloped the entire desperate town where screams could be heard everywhere.

Grandpa Yang, along with his wife and two children, hid in the cellar, too afraid to go out. He was extremely worried about his second uncle and his wife, who were outside at the time, and kept praying for their safety.

Unexpectedly, he received terrible news in the afternoon: his second brother had been brutally murdered because he had once saved a group of injured people.

His second brother and sister-in-law led a group of people to resist the burning, killing, and looting of those villains, but in the end, they could not hold out alone.

After being caught, he could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide.

(End of this chapter)