"What kind of trouble can this be? I have already given the order. If they want to eat, drink, have fun, and cause trouble, let them do as they please. If they can afford to provoke you, they deserve to be bullied by them. If they can't afford to provoke you, they also deserve to be bullied by others. As long as they don't beat others to death or cripple others, or don't get beaten to death or crippled by others, the guards of the Mu Mansion shall not interfere. As for what their own family wants to do, that is their own business. Don't expect the Mu Mansion to support them if they make trouble." Mu Beichen said.
"What?" Mu Hanyan looked at Mu Beichen in surprise. This way of managing a family was truly unheard of.
"Do you think that this is too distant and not like a family?" Mu Beichen saw Mu Hanyan's surprise and asked with a smile.
"Yeah." Mu Hanyan nodded.
"Do you know how many people there are in the Mu family?" Mu Beichen asked.
"I don't know." Mu Hanyan replied.
"The Mu family has one Grand Elder, five elders, nine attendants, and over ten guest elders. Adding their closest relatives, the number of direct descendants alone, numbering in the hundreds. If the main family were to be involved in everything, then even a few unpromising young men would cause unrest within the main family, and within a few days, everyone in the capital would be offended.
Therefore, I can only let them clean up the snow in front of their own door, so as not to bring disaster to the Mu family." Mu Beichen said.
Hearing this, Mu Hanyan understood Mu Beichen's intentions and felt a surge of shame. Blackrock City had only produced one dandy, Mu Da, who had already offended nearly every other aristocratic family. And she wasn't a true dandy; most of the time, it was others who were at fault. If a few more genuine dandies appeared, the City Lord's Mansion would be drowned in the spit of the common people.
The Mu family in the capital is even more numerous and involved, so my grandfather did this for a reason.
Mu Hanyan also understood why the guards who had followed Mu Zexian and others out earlier, including the guards at the door, just smiled bitterly at each other and did not attack them. It was all because of the order from their grandfather.
"However, they are members of the Mu family after all. It would not be a good idea to just let them do whatever they want, right?" Mu Hanyan couldn't help but say.
Thinking about the cowardly behavior of Mu Zexian and the others, even Mu Hanyan felt ashamed. What she found most difficult to accept was that these little brats, who were only a few years old, actually knew to go to Zui Xiang Lou for entertainment. If she continued to let it go like this, who knew what would happen.
"A family like ours is bound to have a few unfilial sons. If the entire family were elites, the Mu family would be in chaos. How could it have been passed down to this day?" Mu Beichen said lightly.
Mu Hanyan was stunned at first, and then she vaguely understood what he meant.
Throughout history, there have been countless families that have been destroyed due to brothers fighting for power and profit. Even many dynasties have changed due to this reason.
The Mu family is already a prosperous family. If everyone, whether they have the talent for cultivation or not, wants to fight for resources for cultivation, and eventually engages in intrigue and exhausts the limited resources, they will end up in the same situation sooner or later, and the family will eventually decline.
Eliminate the dross and retain the essence, use limited resources on descendants who are worthy of training, and turn a blind eye to the rest, leaving them to eat and wait for death. It sounds a bit cruel, but it is also a way of checks and balances. We must always give up on those who are not worthy of training early, let them give up completely, so that the family can continue from generation to generation.
Although she understood it, Mu Hanyan still felt sorry for Mu Zexian and others when she thought about how they were abandoned by their families at such a young age.
"Besides, if you don't let them do whatever they want and make some noise, your reputation as a playboy will become too conspicuous." Mu Beichen added.
Mu Hanyan's heart moved. It turned out that her grandfather allowed Mu Zexian and others to do whatever they wanted and was too lazy to discipline them. In addition to the way of checks and balances in running the family, he also had this intention.
Come to think of it, if the Mu family has strict family rules and all descendants are cautious in what they say and do, but he, the eldest playboy Mu, is the only one with a great reputation, then the contrast is too great and will inevitably arouse suspicion from those who are interested.
With Mu Zexian and others in the capital taking the blame for her, no one except the people in Black Stone City would take her reputation as a playboy too seriously.
Speaking of which, the fact that Mu Zexian and the others were indulged to this extent and had such bad morals was somewhat related to her.
"Grandfather, why is this happening?" Mu Hanyan was already full of doubts, and now she couldn't help but ask.
Mu Beichen of course knew what she was asking. He turned around and waved his hand, and the wall behind him flashed with light.
The seal opened, and a copper-colored slab appeared before his eyes.
There was a faint crystal light flashing on the stone slab. It was obviously a piece of fine meteorite gold. Who knows how many years it has gone through, and its surroundings are already incomplete.
Looking closely, there was a picture painted on the stone slab.
In the ancient earth, all things were depressed, the ground was cracked, volcanoes erupted, and several figures stood in the clouds, overlooking thousands of living beings.
Mu Hanyan's gaze was unconsciously attracted, and her mind was inadvertently immersed in the scene.
In my ears, I heard the loud roar of a volcanic eruption, and the cold wind blew across my cheeks, like a knife cutting, and the earth cracked, forming a deep abyss.
Screams and cries came from far away. Tens of millions of people were displaced and fled in terror in the devastated land. In just a moment, they were engulfed by the merciless flames or fell into the abyss.
Amidst long roars, figures clad in ancient armor flew across the sky, their swords slashing across the sky with terrifying sword beams, like the scorching sun, blinding people.
All one could feel was that under the powerful might of the sword, the entire world fell into silence, and time and space all stopped at this moment.
After a long time, the light faded and the world returned to peace. The volcano stopped erupting and the earth was at peace.
In the distance, people's thunderous cheers and devout prayers were heard.
However, those figures wearing ancient armor knelt on the ground for a long time, like eternal sculptures.
From their mouths came an ancient and melodious chant, full of sadness and nostalgia, like an immortal elegy.
"What...what is this?" Mu Hanyan suddenly woke up and asked in a trembling voice.
Although she didn't know what they were chanting, Mu Hanyan could feel that the language they used was the same as the so-called divine language that echoed in her mind.
"The God of War has come to the world, and the world is in turmoil!" Mu Beichen stared at Mu Hanyan for a long time, his expression solemn, like a sculpture.
The God of War descends to the world, sweeping across the heavens and earth!!!
Mu Hanyan's heart trembled violently.
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