Chapter 59 Removal from the family genealogy and confiscation of family property!
"Stop hitting him! You bunch of bastards, stop right now!"
Seeing the scene of a chaotic fight in front of the grave, with screams echoing everywhere, the clan chief was so angry that his face turned red and his neck bulged. He stomped his feet and slapped his thighs on the spot, disregarding his image.
Several clan elders were also extremely anxious, wanting to rush over and pull them apart one by one, but their old arms and legs couldn't withstand the slightest exertion.
"We can't keep fighting like this. Let's go back and call for backup."
"Yes, yes, the six siblings have such deep-seated grudges that it might lead to someone's death."
"Let's go, let's hurry back to the village and get help, or it will be too late."
The elders watched in terror, their hands and feet trembling like leaves, fearing that someone would die in front of them at any moment.
Before the clan chief could speak, they staggered towards the village, shouting as they ran, "Help! Help! Someone's going to die!"
The clan chief dared not leave. He slapped his thigh and jumped up and down, pointing at the two newly built graves and cursing, "Look at the good sons and good daughters you raised! Are you satisfied now?"
An old saying goes that discord among children is mostly due to the lack of virtue in the elders.
Back then, the clan chief felt that the two elders of the Xu family were muddle-headed and might cause their six children to become estranged.
Seeing the six Xu siblings fighting each other to the death, he felt a sense of relief, as if he had just learned his lesson. He then cursed the Xu elders with even less restraint.
"You spoiled your eldest son and grandson while you were alive, which fostered their greed. You also took advantage of your second son and Cuilian, two honest children, and broke their hearts. I've never seen such fools and idiots as you!"
The clan leader was younger than the two elders of the Xu family, but a generation older, and was not afraid that the two elders of the Xu family would overturn their coffins and climb out to argue with him.
"You'd be better off dead, but you've made me clean up this mess! If I'd known it would turn out like this, I should have been ruthless back then and driven your entire lineage out of the village!"
The clan chief grew increasingly angry as he spoke, his chest heaving as he gasped for breath, as if he were about to faint at any moment.
While the clan chief was furiously cursing the dead, the "battlefield" on the other side was also raging fiercely.
Xu Laoda's side has more people, at least seventeen or eighteen of them are good fighters.
Sheng'an only had seven people, but Xu Chenglin was good at martial arts, and the four members of the Zhang family were all strong and powerful. Despite being outnumbered, they did not suffer any losses.
Xu Chenglin knocked down the three Xu brothers one by one with a kick, and then one of them was hit with a heavy punch, causing blood to fly from his nose and screaming in agony.
Zhang the butcher was a burly man who kept punching Xu Guilian's husband until he let out a series of pig-like screams.
Not to be outdone, the three Zhang brothers, including Dai Kui, chased after the Xu family women and their peers with murderous intent.
They had all slaughtered pigs and seen blood, so they naturally carried a menacing aura.
Now that they were fighting with all their might, the Xu family members were terrified and lost most of their will to fight.
Xu Huaining was the only one who wasn't beaten; he just kept trying to break up the fight, but no one paid any attention to him.
Xu Cuilian, on the other hand, was focused on tearing Xu Guilian apart. Learning from her previous experience, just before the fight began, she quickly grabbed a stick and started hitting Xu Guilian hard.
Xu Guilian lost the initiative and was no match for Xu Cuilian. She was beaten so badly that she could only scream and try to escape.
With all six players giving their all, Sheng An was not lagging behind.
At this moment, she was riding on Aunt Xu's belly, her hair disheveled, looking like a madwoman, her eyes filled with excitement for the enemy.
Sheng An swung his fist and punched Aunt Xu hard in the chest: "You dare to lay a dirty hand on me? You think you're so great?"
She had wanted to teach this stupid pig a lesson back in the ancestral hall, but before she could even make a move, he backed down.
Now that she's finally got her chance, it would be stupid of her not to retaliate.
"Ah—you little bitch, how dare you hit me! Get away, get away from me now, ah—"
Aunt Xu screamed in agony as she was being beaten. She tried her best to fight back, but she couldn't get the person on top of her off. She could only passively take the beating.
"He still has the energy to curse. It seems I went too easy on him."
Without thinking, Sheng An slapped Aunt Xu hard across the face, turning her face crooked.
"You cheap, cheap silver, you won't get a proper wash!"
Aunt Xu's teeth were loosened from the beating, and her speech was slurred. Only her eyes stared at Sheng An with resentment.
“You, a vicious woman who tried to kill your own son, didn’t die a good death. How could I, a righteous person who acts on behalf of Heaven, die young?”
Sheng An slapped Xu Sanshen across the other half of her face. Looking at the two symmetrical handprints, she punched Xu Sanshen in the chest with satisfaction: "Every cause has its effect, and your retribution is me."
Aunt Xu San didn't even have the energy to curse anymore.
Everyone was engrossed in the chaotic battle, and no one noticed the approaching sound of approaching hooves.
In the cool autumn wind, a lone rider appeared in the remote and impoverished Xujiaba.
Xu Jinnian, dressed in a cloud-blue cloth robe, rode a tall, glossy horse. The wind whipped through his hair, which shimmered with a black-gold light in the bright sunlight.
As the horse's hooves drew closer to the Xu family's cemetery, Xu Jinnian, with his excellent view from horseback, spotted the chaotic fight within the cemetery in a single glance.
His dark eyes narrowed, and a hint of coldness appeared on Xu Jinnian's gentle and refined face.
With long legs gripping the horse's belly, the chestnut horse, upon receiving the command, slashed through the air like lightning, carrying its rider forward at breakneck speed.
When the horse stopped, Xu Jinnian easily spotted his slender figure, the one who seemed most nervous, amidst the chaotic crowd.
He was stunned.
Xu Jinnian had considered that his wife would suffer, that she would get hurt, and that she would cry, but he never expected that she would act like the bravest warrior on the battlefield, riding on the back of the woman who abandoned him and striking hard.
He found it particularly beautiful that he saw her with her hair disheveled, clothes rumpled, and face and body covered in mud; she seemed to be glowing.
Sheng An was engrossed in beating someone up and didn't notice anyone coming from behind. He was still cursing at Aunt Xu: "Next time, watch your eyes! If you dare to bite me again, you can forget about having those eyes!"
Aunt Xu, her eyes glazed over from the beating, inadvertently caught sight of a handsome man riding a tall horse, backlit by the sun, looking like a god descending from heaven. For a moment, she was dazed, then suddenly reached out to him excitedly, crying, "Save me! Save me..."
Seeing her go crazy and "come back to life," Sheng An reflexively slapped her again: "Go ahead and scream, no one will come to save you even if you scream your lungs out."
The Xu family members are all in dire straits, yet this woman still harbors wicked intentions.
Xu Jinnian dismounted and, under the hopeful gaze of Aunt Xu, slowly approached, her jade-like and picturesque face becoming increasingly clear.
Sheng An finally noticed the footsteps behind her. Her expression changed slightly, and she hurriedly turned around, only to meet a pair of cold, smiling eyes.
“Jin Nian…”
Sheng An unconsciously called out, never expecting to see Xu's family graveyard today.
Xu Jinnian didn't even glance at Xu Sanshen, whose cheeks were red and swollen and who looked disheveled. Instead, he reached out to Sheng An, who was stunned, and said, "Have you had enough fun? If you have, get up."
Sheng An had no time to think about beating someone up. Without a second thought, he reached out and a big smile spread across his dirty face: "Why are you back?"
Xu Jinnian took out a clean handkerchief and gently wiped her face: "I was thinking of you, so I came back early."
Sheng An's heart skipped a beat, and the smile on her lips grew wider as she said insincerely, "Sweet talk."
Seeing her small, adorable ears turn red, a fleeting smile crossed Xu Jinnian's eyes as he looked her over: "Are you injured?"
Sheng An twisted her arms and legs, feeling the pain in her arms and back, but she shook her head as if nothing was wrong: "I'm very strong, how could I get hurt?"
Xu Jinnian didn't believe it, but it wasn't appropriate to open her clothes to check right now, so he could only suppress the matter: "When the villagers get down the mountain, let's ask Father and Aunt to stop first."
Sheng An glanced at the "battlefield" that was coming to an end and nodded knowingly.
The clan chief was still cursing the grave not far away. If Xu Jinnian hadn't stopped him, it would probably have been his fault.
Ignoring Aunt Xu's incessant screams, the couple quickly approached Xu Cuilian, who was still hitting people with a stick: "Auntie, take a break if you're tired. People are coming down from the mountain."
Exhausted and panting, Xu Cuilian's eyes lit up when she saw her nephew. Without hesitation, she threw down the stick and asked the exact same question as Sheng An: "Why are you back?"
Xu Jinnian changed his story: "I can't stay in Nanjing after the exam."
Xu Cuilian laughed and said, "There's no place like home, so it's normal that I can't stay here."
Without saying much, the three quickly called for a halt to Xu Chenglin and the butcher father and son.
The five men fought against multiple opponents and suffered some punches and kicks, but fortunately their injuries were not serious, much better than those of Boss Xu and his men who had difficulty even getting up from the ground.
However, they were all cunning people. Seeing that the villagers were about to arrive, they all pretended to be seriously injured and unable to walk.
Worried that his acting skills weren't good enough, he even smeared ash and blood on his exposed skin.
The blood was naturally provided free of charge by Boss Xu and others.
Seeing this, Boss Xu and his men were so angry they almost vomited blood.
Soon, more than twenty villagers who had been called by the clan elders to break up the fight came up.
Seeing the Xu family members lying on the ground with bruised and swollen faces, wailing and crying, everyone stared in shock, clearly not expecting that the six siblings would fight like this.
It was still at the graves of my own parents.
How can one word describe how tragic it was?
Looks like they didn't choose a good day to repair the ancestral graves. Look at them, they've all fought like dogs!
The villagers sighed inwardly, yet couldn't help but laugh at the Xu family's predicament, their faces turning red with embarrassment.
Those who don't know the situation might think he was angry.
Xu Laoda's nosebleed had stopped, but his face was so swollen that it was unrecognizable.
He scrambled to his feet, threw himself at the clan chief, and hugged his leg, crying, "Clan chief, please, please do justice for us brothers!"
The clan chief suppressed the urge to kick Xu Laoda over and coldly asked, "What do you want me to do?"
Xu Laoda assumed the clan chief was on their side, and hurriedly pointed to Xu Chenglin and the others who were sitting on the ground pretending to be seriously injured:
“His act of violence against his brothers is unjust, his beating in front of our parents’ graves is unfilial, and his beating of us brothers like this is inhumane. Such an unfilial, unjust, and inhumane person should be removed from the family genealogy and his family property should be confiscated!”
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