nyslfriends Chapter 5: The Fall of the Manor Lord
Chapter 5: The Fall of the Manor Lord
However, Uncle Yang's right kneecap was shattered by a ferocious wolf in his early years, leaving him disabled and confined to a wheelchair.
"Fourth Master, the young master has ordered that the master of the manor should rest quietly and that no one should disturb him!" Yang Baozheng said sternly.
"Cough cough..." At this moment, Yang Lin coughed and covered his mouth with a white handkerchief in his right hand.
But then they saw blood in his mouth.
Master Yang's kneecaps were shattered by the wolf demon, and his chest and lungs were also seriously injured.
My health has been poor in recent years.
"It's cold up on the mountain, Fourth Master, you should go back first!" Yang Bao said.
"The Iron Guard of Zhuangzhong said that my elder brother was carried back yesterday, and he was seriously injured," Master Yang said slowly in a weak voice. "If I don't get to see him, I won't feel at ease!" As he spoke, he coughed twice, which made Yang Bao frown slightly, looking troubled.
As a brother, how could Fourth Master refuse to visit his elder brother after hearing that he was seriously injured?
"Huh..." Suddenly, inside the house halfway up the mountain, Yang Jiuli's eyes flashed, and his divine sense carefully probed towards Master Yang.
"So that's how it is!" After this investigation, Yang Jiuli's gaze sharpened inside the house on the mountainside, and then he showed a look of realization.
His tense nerves were finally able to relax.
Thump, thump!
Just then, someone strode in from the main gate of the village on the mountaintop.
But a tall, slender, and rather capable-looking man in brocade robes walked over.
He was accompanied by six elite guards at the Master Realm.
"Second Master... what brings you here?" Yang Bao immediately bowed to the newcomer.
The visitor was Yang Mu, Yang Jiuli's second uncle.
He wore a mink coat, and his eyes were bright and sharp.
"My brother is seriously injured, how could I not come?" Yang Mu said coldly, his tone full of authority.
Yang Bao frowned.
"What's wrong? Fourth Brother is frail, are you just going to let him stand outside in the wind like this?" Yang Mu said, glancing at Yang Lin.
At the same time, he took off his coat and covered Yang Lin with it.
"What, why aren't you opening the door?" Yang Mu asked, glancing at Yang Bao, who was standing there dumbfounded.
"Second Master, it's not that I refuse to open the door, it's just that the young master has given orders that no one is allowed to go in and disturb the master," Yang Bao said.
"Jiuli? What does that kid want? My brother is seriously injured, and he won't let us see him?" Yang Mu frowned deeply.
"Where is Master Zhang?" Yang Mu then asked, his expression somewhat cold and stern.
"Third Master went down the mountain to prepare medicine last night... and hasn't returned yet!" Yang Bao said.
"That son of a bitch hasn't come back yet? Is she trying to kill Big Brother?" Yang Mu glared, his eyes wide with rage.
He sensed that something was amiss.
Yang Bao also frowned.
The manor lord was critically injured, and the physician had fled, which made him vaguely uneasy.
The other ordinary doctors in the manor were all helpless in treating the manor lord's injuries.
"Where is the young master?" Yang Mu asked.
"Young Master has not yet come to visit the Master of the Manor today," Yang Bao said.
"Does this little brat have any conscience at all?" Yang Mu's eyes flashed as he roared angrily.
Yang Bao pretended not to hear and dared not say anything.
"Open the door..." Yang Mu shouted forcefully, "I must see my elder brother today!"
"Second Uncle, why make things difficult for Deputy Commander Yang?" Just then, a leisurely voice rang out.
Yang Mu turned around to look.
But then a figure flashed in the air above the blue stone path leading to the mountaintop, and Yang Jiuli leaped up and landed on the mountaintop training ground.
On the mountaintop, in the drill ground outside the inner village wall, everyone looked at Yang Jiuli.
The young man next to Master Yang pushed the wheelchair and turned to look at Yang Jiuli.
"Second Uncle, Fourth Uncle!" Yang Jiuli bowed to the two men.
Yang Mu, his face stern, questioned, "Xiao Jiu, why won't you let anyone see your father?"
"My father is seriously injured and needs to rest," Yang Jiuli said.
"Not even allowed to see anyone?" Yang Mu frowned and asked with a serious expression.
"No!" Yang Jiuli said.
Yang Mu's gaze sharpened. He took a deep breath, looked at Yang Jiuli, and asked in a low voice, "Is it that serious?"
At this moment, Yang Mu's mood was solemn. His anger from before had long since dissipated, and his face was filled with worry.
Yang Jiuli remained silent.
"If that's the case, you should let us see our elder brother!" Master Yang coughed a few times and then said.
"Not bad!" Yang Mu nodded and said.
"Since both uncles want to see you, then let them see you," Yang Jiuli said.
He gestured for Yang Bao to open the gate to the manor.
"It's time to close the net!" Yang Jiuli thought to himself as he silently looked at the open door.
Yang Bao opened the gate and led everyone to the manor lord's bedroom.
Yang Qin stood guard outside the dormitory.
"Father, your son has come to visit with two uncles!" Yang Jiuli bowed and announced loudly from outside the bedroom.
"Come in!" came Yang Xuan's weak voice from inside the house.
At the same time, there were intermittent, weak coughs.
Hearing the cough, Yang Mu frowned deeply, thinking to himself, "My brother's breathing is very weak!"
Yang Qin opened the dormitory door.
Yang Jiuli gestured for his two uncles to come inside.
Yang Mu took the wheelchair and pushed Fourth Master Yang inside.
Yang Jiuli followed beside him.
The three of them entered the dormitory and immediately spotted Yang Xuan, whose face was pale.
There was still a trace of black blood at the corner of his mouth.
His eyes were cloudy as he looked at the newcomer.
"Big brother..." Yang Mu immediately stepped forward.
"Big Brother!" Master Yang was also extremely grief-stricken. He supported himself on the chair arms with both hands, trying to get up with difficulty, but his legs were trembling.
He was too weak to get up.
"Second brother... fourth brother... you're here!" Yang Xuan's eyes were cloudy as he looked at his two younger brothers, his voice weak.
He shakily stretched out his palm.
Yang Mu reached out to grasp Yang Xuan's hand in front of the bed.
The moment he made contact, he sensed a poisonous aura, and the hand recoiled and immediately withdrew.
"Father is afflicted by the poisonous aura; you two uncles must be worried!" Yang Jiuli said from the side.
Yang Mu turned around and glanced at Yang Jiuli.
It seems to be saying: Why didn't you say so sooner?
"Big brother, how are you?" Yang Mu turned to look at Yang Xuan, his brows furrowed and his face full of worry.
"The poison has seeped into the heart; no medicine can save me!" Yang Xuan said weakly.
Every word he uttered seemed to come from the very depths of his body.
"No cure!" Yang Mu frowned even more deeply.
"Brother, you must hold on! What will happen to my Snowdrift Manor without you?" Yang Lin said.
He looked very sad.
"I've managed to stay alive until now only because I'm clinging to life and hoping to see you all one last time," Yang Xuan said weakly.
"Big brother..." Yang Mu couldn't help but reach out and grasp his older brother's hand.
Although he exuded a slight murderous aura, he was a renowned expert and could withstand it.
"After I die, the position of manor lord will be inherited by Jiu'er..." Yang Xuan said.
"Let Jiu'er inherit?" Yang Mu frowned slightly, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied.
"Second brother, you must help Jiu'er well!" Yang Xuan said.
"Don't worry, brother, I will definitely assist Xiao Jiu and protect the Yang family's foundation!" Yang Mu frowned, then said.
Yang Xuan shook his head and said, "If a Grandmaster attacks after I die, you can take Jiu'er and abandon the manor. You must protect the bloodline of the Yang family... Only in this way can we have a chance to rise again! Cough cough..." After speaking, he coughed repeatedly.
Suddenly, Yang Xuan spat out a mouthful of black blood, closed his eyes, his legs twitched, and he died.
"Big brother..." Yang Mu cried out in grief.
"Big brother..." Yang Lin reached out to rush forward, but his legs went weak and he collapsed onto the floor in front of the chair.
"Father..." Yang Jiuli immediately stepped forward.
Yang Qin walked in from outside.
He strode to the bedside and reached out to check the master's breath.
He tried to sense it carefully, but he couldn't even hear a heartbeat. Suddenly, the color of his face changed.
"The Lord of the Manor... has passed away!" After a breath, Yang Qin, the commander of the Shadow Guards, withdrew his hand and cried out in grief, his hand trembling.
"Big brother..." Yang Mu cried out in grief.
"Big brother!" Yang Lin cried out in grief.
"Father..." Yang Jiuli cried out in grief.
"Respectfully seeing off the Master!" Outside the house, all the Shadow Guards knelt on one knee.
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Snowdrift Mountain Villa.
The atmosphere was extremely solemn after the passing of the estate owner, Yang Xuan.
After accepting this fact, Yang Mu and the others did not rush to arrange the funeral, but instead went to a council hall.
In the hall, Yang Jiuli sat upright in the main seat.
On the left and right are Yang Mu and Yang Lin.
Yang Qin, the commander of the Shadow Guard, stood to the side of Yang Jiuli, holding a battle halberd.
"Xiao Jiu, what do you plan to do? Will you give your father a grand funeral, or abandon the manor and go into hiding?" Yang Mu asked.
From his wheelchair, Yang Lin also looked at Yang Jiuli.
"Uncles, what do you mean?" Yang Jiuli looked at his two uncles.
Yang Lin looked at Yang Mu.
Yang Mu frowned, then said, "The Grandmaster who attacked and injured my elder brother is clearly eyeing the foundation of my Snowdrift Manor. Now that my elder brother has passed away, a Grandmaster will surely attack within seven days. Although my Snowdrift Manor is easy to defend and difficult to attack, a Grandmaster is as light as a swallow and can release his true energy to take the head of a general in the middle of an army. This dangerous pass cannot stop the Grandmaster's advance."
"At that time, your life will be in danger!" He looked at Yang Jiuli.
"The entire manor can handle one Grandmaster, but what if two Grandmasters come together..." Yang Lin frowned.
Clearly, Snowdrift Manor cannot deal with two Grandmasters at the same time.
Moreover, those grandmasters must have half-step grandmasters or renowned experts under their command.
"Do my two uncles mean for me to leave Snowdrift Manor?" Yang Jiuli asked.
"You are the eldest brother's only bloodline... so naturally we can't take the risk!" Yang Mu said.
"Grandmasters are indeed very strong!" Yang Jiuli said with a firm gaze, "But as the young master of Piaoxue Manor, how can I abandon the manor and run away? Besides, my father was a grandmaster who was extremely glorious and renowned in the martial arts world. His affairs after his death cannot be handled hastily."
"So what are your plans?" Yang Mu asked.
"I plan to send out invitations widely, inviting my father's old friends and acquaintances to come and pay their respects, so that my father can depart in a dignified manner!"
Yang Jiuli said.
"If that's the case, you might die!" Yang Mu said solemnly. "As for your brother's funeral arrangements, I will take care of them!"
"What joy is there in living, and what sorrow in dying? My father gave me life and raised me; how can I not fulfill my filial duty to him?" Yang Jiuli said.
"Well said! Yang Qin is willing to live and die with the young master!" Yang Qin said forcefully, slamming his halberd into the ground.
He had followed Yang Xuan for many years and naturally did not want the latter to end up like this.
"Since you're so determined, then stay here and make sure your elder brother has a grand funeral!" Yang Mu said irritably.
"Very well, my elder brother has lived a glorious life, his funeral certainly cannot be done hastily!" Yang Lin nodded and said.