Chapter 347 - 209: Crisis

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The entire course of events concerning Tang Yu this time was quite similar to what Ye Beiming had said.This lecher, Tang Yu, had harmed numerous decent women over the years, and Yun Cangxue had spent money to silence those people and keep things under wraps. He was scolded fiercely by Yun Bahe for the Huang Que incident early on and was confined within the mansion to reflect on his mistakes for three months. He had only just been released a few days ago. However, he was still the same old, especially after learning that his second uncle was not in Yujing, he became even more unrestrained. The woman he raped was just from an ordinary family. After he assaulted her, Yun Cangxue, trying to smooth things over, planned to give the woman a status by sending a palanquin to carry her into the Yun Residence. But that woman had a fiery spirit; she refused outright and hung herself on a tree outside of the Yun Residence that very night. By the time the guards of the mansion found her, the woman had already stopped breathing. The guards of the Yun Residence, seeing this, hurriedly informed Old General Yun. When the woman’s family found out, they immediately brought people to wail outside the Yun Residence, causing a huge scandal throughout the city. Tang Yu was also too scared to leave the mansion, as he had never caused a death with his previous indulgences. Yun Cangxue initially thought to use her power to dismiss those people, but the issue only escalated the more she tried to settle it. The woman was fifteen this year, and her father was a somewhat renowned scholar in the city. She also had a fiancé with whom she had been in love for many years, as they were betrothed since childhood. The man had left Yujing years earlier to join the Wolf Fang Hunting Corps and even carved out a good position for himself within the Corps, becoming a B-rank Hunter Soldier. Upon learning that his fiancée had been humiliated and committed suicide outside the Yun Residence, the man, unable to swallow the insult, went to the Yun Residence demanding them to hand over Tang Yu. Yun Cangxue, how could she turn over her precious son? She ordered the mansion’s guards to beat up the Hunter Soldier. By this point in the story, Yun Sheng already understood. The Hunting Corps values their honor the most, especially the A-rank Hunting Corps, who care greatly about their reputation and look after every member of their group. This time, it’s not just about someone being directly beaten up; the Corps would take action even if it was just a member’s relative being humiliated. "So in the end, did this incident escalate into a dispute between the entire Wolf Fang Hunting Corps and the Yun Residence? With such an uproar, didn’t Old General Yun intervene?" Yun Sheng was surprised; with Yun Bahe’s temperament, wouldn’t he step in at such a critical moment? After all, this time, Tang Yu had offended the lawless Hunter Soldiers, not the Yun Family Army. "Old General Yun wanted to intervene, but he couldn’t. Elder Chen combined forces with several other Civil Servants in the court, and a report was submitted that accused both the Yun Residence and Tang Yu," Ye Beiming lamented. The report was thirty thousand words long, and it listed all of Tang Yu’s misdeeds over the years, including the aiding and abetting activities of the Yun Residence, in great detail. However powerful Yun Bahe was, faced with such scrutiny in the imperial court, he was left speechless. Poor him, he had a lifetime of good reputation, a veteran of three reigns within Great Zhou, a First-class Lord, but in his later years, he met with such a disaster. Upon hearing this, a sense of desolation emerged within Yun Sheng. No matter how the matter with Tang Yu ends up being resolved, the decline and tarnished reputation of the Yun Residence is now a certainty. If Yun Bahe and Yun Cangxue were willing to hand over Tang Yu, there might still be a sliver of hope for resolving the issue, but the Yun Residence will definitely not hand over Tang Yu. "The whole matter is full of flaws; it seems like Tang Yu has been set up," Yun Sheng said indifferently. She had visited the Martial Saint General Mansion before; the guards at the door were extremely vigilant, and even in the middle of the night, it would be impossible for a powerless woman to hang herself from a tree outside the mansion. Moreover, having just learned that Xuan Wuji had also gone to Yujing, she couldn’t help feeling that the whole affair sounded full of doubts and suspicions. "Whether it’s a scheme or not is no longer important. What matters is what you plan to do. This is going to be a messy affair," Ye Beiming narrowed his eyes, fixing them on Yun Sheng. Little Wildcat is indeed Little Wildcat, who, after listening just once, could see through the flaws at a glance. "Return to Yujing first," Yun Sheng did not make an immediate decision. When Yun Canglang returned to Yujing, a portion of the Hunter Soldiers and Zong Ren had already followed him back. After he hurried back to Yujing, he felt that along the way, the gazes of the common people upon them were very wrong. Just as he arrived at Wuning Lane, he heard a somber tune, the sound coming from the General Mansion. Outside the Yun Residence, a coffin was laid out; dozens of civilians in coarse hemp clothes and mourning attire were wailing incessantly, and some even went as far as to burn paper money outside the Yun Residence. The gates of the General Mansion were tightly shut, with several white lanterns reluctantly hung outside, but not a single guard in sight. Inside the Yun Residence, despair hung heavily in the air. The wailing outside continued without respite. This situation had continued for several days; those in the Yun Residence had to take a detour through the back door when they needed to go outside for errands. But even so, they could not avoid others pointing fingers at them. Since the incident involving the young master, the Yun Residence had been under immense pressure. In these past few days, particularly many people have left their jobs under various pretenses of illness or old age, and even many of the guests who had been provided for by the old lord had rolled up their bedding and quietly departed. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; the Old General hadn’t yet fallen, but the house was already on the verge of collapse. Those fair-weather friends had clamored to enter the General Mansion when it was prosperous, hoping to secure a meal for themselves. But now that the General Mansion was in trouble, they couldn’t wait to completely disassociate themselves. Inside the residence, Uncle Yun stood guard outside Yun Bahe’s room, his face etched with worry. Ever since that day when the old lord came back from court angrily and kicked the young master so hard that the boy vomited blood, he had been locked up in the training room. All food and water sent in by the old lord were unceremoniously rejected and returned untouched. Uncle Yun tried to persuade him several times, only to be driven out by the old lord each time. "Bang," a stone flew over the wall, rolling to Uncle Yun’s feet with a piece of paper tied around it. Uncle Yun knew without looking what was written on that paper. It was all filled with insults towards the Yun Residence, from the young master committing murder and deserving death to the Old General’s crooked ways, lack of discipline, and the sheltering of his kin. All sorts of unpleasant words were primarily directed at the old lord alone. Do these people not remember that back when Great Zhou City was in turmoil and the people were displaced, it was he who led the soldiers into battle? It was he who spent the residence’s entire wealth to buy military provisions to support the front lines. Uncle Yun sighed and bent down to pick up the stone from the ground. Just as he bent over, he saw another pair of shoes appear before him. With dust covering the shoes, Uncle Yun looked up and, recognizing Yun Canglang, excitedly shouted towards the training room, "Old lord, the second young master has returned!" After the incident at the Yun Residence, the third young lady bore a grudge against the old lord for kicking the young master, and these past few days, she had neglected the old lord’s diet and daily care. That’s why Uncle Yun had sent someone to notify the second young master. Inside the training room, silence still reigned.

Chapter 347 - 209: Crisis

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