: A Requiem for a Noble Family

Among these people are elders with grandchildren around them, fathers whose children have just been born, and sons who are taking care of their elderly parents. But when the call to arms from the border arrived, they had only one identity: veterans guarding the border!

They deeply understood that only when the borders were stable could the people of the country live and work in peace and contentment. While their own families were important, the greater good was even more so.

They resolutely gave up their stable lives and embarked on a battlefield with no known future.

If this journey is one of no return, then it is one of no return.

During this period, veterans flocked to the battlefield in droves. Those from the northern states rushed to the Yumen Pass battlefield, while those from the central and southern states rushed to the Shimen Seven Pass battlefield.

With the help of this experienced veteran, the unfavorable situation on the battlefield was completely reversed, and the balance of power in the war began to shift.

The powerful families did not want to sit idly by and wait for their doom, so they took this opportunity to spread the word that if it weren't for Huang Chao's rebellion, the Tang Dynasty would not have fallen to such a state.

Huang Chao is a sinner of the Tang Dynasty and must take responsibility for the current situation of internal and external troubles. Huang Chao should lead all his troops to the border to fight a decisive battle with the armies of the various countries to atone for his sins!

Using their remaining strength and prestige, the powerful families pinned the blame for the invasion by various states on Huang Chao.

Their various families' manpower in different places has been wiped out wave after wave by Huang Chao, and now they can only rely on some well-hidden servants and some thugs to carry out their duties.

But to their surprise, they found that this trick, which had always worked for them, was no longer effective.

The people no longer believed them and instead turned over those who spread rumors to Huang Chao's forces.

Although the common people had not received much education and did not understand many profound principles and sage books, they were simple and lovely. They knew that Huang Chao was on their side.

It was Huang Chao who gave them land of their own, it was Huang Chao who ensured that everyone had enough to eat, it was Huang Chao who ensured that the children in their families could go to school, and it was Huang Chao who ensured that every one of their descendants had a fair chance to compete and improve themselves!

Anyone who speaks ill of Huang Chao is either stupid or malicious!

In particular, many of those who say these things are notorious local thugs, hooligans, and bullies.

These people commit all sorts of evil deeds, oppress the people, and exploit the locals. How can we listen to such people?

There are extraordinary people among the common people. They revealed that Huang Chao still sent troops to the border to provide support even under the most difficult circumstances, and that the aristocratic families had already made contact with foreign countries.

In an instant, the already precarious reputations of the aristocratic families worsened.

People were furious and kept cursing the ancestors of the major families for eighteen generations.

More and more people began to enthusiastically join the army, and Huang Chao took the opportunity to expand his army by a million, making his forces incredibly powerful.

In Luoyang City.

The major clans are in a precarious situation. They can't count on foreign reinforcements, let alone domestic ones. Luoyang is the only city left under their control.

Once Luoyang falls, all their heads will be chopped off by Huang Chao, becoming embellishments to his achievements.

The once-powerful family has finally come to an end.

"What exactly does the Wei family mean? Our ancestors worked tirelessly to expand our territory, which is why China is what it is today."

"Everything we enjoy was earned for us by our ancestors, shouldn't we be entitled to it?"

"Why? Just because they're peasants, does that mean they deserve the same status and position as aristocratic families?"

"On what grounds? If that's the case, what was the purpose of our ancestors risking their lives?"

"You keep thinking this is fair to those commoners, but is it fair to us aristocratic families?"

How could these powerful families not see that the Wei family was deliberately orchestrating all of this?

Otherwise, why can't they find anyone from the Wei family in Luoyang City now?

With the Wei family's capabilities, if they were to raise a rallying cry, what could even someone as powerful and prestigious as Huang Chao do?

No matter how high Huang Chao's prestige was, could it compare to that of the Wei family?!

With just a word from the Wei family, the political landscape of the world could be rewritten in an instant.

Unfortunately, the Wei family did not do that.

The Wei family ignored all of this, watching coldly from the sidelines, and even deliberately pushed things along.

This puzzled these aristocratic families.

After all the powerful families in the world have been wiped out, wouldn't the imperial power turn its attention to the Wei family?

At that time, the only one who could threaten the imperial power was the Wei family.

Are the Wei family so confident that they won't make a mistake?

The Wei family, the Wei family!

They roared here in anger and helplessness, but they couldn't change anything.

"Then let's fight him to the death. It's just a matter of dying anyway. Do we, a noble family, fear death?"

"In the past, our ancestors fought against the heavens and the earth, rising up from the wilderness."

"As descendants of our ancestors, how can we fear death?"

"Grandpa, I don't want to die."

A young man suddenly collapsed to the ground and burst into tears.

The angry old man seemed to have had his spine removed, looking at his grandson with disappointment, his straight back suddenly hunched over.

His grandson, faced with despair, behaved so poorly. It was just death, what was there to fear?

"Grandpa, I just want to live, what did I do wrong?"

"Do you want our family line to die out?"

The young man cried out to the old man, hoping he could find a way to save his life.

"Useless thing!"

Do you think Huang Chao will let you go?

The old man cursed angrily.

"Grandpa, why don't we surrender?"

"Huang Chao always wants us to manage the world for him. As long as we are willing to bow our heads and lower our posture, we can succeed."

"He won't kill us. As long as we hand over all our money and valuables, we'll be no longer a threat to him, and he won't kill us."

Under the immense pressure of Huang Chao's siege, these young people had long lost their composure and were consumed by overwhelming panic.

All notions of family decorum have been cast aside; now, all that remains in my mind is a strong will to survive.

"Do you think surrendering to Huang Chao will spare us?"

"Now the entire world is in Huang Chao's hands, except for Luoyang. Why should he let us go?"

"He has already killed so many powerful families across the land; the two sides are now locked in a life-or-death struggle. Hoping that they will let us go is nothing short of wishful thinking!"

"Stop daydreaming. Huang Chao will take our family genealogy and kill us one by one until we are all wiped out."

"Even if the family genealogy is destroyed in advance, he will still call on the local peasants to identify us. Unless no one recognizes you, you will definitely not escape death."

"This kind of hatred is irreconcilable!"

The old man was so angry that his beard stood on end, he gritted his teeth, and he was furious beyond control.

The younger generation turned pale; the last shred of hope in their hearts was shattered by the truth revealed by the old man.