The two young men's faces trembled, their eyes tinged red.
The eldest son then shouted, "The Situ Family and the wild people cannot coexist!"
Having said that, he swung his sword down.
"AAAAAAAGH!"
The second son also closed his eyes, swinging his sword at his own father.
This was a human tragedy, but no one present wept, for there was no time for grief.
The Situ Family's ancestors were once mighty generals under Lord Jin, repeatedly achieving military exploits in the great undertaking of establishing the Three Jin territories. Their family had since branched out and prospered to this day.
The Jin Dynasty had long since declined, while the three great families had grown powerful. Here, the descendants of the Situ Family were, in essence, bearers of the imperial surname.
The glory of their ancestors seemed to have long dissolved into the distant river of history; the annual sacrifices at the Grand Temple alone were hardly enough to sustain or recall it.
