Chapter 128: Jianghu Sects
After playing for most of the day, the two little guys returned home and fell asleep quickly because they were tired.

On the contrary, Wang Mingzhe slept for more than an hour. After coming back, he became energetic and ran around behind Wang Yunqiao like a little tail.

Looking at Wang Mingzhe who followed Wang Yunqiao away obediently, Yang Zhengshan was speechless. This kid was really weird.

Looking at the things piled up in the room, Yang Zhengshan had an urge to buy things.

This shopping is really addictive.

Especially since Yang Zhengshan hadn't gone out to buy things for a long time, he couldn't stop himself after going out today.

Anything he thinks is needed at home, can be used at home, looks good, he likes, etc. He has many reasons and buys more things.

This pile of stuff cost him a total of 1,500 taels of silver, almost emptying his family's fortune.

Fortunately, before coming to Anyuanzhou City, he disposed of some of the horses in the horse farm, otherwise he would have been penniless long ago.

Picking out the dowry he had saved for Yang Yunxue, Yang Zhengshan said to Wu Hai, "Send these to the eldest young master's wife and ask her to distribute them to each room."

"Yes!" Wu Hai replied.

Soon, he called a few people to come and move all the things away, leaving only a few boxes of jewelry.

The customized ruby ​​headpiece has not been made yet. These boxes are filled with jade bracelets, jade hairpins and other jade ornaments. They can be given as gifts to others in the future, or kept as a dowry for Yang Yunxue.

Yang Zhengshan put the jewelry box into the Lingquan space. He placed a cabinet in the Lingquan space to store some valuable things, such as silver bills, precious medicinal materials, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, cultivation methods, etc.

As soon as he finished cleaning up, Yang Minghao and Lu Wenhua came over.

"Dad, everything you arranged has been completed!"

"Oh!" Yang Zhengshan raised his eyebrows and asked, "How is the investigation going?"

During this period, Yang Zhengshan was busy investigating the situation in the government office, and Yang Minghao and Lu Wenhua were also not idle. They had been investigating the situation of the clerks and runners in the government office.

Clerks and runners are all small people, but small people can also play a big role. Sometimes many big things are ruined by small people.

In the garrison office, these clerks and runners were most likely spies or agents arranged by certain individuals or forces.

In order to better control the government office, Yang Zhengshan had to eliminate the spies and spies among the clerks and runners before taking action. Otherwise, the garrison office would be like a sieve, and any movement would be hidden from outsiders.

So he asked Yang Minghao and Yang Mingcheng to cooperate with each other to investigate the situation of those clerks and runners. In fact, it was very easy to investigate these clerks and runners.

You just need to check the family situation. Those who live in big houses, eat well and dress well must have problems. They must be working for money. The salary of working in the government office is not high. There is no problem in supporting the family, but it is definitely impossible for them to become rich.

Any clerk or runner whose family is wealthy must have problems. They are either working for certain people or forces, or they are using their power for personal gain.

Anyway, no matter what it is, there will be absolutely no problem in just dealing with it.

"Here is the list!" Yang Minghao handed a list to Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan took a quick look and said, "Keep them for now. When I leave the government office tomorrow, you will immediately detain all these people."

"Tomorrow!" Yang Minghao was a little surprised.

"That's right, tomorrow. We've been waiting for so many days, it's time to take action!"

Yang Zhengshan said lightly.

Now that he has evidence of Xu Wanfu's crimes in his hands, it is not difficult to capture Xu Wanfu. As for the soldiers under Xu Wanfu's command!

Unless they dare to rebel, they will never dare to take action against Yang Zhengshan.

After all, Yang Zhengshan was the highest military commander of Anyuanzhou City, and those soldiers attacking him were no different from rebellion.

"Then I'll arrange it right away!" Yang Minghao said after thinking for a while.

"Well, let your eldest brother come back and let him deal with this matter with you tomorrow!" Yang Zhengshan said.

There was no need for Yang Mingcheng to stay outside anymore. They had already collected almost all the information they could, and the information that they could not collect would probably be difficult to find out.

This is not because Yang Mingcheng and Ding Qiu are incapable, but because they have no foundation in Anyuanzhou City.

Gathering intelligence, especially some more confidential intelligence, requires a lot of time and effort to plan.

It is impossible to do it relying on Yang Mingcheng and Ding Qiu alone.

……

In the private room on the second floor of Fuyun Building.

The nanny who followed Yang Zhengshan came back and reported to the woman, "Master, the man just now should be the new garrison commander, his surname is Yang."

"Just a garrison officer?" the woman was surprised.

Before, the nanny could say that the man was a killer general on the battlefield. If he was a killer general, he must be at least a guerrilla general.

The garrison commander of a city cannot be called a general.

"Well, he's just a guard, but he's very strong!" said the nanny.

"Any other discoveries?" the woman thought.

"No, it's just that when I followed him, he seemed to notice me, but he didn't stop me from following!" said the nanny.

How could they know how many people were following Yang Zhengshan?

After Yang Zhengshan left the official hall, he found that there were six or seven people following him. Those people could follow him if they wanted to, and Yang Zhengshan was too lazy to pay attention to them.

As for this nanny, Yang Zhengshan did notice her, but he didn't take it to heart.

The woman thought for a moment and said, "Keep an eye on him and see if he has any connection with Black Cliff Village!"

Heiya Village is not a hideout of bandits or robbers, but a martial arts sect.

In fact, there are many martial arts sects in the Dayong Dynasty. They can be roughly divided into two types. One is the prominent sect that mingles in the secular world, and the other is the hidden sect that lives in seclusion in the mountains and forests and concentrates on practicing martial arts.

The majority of martial arts sects are from the Xianzong sect. Many escort agents in private escort companies are from the Xianzong sect. Some guards of wealthy families are also from the Xianzong sect. Even many soldiers in the army are from the sect.

The court's attitude towards the martial arts sects is not to suppress them blindly. As long as they are honest and do not do anything illegal, the court is still willing to accept martial arts warriors.

Of course, there are some powerful sects among the martial arts sects, and the court has always been wary of these powerful sects.

However, no matter how powerful the martial arts sects are, they are still far inferior to the imperial dynasty.

At least there has never been a sect in the Dayong Dynasty that can override the imperial power.

Heiya Village is a martial arts sect in the Liaodong region, and the woman in front of him is Yu Qingyi, the leader of the Tianqing Sword Sect.

Both the Tianqing Sword Sect and the Black Cliff Village belong to Xianzong. They both have many industries among the people and do some business to ensure the daily needs of the sect. The bases of both parties are not far from Anyuanzhou City, so Anyuanzhou City has become their main place of business.

Originally, the two sects had always lived in peace, but in recent years, the strength of Heiya Village has become increasingly powerful, and its style of doing things has become increasingly tyrannical. It has been suppressing the Tianqing Sword Sect both openly and covertly, causing many of the Tianqing Sword Sect's industries to suffer great losses.

Therefore, Yu Qingyi had to come out of the mountains and come to Anyuan City. She wanted to check the situation of Heiya Village in Anyuan City and see if she could find a way to deal with the suppression of Heiya Village.

As far as she knew, Heiya Village had connections with many officials in Anyuan Prefecture.

Her purpose was to find out the connection between Heiya Village and those officials, so she paid extra attention to the officials in Anyuanzhou City.

After knowing that Yang Zhengshan was the newly appointed garrison commander, she had more plans in mind.

……

Inside the Chengguan Fort at the north gate of Anyuan Prefecture.

Xu Wanfu was listening to his subordinates' reports.

"The garrison commander first went to Fuyun Building, then to bookstores, jewelry stores, cloth shops and other shops. He spent almost two hours strolling on Fu'an Street."

"Just shopping?" Xu Wanfu asked in surprise.

"Well, during this period we did not find that the garrison commander had any contact with any special people, and he was with two children."

Upon hearing this, Xu Wanfu sneered.

"Our garrison commander is really interesting!"

"Is he not clear about the situation in the state capital, or does he not care about his own life or death? He actually has the leisure to go shopping at this time!"

Xu Wanfu was naturally dissatisfied with Yang Zhengshan's arrival.

He has been a captain for ten years and wants to be promoted to a garrison commander.

Even if the people behind him don't let him get promoted, they still can't suppress the restlessness in his heart.

Before Yang Zhengshan took office, he secretly used a lot of connections to try to get the position of garrison commander of Anyuan city.

Unfortunately, everything he did was in vain. Not only did he gain nothing, but he was also severely scolded by the master behind him.

Thinking about that person's rebuke, Xu Wanfu's resentment towards Yang Zhengshan deepened.

He is not afraid of being scolded, but he can't be scolded in vain!

Therefore, he especially wants to kill Yang Zhengshan now.

But he couldn't commit crimes against his superiors. Even if he wanted to kill Yang Zhengshan, he had to do it in secret.

Yang Zhengshan stayed in the official hall the whole time and he couldn't find any opportunity to take action.

"We can't wait any longer. We must find a way to lure him out of the city."

Xu Wanfu was thinking about how to lure Yang Zhengshan out of the city.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan was also thinking about how to deal with Xu Wanfu tomorrow.

……

The next morning.

Yang Zhengshan, wearing gold-painted armor with mountain patterns and holding a gilded flying fish spear, strode quickly from the backyard into the front yamen.

The moment he appeared, the clerks and servants in the office all showed surprised expressions.

"Greetings, my lord!"

"Greetings, my lord!"

Everyone hurriedly bowed and paid homage.

When the clerk Zhou Ren suddenly saw Yang Zhengshan's outfit, his heart suddenly tightened.

"My Lord, are you going out?"

There was no need to wear armor when doing work in the government office, so Yang Zhengshan's outfit was obviously for going out.

"Well, let's go to Chengguanbao and take a look. You can follow us!"

Yang Zhengshan said lightly.

After saying this, he ignored other people's reactions and walked out of the government office.

Just at this moment, a group of people ran towards the east side of the government office.

The people who came were none other than Song Dashan and Ding Qiu.

Yang Mingcheng and Ding Qiu came back last night.

Today, Yang Zhengshan is going to Chengguanbao to meet Xu Wanfu, so he will naturally bring Song Dashan and Ding Qiu with him.

Except for the two of them, he also brought all the twenty soldiers with him.

As for the dozen or so descendants of the Yang family, Yang Zhengshan left them to Yang Minghao.

A group of more than twenty people on horseback stood in front of the government hall, and a solemn atmosphere instantly filled the air.

These twenty soldiers are the elite of Yinghe Fort, and most of them have the strength of warriors.

They served as Yang Zhengshan's personal guards, so Yang Zhengshan would naturally not treat them unfairly.

Apart from the children of the Yang family, they are the confidants trained by Yang Zhengshan.

Zhou Ren looked at this group of extremely quiet soldiers and couldn't help but shrink his neck.

He was naturally familiar with these soldiers. These soldiers had been responsible for guarding the backyard during this period of time. Every time he went to ask for an audience with Yang Zhengshan, he had to be checked by these soldiers for a long time before being allowed to pass.

"Let's go!"

Yang Zhengshan rode on Hongyun, glanced at Zhou Ren, and drove forward.

Zhou Ren quickly climbed onto the warhorse that had been prepared for him and followed Yang Zhengshan.

Just as Yang Zhengshan was leaving the garrison hall, many figures around him hurriedly spread out in all directions.

These figures were spies who were keeping an eye on Yang Zhengshan. Today, Yang Zhengshan suddenly left the garrison office with his men, so they naturally had to report to the master behind them.

(End of this chapter)