Chapter 146 I want to watch you practice sword!

After inspecting four garrisons in succession, Yang Zhengshan returned to the city.

On the way back to the city, Xie Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Sir, are you not going to deal with those garrison officials?"

Yang Zhengshan looked at him and asked, "Why didn't you get rid of them before?"

Those three garrison officers were all subordinates of Xie Yuan. It should not be difficult for Xie Yuan to deal with them.

Xie Yuan lowered his head and was silent for a while, then said, "They are Tian Gui's people!"

Yang Zhengshan sneered, "Let them celebrate the New Year first, so that no one will say that I am unjust."

In the following two days, Yang Zhengshan visited all the garrisons outside the city. There were nine garrisons in total. Except for Shaling Fort, which was in a slightly better condition, the other garrisons were all in a dilapidated state.

After the inspection, Yang Zhengshan returned to the garrison officer's office and said to Wei Cen, "Do me a favor."

"What help?" Wei Cen has been very busy these days. He has to keep an eye on Yi Shan and others, while investigating Sha Pingchuan. He has also assigned a lot of manpower for this purpose.

"Help me check the specific situation of Xie Yuan, Tian Gui and others. The information you gave me before was too brief. I need more detailed information!" Yang Zhengshan said.

The booklet that Wei Cen had given him before contained information about Tian Gui, but the information was rather simple and Yang Zhengshan was not very satisfied with it.

Wei Cen frowned, "This is not our responsibility."

Yang Zhengshan looked at him sideways. This was indeed not what the Secret Guard should do.

"It's not my job to investigate smuggling cases!"

"I will help you investigate the smuggling case, and you will help me investigate the situation in the garrison below. Isn't this mutual assistance?"

The Secret Guards are not something that Yang Zhengshan can command, but since Wei Cen is here, he will naturally use them if he can.

Moreover, Yang Zhengshan still has great confidence in the abilities of the Secret Guards. He can also ask Yang Minghao or Song Dashan to lead people to investigate, but it is obvious that they are far less useful than the Secret Guards.

Wei Cen thought about it and said, "I understand. I will give you the results as soon as possible!"

Seeing that he agreed, Yang Zhengshan laughed and said, "Don't worry, it's almost the New Year, it's time to let the brothers relax and give me the results after the New Year!"

Wei Cen didn't want to pay attention to him, and said coldly: "I know!"

Yang Zhengshan is a typical example of someone who takes advantage of others and still acts ungratefully.

Yang Zhengshan smiled, stroked his beard, and strode back to the backyard.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the Yang family is making preparations for it, cutting spring flowers, pasting Spring Festival couplets, and hanging lanterns. It looks particularly lively.

"Dad, look, this is the roe deer I just bought. I got it with great difficulty!"

As soon as Yang Zhengshan walked into the backyard, he saw Yang Mingcheng and two servants carrying a roe deer and walking towards the kitchen.

"Oh!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at the dead roe deer, smiled and nodded, "Great, let the kitchen prepare it, we'll have barbecue tonight!"

There is a continuous forest to the south of Anyuan City, which is also part of the Qianchong Mountains. There are dense vegetation and many wild animals living there, so people in Anyuan City often bring game to sell.

Although there are many vendors selling game, there are relatively few roe deer.

As the New Year approaches, it is a blessing to be able to buy a roe deer.

"Okay, I'll get ready now!"

After receiving Yang Zhengshan's praise, Yang Mingcheng happily urged the servant to run towards the kitchen.

Seeing his look like this, Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but shook his head with amusement.

After returning to the main courtyard and entering the main hall, Yang Zhengshan saw Yu Qingyi sitting on the bed in the outer room of the west house, doing needlework.

Today, Yu Qingyi was wearing a moon-white brocade jacket and a simple silver hairpin on her head. She was sewing a cloak with her head down, looking very serious.

Yang Zhengshan hesitated for a moment, but still walked into the west room.

"Greetings, sir!"

When the old women and maids serving nearby saw Yang Zhengshan, they hurriedly greeted him.

Yu Qingyi stood up immediately after hearing the voice, "Greetings, sir!"

"No need to be so polite! What are you doing?" Yang Zhengshan asked puzzledly, looking at the white cloak.

Yu Qingyi's cheeks flushed, and she said, "This is for the adults!"

Yang Zhengshan was stunned.

He really didn't expect that Yu Qingyi would make clothes for him.

But he quickly came to his senses and a warm smile unconsciously appeared on his face.

"You guys go down first!"

He drove away the old woman and the maid.

Yu Qingyi felt a little uncomfortable.

"Sit down!" Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "Keep going. Let me try it when you're done!"

It's a good thing that someone is willing to make clothes for you.

Except for the ready-made clothes he bought from outside, all the clothes he wore before were made by Yunyan and Yunxue.

It is very common for a daughter to make clothes for her father, but for a woman to make clothes for a man!

Yang Zhengshan felt very happy.

He looked at Yu Qingyi and saw her blushing face, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

Yu Qingyi felt very uncomfortable being stared at by him, and couldn't help but say, "My Lord, you have been busy all day, you should go and have a rest first!"

Yang Zhengshan also realized that it was not good for him to stare at someone, so he retracted his gaze and laughed, "It's okay, I'm not tired!"

Having said that, he stood up and walked out of the room, but he came back soon with a book in his hand.

He sat down at the other end of the bed and began to read.

Yu Qingyi looked at him doubtfully for several times, and when she saw that he was really just reading, she felt a little relieved. "Xiaoya, make tea for the master!"

She instructed the maid standing outside the door.

The little maid was very diligent and brought a pot of tea in just a moment.

Yang Zhengshan drank tea while reading the book in his hand, "Can you sew?"

"Yeah!" Yu Qingyi lowered his head and responded.

Yang Zhengshan put down the book in his hand and said, "I thought a female martial artist like you could only wield swords and guns!"

This made Yu Qingyi a little dissatisfied, "Female heroes in the martial arts world also need to eat and wear clothes!"

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and felt that this said a lot.

Female heroes also need to eat and wear clothes.

People in the underworld, unless they are the sons or daughters of wealthy families, cannot live a life of having everything provided for them.

In fact, the so-called Jianghu is not a free and easy world. Jianghu warriors also have to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, and work hard for their livelihoods. Even in order to obtain resources for cultivation, their hardships are no less than those of ordinary people.

The same is true for those martial arts sects. They have to run businesses and take care of fields. It is impossible for them to just practice and not care about anything else.

"How many people are there in your Tianqing Sword Sect?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

Yu Qingyi thought for a moment and said, "Besides me, there are four elders and forty-three disciples!"

"So little?" Yang Zhengshan asked in surprise.

He thought that there would be hundreds of people in the Tianqing Sword Sect, but he didn't expect there would be only forty-three people.

"There are already quite a few. We can't afford to support more!" said Yu Qingyi.

"Can't afford it? Do you have little property?"

Yu Qingyi gathered the hair on her forehead and said, "Sir, don't you know about the imperial court's ban on military power?"

Yang Zhengshan thought about it. He seemed to have heard of the weapons restriction order, but he did not know the specific content of the order.

"not very clear!"

Yu Qingyi was not surprised. The martial arts restriction order was only aimed at martial arts sects, and many officials were not very clear about it.

“We can’t do business!”

Yang Zhengshan nodded. He knew this. In fact, not only the martial arts sects were not allowed to do business, but also the relatives of officials were not allowed to do business.

He probably understood what Yu Qingyi meant.

Since martial arts sects cannot engage in business, they can only purchase some land and real estate, or hire disciples to serve as guards or escorts.

When it comes to business, there is still a gap between the underworld sects and officials. Although officials also prohibit business, there are many loopholes for officials to exploit. For example, they can find a trustworthy person to do business with, and then reap the benefits. Another example is taking in concubines who are from merchant families, engaging in collusion between officials and businessmen, and so on.

But the situation is not so good for the martial arts sects. Not to mention the issue of taking concubines, the key point is that the martial arts sects have no power, and no merchants are willing to spend money on them.

If we only rely on land and real estate, we really can't support too many people.

In this way, Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi chatted casually. This was the first time they sat together and chatted.

Through chatting, Yang Zhengshan got to know a lot about the Tianqing Sword Sect. Although the Tianqing Sword Sect has quite a reputation, it can actually only be regarded as a small sect.

The entire sect only has a few dozen people, so it is naturally not considered a big sect.

In fact, there are no powerful sects in Dayong.

Most sects have only a few dozen people, and some have no more than a hundred.

This is understandable. If there were a sect with thousands of members, the imperial court and the government would definitely not tolerate it.

"Sir, do you want to give it a try?"

Yu Qingyi finished making the cloak and said shyly.

"Okay!" Yang Zhengshan smiled, put down the book in his hand and stood up.

Yu Qingyi put the cloak on Yang Zhengshan's back and buttoned the front for him.

Yang Zhengshan looked down at the woman in front of him, and a hint of tenderness appeared in his eyes.

A white forehead, long eyelashes, and a pair of skillful hands flipping clothes in front of him.

These hands are not soft and boneless, but are covered with thick calluses, especially at the base of the thumb, which are thick and hard.

Looking at those cocoons, Yang Zhengshan suddenly remembered that the woman in front of him was not a weak woman, but a warrior with the sixth level of acquired cultivation.

Cultivation is a very difficult thing, and Yang Zhengshan is well aware of the hardships involved.

Practice the three-hour period in summer and the three-nine-month period in winter.

The calluses on Yu Qingyi's hands are caused by sword practice.

Suddenly, Yang Zhengshan reached out and held her hand, "Your swordsmanship should be very good!"

His rash action frightened Yu Qingyi. Although Yu Qingyi had made some mental preparations, Yang Zhengshan's sudden attack still made her instinctively want to retreat.

"I want to see you practice swordplay!"

However, Yang Zhengshan did not give her a chance to retreat and pulled her out of the room.

"I haven't taken the sword yet!" Yu Qingyi said in a low voice.

Yang Zhengshan stopped and said, "Xiaoya, go get the sword!"

The little maid didn't dare to look up at all. When she heard Yang Zhengshan's words, she slipped into the room like a frightened rabbit.

The sky was dark and snowflakes started falling again without us noticing.

Yu Qingyi danced with the sword in the snow. Her swordsmanship was not the kind of graceful sword dancing. Every move she made revealed a fierce murderous intent.

The sword was sharp and pierced through one snowflake after another.

(End of this chapter)