Chapter 181: Old and Shameless

In the study room of the main courtyard, Yu Qingyi, wearing a sky blue suit, sat behind the desk and worked with an abacus.

"What are you calculating?" Yang Zhengshan walked in and asked curiously.

To be honest, he didn't know how to use an abacus. He had learned it in elementary school in his previous life, but he had forgotten everything he should have forgotten.

He had thought about learning how to use an abacus before, but after just a brief attempt, he gave up. It is not difficult to learn, but it takes a lot of effort to master it.

Yu Qingyi said without even looking up: "I am calculating how much our family's annual income is."

"Uh, how many are there?" Yang Zhengshan asked curiously.

Yu Qingyi looked at the abacus, sighed, and said, "Except for the horse farm, the annual income is less than three hundred taels of silver!"

"..."

Yang Zhengshan felt a little embarrassed.

Three hundred taels is a lot for ordinary people, but for the current Yang family, it is not even enough to pay the servants monthly wages.

But this is normal, as the Yang family doesn't have much property.

In addition to the horse farm and the more than 100 acres of land in Anning County, there are also the shops that Yu Qingyi just bought in the past month.

"It's okay. The income from the horse farm is not low, enough to support the family expenses!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yu Qingyi stepped forward to help him take off his coat, "But the horse farm has just been built, there shouldn't be any profit this year!"

"Yes, you will know when the time comes!" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

Under normal circumstances, it would take two to three years for a horse farm to become profitable after it was built. However, the Yang family’s horse farm was different. Yang Zhengshan used spiritual spring water to raise horses and could raise a group of good horses in just a few months.

If Yang Zhengshan was not afraid of attracting too much attention, it would be easy for him to earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year by raising horses.

Not only the horse farm, there are also many medicinal herbs in his space. Those prepared herbs have not been sold yet, and the next batch of mature herbs should be harvested.

If he sold medicinal herbs this year, he could earn several thousand taels of silver.

However, when it comes to silver, Yang Zhengshan thought of the rockery in the backyard of the prefectural government office.

There should be an underground space under the rockery. He was afraid of causing trouble before, so he didn't go in to check. But now.

Yang Zhengshan was wondering whether he should go and take a look!

What if there is silver in it?

"Prepare a set of night clothes for me in the next two days!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Night clothes! What are you going to do?" Yu Qingyi asked in surprise.

Yang Zhengshan grinned and said, "I won't tell you yet. I'll tell you after it's done!"

It’s not that he didn’t trust Yu Qingyi, but he didn’t know if there was anything in that underground space. What if there was nothing?
So let’s keep it a secret for now!
Yu Qingyi gave him a strange look, as if asking if he was planning to do something bad.

Yang Zhengshan was amused by her strange look and couldn't help but walk forward and hug her slender waist.

Bo~~
"Madam is so beautiful!"

A blush suddenly appeared on Yu Qingyi's face. She first glanced at Hongyun and Qingxia outside the door, and then pinched Yang Zhengshan hard.

"You are so old!"

"..."

Yang Zhengshan froze.

Shame on you!
Shame on you!
Shame on you!
Madam, this hurts my heart!
Can we not mention the word 'old'?

"How dare you call my husband old? Let me teach you a lesson."

Yang Zhengshan touched her all over, and Yu Qingyi couldn't stand it anymore. After blushing, she slipped out of Yang Zhengshan's arms like a loach and ran out of the study.

Looking at her fleeing figure, Yang Zhengshan burst into laughter.

Hearing Yang Zhengshan's laughter, Yu Qingyi spat in annoyance.

The two maids Qingxia and Hongyun stood nearby, covering their mouths and laughing secretly.

"Don't laugh!" Yu Qingyi said shyly.

Qingxia and Hongyun quickly put on a serious expression, but the smiles they couldn't suppress revealed themselves.

Yu Qingyi didn't want to go back to the house. She was a little afraid that her shameless husband Yang Zhengshan would do something wrong.

But she suddenly remembered something, changed her mind, and turned back to the study.

When Yang Zhengshan saw her come back, he pretended to be serious.

"Ahem, Madam, come and sit down!"

"No, I have something to tell my husband!" Yu Qingyi said with a stern face.

Seeing her like this, Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but stroke his beard and look at her.

Madam, are you angry?
Well, she looks so good even when she’s angry!
"what's up?"

However, Yu Qingyi didn't seem very happy. "What are you going to do with the one from Xiuchunyuan?"

"Xiuchunyuan!" Yang Zhengshan was stunned, and then he thought of someone.

Miss Yulu!

If Yu Qingyi hadn't mentioned it, Yang Zhengshan would have completely forgotten about this person.

He frowned. How should he deal with this Miss Yu Lu?

Keep it?

Obviously inappropriate.

Let go?

It doesn't seem appropriate. Who knows if this girl is in trouble?
Sha Pingchuan has been imprisoned and will probably be executed soon.

And is this Miss Yu Lu also involved in this?

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask the Secret Guard tomorrow. If there's no problem, let her leave!"

This Miss Yu Lu is quite honest. After coming to the Yang family, she basically never goes out of the house and stays in Xiuchun Garden the whole time.

After Yang Zhengshan dealt with those two old women last time, the old women and maids around her became much more obedient and no longer walked around.

"Can you bear to let her leave?" Yu Qingyi asked.

Yang Zhengshan raised his head and glanced at her, "Madam, are you jealous?"

"What are you jealous of?" Yu Qingyi obviously didn't know the meaning of jealousy.

Yang Zhengshan stepped forward, took her hand and said, "You don't need to care about an insignificant person!"

"If she doesn't have any other problems, you can deal with her then." It was reasonable for Yu Qingyi to be unhappy. Any woman would feel uncomfortable having such a beauty at home.

Yu Qingyi felt relieved when she heard him say this.

Although Yang Zhengshan said that he would not take a concubine, she still had such concerns.

"Yeah!" Yu Qingyi nodded and leaned in Yang Zhengshan's arms.

Yang Zhengshan put his arms around her waist, but this time he didn't move around. His wife was easily shy, so he couldn't be too presumptuous.

……

The next morning.

Yang Zhengshan asked Ding Si, but Ding Si didn't know whether Miss Yu Lu was involved, so he could only send someone to pass a message to Wei Cen and ask Wei Cen to investigate.

Wei Cen is still in Jiacheng. Although the adults from Kyoto came to Anyuan City first, the focus of this case is actually Sha Pingchuan, and Sha Pingchuan is now in Chongshan Pass.

As for why the adults in Kyoto came to Anyuan City first.

Why else? Just confiscate the house.

There is only one Sha Pingchuan in Jiacheng, while there are Liang family, Lin Xuan, Hao Zhaoxian and some officials involved in Anyuan City.

If they raid the house, they will surely find a large amount of property.

While Yang Zhengshan was waiting for Wei Cen's reply, Wang Bin, the Lieutenant General of Jiacheng, also received Yang Zhengshan's letter.

When Han Fei arrived in Jiacheng yesterday, it was already late, so he had to wait until now to deliver the letter to Wang Bin.

After reading the contents of the letter, Wang Bin fell into deep thought.

Targeting Yang Zhengshan?
It was also something he had not expected.

However, he knew more than Yang Zhengshan and had his own unique views on the court and officialdom.

"Targeting Yang Zhengshan, this person obviously doesn't know who Yang Zhengshan belongs to!"

"Not necessarily. Maybe this person doesn't care about the Ningguo Mansion at all?"

"But what is this man's purpose?"

Wang Bin pondered for a moment, and suddenly his expression changed slightly, as if he had thought of the key.

The root cause of officialdom struggles is nothing more than fame, wealth and power.

Yang Zhengshan was not involved much in official circles, so there were not many reasons for people to target him.

After thinking of the key, Wang Bin bent over his desk and wrote a few words, then sealed the envelope and handed it to Han Fei, "This is for your parents, he should understand after reading it!"

Han Fei took the letter and clasped his fists, saying, "I'll take my leave!"

……

Han Fei left early but came back late, so Yang Zhengshan received Wei Cen's reply first.

Wei Cen’s reply was simple. Yu Lu was just a beauty cultivated by Sha Pingchuan and was not involved in any case of treason.

Come to think of it, Yu Lu is just a somewhat useful toy in Sha Pingchuan's mind. How could Sha Pingchuan let Yu Lu know those secret things?

Since there is no involvement, it is easy to deal with. Yang Zhengshan can decide whether to keep or release him.

However, Yang Zhengshan left the matter to Yu Qingyi to deal with, so as to prevent Yu Qingyi from having any excessive thoughts.

Yang Zhengshan didn't take this matter to heart. He said something to Yu Qingyi and stopped caring about it.

Around noon, Han Fei came back.

Yang Zhengshan opened the letter and his expression changed slightly.

There were only six words in the letter.

Commander of Songzhou Guard!

Putting down the letter, Yang Zhengshan fell into deep thought.

Commander of Songzhou Guard!

He really didn't expect this to be the reason.

After Sha Pingchuan was arrested, the position of commander of Songzhou Guard has remained vacant.

Does Yang Zhengshan have a chance to compete for this position?
Yes, but it would be troublesome.

After all, Yang Zhengshan was just promoted to commander-in-chief last year.

In the three years since he came to Chongshan Town, Yang Zhengshan has been promoted three times.

The first time, Zhou Lan directly gave him a trial centurion official position. Given Zhou Lan's status, it was naturally a trivial matter to arrange such an official position for him.

The second time was when he was promoted to a thousand households and was actually appointed as the defense officer of Yinghe Fort. At that time, he had military merits and was promoted by Zhou Lan, so it was not difficult for him to be promoted to a thousand households.

The third time was when the current commander-in-chief was appointed to guard Anyuan City.

Under normal circumstances, it would take at least three years for him to get promoted again, but because of Lu Hua, he was promoted again.

The position of commander of Songzhou Guard is vacant now. If Yang Zhengshan is interested, he can ask Zhou Lan and Wang Bin to make some moves and look for Liang Chu. Maybe he can be promoted to another level.

However, Yang Zhengshan didn't want to do this because it would be too conspicuous and he would have to owe too many favors.

Asking for help from others in order to get promoted is obviously not what Yang Zhengshan wants to do.

He would rather stay in Anyuan City for three to five years. By then, it would be much easier for him to get promoted. He would only need Zhou Lan's help.

Therefore, he had never thought about competing for the position of commander of Songzhou Guard, nor did he expect that anyone would target him because of this position.

After figuring out the connection, Yang Zhengshan still couldn't figure out who was targeting him.

Songzhou Wei also had a commander named Tan Jingtai.

Mr. Tan is already 58 years old and has retired long ago. Although he holds the position of commander-in-chief, he seldom takes charge of anything.

Perhaps this was the reason why Sha Pingchuan tolerated him staying in Songzhou Wei.

Tan Jingtai obviously would not target Yang Zhengshan. He is too old and probably does not have the ambition to compete for the position of commander.

Apart from him, there are too many other people to suspect.

The commander of the guards is no longer an insignificant official position, it is a third-rank military officer. Many officials in Chongshan Town want to make further progress, and this is undoubtedly a good opportunity.

The nobles in Kyoto might also be interested in this position.

Even officials from other border towns may pay attention to this location.

Yang Zhengshan still couldn't find the target, but now that he knew where the problem was, the rest of the things became much easier.

Since the other party dares to target him, don't blame him for causing trouble.

(End of this chapter)