Chapter 191 Brother, I’m weak and afraid of the hard work!

What Yang Zhengshan discussed at night in the backyard of the prefectural government office was still discovered by someone. After all, there was no place for such a large underground space, and the rockery blocking the entrance was smashed to pieces by Yang Zhengshan with one punch.

That night, officials in the yamen entered the underground space to check. After discovering the weapons and armor inside, they immediately reported to their superiors.

The next afternoon, Wei Cen rode on horseback and brought Ding San and Ding Si to Anyuan City again.

After nightfall, Wei Cen came to the Yang family.

In the front courtyard, Yang Zhengshan, who was dressed in casual clothes, asked in surprise, "Aren't you going to leave Chongshan Town? Why are you in Anyuan City again?"

He was asking knowingly.

The case of treason has been handed over to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple for trial. Lu Hua also left Chongshan Town and went to Beiyuan Town first. When Ding San left Anyuan City, he said that they would go to Beiyuan Town soon.

As for why they came to Anyuan City again, need I explain it? It must be because of the underground space in the prefect's backyard.

"You don't know?" Wei Cen looked at Yang Zhengshan with a scrutinizing gaze.

"What do you know?" Yang Zhengshan walked into the hall calmly and sat in the main seat.

The hall was brightly lit with candles. Wu Hai, along with two servants, served tea to the two men and then left.

"Things about the prefectural government!" Wei Cen stared at Yang Zhengshan, as if he wanted to see something from him.

Yang Zhengshan grinned, "Okay, stop playing dumb, tell me what happened!"

He will definitely not admit this, and he will never know even if you kill him.

What a joke, that's something worth more than 200 thousand taels. Anyone who knows that these things are in his hands will probably have bad thoughts.

Wei Cen might not, but what about Lu Hua?
Although Yang Zhengshan and Lu Hua had many interactions, Yang Zhengshan actually knew nothing about this Admiral of the Zhenbei Division.

They had never even communicated face to face, so it was difficult for Yang Zhengshan to trust Lu Hua.

Wei Cen hesitated for a moment and said, "There is a large underground space under the rockery in the backyard of the prefectural government office!"

"We distributed 300 sets of armor among them, and also found traces of fighting."

Yang Zhengshan's eyes widened and he pretended to be surprised again.

"Underground space? How big is it?"

"And there are armor? Are they the standard armor used by the army?"

"Have you found the people who started the fight? Is it related to the treason case?"

He asked a series of questions, seeming surprised and curious about the matter.

Wei Cen patiently replied one by one: "How big is it? You can go and see for yourself. As for whether it is a standard weapon, it is standard, but not the standard weapon of our army, but the standard weapon of the Da Ling Dynasty army!"

"We have not found any other clues, nor have we found out who was involved in the fight. There were no other traces at the scene except for the blood."

Yang Zhengshan heaved a sigh of relief. Although he left in a hurry last night, he still cleaned up the remaining traces. He picked up all the copper coins he threw away. As for the footprints on the ground, these were actually not important.

Before he left, Yu Qingyi had taken this into consideration for him. People in the martial arts world were more experienced in doing such things.

It can be said that as long as he is not caught on the spot, there is no evidence to prove that he did it.

As for speculation and suspicion, this is inevitable.

After all, he is in Anyuan City, and he has the ability to do this.

"The standard armor of the Daling Dynasty!"

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes slightly, "Being able to forge weapons and armor means that they may have a weapons and armor foundry behind them!"

"By the way, haven't you checked the source of Liang's goods before?"

Wei Cen said calmly, "We have checked the sources of all the goods sold by the Liang family. The grain was purchased from various prefectures, the salt was private salt from a salt gang in Qizhou, and the iron ore was mined privately by the Liang family in Dadong Mountain."

"As for the other goods, they were all bought from various places."

"From the perspective of the source of goods, the Liang family has no involvement with other forces!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. The items smuggled by the Liang family were mainly grain, salt and iron.

Among them, grain is the easiest to handle. The Liang family is a wealthy family and has been in the grain business, so it is easy for them to buy and sell grain.

Salt and iron are much more troublesome, as they are both controlled items by the imperial court.

However, there is private salt. In the current Darong Dynasty, the sale of private salt is extremely rampant. It is not difficult for the Liang family to purchase private salt in large quantities.

The most troublesome thing is iron. Whether it is iron ore or ironware, large-scale procurement is impossible, and the only way is to mine it privately.

The most important thing is that they can actually forge weapons and armor, which is definitely not something the Liang family can do.

The Darong Dynasty did not ban weapons such as swords, spears, sticks, and halberds. After all, martial arts were popular in Darong, and martial artists could not practice without weapons. However, Darong prohibited the private casting of iron armor by the people.

Moreover, casting iron armor is a very difficult task, much more difficult than forging weapons.

Weapons can be made by any blacksmith, the only difference is the quality.

But iron armor is different, the manufacturing process is extremely complicated.

A highly skilled blacksmith would spend a long time and a lot of energy to forge a piece of iron armor.

Three hundred sets of armor, this is definitely not a small number.

In Chongshan Town, most soldiers wore cloth armor, and even many military officers only wore face armor. Only real generals and real elites wore iron armor.

When Yang Zhengshan saw the armor in the underground space before, he knew that this thing could not be touched, so he took away everything and left only the armor.

"So there are other people behind this!" Yang Zhengshan showed a solemn look.

This is obvious.

"Yes, I have reported the matter to the admiral. The admiral should continue to investigate the case!" Wei Cen said.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and said, "I think you don't need my help with this matter!"

Wei Cen looked somewhat helpless, "I don't think I need your help!"

"That's good, that's good! Hahaha~~"

Yang Zhengshan laughed, "Brother Wei, it's not that I'm not moral. If you bring your brothers to come and have a drink with me, I'll be most welcome. But if it's for the official business of the Secret Guard, I'm weak and afraid of the hassle!" He really didn't want to have too much involvement with the Secret Guard. He had no choice before, but now that he could refuse, he wished he could stay away from the Secret Guard.

Of course, he was also willing to make friends with Wei Cen, Ding San and others. It was always better to have a few friends of the Secret Guards than a few enemies of the Secret Guards.

Wei Cen also knew what Yang Zhengshan was thinking, but he didn't care.

Yang Zhengshan's idea was not unusual. Many officials in the court kept their distance from the Secret Guards, and some even regarded them as mortal enemies.

Yang Zhengshan just doesn't like to be involved with the Secret Guards, which is perfectly normal.

"have you eaten?"

"no!"

"Haha, brother, please treat me to a drink!"

Yang Zhengshan smiled and asked Wu Hai to prepare wine and food.

……

Wei Cen and his group came quickly and left quickly.

They only stayed in Anyuan City for one day before leaving because there was nothing left to investigate in Anyuan City.

Yi Shan and Liang Rong have been captured, and the last underground space has been exposed. They can't find any clues even if they want to investigate.

So they went to Chongshan Pass again, intending to interrogate Yi Shan, Liang Rong and others again.

But these have nothing to do with Yang Zhengshan anymore.

At the end of June in the 26th year of Chengping.

Luo Feiyu joined the reinforcement camp under Wang Bin's command, and was actually granted the title of deputy captain and served as the commander of the reinforcement camp.

As a person recommended by Yang Zhengshan, Luo Feiyu is still highly valued by Wang Bin.

In fact, it is expected that Wang Bin values ​​Luo Feiyu. First of all, Luo Feiyu is indeed a talent, with strength and ability. Apart from being young and inexperienced, he has almost no other shortcomings.

Secondly, Luo Feiyu’s background is very clean. He was born in the Tianqing Sword Sect, and his ancestors for three generations were all from Yuanhe County.

As for his relationship with Yang Zhengshan, it is nothing.

Whether it is relatives or the favor of recommendation, it is a common thing in the military.

You can't just not reuse the people recommended by others.

Trust needs to be cultivated, and so does loyalty.

Whether Luo Feiyu can gain Wang Bin’s trust in the future depends on his future performance.

Yang Zhengshan could do nothing to help.

After all, he couldn't make the decision for Wang Bin.

The eighth day of June.

Ding San's father Zhu Shanghe brought his family to Anyuan City.

The veteran was a little thin, with a sallow complexion, but the sharpness in his bones could not be concealed.

Compared to him, the original body is much worse.

This is normal. During the Battle of Black Cloud Mountain, the original body was only fifteen years old and had been in the army for only a year. However, Zhu Shanghe was already a post-natal warrior at that time, and was also a captain of a hundred households.

If Zhu Shanghe had not been injured, he would at least be able to defend a city now.

"Zhu has met Lord Yang!"

In the main hall of the government office, Zhu Shanghe clasped his fists and bowed to Yang Zhengshan.

Following behind him were an old woman and a little girl.

The old woman was Zhu Wangshi, Ding San’s mother. The little girl was Ding San’s sister, named Zhu Yu, and she was only ten years old.

"Brother Zhu, no need to be polite. Haha, please take a seat!"

"Han Fei, serve tea!"

Yang Zhengshan greeted warmly.

Han Fei was also a smart man. When he saw a little girl, he served two stacks of snacks when serving tea.

"Brother Zhu, we are comrades in arms!"

"I was fifteen that year, and I was in the town's standard camp!"

"But I am luckier than you. I survived intact."

"I have a brother who broke a leg, oh~~"

Yang Zhengshan deliberately talked about the Battle of Black Cloud Mountain, hoping to use it to bring the two closer together.

Sure enough, after hearing what Yang Zhengshan said, Zhu Shanghe became much more relaxed.

As both were wounded soldiers from the Battle of Black Cloud Mountain, they had common topics to talk about.

For this purpose, Yang Zhengshan also specifically mentioned Lu Zhou.

The two chatted for about two quarters of an hour, and Wu Hai came over to report: "Master, everything is ready!"

"Yes!" Yang Zhengshan nodded, and smiled at Zhu Shanghe, "Brother Zhu, please settle down. We will talk about other things tomorrow!"

"Then I would like to thank Lord Yang for his care!"

Zhu Shanghe clasped his fists and thanked him.

Yang Zhengshan nodded with a smile, and Wu Hai stepped forward to lead them away.

Zhu Shanghe was neither a servant nor a farmhand of the Yang family. He was more like a retainer of Yang Zhengshan.

So Yang Zhengshan not only had to arrange accommodation for him, but also had to pay him a salary, and the salary could not be too low.

(End of this chapter)