Chapter 392 Favor
"Let's go home and talk first!" Yang Zhengxiang pulled Yang Zhengshan's sleeve and walked towards his home.

"Alright, alright, you all can go away. There will be a banquet in front of the ancestral hall tonight to welcome Zhengshan. You all can come!"

After that, Yang Zhengxiang took Yang Zhengshan back to his home.

The entire Yangjia Village was filled with jubilation because of Yang Zhengshan's return.

"Uncle Zhengshan!"

As soon as they stepped into Yang Zhengxiang's house, they ran into Yang Minghui head-on.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Please ask Minghui to take care of the brothers around me!"

"No trouble, no trouble!" Yang Minghui said happily, waving his hands.

"Okay, now that you're home, no one will treat your little brothers badly!" Yang Zhengxiang said with a smile.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, and then followed Yang Zhengxiang to the main hall.

As for his close followers, Yang Minghui would take care of them.

"Why did you come back suddenly?"

As soon as the two of them sat down, Yang Zhengxiang couldn't help but ask.

Yang Zhengshan said: "I'm going to Kyoto this time, and I'll come back to visit on the way."

"Going to Kyoto? Didn't you get promoted to the general of Chongshan Town? Why do you have to go to Kyoto?" Yang Zhengxiang said.

Obviously, Yang Zhengxiang didn't know that Yang Zhengshan was about to be conferred the title of marquis.

But it is also true, although the Yang family is now a powerful family, they are still isolated in a remote corner and their understanding of some things is still relatively backward.

Yang Zhengshan said: "The court wants to confer a title of nobility on me!"

"A title of nobility!" Yang Zhengxiang's cloudy eyes suddenly widened, and then he said excitedly, "Really."

"Of course!"

"Okay, okay, hahaha~~" Yang Zhengxiang was a little too excited. After laughing, he couldn't help coughing.

Yang Zhengshan quickly patted him on the back and said, "You are not young anymore, so take it easy!"

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm just happy!" Yang Zhengxiang waved his hands repeatedly.

After the great joy, the wrinkles on Yang Zhengshan’s face disappeared a lot.

Afterwards, the two continued to talk about the matter of being conferred a title of nobility. Yang Zhengshan naturally would not tell him the real situation. He only said that the court was going to confer a title of nobility on him because of his military merits this time.

Although Yang Zhengxiang has become knowledgeable over the years, he is just a countryman after all, and his understanding of the capital and the court is still very superficial.

Therefore, he did not think about the danger involved, but was just happy for Yang Zhengshan and the Yang family.

It's rare for the two old brothers to meet, so naturally they have a lot to talk about.

But soon the two of them were unable to talk because many elders who had received the news came over.

These elders are old acquaintances of Yang Zhengshan. Even if they are not the same elders as before, they were the backbone of Yangjia Village at that time.

Returning to Yangjia Village, Yang Zhengshan did not feel strange. Or rather, he was unfamiliar with the previous Yangjia Village, and he was also unfamiliar with the current Yangjia Village, so he did not feel that things had changed or that people had changed.

The evening banquet was very lively, with many clansmen bringing their descendants to kowtow to Yang Zhengshan, making Yang Zhengshan almost the same as anyone else in the ancestral hall, and he was kowtowed to all night long.

However, Yang Zhengshan was still very happy looking at a group of clever children.

After coming to this world for more than ten years, he actually has a deep sense of belonging to the Yang family.

In addition, there are many descendants of the Yang family around him, so he has actually been completely integrated into the Yang family and really regards himself as an elder of the Yang family.

After a noisy night, Yang Zhengshan went to the back mountain of Yangjia Village the next day to pay tribute to his previous parents and his deceased wife.

Yang Mingcheng has come back to pay homage over the years, and this is the second time, except for the first time he paid homage in the first year since he came to this world.

After the worship, Yang Zhengshan bid farewell to his clansmen and left Yangjia Village.

He just came back to take a look, and he had to rush to Kyoto, so it was naturally impossible for him to stay in Yangjia Village for a long time.

After leaving Yangjia Village, Yang Zhengshan came to Lujia in Qinghe Town.

Since Lu Wenyuan passed the imperial examination, the Lu family has become an official family in Qinghe Town.

After Lu Wenyuan worked as an editor in the Hanlin Academy for three years, he entered the Ministry of Personnel as a deputy director. In just three years, Lu Wenyuan was promoted from a seventh-rank editor to a fifth-rank deputy director, and he was a deputy director of the Ministry of Personnel. This speed of promotion was even more exaggerated than that of Yang Zhengshan.

Although Lu Wenyuan was doing very well in Kyoto, the Lu family was still in Qinghe Town and had not moved to Kyoto or anywhere else.

Lu Songhe, Lu Zhaoqi and others still lived in Qinghe Town. Yang Zhengshan came here mainly to visit Lu Songhe and burn incense for Qi.

Lu Songhe is already over 70 years old, but he is still in good health and stands straight.

The Lu family has also developed well in recent years. Although it is still not as good as the Yang family, it is also considered a big family in Anning County. It's just that there are fewer members in the Lu family, so it is difficult for the Lu family to become a prominent family like the Lu family, nor is it easy to become a powerful family like the Yang family.

At least within three generations, the Lu family will not become a prominent family.

The development of a family is definitely not a matter of one or two generations; it requires the efforts of several generations to accomplish.

Although Yang Zhengshan was the first generation of the Yang family to rise, in fact, the Yang family already had a considerable population, which was why they were able to become a powerful family in just over a decade.

If the Yang clan only has Yang Zhengshan's branch, then there is no Yang clan, only one Yang family.

Yang Zhengshan only stayed in Qinghe Town for one night, reminiscing about the past with Lu Songhe and the two brothers Lu Zhaoqi and Lu Zhaoran.

In fact, the relationship between the Yang family and the Lu family has become closer in recent years. When Yang Zhengshan married Yu Qingyi, there was inevitably a gap between the Yang family and the Lu family. However, after these years of support and help, the two families are reconciled again.

Even Lu Songhe no longer showed displeasure towards Yang Zhengshan and spoke to him in a friendly manner.

After all, the Yang family has indeed helped the Lu family a lot over the years.

After staying in Yangjia Village and Qinghe Town for three days, Yang Zhengshan continued to move south. He did not stop there and went straight to Jizhou.

The reason why he delayed for these three days was, on the one hand, to come back and see Yangjia Village and the Lu family, and on the other hand, he also wanted to give those underworld forces some time to react.

That’s right, Yang Zhengshan had no intention of hiding. The threats posed by the Golden List of Shanhe Tower and the Jade Dew Spirit Peach were not enough to make him feel scared, nor were they worth him retreating.

He just wanted to see how many martial artists would be willing to assassinate him for the Jade Dew Peaches.

After entering Pingyuan Province, Yang Zhengshan clearly felt that more people were staring at him, and it was obvious that many underworld forces had begun to take action.

In this regard, Yang Zhengshan had only one attitude, which was to neither hide nor evade, but to continue on his journey openly.

Just when Yang Zhengshan was about to arrive at Jizhou, Ji Hai from the Hengdao Sect came to him.

"Junior Ji Hai greets General Yang!"

On the official road between the villages, Ji Hai and two of his disciples met Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan stopped Hong Yun and looked at him with a smile, "So it's Master Ji. I wonder why Master Ji is waiting for me here?"

"I have something I want to remind General Yang about!"

"What's the matter?"

"The matter about the Shanhe Tower gold list!" Ji Hai said.

Yang Zhengshan's expression slightly changed, and he asked, "Is it just for this matter?"

"Just for this matter!" Ji Hai looked at Yang Zhengshan with clear eyes.

Yang Zhengshan stared at him and nodded slightly, "Senior Ji, you are so righteous!"

He originally suspected that Ji Zhen would attack him for the Jade Dew Peaches, but now it seems that Ji Zhen has no such idea. Instead, he asked Ji Hai to remind him.

"Master said that a mere Jade Dew Peach is not enough to make him a congenital warrior!" Ji Hai did not hide anything and said it bluntly.

Yang Zhengshan nodded and understood why Ji Zhen did not take action.

Not all martial artists in Jianghu are greedy for money. There are also some chivalrous men who are willing to serve their country and their people.

Ji Zhen has a good reputation in Liaodong, and the Hengdao Sect also has a high reputation in Liaodong.

It is understandable that the Hengdao Sect gave up the fight for the Jade Dew Peaches.

Indeed, one Jade Dew Peach is not enough to make Ji Zhen a congenital warrior, but this does not mean that the Hengdao Sect does not need the Jade Dew Peach.

The Jade Dew Peach is useless to Ji Zhen, but it is a rare resource for the Hengdao Sect. One Jade Dew Peach can allow the Hengdao Sect to add a half-step innate master.

This alone makes it worth Ji Zhen's effort.

Since Ji Zhen chose not to take action, he was giving face to Yang Zhengshan and doing Yang Zhengshan a favor.

"I will keep this favor in mind!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Ji Hai was silent for a moment, then said, "General Yang, be careful on the road!"

Obviously he had already seen that Yang Zhengshan knew about the Shanhe Tower Golden List and did not need him to remind him.

But since Yang Zhengshan said so, he naturally would not refuse Yang Zhengshan's favor.

(End of this chapter)