Walking out of the General's Mansion, the sun was shining brightly outside. Yang Ji looked at the sky and sighed with emotion. The harvest this time was really great. No wonder so many people fought for the "Martial Arts Examination" to death.
Looking back, although this martial arts examination was difficult, it was all worth it.
"The general's reminder makes sense. The people in the Green Forest already know that I ruined their plan, and they will never give up easily."
Yang Ji secretly thought in his heart.
Recently, he also heard the news. Someone announced his actions in rescuing Bai Yuanyuan in the Martial Palace, as well as shooting the leader of the Six Villages of Black Wind Pirates.
If the people in the green forest were just a little suspicious at first, they have undoubtedly locked onto him now. The person who spread this kind of news obviously has bad intentions.
The news first spread from the place where the Li family was located. Yang Ji almost didn't need to think too much before he locked onto a target - Li Chen.
"General Qin is right. You need to be careful during this period. Pingchuan City is the territory of the imperial court. Given the current situation, as long as I don't leave hastily, there won't be much danger."
Yang Ji thought to himself.
He had newly obtained the "Hundred-Refined Long Sword" made of fine iron, and also obtained a volume of scriptures and paintings from "The Immortal Scroll". How could he wander around at this time?
"Yang Ji!——"
Just as he was about to leave, a figure caught up in the diagonal cross, it was "Colonel Li".
"Master Li."
Yang Ji bowed and saluted.
"Yang Ji, after seven days, remember to report to the Military Department."
Lieutenant Li smiled.
"Martial Arts Department?"
Yang Ji was surprised.
"Haha, this is your first time taking the martial arts examination. I was afraid that you didn't understand, so I reminded you. If it were other martial arts students, someone must have told them long ago."
Captain Li said:
"You are now ranked first in the martial arts examination. With your fame and pregnancy, you are considered a member of the imperial court. After all, the imperial court has a habit of only officials receiving salary. Although you are not, it is almost the same. The martial arts department is the one provided by the imperial court for your internship.
The tasks given to you will not be very heavy, they are just chores. But it is a good place for you to understand the court and the officialdom. Pay more attention and understand it, and it will definitely be good for your future in the future."
"Thank you for your advice, sir."
When Yang Ji heard this, he immediately understood and said sincerely.
"A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier." Every "student" who takes part in the martial arts examination hopes to be successful in the future, to become an official, to be a general, and to be domineering and blessed.
The mission of the "official office" is to provide a place where martial arts students like Yang Ji can understand and learn the structure and procedures of the imperial court.
"There have been frequent transfers recently. I have to go see the general, so I'll leave first."
Lieutenant Li smiled and then strode towards the general's residence.
After returning from the General's Mansion, Yang Jing went directly to his new residence in the southwest of the city. He passed by a clump of green bamboo and saw an antique small courtyard, which was Yang Ji's new home.
Although the merchants have a strong sense of copper, they are arty and elegant. The study room is fully equipped with sandalwood chairs, sandalwood tables, and bookshelves against the walls, all painted brown. It is very quiet and elegant.
After Yang Ji sat down, he took out a box from the desk, put it on the table and opened it with a bang. Inside was a stack of banknotes, a book, and a letter.
This is the last remaining legacy left by Yang Ji's father.
After leaving Jin'an City, Yang Ji devoted himself to taking care of the old housekeeper and had not opened the box for a long time. And in his heart, Yang Ji didn't really want to open it.
This inheritance from his father came eight years late. During these eight years, Yang Ji always had a strong desire to get it, but when he actually got it, he was timid.
For Yang Ji, this is not only a piece of wealth, but also a piece of longing.
"His!"
Yang Ji took a deep breath and finally reached into the box.
"One, two, three, four, five... actually more than one thousand two hundred taels of silver!"
Yang Ji took a deep breath.
He originally thought that it would be good for the eldest lady to leave him a hundred taels of silver, but he did not expect that there was so much. The eldest lady was so "generous", which was completely beyond his expectation.
However, his thoughts changed. Yang Ji quickly understood that he might be being sentimental.
Based on the lady's character, she definitely could not leave him so much. The only explanation is that this more than one thousand taels of silver is just "a drop in the bucket" compared to the inheritance left by her father!
A flash of lightning flashed in Yang Ji's mind, and he remembered a lot in an instant.
"There are hundreds of people in the family. In addition to ordinary Yang family members, there are also guards, slaves, maids... The normal expenses for food and clothing are hundreds of taels per month. This year, it is two to three thousand taels of silver.
Not to mention expensive medicinal materials for practicing martial arts, large-scale construction projects, jewelry purchases, and gorgeous brocade clothes..."
Thoughts flashed through Yang Ji's mind:
"However, the Yang family is different from the Li family. Apart from hundreds of acres of land, there is no other income and no trade. In other words, they are completely sitting on nothing, but the Yang family's prosperous life has nothing at all.
Change……"
Yang Ji's heart went up and down, and he already vaguely understood something.
When her father had an accident, the "eldest lady" changed her clothes every day, and the hairpins and pearls on her hair kept changing. Her winter furs were never the same, but she and her mother lived in a woodshed.
…
"Father, father, it's a shame that you always thought about the clan, but you never thought that these people are just white-eyed wolves!..."
Yang Ji sighed deeply in his heart.
In more than eight years, the Yang family has probably spent no less than 50,000 to 60,000 taels of silver. Add in what the eldest lady and the elders intercepted privately, and the total inheritance left by my father in his life is probably as much as 100,000 taels of silver!
But now what comes to his hands is just over a thousand taels, which is really a drop in the bucket!
Yang Ji felt angry in his heart. This was the true face of those people. After sucking his father, these people wanted to squeeze him again. How despicable and shameless these people were.
But no matter what, he has withdrawn from the family, and from now on, everything in the Yang family has nothing to do with him.
Yang Ji took a deep breath and opened the second thing.
"Yang Jiwuzi:
This is the 'practice notes' I left behind. As an official, I have no choice but to do it by myself. Although my father cannot teach you how to practice martial arts with his own hands, your brother will always take care of you. I have left enough money to live a worry-free life in the future.
Take care of your mother for me!"
…
The short line of handwriting started with the word "Yang Du", which was shallow and affectionate. It seemed to have been left behind a long time ago.
Yang Ji stroked the handwriting on the book, his nose felt sore, and his eyes were wet. It was too long, more than ten years apart, and Yang Ji rarely saw his father even when his father was around.
I thought I had forgotten it, but when I saw these handwritings, some memories that had been dusty for a long time slowly came back to life.
"Hahaha, little guy, throw the snowball over. Hit it, yes... oh, I really did throw it."
"Child, you and your mother are my world, and are my father's most precious things in this world..."
…
Three or four years old? I thought I had forgotten it, but it turned out that there were some things that I had never forgotten at all, just waiting to be awakened.
"clatter!"
A tear fell on the book, Yang Ji smiled, wiped his eyes, and continued to read.
This is a "Practice Notes". It contains his father's experience in practicing martial arts, and contains many essentials and precautions for practicing. Yang Ji has now reached the second level and third level of martial arts.
Some of the breathing realm stuff before this book is no longer useful to Yang Ji, but the stuff after the third and fourth levels of martial arts are of great use to Yang Ji.
Yang Ji read it for a while and gradually became fascinated. There were not many martial arts secrets in the book, but some martial arts applications and techniques made Yang Ji feel eye-opening.
Everyone who can pass the "Martial Arts Examination" exam is not mediocre. Yang Du's "Practice Notes" written from the perspective of a "Martial Arts Examination Scholar", even for a "martial arts genius" like Yang Ji, seem to be a lot of amazing and quite impressive. A place to be inspired.
Apart from the banknote and practice notes, all that was left was a letter.
Over the past eight years, the letter has turned yellow.
This was the last and only letter left by his father. Looking at this letter, Yang Ji suddenly trembled in his heart. His father died suddenly, and he only said it was an accident.
If all this is a conspiracy, then the truth may be hidden in this letter.
Yang Ji felt heavy in his heart. After taking a deep breath, he finally opened the letter. Along the way, Yang Ji's expression gradually became serious.
After reading the letter, Yang Ji put the letter down, his face uncertain, and he remained silent for a long time.
"Boom!"
There was a knock on the door, and the old butler came in with a cup of ginseng.
"Master, take a rest for a while."
The old housekeeper said.
He has always taken care of Yang Ji's daily life. Although his vitality was seriously injured this time and he has not fully recovered. However, the old housekeeper insisted that he could do simple food and drink chores and continue to take care of Yang Ji's daily life.
"Uncle Liang, do you know that I have a fiancée whom I am married to?"
Yang Ji's words were astonishing.
In his father Yang Du's last letter, he did not mention the truth about his death. Instead, he mentioned that Yang Ji had a fiancée who was "married to his fingertips"!
Let Yang Ji grow up and marry her!
This was really a bolt from the blue and extremely unexpected. Yang Ji never expected that this was what his father's last letter mentioned.
But why had he never heard of such a big thing before?
The old housekeeper was startled, his eyebrows jumped first, and then he let out a long sigh.
"Hey, you don't remember. She has been here before, and she even played with you..."
The old housekeeper looked at Yang Ji's appearance, shook his head, and sighed again:
"It's no wonder, it was snowing at that time, you were only three years old, and that little girl was about the same!..."
"Buzz!"
Yang Ji's mind was suddenly shaken, and he remembered many things in a trance. In the heavy snow, a little girl wearing snow-white fur and looking like a carved jade stood in the snow, looking at him silently with a cold face. Make a snowman there.
"Do you want to build a snowman together?"
"don't want!"
"Do you like snowball fights?"
"dislike."
"Do you want to take a rest?"
"don't want!"
…
No matter what she said, she always stood there with a cold face and remained indifferent. She neither walked away nor joined, just like an ice sculpture on the vast snow.
"is her……"
Yang Ji's heart suddenly trembled.
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