Although Yang Ji and Yang Meng were both descendants of the Yang family and lived within the same courtyard wall, they did not interact much with each other on a daily basis. The only time they had was at the martial arts arena, the two sides did not have a very pleasant quarrel.
"Why, aren't you going to let me come in and sit down for a while?"
YangMeng smiled kindly.
"come in."
Yang Ji pondered for a moment and then nodded. Although there was no friendship between the two, there was no deep hatred or grudge.
Yang Ji has always said, "When people treat me with sincerity, I will treat others with sincerity; when people treat me with evil, I will treat them with evil." Since Yang Meng behaves generously, Yang Ji cannot be stingy.
But Yang Ji still couldn't imagine what the purpose of Yang Meng's visit to him in the middle of the night could be.
I drank some tea from the teapot on the table, which was very ordinary tea, and then the guests and hosts sat down.
"Originally, after the last martial arts competition, I wanted to come to visit you. But I didn't expect that when I came over, I heard that you went up the mountain to guard the tomb. I have been paying attention since then. Fortunately, you came back today.
Someone notified me and I’m coming right now.”
YangMeng took a sip of tea, paused and said:
"I came to you this time for one thing - your talent is pretty good, and it shouldn't be buried in the clan like this!"
Yang Ji was startled. Although he had guessed the purpose of Yang Meng looking for him, he didn't expect that it was actually for this.
"Yang Ji, your talent is amazing. I was really angry when you discussed it below during that competition. Originally, I wanted you to make a fool of yourself during that competition, but I didn't expect that your martial arts skills were so high.
I have met so many people, but no one has ever mastered the 'White Snake Fault in the Grass' as well as you."
"I rarely convince others, but I am really convinced by you. With your talent, you shouldn't just bury it like this!"
YangMeng's eyes flashed with light, a look that rarely appeared on him.
"My cousin is so complimentary."
Yang Ji said calmly. After living in the clan for so long, this was the first time that Yang Ji heard other clan members praise his qualifications.
Yang Meng's expression didn't look like he was being hypocritical, nor did he look like he was trying to flatter him. It was just that Yang Ji couldn't guess what Yang Meng meant by saying this.
"I have always been obsessed with practicing martial arts. Apart from this, I don't care about other things. Although I heard about your parents and the eldest lady back then, I don't know much about it. In my opinion, the relationship between you and the eldest lady
It’s not irreducible.”
YangMeng looked at Yang Ji with an unprecedented serious expression:
"I rarely get involved in these trivial matters, but if you are willing, I can use all my abilities to mediate between you and the First Lady! With your qualifications, as long as you cultivate them a little, you will definitely..."
"No!"
Yang Ji's expression changed after hearing Yang Meng's opening statement. When he heard what he said later, he immediately interrupted him without hesitation and said decisively:
"There is no possibility of reconciliation between me and the eldest lady!"
"Why?!"
YangMeng looked surprised.
He thought he had good intentions, but he didn't expect that Yang Ji's reaction was completely beyond his expectation. According to his assumption, Yang Ji was suppressed in the clan, so even if Yang Ji wouldn't accept his suggestion, it stands to reason
You shouldn't refuse so decisively.
"I know you have good intentions. However, if I had known that this was the purpose of your visit to me, I might not have let you in."
Yang Ji stood up, glanced at Yang Meng and said.
Yang Meng's expression was surprised. Yang Ji knew that he might actually have good intentions and love talents when he saw that he was very talented. But there was no doubt that he still had a negative attitude toward the relationship between him and the eldest lady.
In the past, the eldest lady suppressed her, and the two sides had a small fight, deducting some bonuses, ridiculing, and insulting her.
The relationship between the two parties has long since surpassed that level. Ever since the eldest lady sent someone to poison his food, and he killed Butler Zhou, there is no room for maneuver in the relationship between the two parties.
"The question now is not whether the eldest lady will let me go, but whether I am willing to let her go."
Yang Ji paced and said in a deep voice:
"If I accept your suggestion, then what do I have to endure in the past eight years? What does my dead mother mean? Is this all the end of it? I can't agree to it!"
Yang Meng was dumbfounded and hesitated to speak. He knew very little about the affairs between Yang Ji's parents and the eldest lady. Eight years ago, he was only twelve or thirteen years old. How could he care so much about the affairs of adults.
Seeing Yang Ji's reaction, Yang Meng knew that his idea was too wishful thinking. However, in his heart, he still wanted to do something.
"Yang Ji, I know you hate the eldest lady. But after all, we are the same clan. As a descendant of the Yang family, everyone has the obligation to strengthen our clan. Yang Ji, you are very talented. I have a feeling that if
If you can ease the relationship with the eldest lady and get the full support of the clan, in the future, if the Yang clan opens up the situation, it may fall on you."
"Believe me, be patient and bow your head occasionally. This will be good for yourself and our Yang family!"
YangMeng said with sincerity.
He has always been arrogant and not a person who is good at flattery. Otherwise, he would not have made a fool of himself after hearing a few words from Yang Ji. But what happened that day, Yang Ji left a deep impression on him.
"White Snake Martial Arts" is just a common martial arts among the clan, but Yang Ji can actually practice it to the legendary level of "flying on grass".
In the past hundred years, no one has ever achieved this for so many of the Yang family's descendants. And Yang Ji's ability to make good use of his own conditions and defeat the strong with the weak has revealed even greater potential.
Yang Meng believed that his talent was not bad, but at Yang Ji's age, he was not sure that he could defeat an opponent one level stronger than him with the strength of the eighth level of breathing.
"YangMeng, you don't need to say anything. It is impossible to reconcile the relationship between me and the eldest lady. For more than eight years, I have not gained anything from the clan. On the contrary, the clan has taken away what belongs to me from me."
Yang Ji remembered the past
He didn't have to live in the woodshed originally, but the eldest lady took away the house that belonged to him and his mother. Even the so-called "finance money" that each clan member deserved was left to him by his greedy father.
His inheritance was assumed to be kept on his behalf and then distributed to him in the form of silver.
But even so, for more than eight years, the clan has been deducting the poor money.
It was always just the clan asking for things that belonged to him, rather than him enjoying the things from the clan! Bullying, insulting, ridiculing, suppressing... How could such a clan gain his approval?
For more than eight years, there have been so many people of the same race. Apart from "Yang Meng" who is sitting here today, who has ever reported injustice on his behalf or said a word on his behalf?
Who among them truly regards him as a fellow human being?
Although this was just a conflict between him and the doctor, which of these clan elders had said a word?
"Yang Meng, I am very grateful to you for your thoughtfulness. This is the first kindness I have received. However, I have no interest in strengthening the Yang clan. I do not owe anyone in the clan, whether I have any or not.
With help from the clan, I will find my own way."
Yang Ji spoke confidently and calmly. This was the result of his thinking for a long time, and now he took advantage of Yang Meng's opportunity to say it out loud at once.
"well!"
When YangMeng heard this, he let out a long sigh and said:
"Yang Ji, I know it's hard to convince you. However, I really don't like the fight between you and the eldest lady. I know you may think that you just need to bring down the eldest lady. After all, the eldest lady is just a prostitute. But if you
It would be a big mistake to really think so. I recently received news that the eldest son Xuan Lan will be back soon!"
"What!"
Yang Ji's expression changed, and with the name Yang Meng said in his mind, he recalled many things that he had almost forgotten.
The eldest lady is not alone, she also has a son named "Yang Xuanlan", who is the eldest son of the Yang family.
If Yang Meng hadn't mentioned it, Yang Ji would have almost forgotten that there was such a person.
This is really not to be blamed on Yang Ji, because the eldest son of the Yang clan left the clan eight years ago, when Yang Ji was only seven years old.
How much memory can you have of a person you haven’t seen for more than eight years?!
"It's normal that you don't remember him."
When Yang Meng looked at Yang Ji's face, he knew that he had almost forgotten about this "eldest son" just like him:
"The eldest lady sent him out for a study tour eight years ago. Since then, she has been sending people to give him various things to support him. He has almost never come back since then. In the clan now, your generation is probably the only
I remember a name. Only our generation and a group of older children have met him, come into contact with him, and know some things about him."
Yang Ji frowned, thoughtfully. In the past few years, he had been immersed in reading. He was truly "ignorant of what is going on outside the window and only focused on reading books by sages."
He almost didn't care about what happened in the clan, because Yang Ji knew that it was useless to care with his meager strength.
"It's so inappropriate. How could I forget about him... the eldest son Yang Xuanlan!"
Yang Ji murmured to himself.
"You may not know that the eldest son, Yang Xuanlan, was a martial arts student at the age of twelve. His talent was astonishing. No one among his peers could beat him when he was a child. He once defeated a sixth-dan breather with the strength of the fourth-level breather.
His opponents, ordinary people are one or two levels higher than him, and are not his opponents at all."
"Several famous disciples of the Li family and the Chang family challenged him, but they were all defeated by him. In his generation, there was no such thing as "three heroes and five tigers" in Pingchuan County. He alone led the army and was the leader of his generation.
The best among them, no one can compete with him!"
Yang Meng had a look of reminiscence on his face. He was really impressed by the most outstanding eldest son of the Yang family in decades:
"Eight years ago, the eldest son left the clan and went out to travel, and rarely came back. Even when he came back, he came and went in a hurry, and few people remembered him. I remember one year, the clan hung up a red lantern. I wonder if you still
Do you have any impression?"
"Remember, what happened?"
Yang Ji recalled for a moment and nodded.
In the first eight years, he cared about nothing but studying. The reason why he remembered hanging red lanterns everywhere was because that day was actually very ordinary, and nothing major happened in the clan. Normally, they would be hung everywhere in broad daylight during the New Year and festivals.
lantern.
"That year, the eldest son was selected as the Wu Xiucai, and he happened to be fifteen years old!"
Yang Meng took a deep look at Yang Ji and said slowly.
"What!"
Yang Ji was shocked all over, as if he had been struck by electricity.