He took away his own trophies, went to the Yamen Accounting Room to collect the reward, and sent the Ghost Head Sword back to Wei He.
Yang Yu just returned home.
Jail guards are no better than government officials. It is a serious crime to leave one's post without permission.
But since he had Wang Fobao's promise, he naturally went home to rest.
“As the saying goes, diligence is worse than laziness, and laziness is worse than robbery. The ancients do not deceive me. The money these two bandits carry alone is more than what Lao Li spent in two years of storytelling.”
Yang Prison was judging the gains and losses in his heart.
After the rain, there were few pedestrians on the streets and few vendors. Yang Yu wandered aimlessly, trying to relieve his depression and looking for other ingredients.
Unfortunately, nothing was found. Even the antiques collected by several pawnshops he told him did not cause any abnormal movement in the Cauldron of Gluttony.
Seeing that evening was approaching, I could only buy a batch of medicinal materials and go home.
Before he entered the door, he heard what sounded like conversation inside the house, and with a slight movement in his heart, he pushed the door open and entered.
At a glance, in the main room, an old man with gray hair and a cane was sitting at the top, talking to Granny Yang.
“Xiao Jing is back?”
Seeing Yang Yu, the old man smiled and greeted him.
Grandma Yang was a little nervous and hurriedly stepped forward to hold Yang Yu's hand and introduce him.
This old man's name is Yang Baotian. He is the nominal leader of their clan. He and Mr. Yang are cousins and they seemed to have a good relationship in the past.
“Sigh. I am old. I used to live in a manor outside the city, but I didn’t expect Wang Liu to be so bold and dare to bully you.”
Yang Baotian banged his cane hard, seeming quite indignant.
"oh."
Yang Yu nodded coldly, but sneered in his heart.
Good Relationship?
It has been half a year since the old man’s accident. We are on good terms with each other, so how can we not come to visit him until now?
Moreover, he clearly remembered that on the day he killed Wang Liu, the couple seemed to have been instigated by the elders of the clan.
This old guy may not be without suspicion.
“Well, it’s only human nature for Xiao Jing to resent me.”
Yang Baotian frowned slightly and sighed: "There are so many people in the clan, and I can't cover everything..."
“Small prison.”
The old woman held Yang Yu's hand tightly.
"Mother-in-law, I'm tired. I'm going to rest first."
Yang Yu was too lazy to pay attention to the old man's nonsense, put down his things, turned around and returned to the room.
Back in the room, Yang Yu pulled out his sword and slowly reviewed the process and details of the previous fight with the two bandits.
At the same time, he listened carefully to the movement in the main room.
The sound insulation of the earthen wall is average, and his hearing is also very good, so even if the sound is not loud, he can hear it clearly.
However, what surprised him was that Yang Baotian seemed to really come for a visit.
In addition to chatting with Granny Yang about family affairs, she just recalled past events, which made Yang Yu feel bored. After listening for a while, she was too lazy to listen.
Half an hour later, Yang Baotian said goodbye, and Granny Yang sent him to the door before returning to Yang Prison's house.
“Xiaojie, don’t let this old guy fool you!”
Yang Yu did not speak, but the old woman's first words made him feel relieved.
After closing the door and window, the old woman took Yang Yu's hand and sat down, and whispered: "This old guy said that he has connections and wants you to take the Tongsheng Examination."
“Imperial examination?”
Yang Yu frowned.
The Ming Dynasty used military force to establish the country. For several generations, the country was prosperous in military affairs but weak in civil affairs. However, after the world became peaceful, the situation was reversed.
After all, even if you have ten thousand enemies in your army, you will still be inferior to the civil servants in running the country.
Of course Yang Yu didn't take it seriously, but the old woman seemed a little moved. After struggling for a while, she said:
“Being a jailer is not a good way out after all...”
“Mother-in-law, our family was almost destroyed before, but this old guy didn’t come to help us. Now we suddenly throw away the benefits. This must be a scam.”
Seeing that the old woman was a little moved, Yang Yu could only explain patiently.
The imperial examination is no easier than practicing martial arts. He doesn’t practice martial arts well enough, so how can he be distracted?
“The mother-in-law rejected him tomorrow.”
The old woman relaxed her brows and her mood improved a lot. She really didn't want to have any contact with these so-called relatives anymore.
“There is no need to refuse.”
Yang Yu shook his head, his eyes flashing:
“It’s okay to be so defensive all the time. I simply agreed to him and let’s see what this old guy wants to do!”
On the day he killed Wang Liu, he had not forgotten what the clan elder said to the couple.
Just because he had only been studying martial arts for a short time at that time and didn't know who was instigating him, it didn't mean that he had forgotten it.
He knew very well that if he hadn’t been pregnant with the cauldron of gluttony, regardless of whether he lived or died, his mother-in-law would definitely not have survived!
"this……"
The old woman hesitated a little, but nodded anyway.
Because Yang Yu told her about Wang Fobao teaching him martial arts, and Wang Fobao's reputation was big enough, which really dispelled the old woman's hesitation.
The old man and the young man chatted about household matters for a while, mostly the old woman was talking, and he was listening.
In less than half a year, the old woman was no longer in such a depressed mood. As she listened, Yang Yu frowned again.
Because more and more people are dying of illness in the outer cities, and there is even a tendency of spreading to the inner cities.
The old woman wanted to go to the Liansheng Church to pray for blessings.
“Mother-in-law, stay away from that Liansheng religion from now on.”
Yang Prison has a headache.
Since he was proud of the "Lao Mu Xiang Er Shi Qi Lu", he was very concerned about the affairs of Lianshengjiao.
Although he did not make any substantial discoveries, he shuddered a little when he thought of the old woman he had glimpsed in the Cauldron of Gluttony that day.
"If you don't return the wish after you have made it, you will offend my mother..."
Seeing Yang Yu's serious expression, the old woman hesitated and worried: "I heard that some people didn't fulfill their vows, got seriously ill, and their whole family died..."
"How can this be?"
How could Yang Yu believe this? Seeing the old woman's hesitation, he still sighed:
"Mother-in-law, it's not peaceful in the city these days. In a few days, I can go with you to fulfill your wish, okay?"
“Mother-in-law listens to you.”
The old woman nodded, got up and went to the kitchen to cook some food.
“What a troubled time!”
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Yang Yu sighed slightly, then gathered his mind and began to move his inner energy.
All human meridians are naturally connected. The purpose of the Qi-taking method is to extract the internal Qi generated in the blood and Qi every day and run it throughout the body independently of the blood.
Inner training means to continuously accumulate inner energy.
The strength of a warrior in the blood exchange realm depends largely on the ‘length of this breath’.
For example, the iron dragon looks up to the sky and breathes out, making a huge roar that can shock people to death. This is the method of urging inner energy, and it is the real "inner energy martial arts".
Those bandits stimulated the internal energy, causing the blood all over the body to flow like fire, but this was only a superficial effect of the internal energy.
“I hope that the sword technique contained in this ghost-headed sword is ‘inner energy martial arts’.”
After a long time, Yang Yu finally calmed down and entered the cauldron of gluttony after putting aside all the discomfort of killing people and the annoyance in his heart.
The thick-mouthed, broad-faced sword with a ghost head was glowing with a faint red light.