Wuxia: Drinking with Spring Breeze

He could only clasp his fists and say, "In this matter, I must trouble Shi Shu and Brother Li, Erlang is quite ashamed in his heart."

"Shi Shu?"

Yang Yinghao asked doubtfully, "How old is your father?"

Yang Ge thought for a moment and replied, "My father should be sixty-four this year."

Yang Yinghao reluctantly responded, "Well, then he really is Shi Shu..."

"Pfft."

Yang Tiansheng couldn’t hold back and laughed out loud.

Li Jincheng asked curiously, "What’s so funny, Brother Yang?"

Yang Tiansheng glanced at his own father’s face, which was emanating a dangerous aura, shook his head without answering, and instead pointed at Yang Ge, saying, "He is Yang Erlang, and I am Yang Dalang!"

"Pfft."

This time it was Yang Ge who laughed out loud.

He laughed at Yang Tiansheng for having no shame.

Yang Tiansheng also laughed out loud.

He laughed at Yang Ge for not knowing the dangers of Jianghu.

Li Changjiang, who was sitting in the hall, saw the three young men getting along so harmoniously, the corners of his mouth curled into a smile that reached his eyes, and he gestured with his hands and said warmly with a smile, "Alright, you young men should interact more with each other in the future. Let’s first discuss the matter at hand..."

"Ahem!"

A loud and pretentious cough interrupted Li Changjiang’s words.

The five people inside the hall turned their heads to look at Wei Heng, who stood at the entrance without coming in.

Wei Heng nonchalantly looked up at the beams of the hall, seemingly very interested in the architectural structure.

The implication was: Kid, be mindful of your own station.

Li Changjiang furrowed his brows, gazing directly at Wei Heng: "Ahem, ahem..."

The implication was: What are you being so self-important about here?

Yang Tiansheng recognized Wei Heng.

He recognized him, and so did all the five people in the room.

But what of it?

Could the identity of a secret investigator from the Imperial Guard honestly intimidate anyone?

Could it intimidate the father and son of the Yang Family, with their ancestral skill in rebellion?

Or could it intimidate the father and son of the Li Family, collecting protection fees across the river?

A genuine master of martial arts?

Which family didn’t have one?

Li Changjiang was unafraid.

So, naturally, Wei Heng was even less afraid, his eyebrows arching as he was about to speak sarcastically...

Yang Ge preempted him by standing up and, with a smile, clasped his hands towards the two men on the dais, "I only came today to join the excitement and had no other intentions. As for the matters later, there’s no need to involve me... Regardless of everyone’s identity and stance, as long as we act in good conscience, Brother Tian Sheng, Brother Li, and I will always be friends!"

After a pause, he continued regardless of the occasion and clasped his fists again towards Li Jincheng, "Brother Li, forgive my frankness, but a big tree always has some dead branches. Those branches that rot from worms must be pruned early. Don’t let those mean and cowardly wretches ruin the reputation of your Lianhuan Fort."

Such impolite words, if spoken three months earlier, would have been met with an immediate retort from Li Jincheng.

But now, Li Jincheng solemnly clasped his fists in response, "Rest assured, Brother Yang, upon my return I will immediately clean house and rectify the family rules!"

Yang Ge nodded: "Commit to good deeds, heed not the future..."

He paused, then turned and clasped his fists towards Yang Yinghao and Li Changjiang on the dais: "Shi Shu, Gang Leader Li, please continue your conversation, I have some urgent matters to attend to and must take my leave."

The two men on the dais both stood up.

Li Changjiang said, "No matter how rushed, it won’t hurt to have a hot meal, right?"

Yang Yinghao added, "Is your health okay? Losing strength is no trivial matter!"

Yang Ge smiled, "It’s nothing serious, I have a hundred or so brothers waiting for me outside, I really cannot stay... I will take my leave."

After speaking, he patted Yang Tiansheng on the shoulder and took the Cold Moon Treasure Blade from his hand.

Yang Yinghao said, "Come over when you have time, if the work is too unsatisfactory, just quit, our family lacks everything but money."

Li Changjiang added, "Next time you pass by the Bian River, let us know. We riverfolk lack nothing but boats and fish, all provided in plenty!"

The two insisted on seeing Yang Ge to the door.

Their frank words were heard by Wei Heng on the side, who felt like his chronic pharyngitis was acting up, and he kept humming and hawing, clutching at his throat.

Yang Ge responded with laughter, carrying the Cold Moon Treasure Blade and walked out in large strides.

Gu Tong and the others who had been waiting outside for a long time saw the two men come out and hurriedly came over leading the horses.

Wei Heng mounted his horse and finally couldn’t help but speak out, "You really are someone who doesn’t mind scratching an itch no matter how many lice you have!"

Yang Ge turned his horse around, still in the mood to laugh and said, "Those meant to die can’t be kept alive, and those not meant to die cannot be killed."

Wei Heng sighed in exasperation, "Just keep acting recklessly... Where are you going? Didn’t you say you were going to check on the return of the money and land?"

Yang Ge suddenly laughed, "What? Trying to win people’s hearts? Do you know you’re fostering goodwill?"

Wei Heng was taken aback, then burst out in sudden rage after coming to his senses, "Fine then, you little rascal, you tricked me into running this far, all just to help the Li Family father and son, right?"

Yang Ge replied, "Think about it, when did I ever invite you to come to Hangzhou with me? You insisted on following, right?"

Wei Heng retorted, "Why do you think I followed you? Don’t you understand yourself?"

Yang Ge answered, "Well then, that settles it. You insisted on following, what could I do? Even if I told you the truth, you wouldn’t believe me!"

Wei Heng pondered and realized... that if Yang Ge honestly told the truth, he indeed wouldn’t believe him!

Mainly because of the little rascal’s history, who knows whether he came to Hangzhou to support the Li Family father and son, or to hold the imperial sword and go to Jiangzhe’s three offices, to pull down the chief officials one by one with a slash each?

Thinking this, he suddenly found that Yang Ge coming to support the Li Family father and son... was actually not that bad?

Wei Heng shook his head to rid himself of Yang Ge’s "CPU," then lowered his voice to ask, "All told, this is the second, no, the fourth genuine master of martial arts under Ning Wang’s command that you’ve killed, right? If not for you stepping in, with Yang Yinghao’s wait-and-see nature, he definitely would not have taken extra measures. If you both had stayed out of it, the only one to die today would have been Li Changjiang!"