Chapter 006 Is that young man handsome?
"No, I have to go check it out."
Yang Jinhua lifted her skirt and jumped down from the window, scaring the maid Xiaotao into screaming.
After landing lightly on the ground, Yang Jinhua walked through the central hall, came to the entrance, and shouted, "Uncle Qi, pull up the warhorse, take Tie Ge and the others, and let's go to the ancestral hall."
A rough and imposing man standing by the gate responded immediately.
Then several war horses rushed out from the side door of Yang's mansion, left the city of Bianjing, and headed straight for the low mountains in the west.
After leaving the city, the war horses ran very fast on the official road. The Yang family was originally a military family, so it was normal for them to raise a few good horses.
Soon, Yang Jinhua and several people arrived at the foot of the mountain.
One person was left to watch the horses, and the others followed her up the mountain at a trot.
I went to the ancestral hall first and took a look around... It was okay, everything was fine in the ancestral hall, and the tablets of the ancestors were neatly placed.
Then she quickly walked to the right side of the mountain. She thought that since it was not an earthquake, and there was no movement in the city, it must be a landslide.
In this era, people are quite wary of unprovoked landslides, and they always subconsciously associate them with some supernatural phenomena.
Now the Yang family has fallen into decline, and other nobles secretly call them a ruined family. Originally, there were not many dignitaries who interacted with the Yang family. If the landslide was not handled properly, the Yang family would be criticized more secretly.
So she thought that she should at least take a look at what went wrong at the site of the landslide.
But when Yang Jinhua and others arrived at the scene, they were all stunned.
Before, because the distance in the city was too far, they all thought that the big yellow spot was a landslide.
Now it is discovered that it was not a landslide at all, but was dug out by someone.
The back of the vertical mountain is as smooth as a mirror.
The ground was flat...but a large piece of the mountainside had been dug out by someone.
There is also a circle of golden wooden fence surrounding the entire construction site.
And in the middle, there were two men standing.
The short-haired man among them was looking around at a huge square pit, as if he was measuring the size of the bottom of the pit.
"Who are you?" Yang Jinhua shouted across the wooden fence, "Why did you dig up our Tianbo Yang family's mountain like this?"
Lu Sen, who was preparing to fill the foundation, heard someone shouting next to him. He turned his head and was slightly stunned.
He had expected that someone would come. After all, such a large piece of mountain land had been flattened. Even if someone was blind, someone would come and take a look.
But he didn't expect that the leader was actually a little girl.
Lu Sen walked over, clasped his fists and saluted across the wooden fence, and said with a smile: "Are you a disciple of the Yang family of Tianbo Mansion?"
"The youngest daughter of the Yang family." Although the feudal ethics in the Northern Song Dynasty were not as strict as those in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and women were not allowed to talk to outsiders, they would not casually tell outsiders their maiden names. Yang Jinhua was a little annoyed that this man was messing around on her own land, but she didn't want to hit someone who smiled at her. Besides, the Yang family was reasonable. If the other party couldn't explain she would plan to take action: "This short-haired boy, you are not only digging the mountain here, but also enclosing the land with these wooden fences. Do you know that this is our Yang family's land!"
Lu Sen nodded: "I know."
"Then why are you still doing this?" Yang Jinhua's beautiful peach blossom eyes widened into almond blossom eyes: "Do you really think that our Yang family is easy to bully?"
Now in the city of Bianjing, except for a few people like the Eighth Wise Kings and Governor Bao, no one is willing to have contact with the Yang family.
Many of the Yang family's former political enemies did not take advantage of the situation because of these two important figures, otherwise the Yang family would have really moved out of Bianjing City.
This man knew that this was the Yang family's land, but he still dared to level the mountain and build a house here. It was obvious that he wanted to bully the Yang family.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Her pretty face seemed to be covered with ice. She looked at Lu Sen with an extremely unfriendly expression, as if she was about to take action.
"Miss Yang, don't be impatient!" Lu Sen clasped his fists and bowed slightly, smiling brightly, and said in a leisurely tone: "Just listen to my explanation."
Yang Jinhua looked at the boy opposite her with a smile on his face, and she actually thought, "He's so handsome." Moreover, the other party's tone was gentle and not impatient, and it had a soothing power. Her anger immediately decreased by three points, and she said with a straight face, "Okay, I'll listen to your explanation. If you don't explain well, I'll have people tear down your fences, tie you up and take you back to our Yang family, and let your family come to pick you up."
"Thank you, young lady." Lu Sen also breathed a sigh of relief. It was good enough that the other party was willing to listen. He began to speak out the words he had thought of not long ago: "I have lived in the mountains with my master since I was a child, and I don't know the world. Yesterday, my master realized the great way and before he broke the void, he threw me into the world in Bianjing City. I have no one to rely on and nowhere to live. There is no place for me to stand in Bianjing City, so I came here and wanted to build a house, hide in the mountains, and concentrate on practicing, waiting for the day when I can break the void and reunite with my master."
After Lu Sen finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the audience.
After a while, Yang Jinhua laughed out of anger. The little bit of good feeling she had for Lu Sen's handsome face completely disappeared, and she had no patience anymore.
She waved her hand and said angrily, "Uncle Qi, you guys should tear down this fence first, and then tie this kid up for me. Where did this demon come from? How dare he trick our Yang family?"
Lu Sen was not in a hurry either. He smiled and took two steps back.
The more angry this young lady from the Yang family is now, the more surprised she will be later.
The other party's reaction was completely within his expectations. He did not expect the other party to believe it immediately. The result of first criticizing and then praising would be much better than directly believing what he said.
Several strong men in cloth clothes came forward, especially the one called Uncle Qi, who came forward the fastest. His right hand, as big as a palm leaf fan, stretched directly towards the wooden fence in front of him.
As a hero who fought on the battlefield and as the personal guard of the Yang family, Uncle Qi is extremely powerful and strong. He can lift a ten-pound short hammer in one hand and wield it with great vigor.
He could just pick up an ordinary wooden fence and link it up into a long row.
But the wooden fence made by Lu Sen was not simple.
Uncle Qi's hand had just reached out to the edge of the wooden fence, but before it even touched it, it was bounced back by a strong force.
Even my fingers were a little painful from the collision.
"Ah!" Uncle Qi was stunned.
"ah."
"ah?"
"ah!"
Then there were several similar surprised voices.
Several other people encountered the same situation. Their hands that reached out to the wooden fence were blocked by a strange force.
The air still had the ripples left by that force, slightly twisted, like ripples on a water mirror.
Yang Jinhua was also stunned.
With such good eyesight, she naturally saw the traces of twisting in the air just now.
"What's this?"
She was stunned for a long moment, took two steps forward, stretched out her right hand, and gently touched it forward. After a while, she touched an invisible wall.
There was clearly nothing in front of her, but her palm was pressing on a cold object.
It feels like touching the finest glass.
"What is this?" Yang Jinhua asked again, this time looking at Lu Sen with her almond-shaped eyes.
The young girl's surprised look is quite cute.
"Formation." Lu Sen smiled and said, "I am afraid of death, so I set up a formation to prevent outsiders from coming in casually. After all, this is considered a wilderness."
Yang Jinhua also stretched out her left hand, pressed it against the energy wall , touched it here and there, and walked back and forth, finally walking around the wooden fence and returning to Lu Sen. She looked at the handsome young man in front of her with burning eyes: "You are actually a Taoist master?"
"I'm not a Taoist master, I just know a little bit about magic, very shallow." Lu Sen clasped his hands together and said, "I know it's wrong for me to occupy the Yang family's land. I owe you a favor. When I finish repairing the house, I will return a big gift to the Yang family at the right time, okay? If you can't let me live here, I will immediately level the land and return it to its original appearance."
Yang Jinhua touched the invisible energy wall for a while, and then she asked in a low voice: "Can you let me in to see how you build the house?"
Lu Sen smiled without saying anything.
No way... Yang Jinhua thought for a while and said, "I will go home and report this to my elders. I can't make the decision whether it succeeds or not."
"Excuse me Miss Yang."
Yang Jinhua took another look at the big pit behind Lu Sen, then turned around and left with his men.
After descending the mountain, several people rode their horses back to the city quickly. After returning home in a hurry, Yang Jinhua twisted her waist and got off the horse: "Uncle Qi, come with me to see the old lady, quickly."
A few people walked quickly into the hall and saw a beautiful woman sitting in front of the hall embroidering.
Yang Jinhua stepped forward and asked, "Mother, I want to see the old lady. I have something important to report."
"What are you so impatient about?" The beautiful woman said softly, "You are old enough to get married. You can't be as impetuous as a boy anymore."
"It's really an urgent matter. Uncle Qi can testify to this."
"Is it related to the landslide on the mountain?" The beautiful woman put down the embroidery in her hand and looked at the strong men next to her: "Old Qi, what did you find?"
"I'm not good at talking, I don't know how to put it, but it's really... rare." Uncle Qi scratched his head and face, and said with some stammering: "It's really a big deal, let the young lady tell it."
The beautiful woman stood up and said, "Then let's go together. I am also going to greet the old lady. But the old lady is still not in good health, so you should finish your business quickly."
"I understand, mother."
Then they entered the inner courtyard and then the largest house.
In front of the house, the wide stone road was covered with fallen leaves, and no one cleaned it up, making the place look a bit desolate.
In the bedroom, there was a large red-carved wooden bed with the silk curtains not drawn. An old woman with silver hair was lying on the bed. In front of the bed, a maid named Xiaotao was chatting with the old woman about family matters.
Hearing the footsteps, the old woman slowly sat up.
The beautiful woman stepped forward to support the old woman, while several strong men stood by with their heads bowed.
Yang Jinhua performed a female bow and then said, "Old Madam, I am sorry to disturb your rest. I have something important to report to you."
"What's the matter with you?" The old woman laughed. "What's our little monkey up to now?"
"I'm used to it." Yang Jinhua stuck out her pink tongue shyly, then said straight-facedly, "Uncle Qi and I just went to the west mountain to check on the landslide."
The old woman nodded: "Xiao Tao just told me about this matter, and also told me about you jumping from the third floor window. Don't do this again in the future, understand?"
Yang Jinhua gave the maid a resentful look.
The maid Xiaotao turned her head away embarrassedly, not daring to look at her own wife.
"Do you understand?" The old lady stared into Yang Jinhua's eyes.
This old woman is the pillar of Tianbo Mansion, Mrs. She, who is now eighty-three years old.
"I understand." Yang Jinhua replied.
"I understand. Is our ancestral hall okay?" asked the old lady.
"It's okay, it's okay." Yang Jinhua shook her head, and then said excitedly: "Old lady, you must not know what strange sights we saw up there."
"What did you see?" asked Old Lady She with a smile.
"A real master." Yang Jinhua said with her hands dancing, "He dug the right side of the mountain flat in just half a day. He also built a circle of wooden fences, saying that he had set up some kind of formation to keep us out. We can't get in at all."
"Formation?" Old Lady She frowned slightly, then looked at the beautiful woman next to her: "Guiying, you are a disciple of Lishan Laomu, so you should have some experience in psychedelic formations. Can you set up ?"
The beautiful woman was Yang Jinhua's mother, Mu Guiying. She thought for a while and said, "I only learned martial arts from my master, and I only heard her mention this psychedelic array occasionally. Generally speaking, it takes about half a year to arrange it, and change the surrounding trees and rocks to form an array. If there is a natural psychedelic place, it can be arranged in half a day. But the low mountain where we live does not have such a geographical advantage."
"It's not an illusion array." Yang Jinhua explained with gestures, "It's a real magic, a real magic array. It's bounded by a wooden fence, with an invisible aura that prevents us from jumping over. The fence is only as high as a three-year-old child, but we can't get in."
Now, both Old Lady She and Mu Guiying understood.
Both of them looked unconvinced.
Old Lady She looked to the side and said, "Aqi, is that so?"
"Yes, old lady." Uncle Qi nodded repeatedly: "We have tried it, and there is indeed a layer of energy blocking us from entering. That young man is definitely not an ordinary person."
"Young man?" Mu Guiying blinked her beautiful eyes, then looked at her daughter: "Is he handsome?"
Yang Jinhua's eyes widened: "Mother, we are talking about the formation, what does it have to do with whether that boy is handsome or not?"
Seeing the slightly rosy color on her daughter's face, Mu Guiying nodded with a knowing expression: "It seems that she is Junxiu."
Yang Jinhua was so angry that her face turned bright red.
Old Lady She also laughed and asked, "Did that amazing young man say anything else?"
Yang Jinhua was so angry that she couldn't speak, and didn't want to speak either.
Uncle Qi could only stand up and answer: "The young man said that he wanted to borrow that hillside to build a house for cultivation and make good connections, and he would be rewarded handsomely in the future. The young lady said she couldn't make the decision, so she came back to report."
Everyone's eyes fell on Old Lady She.
The old lady smiled and said, "If you help others, you will help yourself. There are not many people willing to make friends with our Yang family. Jinhua, go back and tell the young man that except for our ancestral hall, which cannot be moved, we can leave a path for us to go up and worship. The rest of the mountain is given to him, and he can build as big a house as he wants."
Mu Guiying asked, "We don't have much property left. If we give away the abyss..."
"What can we do with the short mountain? There are no prey roaming on it, and there are no rich minerals. It is just useless. We must do our job well and be good people to the end. Do you understand?" Old Lady She smiled and said, "The internal situation of Bianjing City has been determined. There is not much we can do in the Yang family. We should seize the variable we can find now. We can talk about the wealth later."
