Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 483: Xiantian Order, Hidden Merit Pavilion

An Yuxing picked up the wine, sniffed it first, then took a sip, his eyes lit up, and then he drank it all in one gulp.

As the wine went down his throat, An Yuxing narrowed his eyes slightly, savoring it carefully.

"Is this the Herb Brew?"

After tasting it, An Yuxing showed a look of surprise.

Yang Zhengshan's winemaking skills have improved a lot over the years. Although he is still not as good as those famous winemakers, he is not much worse.

However, what surprised An Yuxing was not whether the taste of Baicao Wine was good or bad, but the feeling that Baicao Wine gave him.

After the wine entered his stomach, a warm breath spread throughout his body, making him feel relaxed all over and his spirit became more refreshed.

Yang Zhengshan said with a smile: "As the name suggests, Baicao Brew is brewed with hundreds of herbs. It tastes sweet and has a long lasting aroma. Long-term drinking can strengthen the body and repair injuries."

Of course, Baicao Niang has other functions, but the other functions are not obvious and there is no need to explain them.

An Yuxing nodded, "Not bad, not bad, it is indeed a rare good wine!"

"Haha, as long as you like it, senior!" Yang Zhengshan poured another glass for them.

Then the three of them began to clink glasses and drink happily.

Yang Zhengshan not only took out Baicao Niang, but also took out other liquors.

An Yuxing tasted them one by one and gave very pertinent comments.

His favorites are Baicao Wine and Peach Blossom Wine. As for the other wines, they are not bad, they just don’t suit his taste.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Yang Zhengshan opened the topic and said, "Senior, can you tell me about our Darong's innate warriors?"

"Oh, you want to hear about those innate warriors?" An Yuxing, who was slightly tipsy, asked casually.

"Well, I don't know much about Darong's innate warriors, and I don't know where to start!" Yang Zhengshan said helplessly.

Although Ji Zhen had talked to him about these things before, Ji Zhen only had a vague understanding of them, and many of the things he said were just guesses and could not be accurate at all.

An Yuxing thought for a moment and said, "Then let's talk about the innate warriors on the list of our Darong. Now that you have entered the innate realm, he~~"

He glanced at Lu Baishu next to him and said, "He's almost there too. It's not against the rules to let you know!"

"Rules?" Yang Zhengshan was surprised.

"I guess you'll know in two days. All the innate warriors of Dayong will be registered, and I'll tell you when the registration is done!" An Yuxing didn't want to say this nonsense.

Someone will come to Yang Zhengshan to handle these matters when the time comes, so there is no need for him to say anything.

"There are a total of thirty-eight registered Xiantian warriors in Darong! This does not include the three old eunuchs in the palace and the two members of the royal family!"

"Royal family?" Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but speak again.

"Well, one is the Prince Yu in the Imperial City. He is your Majesty's great uncle. The other is the one who is in charge of the Imperial Mausoleum! I don't know much about that one. I only know that he has been in the Imperial Mausoleum for eighty years!"

Yang Zhengshan's expression changed slightly. Eighty years, that's really an antique.

An Yuxing continued, "Except for them, there are thirty-eight innate warriors on the list in Darong. If you include you, there are thirty-nine!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. This was slightly more than what Ji Zhen said, the total number was over forty.

"They include eight nobles, seven people from the Three Mountains and Three Shrines, three great monks from the Mahayana Temple, and twenty people in opposition!"

"I live in Sanshan Valley, where all the old ministers who have retired from the court are. As for the great monks in Mahayana Temple, you don't have to pay attention to them. They only know how to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures all day long, and they don't care about worldly affairs at all!"

Yang Zhengshan was surprised. He had never expected that there were innate warriors in Mahayana Temple, and there were three of them.

Three big monks, wow, their strength should not be underestimated.

At the same time, Yang Zhengshan did not expect that there were eight innate warriors among the nobles.

Eight, more than he expected. He only knew that there was one in the Changping Marquis Mansion.

"Who are among the nobles?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

An Yuxing laughed and said, "Duke Ningguo, Duke Shouguo, Duke Xingguo, Marquis Changping, Marquis Suning, Marquis Haining, Marquis Wuding, Marquis Jianchang, these families all have innate warriors!"

"Duke Shou?" Yang Zhengshan showed a look of astonishment again.

He was not surprised that several other families had innate warriors. Even if the Ningguo Mansion had a innate warrior, he would not be surprised. After all, the Ningguo Mansion had a deep foundation, so it was normal to have a innate warrior.

But he was surprised to find that Duke Shou was actually a congenital warrior.

"Why else do you think he was conferred the title of Duke?" An Yuxing said with a smile.

"It's not because the late emperor was grateful for the empress dowager's kindness~~" Yang Zhengshan stopped talking halfway.

The Duke of Shouguo was previously the Marquis of Shouning. As a relative by marriage, it was normal to be granted the title of marquis, but if we talk about being granted the title of duke, the current Duke of Shouguo is truly the first one in Darong.

Moreover, Duke Shouguo is now over a hundred years old, which is indeed quite old.

Yang Zhengshan showed a look of realization. So that's how it is. He used to wonder how Duke Shou could live so long. If Duke Shou was a congenital warrior, then everything could be explained.

"As for the innate warriors in the wild~~" An Yuxing thought for a moment and said, "You will learn about this slowly in the future."

Yang Zhengshan nodded. He knew that An Yuxing was too lazy to say more.

The situation of the innate warriors in the wild is more complicated. They all have their own origins. They may be from the underworld forces, or they may be military officers who retired from the court. It will definitely take a lot of time to describe them one by one.

"What about Darong?" Yang Zhengshan said.

"That's even more. The Wulianghu tribe in the north, the Ling'en Holy Church, the Beiji Temple, the Lisheng Dynasty, and the Desheng Dynasty all have innate warriors!"

"The Southern Jinlong Dynasty, the Annan Dynasty, the Martial God Temple, the Worm Valley, etc. also have innate warriors."

"The Lu Sheng Dynasty, Xingyue Island, Shenmu Island, Dihuo Island, etc. in the southeastern sea also have innate warriors!"

“And the West~~”

An Yuxing said while drinking.

Yang Zhengshan and Lu Baishu listened attentively, as these were levels they had never touched before.

Although they also had speculations, for example, Yang Zhengshan had speculated that the Wulianghu tribe had innate warriors, but he could not guess how many there were in the Wulianghu tribe.

If you limit your sight to one place, it is almost impossible to find traces of innate warriors, but if you zoom in on the entire Darong, you will find that there seem to be quite a few innate warriors. If you include the forces around Darong, the number of innate warriors will have to be calculated in three digits.

The three of them chatted for more than three hours, until the drunken An Yuxing and Lu Baishu said goodbye at 3 p.m.

Of course, Yang Zhengshan did not let the two return empty-handed. He specially prepared two trucks of drinks to send them home.

An Yuxing lives in Sanshan Valley. Although it is outside the city, it is not far from Kyoto. Wanfu Mountain is about ten miles away from Guang'an Gate. After going around Wanfu Mountain, you can enter Sanshan Valley.

However, the areas around Wanfu Mountain, Wanshou Mountain and Wansui Mountain are all garrisons of the Twelve Guards of the Imperial Army, and outsiders are not allowed to enter.

All Ding Qiu had to do was leave the carriage behind and come back.

Yang Zhengshan gained a lot from this chat with An Yuxing and Lu Baishu, which gave him a general understanding of the innate warriors inside and outside Darong.

Although he still didn't understand many things, it was at least better than knowing nothing and relying on blind guesses. As for understanding more, it couldn't be explained in a few words, and Yang Zhengshan would need to slowly understand it in the future.

Just as An Yuxing said, someone came the next day to ask Yang Zhengshan to register.

"Imperial Guard Si Lei Qiang pays homage to Marquis Jing'an!"

In the main hall of the Marquis' Mansion, a tall and thin man bowed to Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan looked him up and down, "Royal Guard Division, should it be Blood Blade?"

Lei Qiang had a cold and handsome look, and he never smiled. His sharp face did not show any emotion, and his bright eyes did not show any fluctuation.

He gave Yang Zhengshan a very unique feeling. No, it cannot be said to be unique, because when Yang Zhengshan met Emperor Yanping in the imperial study, he also felt this special temperament in both of them.

how to say?

It’s as if the person standing in front of you is not a person but a dead object. If you don’t stare at him, you would even ignore his existence.

This unique temperament is obviously not the temperament of the lightning gun itself. It may be caused by the skills or some other reasons.

The lightning spear, white sword, and black knife all made Yang Zhengshan feel this way.

Lei Qiang did not answer Yang Zhengshan's question, but said: "I am here on the orders of His Majesty to bring Marquis Jing'an to Fengxian Palace to compile a list!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and said nothing more.

"please!"

Afterwards, he followed Lei Qiang and left the Marquis' Mansion and entered the imperial city.

The Fengxian Hall is divided into the front hall and the back hall, but the place where Lei Qiang took Yang Zhengshan was neither the front hall nor the back hall, but a courtyard next to the back hall.

Yang Zhengshan didn't even know that there was a cross-courtyard here. Well, he didn't know much about the palaces in the imperial city. He only knew that there was a Fengxian Hall, but he had never been there.

Entering the courtyard, Yang Zhengshan looked in surprise at an old man taking a nap under a lush green pine tree.

This old man should be Prince Yu!

Yang Zhengshan bowed slightly to the old man but did not say anything.

The old man didn't react and let him follow the thunder gun into the depths of the yard.

The yard is large, with lush vegetation and a quiet environment, but there are not many pavilions and towers, only houses that look very ordinary.

Soon, they came to a house.

"Marquis Jing'an, this is your Xiantian Order!"

"Innate Order?" Yang Zhengshan took the golden token handed over by Lei Qiang and looked at it curiously.

"The Xiantian Order is the identity certificate of a Xiantian warrior. With it, one can freely enter and exit the Three Valleys and the Royal Pavilion. The Three Valleys is a place for Xiantian warriors to discuss the Dao. If Marquis Jing'an needs help, he can go there to ask some seniors for advice!"

"The Royal Pavilion of Martial Arts contains countless martial arts. Innate warriors with innate orders can enter and exit the Pavilion freely, and can view and copy all martial arts below the third floor of the Pavilion at will."

Lei Qiang gave a rare explanation.

Yang Zhengshan was surprised and asked, "Can it be copied at will? Including the Xiantian techniques?"

"Well, any innate skills below the third level can be copied!"

"Can I pass it on to others?"

"Yes, you can pass it on to anyone if you want!"

Yang Zhengshan was a little surprised.

The innate skills are extremely precious, but the royal family does not restrict their dissemination?
But he soon figured it out.

In the martial arts world, innate skills are extremely precious, but in the eyes of the court, these skills are actually not of much use.

Because what limits a warrior from becoming a congenital warrior is not the martial arts, but talent, resources, foundation, etc.

Of course, martial arts is also a kind of resource, but it is just one kind.

Even in the eyes of most warriors, innate skills are not as important as a spiritual fruit.

In fact, there are quite a few innate skills in the martial arts world, and many martial arts forces with a long history have their own innate skills.

However, the innate skills they possess are definitely not as many as those in the court. Darong has been passed down for more than three hundred years, and no one knows how many skills it has accumulated.

"I wonder if Marquis Jing'an is willing to enter the Three Valleys Mountain?" Lei Qiang asked.

"Enter the Three Valleys? What does that mean?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Entering the Three Valleys means staying in Kyoto and obeying your majesty's orders at any time. You are not allowed to leave the capital without your majesty's order!"

"And the innate warriors in the three mountains and valleys can receive a salary from the court, three three-yellow plums per year, eighteen precious herbs per month, and can also protect their relatives and join the twelve guards of the imperial army."

Lei Qiang explained.

Yang Zhengshan blinked his eyes. Three Sanhuang plums every year and eighteen precious medicinal herbs every month. Wow, this salary is really unusually high.

"I am the Marquis of Jing'an of Darong. Do I also have a salary?"

Lei Qiang said: "If a congenital warrior of noble origin does not enter the Three Mountains and Valleys, he will only have one Sanhuang plum every year and nine precious medicines every month!"

"..."

The gap is really huge.

But this is normal. If you join the Three Valleys, you have to obey the emperor's orders at any time. Although nobles also have to obey the emperor's orders, they are relatively freer. At least they can leave the capital freely.

To put it simply, the innate warriors in the three valleys are just employees under the emperor.

"What about the innate warriors in the wild?" Yang Zhengshan asked again.

"They have no salary!" Lei Qiang said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded in understanding and said, "I will not go to Sanshan Valley. I am still young and can still serve the court for a few more years!"

Going to Sanshan Valley would really mean retirement, but he felt that it was not time for him to retire yet.

I am only in my early fifties, still in the prime of my life!
Besides, he has the Lingquan Space, and those salaries are not very attractive to him.

Lei Qiang was writing something in a book. After a while, he said, "Now that we are done, Marquis Jing'an can leave on his own?"

"Is this done?"

Yang Zhengshan was stunned. Isn't this too hasty?
Don't you want to test your cultivation and strength?

Don't you want to show your loyalty to Your Majesty?
Is it over just like that?
"Marquis Jing'an is an important official in the court. Everything about you is recorded in detail by the Secret Guard. If you are a warrior in the martial arts world, we may need to investigate." Lei Qiang explained.

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized, that's right, the Secret Guards must know his background, there is no need to investigate his identity, origin and background.

(End of this chapter)