Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

A short while later, Ding Qiu arrived at the study.

”My lord!”

”Mm, there are two things you need to do!”

Yang Zhenshan spread out some paper, writing as he spoke, ”Firstly, investigate the Changping Marquis Mansion and the Third Young Master Liang. Go to the Capital City and inquire about recent events on the court related to the Changping Marquis Mansion. Go to Chongshan Pass and investigate the Third Young Master Liang’s reputation, character, ability, health, and so on; be as thorough as possible!”

The Changping Marquis Mansion’s decision to seek marital ties with the Yang family may not be due to the Yang family itself; there could be issues with the Changping Marquis Mansion, thus the need to investigate their situation in the Capital City.

Although Yang Zhenshan was reluctant to let Yang Yunxue marry into the Changping Marquis Mansion, this did not prevent him from understanding the Third Young Master Liang’s condition first.

If this Third Young Master Liang proved to be a suitable match, perhaps Yang Zhenshan might change his mind.

”Shall I personally lead the team to the Capital City?” Ding Qiu asked.

Yang Zhenshan contemplated for a moment before saying, ”Let Wu Zheng take a team to the Capital City!”

Wu Zheng was one of the Yang family’s Protectors and a former disciple of the Sky Blue Sword Sect, now 35 years old and very reliable and level-headed in his work, which gave Yang Zhenshan a sense of ease.

With the guidance from Zhu Shanghe over the past two years, the Yang family Protectors have greatly improved in intelligence gathering and monitoring targets. Although they are not as proficient as Wei Cen’s Secret Martial Guards, they are now capable of completing some less challenging tasks.

Yang Zhenshan wrote two letters, ”This letter is for Mr. Liu, the Right Imperial Censor of the Imperial Examination Hall. Let Wu Zheng bring back Mr. Liu’s reply when he returns!”

”This letter, you arrange for someone to run to Jianning Guard to deliver it to General Zhou, and also bring back General Zhou’s reply.”

To fully understand the Changping Marquis Mansion, relying solely on the Yang family would be inadequate.

The Yang family’s level is simply too low to have an overarching understanding of the Capital City and the court, hence the need to learn from two people who can truly access the court.

And Liu Yuanfu and Zhou Lan are undoubtedly the best choices.

Ding Qiu received the letters, and after discussing with Wu Zheng, they led five Protectors towards the Capital City and Chongshan Pass, respectively.

Although the number of people was somewhat small, they were only there to collect information, so there was no need for a large contingent.

The journey to the Capital City is long; even at full speed, it would take half a month to travel there and back.

Conversely, the trip to Chongshan Pass would be much quicker, likely yielding results in three to five days.

Although Yang Zhenshan wanted to ascertain the reason the Changping Marquis Mansion sought marriage with the Yang family, he was not so anxious that he couldn’t even wait for three to five days.