Chapter 258 The General's Momentum

After staying in the Weiyang Palace for two days, Ou Zanghua returned to the capital.

Afterwards, his subordinates brought back the county annals of Tongzhou. Ou Zanghua skipped over other contents and only focused on the population ratio of Tongzhou.

Through clues in the county annals, he discovered that the gender ratio in Tongzhou experienced a decline in the early days of the Ming Dynasty.

However, during this period, the population structure developed in a reasonable direction and achieved remarkable results.

However, this rationalization process was soon interrupted. Starting from the late Yongle period, the male-to-female ratio soared at an almost explosive rate.

It reached its peak during the Chenghua and Hongzhi periods, with an extremely high ratio of two hundred to three hundred even appearing.

The Weiyang Palace Imperial Estate is located in Tongzhou, so it is impossible for it to be really independent from the outside world. Combined with what Chen Mengji said, Ou Zanghua had some guesses in his mind.

After returning to the capital, Ou Zanghua went to Lie Bai and asked the Beggars' Gang to help find out the exact area of ​​the Weiyang Palace Imperial Farm.

Jie Bai agreed immediately. When he turned to go out, he saw Yue Lingshan waiting outside the door. He bowed to her and then quickened his pace to leave.

Yue Lingshan stood at the door, looked at Ou Zanghua and asked softly, "Brother Ou, are you done with your work?"

"Well, we're done. Junior Sister Yue, is there anything I can do for you?" Ou Zanghua walked over, led Yue Lingshan out of the study, and asked calmly.

"There is something." Yue Lingshan followed Ou Zanghua step by step, her voice soft.

Ou Zanghua turned around and saw her stepping on her own shadow, so he smiled and asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's like this, Third Senior Brother discovered that Junior Brother Lingsong was learning swordsmanship from Senior Uncle Feng. However, Senior Uncle Feng is a sword sect, which is not in line with our Qi sect philosophy."

Yue Lingshan looked up at Ou Zanghua. Seeing that her senior brother was looking at her, her heartbeat quickened and her face became hot. Her voice became more pleasant: "So I want to ask what senior brother Ou thinks about this matter."

After saying this, Yue Lingshan was stunned for a moment. Did she make this sound?

When Ou Zanghua was thinking about how to answer, Hua An suddenly ran over and said, "Master, it's bad! Young Master Liang brought two disciples from Huashan to cause trouble for Mr. Feng, and the two sides are about to fight!"

"Third Senior Brother!"

Yue Lingshan suddenly became anxious. Feng Buping and the other two were of the same generation as her father, and their swordsmanship was so superb that Liang Fa was definitely not able to handle them.

She subconsciously pulled Ou Zanghua's sleeve and begged, "Brother Ou, please save our third brother!"

"Don't worry, Junior Sister Yue, we'll go over now." Ou Zanghua comforted her, "Mr. Feng knows what's going on and won't hurt Junior Brother Liang."

"Uh-huh!"

Ou Zanghua took the opportunity to pull back his sleeves, and the three of them walked quickly towards the yard where Feng Buping and the other two were. Before they went in, they saw Liu Qing rushing over with Qu Feiyan, Shi Jingnu, and Shi Jianxi.

"Husband."

"Qingqing, don't worry, everything is okay." Ou Zanghua held Liu Qing's hand and comforted her softly.

Glancing at Qu Feiyan behind Liu Qing, the little girl had a look of excitement on her face, so there was no need to comfort her.

Then, Ou Zanghua took the lead and walked into the yard. He saw Mu Gaoweng blocking the two sides, and Lingsong was also protected by him. At the same time, he did not forget to remind both sides: "Calm down, this is the Ou Mansion, not a place for you Huashan to mess around!"

Seeing Ou Zanghua coming in, the originally tense atmosphere slowly relaxed, and everyone bowed and saluted:

"Lord Ou."

"Brother Ou." "Master!"

Ou Zanghua looked a little gloomy, and Mu Gaoweng quickly brought a chair for him and stood aside. Qu Feiyan followed suit and also brought one for Liu Qing.

"Mr. Feng," Ou Zanghua sat down and looked at Feng Buping and said coldly, "What did I do to make you disrespect me so much? You don't even want to..."

Ou Zanghua forced himself to hold back the second half of the sentence, otherwise it would be even more difficult to end today.

It was the first time that Feng Buping saw Ou Zanghua showing such a serious and indifferent expression. For some reason, he trembled in his heart and subconsciously bowed his head and saluted. There was no momentum in his words: "Lord Ou has been very kind to me. I absolutely do not mean to disrespect Lord Ou. I don't even have such a thought."

Cheng Buyou and Cong Buqi also nodded. They had been living in seclusion for more than 20 years and had never had such a comfortable life as they did now. Naturally, they did not want to offend their financial sponsor.

"What is Mr. Feng doing now? Is he going to attack the younger generations of Huashan Sect?" Ou Zanghua glanced at the swords in their hands and asked in a cold voice.

Feng Buping lowered his head and said weakly: "Master Ou, this is a dispute over the orthodoxy. They are not authentic."

Liang Fa was about to open his mouth to refute, but Yue Lingshan at the side quickly grabbed him and told him not to get angry at this time.

"What does the dispute over the orthodoxy of the Huashan Sect have to do with our Ou Mansion?" Ou Zanghua glanced at Lingsong and said calmly, "Your Sword Sect and Qi Sect can solve the problem behind closed doors, or you can call on heroes from all over the world to deal with it openly."

"I only have one request! I don't want what happened today to happen again. The Ou Mansion is not a place for you to resolve disputes in the martial arts world. Don't bring the bloody storm outside in."

After hearing this, Feng Buping bowed and said, "Yes! I will remember Lord Ou's teachings."

Ou Zanghua then looked at Liang Fa and the two Huashan disciples behind him. The three of them were just laughing at Feng Buping's joke and secretly said that the three of them were over a hundred years old in total, but they were like sparrows in front of Senior Brother Ou. They were scolded so hard that they couldn't even raise their heads. It was a disgrace to Huashan.

However, when Ou Zanghua's gaze fell on them, Liang Fa subconsciously lowered his head and dared not look directly at him, and the two junior brothers even felt their calves begin to tremble.

Seeing this, Liu Qing gently tugged at her husband's clothes.

The last time her husband came back from the battlefield, Liu Qing felt a sense of oppression as if Mount Tai was collapsing before her eyes the first time she saw him.

Later, when Liu Qing was chatting with the wife of the Marquis of Xianning, he learned that this was a unique aura of a general leading an army, which could frighten ghosts and gods and suppress demons. That was why Emperor Taizong of Tang asked Qin Shubao and Yuchi Gong to guard the door for him to deter evil spirits.

Ou Zanghua then retracted his gaze and said calmly: "Junior Brother Liang, Lingsong needs to study literature on weekdays. If you are worried, you can follow and study together."

"I?"

Liang was stunned for a moment, and was kicked on the ankle by Yue Lingshan before he reacted and said, "Yes, I will follow Senior Brother Ou's teachings."

"Very good. Today is a bit unpleasant, so let's go!" Ou Zanghua stood up and said to Lingsong, "Your course remains unchanged. It will be the same as before."

"Yes, Senior Brother Ou." Lingsong replied in a low voice, not daring to raise any objection.

However, when Feng Buping and the other two heard this, they showed delighted expressions. Just now, they felt a little unfair to Lord Ou for lifting the Qi Sect disciple high up and then putting him down gently, but now they felt much better.

Even if you Qi Sect disciples are here, we can still teach you the Sword Sect’s sword techniques.

Hey~ just play!
When everyone dispersed and Yue Lingshan and the Qi Sect disciples left, Liang Fa was still a little confused. He walked to the side of the little junior sister and asked doubtfully: "Little junior sister, Senior Brother Ou asked me to study literature with Junior Brother Lingsong. What does this mean?"

Yue Lingshan was stunned for a moment before she said, "Maybe it means literally."

Hua An, who was walking beside them, was speechless. His master's meaning was very clear. He was saying that you have no rules and you need to learn them again with the children!

(End of this chapter)