The first day of the twelfth lunar month.
Yang Zhengshan set out two banquet tables inside the office and hosted the guests who had come by invitation.
In truth, there were not many guests, only a dozen or so in all.
Ji Hai and Ning Qingqing of Jizhou's Hengdao Sect, Hua Jinqiu of Anyuan Prefecture's Azure Sky Sword Sect, Zhang Qingsong of Liao'an Prefecture's Zhang Family, Second Master Lu and Lu Qi of Anning County's Lu Family, as well as Yang Zhengxiang and Yang Mingcheng, representing the Yang Clan.
In addition, there were Shang Mingde of Jing'an Prefecture's Shang Family, Wang Zhenze of the wealthy merchant Wang Family, and the heads of the Zhang and Lin families.
In fact, Yang Zhengshan had also invited the Lu Family, but the Lu Family had merely sent someone over with a letter. It was not that the Lu Family looked down on Yang Zhengshan or the Tenglong Guard, but that the Lu Family's foundation was too thin and they did not have much silver on hand, so they had not come to get involved.
Ever since Lu Wenyuan had entered the Hanlin Academy, the Lu Family had been making arrangements for him. They bought a residence and several servants in the Capital, and also purchased some fields in the county towns around the Capital, nearly draining their entire family fortune dry.
And some time ago, the two brothers Lu Zhaoqi and Lu Zhaoran had gone to the Capital and still had not returned. Right now, the only one left in the Lu Family was the old master Lu Songhe, and there was no suitable candidate to come over.
Besides, wasn't Lu Wenhua still here? There was no need for Lu Wenhua to send someone over separately.
On the office's side, Yang Zhengshan had