Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 928: Chapter 662: Slapped in the Face (2)

He’s targeting the New River Prince’s Mansion.

The royal family of Da Rong indeed deserved to lose their throne, dragging out all the princes and commandery princes of the royal family and beheading them was not an injustice, but only one of them was truly wronged.

There used to be two, but after Chen Zhaoxuan’s death, only one remained, and that was Prince Yu, Chen Wansong.

Chen Wansong lived in the Fengxian Hall inside the Imperial City for most of his life, so he didn’t harm the common people, but none of his descendants are innocent.

And at the New River Prince’s Mansion in front of you, it’s estimated that none of even a thousand people you could cut down would be innocent.

“Hang this on the flagpole, and then proceed!” Yang Zhenshan took out a golden token and tossed it to the ship’s captain.

The ship’s captain hastily caught the token, which had three large characters ‘Marquis Jing’an’ written on the front, and four characters on the back, ‘Hereditary Succession Without Replacement.’

This was Yang Zhenshan’s previous token, but now this token was already obsolete; the one in Yang Chengye’s hand was the real one.

“This~~” The ship’s captain was too shocked to speak, he looked at Yang Zhenshan and then at the token in his hand, fell to his knees with a thud, “A commoner pays respect to the Marquis!”

He had heard of the name of Marquis Jing’an.

However, he only knew the name of Marquis Jing’an, that Marquis Jing’an was in Chongshan Town; as for other things, he knew nothing at all.

“Stand up! Quickly! My time is precious, I don’t have time to waste here!” Yang Zhenshan said coldly.

“Yes, yes, yes!” The ship’s captain responded as he prepared to stand up, but he stopped halfway, “This, Marquis, it’s not that I’m being disrespectful, it’s just that we commoners can’t afford to offend the Prince’s Mansion!”

His half-squatting posture looked somewhat comical, and his face was extremely bitter.

Marquis, you might not be afraid of the Prince’s Mansion, but we commoners are!

If I clash with the Prince’s Mansion now, once you’ve gone on your way, if the Prince’s Mansion comes after me, this small life of mine won’t be spared.

Yang Zhenshan understood the captain’s concern and said directly, “I am Yang Zhenshan, if they dare come after you later, just mention my name. If they still persist, I will definitely seek revenge for you!”

After speaking, he grinned.

This smile made the ship’s captain want to cry.

The captain was also a smart person; how could he not understand Yang Zhenshan’s meaning.

If he’s going to seek revenge, naturally, it’s only after he’s dead.

“Go on, I actually hope they’ll come looking for trouble!”

Yang Zhenshan patted the captain’s shoulder.

The captain’s fear of the Prince’s Mansion was too deep; he had no choice but to push him a bit.

Today, he was in a terrible mood, worse than before, and now even worse still.

He wanted to find someone to vent his anger on, and the captain was clearly not a suitable target, but the New River Prince’s Mansion was.

“Yes, yes, I’ll go now!” The captain understood that he faced the choice between certain death later or immediate demise.

By choosing to face the Prince’s Mansion later, he might have a chance of surviving, but if he defied Yang Zhenshan now, he might end up in the river feeding the fish right away.

Actually, he misunderstood Yang Zhenshan; even if he refused, Yang Zhenshan wouldn’t really do anything to him.

After all, Yang Zhenshan was an Innate Martial Artist, and it was beneath him to act against a mere ship’s captain.

Yang Zhenshan was merely pressing him and wouldn’t really do anything to him.

The captain went below deck, and the riverboat began to slowly drift toward the center of the river, navigating past already stationary cargo ships or passenger ships, heading toward the Prince’s Mansion’s ships blocking the river.

The captain took down their Songhe Gang’s flag and hoisted Yang Zhenshan’s token.

The golden token hung on the pole, gleaming in the sunlight.

As long as you weren’t blind, you could see that token.

“Stop, stop, come any closer, and you’ll be killed on the spot!”

On the river, the commandery prince’s ships were a warship, two zhang in height, with crossbows on the deck, similar in size to the medium-sized Hai Cang ships of the Divine Wood Navy, but this was an inland river warship, a type of flat-bottomed sand ship.

As Yang Zhenshan’s riverboat approached, someone on the ship shouted loudly, and at the same time, six crossbows on the deck aimed directly at the riverboat.

Standing on the riverboat’s balcony, Yang Zhenshan’s face darkened when he saw this scene.

The crossbows were loaded; they were serious about taking action!

Dammit, his token wasn’t working at all!

How embarrassing!

On the deck, the captain looked like he was about to cry, he turned to look at Yang Zhenshan, seeming to say; Marquis, your token is useless, they’re not giving you any respect.

Yang Zhenshan felt a bit embarrassed, especially since Yu Qingyi was giggling, as if mocking him.

“Husband, should I tear apart that ship for you?” Yu Qingyi laughed.

She just found her husband extremely amusing right now, with his dark face, flaring nostrils, and glaring eyes, it was very funny.

“No need, I can tear it apart myself!”

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his hand and slapped down as if he were swatting a mosquito.

Crack!

Thunder roared.

With a loud bang, the warship blocking ahead shook violently and sank three feet; the masts and sails on the ship instantly shattered.

As for the sailors and soldiers on board, they were swept away by a gust of wind, sent flying into the river in the blink of an eye.

“Forward!”

Yang Zhenshan shouted loudly.

The captain was stunned, only regaining his senses after being prompted, hurriedly commanding the sailors to operate the sails or row forward.

The people on the ships that had stopped behind almost all had their eyes bulging out.

They were shocked by Yang Zhenshan’s method and amazed that someone dared to attack the Prince’s Mansion’s ships.

For a moment, they were stupefied, their minds like mush, unable to comprehend.

Who dared to attack the commandery prince’s warship?

Who was this? Was it an Innate Martial Artist?

Actually, the latter question was the answer to the former; an Innate Martial Artist daring to attack the commandery prince’s warship wasn’t that unreasonable an answer.

Unfortunately, most people at this point were still in a state of bewilderment and hadn’t figured this out yet.

The riverboat slowly advanced, Yang Zhenshan stood on it, looking at those soldiers swimming in the river, expressionless.

He hadn’t killed anyone, just destroyed the ship.

The boat traveled three hundred zhang, and Yang Zhenshan saw a pier, with a lavishly decorated large boat moored at it, a three-story high ship more towering than the one he was on.

There were a number of soldiers on the pier, on alert probably due to the destruction of the warship ahead.

And among those soldiers stood a middle-aged man dressed in luxurious clothes, presumably someone from the New River Prince’s Mansion, though it was unclear which one he was.

Yang Zhenshan wasn’t familiar with the New River Prince’s Mansion, nor did he know who the current New River Prince was.

However, this person before him certainly wasn’t the New River Prince, as a commandery prince couldn’t leave the royal city without decree.

“Who goes there? How dare you collide with the commandery prince’s insignia!”

Suddenly, someone shouted angrily.

It was unclear what these people were thinking, knowing full well how the ship ahead had been destroyed, yet still daring to shout in anger.

Did they really think the New River Prince’s fame could intimidate an Innate Martial Artist?

Perhaps it was because the New River Prince’s Mansion was used to being arrogant in Jiangnan, or maybe they didn’t expect that it was an Innate Martial Artist who acted, but anyway, they dared to shout in anger, vaguely making moves to intercept the boat.

Yang Zhenshan gazed at the middle-aged man, the corner of his mouth turned up slightly, he reached out with a false grasp, and the token hanging on the flagpole flew into his hand.

In the next instant, with a flick of his hand, the golden token shot towards the middle-aged man like an arrow.

The middle-aged man was also watching him, and at seeing his method, his face changed drastically, turning to dodge.

At the same time, four martial artists in green robes beside the middle-aged man immediately stepped forward, drawing their swords to block the flying token.

The smile on Yang Zhenshan’s lips became even colder.

The cultivation of those martial artists wasn’t low, one was a Half-step Innate, one was Postnatal Ninth Layer, and the remaining two were Postnatal Eighth Layer.

Given the foundation of the New River Prince’s Mansion, recruiting so many experts wasn’t easy.

In Jiangnan, where martial arts were flourishing and masters were abundant, Postnatal Ninth Layer and Half-step Innate martial artists weren’t cabbages, each was a renowned figure.

But they clearly underestimated Yang Zhenshan.