Chapter 661: The Han Family Shrine
As soon as he entered the front door of the small restaurant, a smartly dressed waiter let Han Li inside.
Han Li didn’t go to the second floor, so he casually found a remote corner on the first floor and sat down, ordering a few small dishes and surveying everything in the restaurant without saying a word.
The guests on the first floor of the three religions and nine streams of many, and Han Li previously seen other restaurants not much difference, whether it is a footman laborers, or into the city to do small business vendors, everything. The only somewhat eye-catching, is at a table in a strong suit of pugilistic men.
These people have more than five or six people, each with a few feet long strip of cloth bag, placed on the side of the hand. Han Li does not need to divine sense scanning, but also immediately guessed, inside are some swords and other blades, see these people unified dress, most likely is which will be in the club. However, this also allows Han Li to have a trace of affinity, remembering the day in the Seven Xuanmen all kinds of situations.
Divine sense to the body of these people a turn, these people’s light voice clearly into the ear, really light are some clubs of the fight and kill things, Han Li listened for a while on the interest, eyes turn, intends to move the attention to other people.
Just at this moment, from outside the restaurant walked in two young Confucians, both of whom were talking with furrowed brows while slowly stepping forward.
”I heard that this time when Servant Han returns to his hometown to pay homage to his ancestors, not only will the state magistrate himself come to pay his respects, but also the Fan and Li families will send people to come. It seems like the Han family is really going to make a big deal out of it this time, and can’t keep a low profile.”
”That’s not true! I heard that for this ancestor ceremony, the Han family has sent out letters widely, recalling branches of the clan from all over the world, no matter how near or far they are, and even the slightly more famous squires in Mirror State have also sent people to come to observe the ceremony. I think the Han family will soon be ranked among the top three families in Mirror State along with the Fan and Li families.”
”Tsk! It’s said that the Han Family has only been on the rise for over a hundred years, but it’s incredible that it has this kind of power!”
”What’s so strange about that. The Han family from I don’t know which generation out of a Xie Yuan’s relatives, from then on out of control, later generations of children and grandchildren successive people took the examination, so several generations accumulated, have this scenery is not a strange thing. How about, we also go to …… then.”
The two Confucians casually sat down at a table near Han Li.
”The Han Family!” Han Li was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly wanted to continue listening, but the two men turned the tables and talked about something like poetry and scripture, making Han Li feel depressed. However, after his mind turned around, he suddenly got up and walked towards the two Confucians.
”Two brothers and sisters, my name is Han Li, I don’t know which Han family is the Han family that was mentioned just now. I have come here this time to receive a letter to return to my family to honor my ancestors, only that I grew up in the field early in my childhood and am a stranger to my family, so I don’t know where my ancestors are yet, so I’d like to ask the two elder brothers to point out a few things.” Han Li walked up to the Confucian scholar and asked with a smile.
”So elder brother is a disciple of the Han family, we’ve lost our respect. But which other local Han family can there be, naturally it’s the Wuligou Han family.” These two Confucian students were first stunned, but then looked at the other side is also Confucian dress, speak the appearance of the extreme Wen, not the slightest suspicion back.
”Wuligou!” This place, it is the Han family lived in the year of the mountain side of the village, because the whole village is in a five or six miles in size within the ravine, only to take the name of this kind of earthy. It seems that the Confucian just talked about the Han family, nine times out of ten and he has a great relationship.
”If it’s the Five Mile Gully, this Han family is really my own family. Can the two of you tell us about the general situation in detail, as Little Brother has never participated in my family’s ancestor rituals, so don’t make any jokes about it.” Han Li’s face looked as normal and said gently.
”This …… is just talking about the general situation, naturally it doesn’t matter much, this is something everyone knows.” The two Confucians looked at each other, and one of them re-measured Han Li, feeling that he really didn’t look like an outlaw, so he agreed.
”Thank you both!” Han Li smiled and thanked him again.
And that Confucian student opened his mouth and said, “If you’re attending the ancestor festival, it’s better if you don’t go to Wuligou first, because the Han Clan relocated their home to the Han Clan Castle, which is dozens of miles away, as early as a few decades ago, and only on the day of the ancestor festival will all of the clansmen return to their old residence in Wuligou. And the Han family ……”
Han Li quietly listened to the words of the Confucian scholar, his face expression unchanged, but his heart tumbled.
Two hours later, Han Li appeared above the green hills of yesteryear, only this time, he didn’t fall down, but instead, he quietly looked down, silent.
Was this still the small village of yesteryear?
Yellow soil path, short walled grass house, children village people, all gone, instead of these are large courtyard tile house, pebble path and some well-dressed servants. Shadow of the old days, not a trace.
After looking for a while, Han Li shook his head and wanted to leave immediately, but his eyes suddenly fell to a pavilion in the center of the mansion. This pavilion is not how huge, but in addition to this building, the rest of the houses are all cottage single-story, making it particularly eye-catching.
And the attic door is closed, above hangs a black plaque, with silver powder writing “Han Family Shrine” and so on a few big words.
A trace of color rose on Han Li’s face, and after thinking about it, his figure suddenly disappeared, and the next moment he appeared in front of the attic.
In front of the pavilion stood a few big-bodied servants guarding the shrine, but Han Li, who had performed the Invisibility Technique, naturally couldn’t be discovered by them. After casually scanning them, Han Li directly performed his Evasion Technique and entered through the door.
Once inside the door, rows and rows of spirit places into the eyes, these hundreds of more than the spirit of the wooden plate, divided around the long table above, forming a long channel. Single slightly after the table is empty, seems to be for later people spare.
With a sweep of his eyes, although these plaques had a variety of Han’s names written on them, they were unfamiliar to him. Han Li didn’t stay much longer and directly went up to the second floor.
The second floor likewise had some spirit seats, but it was obviously much more grand and solemn. Not only more incense burners, sandalwood incense, there is a huge copper tripod in the center, tripod full of incense oil and a thick cotton wick, candle flame bright, let a person can not help but solemn.
For all of this, Han Li looked on as if he had not seen it, only staring blankly at the several spirit tiles placed in the center, his figure motionless.
”Han Casting, Han Tie, Han Tiansheng ……” This one familiar name, coldly written on top of the pitch-black wooden plaque, Han Li’s heart ached, and suddenly there was a trace of breathless sullenness.
As the saying goes, the Great Dao is merciless! But this was nothing more than a self-deluding saying. Even if Han Li like this is already a character in the Land God Immortal, can not do to cut off love and desire, can do is only to bury this feeling as deep as possible in the bottom of the heart.
Han Li finally moved, slowly walked to the center of the spirit plate before, and stopped, expressionless looking at the spirit bit, but a picture and these loved ones get along with the warmth of the picture, but in the mind constantly floating.
Time passed little by little, and I don’t know how long it took. The heavy sound of the pavilion door opening awakened Han Li from his past thoughts, but the man stood still and did not make any move.
At this time, the sound of footsteps and the words of two middle-aged men talking came from downstairs.
”Brother Knight, you are too hasty, didn’t I say that after the ancestor sacrifice, I would lend you that handbook to read, why are you in such a hurry!” A man said somewhat helplessly.
”Hehehe! Senior Han, who made you suddenly mention at the end that the back of the handbook recorded a set of nameless footwork created by the family ancestor. I’m a bit surprised, since it’s a martial art created by the Knight Family’s ancestor, why did our Knight Family never know about it, so naturally I wanted to see it a day earlier. However, why would a good handwritten journal be enshrined in this ancestral hall, wouldn’t it be terrible if someone stole it!” The other person, while embarrassed, said with a bit of worry.
”Ahem! Who in general would run into another family’s ancestral hall to steal something? Besides, although our Han Family Ancestral Hall is not a dragon’s den, it is also guarded day and night by family servants who are proficient in martial arts, so ordinary people can never get close to it. Even if you can get it, aren’t you afraid of our Han family’s retaliation?” The man who spoke first said with great confidence.
”That’s true!” Another man agreed.
The sound of “thump” coming up the stairs came clearly. A Confucian scholar and a gnarled bearded man appeared at the entrance of the stairs one after the other.
These two were originally smiling and talking, but when they saw Han Li with his hands upside down in front of the spirit tablet, their expressions suddenly froze.
However, after that gnarled bearded man was stunned, he immediately stepped forward and blocked in front of the middle-aged Confucian, his beard and hair spreading as he let out a low roar, “Good thief, even chased and killed here, then leave your little life behind.” As soon as he finished saying this, the big man clenched his fists with both hands, and the man had already leapt into the air, pouncing straight at Han Li.
Before the man arrived, a gale with a shocking aura pressed down first.
Han Li’s back was turned to the two men, still standing motionless.