Chapter 922 – The Gan Family
County is a county in the northern central border of the Great Jin Dynasty, but in terms of area, this county ranks in the bottom few of the 36 counties, but in terms of affluence can be ranked in the top five. This county jurisdiction is mostly plains and water towns, rich in produce, there are also a lot of spiritual mountains and rivers, and even often mortals in these mountains, see the monks and Taoist dressed as immortals flying between the sky. Therefore, this county believe in Buddhism and Taoism wind prevailed for a while, Buddhist hospitals, Taoist temples, all over the county everywhere, regardless of the rich and powerful, or farmers and pawns, none of them do not have respect for the two.
However, in addition to Buddhism and Taoism, this county is also a large number of abnormal schools, the capital city towns and villages can be seen in the shadow of the private school of the academy.
These academies are clearly divided into three, six and nine classes, a class of the academy has a large Confucian personally teaching the Four Books and Five Classics, the object of the teaching is a great status of the official children, the lowest level of small private schools are just ordinary Confucian teaching, only teach the basic ideas of Confucianism and explain some of the most basic scriptures. Once found in the excellent talent, then will be recommended to the upper class academy, which is the poor children, a leap to heaven’s perfect opportunity.
After all, the Confucian students who can come out from the high-ranking academies are very popular among the upper class of the Jin Dynasty, and the Confucian students who come out from the highest-ranking academies are even recruited by the feudal officials and the families of the princes and feudal lords.
Taichang City, the capital city of Taichang Province, is such a large city full of academies.
Although this city is not as famous as the first-ranked Wuguang City, in the southern county, it is the city with the largest number of dignitaries, rich and powerful merchants. There were as many as three or four families of princes and lords alone, and the number of mortals of all shapes and sizes engaged in various trades and industries among them was even more countless.
Located in the west of Tai Chang City Gan family, is Tai Chang City in some of the assets of the assets of one of the rich merchants, this has in the Tai Chang Province of the city nearly more than twenty restaurants of the rich merchants, in other smaller cities, called the rich party is not too much, but in this city but only in the rich ranked in the middle of the upper family.
But in spite of this, Gan family also has a not small mansion in a rich and powerful area of Tai Chang City, the door alone has thirty or forty servants and maids, which can be regarded as not a small mansion.
This day, just when the blazing sun in the sky of the afternoon, from the street entrance to walk slowly to a Confucian shirt dressed youth. This youth is more than twenty years old, very young, but behind the back of the bulging back with a gray cloth wrapped in a long thick package, a dusty look.
Young man entered the street, eyes to the left and right constantly looking for something, not long, when he finally saw the Gan family that black oil light door hanging on the “Gan House” huge plaque, his face could not help but reveal a smile.
He took a few steps forward to the door, and after surveying the Gan family’s door once again, he did not hesitate to go forward and lightly knock on the iron door ring twice.
”After two soft thumps, a rush of trotting sounds immediately came from inside the gate.
The youth heard this sound was stunned, as if somewhat surprised, but a few moments later the door was quickly opened a small half, from the inside reveals a face full of respectful color of the middle-aged man’s face, dressed in the clothing of subordinates.
As soon as this man saw the youth in front of him, the respectful color on his face instantly stagnated for a moment, then quickly converged and disappeared.
”Who is Your Excellency looking for?” The man’s body, which was originally ready to bow down, straightened up and asked with some suspicion, his gaze still constantly scanning the youth up and down, wanting to see something out from the other party.
”Is this the residence of Uncle Gan Chi?” The youth said with a smile as he arched his hand.
”Uncle Gan Chi? Gan Chi is the name of my family’s old master, the gentleman is ……” The man inside the door after seeing the youth’s clothing, the face had already revealed a few points of contempt, and now when he heard this was taken aback, his tone was immediately polite for three points.
”My name is Han Li, a distant relative of Uncle Gan Chi, and I have specially come to pay a visit to Uncle this time.” The youth in front of him, that is, Han Li, said with a smile.
At this moment, it was already a year after his closed-door cultivation that day, and after some dedicated cultivation, with the help of the Heavenly Corpse Bead and the power of the Vajra Relic, he had finally cultivated the first layer of the Bright King’s Skill, and the originally somewhat stupidly moving Baneful Qi had immediately settled down a lot. This made Han Li’s heart rejoice, but he didn’t dare to delay as he immediately set off and came straight to the Gan family that he had planned long ago.
”So it’s Mr. Han ah, this is really unfortunate, the old master went out early in the morning to meet friends, and now the mansion is headed by the eldest son. Shall I give the enquiry?” The middle-aged man said so after hesitating for a moment upon hearing this.
”Then I’ll be obliged to brother.” The corner of Han Li’s mouth curled up and he said without moving.
”Please wait a moment, I’ll be right back.” The middle-aged man nodded and hailed for a moment, and with that, the door was re-closed before he went straight to the back to report the news.
Han Li, on the other hand, stood leisurely in front of the gate, looking back to survey the other huge mansions in the vicinity, and some of the passing carriage pedestrians.
Although he hadn’t scanned this city with his divine sense, it was obvious that the number of Immortal Cultivators in this city was really quite a lot, and were spread out extremely regularly throughout several places in the city, and there was no shortage of high-level cultivators within. This makes him quite a bit curious, on how these cultivators into the world is really interested.
After a tea’s work, the door was opened again with a creak, this time, a young youth from inside. This young man had a clear face and was wearing a brocade robe, and behind him stood the very same subordinate man who had just run away to report.
”This is Mr. Han, isn’t it, my name is Gan Yu. I heard that brother Han is a distant relative of the Gan family, although I’ve never heard of him, but I shouldn’t be too rude, if you don’t mind, Mr. Han might as well follow me to the living room first.” After this Gan Yu looked Han Li up and down once, he actually said in a gentle and courteous manner.
”So it’s Uncle Gan’s son. Since Brother Gan has said so, then Han will not push back.” Han Li wasn’t polite either, and after a moment’s thought, he agreed with his mouth full.
Gan Yu smiled faintly and with a slight sidestep, he invited Han Li into the Gan Mansion while the pitch-black door closed noiselessly.
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An hour later, the head of the Gan Family who had gone out early in the morning, a blonde old man in his fifties wearing a blue officer’s robe, returned outside the Gan Mansion’s gates in a carriage.
”Did something happen in the mansion?” As soon as the old man named Gan Chi stepped out of the carriage, he caught a glimpse of the gatekeeper’s subordinate’s eyes flickering a bit, as if he had something he wanted to say.
”Your lordship, there is a gentleman surnamed Han, claiming to be a relative of yours, and has now been invited to the living room by the Grand Duke, and now seems to be conversing happily with the gentleman.” The man guarding the door immediately replied back honestly.
”Relative? Surname Han?” The old man originally wanted to directly step through the door of the mansion’s movement was lurched, and his tone slightly changed as he asked, vaguely with a hint of suspicion.
”What? This person is not a relative of the old master, is a liar? Then do you want me to go and call the officials over right away?” The middle-aged subordinate was startled, and then hurriedly said curtly.
”Whether it’s a liar or not, it’s not easy to say, I seem to really have such a relative, it’s just that it’s been too long and I can’t remember it too well. Just guard your door, no need to be nosy!” Gan Chi face a wrench, casually reprimanded the subordinate in front of him two sentences, the person hurriedly walked into the door of the mansion, even clothes have not gone to change, first rushed to the hall.
Not yet walked into the hall, just walked to the entrance, the old man heard a familiar and unusual light laughter coming from the inside: “Brother Han unexpectedly on the four books and five classic study so thoroughly, small brother really admire the extreme. But about that paragraph of the book of the words of the wise man, I think it should be understood like this ……” This is clearly that eldest son’s laughter voice, seems to be talking with the guest is in the heat of the moment look.
When the old man heard this, his face was slightly gloomy, and his eyes flickered in a somewhat uneasy manner. But a moment later, he clenched his teeth and walked into the hall without further hesitation.
”Lord Father, this Mr. Han is ……” Gan Yu, upon seeing that the one who came in was actually his father, immediately got up and respectfully greeted him.
”Hm! I have already nearly heard from my subordinates. Your Excellency is that Duke Han who claims to be a distant relative, I wonder if you have any letters and tokens with you?” Gan Chi’s mind was all over Han Li, and with a slight wave of his hand at his son, his gaze then swept over Han Li’s body before slowly asking.
Han Li also stood up from his seat at this time, and upon hearing such a question, he couldn’t help but smile. Immediately, without a word, he touched his sleeve with one hand, pulling out a white, glittering half of a jade pendant and handing it over.
The moment Gan Chi saw the jade pendant, his face finally moved.
He solemnly took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully before saying with a hint of realization on his face: ”So you are really Han’s descendant. Come with me to the study, I want to ask some things about my departed aunt in detail!” The old man pulled Han Li’s wrist and was actually unusually excited, then immediately led Han Li out of the hall and ran to his study.
”Auntie! Does the Gan family have this one distant relative?” Gan Yu, however, stood in the hall in a daze and pondered, with a few moments of confusion in his heart.
”See you, Mr. Han!” As soon as Fang entered the study and carefully closed the door to the study room, Gan Yu immediately changed his face and respectfully and unusually rushed Han Li to give a deep salute.
”Get up! You don’t need to ask me in detail about my origins, just know that from today onwards, I’m the one who is specifically responsible for contacting you.” Han Li said indifferently, then with a flick of his sleeve robe, a wave of green light surged out, lifting the old man’s body up automatically.
”Yes! The second gentleman who was originally in charge of contacting the Gan Family has been missing since he disappeared ten years ago, and I was worried that something had happened, but now that a gongzi has appeared, this couldn’t be better.” Seeing Han Li cast his spell, the last bit of doubt in Gan Chi’s heart was no longer there, and he said even more respectfully.
”This time when I came to your Gan Family, I was just dropping by, in fact, I still have another important matter to attend to, which will require a bit of assistance from your status in the secular world.” Han Li nodded his head in satisfaction and commanded in a tone that could not be refused.