Chapter 918: The Gan Family

Nanjun is a prefecture at the junction of the northern and central parts of Dajin, but in terms of area, this prefecture ranks in the bottom few among the three great prefectures, but in terms of wealth, it can rank in the top five. WwW. feiazw. CoM Net The area under the jurisdiction of this prefecture is mostly plains and water towns, rich in products, and there are also many spiritual mountains and great rivers, and even mortals often see immortals dressed as monks and Taoists flying in the sky in these spiritual mountains.

Therefore, the custom of believing in Buddhism and Taoism is prevalent in this prefecture for a time, and Buddhist temples and Taoist temples are spread all over the prefecture, and no matter whether they are powerful, rich, or farmers and peddlers, everyone respects both of them.

However, apart from Buddhism and Taoism, there are also many academies in this prefecture. Academies and private schools can be seen in every city, town, and village.

These academies are clearly divided into three, six, and nine grades. First-class academies have great scholars personally lecturing on the Four Books and Five Classics, and the objects of teaching are also children of official families with great status, while the lowest-grade small private schools are just taught by ordinary Confucian scholars, who will teach Confucian basic thoughts and explain some most basic classics. Once talented people are discovered among them, they will be recommended to higher-level academies. This is an excellent opportunity for children from poor families to leap to the sky.

After all, Confucian scholars who come out of high-level academies are very popular with the upper echelons of Dajin. Confucian scholars who come out of a few top-level academies are even sought after by those frontier officials and public marquis families.

Taichang Prefecture's capital, Taichang City, is such a great city with academies everywhere.

Although this city does not have the fame of Wuguang City, which ranks first, in Nanjun, it is the capital where the most powerful, rich, and wealthy merchants live. Just the public marquis families number three or four, and there are countless mortals of all kinds engaged in various industries.

The Gan family, located on the west side of Taichang City, is one of the wealthy merchants with some family assets in Taichang City. This kind of wealthy merchant who owns nearly twenty famous restaurants in various cities of Taichang Prefecture can be called rich in one side in other smaller cities. But in this city, they can only be ranked in the middle and upper class among the wealthy.

However, even so. The Gan family also owns a not-so-small giant mansion in an area where wealthy people gather in Taichang City. Just the servants and maids in the door number thirty or forty, which can be considered a not-so-small mansion.

On this day, at noon when the sun was high, a young man dressed in Confucian clothes walked slowly from the street corner. This young man was twenty-something, very young, but he carried a thick, long package wrapped in gray cloth on his back, looking dusty and tired.

As soon as the young man entered this street, his gaze kept searching for something left and right.

After a while, he finally saw the giant plaque of 'Gan Mansion' hanging on the pitch-black, oily gate of the Gan family, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

He walked forward a few steps to the front of the gate, looked at the Gan family gate again, and then knocked on the iron door knocker twice without hesitation.

After two light "peng-peng" sounds, a sound of hurried running came from inside the gate.

Hearing this sound, the young man was stunned, appearing somewhat unexpected. But a moment later, the gate was opened halfway in a hurry, and a middle-aged man's face full of respect appeared from inside, wearing the clothes of a servant.

The moment this man saw the young man in front of him, the look of respect on his face stagnated, and then he quickly restrained it and disappeared.

"Who are you looking for?" The man's originally prepared bowing body straightened up, and he asked suspiciously, his gaze still scanning the young man up and down, wanting to see something from him.

"Is this the mansion of Uncle Gan Chi?" The young man bowed and said with a smile.

"Uncle Gan Chi? Gan Chi is exactly the name of my master. Who is the young master..." After the man finished looking at the young man's clothes, a look of contempt appeared on his face, but now that he heard this, he was greatly shocked. His tone immediately became three points more polite.

"I am Han Li, a distant relative of Uncle Gan Chi. This time I came specifically to visit Uncle." The young man, who was Han Li, said with a smile.

At this moment, it had been a year since he went into seclusion, and after some painstaking practice, with the help of the Heavenly Corpse Pearl and the Vajra Sarira, he finally practiced the first layer of the Bright King Technique, and the originally restless evil energy immediately stabilized a lot. This made Han Li very happy, but he didn't dare to delay and set off immediately, heading straight for the Gan family.

"So it's Young Master Han. This is truly a coincidence, the master went out to meet friends early this morning. Now the mansion is being managed by the eldest young master. Should I go and report it?" The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and said so.

"Then I will trouble you, brother." Han Li raised his eyebrows and said expressionlessly.

"Please wait a moment, Young Master. I will be back immediately." The middle-aged man nodded and bowed, then ran straight to the back to report the news.

Han Li stood leisurely in front of the gate, looking back at the other giant mansions nearby, and the carriages and pedestrians passing by.

Although he had not used his spiritual sense to scan this city, the number of cultivators in this city was truly not small. And they were distributed in several places in the city with extreme regularity. There was no lack of high-tier cultivators.

This made him quite curious. He was truly interested in how these cultivators entered the world.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the gate was opened again with a creak.

This time, a young man walked out from inside.

This young man had a clear and handsome face, dressed in brocade robes, and standing behind him was the man in servant clothes who had just run away to report.

"This must be Young Master Han. I am Gan Yu. I heard that Young Master Han is a distant relative of the Gan family. Although I have never heard of it, I shouldn't be too rude. If you don't mind, Young Master Han might as well follow me to the living room to talk." This Gan Yu scanned Han Li up and down, and actually said politely.

"So it's the eldest young master of Uncle Gan. Since Brother Gan has said so, then Han will not refuse." Han Li didn't stand on ceremony either, thought about it slightly, and agreed fully.

Gan Yu smiled slightly, turned sideways slightly, and invited Han Li into the Gan Mansion, and the pitch-black gate closed without a sound.

An hour later, the master of the Gan family, a fifty-something, fat old man, dressed in blue robes, returned to the outside of the Gan Mansion gate by carriage.

"Has something happened in the mansion?" The old man, named Gan Chi, had just gotten off the carriage when he saw the eyes of the servant guarding the gate flickering, as if he had something to say.

"Reporting to Master, there is a young master surnamed Han who claims to be your relative, and has now been invited to the living room by the eldest young master. It seems that he is talking happily with the young master." The man guarding the gate immediately replied honestly.

"Relative, surnamed Han?" The old man's originally intended step into the mansion gate paused, his tone changed, and he asked with a faint look of suspicion.

"Why, is this person not the master's relative, but a liar? Then should I go and call the government officials immediately?" The middle-aged servant was shocked and hurriedly said flatteringly.

"Whether it's a liar or not, it's hard to say. I seem to have such a distant relative. It's just been too long. I don't remember it very clearly. You just guard your gate, no need to be meddlesome!" Gan Chi's face sank, he scolded the servant in front of him, and walked into the mansion gate in a hurry, not even changing his clothes, and went straight to the living room.

Before he even walked into the living room, the old man at the entrance heard a familiar light laugh from inside:

"Brother Han has actually studied the Four Books and Five Classics so thoroughly, I am truly impressed, but regarding that sentence of the sage in the book, I think it should be understood like this..." This was clearly the happy voice of his eldest son, who seemed to be talking happily with the guest.

Hearing this, the old man's face sank, and his gaze flickered, looking somewhat uneasy. But a moment later, he gritted his teeth and walked into the living room.

"Father. This Young Master Han is..." Gan Yu saw that it was his father who had entered, and immediately stood up to greet him respectfully.

"Hmm! I have already heard from the servant. You are the Young Master Han who claims to be my distant relative, I wonder if you have brought any letters or tokens?" Gan Chi's mind was entirely on Han Li, waved his hand slightly at his son, swept his gaze over Han Li, and asked slowly.

Han Li also stood up from his seat at this time, and hearing this question, couldn't help but smile.

He didn't say a word, reached into his sleeve with one hand, and took out a half-cut jade pendant flashing with white light. And handed it over.

The moment Gan Chi saw the jade pendant, his expression finally changed.

He took the jade pendant respectfully and looked at it carefully, only then did a look of realization appear on his face:

"So you are truly the descendant of Brother Han, come with me to the study, I have detailed questions to ask about some matters of the late aunt!" The old man grabbed Han Li's wrist, actually excited, and immediately took Han Li away from the living room, heading straight for his study.

"Aunt! Does the Gan family have such a distant relative?" Gan Yu stood in the living room, pondering, his heart somewhat confused.

"Greetings, Young Master Han!" As soon as he entered the study and closed the study door carefully, Gan Chi's expression changed, and he bowed respectfully to Han Li.

"Get up! You don't need to ask about my background in detail, just know that from today on, I am the person specifically responsible for contacting you." Han Li said indifferently, and then flicked his sleeves, a cyan light surged out, automatically lifting the old man's body.

"Yes! The Second Master who was originally responsible for contacting the Gan family has disappeared without a trace since ten years ago. The little one was worried that something had happened, now that the Young Master has appeared, this is truly the best thing." Seeing Han Li display magic arts, Gan Chi had no more suspicion, and said even more respectfully.

"Coming to your Gan family this time, I am just doing it on the way, actually I have other important matters to handle. This still requires your assistance in the secular world." Han Li nodded with satisfaction and ordered in an unquestionable tone.

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