Chapter 108: Encountering obstacles everywhere

Late at night.

Under Li An's care, Song Mingzhang finally woke up, but he was extremely weak.

He was about to die, and his mood fluctuated violently during this day. He was extremely heartbroken. For a while, his old eyes were dull, like a dead man.

"Zuo Wen..."

He sighed, "I'm sorry."

Li An said, "Senior, why do you have to say this... You have done a great favor to Zuo Wen."

Song Mingzhang said, "An Ning has been without parents since she was a child. I brought her up. I pity her in every way, and I always respond to her requests. I even indulged her and spoiled her. I never taught her the principles of life. It's all my fault."

"She is such a self-deprecating person that she is not worthy of being your wife, but please look at her. For my sake, I will take her as my concubine in the future, so that she can have a sheltered place, and not be displaced and suffer too much..."

Li An said calmly: "Don't worry, senior, what Zuo Wen said is true. If An Ning is willing to follow Zuo Wen, Zuo Wen will treat her as his wife. If An Ning thinks Zuo Wen is despicable and looks for another good job, Zuo Wen will never interfere——"

Song Mingzhang was stunned. He used to hear this sentence and thought it was very pleasant, but now at the moment of death, he finally realized the meaning!

If An Ning can restrain herself and live with Li An wholeheartedly, then Li An will treat her well.

But if An Ning is still like this...

"It's not your fault, it's not your fault..."

He murmured in a trance, and suddenly tears welled up in his old eyes, and he shouted:

"An Ning, An Ning!"

He stretched out his old hand, as if to grab something, but it fell suddenly.

Song Mingzhang is dead!

...

There was a lot of crying in the mansion. Li An wrapped Song Mingzhang in mourning and presided over the funeral.

He arranged for the doormen and maids in the mansion to go to the houses of Song Mingzhang's friends to report the death, and hired many people to inquire about the whereabouts of Song An Ning, which made a lot of noise!

He knew that Song An Ning was invited by the Ninth Prince of the Wangfu, but he did it on purpose.

If the noise is made, everyone will know what Song An Ning did!

Besides, he just entered the Treasure Pavilion with the help of Song Mingzhang, and Song Mingzhang died. It is inevitable that some people will gossip.

This is to clear himself, so that everyone knows that it was Song An Ning who angered Song Mingzhang to death.

Sure enough, for a while, people in the city who had friendship with Song Mingzhang came to the mansion to mourn the next day. Li An received the guests with the courtesy of a disciple, and took the initiative to lead one or two of them with high status to check the death of Song Mingzhang to show that Song Mingzhang was neither poisoned nor injured.

It was not until the evening when the guests had almost dispersed that Song An Ning hurried back.

"Grandpa, Grandpa!"

As soon as she entered the room, she ignored Li An and threw herself on Song Mingzhang's coffin, crying and heartbroken.

Li An looked at her indifferently and ignored her.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

Under Li An's auspices, Song Mingzhang's body was buried and the funeral was considered complete.

After Song An Ning cried that time, she locked herself in the room and refused to go out.

Li An ignored her and only ordered the servants in the mansion to take care of her daily life. After the funeral, he went to work at the Treasure Pavilion.

...

"Candidate appraisers need to learn from official appraisers for two years. If there is no problem, they can become official appraisers!"

The person who was responsible for receiving Li An was a female manager of the Treasure Pavilion named Wu Mengting. Wu Mengting said as she walked: "There are ten appraisers in the pavilion now. The one who is closest to your type is Master Gao Feng, so you should learn from him."

She took Li An to Gao Feng's appraiser room and knocked on the door.

"Come in--"

Gao Feng's voice sounded, and Li An pushed the door open and the manager left by herself.

"Are you Zuo Wen?" Gao Feng, who was of a sturdy build and had an undisguised arrogance on his face, casually examined Li An and said, "I thought you were some young talent, but you turned out to be an octogenarian..." "How old are you?" "Master Gao, Zuo Wen is 105 this year." "105, 105... hehe." Gao Feng sneered and said casually, "Just take a look at these books." He threw a few books to Li An, who took them respectfully and glanced at them, but instantly realized that these books were of no use at all! Gao Feng used them to fool him! After all, Li An was studying with him, and it would be unreasonable if he didn't find something for Li An to do, so he just fooled around. Li An looked calm and accepted them. A few days later, Li An reported to Gao Feng: "Master Gao, I have finished reading all the books you gave me, and I have made detailed notes and summaries." Gao Feng did not even raise his eyes: "Read them several times. Those books are all good books and worth reading repeatedly." Li An frowned. The other party was determined not to teach him anything. In fact, Li An did not need him to teach him. In terms of knowledge of treasure appraisal, Li An was far better than Gao Feng. But he needed a chance to prove himself. If he kept reading these idle books like this, what would he do in three years? Moreover, his power of life and death was now in Gao Feng's hands, leaving him completely helpless. In a sense, Gao Feng had become his teacher, and whether Li An could "graduate" depended on his words. Li An thought about it, but there was no way to break the deadlock... The next day, Li An arrived at Gao Feng's treasure appraisal room early in the morning. He took the initiative to pick up the broom, rag, etc., and carefully cleaned the room for Gao Feng. At the same time, he also made tea and waited. When Gao Feng arrived, he was stunned. Actually, although he was determined not to give Li An any chance, he did not dare to bully Li An too much.

After all, Li An was a foundation-building cultivator, so he had to have this bottom line.

But he did not expect Li An to lower his status on his own initiative.

This made him quite proud. Even if you are capable, so what? In front of power, can you only lick it?

Power is the most useful thing!

"Not bad."

He smiled and praised.

Li An said respectfully: "Master Gao, if you need anything in the future, you can tell Zuo Wen."

He was very humble!

Gao Feng nodded and waved his hand.

"Come earlier in the future, clean my treasure appraisal room, make tea and wait for me. After I leave, you need to clean it again, especially the tables, chairs and floors, and there must not be any dust left."

Li An responded respectfully.

...

In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed.

When Gao Feng appraised treasures, he asked Li An to do other things. Therefore, after three months, Li An did not learn anything about treasure appraisal. Instead, he became Gao Feng's personal servant.

Li An enjoyed it and had no complaints.

At the same time, in the past six months, Li An actively built a good relationship with Wu Mengting. The two of them got familiar with each other, and Li An learned a lot about the current situation in the pavilion from her.

Gao Feng and Hua Ming were the examiners who graded the papers that day. They will retire in one or two years. At that time, their descendants will need to rely on the elders Lu Hua and Zheng Xiaoxiao.

Li An couldn't help but sigh. He had offended Gao Feng since he entered the Treasure Pavilion.

Now that Song Mingzhang is dead, Li An is even more helpless. His former connections will not care about Li An, so Gao Feng naturally controls Li An at will.

He also visited Mo Ci Xi, but every time he went, the servants in Mo Ci Xi's house said that she was not there, and even the gifts were not accepted.

Li An seemed to be hitting a wall everywhere!

However, he had been prepared.

In this circle, people are colluding with each other and sharing the benefits. Li An is an outsider who is here to grab food. Who would like him?

Even if he passes the exam, it is useless. The stronger his ability, the more people will suppress him!

If Song Mingzhang died later, he could pave the way for Li An, and his life might be better.

Now everything is normal.

"Hey, isn't this Master Zuo?"

One day, Li An was carrying a bag of garbage to throw away, and he ran into Lu Hua and Zheng Xiaoxiao.

The two talked and laughed, discussing details such as how to identify a treasure. When they saw Li An, Lu Hua showed a mocking smile in his eyes.

"Brother Zuo, why are you still throwing away garbage? Shouldn't these things be done by servants? Why, Master Gao asked you to do it?"

Li An was silent. Zheng Xiaoxiao pulled Lu Hua's sleeve and said to smooth things over: "Friend Zuo, we have something important to do. Goodbye, goodbye!" Then she took Lu Hua away. "Forget it. He's miserable enough now. There's no need to argue with a centenarian..." "Humph, he almost squeezed me out at the beginning. If I don't take revenge, it's Lu Hua. Sooner or later, he will suffer!" The two whispered to each other, which did not escape Li An's ears. His expression turned cold, and then he went to throw away the garbage calmly. ... Back at the Zheng family, Song An Ning was very abnormal today. He actually ordered people to cook for him. Li An finished the meal calmly. "Mr. Zuo, did my grandfather have any last words before he died?" Song An Ning finally asked. Li An said: "Senior Song was so heartbroken that he just shouted your name twice before he died. He didn't have time to say much..."

Song An Ning seemed very hesitant, but she still asked: "Grandpa didn't tell you about the inheritance he left behind..."

Li An raised his eyebrows slightly.

Song An Ning seemed very guilty.

She was indeed very sad in the days after her grandfather's death.

But after a few days, she returned to her usual self and liked to go out. Li An didn't ask her, so she was more free.

But she found that her reputation in the city... had become stinky.

She went to find the Ninth Prince, but was directly driven out!

This made her panic for a while.

But fortunately, she was not lacking in charm. During this period, she had a new suitor, a young, handsome, and excellent spiritual root young man, but a little poor.

The other party's pursuit made her regain confidence!

She also felt that she had played enough and it was time to settle down, so she thought about becoming a Taoist couple with the young man.

As for what Song Mingzhang had said about marrying Li An? She was unwilling to do so.

She felt that Li An was not worthy of her beauty.

Although Li An did not pay attention to these things, he had heard about them.

He said calmly: "The inheritance left by Master Song should naturally belong to Miss An Ning."

"Tomorrow I will help you count and hand over all."

"In addition, Zuo Wen will move out of the house."

Li An was happy that someone took over Song An Ning.

Besides, after Song Mingzhang's death, the Song family no longer had any meaning to him.

As for why the young man fell in love with Song An Ning, Li An could roughly guess: Song An Ning could at least inherit the inheritance left by Song Mingzhang, and in a sense, she was still a small rich woman.

There are many young people who want to work less for 20 years!

However, after getting Song An Ning's money, whether the other party will still be so good to Song An Ning now... is not something Song An Ning can decide.

Li An didn't care about these.

Hearing this, Song An Ning was immediately very happy!

She had always been worried. After all, Li An was a foundation-building cultivator. It would be too easy for him to take over what Song Mingzhang left behind. She had no ability to stop him.

Now, she was relieved.

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