Chapter 1246: Meeting the Elder
Chapter 1246: Chapter 1246-Meeting the Elder
Xu Yuancheng’s words of thanks could be considered as a smile to forget the grudge. Li Shaoyun responded calmly without any humility. Xu Yuancheng looked at him and snorted coldly, but he was not angry.
If this kid was the same age as him, he might even become his brother. It would be quite a pity.
When the two of them returned to the house, they were both bruised. Jing Yunzhao placed the ointment in front of them and ignored them when she saw that they were asking for her help. She did not let the two of them pick her up personally and drove to school alone.
By noon, the sun was rather fierce. Jing Yunzhao declined Huo Tianxian and the others’ kind offers and headed to a residential neighborhood in the capital.
There was a nursing home nearby. Far from the city center, the neighborhood had pleasant surroundings, though young people were rarely seen there. Jing Yunzhao went straight inside and followed the address Physician Yu Fu had given her.
The person she wanted to see belonged to a collateral branch of the Jing clan and was the head of its clan elders.
The Jing clan still held shares in assets that had originally belonged to the Jing family. After so many years of matching wits with Li Wenbo, they did not have many shares left. Nevertheless, their influence remained undeniable. Most importantly, this man could rally tremendous support and was absolutely loyal to the Jing legacy.
The descendants of their ancestor were divided into several groups. Even in modern times, the old rules remained in place. First came the direct line, which truly inherited all of the Jing clan’s secret arts. She was now its only surviving member. Next were the clanspeople who shared the Jing bloodline. Among these, descendants of ancestors who had been brothers of the direct heir generally became clan elders, charged with protecting everything belonging to the Jing family. They might not be proficient in medicine, but they would certainly control a portion of the family’s assets.
The Jing clan had ancestral rules. From birth, every member of the bloodline was required to uphold good character, even if they did not practice medicine. They had to safeguard this thousand-year-old treasure and ensure that its legacy was never lost. In other words, had the chaos of war not left everyone too overwhelmed to look beyond their own survival, Li Wenbo would never have found an opening.
The direct line, the Jing clanspeople, and the Jing disciples: together, these three groups made up the Jing family.
After a while, Jing Yunzhao knocked on the door. Soon, a woman appeared and looked at her suspiciously. “May I ask... who are you looking for?”
“Is Mr. Jing at home?” Jing Yunzhao asked.
“And you are...?” The woman was clearly the family’s housekeeper, and she was doing her job conscientiously.
“I’m a younger member of his family. There are some things I’d like to discuss with him. Please tell him my name is Jing Yunzhao.” Jing Yunzhao believed that once the old gentleman heard her name, he would certainly agree to see her.
The woman looked her over but did not turn her away outright. “Wait here a moment.”
With that, she closed the door and went back inside.
Only a few minutes later, the front door opened again.
“Please come in. The old master is in the study upstairs. You can go over.”After that, the woman pointed Jing Yunzhao to a room and went to do her own thing.
The house felt a little old. There were a lot of calligraphy and paintings in the house. She had learned from Mo Zhengyan for so long that she had some understanding of these calligraphy and antiques. She could tell that even if the things here were not authentic, they were expensive imitations that were difficult to distinguish.
The entire house was rather old, and the dark red handrails on both sides of the stairs emitted a faint wooden fragrance.
Jing Yunzhao walked into the study room and saw a large room with rows of bookshelves. The room was filled with incense that could repel mosquitoes and an old man was sitting upright at the end of the room.