amaotonovel Chapter 466 His ancestors were tomb raiders!
Chapter 466 His ancestors were tomb raiders!
"Grandpa, isn't the son of the old friend you mentioned the one who just opened the door?"
Su Niannian glanced at Old Master Bai and asked.
Old Master Bai's already somewhat displeased expression darkened even further.
It's as if she's thinking about something unpleasant.
After a few seconds of silence, Old Master Bai briefly explained the Jiang family's situation to Su Niannian.
It turns out that a long, long time ago, the Jiang family was a family of antique collectors.
To put it nicely, they're a family of antique dealers; to put it bluntly, they're grave robbers.
They were the legendary tomb raiders.
It wasn't just about tomb raiding techniques; it also involved things like the I Ching and the Eight Trigrams.
Later, due to policy changes at the time, the Jiang family's fortunes changed.
Until last year, when Jiang Binghuai passed away, his two sons had a very unpleasant falling out.
Jiang Binghuai's eldest son, who considered himself a scholar and possessed the integrity of a literary figure, looked down on his grandfather, his father, and even more so on his younger brother.
The decline of the Jiang family was largely due to Jiang Binghuai's eldest son betraying his father in secret.
Then he left home for many years until Jiang Binghuai passed away last year, when his long-lost eldest son reappeared.
Old Master Bai always believed that after Jiang Binghuai passed away, this mansion and the Jiang family's property would fall into Jiang Fangyuan's hands.
But judging from the current situation, it seems that Jiang Fangyuan's brother has driven her away.
Now, I wonder how Jiang Fangyuan is doing...
Listening to her grandfather's description, Su Niannian understood why he had treated that person that way just now.
Su Niannian found it hard to understand why someone would report their own family.
After listening to the story of the Jiang family, Guo Futian returned.
Guo Futian opened the driver's side door and got in, then turned to speak to Old Master Bai.
Guo Futian didn't look well.
"Not long after Jiang Binghuai passed away, his two sons got into a fight. Jiang Fangyuan's arm was broken by his elder brother, and he was kicked out. Now he is barely making ends meet in a tenement in the north of the city."
"Jiang Fangyuan has lost everything here and, with the elders of the clan as witnesses, has completely severed ties with the Jiang family."
Guo Futian's expression was really not good.
When Jiang Binghuai passed away last year, he clearly stated that he would leave his property to his second son, Jiang Fangyuan.
Several elders in the Jiang family knew about this, but the fact that things have turned out this way shows that Jiang Fangyuan has suffered a great injustice.
When Grandpa Bai heard Guo Futian's words, his head felt buzzing.
Old Master Bai had a good relationship with Jiang Binghuai, so he naturally met with Jiang Fangyuan frequently.
In Old Master Bai's eyes, Jiang Fangyuan was a very intelligent person.
I really never imagined things would end up like this.
He's clearly the son of an old friend, and someone I know well. If his hand was broken, why didn't he come to me for help?
Even Old Master Bai didn't understand why, since he clearly valued this junior very much.
Even though I haven't been in Beijing much lately, I'm sure I'll receive proper treatment if I go to Baicaotang.
The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt.
"Go to the large courtyard in the north of the city," Old Master Bai instructed.
Guo Futian nodded and responded.
I sat up straight, started the car, and drove off with a tap on the gas.
Soon, the car stopped in the north of the city.
However, it is still some distance from the tenement courtyard.
However, the car can no longer drive in.
The courtyard houses in the northern part of Beijing are very densely populated and have a large number of residents.
Many people were resettled here; a courtyard house might be divided into several households, or even a dozen households.
The place was a mess, completely different from the courtyard houses in the city that Su Niannian had seen before.
Because the place is small and there are many people living there, many places appear dirty and messy.
Grandpa Bai stood there, being held by Su Niannian, while Guo Futian went to inquire about where Jiang Fangyuan lived.
"Huh? Jiang Fangyuan?"
"Never heard of it!" A man in his sixties waved his hand.
Guo Futian asked several more people, and they all said they had never heard of this person named Jiang Fangyuan.
Guo Futian even began to doubt whether he had come to the wrong place.
In this day and age, if you ask someone if they are here, they will usually tell you if they know.
Moreover, the person Guo Futian was asking was clearly someone who lived in this area.
Just as Guo Futian walked a few dozen meters further and asked again, someone finally knew who Jiang Fangyuan was.
"Jiang Fangyuan, I think that's the name."
"But we all call him Crippled Jiang."
"They've been living here for almost a year now. It's the innermost, most chaotic tenement. Go ask around there!"
“If I remember correctly, it’s in there!” A kind old woman holding a palm-leaf fan said to Guo Futian.
Having found out the key information, Guo Futian turned back to tell his master.
When Old Master Bai heard Guo Futian's words, his expression darkened even more.
Old Master Bai gestured for Guo Futian to go first.
He held Su Niannian's wrist and followed behind.
The alley, which was originally only about two or three meters wide, became very crowded because it was piled with too much clutter.
Two people can't even walk side by side.
On one side, there were piles of miscellaneous items, with makeshift awnings erected on top.
Fortunately, it hasn't rained these past few days, otherwise this path would probably be even more difficult to walk on.
If someone comes out in the opposite direction, you should hide in a less cluttered area to the side so that you can pass by.
The further they went in, the more gloomy Old Master Bai's face became.
When Guo Futian arrived at the large courtyard inside, he was a little dumbfounded.
He genuinely had no idea that such a place existed within the city limits of Beijing.
The courtyard has everything imaginable, with some areas simply partitioned off with blue and red bricks.
In the past, you could still see chickens kept in cages in front of some houses.
At this time, large-scale chicken farming is not allowed, but each household is allowed to raise no more than three chickens.
The smell of chicken droppings, along with some unknown stench, all rushed into my nose.
Even Guo Futian found it hard to accept.
Guo Futian was worried that his master and Su Niannian would not be able to accept it, so he told them to go out first and he would go in to find Jiang Fangyuan.
As a result, Old Master Bai looked at Su Niannian, and after Su Niannian said that she was fine, he stood still and told Guo Futian not to waste time.
Although Su Niannian is pregnant and more sensitive to smells, now is not the time to be fussy.
It was clear that his maternal grandfather was genuinely worried about that Jiang Fangyuan.
Moreover, Su Niannian often drinks spiritual spring water and has a good physique, so she only finds the smell a bit unpleasant, but it doesn't make her feel nauseous or want to vomit.
Seeing this, Guo Futian didn't waste any time and quickly asked someone for advice.