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However, unlike the last time when the whole family was having fun together, this time, the atmosphere in the hall was a bit serious and tense.
It was because Han Feiyu had already informed everyone about Gao Siya’s request yesterday.
Since the visitor this time is the Grand Tutor of the Immortal Dynasty, the Han family naturally attaches great importance to it.
Of course, if it was just an ordinary request, Han Feiyu would probably do Master Gao a favor.
But the bad thing was that the request made by Gao Siya was to ask them to help find the newly born demon child of the six sects of the devil.
"What do you think? Should we agree to Master Gao's request?" Han Feiyu sat high on the first seat, rubbing his forehead and speaking with embarrassment.
Obviously, since this matter involves the six sects of the Demonic Path, it is of great importance, and Han Lin is not here.
Han Feiyu then gathered everyone together to discuss and make a decision...
As soon as he finished speaking, the first person to speak was a Jindan elder from the Han family's side branch:
"I think we should agree to Master Gao's request. After all, Master Gao is the Prince's tutor appointed by His Majesty the Immortal Emperor. He represents the Great Zhou court. If we don't agree, wouldn't that be a disgrace to His Majesty the Immortal Emperor?"
However, as soon as he finished speaking, a handsome, elegant, easy-going, and bookish man jumped out to refute him:
"What do you mean by representing the Immortal Emperor? Didn't you see how Gao Siya begged Big Brother yesterday?
If she could really represent the Immortal Emperor, she would have presented the Immortal Emperor's will yesterday instead of lowering herself to beg us like this.
It would be fine if she asked for ordinary things, but she asked us to look for trouble with the six sects of the devil. The six sects of the devil are comparable to the five holy places.
Just because of Gao Siya's words, do we have to offend these murderous demon cultivators?"
The person who was speaking was Han Mo's fourth uncle, the one who often treated Han Mo to stir-fried roast chicken.
But when he was young, he was just like Han Mo, a playboy who was addicted to eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.
Now that he is middle-aged, he has finally restrained himself a little, but he is not a good person either.
However, although what he said sounded a bit selfish, there was nothing wrong with it.
It is obviously not a wise move to cause trouble to the six sects of the Demonic Path just for a Grand Tutor of the Immortal Dynasty who has nothing to do with them!
"I agree with Fourth Brother. Why should my Han family risk their lives for a mere Gao Siya? In the end, it might even lead to the demons taking revenge on my Han family disciples. It's not worth it.
Gao Siya hasn't done us any good either, so don't pay any attention to her, brother!"
The fifth uncle, who always protects his own people, also stood up and agreed.
Perhaps it was precisely because Fifth Uncle was protective of his own people and could not bear to see the Han family disciples being retaliated against by the evil forces because of helping outsiders that he agreed with Fourth Uncle's opinion.
However, just as Han Mo's fifth uncle finished speaking, his second uncle jumped out to object:
“Fifth brother, what you said is wrong. It is the duty of cultivators like us to eliminate demons and defend the Way. Although my Han family is not a famous sect, we cannot sit idly by and watch those evil demons run rampant.
At the Ascension Conference half a year ago, the evil villains came to my Yifeng City to cause trouble and also caused huge losses to my Tianhai Province.
They committed the crime first, so why should we condone them? Besides, my eldest brother personally led people to destroy a group of demons at that time, which had already offended the demons. Are we still afraid of offending them again?"
What Han Mo didn't expect was that his second uncle was very frugal with words and was a stony-faced Buddha.
But today he actually said such words, it seems that this second uncle is also a person who hates evil.
"It's good to eliminate demons and defend the way, but the new emperor vigorously promoted the reduction of vassal states as soon as he came to power. Now my Han family is in a difficult situation and is walking on thin ice. Why should we create trouble and offend those demons..."
"We are just helping to find someone, we are not really looking for trouble with the Demonic Path? Can the Demonic Path still blame us?
Besides, making friends with this Grand Tutor Gao will also be beneficial to our Han family. If she can say a few good words in front of His Majesty the Immortal Emperor..."
"You think too much. This Master Gao is a Confucianist. He only follows the principles of respecting the king and expelling the barbarians. He will definitely not plead for us princes."
"This Master Gao is the teacher of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"So what if she's a teacher? She's not the Crown Prince's wife. In the end, she will definitely stand on the side of the Immortal Emperor..."
As expected, the hall soon fell into a heated debate.
Of course, this was also within Han Mo's expectations.
In fact, for the Han family today, it is better not to offend either the Immortal Dynasty or the Six Sects of the Demonic Path if possible.
So, both sides have some truth in what they say.
According to the plot of the game, the opening of the Imperial Capital plot is the starting point of the Han family's decline.
At this critical juncture, it would be best for the Han family not to make enemies everywhere.
Of course, even if the Han family had always been cautious, they still could not escape the fate of being reduced to a vassal state by the Immortal Emperor.
It was only because the Han family was far away in the barren Tianhai Province, and the strength of the head of the family had not reached the level of a god, so they were chosen by the Immortal Emperor as the first target of attack.
If the Immortal Emperor successfully captured Yifeng Hou of Tianhaizhou, then it would be a natural thing to reduce the power of other princes and dukes who possessed the power of god transformation.
It can be said that the new emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty's wave of reducing the power of the vassal states was somewhat similar to the methods of Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the Ming Dynasty - emphasizing the method of starting with the weak and then becoming strong, first passing through and then achieving success, and gradually building up the system.
According to the plot in the game, Gao Siya being drugged by Han Mo was just a fuse.
In this way, Han Lin, Marquis of Yifeng, was at fault. According to the method of "weak first and strong later, fault first and merit later" to reduce the power of the vassal states, Emperor Zhou had an excuse to take action against the Yifeng Han family.
That's why Han Mo behaved so politely when he met Gao Siya yesterday.
Not to mention drugging him, he didn't even dare to glance at the other person's neck.
The reason for doing this is naturally to prevent Emperor Zhou from finding an excuse to attack the Han family.
Of course, hiding blindly is not a good idea. Even if there was no accident, Emperor Zhou would surely find other excuses and start with the Han family.
Therefore, Han Mo still needs to think of some other strategies to break the impasse, otherwise the Han family may not be able to survive in the future.
Fortunately, there is now a glimmer of hope.
In the original game, when Gao Siya came to Tianhaizhou, she did not mention the search for Mozi to the Han family.
But now, because the Tiansheng Demon Child appeared early, Gao Siya came to Tianhaizhou early and lowered her posture to ask the Han family for help.
This gives Han Mo a lot of room for maneuver...
With this in mind, Han Mo glanced at the people who were having a heated discussion in the hall, and while no one was paying attention, he quietly moved to the side hall on the right side of the hall.
A small array plate is placed here, which is the center of the soundproof array in the main hall.
A large immortal cultivation family like the Han family would naturally set up some isolation formations in important places where important matters were discussed.
Han Mo carefully examined the array plate, and after confirming that it was correct, he quickly pulled out a talisman from his arms and quietly stuck it under the array plate...
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At the same time, in the garden at the backyard of the Han family, Gao Siya, who had just returned from a walk, was about to return to her room.
Now that it was already bright, it seemed that the Han family should give her an answer.
So, she just had to wait quietly in the room.
Of course, she also knew that the Han family would definitely be discussing the request she had made yesterday.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but stop and look towards the main hall of the Han family.
I guess at this moment, there should be quite a few people from the Han family gathered there having a heated discussion, right?
Alas, I wonder how their conversation went?
Thinking this in her mind, Gao Siya subconsciously extended her spiritual sense to investigate.
Of course, she also knew subconsciously that a family with Nascent Soul power like the Han family would definitely have a soundproof formation in the meeting hall.
however……
The next moment she was surprised to find that there was indeed a soundproofing formation set up in the hall.
However, the level of this soundproof formation is somewhat weak and can only hinder the detection of Jindan-level spiritual consciousness.
Although she, who possesses the strength of a Nascent Soul, cannot easily penetrate the soundproof formation, she can still detect the situation inside with a little effort.
She couldn't help being a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, she quickly understood.
The Han family's soundproof barrier must have taken a long time to set up, and its power has been greatly reduced.
In addition, the Han family is located in Tianhaizhou, where the cultivators are weaker than those in the imperial capital. The Han family's patriarch, Han Feiyu, is just a Jindan cultivator...
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little bit of luck in her heart, and subconsciously probed her spiritual sense into it, intending to listen to how they discussed it.
Although she knew that this behavior was not good, she was so worried at the moment that she couldn't care too much.
However, after her spiritual sense penetrated into it and listened for a while, her face changed drastically:
"Master Taifu, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad?"
Chapter 330 Willing to care for the people? Willing to care for the beauty! (Two in one)
2024-07-14
In the eyes of the servant boy, the Grand Tutor, who had just finished a walk and seemed to be in a slightly better mood, now had an extremely ugly expression for some reason.
Just because... at this moment they happened to pass by the main hall of the Han family, and the Grand Tutor stopped and looked straight over there.
The servant boy's eyes rolled, and he quickly remembered that when he was taking a walk with the tutor before, he saw several Jindan cultivators from the Hao Han family hurriedly entering the hall.
Could it be that they are discussing the request made by the Grand Tutor yesterday?
Thinking of the ugly expression on Grand Tutor's face at the moment, she understood it instantly.
"Master Taifu, can you hear their discussion?"
"..."
Gao Siya didn't say anything, but her tacit attitude and ugly expression already explained a lot.
Obviously, the results of the Han family's discussion at this moment may not be satisfactory.
It is even possible that he spoke ill of the Grand Tutor behind his back.
Although the book boy did not have as strong a spiritual sense as Gao Siya and could not hear the content, he guessed a thing or two.
"This is outrageous! The Han family is so heartless! Master Taifu, you have begged them so much, but they still refuse to agree.
Do they have to wait until your Majesty's order comes down before they are willing to give in?"
The book boy suddenly became indignant.