Lin Xuan nodded. Gu Lianwei had not made him promise to protect the Gu Family; she was simply giving herself a way out. That meant he was still coming out ahead. Besides, he was poor now and still owed money, so there was no point pretending to be lofty and incorruptible.
He truly could not protect the Gu Family. After all, he was only a Flag Commander.
Li Baisheng wanted to see him and might take him as a disciple, but they had not truly established a master-disciple relationship yet.
He slowly said, "What's happened recently has made me realize how little I know. Miss Gu, could you lend me some books related to old tales of the martial path?"
Hearing this, Gu Lianwei nodded. "Of course. Flag Commander Lin can visit the Gu Family's library right now. Take whichever books you wish to read.
"Then I'll have copies made and give them to Flag Commander Lin."
Lin Xuan nodded.
"Then come with me." Seeing this, Gu Lianwei immediately turned and headed toward the Gu Family library.
The Gu Family library was truly huge. It even reminded him somewhat of a small modern library.
It held an enormous variety of books, from handicrafts and agriculture to classics, histories, philosophical works, collected writings, storybooks and novels, official histories, unofficial histories, and strange ramblings.
What interested Lin Xuan most was the Chronicles of Great Jin.
This book was a history of Great Jin compiled by commoners in imitation of official historical records. It recorded events that had occurred during the reigns of the eighteen Great Jin emperors before Emperor Chongyan.
However, Lin Xuan discovered something extremely strange: there were very few historical records from other dynasties.
"Which dynasty came before Great Jin?"
"Great Zheng." Though Gu Lianwei did not know why Lin