C1 He Brought the Library with Him!

Lin Han awoke with a start.

His eyes snapped open to an unfamiliar setting, and he was instantly alarmed!

He recalled the last thing he did was squatting in the library, searching for materials when a book fell from a high shelf and struck him on the head. After that, his memory was a blank slate. Where could he be now?

As he attempted to sit up, a sharp pain coursed through his body, rendering him immobile.

"You better not move, or I'll knock you out again," a chilly voice warned from beside him.

The voice belonged to a stunning young girl in a bright red bridal gown, around fifteen years old, with a golden phoenix coronet adorning her head. Her eyebrows were delicate like willow leaves, and her eyes sparkled with the vivacity of the stars and the sea. Her porcelain skin seemed almost too delicate to touch, and her features were extraordinarily refined!

Could this be his... wife?

The thought crossed his mind almost instinctively.

Yet, despite her breathtaking beauty, her face was set in a stern expression, and her gaze held a chill colder than millennia-old ice.

It was as if her visage was shrouded in a frost that had settled over a thousand years, sending a shiver down Lin Han's spine and a sense of overwhelming pressure.

At that moment, Lin Han found himself struggling for breath.

Noticing Lin Han's labored breathing, as though he might pass out once more, the girl huffed and ceased her intimidating presence.

With the pressure lifted, Lin Han exhaled in relief. As she looked away with disdain, he narrowed his eyes and took the opportunity to study the girl more closely.

She was a vision of exquisite beauty, her slender frame as delicate as budding willows beneath her red bridal attire, yet her presence was formidable. He was clueless about his wife's backstory, just as he was about the Great Ning Dynasty. One question loomed in his mind: had he traveled through time?

Moreover, had he arrived in the enigmatic Great Ning Dynasty?

The Qin unified, the Han claimed sovereignty.

These were events chronicled in history!

Even the subsequent Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties were well-documented. But history had veered sharply after the Northern and Southern Dynasties!

Instead of the Sui Dynasty, there emerged the Great Ning Dynasty, the current era, which had been founded nearly a century ago and was now in its golden age.

History had its peculiarities, peculiarities so profound that upon receiving these memories, Lin Han couldn't help but shudder.

The girl seated at the table had just become his bride, yet his own identity...

Remained a mystery to everyone!

Indeed, he was clueless because he had been knocked unconscious and brought here, only to marry the girl in a daze. After some liquid courage, he grew bold enough to make advances on the beautiful young woman, but she, clearly skilled in martial arts, knocked him out cold. Lin Han couldn't recall when exactly he had stumbled into this body. Beyond knowing that he wore a jade pendant named Lin Han, the body's original owner remembered nothing.

Did this mean that the body had amnesia before his arrival?

As for the cause of the amnesia, Lin Tian was just as in the dark!

The amnesiac was fortuitously knocked out and taken to the Lau family, where he ended up marrying in a confused state. What unfolded after the ceremony was the current situation, the sum of events over this period.

The young woman remained seated at the table, her demeanor calm and collected.

Lin Han, fully aware of the sequence of events, felt overwhelmed. The idea of being knocked into another era by a book was unheard of. He was now struggling to assimilate the plethora of memories that had suddenly filled his mind, leaving him with a pounding headache.

What troubled him most was his ignorance of the era he was in. Had it been the Tang, Song, Ming, or Yuan dynasties, he would have had some grasp of the historical context, enough to avoid major blunders and steer clear of deadly pitfalls.

But as for the Great Ning Dynasty, which had abruptly ousted the Sui Dynasty from the historical stage, Lin Han was clueless, a blank slate.

Setting aside the complexities of the Great Ning Dynasty for the moment, his immediate concern was his precarious situation.

He and his wife were complete strangers. Why had the Lau family abducted him and hastily arranged a marriage?

Clearly, there was trouble afoot.

And it was no small trouble!

This was a problem he understood all too well.

Lau Mingzhu was the name of his so-called wife, a true gem of the Lau family. Despite her pleasant name, she was a young girl who didn't hesitate to engage in a fight. Her father, Lau Ming, served as the registrar of the nearby Shuixiu County and held the rank of a ninth-grade official. Although a minor position, he was still an official, far beyond Lin Han's ability to contend with. Lau Ming's daughter, renowned for her stunning beauty, was well-known throughout the region.

Lau Mingzhu had caught the eye of several suitors, but it was the son of the County Magistrate of Shuixiu County who brazenly pursued her. The County Magistrate had not been subtle in his hints to Lau Ming, but to no avail. Recently, he took matters into his own hands by proposing directly to the Lau family, placing a betrothal gift at their doorstep. With no other choice, the Lau family hastily arranged a marriage.

Lin Han, on the other hand, found himself in a stroke of misfortune when he was taken to the Lau family and ended up married against his will. This was the full extent of the situation as he understood it.

The area was quite remote from the capital, nestled in the fertile lands of fish and rice. Lin Han was in Shuixiu County, which fell under the governance of Jiangnan Prefecture. The whole region of Jiangnan was divided into nine prefectures, including Jiangnan, Jiangyin, and Jianghuai Prefectures, all under the broader umbrella of Jiangnan.

The locale was reminiscent of Zhejiang and what would be Shaoyuan and Hangzhou, but the names had been changed by the emperor of the Great Ning Dynasty, who took a particular interest in renaming places as a symbol of renewal and change.

The saying "the emperor's power dwindles with distance" rang true here. Aside from the oversight of Jiangnan Prefecture, the County Magistrate wielded unrivaled authority in this area. His subordinates, including the deputy magistrate, acted solely on his command. The County Magistrate's ruthless nature was evident in the way he orchestrated his son's marriage.

The whole of Shuixiu County was abuzz with the news that the County Magistrate's son had taken a fancy to the Lau family's daughter, and word of their grand marriage proposal had spread like wildfire.

Yet, the Lau family's daughter ended up marrying him, and this turn of events was likely the talk of the entire county by now!

It was clear as day that the County Magistrate and his family would be seething with rage. Could they still expect any goodwill from the Lau family after this?

Certainly not!

Now that he and Lau Mingzhu were legally wed, they were in the same boat. The County Magistrate would undoubtedly have Lau Ming in his sights, while his good-for-nothing son would have his sights set on him. It didn't take a genius to figure that out!

Lin Han sighed deeply. Was this not just inviting trouble from the get-go?

Suddenly, Lin Han experienced a sharp pain in his head, as if something within his mind was tangible, almost within reach because he could see it whenever he closed his eyes, so near to his consciousness.

As Lin Han reached out with his mind, he let out a cry, and his expression went blank!

Lau Mingzhu's brow furrowed as she watched Lin Han.

"The library?!"

After what seemed like an eternity, Lin Han managed to utter these three words with great effort.