Master Lan

Early Life
Master Lan's early life is unknown. The earliest descriptions of him were when in the Garden of the Purple Dragon, he came to Ping's house looking for her first brother. He said that the Huan family had a place of the Imperial Dragonkeeper. He said that Ping's ancestor was a Dragonkeeper and the skill was passed down from father to son. He also said that only left-handed boys could be a Dragonkeeper. Lan noticed Ping was reeling thread, and immediately took an interest in her. He stated that she used her left hand, he immediately started asking her mother whether if she had Second-Sight.

Ping's mother responded by saying that one day, Ping said that, "Auntie will be gone by morning", but Ping's mother dismissed it as having an upset stomach. The next morning, sure enough, a neighbour died. Master Lan immediately took an interest in Ping, and when Ping's mother stated that she had barely enough money to feed her sons, Lan offered to take Ping to train her as a lady maid.

Personality

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Master Lan is a very selfish and greedy man, even asking Ping to do something against the law for him. He doesn’t care about anyone except himself, treating his slaves like objects that he can throw around. If Ping disobeys him, he will beat her without hesitation. Master Lan is by no means a kind or caring person, sleeping on a heated bed while his slaves slept on stacks of hay. Ping said it herself, even the animals are sleeping in better conditions than her.

Having such a great will to get what he wants, while also being relatively lazy, making his slaves work for him, he was unable to get away with the death of Lu Yu and was therefore taken away for fraudulence.