Chapter 966: Ancestor?
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"I just told you these things because I drank some wine at night and suddenly felt a little melancholy. You have such a bad mouth that you dared to curse me!" Zhao Gangjun said angrily.
"Old man, with your body and bones, you will definitely live a long life...ahem, two hundred years old!" Xu Taiping quickly changed his words.
"Two hundred years old... I don't dare to think about it. My father may live to be two hundred years old, but I can't." Zhao Gangjun shook his head.
"Your father lived to be two hundred years old...Isn't this a joke? Our ancestors died at a young age." Xu Taiping said with a smile.
"Who said he was gone?" Zhao Gangjun asked.
Xu Taiping was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhao Gangjun in disbelief and said, "You mean...our ancestor...is still alive?"
"I don't know if he is still alive now, but last year, I received a letter from him. At that time, he was in Europe and had his own life." Zhao Gangjun said.
"Last year... was it really last year? Old man, was it really our ancestor, Zhao Tiezhu?" Xu Taiping asked excitedly.
"Well, he is different from me. He faked his death decades ago and left the Zhao family. Every few years, he will write me a letter to prove that he is still alive. I recognize his handwriting. His handwriting is not Anyone can imitate it," Zhao Gangjun said.
"This is too scary. If he were still alive, wouldn't he be 150 or 60 years old?" Xu Taiping said in horror.
"Almost, but you have to know that the theoretical life span of human beings is one hundred and sixty years. Today's technology is so advanced that there are many more people who live over one hundred years than before. In the past, people could live one hundred and twelve years. Now he can basically live a hundred and twenty-three years, and it is normal for him to be like that." Zhao Gangjun said.
"Normal...this...your normality is really beyond my understanding." Xu Taiping sighed. Zhao Gangjun had already made him feel miraculous enough, but he didn't expect to hear something even more miraculous now, that Zhao Tiezhu was still alive.
These two people can be said to be living fossils.
However, Zhao Tiezhu's choice is really good. He faked his death and left the Zhao family to avoid being regarded as an old monster and to avoid being disturbed by the world. Being alone outside, he might find new friends and new lovers and start a new life. In life, a person may die alone.
In any case, this kind of life is better than being treated like an old monster in the Zhao family.
"I admire the old man's character very much, but I can't learn from him. It takes a lot of courage to start over in a different place." Zhao Gangjun said.
"Then will the old man come back?" Xu Taiping asked.
"Who knows, he said in his letter last time that he might never see us again in this life." Zhao Gangjun said.
"Hey!" Xu Taiping sighed. It would be great if he could see the founder of the Zhao family in person.
The reason why the Zhao family is China's heavenly family is because the Zhao family has produced two great family heads.
The two heads of the family were named Zhao Tiezhu and Zhao Gangjun. Zhao Gangjun was Zhao Tiezhu's son.
Zhao Tiezhu single-handedly laid the foundation of the Zhao family. Before Zhao Tiezhu, the Zhao family was just one of the four major families in the capital. But in the hands of Zhao Tiezhu, the Zhao family became the most powerful of the four major families in the capital.
With the foundation laid by Zhao Tiezhu, the great achievements of the Zhao family created by Zhao Gangjun followed.
Now that Xu Taiping has met Zhao Gangjun, if he can meet the remaining Zhao Tiezhu, then even if Xu Taiping cannot die without regrets, his life will definitely be worth it.
"There is one more thing." Zhao Gangjun said otherwise.
"Is there anything else?" Xu Taiping asked.
"If possible, investigate the cause of your father's death." Zhao Gangjun said, "That's your father, so... I hope you will investigate it yourself. I have been suppressing this matter and not investigating it, just to wait for you."
"The cause of my father's death..." Xu Taiping's pupils shrank slightly, and then he said, "Let's talk about it later."
"I'm going to bed. See you again when I have a chance!" Zhao Gangjun waved to Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping nodded, turned and left.
A night of silence.
The next day, Xu Taiping was not in a hurry to go home.
Early in the morning, someone knocked on the door of Xu Taiping's room.
The visitor was wearing the uniform of the Chinese Martial Arts Association.
"Mr. Xu, the president invites you to go to the Hua Wu Guild Hall to talk." The person said, taking out a sign from his pocket representing the president of the Hua Xia Wushu Association.
"Hua Wu Guild Hall? Where is it?" Xu Taiping asked.
"It is a theme club established by our Chinese Wushu Association. It is mainly responsible for receiving members of the Chinese Wushu Association." The visitor said.
"Why is Zhao Qingshan looking for me?" Xu Taiping asked.
"I don't know about that." The visitor said with a smile.
Xu Taiping pondered for a moment and then said, "Wait for me a moment."
After saying this, Xu Taiping returned to his room, changed his clothes, and then followed the other party out of the hotel and went to the so-called Huawu Guild Hall.
The location of Hua Wu Guild Hall is very good, right next to the Forbidden City.
The location here cannot be described in terms of land and cost. It is said that even if you spend one billion to buy any courtyard here, you can’t buy it. The Huawu Guild Hall is located in a courtyard next to the Forbidden City, and it is also a courtyard. Large yard.
"Isn't this place cheap?" Xu Taiping asked as he walked behind a waiter from the Huawu Guild Hall.
"The annual rent alone costs about 20 million." The waiter explained.
"Twenty million...more than one million a month, that's not bad!" Xu Taiping nodded.
After passing through a courtyard, Xu Taiping was taken into a small courtyard.
At this time, there were already many people in the small courtyard.
Zhao Qingshan, Zhang Yuande, Yu Guanhong, Master Danxin, Master Wuchen, and Chen Lingyun.
The six people at the top of the Chinese Martial Arts Association are all here.
Zhang Yuande's face looked much better than yesterday, while several other people had different expressions, some were smiling, and some were frowning.
"Why do you come to see me?" Xu Taiping walked among these people and asked with a smile.
"Master Zhang, please tell me." Zhao Qingshan said.
"Yes!" Zhang Yuande nodded, then looked at Xu Taiping and said solemnly, "Should I call you Xu Taiping or Li Xunhuan?"
"Oh?" Xu Taiping smiled and asked, "What does Master Zhang mean?"
"When you were in the United States, you had already demonstrated your knife-throwing skills. This skill was exactly the same as that of Li Xunhuan. At that time, we had already suspected that you were related to that Li Xunhuan. The day before yesterday, at Mr. Zhao's birthday party, you blocked the attack with your body. In the attacker's attack, you were using Dacheng's Iron Cloth Shirt. Whether it was the flying knife skills or the Iron Cloth Shirt, this was what Li Xunhuan was best at. So... we believe that you were on top of Huashan Mountain that day. The Li Xun Huan who shined so brilliantly, that Li Xun Huan is just you after you disguised yourself!" Zhang Yuande said seriously.
"Hahaha, you are so smart, you know all this?" Xu Taiping said with a smile. He did not deny everything Zhang Yuande said, but he also did not admit it. In fact, when the iron cloth shirt was used the day before yesterday, Xu Taiping He felt that people from the Chinese Martial Arts Association would recognize his identity, but he was in a hurry at that time and did not have much time to care about it. Today, the people from the Chinese Martial Arts Association invited him here. For what purpose, Xu Taiping stood up and He already knew roughly, so he did not deny Zhang Yuande's words.
"Although we don't travel much in the world, it doesn't mean that we have no brains." Zhang Yuande said.
"So now you think I am Li Xunhuan, let me ask a question, is it that important whether I am Li Xunhuan or not?" Xu Taiping asked.
"It's really not important." Zhao Qingshan smiled slightly and said, "We just want to confirm this matter, that's all."
"I thought that if you were sure that I was Li Xunhuan, you would hunt me all over the world!" Xu Taiping glanced at Zhang Yuande with a smile.
"Why are we chasing you all over the world? You are a member of our Chinese Martial Arts Association, how can we hunt you." Zhao Qingshan shook his head.
"That's not necessarily the case." Xu Taiping glanced at Zhang Yuande with a half-smile.
"Although you tried to slander our Wudang Clan that day, our Wudang Clan's grievances have long been cleared, and our Wudang Clan is a sect with a broad mind. For everything you have done to the Wudang Clan before, we We can all forget the blame!" Zhang Yuande said.
"Thank you so much, Master Zhang!" Xu Taiping said, cupping his fists.
"Xu Taiping, if you are really Li Xunhuan, you can boldly admit it. We and Li Xunhuan have nothing to do with each other. I believe that even if you appear in front of us as Li Xunhuan, we will not be confused. What are you talking about!" Yu Guanhong said.
"Li Xunhuan is Li Xunhuan, and I am me." Xu Taiping said with a smile, "No matter who is in front of you, you just need to remember that I am very powerful, and that's it! Tell me your purpose today, there is no way you can A few people got together just to say that I am Li Xunhuan, right?"
"The purpose of today? As I said before, the purpose of today is to recommend you to become a member of the Chinese Martial Arts Association. I don't know what you want!" Zhao Qingshan said.
"Being a committee member? That's no problem!" Xu Taiping agreed wholeheartedly. For Xu Taiping, although the Chinese Martial Arts Association is not as awesome as the Zhao family, it is still quite awesome, and the committee member is the middle member of the Chinese Martial Arts Association. If you become a member of the high-level committee, you will be more at home in the Chinese Martial Arts Association.
"Haha, I think you will not refuse the position of member of the Chinese Martial Arts Association. After all, such a member status represents too many things!" Yu Guanhong said with a smile.