Jiang's villa, in the study.

An old man wearing reading glasses and white hair leaned on a wooden chair in front of his desk, flipping through a monograph on Ming history research "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli".

Hearing the sudden knock on the door, the old man frowned unhappily, put down the book and said, "Come in." ”

The old man seems to be unattractive, but his name is unknown to the upper class of Yanjing, and even to the whole of China.

He is one of the five major families in China and the founder of the Jiang family...... Jiang Hongtao.

The servants in the house knew that he didn't like to be disturbed when he was in the study, and if there was a knock on the door at this time, then there must be something important.

As soon as the words fell, a man dressed in black walked in and said, "Master, a person named Tang Shuo came outside, saying that he wanted to see you." ”

Jiang Hongtao took off his reading glasses and wondered, "Tang Shuo? ”

"Yes, he said his name is Tang Shuo." The man in black replied.

"Where is he?"

"I fought with Guan Lao outside."

Jiang Hongtao silently recited Tang Shuo's name twice, suddenly patted the armrest of the chair, and hurriedly said, "Let them stop, and quickly bring Tang Shuo to see me." ”

The man in black immediately nodded, and when he was about to go out, Jiang Hongtao stood up again and said, "Forget it, I'll go with you." ”

The man in black froze and opened his mouth in some astonishment.

When Lei Zhen asked him to inform Jiang Hongtao just now, he was still a little reluctant, thinking that this was an errand that would definitely be scolded.

It's just that Lei Zhen is his boss, and he can only obey unconditionally.

didn't expect Jiang Hongtao to look at this matter so seriously.

He stayed in the Jiang family for just one year, and he didn't know how many big people he had seen. At the beginning of the year, a leader who often appeared on news channels came to the door, and Jiang Hongtao only sent him to the door of the study when the other party left.

What is the origin of this young man who knocked on the door, which can make Jiang Hongtao so moved!

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Although Jiang Hongtao is old, his pace is not slow, and when he walked out of the villa, the competition between Tang Shuo and Guan Lao had just ended, and the two sides were facing off.

Seeing Jiang Hongtao go out in person, the people surrounding Tang Shuo knew that they had made a fuss, otherwise how could Jiang Hongtao go out in person?

Jiang Hongtao stepped forward, looked at the young man surrounded by bodyguards suspiciously, and said, "You are Tang Shuo?" ”

"Yes, Jiang ...... Hello Mr. Jiang. Tang Shuo said to Jiang Hongtao with a smile.

Speaking of the title of Jiang Hongtao, Tang Shuo really had a headache.

In terms of age, Jiang Hongtao is over eighty years old enough to be his grandfather, but according to the seniority of the two, he should call Jiang Hongtao uncle.

After thinking about it, Tang Shuo had no choice but to use the honorific title of 'old man' to address each other, if he called out Uncle Jiang, it was estimated that both parties would feel awkward.

"After nearly ten years, Old Man Jiang doesn't seem to have changed much."

Seeing that Jiang Hongtao's face was a little hesitant, Tang Shuo naturally knew that the other party was doubting his identity, so he added, "My master Mo Yin asked me to come to you. ”

After listening to Tang Shuo, Jiang Hongtao no longer had any doubts, and stepped forward to take Tang Shuo's hand with an excited face and said, "What about your master?" ”

"My master died five years ago." Tang Shuo replied.

Jiang Hongtao's eyes widened, which looked a little yellow, and he stood in place stunned, obviously a little surprised by the news.

After a while, he nodded slowly and said, "Let's go, let's go in first." ”

Along the way, Jiang Hongtao has been bridge Tang Shuo's hand.

After the two walked into the villa, Jiang Hongtao beckoned the nanny to make tea, pulled Tang Shuo and asked, "What have you been doing all these years?" Why didn't you come to me until now? ”

"After Master passed away, I went to the army with him under the arrangement of his old man, and I just left the army a few days ago." Tang Shuo replied respectfully.

He could see that Jiang Hongtao's concern for him was definitely not disguised, and the master's last words when he died before made Tang Shuo not wary of Jiang Hongtao at all.

“037？” Jiang Hongtao asked.

Tang Shuo nodded and acknowledged Jiang Hongtao's words.

"Thank you for your hard work." Jiang Hongtao said to Tang Shuo with a kind face. "From now on, you will make this place your home, and you don't have to be restrained."

Outsiders may not know about this shadow army in China, but Jiang Hongtao, as one of the planners and organizers, naturally knows what this place is.

"Old man Jiang, can I ask you something?" Tang Shuo couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart and said, "How did my master and you meet?" ”

In fact, Tang Shuo didn't know anything about Master Mo Yin before he adopted him, and Tang Shuo didn't know about the relationship between Master and Jiang Hongtao and Wang Jianye, who introduced him to the army.

In his impression, the master is the lame old man who holds a wine gourd all day long and is very strict with him.

Although he has always called Master a cripple, he respects Master from the bottom of his heart.

"Didn't your master mention it?"

"Nope." Tang Shuo shook his head and replied. "My master didn't tell me about him before."

"It's no secret." Jiang Hongtao closed his eyes, thought for a while, and said: "At that time, the island country invaded China and created the Nandu Massacre that shocked China and the world. ”

After a pause, Jiang Hongtao continued: "In the next few years, he assassinated two island generals, seven lieutenant generals, and countless officers and soldiers one after another, and was ambushed while assassinating an island general, and happened to be rescued by my father. However, the two of them were seriously injured, and my father finally died because of this, and Mo Lao's leg was also lame for this reason. ”

Tang Shuo didn't expect that the lame master actually had such a past history, although Jiang Hongtao's description was not so ups and downs and thrilling, Tang Shuo still heard the danger.

All his kung fu was taught by his master, but his master's skills were actually inferior to him.

When the master taught him those two exercises, he just wanted to enhance Tang Shuo's physique, but he didn't expect Tang Shuo to practice his internal strength inexplicably.

Looking at the whole of China, there are many people who can do kung fu, but those who have practiced internal strength can be counted on one hand.

But the master is just a Taoist priest who knows a little bit of medical skills and a little bit of national arts!

"Before his death, Master instructed me to take care of the Jiang family." Tang Shuo said sincerely: "If the Jiang family has any trouble, notify me, and I will spare no effort." ”

There is no doubt that if Tang Shuo's words are heard by outsiders, they will definitely laugh off their big teeth.

Not to mention the connections of the Jiang family, the existing assets of the Jiang family alone are enough to make people staggered, what can a small bodyguard do to help the Jiang family?

But Jiang Hongtao nodded equally seriously, and then asked, "What are you doing now?" ”

"Be a bodyguard for someone." Tang Shuo replied.

"What?" Jiang Hongtao asked again in surprise, he felt that he must have heard it wrong.

Tang Shuo also felt a little embarrassed, and explained: "Be a friend's bodyguard, I promised to help. ”

Jiang Hongtao nodded, and seeing that Tang Shuo didn't want to answer this question, he didn't continue to ask.

The two then chatted about Tang Shuo's visit when he was a child, mainly because Tang Shuo answered some of Jiang Hongtao's questions.

Not long after, the old man in Tang costume, who had fought with Tang Shuo at first, came over and stood next to Jiang Hongtao with a hesitant expression.

Jiang Hongtao asked suspiciously: "Deyong, what's wrong?" ”

"Chief, I want to apprentice." Guan Deyong, an old man in Tang costume, gritted his teeth and said resolutely.

For a martial idiot, nothing is more important than the pursuit of progress.

Guan Deyong is now surrounded by children and grandchildren, and he doesn't have to worry about his livelihood and family, his only hobby is martial arts.

After being defeated by Tang Shuo, he stood in the courtyard and thought about it, and finally decided to come in and give it a try.

It's not that he can't pull down this old face, at first he was mainly worried that this young man would not be willing, and then he thought that he was shameless, so what else was there to be afraid of?

"You, you're so old, why can't you change your competitive temperament?" Jiang Hongtao smiled dumbly and pointed at Guan Deyong.

"Tang Shuo, do you agree?"

Tang Shuo immediately shook his head like a rattle, and hurriedly said, "No, no." ”

Joke!

If you go out with an old apprentice in his seventies, others will definitely think that there is something wrong with the two of them.

Guan Deyong smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I'm sorry, chief, you can continue to talk." ”

He himself knew that it was a little abrupt, how could it be so easy to learn?

Nowadays, many martial arts do not pay as much attention to rules such as the inheritance of teachers in the past, but it is not something that anyone can learn if they want to. What's more, he is now so old that he has practiced Baguazhang for many years, and the other party will definitely not accept him as an apprentice in a rash manner.

"However, we can have a discussion, and it just so happens that I also know a little bit about national arts."

Just when Guan Deyong was discouraged and ready to leave, he didn't expect such a sudden turnaround, he was overjoyed for a while, and hurriedly went over and pulled Tang Shuo and said, "Let's go, you show me the strength again, I want to feel it again." ”

Jiang Hongtao smiled bitterly and shook his head, but he didn't mean to blame Guan Deyong.

Guan Deyong began to work as a guard for him at the age of thirteen, and when he decided to retire from the army, Guan Deyong followed him out of the army.

For him, Guan Deyong is his family.