Although Zhao Xuefeng was very determined, Zhao Tianyou couldn't help but retreat, "Dad, although I also hope that you will have a chance, but if it is really too risky for you, forget it." I think it's good for you to be a suave and well-loved deputy section chief now. ”

Hearing his son say this, Zhao Xuefeng shook his head with a smile with some kindness and some helplessness, he stretched out his hand to put his hand on Zhao Tianyou's shoulder, "Son, you remember, there are some things that you either don't do, or you can only do it, otherwise, the person who is done is you." ”

Zhao Xuefeng paused slightly when he said this, and then continued: "However, don't worry, your father will not do anything that you are absolutely sure of." Just a small Jinjiang, no matter what happens, it will be under your father's control. As a last resort, I still have cards to play. ”

"What card?" Zhao Tianyou looked at his father strangely.

"Anyway, there are cards, you don't have to worry about what cards are." Zhao Xuefeng patted Zhao Tianyou's head lightly, "Go ahead, what should you do, your father will take over the next thing." ”

Hearing Zhao Xuefeng say this, Zhao Tianyou's heart was steady, he nodded, and went back to the room.

However, after returning to the room, Zhao Tianyou did not go to sleep immediately, but lay on the bed, and then said to Lu Bu in his mind: "Ministerial-level cadres, come out and exercise for me." ”

"Boss Zhao, the exercise method designed by Zhou Jianbing for you is already very reasonable, and the progress is also very fast, do you really feel that it is necessary to carry out this kind of soul painful cultivation again?"

After many corrections and strict orders from Zhao Tianyou, Lu Bu finally adapted to his address to Zhao Tianyou, changing from the master to the boss.

"I have to be faster now." Zhao Tianyou lay on the bed, closed his eyes and communicated with Lu Bu in his mind, "Because I don't know what kind of enemy I will face, and I don't know what I can do." So, the only thing I can do is to make myself stronger. Only in this way, when things happen, can I have more capital. ”

Lu Bu didn't speak again.

Dozens of seconds later, the painful feeling began to slowly permeate every part of Zhao Tianyou's body from the inside and out, but unlike before, Lu Bu felt very clearly that Zhao Tianyou's spirit was in an extremely calm state from beginning to end.

This means that Zhao Tianyou's spirit finally surpassed his body's endurance for the first time without a doubt.

You must know that under Zhou Jianbing's training, Zhao Tianyou's body is now more than five times stronger than before, which means that the pain that Lu Bu has increased to Zhao Tianyou now is almost five times that of before, but Zhao Tianyou can still bear it calmly.

This not only shows that the strength of Zhao Tianyou's divine thoughts is far greater than before, but also shows that Zhao Tianyou began to have the ability to indulge his divine thoughts, and consciously used his divine thoughts to fight against the pain of the body, instead of letting the pain easily break through the defense of his divine thoughts and ravage his senses as before.

If Zhao Tianyou's previous divine thoughts were like a group of rabble, then now Zhao Tianyou's divine thoughts are like a militia that has been initially trained, and the number is several times better than before.

Therefore, on the whole, the current Zhao Tianyou is more than ten times stronger than when Lu Bu first came.

Such a speed of progress is not very terrifying, after all, Zhao Tianyou's starting point is very low, but if you consider that all this is without anyone's guidance, and it is completely dependent on Zhao Tianyou's personal comprehension, then this speed can be called superior.

And what really made Lu Bu feel strange was that unlike normal spirit masters, Zhao Tianyou's progress never seemed to be gradual, but leapfrogging.

He is always experiencing some unexpected things, such as being almost cornered by Yuan Mou that night, such as feeling the heavy pressure of his father tonight, and then he will suddenly take a big step and enter a new realm.

Thinking of the terrifying Flame Red Lotus again, Lu Bu couldn't help but become more and more curious about his master.

And at the same time that Lu Bu was amazed by Zhao Tianyou's strangeness, in Zhongjing, the Zhao family, one of the nine great families of the Huaxia Kingdom, urgently convened a special meeting.

Those who attended the meeting were all the core backbones of the Zhao family who had voting rights, a total of 32 people, but 24 people, and 8 people participated in the meeting through remote video conferencing.

Like the other four great families and the eight major families, the Zhao family, as one of the nine major families, is no longer a natural organization formed simply based on blood relations, but a power organization formed after various power games.

You must know that after hundreds of years of reproduction, the Zhao family already has hundreds of thousands of clansmen in the country, and there are only thirty-two people who can really be among the core of the Zhao family's power. From this, we can see to what extent family affection has been indifferent in this organization.

Sometimes, the struggle within the family is far more tragic than the fight outside the family.

However, even so, when something happens that threatens the survival of the family, there is still an unprecedented unity within the family. The reason is very simple, no matter how indifferent the family affection is, if the family is really weakened, then they will lose the capital to fight.

And the reason why this meeting was urgently convened tonight was because the Zhao family was almost facing such a desperate situation.

According to the usual theory, the person who presides over a meeting at this level must be the patriarch of the Zhao family, and today it is indeed Zhao Chengqing, the patriarch of the Zhao family, who came forward to preside.

However, he said a word into the microphone from beginning to end, and every word he said was relayed through his grandson Zhao Mengyun, who was sitting next to him.

At the beginning of the meeting, he looked very depressed, because when Zhao Mengyun relayed his grandfather's words, there was not even a word that could make people feel encouraged, "My grandfather said that everyone knows his body, since he fell the year before last, his body has become worse and worse, and recently he was accidentally infected with the wind cold, and the whole person feels that his body is getting weaker and weaker, I'm afraid ...... It won't last long. Therefore, I am here to hold this meeting to discuss with you the candidates for the next patriarch and the serious problems that some families are currently facing. ”

Generally speaking, a family like the Zhao family, which is among the top power circles in the Huaxia Kingdom, should be overjoyed when the patriarch announces that he is going to abdicate.

Even if it can't be so obvious on the surface, it should be that everyone is happy in their hearts, but they are saying pretended words of consolation, because in any case, if the old patriarch steps down, it is equivalent to giving up the spire of the family power pyramid.

In this way, it is possible for everyone below to profit from it, and how can they not be sincerely happy?

However, now when Zhao Mengyun made such an announcement in place of his grandfather, the entire venue was as silent as death. The face of every silent person was like a mournful woman.

Why is this strange situation happening?

As mentioned earlier, although the Huaxia Kingdom is a situation in which the thirteen major families control the political situation, this control is not absolute and static, but relative and dynamic.

According to the laws and regulations of the Huaxia Kingdom, the highest power over the entire Huaxia Kingdom is the Senate Council, and there are a total of thirteen members of the Senate, who are the patriarchs of the four major families and the nine major families.

These people are known as the thirteen heads of state of the Huaxia Kingdom (of course, only one of them is directly the head of state, while the other twelve will have the equivalent two words in front of the head of state).

According to the Law on the Length of Service of Administrative Personnel promulgated more than 80 years ago, the head of state of Huaxia must not exceed 80 years old, and once he reaches the age of 80, he must abdicate and give way to the virtuous.

Generally speaking, when the patriarch of a family retires, it is naturally the successor patriarch of his own clan to take over the position.

However, this is usually based on the fact that the new family patriarch must be an official at the level of deputy head of state. In other words, at the very least, there must be an assistant secretary of state and a senior official above.

Thirty years ago, the Zhao family was the most powerful of the nine families.

At that time, in addition to Zhao Xuefeng's father, who was fifty-three years old, he was in the Council of Elders, ranking among the highest levels of power in Huaxia State, there were also three high-ranking officials at the level of deputy heads of state as backups, and there were as many as fifteen family members at the level of the principal and deputy provincial ministers, and the power was so strong that it could almost be compared with the four major families.

However, after the internal strife within the family thirty years ago, the father of Zhao Xuefeng, the most powerful in the family, suffered a fatal blow, and he couldn't help but abdicate himself, and many members of the clan that he promoted and respected also withered under the joint blows of the family and the outside.

Within a year after the incident, the strength of the Zhao family had shrunk by nearly half, leaving only two high-ranking officials at the level of deputy heads of state, and only seven family members at the level of chief and deputy provincial ministers.

After that, the Zhao family fell into further infighting for the position of patriarch for another year.

In the end, the winner of this infighting was the current patriarch Zhao Chengqing.

And as the price of victory, the strength of the Zhao family was further weakened, when Zhao Chengqing was elected as the patriarch, he was the only senior official at the level of deputy head of state, and he was promoted to become a member of the Council of Elders equivalent to the level of the head of state, and there was no family member at the level of deputy head of state, and the number of family members at the level of the deputy head of state was further reduced from seven to four.

It was also from that time that the Zhao family suddenly changed from the head of the nine families to the undoubted fish belly among the nine families. Not only was it looked down upon by the other nine major families, but even some local forces began to be eager to see if they had replaced the Zhao family and become the new super gate valve.

You must know that the concept of princes and generals, Ning has a kind of concept that is deeply ingrained in the hearts of the Chinese people, "The Huaxia Kingdom has not had a gate valve replacement for nearly 60 years, and now it should be the time, right?" ”

The patriarch of more than one family thinks this way when he dreams back in the middle of the night.

(To be continued)