The other party was obviously startled by her voice, and almost knelt down on his knees.

She quickly stepped forward to help, raised her eyes and looked at the middle-aged man in front of her with a smile: "Why is my cousin's rheumatism still not good, I'll show you later?" ”

"Huh? Hey, good, good! Thank you-" Ding Ai's hand twisted secretly, and he suddenly raised the other party's trembling voice into a "You! ”

Ding Ai smiled and pulled Jian Tianqi over, "Cousin, my mother mentioned it to you." I'm married. He didn't say he wanted to come with me to see you. ”

"Oh," the middle-aged man nodded violently for a while: "Yes, yes, I mentioned it, but it's just a ghost, cough-"

"Junior Jian Tianqi."

The man hurriedly replied, "Oh oh oh oh that's so nice—"

Ding Ai had a smile on his face, and the corners of his forehead had long been provoked by the other party's lame acting skills.

The middle-aged man also faintly felt the coldness in the eyes of his big shopkeeper, but he didn't know where he had gone wrong, and the cold sweat on his forehead became more intense.

In fact, you can't blame Shunzi for not arranging it.

Because of the presence of the Zhao family in Zhuhai, the people of Jiuman and 14 Road have been keeping a low profile under Ding Ai's instructions. Several retail investors who originally developed here have gradually moved out.

This "cousin" Zhao Er was originally a distant relative of the Zhao family, but because of the division of the clan, he came from the sect and got into trouble and was falsely accused of being in the bureau.

By chance, he was fished out by Ding Ai, and then dragged his family into the banner of Kuman's 14th Road.

This Zhao Er is both respectful and afraid of his own shopkeeper's methods, but there is no other candidate in Zhuhai except him. That's where the thrilling scene just now.

Not long after Ding Ai and the others entered the door, the four elders came back, and before they took off their shoes, they saw Ding Ai sitting upright on the sofa in the living room, and suddenly, the old man's eyes changed.

"Xiao Ai?"

"Hello cousin."

The four elders seemed to be afraid that the person in front of them would disappear out of thin air, and a few brisk steps rushed forward and pinched Ding Ai's arm.

Ding Ai only felt that the old man was pinching his arm, as if he was going to break her bones.

She's fierce. Taking a breath, he said with a smile: "Grandpa cousin, I haven't seen you for a long time." The body is still so tough. ”

The other party obviously has no intention of letting go.

Ding Ai endured the pain in his arm and smiled bitterly in his heart. Sibo's pincer has improved again, she is really self-inflicted.

Who knew that she hadn't finished sighing in her heart, but there was one more person around her.

She was slightly surprised, only to see the man beside her step forward, calmly reached out and put his arm around her waist, and with a light movement, he brought her from the old man's hand into his arms.

The man's dark eyes looked at the old man who was shining in his eyes, and he said lightly: "Grandpa, junior Jian Tianqi." ”

The old man looked at him sharply, and his eyes seemed to be more bright.

"The juniors are bothered."

The eyes of the four elders stopped fixed on him for a long time before he snorted with a dark expression.

"You," the fourth elder looked at Ding Ai, who looked relieved, and said, "Come with me to the study." ”

"Yes."

Ding Ai said that he was leaving, but found that he was still in Jian Tianqi's arms. The other party's expression was so calm that he didn't seem to hear her conversation with the four elders at all, and his big knuckled palm was still firmly clasped on her thin waist.

"Third Brother Jane?"

"......," he glanced down at her.

"I'll go back as soon as I go."

She patted the back of his hand as she spoke, but she didn't even realize how natural and natural her smooth hair action was, and the person seemed to be used to physical contact with him, and he didn't even realize that he was still in the other party's arms.

Jian Tianqi then let her go.

Ding Ai raised his feet, thought about it and didn't worry about letting Jian Tianqi stay with Zhao Er, he was busy calling Li Wei, and said in his heart that he would take Jian Tianqi around the courtyard first.

Who knew that when she looked up, she found that Li Wei was standing not far away staring at her, and there was an aunt smile on the corner of her mouth that made her inexplicably disgusted and had goosebumps.

“……”

This guy ...... What kind of neurosis is he committing again.

As soon as the heavy door of the study was closed, the old man who was still standing with his hands on his hands immediately knelt down on one knee in front of Ding Ai, and raised his hands extremely solemnly above his head, and his vicissitudes of life but strong and powerful voice was loud: "Subordinate, welcome the big shopkeeper to help!" ”

Ding Ai was not frightened by the scene in front of him, but sneered: "Why, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you are busy showing me your face as soon as you meet?" ”

"The subordinates don't dare!"

"Then what are you doing on your knees, get up."

The old man clenched the corner of his jaw, seemed to endure it, and stood up immediately in the next second.

Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that there are eight elders in Kuman's 14th Road. It is the core strength of the entire organization.

This is due to the "four beams and eight pillars" of large-scale bandits in the green forest and grass.

The four beams are divided into "outer four beams" and "inner four beams", and these eight types of people are the eight pillars.

"Four beams in the inside" refer to the gun head, the grain table, the water incense, and the stack.

The gun head is responsible for the execution, and it is necessary to "control the light", that is, the marksmanship is accurate.

The grain station is in charge of the reserve supply of food, and also checks the food for poison.

Shui Xiang is responsible for assigning sentry and sentry.

It is the military advisor who turns the stack, and he must know astronomy and geography.

"Outer four beams", that is, the seedling room, the flower tongue, the insertion, the word maker.

The seedling house is the box office, and it is the place where the tickets are held. They are generally ruthless, and they tear up the ticket directly when necessary.

Flower Tongue is a liaison officer, who can speak well and coax and intimidate. For example, if you tie up a ticket, you can ask for more money if you are responsible for contacting yourself.

It is the scout who inserts the signature, who is responsible for disguise.

A wordsmith is a clerk. A good calligrapher can also engrave and imitate the handwriting of others.

The system of "four beams and eight pillars" adopted by the 14th Road was only because the 14th Road was born in the green forest, and the Kuwata Banner coincided with the troubled times at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Who knew that this system was passed down in this way. The four elders in front of him are the ones who are turned over in the four beams.

"Big shopkeeper," the fourth elder frowned, "During the time you weren't in the gang, there was some chaos in Guangzhou. ”

Ding Ai raised his eyebrows and motioned for him to continue.

"The ancestral tomb of the second master has signs of being opened......"

The second master refers to Ding Mingqi.

For some reason, Ding Ai was not surprised to hear the news.

If she only had a vague intuition before, now she is sure that someone is secretly looking for something on Ding Ming's body.

Who knows, there is even more shocking news on the side of the four elders, "The big shopkeeper, when his subordinates sent someone to investigate the Zhao family's Zhao Lao Tang, they accidentally learned of a photo——" As he spoke, the old man's withered hand took out a yellowed black and white photo from his arms.

"The one circled by the red pen in the upper left corner is Zhao Laotang. This was originally nothing, but ......" The old man's expression became solemn: "The person standing across Zhao Laotang ......"

Ding Ai obviously saw it too, and his pupils shrank suddenly-

"The subordinates don't dare to make conclusions, and they say that they should wait for the big shopkeeper to confirm it, and then think about it in the long run."

Ding Ai's hand holding the photo trembled slightly, and his voice tightened: "You said that this person is Zhao Laotang, so isn't this photo just-"

"It was made during the Republic of China. The subordinates suspected that someone had forged the photo, and they had already found someone to identify it. ”

Ding Ai took a deep breath. Dingding looked at the man standing next to Zhao Laotang in the photo.

The man was dressed in a dark cardigan, with thin-rimmed glasses, his hair meticulously combed back, and his slender peach blossom eyes were particularly sharp, and the coldness could be seen in this blurry black and white photo.

This man is none other than him.

It is Ding Ai's biological father.

Ding Mingqi.