December 23, Huihu Mansion, Wuding District.

Today is the 80th birthday of Cheng Zhou, the former deputy director of the processing bureau and now the senior consultant of the processing bureau. Since the morning, there has been an endless stream of people coming and going from inside and outside the mansion.

The Cheng family is originally from Yangzhi, and their ancestors have been practicing martial arts since the old times. A hundred years ago, the ancestors of the Cheng family led a group of disciples to join the crusade to overthrow the old imperial family. They sacrificed a lot, and then settled in the central city of Jibei Province.

Take root.

When he was young, the old man of the Cheng family worked as a teacher at both the local and Central City Wuyi Academy. He also had a family-run fighting gym. He had a rich family, with at least hundreds of outstanding disciples. These people are now in the Central City Processing Bureau and the army.

, they hold important positions in Wuyi and even in surrounding cities.

There are many martial arts heirloom families in Central City. Some of them help each other with the Cheng family, and some are reunited or attached to the Cheng family. They are indeed a considerable force in the Central City.

It's just that the family tradition is strict and the behavior is low-key. No matter whether his disciples or disciples do things, they are very strict about rules, so his presence outside is not very high.

Since it was not a holiday, the birthday banquet was held at night, but after noon, many married children and nephews came back from other places one after another to celebrate the birthday.

Liu Yin followed his elders into the mansion. As the most outstanding junior in this generation, he was qualified to celebrate his birthday with his elders.

According to Yangzhi's old etiquette, before celebrating a birthday, the younger ones should wait outside until the elders say good things. After the banquet officially begins, the elders will say the congratulations first, and then the younger ones will stand up together to congratulate.

But he is different. He is now a third-level fighter, so he is qualified to add a seat in the hall.

However, he didn't want to stay with a group of serious and rigid elders, and he didn't dare to take a breath, especially since Mr. Cheng was a very strict person who couldn't make any mistakes.

So after sending a congratulatory message to Mr. Cheng, he went outside. In the past, some people might have been dissatisfied, but third-level fighters are so tough. They have much more freedom in life and work, and no one thinks there is anything wrong.

After turning outside, he saw Xiaojing waving to him, "Brother Liu Yin, this way." He saw that several familiar friends, including Han Kuang, Ren Qiao and others were there, so he looked towards

Come over here and sit down in the specially reserved space.

Xiaojing said: "Brother Liu Yin hasn't played with us for a long time."

Liu Yin said with a smile: "There are often tasks in the processing bureau. Everyone in the team is very hard-working and the competition is fierce. I have to exercise even during my holidays to avoid being left behind."

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Han Kuang patted him on the shoulder and said enviously: "You are now at the top of your game, and you don't have to look at your family anymore."

The juniors at the table all nodded, because Liu Yin didn't listen to the family's arrangements and walked out on his own. He's doing pretty well so far. I heard that he has joined the most elite execution team of the processing bureau and is still investigating the supervisor.

In Xu Chan's second action team.

With this qualification, in the next twenty or thirty years, it is possible to rise from executive officer to executive captain, then sit in the position of investigation director, or even become a deputy director like Mr. Cheng in the future, and they

For a person, it would be good to be an executive at most.

In fact, with the example of Liu Yin, they were a little ready to take action, but they didn't have the guts and knew they didn't have the talent, so they could only think about it with their heads.

Xiaojing and other friends were curious about what happened to him in the bureau, so Liu Yin just talked about it in an unimportant and insensitive way.

As he was talking, Xiaojing suddenly tugged on his sleeve, "Brother Liu Yin, look at that."

Liu Yin looked over and saw a young man following an old man into the lobby. He said, "That's Master Qiao? Is that young man a disciple of Master Qiao?"

"Well, I heard that Uncle Qiao brought him from Yangzhi and said he is very talented, but I don't like him. He speaks in a serious manner, like a little old man.

A few years ago, they might have looked down upon people coming from Yangzhi, but there was an example in front of them that they didn't dare to look down upon. Moreover, this guy's martial arts training was unbearable for them.

I originally wanted to invite him out to play and get to know each other because of their age difference, but it turned out that this guy never had any entertainment activities and practiced martial arts whenever he had time, which made them extremely stressed. The elders in the family often used him as an example.

Xiaojing said: "I really can't stand it. It is said that apart from eating, sleeping and going to the toilet, this guy does martial arts all the time. He practices martial arts non-stop. If a person reaches this point, he will not survive."

Ren Qiao whispered: "I heard that Master Qiao didn't teach students like this before. It seems that he was stimulated by Master Cheng..."

Liu Yin nodded, saying that Uncle Qiao was not the only one who was stimulated by Uncle Cheng. More or less the elders in their family were also stimulated. However, he felt a little secretly happy in his heart.

As the evening approached, more guests arrived. At this time, they were all middle- and upper-level officials from the City Patrol Bureau, including some of Wu Yi’s teachers. They lit firecrackers and raised lanterns, and the inside and outside of the mansion suddenly became extra special.

lively.

The square in front of the mansion was already full of parked vehicles. At this moment, a very inconspicuous off-road vehicle drove over and waited for it to park.

Cheng Zitong and Xiao Ke walked over from the car together. Xiao Ke went to the trunk to get the gifts he was carrying. Seeing so many well-dressed and respectable big shots at the door, he couldn't help but feel a little angry. He said: "Brother Tong, you, your student

, didn’t you come together?”

"A short biography."

Cheng Zitong said nonchalantly: "Xiao Chuan is on an overseas mission these days. He was busy with the Skyline Connection yesterday. As a teacher, how can I hold him back?"

Xiao Ke thought about it. The skyline was the most important thing. It would take at least three days to go back to Central City from Haidong Road even by airship, right? He probably wouldn't be able to make it back today, and he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

Cheng Zitong patted him on the shoulder, "Don't think too much, we are here to wish the old man a happy birthday today, cheer up."

"Okay, Brother Tong."

The two of them carried the gifts and walked to the door. There were several young people from married families standing there to greet the guests. Among them was a man in his thirties who obviously knew Cheng Zitong. He was stunned for a moment and said, "Uncle, it's you, you-"

---Why are you here?"

Cheng Zitong chuckled, "How do you talk? This is how your father taught you? It's the old man's eightieth birthday.

Can’t I come here to wish you a happy birthday as your son?”

"Uncle, I, that's not what I meant." The man gave a look, and a junior behind him turned around and ran out.

Just as Cheng Zitong was about to walk in, the man took an awkward step forward and said, "Uncle, wait a moment."

"What?"

"Uncle Third, here's the invitation." The man said, "You have to give me the invitation."

Chengzi Tongyi said: "What a novel thing. I, my son, need an invitation for his birthday?"

"No, Third Uncle, it's not like you don't know that the rules in the family are strict. That's what the higher-ups have set. No matter how unreasonable it is, we juniors have to abide by it, right? -..."

Cheng Zitong looked at him and said, "Okay, I won't embarrass you. Your third uncle, I have also suffered through the rules. Why don't you go call someone? I'll wait."

Just as the two people were talking, an off-road vehicle from the processing bureau drove over.

Ni Qianqian was sitting in the back seat. Today she had changed into a red stand-up lapel gown and a light pink pleated skirt. Sitting next to her was one of her female colleagues. Before getting off the car, she took out the mirror and checked her makeup.

At this time, she noticed the person standing at the door of the mansion, her expression changed, and she reached out and patted the shoulder of the operations leader in front of her, "Hey, Lao Li, something good is about to happen."

When the operations captain heard what she said, he turned his head and looked over, "That's——"

"That's Mr. Cheng's son, Mr. Cheng is in charge."

"—It sounds familiar," Captain Li suddenly became excited and asked in a low voice, "That teacher of Director Chen?"

Ni Qianqian nodded: "Yes, that's the one."

Captain Li remembered that the father-son relationship between him and Mr. Cheng was not very good. A subtle expression appeared on his face, and he suddenly became energetic. He looked at the door, which was interesting.

After looking at it for a few times, he couldn't help but ask: "By the way, what is the conflict between Director Cheng and Mr. Cheng?"

Ni Qianqian said enthusiastically: "This involves an obsession of the old family. Captain Li, don't you know?"

Captain Li looked at her speechlessly, his face almost said that you are about to ask me, but there is no other way, he also wants to eat this melon.

So he turned sideways and said, "What about that, Sister Ni, you are kind-hearted and always well-informed. Please take a look and let Mr. Li and I gain some insights."

Ni Qianqian heard what he said and looked at the bright eyes of the female colleague next to her. She was very satisfied, then she coughed, cleared her throat and said, "Lao Ming's family has always wanted to make a fortune since the last generation.

A transcendent warrior."

"Hey, who doesn't want to do this?" Captain Li said to himself. His old Li family also wants it.

Ni Qianqian crossed her arms and looked at him sideways, "Captain Li, do you think you have a chance?"

Captain Li sighed and said, "It's better to expose others than to expose others' shortcomings." The female colleague next to her covered her mouth and laughed.

Ni Qianqian hummed and said, "We are a mature family, but there are more than one people who have entered the third level from generation to generation. This is not easy."

Captain Li nodded, not only relying on Kung Fu resources, but also how to teach people. Talent is something like this. Without additional technical support, it is very unreliable to rely on bloodline inheritance. The previous generation has higher talents.

The next generation may not be able to see it, which is why many of the upper echelons are supporters of the implantation faction.

He said: "Yes, I don't know about the earlier one. Since a hundred years ago, generations of outstanding people have emerged in mature families. This is not easy."

Female colleagues also agree that every generation has strong men, and mature families are indeed rare in the central city.

Ni Qianqian said: "But what's better than being a fighter? Do you know the Bai family in Shannan Road? It turns out that they have similar origins to the Lao Cheng family. They also actively responded to the call at that time and participated in overthrowing the old imperial family. But because of their birth,

He married a senior Bai, so he became a top fighting family.

It was originally possible to become an old man, but I don’t know why it didn’t happen. He put his hope in his eldest son——"

At this point, she saw a middle-aged man with a square face and a burly build walking out. She suddenly felt excited and slapped the back of the seat in front of her. "Look, Lao Li, someone is coming out. There's a good show."
Chapter completed!