The door to the lobby opened, and an old martial artist in his seventies, wearing old-fashioned dark red military uniforms, walked in.

This man had a fair face, a plump face, and a kind-hearted appearance. When he arrived in the hall, he straightened his back and bowed his hands to Cheng Yiyi with the old courtesy.

"Mr. Cheng, I am Tang Xun. I am here to wish Mr. Cheng a happy birthday on behalf of my teacher. The teacher specially prepared some small gifts for Mr. Cheng. I wish Mr. Cheng a long life, good fortune and longevity, and that the Cheng family will flourish for generations to come.

Enjoy peace."

When everyone heard this name, they looked at it unconsciously. This was Yu Hongming's very important disciple.

The Tianshu Gang used to be somewhat involved with the Municipal Council, but since the Municipal Council was dismantled and reorganized,

At present, this person is mainly responsible for the internal and external affairs of the gang. Now it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the deputy gang leader. However, in the past, this person was not very prominent, so his reputation was not very famous.

Cheng Zhou had already stood up when he came in. At this moment, he bowed his hands and returned the salute, "Exalted."

At this moment, someone came forward, took the gift list and handed it to him. He opened it and took a look. At a glance, he knew that they were all valuable gifts.

He solemnly held up his hands and said: "Martial Master Tang, thank you for the congratulatory gift sent by your gang today. Please express my gratitude to the gang leader on my behalf. I will write down this sentiment and I will definitely give you something in return in the future."

Tang Xun smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng, you are very polite. I will bring it back to the teacher word for word." Cheng Zhou then raised his hand and said, "Martial Master Tang, please take a seat. I just prepared some simple meals today.

Please don’t take it personally.”

Tang Xun handed over his hand again, and at the invitation of a married disciple, he came to sit at an empty table on one side.

He knew about Lao Li, so he only left one of his contemporaries who accompanied him here. The other disciples and juniors who came to give gifts this time were all sitting outside the hall.

Cheng Zhou returned to his seat. The elderly people on both sides of the family looked at him with questions, but he shook his head.

No one asked anymore.

There is something puzzling about the Tianshu Gang. However, after the collapse of the city council, maybe the gang's life is not as easy as before. It is not incomprehensible for them to send gifts here now, and they will not fight just because of receiving gifts.

The other party is too deeply involved.

However, there may be some other reasons for this. Many people have guessed it in their hearts, but they are not willing to take the initiative to say it out.

Another birthday message came from outside, saying that Qiao Weiting, the governor of the central city garrison, sent an orderly to deliver congratulatory gifts.

Chengzhou was a little surprised.

There have always been many apprentices and nephews who have joined the army since they got married, but most of them are middle and lower-level officers. There have always been very few high-level officers. Governors and the like have tenure because they have tenure, plus some upper-level and local clan clans.

It's a taboo, so we usually don't have much contact with each other, but this time I suddenly sent him a gift on his 80th birthday -

He raised his eyebrows slightly and said with concern: "Take good care of the guest who is giving the gift, and also send me a decent thank you before returning."

Cheng Zicheng had been standing aside just now. Seeing that the elders were free now, he walked forward and was about to talk to Cheng Zhou in private. But when he walked aside, before he could speak, Jie Pingshang received a message.

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He felt comfortable at first, and then showed a hint of surprise. Just for a moment, a young man from a married family ran in panting from outside and said loudly: "Third Grandpa, Second Grandpa, uncles and aunts, Secretary Qiao from the Government Affairs Department is here."

After Chengzhou heard this, his eyes changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Open the door to welcome us!"

"yes!"

The juniors who were serving tea and water came up immediately and pushed open all the seven doors in the lobby.

Cheng Zhou straightened his sleeves and collar, and led a group of older people from his family to stand at the entrance of the hall. When the juniors outside saw this, they immediately guessed that someone big was coming, and then someone came over to remind them.

They all stood up from their seats one after another.

Not long after, I saw an old man who was in charge of entertaining at the Cheng family leading a man in his forties, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, who looked very gentle and elegant, to come in.

There were many people on both sides who knew him, and they all showed a little surprise and couldn't help exchanging glances.

Qiao Yang walked to the main hall, his eyes fell on Cheng Zhou, smiled slightly, and said, "Is this Mr. Cheng?"

Cheng Zhou took the initiative to take a step forward, raised his hands and said, "Secretary Qiao, Cheng is polite."

Qiao Yang bowed his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, how are you doing? I want to hear about Mr. Cheng's eightieth birthday this time.

Chief Qi is grateful for the past achievements made by the old man. It is very rare for a family to always be upright regardless of wind, rain, snow, etc., so I specially asked me to send you some gifts to express my respect. Sir, please

I’ll definitely accept it.”

Cheng Zhou Zhengrong responded: "Chief Qi is busy with many things, but he still thinks of me as an old man. Mr. Cheng is very grateful. He also asked Secretary Qiao to convey the message on his behalf. Cheng Zhou and my family are grateful to Chief Qi for his greetings. I

The Cheng family has been rooted in the central city for hundreds of years and has prospered and prospered with Jibei Province. This has been the case in the past and it should be the same in the future."

Secretary Qiao smiled and said: "Even though Mr. Cheng has lived a long life, his heroic spirit has not diminished at all. I will bring Mr. Cheng's words with you. Oh, I also want to say something to the Acting Chief, thank you Mr. Cheng for giving birth to a good son."

, let me have a chance to say thank you by the way, I wonder which one of you is here?" As he said that, he looked to the left and right.

The people around him couldn't help but look at each other a few times, with subtle expressions on their faces.

After Cheng Shang saw it, he immediately came over, made a gesture and said, "Secretary Qiao, would you like to take a seat first?

Secretary Qiao glanced at him, then looked at everyone meaningfully, smiled slightly, and said, "There's no need to sit down. I still have a lot of official work to do. Since I've brought the message to you, I won't keep it any longer, Mr. Cheng."

, then Mr. Qiao will leave first."

Cheng Zhou held up his hands and said, "Secretary Qiao is busy with official duties, so I don't have the audacity to ask Cheng to stay. I'm sorry for the poor greeting." Then he said to Cheng Shang, "Second brother, give Secretary Qiao a gift for me." Cheng Shang said.

Say hello.

After sending the person down, Cheng Zhou returned to the lobby. After sitting down, the door was closed again. He looked at Cheng Zicheng walking over and asked, "Where is the person?"

Cheng Zicheng paused for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Third uncle, he is in the east front yard."

"Ask him to come over."

Cheng Zicheng couldn't help but raise his head: "Third uncle?"

Chengzhou said: "Why, I miss my son. Can't I see him?"

"Yes, Third Uncle, I will call him right away."

Cheng Zicheng quickly left the main hall and then came to the east front yard. Then he saw Cheng Zitong and Xiao Ke leisurely drinking dew and eating vegetables.

He said: "Third brother, third uncle is looking for you."

Cheng Zitong put down his chopsticks and said, "Xiao Ke, what am I saying? I don't need to go out of this door. I can still see the old man, because someone will come to invite us."

Xiao Ke said: "Yes, Brother Tong, you are right."

Cheng Zicheng remained silent and did not speak.

Cheng Zitong put down his chopsticks, stood up, and said hello, "Let's go."

He took Xiao Ke out of the side courtyard and followed Cheng Zicheng towards the main hall.

At this moment, Ni Qianqian was talking to the people at the table next to her when she suddenly patted Captain Li on the shoulder and said, "Old Li,

Look, look quickly."

Captain Li looked over and whispered, "Director Cheng?"

"Isn't it?"

Ni Qianqian said excitedly: "Let's wait and see."

These people came over, and everyone didn't pay much attention at first. There were a lot of people giving gifts, some they knew and some they didn't know. However, with the appearance of Cheng Zitong, many people felt that something was wrong with the surrounding atmosphere.

They all turned their heads and looked around.

Those who didn't know the situation were a bit strange, while those who knew were whispering, and some were asking for the identity of the visitor. There are always good people. When the cause and effect were explained, many people were suddenly enlightened and showed many expressions of watching a good show.

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Cheng Zitong acted as if nothing had happened and followed Cheng Zicheng all the way to the main hall. He looked at Cheng Zhou who was sitting upright above him.

He stepped forward and bowed.

"Dad, my son has made a special trip to wish you a happy birthday!" Xiao Ke next to him, as a junior, also congratulated you.

Everyone in the hall looked at this scene and exchanged glances.

Chengzhou said: "It's been so many years, and you've gotten a lot older. Well, you've also gained weight. Even though you've been here for so many years, you haven't made much progress in your abilities."

Cheng Zitong laughed and said, "My son will be like this for the rest of his life and will never grow up."

Cheng Zhou said slowly: "It's up to you whether you want to change it or not. You've settled down on your own, and I can't control you anymore. What did you bring this time? I don't want it."

Cheng Zitong said: "Do you remember your favorite purple dates from Yangzhi? I brought you a large basket this time. I picked each one by myself. They are all from this season. They are enough for you to take your time."

Eat, I asked Xiao Cheng to bring it in just now, why, didn’t you keep it?”

Cheng Zicheng quickly clicked on the lower realm voucher and sent over the congratulatory gift he had just accepted. Cheng Zhou looked at the display on the horizon voucher and said, "Well, it's a good thing. I paid attention to it. I accepted it."

He said with concern, "Since you're here, just stay well and sit aside, and then talk to me after the banquet is over."

Cheng Zitong said okay, walked to the side and was about to sit down at the empty table on the side.

Cheng Zhou shook his head and said, "I'm not asking you to sit here." He gestured to the outside. "You are not senior enough and have not reached the level of breaking the illusion, so you can only sit there." He said in a deep voice, "You have to understand.

rule."

Cheng Zitong paused for a moment and glanced at Cheng Zhou. He moved his lips a few times, as if he had something to say, but in the end he said nothing. He just slowly put on his decorative sunglasses and said with a smile: "Rules

I understand, old man, how about I go out and sit?"

After saying that, he patted Xiao Ke and said, "Don't be stunned, this is not the place for us brothers to stay." After walking out of the main hall,

Xiao Ke asked: "Brother Tong, are we going to come out like this?"
Chapter completed!