Chapter 13: The Jiang Family
After leaving the teahouse, Tang Shuo drove the red Wrangler towards Fengshan. According to the address given by Wang Kai, the Jiang family was now at the foot of Fengshan.
Fengshan, located in Yanjiao, has been a famous maple viewing spot in China since ancient times and is famous for the maple leaves covering the mountains.
However, it is not the season for viewing maple leaves, so the roads are not congested.
Arriving at the foot of Fengshan Mountain, Tang Shuo saw a luxurious private manor-style villa from afar.
After checking that the address on the doorplate matched the address Wang Kai gave him, Tang Shuo parked the car directly in front of the main entrance of the villa.
As soon as he got off the car, two men in black came over and looked at Tang Shuo warily through the gate.
"What are you doing?" A taller man with a horse-like face said to Tang Shuo. "You can't park here."
"Is this the Jiang family?"
"Yeah." The man nodded and asked doubtfully, "What do you want?"
"I'm looking for Jiang Hongtao," Tang Shuo replied. "Please tell him that Tang Shuo wants to see him."
The two men in black exchanged a glance, and the taller one, the one with the horse face, said, "You should call and ask, otherwise it will be difficult for us to let you go."
If Tang Shuo didn't look mentally healthy, they would have kicked him out long ago.
Can Mr. Jiang meet me just like that?
They are just two bodyguards. They called the head of the family to ask such questions. Don’t they want their jobs anymore?
Tang Shuo took out his cell phone and said, "Give me his phone number."
"Brother, you're not here to cause trouble, are you?" The two bodyguards laughed in anger and said, "If you don't have anything else, leave now, otherwise don't blame us for being rude."
"I'm really looking for someone. Just let him know and he will come back to see me."
"Are you determined to cause trouble?" the slightly shorter man said, "Hurry and leave."
Tang Shuo smiled bitterly and said, "What can I say so that you will believe me?"
"You're not leaving, are you?" The shorter man opened the side door and said angrily, "It seems you won't turn back unless I teach you a lesson."
The shorter man came out from the side door, walked directly to Tang Shuo, and reached out to grab Tang Shuo's collar.
Tang Shuo dodged backwards and grabbed the man's wrist. He smiled and said, "If you have something to say, just talk it over. Why resort to violence?"
The shorter man was startled. He obviously didn't expect that this seemingly thin man could avoid it and catch him so easily.
He was a retired scout, and his grappling skills were definitely not something that ordinary people could withstand.
The short man sneered and said, "So you have some skills, but you dare to come to the Jiang family to cause trouble like this?"
Then, the short man turned around and punched Tang Shuo in the face. His other hand was still controlled by Tang Shuo. This move was both to defeat the enemy and to save himself.
Tang Shuo shook his head. He had already seen that this man must have come from a military background. He was quite good at this set of military boxing, and it was obvious that he had worked hard.
But the traces of routine are too obvious, and you won’t get any advantage if you really fight the enemy.
Before the short man could swing his fist, Tang Shuo kicked him in the lower abdomen, and then the short man retreated.
Tang Shuo did not come to the Jiang family to fight, so he naturally could not hurt the other party's bodyguards, so he didn't use any strength at all in this kick.
Seeing this, the taller man with a horse-like face also came out from the side door and looked at Tang Shuo and said, "Brother, are you really here to cause trouble?"
"No, no." Tang Shuo shook his head and said, "I told you I was here to look for someone, why didn't you believe me?"
How could the tall man believe Tang Shuo's words at this time? He clenched his fists and rushed over.
Tang Shuo sighed and thought to himself: It seems that I have to fight today, so I have to break in.
The tall man ran to Tang Shuo and punched him directly in the face.
Tang Shuo smiled, blocked the other's fist with one hand, and punched the tall man in the abdomen with the other hand.
Then he rushed to the short man who was about to attack him, threw a feint, and then chopped the short man's neck with a palm knife, and the short man fell to the ground.
Then, Tang Shuo walked in through the side door with a swagger.
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Wang Kai, who had just parked his car opposite the villa, stared at Tang Shuo's back as he walked in, stunned. Although he had witnessed Tang Shuo's behavior with his own eyes, at this moment he still felt as if he was hallucinating.
He had been in Yanjing for so many years, and this was the first time he heard that someone dared to directly attack the Jiang family.
If Tang Shuo is not mentally ill, he will definitely have something to rely on.
But who is this guy and how dare he be so presumptuous?
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The front yard of the villa covers a large area and is filled with carefully arranged flowers and plants.
Tang Shuo had just taken a few steps when an old man in Tang suit who was trimming flowers and plants on the main road of the villa stopped him.
"Young man, isn't this a bit inappropriate for a visit?" The old man in the Tang suit put aside the large pair of scissors in his hand and looked at Tang Shuo sternly. "Since you have good skills, let me show you a few moves."
"I……"
Tang Shuo was about to apologize, but before he could finish his words, the old man in Tang suit stood on tiptoe and rushed towards Tang Shuo very quickly.
Seeing the old man's figure, Tang Shuo's face changed and he observed the old man's actions seriously.
Just by looking at the old man's footwork, Tang Shuo could tell that this was the famous "Baguazhang".
The old man in front of him was undoubtedly a master of Chinese martial arts.
Guoshu belongs to Chinese martial arts, but it is different from Chinese martial arts.
Only martial arts that are used to kill enemies and not for performance can be called national arts.
The old man was like a swimming dragon. Despite his age, his steps were steady and graceful, without a trace of old age at all. He rushed to Tang Shuo and swung his arm to chop directly at Tang Shuo's chest.
The bent arm seemed to have no strength, but Tang Shuo knew there was a lot of tricks in it.
Every move in Baguazhang contains hidden dangers. Although the old man's arms are bent like a bow, his strength is infinite.
Tang Shuo did not take the old man's move head-on, but quickly took two steps back to avoid it.
In fact, in addition to avoiding it, Tang Shuo has many other ways to break this move, but it is inevitable that he will have physical contact with the old man and fight violence with violence.
But he had no intention of hurting the old man, and he could see that the old man was not trying his best.
"good."
Seeing Tang Shuo dodge, the old man nodded in appreciation, but he did not stop. He turned his body 180 degrees on the spot, using his waist as the axis, and used the twisting force to chop across with his palm. His whole body was as agile as a monkey.
He used to be Jiang Hongtao's personal bodyguard. After Jiang Hongtao retired, he retired from the army and stayed in the Jiang family ever since.
Nowadays he seldom goes out, and every day he spends his time either boxing or tending to flowers.
Seeing the conflict between this young man and the Jiang family bodyguard, he felt that this young man was no ordinary person. He was so excited that he couldn't help but want to fight with him.
At this moment, a group of men in black rushed over aggressively, looking at the two people fighting with vigilance.
Some of them even put their hands into their clothes, which makes it easy to imagine what is hidden under the clothes.
"What should we do now?" A man in black asked a man in front of him who was about fifty years old and had a square face.
"Where are Zhang Jun and Li Xian?" the square-faced man asked, frowning. "Go ask them what's going on."
The man in black who spoke first nodded and ran directly to the villa door with two people.
The man with a handsome face is called Lei Zhen. He is the security captain of the Jiang family and is highly regarded by Jiang Hongtao.
When he received the notification that someone had broken into the Jiang family's house, he immediately led his men out, but he did not expect that this strange man had already started fighting with Mr. Guan.
Lei Zhen signaled his men to relax their vigilance, and then watched the fight between the two men with peace of mind.
The stranger who broke in was injured and had no weapon, and Guan Lao knew his skills very well. In his opinion, the outcome of this fight was definitely not in doubt.
The only thing that puzzled him was what the strange man's intentions were.
After a while, the man in black came running over and said to Lei Zhen, "This guy came to see the master, but he didn't have an appointment. Zhang Jun and Li Xian thought he was here to cause trouble, so they started fighting."
"Did he tell me who he was? What happened?" Lei Zhen asked.
"I think his name is Tang Shuo."
Lei Zhen thought for a long time, but still had no impression of the name Tang Shuo. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Go and tell the master that there's a young man named Tang Shuo who wants to see him."
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Tang Shuo dodged the old man's punch again and quickly took two steps back, saying, "I'm here to see Mr. Jiang. I mean no harm."
The old man snorted coldly and said, "Take these two moves from me first."
At first, the old man just wanted to have fun and wanted to fight with the young man to stretch his muscles.
But after the two fought for a while, the old man no longer had the contempt he had before.
At the moment it seems as if he has the upper hand, suppressing his opponent, forcing him to passively defend.
But the old man knew in his heart that the young man had actually been giving in to him. The two had been fighting for a long time, but he hadn't even touched the corner of the other's clothes.
It is said that one should stop getting angry as one gets older, but as a martial artist, especially one who practices Baguazhang, if one does not even have a bit of anger, what is the point of practicing martial arts?
The old man had made up his mind to compete with the young man.
Tang Shuo knew that time was enough. He thought Jiang Hongtao should have come to the door himself. He shook his head and said to the old man, "Old sir, I'm sorry."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Shuo turned from defense to offense, meeting the old man's palm strike with a punch.
After the fists and palms collided, the old man was instantly blown away like a kite with a broken string.
Barely able to stand, the old man looked at his palm in surprise and asked in a trembling voice, "Is this energy?"
"Yes." Tang Shuo admitted.
"I didn't lose this fight unfairly." The old man closed his eyes and nodded, saying, "I didn't expect that you could cultivate such powerful energy at such a young age."
The reason why the old man was bounced back just now was because Tang Shuo's internal energy was released.
Jingqi is somewhat similar to the internal strength in martial arts novels, but it is different from what is described in the novels. The effect of internal strength in the novels is infinitely exaggerated. In fact, Jingqi does not have the power to split mountains and rocks.
However, if the energy is released, it is easy to shatter the opponent's internal organs.
According to Tang Shuo's master, Lao Quezi, Tang Shuo's ability to develop internal strength was not only due to the two Taoist exercises "Taiqing Tiaoqi Jing" and "Yinti Shu", but also due to Tang Shuo's natural physique.
Tang Shuo looks no different from an ordinary person, but in fact his body temperature has been two or three degrees higher than that of ordinary people since he was a child.
What ordinary people consider to be a common cold and fever is like walking on the edge of hell for Tang Shuo.
This symptom cannot be explained by current medical technology, and according to Master, his physique belongs to the 'Red Yang Body', which is rarely seen among millions of people... and there is no cure.
And his health is gradually deteriorating due to this reason.
Compared with the several cases recorded in ancient books, it is a miracle that Tang Shuo can survive to this day.
Tang Shuo didn't know whether he should be happy or depressed about this.
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