Zhang Xudong turned and looked at the person who came. He saw that the person was in his early sixties and was wearing a blue Taoist robe.
Although this Taoist robe has become white after being washed, it is still clean and spotless.
Her jet-black hair was combed into a bun with a wooden hairpin inserted in it.
Three long strands of beard fluttered in front of his chest, giving him an air of immortality.
Zhang Xudong looked at the old Taoist's face and felt that it was very familiar, and he wanted to get closer to him. But he just couldn't find this person in his memory.
Zhang Xudong suddenly remembered the things his grandmother had told him about his childhood. He suddenly opened his eyes wide and asked excitedly:
"Old Taoist priest, are you the benefactor who saved me when I was seven years old?"
The old Taoist priest looked at Zhang Xudong with satisfaction and said:
"My dear friend, I once told your grandmother that if you survive the calamity of life and death, I will ask you for a favor.
Today, I, the old Taoist, am shamelessly coming here to ask for a favor. I hope you won’t take offense.”
Zhang Xudong pushed the golden mountain and overturned the jade pillar, and kowtowed to him. This Taoist priest had the grace of rebirth for his original body.
Since I have accepted everything from the original owner, I naturally have to take on this cause and effect and repay this kindness.
"I, Zhang Xudong, would like to thank you for giving me a new life." Zhang Xudong kowtowed to the old Taoist.
"Young friend, there's no need to do this. I saved you out of selfish motives. You are a person of great fortune. We, the outsiders, will probably have to rely on you to escape the disaster in five years."
The old Taoist helped Zhang Xudong up and said, "He then said to Director Liu who was standing there in a daze:
"Director Liu, please don't mind my men being reckless. Could you please find us a quiet place? I need to talk to Mr. Zhang."
Director Liu came to his senses and immediately said he didn't dare, and invited several people to a conference room.
After Director Liu closed the door of the conference room, he hurried back to his office.
Judging from Zhang Xudong's words, these people's internal and external strength are not ordinary people. It's better to stay away from them.
In the conference room, the old Taoist sat down first, then gestured to Zhang Xudong and said:
"Please take a seat, my friend. I have something to ask you today!"
"My benefactor, please stop calling me 'little friend'. It sounds uncomfortable. You can just call me Xudong or Dongzi. If that doesn't work, you can just call me 'little boy'."
Otherwise, let's take you as our master or grandmaster?
As for what you want me to do, as long as it's not detrimental to our country and society, just tell me and I won't hesitate."
Zhang Xudong said to the old Taoist.
The old Taoist asked Zhang Xudong to sit down first before he spoke:
"Don't even mention the matter of becoming my disciple. Your abilities are no less than mine.
Your skills are gifted by nature, and there are powerful people guiding you in your dreams. I dare not try to steal you as my disciple."
The old Taoist glanced at Zhang Xudong and said something meaningful:
"I, the old Taoist priest, am not as blessed as you. I am very afraid of being struck by lightning."
Zhang Xudong stood up in surprise and asked hurriedly:
"Master, what do you mean by this? We..."
The old Taoist waved his hand and motioned him to sit down without waiting for Zhang Xudong to finish speaking.
"Don't panic, my friend. I have only deduced a little bit about you.
Even so, the backlash almost cost him his life, and it took him more than a year to recover.
It's only because of our karmic connection that I didn't lose my life. So don't worry, no one will get any information from your fate anymore.
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s get down to business now.” The old Taoist explained to Zhang Xudong.
Zhang Xudong finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down. This old Taoist was so weird, he almost exposed his true identity.
"Master, please tell me what you have to say. I am all ears."
The old Taoist thought for a moment and said, "I won't be polite with you. The purpose of our visit this time is to invite you to join the Huaxia Investigation Committee."
Zhang Xudong already had a guess, so he said:
"Master, since you've asked me, I should agree to your request without hesitation.
But I'm a lazy person and don't want to be bound by rules. I have my own standards for doing things and I won't do anything that goes against my conscience.
So, you have to let me know what this Huaxia Investigation Association is about before I can consider joining.
After hearing what Zhang Xudong said, the old Taoist nodded with satisfaction.
"Dongzi, persistence and a bottom line are the minimum requirements for joining our organization. Don't worry, I'll tell you about this organization now.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin secretly organized his friends in the underworld.
He arranged for these people to control some forces that the court could not control, and work for the court in secret.
Later, as history changed, these people were no longer solely responsible to any emperor.
They were just guarding China in secret, blocking the invasion of foreign masters. Of course, they would also cooperate with the imperial court.
But they never interfered in power struggles within the nation or changes of dynasties.
Until the time of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, something unexpected happened. Emperor Taizu was very suspicious and worried about the existence of such an uncontrollable force, so he started a massacre of this group of people.
In the end, this group of people relied on Ming Chengzu Zhu Di to preserve a trace of their heritage.
This is why the Tartars did not come out to stop them when they invaded the Central Plains. They had not recovered much of their energy at that time and had no strength.
It was not until the Republic of China period that they recovered some of their vitality.
But with the invasion of the Japanese, the energy that had just been recovered was consumed again in the battle against the Japanese.
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