Chapter 70: Back Thorn

  After greeting each other, the man didn't say another word and continued drinking on his own. Su Nan also didn't take the initiative to speak up, but instead accompanied him in silence, holding onto the wine bottle and occasionally pouring some into his mouth.

  Although the atmosphere was dull, the two of them didn't mind, they were self-sufficient and happy, and instead got very drunk.

  Finally, after a bottle of wine was drunk, the man finally spoke up, "Not bad, I didn't expect the Zhao family to have such a young talent. Not only is he young and has high skills, but his temperament is also so mature, it seems that you should be the descendant of the Zhao family's careful cultivation?"

  "Sir, you've mistaken me for someone else." Su Nan smiled faintly and explained to the man.

  "What?" The man was quite surprised to hear Su Nan's words, "You're not a member of the Zhao family? Then who are you?" As he spoke, his eyes darted around in all directions, and at the same time, his entire body arched up, ready for battle.

  Su Nan was also on high alert, but he sat there calmly without moving, not wanting to give the other person any misunderstanding and cause unnecessary trouble.

  "Sir, there's no need to be so tense. I don't know you, and I'm just here to enjoy the view." Su Nan added that if it weren't for the boat he rented being at the foot of the mountain, he would have liked to find another place to wait for midnight to arrive.

  "Who are you, after all?" The man asked again. His appointment with the Zhao family was a secret, but here appeared a young man with profound martial arts skills, who was not a member of the Zhao family, making it hard for him to believe it was a coincidence.

  "I've said it before, I'm just here to enjoy the view, and I don't know Mr. at all, nor is there any connection between us."

  Several times of inquiry, seeing Su Nan did not say out his purpose, the man began to get anxious. He had an appointment with Zhao's family here, although it was still early, but this place suddenly appeared other masters, making him think that Su Nan had already detected their appointment and secretly harmed Zhao's family, waiting for him to fall into the trap.

  He stood up, assuming an attacking posture. The man asked Su Nan again, "Who are you? What happened to the Zhao family? Have you harmed them?" Fortunately, he was older and not a young punk, although tense, he had not directly taken action.

  Shaking his head slightly, Su Nan also stood up, "I said it has nothing to do with you guys, just happened to be here by chance."

  "Who believes!" The man was no longer calm, a fierce tiger came down from the mountain and pounced directly at Su Nan.

  After dodging the man's attack, Sunan immediately punched the man's shoulder. Rarely meeting an opponent with similar strength to his own, Sunan also wanted to test his own level.

  Two men were fighting in one place, and it was difficult to distinguish between the high and low in a short period of time. When the two men in the field were stuck together, an old white-haired man came up quickly from the mountain below. Looking at that pace, he is also a master.

  "Not good!"

  Su Nan and that person simultaneously let out a powerful blow in their hearts, both taking the old man as each other's helper.

  "Boom!" The two fists collided, producing a loud explosive sound. The two combatants were knocked back by the shockwave of the collision, stumbling backward for over ten meters before barely managing to steady themselves and avoid falling to the ground. Each clutched at their chest, panting heavily.

  That old man was at the foot of the mountain when he discovered two people fighting, worried that an accident would occur, and rushed up the mountain quickly. Before he reached the top, the two combatants had already separated, but it was a situation where both were injured.

  The old man rushed to the top of the mountain and looked at the two people separately before coming to the person who was fighting with Su Nan, "Are you Chu Yu Zhi?"

  "It's me." The man nodded and asked the old man, "Are you a member of the Zhao family?"

  The old man nodded in agreement, "That's right, I'm Zhao Weishan."

  "Who is he? Why are you fighting with him here?" Zhao Weishan asked.

  Chu Yu shook her head slightly, "I don't know. When I arrived, he was already here. At first, I thought he was one of you Zhao family members, but after asking around, it wasn't the case. Then I thought he had harmed your Zhao family and was waiting for me on purpose, so I fought him."

  After Chu Yu Zhi finished introducing, Zhao Wei Shan walked two steps forward to the middle of the scene and stared at Su Nan. "Who are you? Why did you appear here?" He didn't think that Su Nan's appearance was a coincidence, just like Chu Yu Zhi, he thought someone had sent him here to cause trouble.

  "I've said it before, I don't know you, and I'm just here to have fun. And this isn't your private place either, I got here before you did, yet you keep coming over to disturb my mood for fun, the ones in the wrong are you, if anyone should be asking questions, it should be me asking you!" Su Nan was getting angry, how could they be so rude? Disturbing his own mood and then turning around to blame him.

  "This……" Zhao Weishan also hesitated, he personally contacted Chu Yu Zhi and made an appointment with him at this location, no one else could have known. If Chu Yu Zhi didn't know who from the Zhao family was going to show up, thinking that there was still a possibility that the news had leaked out from the Zhao family, then Zhao Weishan could believe that it was possible that the news hadn't been leaked.

  "Which family are you from?" Now that Zhao Weishan had started to believe that Su Nan wasn't intentionally trying to ruin their meeting, he was no longer angry. However, he was still curious about Su Nan's background.

  Su Nan was at a loss for words. When Zhao Weishan arrived earlier, he had already recognized him, and thinking back to Old Man Chen's introduction, he naturally knew that the two of them were both from the Jiudaxiazu. Advanced martial arts could not be taught to outsiders, this was an agreement among the Jiudaxiazu. Su Nan hadn't expected to meet someone from the Jiudaxiazu so soon, and if they found out he wasn't one of them, what would be the consequences?

  But shrinking his head, throwing away his own name, just for a temporary peace, is not something that Su Nan's character can do.

  "I am who I am, not someone from any family!"

  "What?" Zhao Weishan and Chu Yuzhi let out a strange cry together upon hearing Su Nan's reply. How is this possible? Someone outside the family actually possesses advanced martial arts skills.

  "Hey kid, don't say that, you'd better tell us clearly, who are you?" Zhao Weishan asked again.

  "I am who I am, not someone else. My name is Su Nan." Unless one hides in the deep mountains and changes their name, it's easy for them to find him with their power. Su Nan thought this through and no longer hid his identity.

  "Is your surname Su?" Zhao Weishan looked at Su Nan with a puzzled expression, muttering to himself, "It's really not like anyone from our nine major families. But how is this possible? Where did you learn these skills?"

  "My kung fu is a family heirloom." Su Nan would never forget his ancestors, even if there was a disaster, he would resist it, and absolutely would not betray his ancestors for the sake of survival.

  "Could there be other families?" Zhao Weishan furrowed his brow. This was entirely possible, after all Xia Guo had a history of several thousand years, and no one dared to say they could grasp the situation of the entire nation in their hands.

  But from the Xinjiang ethnic group's crackdown on martial artists to modern times, the purge of martial artists has never stopped. Time and time again, have they been cleared out? Is there really anyone left who has slipped through the net?

  "Are you really just sightseeing here?" After a moment's thought, Zhao Weishan decided not to pursue who Su Nan was. It wasn't difficult to find out his background, he could just ask someone to investigate later. But as for Su Nan's purpose in appearing here, he still couldn't shake off the feeling of unease.

  "Yes." Su Nan nodded calmly, "In West Lake there is a West Lake tongue, which is a medicinal herb. I'm just here waiting for the right time to pick it. As for your business, I don't know anything about it and I'm not interested either. If you think my presence here is inappropriate, just say so and I can give up this place."

  It's better to have one less thing to worry about, Su Nan already knew the other party's background, if they deliberately wanted to deal with him, he would find it hard to cope. Since that's the case, why not just avoid them directly?

  As he spoke, Su Nan turned around and was about to leave. He had already stated his purpose, and even if they saw him lingering around the area again, as long as he kept a suitable distance, he could guarantee that he wouldn't be able to hear their conversation. With their status and position, it was unlikely that they would bother themselves with him.

  "Wait a minute," Zhao Weishan called out, "earlier you said you were going to collect medicine here? Are you a doctor?"

  "Yes." Sunan replied curtly.

  "Are you really not from one of the nine families?" Zhao Weishan still didn't feel at ease and asked again.

  "I don't know what nine big families." Su Nan didn't want to get entangled with them here anymore, and walked down the mountain while answering Zhao Weishan's words.

  Looking at Su Nan's figure going down the mountain, Zhao Weishan didn't stop him again. After thinking for a while, he took out his mobile phone, "Xiao Tang, take a clear look at the person going down the mountain, investigate his background, remember, just check the information and don't alert him."

  After everything was arranged, Zhao Weishan turned around and looked at Chu Yuzhi.

  Zhao Weishan is one of the important figures in the Zhao family. As soon as he signed up, Chu Yu immediately knew who he was. Now that she has seen him handle many things, she comes over to pay her respects to him.

  "Little Chu, do you know what I'm looking for you about?" Although Chu Yu Zhi was already over 50 years old, in front of Zhao Wei Shan, she was still Little Chu.

  "Please instruct me, Old Zhao."

  "You also know that our country is at a critical moment now. There are various drawbacks internally, and externally, there are many enemies lurking around. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce internal consumption and put the main force into building our country. In view of this, the state has specially entrusted us old guys who have retired to lead the establishment of a special combat organization, named Beimang, like a thorn in the back, similar to the sword of Damocles. The members of the organization are only responsible to the Beimang organization, and internally, they have the power to whip those in power at any time, after reporting evidence to the relevant departments, if not handled, then the Beimang members can handle it directly according to the relevant laws; externally, the organization members can take direct action against national enemies."

  Zhao Weishan told Chu Yuqi his purpose for coming, "The establishment of the Jiangnan branch of the organization will be my responsibility. I came to find you because I want you to join the organization and help me establish the Jiangnan branch."

  "How could this be?" Chu Yu Zhi was stunned by Zhao Wei Shan's words. If this organization were to truly form, it would absolutely become a sharp blade. Used well, it would benefit the country; used poorly, it would again become a personal tool.

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