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Even the people at the main table could not understand it, much less the people in the courtyard.

Old Master Zhao's voice wasn't considered soft, but the entire courtyard was very quiet, so everyone could clearly hear what he said.

Old Man Zhao had someone who wasn't surnamed Zhao nor Dugu sit beside him?

This was the third and fourth highest position on the main table.

This was the position that belonged to Old Master Zhao's two sons. They had actually given it to someone surnamed Xu just like that?

Many people felt that their brains were insufficient.

Was Old Man Zhao befuddled, or did he have some other deeper meaning?

"Taiji, you gave your position to Taiping, do you have any objections?" Old Master Zhao asked, glancing indifferently at Zhao Taiji.

Zhao Taiji lowered his head and said, "How could I have any objections, Father."

"Old man, please don't, what kind of status do you have? I'm already scared to be able to sit at the main table, how can I snatch Old Brother Taiji's seat? This won't do, I can just sit anywhere, if not I can just stand!" Xu Taiping shook his head.

"If I tell you to sit, then sit." Old Man Zhao frowned as he spoke.

Xu Taiping frowned. From his point of view, this Old Master Zhao must have intentionally put him on fire. And the reason for this might very well have been because of his relationship with Zhao Yonglian.

As everyone knew, Zhao Yonglian was the son of Zhao Taiji. Because of the drug trafficking issue, he had no choice but to withdraw from Jiangyuan University and was even sent to the training camp. It was unknown whether he lived or died because of him.

It could be said that even if Zhao Taiji didn't think so, between Zhao Taiji and Xu Taiping …

However, in the eyes of outsiders, there was also a blood feud between them. Since Old Man Zhao had given him Zhao Taiji's position, then there were only two possible reasons: one was to deepen the enmity between him and Xu Taiping, and the other was for Old Man Zhao to slap his own son's face so Zhao Taiji could pay the price for his son's idiocy.

No matter what these two motives were, in the eyes of an outsider, Zhao Taiji would not have any leeway left. If Zhao Taiji lost someone, he would not dare to resent the old man, and he could only resent himself.

He felt that this old man Zhao was indeed an elder, but even as an elder, he couldn't be so deceitful. Although he wasn't afraid of Zhao Taiji, he didn't want to arouse the conflict between him and Zhao Taiji, and this conflict was caused by someone else. This made Xu Taiping even more dissatisfied.

Just as Xu Taiping was about to leave, Zhao Taixu grabbed his arm and smiled, "Okay, Taiping, go sit next to Yingying. I heard that the two of you are also very good at chatting."

After saying this, Zhao Taixu winked at Xu Taiping.

At the main table, Xu Taiping had a deep relationship with Zhao Taixu. Seeing Zhao Taixu's eye contact, Xu Taiping hesitated, but he didn't walk away. Instead, he followed Zhao Taixu to Dugu Ying's side and sat down.

After Xu Taiping sat down, everyone sat down one by one.

Zhao Qingshan was sitting two seats away from Xu Taiping. This place wasn't considered important at the table, but in this courtyard, it represented Zhao Qingshan's relationship with the Zhao Family.

When many people saw this scene, they absolutely did not believe that Zhao Qingshan had nothing to do with the Zhao Family.

After everyone was seated, the birthday banquet had yet to begin, because the next step was to deliver the congratulatory gift.

For matters like giving gifts to an official, you can't put it in an official's house, because the country has a rule that states that you can't accept these things. However, since Old Man Zhao has never been an official, he naturally can't be considered an official's house.

The Zhao Family arranged for people to read out the gifts from each giver. For example, if you gave them a pair of seal carved on top of a mountain of longevity stone, the person in charge of counting the gifts at the scene would immediately shout out the gift.

This was a rare opportunity to fawn on someone and gain face, so in order to prepare the birthday present, many people had already started preparing a few months ago.

Of course, the Zhao Family did not take advantage of this opportunity to look for someone for benefits. Old Master Zhao had said before that everything he received for the birthday banquet would be donated to museums, jewelry, jade artifacts, and so on. In short, the Zhao Family would not take advantage of Old Man Zhao's birthday to make a fortune.

Of course, with the Zhao Family's strength, all the gifts they had received were nothing to the Zhao Family.

One by one, people walked towards the main table, giving gifts to Old Master Zhao in succession. Some of them were jewellery, some of them were antiques, some of them were art pieces.

If there was one that Old Man Zhao liked very much, then he would take it himself. Therefore, when the givers were giving these gifts, they all hoped that he would accept them himself, rather than having the servants by his side help him.

It was a pity that none of the items that the seventy tables of guests had given him had been taken by him. All of them had been taken by servants.

When they saw this scene, many people wondered if it was because of his age that they couldn't tell the value of the gifts he'd received. Otherwise, how could he not have received a gift from anyone in person?

After all the gifts on the seventy tables were given out, it would be the main table's turn.

Dugu Ying was the first to give a gift, giving a couplet that she had written.

Old Man Zhao put away this couplet in front of everyone present.

From the smile on the old man's face, it could be seen that he was very happy.

Xu Taiping couldn't understand why this old man would like Dugu Ying so much. Could it be that this old man had some sort of special hobby? You especially like this kind of pink and tender little girl?

If Zhao Dingbang knew what Xu Taiping was thinking at the moment, he would probably die from anger.

The reason why he liked Dugu Ying so much was because she was very obedient and didn't talk at all.

Zhao Dingbang didn't like to hear too much from a single person. Something that was clear with one sentence must not be said twice. Therefore, he liked Dugu Ying's silent behavior very much.

Of course, the most crucial point was that Zhao Dingbang didn't have a daughter, nor a granddaughter.

To a large clan, this was a very good thing.

Although this was an era of equality between men and women, for many people, the true heir was still their son. Thus, in the big families, having a son was a very good thing, and it was very necessary, but in the Zhao Family, this matter had already been done to the extreme.

Zhao Dingbang gave birth to three sons.

The three sons gave him grandchildren.

There was actually no woman in the suffocating bloodline!

Not a single one!

This caused the Yang energy in the entire branch of Zhao Dingbang's faction to be too strong.

As the head of the main branch of the Zhao Family, Zhao Dingbang had to add some feminine things to the main branch of the Zhao Family, thus, Dugu Ying became a lucky person. She was very favored by Old Man Zhao, and had a very high position in the Zhao Family, to the extent that no one could compete with her in the main branch of the Zhao Family.

Dugu Ying's couplet was written very well. After all, even Xu Taiping liked her words very much.

After Dugu Ying, Zhao Taiheng, Zhao Taiji and Zhao Taixu also gave their own gifts. The three brothers also gave their gifts, but not only did they not give any gold, silver, or jewelry, they also did not give any other precious items.

Naturally, Zhao Dingbang accepted the gifts from the three of them.

After these three people, there was also someone who gave them a gift. However, this time, Old Master Zhao did not take it, and it went all the way to Zhao Qingshan's side.

The piece of tortoise shell that Zhao Qingshan had given to the old tutor was a piece of turtle shell.

The tortoise shell was somewhat damaged, and judging from the traces on it, it should be quite old.

"Lordmaster, this is an old item left behind by an elder of the martial arts world over three thousand years ago. I'll give it to you for your attention." Zhao Qingshan said with a smile.

Three thousand years ago?!

When Zhao Qingshan's words came out, everyone was stunned.

Three thousand years ago, that was the era of the hundreds of families. Back then, it was the Enlightenment era of Chinese martial arts, and it was also known as the most beautiful era. At that time, many martial artists appeared, and these martial artists created all kinds of martial arts.

Rumor has it that these lost martial arts were even more lethal than modern ones. Back then, when countries were fighting, martial arts were mostly used for killing and killing. It was not like now, where the most important part was fitness and posturing.

Therefore, the martial arts from three thousand years ago were known as ancient martial arts.

Any kind of ancient martial arts were very precious, whether from the perspective of learning or scientific research.

Although he didn't know what kind of ancient martial arts was recorded on the tortoise shell, as long as it was an ancient martial arts technique, it would be a priceless treasure. Zhao Qingshan was able to take out the tortoise shell that had an ancient martial arts technique recorded on it.

The value of this piece of tortoise shell was absolutely greater than any other present.

"A thoughtful person, wearing a green robe." Old Master Zhao smiled as he received the tortoise shell from Zhao Qingshan. After looking at it for a while, he said, "This is indeed an ancient martial arts technique, and it's basically an entire ancient martial arts technique. I really like it."

After he finished speaking, Old Master Zhao put away the turtle shell.

When Old Master Zhao accepted the turtle shell, everyone turned to look at Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping was the only one left at the birthday feast. Mobile users please browse and read, better reading experience.