"Tell me, what's the situation?"
The Dragon King narrowed his eyes and said calmly.
He thought more and further than Xiao Dingshan. Dragon Teeth's accident that year, including his kidnapping at the critical juncture, might also have the shadow of these people behind it.
Without the cooperation of the traitor, Joseph would not have such great ability to make his painstakingly planned plot be successfully implemented.
Especially this time, Dragon Teeth was forced to compromise and withdraw from Shenzhou, which exposed the guilty conscience of some people. They were afraid that Dragon Teeth would clear their names and expose their crimes after his return.
Sure enough, what Xiao Dingshan said coincided with his speculation. Xiao Baiyu's shielding of the former Dragon Soul members was used as a handle to force him to hand over the control of Dragon Soul.
Although Dragon Soul had declined after the disappearance of the Dragon King and the exile of Dragon Teeth abroad, its status was extremely special. It had a very special symbolic meaning to control it.
Because it was the only special force that did not belong to any military region and was only under the command of the number one military boss.
With the development of times and the progress of military power, the number one military boss rarely managed specific military affairs. Although he did not make a clear statement, the command of Dragon Soul had begun to be delegated.
In other words, whoever controlled Dragon Soul would be the first person under the number one military boss, representing their ranking in the military headquarters, which had a very special significance for future promotion and promotion.
However, there were many people who tried to corrupt and draw Xiao Baiyu over the years, but Xiao Baiyu was stubborn. He did not take sides or express his position. He was only loyal to the country and only obeyed the orders of the number one military boss.
Although Xiao Dingshan had retired, he used to be the number one military boss and had a huge influence in the military. They did not dare to force Xiao Baiyu too much, so the ownership of Dragon Soul was always undecided.
Since everyone could not get it, they were psychologically balanced. After a long time, they did not have any ideas, which allowed Xiao Baiyu to control Dragon Soul steadily for so many years.
However, the return of the Dragon King and Dragon Fang gave them a strong sense of crisis, because they were the masters of the old Dragon Soul. Once they returned, there was a high chance that they would regain control of the Dragon Soul. This was a situation that they absolutely did not want to see.
Therefore, they couldn't sit still anymore. They seized the weakness of the former member of Dragon Soul and set up a plan to kill two birds with one stone. First, they took advantage of Dragon Teeth's affection to force him to stay at home and continue to exile abroad with the name of a wanted criminal. Then they forced Xiao Baiyu to resign and hand over the control of Dragon Soul. Before Dragon King returned, they raced against time to take control of Dragon Soul.
After understanding all this, Dragon King's eyes flashed with coldness. These people had been lost in the desire for power. For power, they even destroyed the Great Wall, colluded with the Americans, and attacked him and Dragon Teeth. It was unforgivable.
"Let them jump around for now. I'll see what the higher-ups want to do with me."
Dragon King said faintly and began to close his eyes to rest.
Although he had been missing for more than 20 years and had long reached the age of retirement, he was the God of War and a powerful warrior. He couldn't be treated as an ordinary person. Everything depended on the higher-ups' arrangement for him before he could decide what to do next.
"Well."
Xiao Dingshan was worried, but he also knew that this matter couldn't be rushed. Before the higher-ups made an arrangement for Dragon King's position, he couldn't intervene in the military affairs.
Ring, ring!
The phone rang in a hurry. Xiao Dingshan took out his mobile phone and looked at the caller ID. He said with a smile, "Speak of the devil. It's Chairman Chang."
"Oh."
Dragon King responded faintly and motioned for him to answer the phone first.
Xiao Dingshan answered the phone and hung up after a few words. His face was a little gloomy. "Chairman Chang said that you've been busy all the way and asked you to rest for two days. Two days later, he will hold a dinner for you at the State Guesthouse to welcome your return."
"Well!"
The Dragon King nodded calmly.
"But, these two days …"
Xiao Dingshan said anxiously. Two days was enough for those people to do a lot of things.
"I've been away for more than 20 years. How can I arrange my work before investigating my experiences over the years? What if I've been instigated by the Americans? They're already being very kind to me by not letting the field personnel isolate me for investigation. "
Dragon King seemed to have expected this and said in a calm tone.
Xiao Dingshan was depressed like a deflated balloon. Although he knew that the Dragon King was telling the truth, he could not accept it from the bottom of his heart. After all, the Dragon King was the Divine Army God. How could he be instigated to defect?
"Worried about the Dragon Soul?"
Dragon King saw through his mind and said with a chuckle, "You're just an observer. It's just a symbolic meaning. It doesn't mean anything. If they can take it away, we can take it back."
Xiao Dingshan seemed to be enlightened. He showed a look of realization and said with a self-deprecating smile, "I'm really getting old. The older I get, the more I think about it and become worried about personal gains and losses."
"It's good that you understand. The higher-ups must have their considerations when they do things. We just need to do what they want."
The Dragon King stretched lazily and said in a relaxed manner. However, a glint of light flashed across his eyes.
"Well, since we have nothing to do these two days, we must have a drink or two since we haven't seen each other for so long."
Xiao Dingshan admired Dragon King's wisdom. Seeing his relaxed expression, he immediately put his mind at ease and said with a smile.
"Okay, but before that, I have to go home first."
Dragon King's face suddenly became confused, "It's been more than 20 years. Is my home still there?"
Xiao Dingshan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Great changes have taken place in Shenzhou in the past 20 years. A few years after you disappeared, Long Hao resigned from the army and sold the courtyard house you lived in. He used the money to start a business. He's been doing well these years and is now the boss of a listed company."
Dragon King's eyelids twitched, but his eyes turned cold. He sneered and said, "Haha, as long as you're doing well, that's good."
"Dragon King, Long Hao resigned from the army because he was too sad after you disappeared. Speaking of which, it hasn't been easy for him to be alone all these years. Don't blame him."
Xiao Dingshan thought that Dragon King was angry because Long Hao resigned from the army, so he spoke up for him, "I didn't inform him that you came back, or he would have come to pick you up personally."
Dragon King smiled noncommittally, but his smile was a little cold. If Long Hao had been miserable all these years, perhaps he would have felt that it was normal.
But he became the boss of a listed company, which made him feel bitterly disappointed because he knew his son too well.
He was an ignorant, incompetent, and good-for-nothing second generation. He had no business sense at all. How could he become the boss of a listed company from scratch?
There was no doubt that someone was supporting him behind the scenes, or that someone was using money to keep him as a puppet at a critical moment.
He had caused the deaths of so many Dragon Soul Warriors, and he had also tricked his father. He even hooked up with those people and enjoyed everything that shouldn't have belonged to him. He was completely disappointed in his son.
"Has he got a family?"
Dragon King took a deep breath and asked, trying hard to suppress the turbulent emotions in his heart.
"Yes, he has a boy and a girl. The boy is now in his third year of high school and should take the college entrance examination this year. The girl is now in her first year of high school and her grades are very good."
Xiao Dingshan smiled. As an old partner and brother of Dragon King, he had always paid attention to Long Hao's family even though he hadn't had much contact with him all these years.
"It's good to have children, it's good to have children."
A touch of tenderness flashed in the Dragon King's eyes. Long Hao had done something wrong and had to be punished, but his grandchildren were innocent. His blood still flowed in their veins. As a grandfather, he was naturally very happy.
"Long Hao has found a good wife. Your daughter-in-law is very good at educating children. Both children have been taught very well by her. They are very sensible and polite, and their academic performance is quite good."
Xiao Dingshan said with a smile.
"Which family's girl?"
Dragon King was very satisfied with his daughter-in-law and asked with a smile.
"The Zhao family of Yan Jing."
Xiao Dingshan's eyes flashed with an indiscernible strange look.
Because Xiao Baiyu had once told him that when Dragon Teeth was framed, it was very likely that the mastermind behind it was the Zhao family.
And Long Hao's wife happened to be the daughter of the Zhao family. Even if she was only a collateral relative, she was still a member of the Zhao family.
Over the years, he had been paying attention to Long Hao and this woman of the Zhao family because of old affection. Unfortunately, he had never found anything unusual. He did not know if this was really a coincidence or if there was something fishy about it.
Although he had doubts in his heart, he could not say anything to Dragon King. After all, there was no evidence, and the woman of the Zhao family had always been well-behaved. If he expressed his doubts, Dragon King would inevitably think too much, and that would not be good.
"The Zhao family of Yan Jing? That century-old family? "
Dragon King frowned and asked doubtfully.
Before he disappeared, he had also heard of the Zhao family.
The reason why he was doubtful was because he knew that the threshold of the Zhao family was very high. If he had not disappeared, the Zhao family would have been eager to marry him.
But after he disappeared, Long Hao resigned from the army. It could be said that he had nothing, but the Zhao family was still willing to marry their daughter to Long Hao, which made people suspicious.
"The collateral relatives of the Zhao family are not direct descendants."
Xiao Dingshan saw his doubts and explained softly.
Dragon King nodded in understanding. This was reasonable. The threshold of the Zhao family was high, but that was for the direct descendants. The collateral relatives were not so particular.
Even if they also paid attention to matching the family background, Long Hao was still the son of Dragon King. Even if his family had fallen because of his disappearance, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. With so many uncles in the army secretly looking after them, it seemed reasonable for the Zhao family to agree to this marriage.
Xiao Dingshan wanted to say something but stopped. In the end, he sighed secretly and felt that it was better not to say it.
Although he really wanted to remind the Dragon King, if the woman of the Zhao family and Long Hao were truly in love, and there was no so-called conspiracy, he would be sowing discord and becoming a villain in vain if he destroyed the relationship between the two families.
…
Genting District was a villa area where the rich gathered. It was also famous in Yan Jing.
In villa number 19, a rather handsome middle-aged man was restless. He kept pacing and looked up at the time on the wall clock from time to time, as if he was waiting for something.
Although he did not know that Xiao Dingshan had gone to pick up Dragon King, how could he, Long Hao, not have received the news that they had made such a big scene at the airport.
At this moment, his feelings were really mixed, and he did not know what to feel.
On the one hand, he was happy that his father, who had been missing for more than 20 years, was finally back. On the other hand, he was scared that his father would settle old scores with him.
More than 20 years had passed, and he was no longer the domineering and arrogant Long Hao who relied on his good father.
Time, years, experience, and the hardships of life had made him rational and mature. He had long lost the arrogance of the past.
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