The old man in front of him looked exactly like Tang Pingfan.
Although he is skinny and somewhat haggard, and lacks the ruddy color he had in Longdu, his outline can still be seen.
There was also a trace of blood under the mask he dropped.
The three words Ye Fan called out as "Tang Sect Master" not only made his movements slightly stagnant, but also made him take out another mask and put it on.
It seems that only by covering his facial features can he become more calm.
"Tang Pingfan?
How is this possible?"
Temu Wuyue was half kneeling on the ground, with a look of shock on his face.
She seemed not to have thought that Tang Pingfan, who had fallen into the river and been missing for a year, was still alive.
She also didn't expect that the old man in black who had been tracking down Niu Duoduo would be Tang Pingfan.
She never thought that Tang Pingfan ignored the internal strife in the Tang clan and came to this country to be Lu Buwei.
Ye Fan also shouted repeatedly in disbelief: "Are you the leader of the Tang Sect?"
Tang Pingfan licked the blood on his fingers, stared at Mark and sighed:
"I didn't expect that you would spy on me after all."
"Ye Fan, you are really unpredictable."
"Every time I thought I was vigilant enough, but every time I was still hurt by your trump card."
"Tonight, you knocked off my mask, revealing my true face."
"What kind of martial arts are you doing?
Is it so unpredictable?"
Tang Pingfan stared at Ye Fan and said playfully: "How about handing it over, and I will let you leave alive?"
He looked curious about the fact that Ye Fan's dragon-slaying skills were better than the lives of Ye Fan and Temu Wuyue.
Temu Wuyue shuddered, turned to Ye Fan and shouted:
"Ye Aniu, don't be tempted, don't be fooled by him."
"You have seen his true face and know his plan. He will never let you leave alive."
"Otherwise, the plan he has been working on for so many years will be in vain because you escaped and leaked it."
She reminded Ye Fan: "If you give him your secret skills, he will definitely kill us at all costs."
Ye Fan ignored Tie Mu Wuyue's advice and just looked at Tang Pingfan with sadness and anger:
"You're not dead?"
His voice trembled: "When the Huangni River exploded, did you survive?"
Tang Pingfan said calmly: "Although the Huangni River explosion is amazingly powerful, it is not that easy to kill me, Tang Pingfan."
"Haven't you ever heard that good people don't live long, but bad people live for thousands of years?"
"For a person like me, if the body is not placed in front of you and you don't personally check that I am dead, you must not think that I am dead."
"A narrow escape from death is death to others."
Tang Pingfan's tone returned to hoarseness: "But a narrow escape from death is life to me."
Ye Fan stood up despite his injuries and shouted to Tang Pingfan:
"You didn't die when the Huangni River exploded. Why didn't you contact us? Why didn't you tell Hongyan?"
"Do you know how worried Hongyan is about you?
Do you know that Hongyan has been worried about your death this year?"
"Also, you are living well and hiding such powerful skills. Why don't you come back to take charge of the overall situation? Why do you sit back and watch the Tang Sect's internal strife?"
Ye Fan asked angrily: "Why do you want to wade into the muddy waters of this country? Why do you want to be Lu Buwei?"
"Why?"
Tang Pingfan put his hands behind his back, ignoring the shouts of death outside, and looked at Ye Fan with a faint smile:
"Ye Fan, you are still as naive as before. You always want an answer and justice when doing things."
"Where in the world are there so many whys and answers?"
"But for the sake of you and my son-in-law, and also for the sake of you going to Yang Country to make my wedding dress, I don't mind telling you the answer."
"That's when Tang Clan and I are in the most danger."
"I have no way out."
His tone was indifferent: "I have to change."
Ye Fan asked: "Have you and Tang Clan reached the most dangerous moment?
What's the meaning?"
Tang Pingfan smiled: "A person can be rich, but when the money reaches a certain level, the money is no longer his. Do you understand this sentence?"
Before Ye Fan could respond, Temu Wuyue coughed and spoke:
"When you have too much money to a certain extent, you will attract jealousy, more powerful forces will plunder you, and you will face a reshuffle."
"You will be fine if you have 100 million, but if you have 100 billion, the situation will be in danger."
"You have one trillion. It is basically impossible for this money to belong to you. It will either be divided up by stronger forces or confiscated."
She added: "This is also the reason why it is difficult for any rich man in any era to die a happy death."
"As expected of Tie Mu Wuyue, one point can reveal everything."
Tang Pingfan showed his approval: "This is true for money, and so is a family."
"If you have too much money, it does not belong to you, and if a family grows to a certain extent, it will face destruction."
"The Tang Sect has developed rapidly in the past few decades. Whether it is wealth, martial arts masters or connections, it has developed at an unprecedented speed."
"On the surface, the strength of the Tang Clan is equal to the sum of the two aristocratic families."
"But in terms of real information, the Tang Sect is almost equal to the other four families combined."
"Although I try my best to conceal and keep quiet about making a fortune, I know that I can't hide this kind of size."
"A Tang Sect that is comparable in size to the four major aristocratic families combined will either become the cornerstone of the country or face destruction. There will never be a third way."
"There is no way around this. It is impossible for the government to allow the Tang Sect to exist if it is too large."
"Because the Tang Sect is so huge, the interests involved will be extremely staggering."
"Once you betray or rebel or run away with money, it will bring disaster to the country and its people, like that Grasshopper Financial Services Group."
"In the past, Ye Tang and the Ye family stood in the way. Although I felt that the Tang Sect was in danger, I felt that the crisis would not come too soon."
"After all, the higher-ups will definitely not rush to attack the Tang Sect before finishing dealing with Ye Tang and the Ye family."
"But the leader of the Ye Clan, your father, showed his methods to subdue the old lady's lineage on his fiftieth birthday, and I knew that the Tang Clan was in crisis."
"Because your father is a person who distinguishes between public and private affairs. He has surpassed Mrs. Ye, which means that the issue of Ye Tang's use of public and private equipment has basically been solved."
Tang Pingfan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Once Ye Tang and the Ye family have finished handling the matter, the pressure will come to the Tang Sect."
Ye Fan shouted: "You want the Ye family and Ye Tang to stand in front, and you continue to target the Ye family?"
Tang Pingfan's voice came out calmly:
"It's one thing to say it, but another thing to do it."
"On the surface, we must be upright, we must oppose the private use of public weapons, and we must combat the Ye family's barbaric behavior."
"Moreover, Mrs. Ye and the Ye family have used public and private equipment many times, which has indeed caused us trouble and harmed our interests."
"We should express our anger and condemnation at the actions of the old lady and the Ye family."
"But secretly, we hope that the old lady and the Ye family will fight to the end."
"Also, we are familiar with the old lady's style. She accepts soft things but not hard words."
"The more we force her to hand over Ye Tang, the more she will go to the dark side."
He smiled bitterly: "It's a pity that the old lady is suppressed by you and your son."
Ye Fan stared at Tang Pingfan and shouted: "The conflict between the Ye family has come to an end, so you are worried about the Tang family?"
"That's right!"
Tang Pingfan didn't hide it, his voice was a little colder:
"For me, the Tang Sect becoming the cornerstone of the country is equivalent to handing over my life's hard work."
"That will not only take away a lot of Tang Sect's resources, but also make Tang Sect be checked and balanced like Ye Tang and Hengdian."
"And my qualifications are much lower than Mrs. Ye and Marshal Chu. As the cornerstone of the country, the Tang Sect will definitely not have the freedom and authority that Ye Tang and the others do."
"I'm probably going to be a puppet."
"I have worked hard for so many years to build a Tang Sect, but I can't bear to give it up in exchange for a 500-yuan banner."
"But if we don't become the cornerstone of the country, the Tang Sect will face suppression or even destruction."
"Regardless of the strength of the Tang Sect's troops and horses, once the Iron Fist is encountered, the three cornerstones will be destroyed, the four major families will be divided, and the Tang Sect will definitely collapse."
Tang Pingfan's tone was indifferent:
"So I have been searching hard for the Tang Sect's third way out..."
