Chapter 315: Token
"During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, he first appointed his eldest son Li Chengqian as the crown prince. Later, Li Chengqian made a mistake, and Emperor Taizong intended to appoint Li Tai as the crown prince instead. However, although Li Chengqian and Li Tai were brothers from the same mother, they could not stand each other."
"Emperor Taizong hesitated again and again, and finally appointed Li Zhi as the crown prince. In the final analysis, he just hoped that after Li Zhi ascended the throne, he could protect Li Tai and Li Chengqian at the same time. After all, all three of them were the children of Empress Zhangsun."
After hearing this story, Hei Shui Ming couldn't help but ask, "What does this have to do with our family's affairs?"
Masako Kuromizu said, "Grandpa thinks the same thing. The relationship between the eldest brother and the second brother is very tense, and the eldest sister and the younger brother are also very tense. Only we have ordinary relationships with everyone, but we have not offended anyone in particular. What Grandpa said today is also a test, isn't it?"
"Grandpa has always favored my younger brother. Does he want to see if we have the tolerance to tolerate my younger brother?" Heishui Ming asked.
Masako Kuromizu nodded slightly, and then said: "When it comes to these fighting tactics, no one can compare to the Chinese. They always seem to be able to find corresponding deeds from past history and use them as references for today."
"We want Lu Jingyao to cooperate with me?" Heishui Ming asked.
He didn't even realize that, without realizing it, he had completely regarded his wife as the backbone of the family.
Masako Kuromizu shook her head and said, "Although grandpa favors me, he should know better than anyone what my real ability is. If I accomplish things, it will seem deliberate."
"What if it goes wrong?" Heishui Ming asked.
Masako Kuromizu said, "We can just take over this matter and clean up the mess for my younger brother, and grandpa will naturally have nothing to say."
Just as Masako Kuromizu had expected, the little grandson of the Kuromizu family really messed things up.
Not only that, he also offended Lu Jingyao thoroughly.
Even Lu Jingyao's anger was not pretended. This kid really had the courage from somewhere. When discussing cooperation, he kept making outrageous remarks and even involved Xu Youyou in his words.
"Miss Heishui, I do need the help of the head of the Heishui family, but you should know that I don't need you." Lu Jingyao said to Heishui Masako with a serious face.
Masako Kuromizu cursed her brother thousands of times in her heart, but she still underestimated his ability to get into trouble. At this time, she could only bow and apologize with her husband.
"Mr. Lu, my brother has always been ignorant. Please forgive his unintentional mistake."
After much persuasion, Masako Kuromizu finally gave up some of her interests in the cooperation and finally got Lu Jingyao to continue his cooperation.
"Mr. Lu, Miss Xu, my grandfather's 80th birthday is in a few days. He has invited many guests and has given many instructions. Please both of you be sure to attend the banquet." Kuromizu Masako spoke these long words carefully.
Lu Jingyao agreed, but he was secretly alert in his heart. Kuromizu Masako spoke Chinese very well, so standard that one could not hear much of an accent. It was obvious that she was the first person in the Kuromizu family to discover the potential of the Chinese market and she had practiced Mandarin so well at an early age.
In the past few days, Xu Youyou's system has pointed out several heirs of the Heishui family in Tokyo, and even the old house of the Heishui family has been pointed out. However, the security in the old house is very strict, and it is highly likely that it is impossible to enter unless it is a normal visit.
But it would take a while to find a reason for a normal visit. More importantly, Xu Youyou was still confused and had no idea how to complete the task.
Her only hope now is that Masako Kuromizu and her husband will become the head of the Kuromizu family, so that her mission of picking up bargains will still have a glimmer of hope, and all the previous preparatory work will not be in vain.
Otherwise, she would have no choice but to use the mission failure immunity previously awarded by the system.
The key point is that the two most recent system tasks seem to be a task chain. If a key link in a chain is missing, it is not known whether it will affect subsequent tasks.
"The successor to the family head will be announced at this birthday party," said Lu Jingyao.
Xu Youyou breathed a sigh of relief. The day of the birthday party was the third-to-last day of the system task countdown. If the power transfer could not be completed, her task would be in jeopardy.
However, perhaps the Chinese are particularly sensitive, and have PTSD about "banquets" from the Hongmen Banquet, and always feel that something bad will happen.
"Don't think too much. We are just guests. Even if something bad happens, it will not happen to us." Lu Jingyao said.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the birthday banquet.
The formal birthday banquet was scheduled for noon, and it was not held in a hotel in Tokyo, but instead at the old house of the Kuromizu family.
Lu Jingyao and Xu Youyou came with formal invitations. There were people checking the invitations at the entrance of the old house, and there were also special people registering the gifts from the guests.
After entering the old house, there are special servants responsible for guiding the guests to tour the house. Basically, there is one servant accompanying every five guests to ensure that no embarrassing situations occur while the guests wander around the house.
Lu Jingyao and Xu Youyou did not enjoy the scenery in the house. Instead, soon after entering the door, Xu Youyou was stunned.
She looked at the flag placed in the middle of the banquet hall and was very surprised: "I remember the Blackwater family crest didn't look like this."
She had read the information beforehand and knew that the Heishui family's emblem was clearly a hibiscus pattern, but how come it had now become a red spider lily? The pattern was almost exactly the same as the pattern on the golden nanmu jade pendant she had obtained before.
"Ms. Xu, the family emblem on this flag is the family emblem of the Kuroshui family a hundred years ago. At that time, there was a master who said that the Kuroshui family had used up the luck borrowed from the red spider lily for a hundred years. The head of the Kuroshui family a hundred years ago spent a lot of money to hire someone to tell fortunes, and finally decided on the hibiscus flower as the new family emblem of the Kuroshui family." Masako Kuroshui explained softly on the side.
Xu Youyou always felt something was weird when listening to this story.
Xu Youyou thought of the other side of the jade pendant, which only had the word "信" written on it.
"Does your family have any keepsake?" Xu Youyou asked.
Masako Kuromizu said with pride: "As a large family that has been passed down for two hundred years, our Kuromizu family naturally has family tokens. There are even different grades of family tokens. The highest grade is jade, followed by gold. Those who can get gold tokens are important partners of our Kuromizu family. As for the jade token, the last one given to someone was eighty years ago."
"If someone comes to you with a token, will you keep your promise?" Xu Youyou asked.
Masako Kuromizu said immediately: "My Kuromizu family has always kept its promises. Since we have a token of trust, we will certainly not let the guests' hopes go to waste."
When Xu Youyou heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up. Just as she was about to blurt out that she had a token, Lu Jingyao beside her suddenly pulled her.
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