mtlumby2d Chapter 313 Token
Chapter 313 Token
"During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, he first appointed his eldest son, Li Chengqian, as the crown prince. Later, when Li Chengqian committed a crime, 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 were incompatible with each other."
"Emperor Taizong hesitated again and again, but ultimately made Li Zhi the crown prince. Ultimately, he simply hoped that once Li Zhi ascended the throne, he could protect both Li Tai and Li Chengqian. After all, all three of them were Empress Zhangsun's children."
After hearing this story, Hei Shuiming couldn't help but ask, "What does this have to do with our family?"
Kuromizu Masako said, "Grandpa thinks the same thing. Eldest brother and second brother are at loggerheads, and eldest sister and younger brother are at loggerheads. Only we have ordinary relationships with everyone, but we haven't particularly offended anyone. Isn't what Grandpa said today a test?"
"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.
Kuromizu Masako nodded slightly, then said, "When it comes to these tactics of struggle, no one can compare to the Chinese. They always seem to be able to find relevant deeds in past history to use 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.
Kuromizu Masako shook her head and said, "Although Grandpa favors me, he should know better than anyone what my real abilities are. If I accomplish things, it will seem deliberate."
"What if it goes wrong?" Heishui Ming asked.
Kuromizu Masako said, "We can just take over this matter and clean up the mess for my younger brother. Grandpa will naturally have nothing to say."
Just as Masako Kuromizu had expected, the little grandson of the Kuromizu family had indeed 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 guts to speak wildly when discussing cooperation, and even mentioned 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 scolded her brother a thousand 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 cooperating.
"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 be sure to attend the banquet." Kuromizu Masako said this long string of words carefully.
Lu Jingyao agreed, but he was secretly alert in his heart. Kuromizu Masako spoke Chinese very well, so standard that you couldn't 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 completely confused and had no idea how to complete the task.
Now her only hope is that Masako Kuromizu and her husband will become the head of the Kuromizu family, so that her mission of picking up the bargains will have a glimmer of hope, and all the previous preparations 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 lost, it is not known whether it will affect subsequent tasks.
"The successor to the head of the family will be announced at this birthday party," said Lu Jingyao.
Xu Youyou breathed a sigh of relief. 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 won't happen to us." Lu Jingyao said.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the birthday party.
The formal birthday banquet was scheduled for noon, and it was not held in a hotel in Tokyo, but at the old house of the Heishui 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 old house. Basically, there is one servant accompanying every five guests to ensure that no embarrassing situations occur when 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 center of the banquet hall and was very surprised: "I remember the Blackwater family's 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 one on the golden nanmu jade pendant she had obtained before.
"Ms. Xu, the family crest on this flag was the Heishui family's crest a hundred years ago. At that time, a master said that the Heishui family had borrowed the luck from the red spider lily for a hundred years and it had been used up. A hundred years ago, the head of the Heishui family spent a lot of money to hire someone to tell fortunes, and finally decided to use the hibiscus flower as the new family crest of the Heishui family." Masako Heishui explained softly.
Xu Youyou felt something was strange when she heard this story.
Xu Youyou thought again that there was only one word "faith" written on the other side of the jade pendant.
"Does your family have any keepsakes?" Xu Youyou asked.
Masako Kuromizu said with pride, "As a large family with a heritage of two hundred years, our Kuromizu family naturally has family tokens. They are even divided into different grades. The highest grade is jade, followed by gold. Those who can receive a gold token are our important partners. As for the jade token, the last one given to someone was eighty years ago."
"If someone comes to you with a token of trust, will you keep your promise?" Xu Youyou asked.
Masako Kuromizu immediately said, "My Kuromizu family has always kept its promises. Since we have a token of trust, we will certainly not let our guests' hopes go unfulfilled."
When Xu Youyou heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up. Just as she was about to blurt out that she had a token of love, Lu Jingyao beside her suddenly pulled her.