Glug glug~
Su Hang's stomach rumbled unexpectedly.
"Since things have come to this, let's eat first."
Yin Long, Huyan Lan, Hu Xiao were utterly astonished.
Su Hang chuckled awkwardly, "I haven't eaten all day, I'm so hungry I have no energy. Let's find somewhere to eat something and replenish our strength."
"That's absolutely right!" Hu Xiao wholeheartedly agreed, patting his flat belly. "I haven't eaten much all day either, I'm starving."
Huyan Lan rolled her eyes. "If those ten steamers of small steamed buns in the morning, twenty bowls of hand-pulled noodles at noon, thirty bowls of rice in the evening, and thirteen bowls of glutinous rice balls for supper are considered not eating much, then I have nothing to say."
Hu Xiao was extremely embarrassed.
"I really haven't eaten anything," Yin Long said seriously. "That little girl Jiang Sui wouldn't let me eat."
"You're just asking for trouble," Huyan Lan said with a sidelong glance and a cold laugh. "If you had returned the coins to Suisui, none of this would have happened."
Yin Long glared fiercely, "I have no coins, but you can take my life!"
Looking at the noisy crowd.
A warm feeling washed over Su Hang, and he clenched his fists.
"Just wait, Liuli! I will definitely rescue you!"
Early morning hours, monitoring room of the Yugong Tower.
"Your Highness, this is the guest list for the wedding sent by the head of the family. Please take a look." Xue Ji respectfully presented the red list with both hands.
Yugong Youjing, "[ Tanaka Clan ][ Murayama Clan ][ Ueno Clan ][ Fujiwara Clan ][ Ōmae Clan ], the Five Families of Kyoto, all old acquaintances of our Yugong Family."
"Um?"
Yugong Youjing quickly noticed something amiss and asked in surprise, "[ The Kanzaki Clan ] are also attending Liuli's wedding?"
The Kanzaki Clan is the head of the Eight Families of Tokyo, one of the top ten super- Big Mac families in Japan, monopolizing Tokyo's heavy industry, automobile industry, manufacturing industry... and able to influence the fate of the country.
Back then, when Miss Kanzaki fell in love with Huaxia man, the whole country was in an uproar and it caused a sensation. At that time, a high-ranking Japan government official was entrusted by the Kanzaki Clan to fly to Huaxia and have an emergency meeting with the Huaxia leadership.
Because the Huaxia man who falls in love with Miss Kanzaki has a background in the Huaxia military, mishandling the situation could not only strain relations between the two countries but also lead to irreparable consequences!
Finally, after several rounds of consultations, the two countries' top leaders reached an agreement.
marry!
With this, the Kanzaki Clan became the most influential and charismatic family in all of Japan!
Xue Ji nodded and said, " The Kanzaki Clan has sent their young master, [ Kanzaki Sakurazō ], to lead a family delegation to participate in the Liuli Shrine Maiden's wedding on August 22nd, ostensibly as a wedding procession!"
Yugong Youjing frowned and asked, "A wedding procession?"
"Your Highness, the Liuli Shrine Maiden's wedding is a traditional Chinese wedding. There's a custom called 'escorting the bride,' which involves the bride's family members, designated by the bride's family, escorting the bride to the groom's home."
Yugong Youjing asked in confusion, "Aren't we Liuli's family?"
Xue Ji smiled and said, "From a bloodline perspective, that's true, but Your Highness shouldn't forget that the groom is [ Yousu Fox God ], who can be considered the founding ancestor of our Yugong family. So, we are essentially the groom's family."
Yugong Youjing suddenly realized the truth.
But new problems followed.
" The Kanzaki Clan and our Yugong Family aren't related by blood, so why do we have to ask them to be the bride's family?"
"Your Highness is unaware of the truth," Xue Ji explained, "More than two thousand years ago, when Lady Yugong Hu married the Yousu Fox God, it was the great god Xu Fu who led his followers to personally escort Lady Yugong Hu to the Yousu Fox God's home."
Yugong Youjing rubbed his chin and pondered, "You mean, because the great god Xu Fu was Huaxia, Liuli's wedding procession must be Huaxia?"
"Your Highness can understand it that way."
Yugong Youjing remained puzzled. " The Kanzaki Clan is a Japan family; they're not Huaxia."
"Has Your Highness forgotten? The current head of the Kanzaki family married a Huaxia man, so he is already considered Huaxia citizen."
Yugong Youjing murmured, "I see!"
"The wedding procession led by the young master of the Kanzaki family, [ Kanzaki Sakurazō ], will arrive at our Yugong Tower in Kyoto on the night of August 21st, which is tomorrow night. The head of the family has specifically instructed that you must treat Kanzaki Sakurazō well!"
" Kanzaki Sakurazō?"
Yugong Youjing savors these four words.
He had heard of Kanzaki Sakurazō, a successor of the Niten Ichi-ryū sword school, who was awarded the title of eighth-dan master in swordsmanship. However, since the other party was the next head of the Kanzaki Clan, his identity was kept strictly confidential and he never showed his face in public.
Even the higher-ups in the Kanzaki Clan had never met Kanzaki Sakurazō in person, and didn't even know his age.
Which is stronger, the [ Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū ] or the [ Niten Ichi-ryū ]?
Yugong Youjing drew his reverse-blade sword with great interest.
In terms of the founding time of a school of martial arts, Niten Ichi-ryū is undoubtedly earlier, originating in Japan's Sengoku period around 1600, founded by the sword saint [ Musashi Miyamoto ].
The Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū originated in Japan during the Meiji Restoration in 1800, founded by Battosai [ Himura Kenshin ].
In terms of popularity, the Niten Ichi- Niten Ichi-ryū is much better. After all, the name of the Musashi Miyamoto is too big. Putting aside reality, just in terms of games, anyone who has played Honor of Kings knows Musashi Miyamoto.
but!
In practical combat, the debate over whether [ Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū ] or [ Niten Ichi-ryū ] is stronger has been ongoing!
After all, the successors of the two schools had never fought each other.
Xue Ji sensed something was wrong and quickly spoke.
"Your Highness, I advise you to abandon the idea of sparring with Kanzaki Sakurazō. He is the young master of the Kanzaki family and a distinguished guest who has come from afar. If anything unexpected happens, our Yugong family cannot bear the responsibility."
Yugong Youjing sheathed his reverse-blade sword. "I know."
"Master Youjing."
A familiar voice rang out from the doorway.
Yugong Youjing tilted his head and asked, "What's wrong, Great Tengu?"
The Great Tengu said with a complicated expression, "It's about the young master of Nishang."
Yugong Youjing frowned. "What happened to Nishang?"
"Last night, while escorting Young Master Nishang back to Yugong Shrine, he seized the opportunity to steal the servant's phone and jumped out of the car to escape!"
"What!"
Yugong Youjing's pupils constricted, and he asked breathlessly, "Where is he now? Have they been brought back?"
"They've been captured." The Great Tengu nodded.
"That's good."
Yugong Youjing breathed a sigh of relief. Nishang was Liuli's weakness. If Nishang ran away, Liuli would very likely run away from the wedding!
"Why would he steal a phone? Maybe he's trying to find someone to rescue Liuli?"
The Great Tengu stammered, "Lord Yu... Lord Youjing, you guessed right. Young Master Nishang is indeed looking for someone to save Liuli, and the person he's looking for is Huaxia. You should remember him."
"Do you remember?"
Yugong Youjing instantly thought of someone, " Captain of Sovereign Dominion, Exalted Emperor?"
The Great Tengu shook his head.
Who is that?
Great Tengu took a deep breath and slowly said, " Captain of the Imperial Crown — Imperial Emperor!"
"What???"