Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before Dragon Slaying

Chapter 174 Dust off, Sunshine takes root (two in one, please subscribe!)

Frost walks off.

The dignitaries gathered here fell silent. They all knew who the crazy guy Gattuso was talking about with his brain covered in shit... The only young Wall Street young man who didn't know the inside story fell to the ground. He knows who Angers is, but he is very aware of the financial resources and iron fist of the Gattuso family.

Because he was about to be expelled from the company he founded by talking too much, the young man from Wall Street felt that his world was spinning and his whole life would be ruined.

"Sorry, something happened to the heir, so the Acting Patriarch lost his composure, everyone, please continue to chat and dine." Passy bowed, and then said softly to the waiter, "Send that young man from Wall Street back, he will not be here in the future. It will appear at the Gattuso mansion."

Passy quickly followed Frost to the office, and as soon as the heavy soundproof door was closed, Frost slammed his palm on the expensive desk and roared regardless of his aristocratic image, "Damn Angers, how could he? Dare to send Caesar on such a dangerous mission?"

"Because the family tried to depose the principal some time ago, the relationship between the school board and Angers almost broke up. Since we can take him into action, Angers will not care about our opinions. Caesar is a student of Kassel College. Angers is the principal, he has the right to assign Caesar to complete any task, which is in line with school regulations." Passy said softly.

"But we have worked so hard to raise Caesar to be so good, and we didn't let that old guy send him to die! I am Caesar's parent, and I have the right to make decisions about the safety of the child!" Frost growled .

"I'm sorry, although you may be displeased, but what I want to remind is..." Passy took a deep breath, "According to the school rules and family rules, the Patriarch of Pompeii is Caesar's parent...you are just representing the Patriarch Taking care of Caesar, at most it can be regarded as a proxy guardian...but the proxy guardian has no right to suspend the mission of the academy."

"Damn, what a broken rule!" Frost yelled, "Then inform the Japanese branch! Go over Angers and communicate with them directly, and let them terminate this plan, in the name of the school board!"

"This method may not work, it should be said that it will not work. The Japanese branch will not care about the school board, and they may not even obey Angers' orders." Passy said, "The Japanese branch is almost independent of the secret party. Yes, it can’t be regarded as a resident agency at all, because the members of the Japanese branch are all gangsters.”

"A gangster?" Frost stared, "How come there are gangster organizations outside Kassel College?"

"The Japanese branch was not established after Kassel College."

"At the beginning of the last century, Lord Mayek, the leader of the Secret Party, took a ferry to Japan. He found that the mixed race in Japan is fundamentally different from North America. We have an academy system to educate people, but they are like a group of barbarians. , controls almost all black and gray industries in Japan, and makes huge profits from it."

"Japanese mixed-race families don't believe in the academy at all. They only care about money and force, and they quite reject the combination with the secret party. So the two parties reached an agreement that the Japanese mixed-race family will support the academy run by the secret party. It is the secret party that must not interfere in the affairs of Japan itself."

"This situation did not improve until the appearance of Principal Angers. During World War II, he set foot on Japanese soil as a US military staff officer, and suppressed the entire Japanese underworld almost by himself. The mixed races there respected him, and Japan The branch finally ceases to exist in name only.”

"What is Anger doing? Participating in some gray industrial chains is already the limit. As the head of a school, he actually cooperates with the underworld?" Frost yelled angrily.

"It's not cooperation. The secret party does not interfere in illegal transactions, and the illegal industries are controlled by the Japanese gangsters. The oldest family in the Japanese underworld has eight surnames, named 'Snaki Hachika'.

"The Sheqi Bajia never directly intervenes in illegal transactions. They are the local clan of the Japanese underworld, and they are also the law enforcement officers of the underworld. Just like commanders and soldiers, almost all Japanese gangsters accept their management."

"It can be said that the status of the Snake Bajia in the Japanese gang is equivalent to that of the school board to the secret party. Of course, there are no Japanese gangsters other than the Snake Bajia who are as rebellious and outstanding as Principal Angers."

"I've heard of Snake Qibajia. They tried to obstruct me when they bid for an industrial park in Tokyo, but why didn't anyone tell me that they had such a relationship with the secret party?" Frost's ending sounded a little upturned.

"The Patriarch of Pompeii knew about it, probably because he didn't think it was important, so he didn't tell you."

"Not important?" Frost was stunned.

It has been 15 years since he replaced Pompey on the school board. During these 15 years, he has always believed that he has all the power of Pompey, and nothing about the secret party can escape his eyes.

It wasn't until today that he realized that this college is so strange, with Angers rebellious and unruly inside, and snakes and snakes outside, he can only order those professors who don't have titles to ask for help when they are in class. Properly preaching and teaching karma?

What made him even more furious was Pompey.Frost asked Pompey to hand over all relevant matters to him, but Pompey refused on the grounds: "The relevant matters you mentioned refer to the small paper that was sent to me when the school board of directors held a meeting", "It was broken by me. I gave my love to the beautiful professor", and "Ange is sure to hide something important from you anyway, and what you see may not be true, so why make yourself uncomfortable".

"Also, the Japanese branch is the most stable of all the branches. They submit the annual report of the academy on time every year. The annual report shows that there has never been a dragon awakening in Japan. It can be said that we have no complete understanding of the situation there. I don’t understand, Japan is shrouded in an invisible shady curtain.” Passy said, “We can’t control them, not the school board, nor the college.”

"Call Pompeii and tell him that his son is about to die, and ask him to contact Angers to withdraw the order!"

"I have contacted, but I can't get in touch. The head of the family is participating in a charity trip called 'Spiritual Journey' in XZ. He will spend a week of penance in a lama temple in the foothills of the Himalayas. There is no signal or network, even if It would take a week to go in on horseback, because the wheels can't move in that thick snow."

"Which muscle did he have to practice?" Frost suspected that he had heard it wrong.

What kind of person is Pompey?He can't wait to travel around the world with his mattress, and there must be supermodel-level beauties on the mattress, otherwise he won't be able to sleep.Can't imagine what this guy's penance will be like.

"Some time ago, a lama came to do publicity. The head of the family heard words such as double cultivation and hue, so he left with them..."

……

Lu Mingfei was standing in front of a Japanese grocery store, which was on the development line some distance away from the bustling CBD area.

On the high door panel is hung a wooden plaque of "Tokyo izakaya". The all-wooden structure gives people the feeling that sunlight can penetrate the wooden board and fill the room at any time. The ukiyo-e on the outer wall is exquisite and gorgeous.

But the door was locked tightly, and the metal lock put a thick layer of dust on it, and the windows were also closed tightly. Through the pulp and paper stuck in the middle of the wooden frame of the window, you can vaguely see that the inside is dark. This izakaya looks like Has not been open for a long time.

Lu Mingfei shifted his attention from the door lock to the beautiful ukiyo-e paintings on the outer wall. After a closer look, he found that the ukiyo-e paintings, knife carvings and ink dyeing techniques here are almost perfect, and the lines are as smooth as if The distant mountains and beautiful scenery are embedded in it from reality, which is magnificent and majestic.

These low-level brocade paintings that are far from pornography and sensuality are by no means just painted by any painter on the side of the road.This open and closed style of picture books is mostly used in large-scale halls, halls, and ancestral halls of the underworld. Painters need sufficient experience and rich skills. Of course, the price is absolutely unimaginably expensive.

"You can take pictures together, but these boards are not for sale." A voice suddenly sounded from behind.

Lu Mingfei looked back, a middle-aged woman who looked like a sanitation worker was wearing an orange vest, and a broom taller than a person was slanted on her arms and shoulders. The woman was using the slender bamboo tightly tied to the front of the broom to dust off fallen leaves and dust. , looking at Lu Mingfei vigilantly.

"You misunderstood, I didn't come to buy these ukiyo-e, I just came to find the owner of this izakaya." Lu Mingfei explained.

"Do you know the boss here?" The middle-aged woman still did not put away the vigilance in her eyes.

"I know each other well. I was lucky to meet Mr. Kenjiro when I came here for dinner last year. He looks very old-fashioned on the outside, but he is a very gentle elder on the inside." Lu Mingfei recalled.

"It's an acquaintance." The middle-aged woman finally smiled.

Lu Mingfei nodded: "I have received a gift from Mr. Kenjiro, and I haven't had time to thank him. It happens that I will go to Japan soon, and I remembered that Mr. Kenjiro's hometown is in Japan. I just wanted to ask if there is anything I can do to help. .”

"I am a sanitation worker in charge of the sanitation of this street. I have worked here for three years, and I have known Mr. Kenjiro for three years. Sometimes when the shop is closed when I am on the night shift, Mr. Kenjiro will always stuff some rice balls or egg drop Give it to me, she has always taken good care of me, and although she has an accent, she is really nice." The woman felt sincerely.

"Is he not here? I think the izakaya hasn't opened for a long time." Lu Mingfei asked.

"It's been about a month. It seems that I left in a hurry. I didn't have time to say hello or post a notice. It suddenly closed a month ago, and the door has never been opened. I don't know when I will be back. .” The middle-aged woman sighed.

"During this period of time, people often came to ask if this house was for sale, and if these wall panels were for sale, probably because of the beautiful patterns. What's more, some people saw that the boss seemed to be away all the time, bringing a saw and The wooden hammer who came here to steal wooden planks in the middle of the night just drove me to the night shift, and I chased him away with a broom. If I encounter such a bad thief again, I will definitely shake him with the dust in the dustpan. Do you dare to come!"

Seeing the righteous indignation on the face of the middle-aged woman when she spoke, Lu Mingfei finally understood why the woman put on such a vigilant look when she saw him looking at the Ukiyo-e, as if she wanted to call the police immediately and arrest herself.

"Thank you, aunt. Since Mr. Kenjiro is not here, I will take my leave first. I will visit you when I come back from Japan." Lu Mingfei was about to turn around and leave.

"Hey, young man, wait a minute." The middle-aged woman stopped Lu Mingfei. She put the broom and dustpan in the corner of the izakaya, and approached Lu Mingfei with a hesitant expression.

"What's the matter, auntie?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"I heard, I just heard about it." The middle-aged woman lowered her voice, "Didn't someone come to ask if these beautiful wooden boards were sold some time ago? At that time, I didn't know that these things were expensive. How much can I sell for a few paintings on a piece of wood? I saw that young man was dressed mysteriously, but he was quite expensive, so I asked him how much money this thing could sell for? He said it depends on whether the buyer knows the goods. , People who don’t know the goods will at most buy it as a good-looking painting, at most 800 yuan per square meter, if they meet someone who knows the goods, it will be a sky-high price!”

"and then?"

"Then I asked, I said whether this thing is inlaid with gold or jade. He said that if this thing is bought by the Eight Great Masters, compared with these paintings, gold and jade are simply waste!" said the middle-aged woman. , "I thought to myself, it's worth it, isn't that equivalent to a golden mountain on the side of the road? So from now on, I sometimes stop by when I don't go to work, just to see if there are thieves thinking about it!"

"The Eight Great Families?" Lu Mingfei pondered, "He's talking about... the Eight Great Families of Snakes?"

"Hey, that's the name? You know it too?" The middle-aged woman was surprised.

"Just heard about it."

"I don't know what the Eight Great Masters are, so I continued to ask. I couldn't understand a lot of what the young man said. What kind of family, what kind of ghosts and gods, are mysterious." The middle-aged woman whispered, "Later, I went back and thought about it. That young man seemed to say that Mr. Kenjiro used to be a bad guy, a member of the gangsters, who seemed to have killed people and stolen things, and then ran here and hid for more than ten years. His words were terrifying! "

The lines on the middle-aged woman's face were all wrinkled together, and her brows were frowned into deep Sichuan characters, filled with deep worries.

Lu Mingfei was silent for a while, then smiled and said, "Oh, auntie, that's all lying to you! He called Mr. Kenjiro a murderer or something, so that he could get the paintings on these wooden boards, and then he made a fuss about it. Good money!"

"Hey, let me just say, Mr. Kenjiro doesn't look like a bad guy at all. How can a bad guy give me porridge at night?" He is such a shameless liar, I will drive him away with a broom every time I see him in the future!"

"It's really mighty, auntie, this store is very reliable with you guarding it!" Lu Mingfei gave a high thumbs up.

"What's the point? Your aunt hasn't read any books, and she has done manual labor for half her life, so she has plenty of strength!" The middle-aged woman turned her head and picked up her broom and dustpan, "Young man, if you meet Mr. Kenjiro and say hello for me, Just let him take care of his own affairs, and I will watch over his house for him!"

"No problem!" Lu Mingfei nodded heavily.

This middle-aged woman, who is too ordinary to keep up with the times, may never know what kind of people she has met, what kind of stories she has heard, and probably will not be able to understand "the eight families of snakes" and "the family" for the rest of her life. What do the words "ghost" and "ghost" symbolize, and what kind of huge waves can be set off in Japan.

The only thing she knows is that she met a nice owner of an izakaya in a corner of the city, so that she can borrow a little warmth every long and difficult late night, and that's enough.

So she was grateful, and every time the long broom brushed the road around the izakaya, she would be extra serious. The fallen leaves and dust were dusted off, and the sunshine seemed to take root in her heart.

(End of this chapter)