The person who opened the door was a fat and white old man.
When his eyes caught sight of this old man, for a moment, Qingdeng had a vision of becoming a KFC grandpa...
The old man in front of me cannot be said to be very similar to the old man from KFC, I can only say that he is exactly the same.
The neatly trimmed short beard on the chin and lips.
The short hair slicked back diagonally and the beard are the same snow-white color without any variegation.
It's so big that you can put your clothes directly on your protruding belly.
There is a pair of big glasses on the bridge of his nose.
Coupled with the smiling look he is showing towards Qingden now...
Qingdeng felt that if he were born in the 21st century and sued KFC for infringement of his image rights through its trademark, he might be able to win the case.
After "Grandpa KFC" opened the door with his big belly, two beautiful figures entered the room immediately after him.
One of the two beautiful figures was quite familiar to Qingden - it was the Western girl he rescued today, Elodie.
Elodie still looks like she is wearing a sky blue kimono and white socks, but her hair is different from this afternoon.
This afternoon, when Qingdeng accidentally knocked off Elodie's headscarf and mask, he probably wanted to tuck her hair into the headscarf conveniently, leaving her hair loose.
And now, Elodie's waist-length blond hair was braided into a neat three-strand braid, hanging forward from her right shoulder, and her neatly combed forehead hair lay softly on her forehead.
He folded his hands in front of his body, took small steps, and followed "Grandpa KFC" step by step.
Looking at Elodie walking behind "Grandpa KFC", Qingden couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Fate is really a strange thing.
He just heard about Elodie's name from Inoya a few days ago, but he didn't expect to see him directly a few days later...
This afternoon, there was no time to take a closer look at Elodie's face, but now after calming down and taking a closer look, Qingden discovered that the rumors about Elodie that Inoya told him before were not groundless.
This Elodie is indeed very cute.
Round and bright eyes, pupils as clear and translucent as delicate gems, tall nose, slender lines, beautiful lips...
He has such a look at the age of 12... he has a promising future.
She is obviously a European and American from France, but Elodie's appearance is not too three-dimensional or deep.
To describe it in simple words... Elodie's appearance is a bit like "a mixture of east and west".
Although the facial features look like those of Westerners at first glance, the lines of the facial features are somewhat softer than those of Easterners.
This kind of appearance, which has both Western and Eastern advantages, is indeed very easy to impress the aesthetics of some people of this era and please some people of this era.
As for the other beautiful figure besides Elodie, Qingden felt both familiar and strange at the same time.
Quite tall, with slightly dry brown hair, emerald green eyes, and a fairly iconic face with some freckles.
Qingden didn't recognize her at first, but when he saw the light yellow kimono she was wearing, he finally remembered - wasn't this the one who had been following Mai Kinoshita and Elodie this afternoon without saying a word?
That "yellow woman"?
The light yellow woman kept a certain distance and walked behind "Grandpa KFC" and Elodie.
Qingden guessed that this pale yellow woman should be Elodie's maid: Leroy.
"You must be Tachibana Aoden."
Walking up to Qingteng with a big belly, "Kentucky Grandpa" greeted Qingteng with a smile in Japanese with a very weird accent.
After a few brief exchanges with this "Grandfather of KFC", Qingdeng realized that this old grandfather was actually Elodie's grandfather: Antoine de Angoulême.
Anthony came to visit Qingdeng this time, not for anything else - just to express his gratitude to Qingdeng for saving his granddaughter.
While thanking Qingdeng, Anthony also casually mentioned the results of Komuro and others' torture of the "birthmark man".
After successfully capturing alive the only survivor of the group of attackers this afternoon: the "Birthmark Man" with an ugly birthmark on his face, Komuro and others tortured him without treating him as a human being.
After this interrogation by Komuro and others, the identities of these attackers were finally figured out.
It turned out that this group of attackers were not the "radical anti-barbarian faction" who came to Qingteng at all.
They are just a bunch of poor wanderers who have lost a master to serve and a family fortune.
In order to hide their eyes from others and avoid causing trouble, Elodie and Leroy used masks and headscarves to cover their hair and faces when they went to Eshima Shrine with Kinoshita Mai - but even so, they still accidentally went there
On the way to Eshima Shrine, a certain ronin discovered the color of Elodie's eyes.
Blue eyes...at first glance, he looks like a Westerner.
After discovering that the girl wearing a tengu mask was a Westerner, the ronin had his own thoughts.
In order to get rid of the current poverty, no fixed place, and the hard life of not having a good meal, the ronin decided to take a chance: kill Elodie! Then he carried Elodie's head to "Expelling the Barbarians"
"Sent the headquarters": Mito Domain, see if you can find an official position in Mito Domain, or get someone to take you in.
Mito Clan - together with Owari Clan and Kishu Clan, collectively known as the "Gosan", one of the most important feudal lords of the Edo shogunate.
In the Edo period, which still followed the feudal system like the Western Zhou Dynasty in China, these large vassal states, which were no different from "National China", all had extremely high political influence and military strength that could even challenge the Edo shogunate.
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Seven years ago, after Commodore Perry of the United States Navy led his fleet to knock on the door of Japan, all the major vassal states lined up.
Some vassal states advocated for peace.
Some vassal states were paddling the water without expressing any opinions.
Only a group of vassal states, headed by the Mito Domain, pursued extremely tough diplomatic ideas.
Mito Domain's idea is very simple: expel all the barbarians without leaving a trace! Let Japan return to its previous state of isolation!
In the past seven years, the Mito clan has been putting pressure on the Edo shogunate, demanding that the Edo shogunate implement a thorough anti-foreign policy.
The Mito clan's tough proposition in the face of the barbarians naturally won the favor and respect of the "anti-barbarian faction".
As a result, a large number of "anti-Barbarian patriots" met Mito Domain as their "spiritual leader", and Mito Domain naturally became the base camp of "anti-Barbarian patriots". More and more "anti-Barbarian patriots" gathered in Mito Domain.
Work with other like-minded partners to discuss the "great cause of expelling the foreigners".
Because the Mito clan clings to the foreign policy of "radical anti-foreigners", the relationship between the Mito clan and the Edo shogunate is now quite tense - the current boss of the Edo shogunate: Naomi Ii advocates "the founding of the country", and
The Mito clan's people, who were obsessed with "repelling the foreigners", were naturally incompatible with each other.
To sum up, the idea that the ronin had was not an unrealistic fantasy - if they could take the head of the Meiyi people to Mito Domain, it would be very easy for them to find an official position.
It is difficult, but it is quite possible to win the favor of someone who is determined to "repulse the foreigners" and take them in.
If he didn't try to do something, he might really have to be a ronin for the rest of his life. Instead of continuing to be a useless ronin, it would be better to fight for it. With this idea in mind, this ronin, who was still loyal, summoned
Several of his friends were going to "change their lives" with Elodie's head.
Their idea was brilliant.
But they didn't take into account such a variable as Qingdeng...
After listening to Anthony's story, Qingdeng couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
After working on it for a long time, it turns out that today’s attack was just a misunderstanding...?!
"Today, I am really grateful to both of you." Anthony once again bowed 90 degrees to Qingto and Saito, "If you two hadn't come to the rescue in time, I really don't know what I would have done.
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Elodie and Leroy, who were standing behind Anthony, also bowed to Qingden to express their thanks at the same time.
"Ah... there is no need to give such a grand gesture." A helpless smile appeared on Qingdeng's face, "To be honest - I did not draw my sword specifically to save your beloved today."
If Anthony, Kiryu and the others misunderstood that he started a bloody battle with the gang of ronin in order to save Kinoshita Mai and Elodie, it would feel like he was taking advantage of them.
Qingdeng likes to put prices clearly on things he does.
Whether he owed others a favor or others owed him a favor, Qingdeng didn't want it to be unclear.
Therefore, Qingden patiently explained to Anthony and Kiryu why he stood up to fight against the gang of ronin today.
Kiryu and Mai Kinoshita didn't know that Qingtou was originally targeted by the "radical anti-foreigners", so after listening to Qingdou's explanation, they all looked at it in surprise like Anthony, Elodie and others.
Qingdeng.
After listening to Qingdeng's explanation, Anthony was stunned for a moment and burst into laughter.
"It doesn't matter!"
He waved his hand.
"No matter what your purpose was in saving my daughter, it is an ironclad fact that you saved my daughter."
"This will not prevent me from expressing my deepest gratitude for your life-saving grace!"
After that, Anthony laughed heartily a few more times.
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