Lu Mingfei, who was squatting by the threshold, noticed the person coming, patted his hands stained with apple juice, stood up, arranged his appearance and prepared to greet the visitor. Lin Nian beside him raised his head slightly and gave a slight smile when he saw the person coming.
Stunned.
"What's wrong? It's a big deal?" Lu Mingfei noticed the strange look on Lin Nian's side and asked subconsciously.
"No... you go in first, he's just a friend of mine." Lin Nian said.
"You already have many friends, so why is this one so special? Is it a shameful friend?" Lu Mingfei subconsciously complained.
"Stop being so talkative."
Lu Mingfei pursed his lips, shrugged, and turned around to enter the Norton Hall, leaving Lin Nian alone at the gate waiting for the man on the stone road to come to the door.
The man holding a thousand-bird pattern sword brocade bag stood at the door. In front of Lin Nian, he raised his head slightly. The collar of his windbreaker pulled to reveal the colorful red ghost corner. His neck and shoulder bones were covered with burns and cuts.
The traces of healed connective tissue, those shocking traces might look miserable on other people, but when placed on him, they seemed to add the severity they deserve out of thin air.
The man who had come from afar stood in front of Lin Nian and met his eyes. There was something strange in his eyes, as if he was feeling nostalgic, but it turned into calmness after a brief nod. After nodding calmly, he opened his mouth to say hello.
"Long time no see, Lin Nianjun."
"It's been a long time indeed." Young Lin said in a low voice. Looking at the other person's face that had a lot of scars but was still cold and familiar, he felt as if he had lived in another world. "I didn't expect to see you at this time, Ryoichi."
Okubo Ryoichi, the Japanese branch's envoy to Kassel College in special circumstances. The two young men stood together and said nothing more after greetings. They did not need to exchange secret words.
Feng, because they both know each other's character and will only act in a way that suits the other's temperament.
"I heard that you got into a lot of trouble." Liang Yi, who was carrying the Nishikori sword bag, looked at Lin Nian up and down, "Now it seems that is indeed the case."
"So are you here to see my joke?" Lin Nian tilted his head.
"If you insist on thinking that way." Ryoichi did not refute.
Lin Nian was silent, and so was Ryoichi. The two looked at each other, stepped forward and hugged each other.
There is no need for false greetings in their relationship. They say what they want to say directly. It is already an incredible thing to meet them here.
"There are indeed many people in our family who are very happy to see you trapped in the quagmire. They think this is an opportunity to eliminate a threat to our family's future without any effort on their part." Liang Yi and Lin Nian said after they hugged each other and separated.
"The Secret Party and our family haven't come to the point of confrontation yet. Why are they so anxious?" Lin Nian felt much better when he looked at his old friend in front of him, even if he talked about unpleasant things.
"Almost." Ryoichi tilted his head slightly, making the scars on his neck look even more ferocious. "The situation in Japan has become chaotic in recent days. I have a feeling that something is brewing secretly, and it will happen in the near future.
If there is turmoil, the situation over there will not be much better than here."
"Is it related to the Menggui? Didn't I beat them up last time in Japan?" Lin Nian frowned and looked at the many scars on Liang Yi's body. Those scars were all new and were obviously left after a fierce battle.
, especially the incision on the neck, which was cut almost close to the aorta. If it were any further off, he would doubt whether Ryoichi would still be standing in front of him.
"You haven't had much contact with the Mongols. If you have a deep understanding of this organization, you will know that it is a Japanese abscess. If you clean part of the wound, it will ooze pus again after a period of time, and even
Cause other diseases." Liang Yi shook his head, "Not to mention the matter of the meng ghosts, that is not the purpose of my coming this time."
"If the Japanese branch wants to intervene in the hearing, you may need a suitable reason." Lin Nian looked at the eagle dog of the executive bureau in front of him and said, "The hearing is indeed allowed to observe, but the number of places is limited and will only be allocated.
To the regular students and staff of Kassel Academy.”
"The hearing clearly limited the number of spectator seats, but it did not explicitly limit the number of witness seats. I guess the party convening the hearing should be very liberal in this regard. After all, if I were them, I would definitely want strong witnesses.
The more, the better, so that your opponent will never have a chance to stand up." Liang Yi said calmly.
"Were you not hindered on your way here?"
"There are still obstacles, but the main resistance is with my family. If it weren't for the young master, I wouldn't have the chance to come here to meet you." Ryoichi took out a gentian pattern ring from the pocket of his windbreaker. It was from the Yuan family.
The family head's token is similar to the "Emperor's Order" in ancient China, both of which mean "seeing things as you see people". If there are hawks and dogs of the family around, when Ryoichi takes out this ring, they will immediately retreat and then nine
Bow ten times.
"Yuan Zhisheng? I thought my relationship with him hadn't reached this stage yet." Lin Nian felt that the gentian ring contained a lot of deep meaning.
"It's not as complicated as you think." Liang Yi interrupted Lin Nian's thoughts and told the deeper truth, "There are other people who really support you."
Lin Nian was stunned. He looked at another skylark hairpin flower that Liang Yi took out in his hand. It was pure white and a fine handmade product. It most often appeared on women's heads as decorations. He remembered the last time he saw it.
It was on the red hair of a witch.
The memory of that beautiful shrine maiden wearing a red and white haori holding a gold and silver fan on a futon, with clear dark red eyes, and dancing to the music of maracas and shinobi, gradually emerged in front of her eyes.
"The head of the Uesugi family is very concerned about you. She wanted to contact you more than once after learning about your situation, but she was blocked by the young master." Ryoichi said slowly, "The matter is very big, and this is the first time for all the heads of the family to see you.
The head of the Uesugi family tried to run away from home more than ten times in three days, and was so willful that he lost control. Finally, the young master came forward and held a meeting of eight heads of the Uesugi family at Xingshen Temple in the name of the Uesugi family.
, only then did we confirm that our family will send someone to get involved in this troublesome matter that we should not be involved in."
"As a result, you became the unlucky candidate." Lin Nian understood the cause and effect, "What is the order I gave you?"
"Tell the truth." Liang Yi looked into Lin Nian's eyes, "attend as a witness at the hearing and answer truthfully any questions King Solomon asks me about you."
"Neutral stance." Lin Nian expressed understanding, "It seems you don't need to be a villain."
"Otherwise I wouldn't have made this trip." Liang Yi picked up the brocade sword bag he had been holding and handed it to Lin Nian, "I heard that your sword is broken. Until you find a suitable replacement,
, you can use her temporarily."
Lin Nian took the sword bag and untied it to reveal a section of the handle inside. The dark handle was engraved with a complicated inscription of nine words: All those who are about to fight are arrayed in front. He gently pushed the sword with his thumb to reveal the hilt.
One section is bright white, and the blade is visually inspected (slightly shorter). The body is wide, the cut is slightly extended, and the posture is smooth and powerful. It is designated as the best of the last ancient swords and the largest object. There is an inscription on the stem of the sword: Izumi Shou Fujiwara Kane.
"Why is the Miyamoto family's sword in your hand? Where is Miyamoto Isshin?" Lin Nian raised his head and looked at Ryoichi.
"Married to a good match. After taking off his identity as an exchange student at Kassel College, he was forced to inherit the family business when he returned to the family. He entrusted me with this knife, so what to do with her is
My business." Ryoichi answered the situation succinctly.
"I can't accept this." Lin Nian shook his head.
"I didn't say I would give it to you." Liang Yi glanced at him blankly, "I will take him with me when I leave here. I will just lend it to you before that."
Lin Nian, who was holding the knife, couldn't help his brows twitching, wondering what the guy in front of him was trying to do... Was he afraid that he would get violent and kill someone at the hearing because he was not a good guy?
"Here, a person like you should have a useful knife at hand." Ryoichi put away the gentian ring and skylark hairpin.
"There is another question." Lin Nian put away the knife bag, stared at Ryoichi and said slowly, "Who revealed my affairs to the head of the Uesugi family? There is no reason why she should be so well-informed as to know the secrets of the Uesugi family under my supervision.
Even if it is a big deal, she should not be the first to hear about it."
After listening to Lin Nian's question, Ryoichi looked into his eyes and said calmly, "I told the Uesugi family head, otherwise the Uesugi family head would have no chance to know about it."
"...Are you kidding?" Lin Nian suddenly frowned, "No offense, with your status you shouldn't be able to contact the head of the Uesugi family, let alone reveal this information to her."
"No, I did tell the head of the Uesugi family about this. I know that the head of the Uesugi family regularly dines at some restaurants in Tokyo every month. So I found an opportunity and passed the news to her through the hands of the waiter." Ryoichi
Answering truthfully made Lin Nian look at him strangely.
"Then how did you know about this?" Lin Nian frowned and chose to ask, because his intuition told him that there was something hidden in it that he didn't know about.
"Someone called me. On the phone, she told me about the trouble you encountered and asked me to find a way to help you." Ryoichi explained calmly, "I feel that with my current power, I can't help.
What are you doing, so I chose to tell the truth about this matter to the person I think can help you, that is, the head of the Uesugi family."
"People like you shouldn't trust others so easily, unless that person itself has credibility that you can't question." Lin Nian lowered his eyes slightly, "Who made that phone call to you? If it was a friend, then
Tell me truthfully."
"We are indeed friends, but this has nothing to do with me telling you the answer, because that person has never thought about hiding her identity... Even if she wants to hide it, I will not help her." Ryoichi took out his own
The phone showed a phone number that was unfamiliar to Lin Nian, and said a name that was definitely unfamiliar to Lin Nian.
"Mandy Gonzalez, she's the one who came to me and asked me to help you."