Chapter 147 Chinese businessman
"I have asked someone to inquire. The four killers who just wanted to assassinate you are four Japanese ronin from Hirado Castle. These people have never been organized and mainly rely on helping others to act as thugs and killers to survive. Some of them have committed serious crimes and fled elsewhere. It is difficult for us to find any clues from these people." Xu Xinsu said.
"It seems that it's time for us to visit him." Xu Xinsu pondered for a while, and suddenly said something came out.
Yu Ren wanted to ask who he was visiting, but Xu Xinsu did not say anything else, but turned around and went downstairs and left!
The next day, Xu Xinsu asked someone to prepare gifts from several big cars early, and then took Xu Hai, Liu Long, several important leaders of the Xu family and Yu Ren to leave the port town together and wanted to visit a distinguished guest in Pinghu County.
There were seven or eight vehicles in the long convoy, two-thirds of which were packed with gifts. It can be seen that Xu Xinsu attaches great importance to this person.
Yu Ren quietly asked Xu Hai a few times, wanting to find out who they were visiting today. But Xu Hai only replied to him, "You will know when you arrive!"
Yu Ren had to put his questions in his stomach. He secretly speculated in his heart that this person should be an important local official in Japan! Otherwise, with Xu Xinsu's identity, he would not pay so much attention and would have to bring so many gifts. But he didn't know what kind of senior official it was, so that a maritime business giant like Xu Xinsu would also be so popular with him.
The convoy walked about ten miles before reaching Hirado Castle.
Hirado is originally a small county town. However, in recent decades, the development of Chinese maritime merchants has far exceeded its original scale.
Xu Xinsu's convoy slowed down shortly after entering the city from the south gate. Yu Ren sat in the car and looked up. He saw that there were neat streets and alleys on the east half of the city, and the two rows of houses were all blue brick and tile houses with Chinese Jiangnan style. There was a wide bluestone main road in the middle. Compared with this, the half-border city on the west was simply a slum.
Yu Ren was secretly surprised. He didn't expect that in Japan, he could see a place with such a strong Chinese style.
Seeing this, Yu Ren whispered to Xu Hai beside him.
"Why is there such a place here? It feels like it's not in Japan, but in our Ming Dynasty!"
Xu Hai smiled and said to him, "These are all built in the past twenty years. When I first arrived here, the place was a large open space, with only a few thatched huts. Later, it was because our Ming caravans came here from Luzon that we built the half-faced new city in front of us.
How about it? Beautiful!"
Yu Ren nodded.
"The builder of this Hirado New Town is the one we are going to visit later. He is definitely not unfamiliar with you, but it is definitely the first time you have seen it." Xu Hai said with a smile.
Yu Ren was shocked. He had already vaguely guessed the identity of this person.
Xu Xinsu took the convoy and left for about half an hour, and a large courtyard appeared in front of him. The wide courtyard wall was somewhat like a castle. The tall gate in the middle was written with two big words "Li Mansion" written on it.
Xu Xinsu asked the convoy to stop and then sent someone to bring his famous post to the scene.
Soon, the closed door opened and a middle-aged man with a smile came out. The man was about fifty years old, with a pale face and no beard, and had a few majestic and luxurious things in his actions. In a vague way, Yu Ren seemed to see the shadow of another person on his face. Yu Ren immediately realized his guess.
"The second brother is here, and there are some mistakes to welcome him, and there are some mistakes to welcome him!" the middle-aged man said, and walked out.
Xu Xinsu quickly took a few steps to meet the middle-aged man. "Brother, I'm so angry. I wanted to see my elder brother as soon as I stopped the boat. How could I stand being entangled by the old customers? I had to do business first and then meet my elder brother. Don't blame me!"
The middle-aged man patted Xu Xinsu on the shoulder, "How can you and my brothers say if you are separated?"
While speaking, he let Xu Xinsu into the yard.
Then Xu Hai, Liu Long and other Xu family managers followed into the yard. Yu Ren walked behind everyone. Because no one in the Li family knew him, no one cared about him.
At this time, Yu Ren could already be sure of his guess. The person who was called the eldest brother by Xu Xinsu just now was not someone else, but Li Ying's father Li Dan, who was also the leader of Chinese businessmen in Japan.
Li Dan gave everyone to the hall, and everyone sat in sequence. When he arrived at Yu Ren, he found that there were no seats.
Seeing this, one of Xu Xinsu's subordinates quickly wanted to give up their seats to Yu Ren, but Yu Ren held them down. So he stood behind Xu Hai calmly and acted as his personal servant.
Li Dan, who was sitting in the main seat, saw Yu Ren standing behind Xu Hai, seemed to take a look inadvertently, but did not speak.
Xu Xinsu naturally also saw the scene of Yu Ren standing behind Xu Hai without a seat, but he didn't say anything, as if he didn't see Yu Ren's existence at all.
Yu Ren was not angry. He was the first time he came to Li Ying's house, and no one knew his identity, but he felt more comfortable. If everyone knew his identity and regarded him as the protagonist, he would be really not used to it.
Besides, his relationship with Li Ying has not been recognized by both parents. There is no problem with him now. His father is dead, and his only uncle has no choice but to have a stroke. But Li Ying's father is still there! With their Li family's wealth, Li Dan has only one daughter. Naturally, he is extremely strict about choosing a son-in-law.
It is a rare opportunity to take advantage of today's opportunity to observe your future father-in-law in secret.
Soon, the subordinates handed over the wine and food. Yu Ren could only stand and watch others eat and drink. He could not leave casually, so as not to be seen by Li Dan.
After waiting for most of the banquet, Xu Hai whispered to Yu Ren, "It's really hard for you. You can go out for dinner too!"
Yu Ren wanted to stay for a while, but he was really hungry. So he left the hall. However, although there were many people in the Li Mansion, no one paid attention to him. He wanted to find somewhere in the mansion to eat before coming back, but found that there was no place for him to eat in the entire Li Mansion.
There was no choice but to leave the Li Mansion and plan to go to the street to eat something.
After leaving the Li family courtyard, there were high houses and deep courtyards around it. After walking three or four streets, Yu Ren found a place to eat.
Yu Ren casually ate two bowls of noodles at a roadside stall and returned to Li's mansion.
However, the servant in the door refused to let him in. He said he didn't know him. Yu Ren was a little annoyed, but it was inconvenient to have an attack. After all, this was his father-in-law's house, which he had not yet recognized. If the trouble started, everyone's face would be bad.
If you don’t go in, you won’t go in. Anyway, it’s no big deal. Xu Xinsu will discuss with Li Dan if you have anything to do. He came today and was just here with them. Since he couldn’t go in, then go back! Yu Ren is still a free and easy person. He doesn’t think about his identity, but he is looked down upon by a few servants. How annoying it is.
As a servant! If he is too serious with them, he will be like these servants. So Yu Ren didn't think much about it, so he found a car in the city and went back to the port town first.
Let’s talk about the Li Mansion. After Yu Ren left, Li Dan took the opportunity to leave the hall.
"Master, how about it?" Jiang Fuxiang hurriedly came up.
"I think this kid is quite patient. Unfortunately, he became the son-in-law of the Xu family first. Otherwise, I could consider his marriage with Ying'er." Li Dan sighed.
"Master, I heard that this kid not only has no real skills, but also has always been misbehaved and likes to hook up with good women. Xu Xinsu married his daughter to him, which was because he blinded him. What is our eldest lady's identity? How can we marry such a person?" Jiang Fuxiang said.
Li Dan shook his head.
"You are wrong! This kid is not simple. That day, he was at Maeda Takeo's house, and in the face of Maeda's seduction, he was able to withdraw. Today, I deliberately asked someone to take his seat away to see what he would react. Unexpectedly, he was not angry at all, and was willing to act as a servant, watching us finish the banquet. This kind of demeanor and forbearance are not something that anyone can have.
If a man wants to accomplish his or her big thing, such a demeanor and demeanor are essential."
"Then, have we let him go like that?" Jiang Fuxiang was obviously a little dissatisfied.
Chapter completed!