Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 7: Getting off the car and getting slapped twice

公元1924年（日本历大正13年）12月12日，夜里11点半。

The train arrived at Miyazaki Prefecture Station, and the Aoki family, who had received advance notice, was waiting on the platform.

Chen Jiehua walked out of the carriage holding Aoki Nobujun's body and walked onto the platform. He saw four middle-aged men coming towards him. One of them matched his memory and was confirmed to be Aoki Aoki's father, Aoki Saburo!
The names of the four brothers, from Ichiro to Shiro, are simple and clear. Aoki Nobuzumi's own name is quite interesting, but why is he so casual in naming his sons?
When the four brothers saw Chen Jiehua carrying the corpse, Aoki Saburo rushed forward first. Without saying a word, Chen Jiehua knew what he was going to do and stood up straight! Aoki Saburo swung his hand and gave Chen Jiehua a loud slap!

After Chen Jiehua took a hard slap, he turned his head back to take the second slap from the other side. Without saying a word or "lifting his clothes," he simply knelt down, lowered his head, and lifted the corpse above his head!
That's what they show on TV! Watching too much TV as a kid actually had its benefits! But why are these benefits so uncomfortable? They seem to be having fun eating slaps!

Chen Jiehua, who learned etiquette in school, has a high IQ. His performance this time was completely in line with local etiquette and Qingmu Qingxuan's personality! It also matched his status in the family!

In fact, Chen Jiehua also knew that the two slaps from Aoki Saburo were not meant to hit him, but to protect him!

At that time, most Japanese families were unreasonable, especially towards non-legitimate sons. Grandfather's status was special, and his death had a huge impact on the family, so much so that it could affect the entire family's direction! Therefore, if it was not handled properly, Chen Jiehua might be in danger of his life!
Although Aoki Nobujun died of a sudden heart attack, I was so excited to see you, Aoki Seigen, on the train!

Couldn't you have been a little later or earlier? If he hadn't met you, he wouldn't have died!
This is the truth they believe in, so Aoki Saburo will come up and give him two slaps! If Chen Jiehua quibbles or dodges, he will not be able to escape the basic family rules! If he doesn't die, he will have to lie in bed for three months!
Now, taking two slaps and respectfully holding the body above my head means I admit my mistake and I accept the punishment! It's the perfect performance!
At this time, other elders should not continue to pursue the matter. Continuing to pursue the matter would be ignorant and unreasonable!

In fact, it was very dangerous for Chen Jiehua to receive these two slaps, but he escaped danger safely because although Nobuzumi Aoki was the originator of spies, Saburo Aoki did not inherit his mantle and was not in this industry, so he did not care that the two slaps on Chen Jiehua felt different!
Qingmu Qingxuan’s face had been beaten many times before, so it was very hard, but Chen Jiehua’s face in this body had never been beaten like this, so it was soft!

If Aoki Nobujun had been the one to hit Chen Jiehua, those two slaps would have confirmed that Chen Jiehua was a fake! This is also the cultural difference between China and Japan!
The four Aoki brothers carried Aoki Nobuzumi's body onto the carriage according to the funeral rituals. They ignored Aoki Seigen who was kneeling on the ground and started the carriage to leave the station.

After the carriage in front left, Aoki Aoki's mother Shimazu Kanako and aunt Aoki Hide came forward to pull him up. Everyone got on the carriage, rode on horses, and slowly followed the carriage in front.

Aoki Aoki is a soldier, so he must be riding a horse.

Along the way, although it was dark and Miyazaki was very cold in December, Chen Jiehua no longer cared about the cold. Although the three uncles were reluctant to bother Qingmu Qingxuan, the other peers didn't care about that. Chen Jiehua had to pass this hurdle of peers on his own! Several of his peers had already cast resentful glances at Chen Jiehua!
Chen Jiehua pretended to have a dull look and quickly thought of a countermeasure in his mind.

After returning home, the elders carried the body into the house first. According to the relevant military regulations, although the guards said that the death was a sudden heart attack, the necessary procedures must still be followed: an autopsy.

The third generation got off the horse and car outside the door and waited. After getting off the horse, Chen Jiehua found the eldest grandson of the eldest house, Qingmu Qingxuan's elder brother Qingmu Qingtian, shouted "Big brother!", and then knelt down very simply!

According to etiquette, what Qingmu Qingxuan meant by this was, "You are the eldest grandson of the eldest son's family. If you have any ideas, bring your brothers of the same generation and we will deal with them outside the door! We can kill or cut you up as you please. Once you enter the house, we can no longer pursue the matter!"
Aoki Aohara is the third child in the third generation. Because he was often beaten by his father and had an introverted personality, when he was a child, all his naughty brothers and sisters would blame the trouble on the third child, Aoki Aohara. Aoki Aohara was used to being beaten and never argued. This cause and effect is revealed here!

Although the brothers and sisters had looked at him with hatred on the road before, but at this moment, they were all sensible and knew that this was not the third brother's subjective wish. In addition, they all knew that the third brother was a loner and had taken a lot of blame for everyone when he was a child. If they really wanted to beat him, they would not kill him.

The eldest brother found a stick, symbolically hit Chen Jiehua on the back, then handed it to the second brother and went in first. Then the second brother followed suit and passed it to the fourth brother. After all the brothers and sisters had been beaten, Chen Jiehua passed this level!
The next day, December 12, was the official funeral. According to the local customs at the time, the eldest son Ichiro Aoki and the eldest grandson Aoki Aoten were at home to carry the coffin, while the other second and third generation direct descendants were responsible for guiding the important people who came to pay their respects.

Because of Aoki Nobuzumi's influence in Japan's military and political circles, the family expected that many important figures would come to pay their respects, and most of them would arrive by train, so all the direct descendants were sent to Miyazaki Station. Chen Jiehua huddled behind Aoki Saburo in a low profile, maintaining his aloof personality, but in fact he was communicating with the system, identifying and recording important figures one by one.

After all, Aoki Nobuzumi died shortly after leaving Tokyo, and the guards called the nearest station on the platform, so all parties received the news in a timely manner. The first to arrive were two of Aoki Nobuzumi's former third-term classmates, Akiyama Yoshifuru and Shiba Goro.

Akiyama Yoshifuru was the principal of a junior high school in Kitayo (now Ehime Prefecture) between Tokyo and Kyushu, and Shiba Goro had just been laid off and was at home, so he went to find Akiyama Yoshifuru to drink. Therefore, the two lived close to each other and Shiba Goro arrived first.

People of the level of Akiyama Yoshifuru and Shiba Goro need guidance from the second generation of the family. After a brief introduction at the station, they were taken home by Jiro Aoki.

The third person to arrive was Sakanishi Rihachiro's son-in-law Sakanishi Ichiyoshi (originally named Inada Ichiyoshi). Sakanishi Rihachiro was the eldest disciple of Aoki Nobuzumi. His master passed away suddenly, and the eldest disciple should be present to pay condolences and perform the disciple's duties. However, in the Japanese military, mission is above all else. Sakanishi Rihachiro, who could not leave, could only notify his son-in-law who was serving as a service officer at the Tokyo General Staff Headquarters to come and perform the disciple's duties. He was then taken home by Aoki Aochi, Qingxuan's second brother.

(End of this chapter)